10 BNY legal leaders
Jeanne Naughton-Carr, Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel at BNY, is one of ten BNY legal leaders on this page, alongside people who hold deputy general counsel, associate general counsel, regional head of legal and securities finance legal roles. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at BNY from people who have held the role.
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Benjamin Curran
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel, Asset Servicing · BNY
Benjamin Curran has been Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel, Asset Servicing at BNY since March 2025 and was Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Asset Servicing at BNY from 2021 to 2025. Benjamin Curran was Executive Director & Assistant General Counsel at JPMorganChase from 2011 to 2021.
Carl Woodhatch
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Associate General Counsel · BNY
Carl Woodhatch has been Managing Director, Associate General Counsel at BNY since February 2022 and describes heading the institutional investment management legal team there. Carl Woodhatch was EMEA Head of Investment Management Legal at BNY from 2019 to 2022 and Senior Managing Counsel at BNY from 2016 to 2019, based in London.
Cormac McCarthy
LinkedInExperience: Director and Head of Securities Finance Legal EMEA · BNY
Cormac McCarthy has been Director and Head of Securities Finance Legal EMEA at BNY since April 2024, based in London. Cormac McCarthy was Director and Managing Counsel at BNY from 2022 to 2024 and Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Citi from 2009 to 2022, with a secondment at Linklaters in 2014.
David Turley
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director and Associate General Counsel · BNY
David Turley has been Managing Director and Associate General Counsel at BNY since April 2023, with a headline of Head of APAC Asset Servicing - Legal at Bank of New York, based in Singapore. David Turley was Managing Director and Senior Managing Counsel at BNY from 2012 to 2023 and Assistant General Counsel & Vice President at Merrill Lynch from 2009 to 2012.
Hanif Mohamed
LinkedInExperience: Head of Legal, European Bank | Associate General Counsel - Managing Director · BNY
Hanif Mohamed has been Head of Legal, European Bank | Associate General Counsel - Managing Director at BNY since May 2026, based in Brussels. Hanif Mohamed was Group General Counsel and Member of the Executive Committee at Degroof Petercam from 2017 to 2026 and Group Head of Legal at Quintet Private Bank from 2013 to 2016.
James P. Bergin
LinkedInExperience: Deputy General Counsel, Regulation, Supervision, M&A, and Real Estate · BNY
James P. Bergin has been Deputy General Counsel, Regulation, Supervision, M&A, and Real Estate at BNY since January 2026. James P. Bergin was a Partner at Arnold & Porter from 2023 to 2026 and Deputy General Counsel and Senior Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2016 to 2023, where the profile also lists Acting Co-General Counsel from 2022 to 2023.
Jeanne Naughton-Carr
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel · BNY
Jeanne Naughton-Carr has been Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel at BNY since March 2025. Jeanne Naughton-Carr held BNY roles as Managing Director and Associate General Counsel from 2019 to 2025 and Managing Director and Senior Managing Counsel from 2015 to 2019, and was Counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP from 2001 to 2013.
Richard McMahon
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Associate General Counsel · BNY
Richard McMahon has been Managing Director, Associate General Counsel at BNY since January 2024, based in Pittsburgh. Richard McMahon held BNY roles as Senior Director, Senior Managing Counsel from 2022 to 2024 and Director, Managing Counsel from 2018 to 2022, and was Senior Counsel - Regulatory Affairs at PNC from 2016 to 2018.
Seema Phekoo
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel & Managing Director · BNY
Seema Phekoo has been Associate General Counsel & Managing Director at BNY since January 2026, with a headline of Global Head of Commercial Law Group and Legal AI Strategy Lead. Seema Phekoo held BNY roles as Associate General Counsel & Senior Director from 2025 to 2026 and Senior Managing Counsel & Senior Director- Co-Head of Commercial Law Group from 2022 to 2025.
Steven Marino
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Associate General Counsel · BNY
Steven Marino has been Senior Director, Associate General Counsel at BNY since January 2026 and describes membership in BNY's Global Government and Regulatory Affairs team with a focus on digital assets across regulatory, supervisory and policy issues. Steven Marino was Senior Director, Senior Managing Counsel at BNY from 2023 to 2026.
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