Marsh & McLennan, a global professional services firm, has appointed Carey Roberts as deputy general counsel and corporate secretary.

Roberts will be responsible for overseeing a team of lawyers and paralegals who provide advice in areas including securities, M&A, employment law, benefits and compensation, privacy, e-discovery, and general commercial and corporate law matters. As corporate secretary, Roberts will act as a liaison to the MMC board of directors and provide advice on corporate governance matters.

For the past 17 years, Roberts has worked at Covington & Burling, where she has been a partner in the corporate department since 2005. At Covington, Roberts has advised a broad range of public and private companies on securities, finance, general corporate, regulatory, employee compensation and benefits, and intellectual property matters.

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