Meta’s Top Lawyer Jumps Ship to Apple, Timing Legal Drama Perfectly
KEY POINTS
- •Jennifer Newstead is leaving Meta by the end of 2025 to join Apple as Senior Vice President and general counsel.
- •She led Meta through major battles including a landmark FTC antitrust case preventing breakup orders on Instagram and WhatsApp.
- •Apple announced a leadership shuffle, retiring Kate Adams and Lisa Jackson, with Newstead overseeing legal and government affairs by 2026.
Jennifer Newstead, Meta’s legal ninja since 2019, who famously fended off the FTC’s attempts to split Instagram and WhatsApp like a corporate Houdini, has decided to shack up with Apple come January. Not as a mere counsel, but as Senior VP with plans to take over as general counsel on March 1, 2026, subbing for Kate Adams who’s gracefully bowing out next year. Meanwhile, Apple reshuffles more than just emojis: Lisa Jackson retires, government affairs get parachuted under legal’s umbrella, and COO Sabih Khan snags environment duties. Oh, and just to keep the corporate limbo dance going, Meta poaches Apple’s design chief Alan Dye, proving even tech giants swap execs like hot potatoes.
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Jennifer Newstead leaving Meta for Apple is like a high-stakes game of corporate musical chairs where everyone’s too polite to point out the chairs are wired with lawsuits.
Apple hiring Meta’s legal ace is basically signing the Avengers to fight legal battles nobody asked for but everyone expects.
Meta loses its legal general; Apple recruits her like it’s drafting MVPs for the corporate Hunger Games.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/4/2025 | Author: Pranav Dixit
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