A longtime in-house lawyer at Thomson Reuters has been promoted to general counsel at the global mass media and information firm, the company confirmed in an email to Corporate Counsel.

Thomas “Tom” Kim, previously both chief compliance officer at the $12.2 billion-revenue Thomson Reuters and GC at Global Growth Organization, Thomson Reuters’ emerging markets business, will also serve as company secretary. He has been an in-house attorney at some iteration of Thomson Reuters or its predecessor Reuters for more than 20 years, according to his LinkedIn profile.