What Happened?
Houston, TX-based Weatherford has announced the Resignation of William B. Jacobson as Co-General Counsel
About the Company
Weatherford is one of the largest global providers of products and services that span the drilling, evaluation, completion, production and intervention cycles of oil and natural gas wells. Weatherford is a new breed of service company—one that can provide the industry with extended products and services, more efficient operations, more powerful research and development capabilities and greater geographic diversity. Today’s Weatherford is the result of internal growth and innovation, as well as the consolidation of 250+ strategic acquisitions over the past 13 years. From a strategic standpoint, Weatherford has two key objectives—efficiency and productivity. Weatherford strives for efficiency, both in terms of delivering results for its clients as well as leveraging its worldwide infrastructure. The ultimate goal in both cases is to help reduce costs and increase well productivity. As well, Weatherford has created a more streamlined organizational structure to continue a push towards greater individual productivity levels through more intensive recruiting, training and retention.
About the Person
William Jacobson is the Senior VP, Co-General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Weatherford International, joining the company in March 2009. For approximately 5 ½ years, he was a federal prosecutor at the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice's Criminal Division. His last stint at the Fraud Section was as the Assistant Chief for FCPA Enforcement. Mr. Jacobson is a Partner at Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP. Mr. Jacobson served for approximately five and half years as a Federal Prosecutor in the Fraud Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice. He served as an Assistant Chief for FCPA Enforcement Department since August 2008. Mr. Jacobson has been a State Prosecutor in New York City and has been a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP. Mr. Jacobson holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.
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