Dan Gallagher, former commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, will become chief legal officer of Robinhood, the commission-free trading website.
Gallagher, who has been a member of Robinhood’s board of directors since October, was most recently partner and deputy chair of the securities department at the international law firm WilmerHale in Washington.
He will replace Anne Hoge, who is leaving later this month to attend to an illness in the family, according to the company.
Gallagher will oversee all global legal functions including corporate counsel, regulatory and product counsel.