Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s co-chair of its financial institutions Mark Shelton is leaving the US firm to join Barclays Investment Bank as its global general counsel (GC) and the regional GC for the Americas.
He leaves private practice after one year to return to the world of in-house in which he has over ten years’ experience. He joined Gibson Dunn in February 2014 from UBS where he was GC and global head of investigation and Americas GC in New York for almost 11 years.
Shelton officially started his new role at Barclays, which is based in New York, in March and will report to Barclays group GC Bob Hoyt. He will also join the senior leadership group, the investment bank executive committee, the Americas executive committee and the legal executive committee.
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