Mandiant, Formerly FireEye, Elevates Deputy GC to Top Legal Role

Mandiant Inc., the publicly traded successor to cybersecurity company FireEye Inc., has a new law department leader months after agreeing to split its business.

Alexa King, who spent nearly a decade building out and running the law department at FireEye, switched to a strategic advisory role at the Milpitas, Calif.-based company as of Nov. 1, according to a securities filing last month. Richard Meamber, senior vice president of legal and deputy general counsel at FireEye, has succeeded her as Mandiant’s interim general counsel.

Mandiant rebranded itself from FireEye on Oct. 4.

In June, FireEye agreed to sell its FireEye ...