$1.1 billion real estate investment trust, HCP, has hired J. Alberto Gonzalez-Pita as executive vice president, general counsel, effective May 17. Edward Henning, the current general counsel, will remain with the company as an executive vice president.

Previous roles served by Gonzalez-Pita include senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of Las Vegas Sands; executive vice president and general counsel of Tyson Foods; and vice president and general counsel of BellSouth International. Earlier in his career, he was an executive partner at law firm White & Case. Gonzalez-Pita is presently the Association of Corporate Counsel's vice-chair of the board of directors.