United Rentals Names Jonathan Gottsegen as General Counsel
February 05 2009 - 5:51PM
Business Wire
United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today announced that Jonathan
M. Gottsegen will join the company as Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective February 18,
2009. Gottsegen replaces Roger E. Schwed who is stepping down but
will remain with the company for a transition period.
Michael Kneeland, CEO of United Rentals, said, �We are delighted
that Jonathan has agreed to lead our legal team as he brings
extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, financings,
securities, regulatory and corporate governance. I am very pleased
to have Jonathan on our executive team, and I know that he will
help us achieve our strategic objectives.�
Kneeland added, �We deeply appreciate Roger�s efforts on behalf
of United Rentals over the past three years and wish him well in
his future endeavors.�
Prior to joining United Rentals, Gottsegen directed the
Corporate and Securities Practice Group at The Home Depot, Inc.,
where he led a team responsible for oversight of the company�s key
legal matters. Earlier, Gottsegen served as securities counsel for
Time Warner Inc., responsible for corporate, securities and
corporate governance. From 1999-2003, Gottsegen was an associate in
the New York office of Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler in
its corporate and securities transactional practice.
From 1996 to 1999, Gottsegen was a senior staff attorney with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its Division of
Corporate Finance. He received an undergraduate degree from Emory
University, a law degree from Tulane University and is a member of
the bar of Louisiana, New York, and the District of Columbia.
About United Rentals
United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in
the world, with an integrated network of over 625 rental locations
in 48 states, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company�s
approximately 9,800 employees serve construction and industrial
customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The
company offers for rent over 2,900 classes of rental equipment with
a total original cost of $4.1 billion. United Rentals is a member
of the Standard & Poor�s MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000
Index� and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional
information about United Rentals is available at
www.unitedrentals.com.
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