Round Up: General Counsel Moves

Big moves happened this week in the world of general counsel. FedEx chose a new GC. So did Caterpillar, the construction equipment manufacturer. Disney’s highly-compensated ($11.1 million a year) GC will stay on for two more years and two medical companies appointed top legal officers.

Here are some of this this week’s highlights:

• On Monday, McDermott International Inc., an oilfield logistics company reported thatJohn Freeman, an industry veteran, was appointed general counsel, senior vice president and corporate secretary.

Freeman came to McDermott from Technip, another international energy extraction logistics company. Earlier in his career he briefly worked as a prosecuting attorney ...