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10 Apple legal leaders
These ten current and former Apple legal leaders have held legal vice president, legal director, head of licensing and associate general counsel roles at the company. A reader can learn from them how Apple's in-house legal teams handle product, litigation, licensing, marketing and regulatory work.
Professionals to explore
01—10Annie Persampieri
LinkedInExperience: Director, Services Legal · Apple
Director, Services Legal at Apple since 2010, a Director-level role in the Legal department that the profile headline gives as Director, Cloud, Applications, and Services Legal. Former Attorney at Paragon Legal (2009–2010) and Corporate Associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (2008–2009).
BJ Watrous
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Corporate, Commercial & Compliance Legal, and Global Security · Apple
Vice President, Corporate, Commercial & Compliance Legal, and Global Security at Apple since 2022; the profile describes the role as Chief Corporate & Commercial Counsel and head of Global Security. Former Vice President, Intellectual Property & Licensing at Apple (2011–2018) and VP & DGC, Chief IP Counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (2010–2011).
Derek Arteta
LinkedInExperience: Legal Director - Worldwide Marketing and Advertising · Apple
Legal Director - Worldwide Marketing and Advertising at Apple since 2024, leading a team of attorneys who advise the marketing, advertising and communication operations across Apple products, services and content. Former Director, Legal & Studio Affairs Original Content Marketing, Publicity, Licensing and Distribution at Apple (2022–2024) and Senior Vice President - Worldwide Marketing Legal at Paramount Pictures (2011–2019).
Heather Grenier
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Legal · Apple
Vice President Legal at Apple since 2022, where the profile says the role oversees commercial litigation worldwide. Former Senior Director, Commercial Litigation and Head of Operations for Legal and Global Security (2019–2022), Director, Commercial Litigation (2013–2022) and Principal Counsel (2011–2013) at Apple.
Heather Mewes
LinkedInExperience: Head of Licensing (IP Law, Licensing & Litigation Group) · Apple
Head of Licensing (IP Law, Licensing & Litigation Group) at Apple since 2022, directing the team responsible for patent licensing and worldwide IP advice for transactions, including commercial, supply chain and M&A deals. Former Senior Manager & Principal Counsel (Products Law Group) (2019–2022) and Principal Counsel - Global IP Transactions (IP & Licensing Group) (2015–2019) at Apple.
Kyle Andeer
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Products & Regulatory Law · Apple
Vice President, Products & Regulatory Law at Apple since 2022, and former Vice President, Corporate Law & Chief Compliance Officer (2018–2022), Vice President, Competition, Commercial & International Law (2017–2018) and Director, Competition Law (2010–2013) at Apple. The profile describes leading a team on product legal support for hardware, software and operations and a separate team on competition and emerging regulatory issues.
Michael Wyatt
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary · Apple
Former Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Apple (1998–2000). The profile also lists Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Anthem, Inc. (2002–2006), General Counsel at Zotec Partners (2006–2010) and Vice President & General Counsel at Consona Corporation (2010–2012).
Noreen Krall
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Chief Litigation Counsel · Apple
Former Vice President, Chief Litigation Counsel at Apple (2010–2021), where the profile describes heading Apple litigation and managing its global intellectual property, privacy, competition, commercial and consumer litigation matters. Former Vice President, IP Law and Litigation, Chief IP Counsel, Chief Litigation Counsel at Sun Microsystems (1999–2010), and a board member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame since 2023.
Pedro Pace
LinkedInExperience: Latin America and Canada Legal Director · Apple
Latin America and Canada Legal Director at Apple since 2024 and ALAC (Latin America) Legal Director at Apple since 2009, both listed at Director level in the Legal department. Former Legal Director Diretor Jurídico at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (2006–2009) and Assistant General Counsel Diretor Jurídico at Sun Microsystems (2002–2006).
Sean Cameron
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, App Store Legal · Apple
Senior Director, App Store Legal at Apple since 2023, and former Director, App Store Legal (2019–2023), Principal Counsel and Senior Manager (2018–2019) and Senior Counsel (2014–2018) at Apple. The profile describes managing a team of product attorneys who respond to novel consumer, developer and regulatory issues in 175 countries.
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Match the person's legal area to your question, since product counsel, litigation, licensing and marketing legal leaders deal with very different problems. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person's Apple experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large technology company's legal team review new products and features before launch?
- 02How should an in-house legal team divide work between internal counsel and outside law firms on major litigation?
- 03What does it take to respond to new platform and competition regulation in many countries at once?
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