Costco Wholesale Hires Experienced Regulatory Counsel

Costco Wholesale welcomes Eric Lent as in-house counsel providing regulatory and legal advice to a variety of business units, including alcohol regulatory compliance.  Prior to joining Costco, Lent was EVP, General Counsel at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, counsel for food and beverage companies, and an attorney at Perkins Coie and Arent Fox.  He graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center.

Costco Wholesale Corporation operates an international chain of membership warehouses that carry quality, brand-name merchandise at substantially lower prices than are typically found at conventional wholesale or retail sources.  Costco is the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries, and continues to expand globally.