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10 BlackRock legal leaders
These ten current BlackRock legal leaders hold managing director, director and general counsel roles in BlackRock's legal and compliance group, covering trading and derivatives, private funds, technology, fund vehicles and litigation. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at BlackRock from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Diana Huffman
LinkedInExperience: General Counsel · BlackRock BDCs (BDEBT, BDLC, TCPC, BCIC)
General Counsel of the BlackRock BDCs (BDEBT, BDLC, TCPC, BCIC) since 2023 and Corporate Secretary of BlackRock Private Credit Fund, BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. and BlackRock Direct Lending Corp. since 2025. Executive Director at BlackRock since 2025, with the profile describing a U.S. Registered Funds Attorney role, and former Director at BlackRock (2022–2025).
Gladys Chang
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Legal and Compliance · BlackRock
Managing Director, Legal and Compliance at BlackRock since 2026, based in New York and listed in the Legal department at Director level. Former Director, Legal and Compliance (2019–2025) and Vice President, Legal and Compliance (2015–2018) at BlackRock, former Vice President at Morgan Stanley (2014–2015) and former Associate at Sidley Austin LLP (2006–2014).
Jamie Pullen
LinkedInExperience: Director - Derivatives and Trading Legal · BlackRock
Director - Derivatives and Trading Legal at BlackRock since 2022, based in London, with the profile describing legal coverage for the Securities Lending business, Repo trading desk and Cash Management business. Former Director and Assistant General Counsel - Equities Legal at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2019–2022) and former Executive Director - Sales and Trading Legal at Goldman Sachs (2015–2019).
Karima Hammi
LinkedInExperience: Director, Legal & Compliance | Digital Enterprise Legal (Technology, Product, Privacy & FinTech) · BlackRock
Director, Legal & Compliance, Digital Enterprise Legal (Technology, Product, Privacy & FinTech) at BlackRock since 2019, based in Paris. Former Group General Counsel & Compliance Officer at eFront, a part of BlackRock (2016–2019), and former Lead Senior Legal Counsel - EMEA Cloud (2016) and Senior Corporate Counsel EMEA (2015–2016) at SAP.
Kristen Keller
LinkedInExperience: Director, Digital Enterprise Legal Team · BlackRock
Director, Digital Enterprise Legal Team at BlackRock since 2024, listed in the Legal department at Director level, with the profile describing work as advisor to BlackRock's Financial Markets Advisory group. Former General Counsel & Secretary at Pico (2015–2022) and former EVP, General Counsel, North America at Atari (2003–2015).
Li Karam
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Legal Counsel, Private Funds · BlackRock
Managing Director, Legal Counsel, Private Funds at BlackRock since 2023, based in New York and listed in the Legal department at Director level. Former Senior Vice President, Legal Counsel, Private Funds Group at Brookfield (2013–2022), and former Associate at Covington & Burling LLP (2011–2013) and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (2008–2011).
Lucy Lee Morrison
LinkedInExperience: Director, Legal · BlackRock
Director, Legal at BlackRock since 2021, based in London, with the profile describing the role as covering litigation, disputes and regulatory matters. Former Vice President - Legal & Compliance at BlackRock (2012–2021), and former Associate - Dispute Resolution (2009–2012) and Trainee (2007–2009) at Hogan Lovells.
Mark Visconti-Boustouler
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global Legal Lead, Enterprise Architecture · BlackRock
Director - Global Legal Lead, Enterprise Architecture at BlackRock since 2021, with the profile describing managing a team of attorneys as Global Legal Lead of Enterprise Architecture and Technology and a headline of supporting AI, cloud and tech strategic partnerships. Former Vice President - Legal at BlackRock (2016–2020) and former Technology Transactions Attorney at Stanford Health Care (2014–2016).
Sachin Dehra
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Head of Global Markets Legal EMEA & Regional Counsel for Middle East & Africa · BlackRock
Managing Director, Head of Global Markets Legal EMEA & Regional Counsel for Middle East & Africa at BlackRock since 2026, based in Dubai. Former Director, EMEA Head of Derivatives and Trading Legal at BlackRock (2018–2026) and former Director and Deputy General Counsel at Citigroup Global Markets Limited (2010–2018).
Vimal Motwani
LinkedInExperience: Director - Trading and Derivatives Legal · BlackRock
Director - Trading and Derivatives Legal at BlackRock since 2022, based in Hong Kong and listed in the Legal department at Director level, with the profile describing the role as Director of BlackRock Global Markets Legal. Former Director and Assistant General Counsel at Bank of America (2019–2021) and former Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2014–2019).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the legal area behind your question, since trading and derivatives, private funds, fund vehicles, technology and product contracts, and disputes each involve different work. Managing directors can speak to how a regional or global legal team is organized, while directors are closer to individual deals and matters.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an asset manager's legal team support trading desks, securities lending and derivatives documentation?
- 02How should in-house lawyers handle client contracting for a financial technology platform sold to other institutions?
- 03How does a legal team for private funds and business development companies divide its work?
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