Axalta Coating Systems, a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has named Michael Finn as senior vice president and general counsel.  He will assume responsibilities for all legal functions, including corporate legal matters, litigation, intellectual property, compliance, privacy and ethics.

Finn brings broad expertise to the company's global law department. Prior to joining Axalta, Finn held a number of increasingly senior roles at General Dynamics Corporation, most recently having served since 2009 as vice president and general counsel for the company's advanced information systems division. In that role, he oversaw a team of attorneys, contract, subcontract and export compliance professionals.

He also served twice at General Dynamics headquarters, most recently as assistant general counsel and initially as senior counsel where he served as liaison to all of the company's business units. Between those roles, he spent three years as vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and director of ethics and export compliance at General Dynamics United Kingdom in London.

Earlier in his career, Finn held a number of legal positions, included vice president, general counsel, and assistant secretary at software provider Sideware Corporation; associate general counsel at telecommunications provider Teligent; an associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher; and as an appellate litigation attorney with the Office of the General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission.