Scott Partridge, as of Oct. 1 the new U.S. general counsel for international life sciences giant Bayer AG, brings with him in-house legal experience at Monsanto Co. along with 27 years in private practice.

Partridge joined Monsanto in 2006 as deputy general counsel, and was later named vice president for global strategy. He helped lead the company into the $63 billion acquisition by Bayer, which closed in June.