Overview
- Lehman will run Paramount’s Washington, D.C., office and oversee all U.S. public policy engagement with lawmakers and regulators.
- He starts Feb. 2 and will report directly to chief legal officer Makan Delrahim, who joined the company last fall.
- Lehman was most recently a partner at Todd Strategy Group and has advised Paramount in recent months on policy matters.
- His background includes serving as chief of staff to Sen. Thom Tillis, senior counsel roles with the Senate Judiciary Committee, and a clerkship with Judge Thomas F. Hogan.
- The hire comes as Paramount Skydance intensifies its regulatory push around major industry deals, including opposition to Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery as reported by Variety.