Robert Townsend. Photo credit: Jason Doiy/ALM
After decades with the law firm, Robert Townsend will move in-house to lead the legal department at SoftBank, a company he's already represented many times.
August 14, 2018 at 01:55 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
SoftBank Group, a Tokyo-based firm that has been deemed the world’s biggest tech investor, announced on Monday that it’s named an esteemed dealmaker from Morrison & Foerster as its first ever chief legal officer and senior vice president.
Robert Townsend, a partner who joined Morrison & Foerster in 1984 after graduating law school and has never left the firm, will begin working as CLO of SoftBank on Sept. 17.
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