Laura Franco began her in-house career working at Viacom Inc. in 1995. When CBS and Viacom split in 2006, she joined CBS as senior vice president and associate general counsel of strategic acquisitions. Since then she has been involved in major deals at CBS.

On March 1, she was named general counsel at CBS after chief legal officer Lawrence Tu announced his retirement. Franco spoke to Corporate Counsel about her career at CBS and how she hopes to make an impact in the media company’s legal department.