Candy Lawson, deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer of Comcast.

Comcast Corp. announced that it has hired Candy Lawson, a veteran in-house lawyer and compliance professional, to oversee its international compliance operations.

Lawson joined the company as senior vice president, chief compliance officer, and senior deputy general counsel. She reports to general counsel Thomas Reid, who is also a Comcast senior executive vice president and corporate secretary.

"Candy has an impressive record of providing strategic compliance and legal risk guidance to boards of directors and executive management teams at multinational companies," Reid said in a statement Tuesday. "Her extensive experience and expertise will make her an outstanding leader of our strong compliance team."

She is based in London but will also operate from the company's headquarters in Philadelphia. A Comcast spokesman told Corporate Counsel that because Lawson just started her new job, she would not comment.

The company said she is responsible for developing and implementing Comcast's internal policies and procedures as well as overseeing compliance with laws, regulations and contracts domestically and internationally across Comcast's three key businesses: Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, and Sky, a European media and entertainment company.

Besides offering TV and video content, Sky also provides high-speed internet, phone and wireless services; operates the Sky News broadcast network and sports and entertainment networks; and produces original content.

Prior to joining Comcast, Lawson spent 10 years in various in-house counsel roles. For nearly six years she was deputy general counsel and group chief compliance officer at 21st Century Fox. When the Walt Disney Co. acquired 21st Century Fox last year, Lawson led the international compliance team, including overseeing the integration and implementation of compliance policies.

She also oversaw compliance in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa for News Corp., which split from 21st Century Fox in 2013. Prior to that, she was the anti-corruption counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Morgan Stanley.

Before going in-house, Lawson spent 10 years in private practice, first as a legal assistant at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius for two years and then as a litigation associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell.

She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

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