Lenovo, the world’s No. 1 PC manufacturer and a leader in smartphone and sever sales, has a new general counsel.
Scott Offer, a former executive with Motorola who joined Lenovo when the firm bought Google Motorola Mobility last year, replaces Jay Clemens.
Clemens had served as general counsel for the past four years and helped Lenovo make two multi-billion-dollar acquisitions:
- IBM’s x86 server business
- Motorola Mobility
Clemens, who also was a senior vice president, stepped down from the position “for personal relations,” Lenovo said. However, he will remain with the firm through a transition period.
“Jay leaves with our admiration, our support and our gratitude for his contributions to Lenovo,” Lenovo chair and CEO Yang Yuanqing said in a statement. “We thank him for his tireless work in supporting our business through some of our largest acquisitions, our rapid growth into new businesses and new markets, and our work in building a true global leader at Lenovo in PC, mobile, enterprise and ecosystem. Jay has built a world class team with a critical strategic role in supporting our business. Jay has definitely left a mark as a great Lenovo leader! “
About Offer, Yang noted:
“Scott brings an incredible record in dealing with complex global legal and compliance issues – especially in the mobile industry – and we are certain that he will continue to ensure Lenovo operates with the highest principles, standards and performance in all of our legal and regulatory endeavors.”
Offer had worked at Motorola since 1990.
Most recently he had served as chief counsel for the Lenovo Mobile Business Group.
