Shryne, which has roughly 2,500 employees and owns 20 retail locations throughout California, also sells its products in Arizona, Michigan and Nevada.
Berger’s hire comes more than a month after Shryne appointed Jonathan Avidor—a former associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and Goodwin Procter in Silicon Valley—to be its CEO.
Berger will lead the legal function for the Los Angeles-based company, Shryne spokeswoman Marisa Ochoa said.
After two years at eHarmony, Berger became general counsel in 2013 for Maker Studios Inc., an online video content maker that Disney acquired the following year.
Houseplant, founded in Canada, hired Berger in 2019 as chief administrative officer and general counsel to handle legal, finance and government affairs matters.
Avidor, Shryne’s new CEO, remains a name partner at the startup-focused law firm Masur Griffitts Avidor, which has offices in New York and Los Angeles.
“Jon still advises and holds an interest in both businesses but is not involved in the day-to-day,” Shryne spokesman Christian Averill told Bloomberg Law.
The company said in a Sept.