Mark R. Shaw is the vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Southwest Airlines Co. He has been with Southwest for 13 years and prior to becoming GC in February 2013, he was the associate general counsel-corporate and transactions. In that role, one of his primary areas of responsibility was aircraft finance and lease transactions.
Prior to joining Southwest in 2000, Shaw was an attorney with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in Dallas, where he practiced in the corporate restructuring group and the corporate and securities group. In 1999, Shaw spent six months with GE Capital Aviation Services in Shannon, Ireland, where he worked on aircraft finance and leasing matters on behalf of GE.
