GE’s Top Lawyer Holston Leaving Amid Conglomerate’s Separation

General Electric Co.’s general counsel Michael Holston is preparing to retire from the conglomerate as it finalizes its separation into three businesses.

Holston, an ex-Big Law partner and former federal prosecutor, spent a half-dozen years at Boston-based GE, which disclosed his plans in an annual proxy statement filed late Thursday. A spokeswoman confirmed Holston’s pending departure with GE nearing completion next month of its long-awaited division into standalone public aerospace, energy, and healthcare companies.

H. Lawrence Culp Jr., chairman and chief executive at GE, in a statement posted to LinkedIn praised Holston and three other “corporate leaders” for their efforts ...