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GitHub Inc. is the world’s largest repository of open source software and ‘the de facto platform for collaborating on open source software development and code’. It has attracted a large following from non-technical specialists sharing and collaborating on projects and documents across a broad range of industries. As GitHub’s first general counsel, Julio Avalos already has a strong voice within the industry, particularly regarding the information-sharing technology’s application in the legal sector. ‘Julio is committed to making the practice of law more human, transparent, and collaborative,’ says one source. Leading a growing team, he has applied the innovative open-source dynamics to Github’s own legal function, as a means of sharing information internally and externally. Avalos was previously corporate counsel at Yelp, and before that practiced at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where he was involved with early Facebook litigation.