Pierre M. Gentin is General Counsel of the United States Department of Commerce.  He was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate.  Pierre joined the Department of Commerce in February 2025 as Senior Advisor to Secretary Howard W. Lutnick.

Pierre brings over thirty years’ experience in law, business, university teaching and public service. He was most recently senior partner, chief legal officer, and a member of the management team at consulting firm McKinsey & Company. He was previously a partner at the law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel and, for nearly twenty years, a managing director and senior legal and risk officer at global financial services firm Credit Suisse. Pierre also served in the United States Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Pierre has lectured on humanities, legal and ethics topics at universities worldwide and has served as visiting professor at Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, Fordham Law School, Tel Aviv University Business School and the Wharton School of Business. He chaired the board of Princeton University’s Center for Jewish Life, and has been a trustee of non-profit organizations including the Practising Law Institute, Touro Synagogue Foundation, Fordham University’s Corporate Law Center, Cambridge University’s Judge School of Business, and Princeton University’s Center for Public Policy and Finance. He co-edited a book on alternative dispute resolution in the financial services sector and, during COVID, taught a virtual course exploring the relationship between American poetry, religious thought, and blues music. 

Pierre graduated from Princeton University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and received a law degree from Columbia Law School.