Autonomous vehicle company May Mobility has hired former General Electric in-house attorney Sid Venkatesan as its first-ever general counsel.

May Mobility general counsel Sid Venkatesan. Courtesy photo

Bringing almost 20 years of legal experience to the role, Venkatesan joins from autonomous semi-truck developer Embark Technology, where he was chief legal officer. Earlier, he was chief IP counsel at GE Digital and a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.