10 Apple legal leaders
Each current Apple legal leader in the group holds a distinct area (products and regulatory law, the App Store, commercial litigation, patent licensing, marketing and advertising, services, Latin America and Canada, or corporate and compliance work), joined by a former Chief Litigation Counsel and a former associate general counsel. Seven of the eight current leaders have Apple titles dating from 2012 or earlier, a fit for tech companies facing platform regulation.
Professionals to explore
Annie Persampieri
LinkedInExperience: Director, Services Legal · Apple
Annie Persampieri has been Director, Services Legal at Apple since April 2010, and their LinkedIn profile says Director, Cloud, Applications, and Services Legal. Annie was also Attorney at Paragon Legal (2009-2010) and Corporate Associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (2008-2009), and the long Apple tenure suits questions on legal review for cloud services and apps.
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BJ Watrous
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Corporate, Commercial & Compliance Legal, and Global Security · Apple
Chief Corporate & Commercial Counsel and head of Global Security is how BJ Watrous describes the work as Vice President, Corporate, Commercial & Compliance Legal, and Global Security at Apple since May 2022; two related vice president titles for commercial and international legal (since 2018 and 2020) are also current. Vice President, Intellectual Property & Licensing at Apple (2011-2018) and VP & DGC, Chief IP Counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (2010-2011) add IP depth.
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Derek Arteta
LinkedInExperience: Legal Director - Worldwide Marketing and Advertising · Apple
Derek Arteta leads a team of attorneys advising marketing, advertising and communications across Apple products, services and content, as Legal Director - Worldwide Marketing and Advertising since October 2024. Apple original content marketing, publicity, licensing and distribution legal roles (2019-2024), Senior Vice President - Worldwide Marketing Legal at Paramount Pictures (2011-2019) and Vice President, Legal Affairs at CBS Films Inc. (2009-2011) fit advertising and content questions.
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Heather Grenier
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Legal · Apple
Overseeing commercial litigation worldwide is the remit Heather Grenier gives for Vice President Legal at Apple, a title held since October 2022. Apple roles with overlapping dates include Director, Commercial Litigation (2013-2022), Senior Director, Commercial Litigation (2018-2022) and Senior Director, Commercial Litigation and Head of Operations for Legal and Global Security (2019-2022), with Principal Counsel (2011-2013) earlier, a fit for questions on managing litigation portfolios.
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Heather Mewes
LinkedInExperience: Head of Licensing (IP Law, Licensing & Litigation Group) · Apple
Patent licensing and worldwide IP advice for commercial, supply chain and M&A deals and product advice fall to the team Heather Mewes directs as Head of Licensing (IP Law, Licensing & Litigation Group) at Apple since May 2022. Senior Manager & Principal Counsel (Products Law Group) (2019-2022), Principal Counsel (2015-2019) and Senior Counsel (2012-2015) in Global IP Transactions at Apple, and a U.S. Courts of Appeals clerkship (2000-2001), round out Heather's career.
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Kyle Andeer
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Products & Regulatory Law · Apple
Kyle Andeer, Vice President, Products & Regulatory Law at Apple since May 2022, describes leading a large team on product legal support for hardware, software and operations and a separate team on competition and emerging regulatory issues. Apple titles also include Vice President, Corporate Law & Chief Compliance Officer (2018-2022), Vice President, Competition, Commercial & International Law (2017-2018), Senior Director, Competition & Commercial Law (2013-2017) and Director, Competition Law (2010-2013).
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Michael Wyatt
LinkedInExperience: Former Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary · Apple
Michael Wyatt is a former Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Apple (1998-2000). Later roles include 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), so Michael fits questions on corporate secretary and general counsel work more than current Apple practice.
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Noreen Krall
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President, Chief Litigation Counsel · Apple
Noreen Krall was Vice President, Chief Litigation Counsel at Apple from 2010 to 2021, described as head of Apple litigation responsible for global intellectual property, privacy, competition, commercial and consumer litigation matters. Noreen was also Vice President, IP Law and Litigation, Chief IP Counsel, Chief Litigation Counsel at Sun Microsystems (1999-2010) and Staff Attorney, IP Law at IBM (1996-1999), and has held board roles at ChIPs Network and the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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Pedro Pace
LinkedInExperience: Latin America and Canada Legal Director · Apple
Based in São Paulo, Pedro Pace has held ALAC (Latin America) Legal Director at Apple since May 2009 and Latin America and Canada Legal Director since February 2024, both current. Legal Director at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (2006-2009), Assistant General Counsel at Sun Microsystems (2002-2006) and Associate Lawyer at Veirano Advogados (1998-2002) make Pedro a fit for questions on legal support for a tech company across Latin America.
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Sean Cameron
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, App Store Legal · Apple
Sean Cameron manages a team of product attorneys handling novel consumer, developer and regulatory issues in 175 countries, as Senior Director, App Store Legal at Apple since April 2023, and cites expertise built as governments increased scrutiny of online intermediation services and platforms. Earlier Apple titles run from Legal Counsel (2010-2014) and Senior Counsel (2014-2018) to Principal Counsel and Senior Manager (2018-2019) and Director, App Store Legal (2019-2023).
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Choose the right perspective
For platform and competition regulation, start with Kyle Andeer or Sean Cameron, whose teams cover product, competition and App Store regulatory issues. Heather Grenier and Noreen Krall are the litigation picks, Heather Mewes and BJ Watrous cover IP licensing and commercial deals, and Derek Arteta, Annie Persampieri and Pedro Pace fit marketing, services and regional questions; Michael Wyatt's Apple role ended in 2000, so ask about later general counsel work instead.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a device and software company staff product counsel so legal review keeps pace with hardware and software launches?
- 02What changes for an app marketplace's legal team when regulators in many countries scrutinize online platforms at once?
- 03How do you structure patent licensing and IP advice across supply chain, commercial and M&A deals?
About this directory
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