Lending Club, a platform for investing in and obtaining personal loans, has appointed Russell Elmer as the company's deputy general counsel. He also will serve as general counsel and chief compliance officer of LC Advisors, Lending Club's wholly-owned subsidiary. In this capacity, Elmer will focus on compliance and the launch of new products.  

Elmer joins Lending Club from Pricelock, a customized online energy auction platform, where he most recently served as general counsel and corporate secretary. Earlier in his career, he spent almost a decade as general counsel of E*TRADE Financial, an online services and investment company, managing all legal functions including compliance, security and government affairs.

Prior to joining E*TRADE, Elmer served as partner at law firm Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper).