Coty Looks to Keurig Dr Pepper for New Global Legal Chief (1)

Coty Inc., the global beauty care company behind CoverGirl and Clairol, has hired a new in-house legal chief as it prepares to relocate its management headquarters from London to Amsterdam.

Kristin Blazewicz, who most recently served as a vice president and assistant general counsel at Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., will become chief legal officer, general counsel, and secretary to Coty’s board of directors on March 15.

She takes over from the London-based Greerson McMullen, who became Coty’s law department leader in October 2016 following the company’s $12.5 billion combination with Procter & Gamble Co.’s specialty beauty business.

That deal left ...