Please welcome to the stage: Ticketmaster’s new executive vice president and general counsel, Karen Klein. She joins the Los Angeles-based live-event ticketing giant from HotelTonight, a mobile-only company that specializes in last-minute hotel deals, where she had been chief administrative officer and GC since September 2013, according to her LinkedIn profile.

“First and foremost, I was interested in joining a great team, and after meeting Jared [Smith, president of Ticketmaster] and the other executives, I knew this was not only a great job, but that I would be working with smart people,” Klein told Corporate Counsel on why she moved to Ticketmaster. “Second, having spent almost my entire career in the technology space, including 17 years in the travel technology business where I helped build great brands that provided consumers with travel experiences, I was excited by the opportunity to be part of such a great brand in the live event space.”

According to Ticketmaster, it increased its revenue by 14 percent last year and also managed more than 400,000 events, delivered 500 million tickets to fans in 28 countries, and added 10 million new tickets through new clients. This has also increased Klein’s responsibilities in what she said is a new role at the company.

“In addition to the legal department, I will also be overseeing our government relations and human resources departments, where we also have strong teams in place,” Klein said. “I will be focused on creating and implementing strategies to support and build on Ticketmaster’s impressive growth.”