Pierre Gentin

Pierre M. Gentin brings over thirty years’ experience in law, business, university teaching and public service. 

He was most recently the 39th General Counsel of the United States Department of Commerce, following presidential nomination and Senate confirmation.  Pierre was previously Senior Partner, Chief Legal Officer, and a member of the management team at consulting firm McKinsey & Company. He was a Partner at the law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel and, for nearly twenty years, a Managing Director and senior legal and risk officer at global financial services firm Credit Suisse. Pierre also served in the United States Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.  He has been recognized as a leading lawyer by the Financial Times, Bloomberg, The American Lawyer, and Crain’s New York Business, among many other media.

Pierre has taught humanities, law and business topics at universities worldwide and has served as a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, Fordham Law School, Tel Aviv University Business School and the Wharton School of Business. He chaired the board of Princeton University’s Center for Jewish Life, and has been a trustee of civic and educational non-profit organizations including the Practising Law Institute, Touro Synagogue Foundation, Fordham University’s Corporate Law Center, Cambridge University’s Judge School of Business, and Princeton University’s Center for Public Policy and Finance. He co-edited a book on alternative dispute resolution in the financial services sector, and during COVID, taught a virtual course exploring the relationship between American poetry, religious thought, and blues music.

Pierre graduated from Princeton University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and received a law degree from Columbia Law School.