10 Goldman Sachs legal leaders
Goldman Sachs's legal department is mapped here from the chief legal officer and a deputy general counsel down to the top lawyers for Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, Australia & New Zealand, China and Global Investment Research, plus heads of M&A, consumer lending and litigation legal work. All ten hold current Goldman Sachs titles, making them a fit for a bank or fintech designing its own legal structure, or a law firm trying to understand how the bank buys outside counsel.
Professionals to explore
Arwen Handley
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Head of EMEA Litigation and Regulatory Proceedings · Goldman Sachs
Arwen Handley has been Managing Director, Head of EMEA Litigation and Regulatory Proceedings at Goldman Sachs since 2024, after Partner at Hogan Lovells (2019-2024). UBS titles include Managing Director, EMEA Head of Litigation (2014-2017), Managing Director, Global Litigation Head Investigations Management (2017-2018) and Managing Director, Group Investigations - Head Governance, Reporting and Whistleblowing Management (2018-2019), a fit for investigations and whistleblowing questions.
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Eric Andrews
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Associate General Counsel, Consumer Lending · Goldman Sachs
Consumer lending legal sits with Eric Andrews, Managing Director, Associate General Counsel, Consumer Lending at Goldman Sachs since 2015 and head of legal for the retail consumer and small business lending businesses as well as global head of the marketing legal team. American Express titles include Chief Legal Counsel, US Consumer Products and Services (2014-2015) and Vice President Senior Counsel - Small Business (OPEN) (2011-2014), a fit for consumer credit product questions.
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Jeremy Williams
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director and General Counsel, Australia & New Zealand · Goldman Sachs
Jeremy Williams has been Managing Director and General Counsel, Australia & New Zealand at Goldman Sachs since 2015, following Managing Director and Senior Counsel (2010-2015) and Legal Counsel (2005-2010) in Corporate Advisory & Financing. Jeremy also chairs the AFMA DCM Legal Committee (since 2020) and co-chairs the AFMA ECM Legal Committee (since 2016), so DCM and ECM legal questions in Australia are the natural topic.
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Jing Zhang
LinkedInExperience: MD, China Chief Legal Officer · Goldman Sachs
In Beijing, Jing Zhang has been MD, China Chief Legal Officer at Goldman Sachs since 2007. Jing was an Associate at Jones Day (2005-2007) and at Haiwen & Partners (2000-2005), and the long China tenure suits questions on Goldman Sachs legal work in China.
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Kathryn Ruemmler
LinkedInExperience: Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel · Goldman Sachs
Kathryn Ruemmler is Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel at Goldman Sachs (since 2021) and a Partner there (since 2020), and serves on the Management Committee, chairs the Firmwide Conduct Committee and is Co-Vice Chair of the Firmwide Reputational Risk Committee. Global Head of Regulatory Affairs (2020-2021) and Litigation Partner at Latham & Watkins (2014-2020) round out the record, a fit for questions on conduct and reputational risk governance.
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Lisa Coar
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director & Associate General Counsel · Goldman Sachs
M&A legal work is Lisa Coar's specialty: Managing Director & Associate General Counsel at Goldman Sachs since 2007, a role their LinkedIn profile describes as global general counsel for M&A in Investment Banking and Head of Merger Advisory Legal. Lisa was an Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP from 2002 to 2007, a fit for questions on how a bank's legal team handles merger advisory mandates.
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Matthias Bock
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director and General Counsel Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE · Goldman Sachs
Matthias Bock has been Managing Director and General Counsel Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE since 2024. Earlier Goldman Sachs general counsel posts were Executive Director and General Counsel, Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG (2007-2008), Managing Director and General Counsel of the same entity (2008-2011), and Managing Director and General Counsel, Member of the Executive Board, at Goldman Sachs AG (2011-2018) and at Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE (2019-2023). Matthias suits EU banking entity questions.
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Michael Bosworth
LinkedInExperience: Former Partner and Deputy General Counsel · Goldman Sachs
Since 2022, Michael Bosworth has been Partner and Deputy General Counsel at Goldman Sachs, after Partner at Latham & Watkins (2020-2022). At MacAndrews & Forbes, Michael was Deputy General Counsel (2019-2020) and Senior Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer (2017-2018), and was a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor at NYU School of Law (2017), which fits questions linking legal and compliance leadership.
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Pamela Torres
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Investment Research · Goldman Sachs
Pamela Torres holds two current Goldman Sachs titles, Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Investment Research (since 2009) and Global Co-head of Technology Legal (since 2025), and is the legal representative on firmwide AI governance committees. Other titles include Managing Director and Chief of Staff of Legal Department (2006-2009) and Legal - Investment Banking Division (1994-2006), making Pamela a fit for research regulation and AI governance questions.
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Stephanie Goldstein
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Litigation & Regulatory · Goldman Sachs
Two current titles describe Stephanie Goldstein's work at Goldman Sachs: Managing Director, Litigation & Regulatory (since 2013) and Global Co-Head of Litigation & Regulatory Proceedings (since 2021). Stephanie was a Partner at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP from 2000 to 2013, so questions on managing litigation and regulatory proceedings for a global bank fit here.
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Choose the right perspective
Firmwide questions on governance, conduct and regulatory affairs go to Kathryn Ruemmler or Michael Bosworth. Matthias Bock, Jeremy Williams and Jing Zhang cover Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, Australia & New Zealand and China, Lisa Coar, Pamela Torres and Eric Andrews each cover one business, and Stephanie Goldstein and Arwen Handley are the two to ask about litigation and regulatory proceedings.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a global bank decide which legal matters stay with a divisional general counsel and which go to the firmwide legal leadership?
- 02When a regulator in one country opens an inquiry, how do the regional general counsel and the litigation and regulatory team share the work?
- 03What does an in-house legal team at an investment bank look for when choosing outside counsel for M&A or litigation?
About this directory
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