With the promotion in May of Salle Yoo to chief legal officer at Uber Technologies Inc., the ride-hailing giant is in need of a new general counsel. The yet-to-be-named GC will arrive as the company is dealing with an onslaught of crises and a series of top executive departures, including that of former CEO Travis Kalanick.
Corporate Counsel asked a number of top current and former in-house attorneys what kind of experience they think it will take to step into the general counsel role at the San Francisco-based company and whether they’d hypothetically take the job. Some of the lawyers expressed enthusiasm about such a career opportunity, but many also offered caveats for the next general counsel.
