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New York City, are you ready to lead the next legal conversation?
We’re not looking for polished slide decks or generic talks. We want real legal leaders – General Counsel, Managing Partners, and Legal Tech builders, who’ve navigated regulatory shifts, scaled with automation, and built solutions that actually work.
After the caliber of speakers from Google, Zendesk, McAfee, and global privacy and AI leaders in San Francisco, we’re bringing that same bold energy to New York City, a city built on grit, growth, and global impact.
This is your moment to share hard-won insights and shape what’s next for the legal industry.
SPEAKERS
Dr. Monica Romelina Sijabat
Founder & Managing Partner at MRS Business Professional
- United Nations Speaker
- United Nations Representative for ECOSOC
- Harvard Kennedy School Alumni-Economic Development
- Harvard Kennedy School Representative 2024-Washington DC
Monica Romelina Sijabat is the Founder & Managing Partner at MRS Business Professional, based out of Jakarta, Indonesia, with an office in Washington DC, USA. MRS is a specialised Tax Consultancy Organization with expertise in Transfer Pricing, Tax Advisory, Audit, Review, Litigation, Compliance, and Review. Her professional background is as a Chartered Accountant, Tax Attorney & Tax Consultant with more than 20 years of experience. She has currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Indonesia (FEB UI) since 2018 until now & at the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, University of Indonesia (FIA UI) in 2017. In 2011, she was also a Brevet C Tax Instructor as well as a Main Member in the Association of Indonesian Accountants. She has an educational background and is an alumna of the Economics faculty at the University of Indonesia and an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School in the field of Economic Development with the Executive Certificate.
Dr. Monica Romelina Sijabat
Founder & Managing Partner at MRS Business Professional
Christopher Bowen
Corporate Counsel, Google LLC
Christopher Bowen is an attorney with 19 years of experience, including with the U.S. Department of Justice, two AmLaw 50 law firms, IBM, and a space start-up. He primarily supports his clients’ contracts with public sector entities, including Federal, State, and Local. Both as in-house and outside counsel, he has negotiated intellectual property and data privacy clauses with public sector customers as well as suppliers and integrators. He lives in Stony Brook, New York with his wife and two daughters.
Christopher Bowen
Corporate Counsel | Google LLC
Anik A. Shah
Director & Senior Counsel, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption at Sandisk
Anik A. Shah is Director of Global Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption at Sandisk, a leading provider of memory and data storage solutions. Anik has more than 15 years of compliance, investigations, regulatory, and law enforcement experience. He started his career at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where he investigated anti-fraud, anti-bribery, and other violations by multi-national financial institutions and technology companies and their executives. Anik routinely partnered with law enforcement and regulatory authorities throughout the U.S. and in Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia on multi-jurisdictional investigations and enforcement. He was also selected for a special detail assignment as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Anik is a licensed attorney and Certified Compliance and Ethics Processional (CEEP-I). As a leading anti-bribery and anti-corruption expert and practitioner, Anik routinely speaks at industry, professional, and trade association events.
Anik A. Shah
Director & Senior Counsel, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption at Sandisk
Antony Hilton
Sr. Corporate M&A Counsel and Associate General Counsel at HCL America, Inc.
Tony Hilton has spent ~25 years at the intersection of M&A, capital investment, and corporate strategy, working with emerging and expanding technologies, fintech, private equity, and media/entertainment. In both business and legal roles, he has served as a General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, corporate board member, and C-suite advisor for public and private companies. His experience spans multimillion-dollar transactions, cross-border M&A, and high-stakes deal negotiation.
Antony Hilton
Sr. Corporate M&A Counsel and Associate General Counsel at HCL America, Inc.
Stacey Weltman
Solutions Attorney at GC AI
Stacey Weltman Stacey is a Solutions Attorney at GC AI focused on helping legal teams leverage AI tools to simplify workflows and make faster, more confident decisions. Drawing on her experience at leading Canadian law firms and in-house at Brookfield, she understands the practical pressures lawyers face and translates those insights into solutions that are intuitive, efficient, and aligned with real workflows. Stacey holds a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, and a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario. Stacey is based in Toronto, Canada.
