Comcast Corporation Names Francis M. Buono Senior Vice President of Legal Regulatory Affairs
November 06 2015 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Comcast Corporation announced today that Francis M. Buono has
been named Senior Vice President of Legal Regulatory Affairs and
Senior Deputy General Counsel. In this role, Mr. Buono will lead
the Legal Regulatory Group and will be responsible for providing
corporate-wide legal advice on regulatory matters and overseeing
the company’s legal regulatory advocacy, including filings in
federal and state regulatory proceedings and related litigation and
appeals. He will report directly to David L. Cohen, Senior
Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of Comcast
Corporation, and will become part of the senior leadership team in
Comcast’s Washington, D.C. office.
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Frank Buono, SVP of Legal Regulatory
Affairs and Senior Deputy General Counsel, Comcast Corporation
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“After working with us as outside counsel for many years, I am
thrilled to formally welcome Frank to the Comcast team. His deep
legal and regulatory policy expertise has been a terrific asset to
the company, and I know that he will continue to provide invaluable
counsel in this role,” said Mr. Cohen. “Partnering Frank with Kathy
Zachem will continue to provide the company with the leading
regulatory and legal team in our industry,” Mr. Cohen added.
Mr. Buono joins Comcast from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
where he most recently served as partner and Chair of the
Communications, Media & Privacy Department and Chair of the
Data Privacy & Security Practice Group.
During the course of his tenure, spanning over 25 years, at
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP he has represented cable
operators, Internet service providers, video programmers, and
equipment manufacturers in major FCC rulemakings, merger
transactions, and congressional legislation (including the
Telecommunications Act of 1996), as well as in administrative
adjudications regarding the FCC’s program access, program carriage,
rate regulation, navigation device, effective competition, cable
ownership, and must-carry rules. He has also represented financial
institutions, information service providers, retailers,
communications providers, insurance companies, cloud computing
vendors, and others on various U.S. and international data privacy
and data security issues.
“I cannot thank my colleagues, mentors, and dear friends at
Willkie enough for all they have done for me over these 25 years, I
have truly been blessed,” said Mr. Buono. “But I am excited about
this wonderful new opportunity to join the incredible Comcast team
with whom I have had the great privilege to work for many
years.”
Mr. Buono earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown
University and a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law
Center, and in both instances graduated with honors. Mr. Buono will
assume his responsibilities in early January 2016 and will be based
out of the company’s Washington, D.C. office. Until Mr. Buono joins
the company, Lynn Charytan, who was promoted earlier this week to
the position of General Counsel of Comcast Cable, will continue to
cover her corporate legal regulatory responsibilities.
Mr. Buono lives in Arlington, VA with his wife Miriam of 25
years and six children. He is an avid sports fan and a passionate
coach of youth baseball and basketball.
About Comcast Corporation:
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video,
high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to
businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports
cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks,
television production operations, television station groups,
Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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