Technology company ConvergEx Group has appointed Steven Heineman as general counsel, effective as of Aug 8. He also will serve as a member of the executive committee.

Heineman joins ConvergEx from Societe Generale, where he most recently served as general counsel of the Americas region. In that capacity, he oversaw the legal and compliance coverage of the firm's financing, derivatives, equities and fixed income sales and trading, FX, commodities and investment banking activities. Prior to this role, he served as director of litigation and regulatory affairds for the company's U.S. business lines.

Previously, Heineman served as a litigator for eight years at Debevoise & Plimpton, and as an assistant U.S. attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.