David Drummond: Google's Chief Legal Officer

Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Leshell Hatley in Law, Scholarly Celebrations

Dave Drummond is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and the Chief Legal Officer of Google, Inc. He initially joined Google in 2002 as VP of Corporate Development. Since then he has served as Senior VP of Corporate Development since January 2006 and as Chief Legal Officer since December 2006.

Career

David was first introduced to Google in 1998 as a partner in the corporate transactions group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, one of the nation’s leading law firms representing technology businesses. He served as Google’s first outside counsel and worked with Larry Page and Sergey Brin to incorporate the company and secure its initial rounds of financing.

Previously, David served as Chief Financial Officer of SmartForce, an educational software applications company. Prior to that, David was a partner at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. During his tenure at Wilson Sonsini, David worked with a wide variety of technology companies to help them manage complex transactions such as mergers, acquisitions and initial public offerings.

Education

David holds a J.D. from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Santa Clara University.

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