Crate & Barrel Holdings Inc. was founded in 1962 by Gordon and Carole Segal, newlyweds who coveted the stylish and affordable kitchenware they saw during their honeymoon in Europe. Under the names Crate & Barrel, CB2 and Land of Nod brands, the Northbrook, Ill., company owns 111 stores in the United States and Canada and franchise locations in the United Arab Emirates, Mexico and Singapore. Bought by German catalog giant Otto Group in 1998, the privately held company employs 8,000 workers and last reported revenues of $1.3 billion in 2011.
LEGAL TEAM
General counsel Victoria Donati joined Crate & Barrel in 2008 after serving as outside counsel while at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg. She’s one of two attorneys in the four-person department and estimates that 40 percent of the team’s time goes to counseling and business-related matters, 30 percent to transactions, about 20 percent to contract review and the rest to routine litigation.