Stacey Weltman
Solutions Attorney at GC AI
Nangah Tabah
Intellectual Property & Corporate Litigation Counsel | IBM
As Intellectual Property & Corporate Litigation Counsel at IBM, she partners with business, engineering, and product leaders to enable innovation across AI, hybrid cloud, quantum computing, and other emerging technologies. Her focus extends beyond managing disputes—she works to create the legal frameworks, risk strategies, and governance that allow the business to move quickly while protecting IBM’s technology, reputation, and long-term growth.
Over more than 15 years advising Fortune 100 companies, she has developed deep experience navigating complex intellectual property, litigation, and regulatory issues. Today, she leverages that experience to help teams maintain freedom to operate, anticipate changes in the legal landscape, and make informed decisions that accelerate commercialization while meeting evolving legal and compliance obligations.
She believes the rapid evolution of AI demands that legal organizations become business enablers rather than gatekeepers. She is passionate about helping organizations deploy transformative technologies responsibly by balancing innovation, speed, and appropriate risk management. Whether advising on IP strategy, litigation, or emerging legal issues, she strives to deliver practical guidance that advances business objectives while preserving trust with customers, regulators, and stakeholders.
Her background enables her to bridge technical, legal, and commercial perspectives. She enjoys working alongside engineers, researchers, executives, and product teams to translate complex legal issues into clear business decisions. She believes the strongest legal counsel not only protects the company—it creates the confidence to innovate, invest, and scale.
As she continues expanding her leadership at the intersection of law, technology, and business strategy, her goal is to help shape how global enterprises responsibly commercialize AI and emerging technologies while building resilient, trusted businesses. She welcomes opportunities to connect with leaders focused on AI, technology strategy, commercial transformation, innovation, and enterprise risk management.
Nangah Tabah
Intellectual Property & Corporate Litigation Counsel | IBM
Michael DeSimone
Vice President, Corporate Counsel at Prudential Financial
Michael DeSimone is a Vice President, Corporate Counsel at Prudential Financial, based in Newark, New Jersey. With a decade of experience as an in-house corporate counsel in the insurance industry and seven years of commercial litigation defense experience, he has developed a deep expertise in navigating complex legal landscapes.
At Prudential Financial, Michael supports the group life insurance and long-term care businesses, which includes support for several other areas including associations, underwriting, third party compensation, Group Variable Universal Life, Pru Benefit Funding, and the Office of Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance (OSGLI). Before joining Prudential, Michael served as Corporate Counsel at MetLife, where he provided legal guidance to the Long Term Care business unit. Earlier in his career, he was a senior associate at White & Case LLP, focusing on commercial litigation, primary defending generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in various state false claims act cases.
Michael DeSimone
Vice President, Corporate Counsel at Prudential Financial
Harry Halikias
Sr. Director, Global Information Security | Sony Music Publishing
With over 15 years of dedicated IT, Security, and Privacy service, Harry is an experienced business leader known for developing and implementing robust cybersecurity and privacy strategies. His expertise is underpinned by a Master’s degree in cybersecurity and industry-leading certifications, including CISSP and CIPP/US, complemented by a continuous learning journey through professional development and industry engagement.
A deep-seated commitment to privacy as a fundamental right is at the core of Harry’s professional ethos. Driven by this conviction, Harry creates security programs that protect and add substantial value to organizations. These initiatives ensure the safety of customer and employee data while aligning with business goals. His approach is defined by proactive risk management, focusing on anticipating and mitigating emerging threats in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Harry Halikias
Sr. Director, Global Information Security | Sony Music Publishing
Ian McDougall
President – LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation
Ian McDougall is President of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, a charitable organization established to advance the Rule of Law globally. Chair of the United Nations Global Compact Legal Advisory Board. As an Adjunct Professor at IE University in Madrid, he teaches the Rule of Law, Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age, and Artificial Intelligence and the legal profession. In March 2026 he was appointed Non-executive Director of the Association of Accounting Technicians. Since 2023 he has been a Trustee of the Civil Liberties Trust in the UK and since 2024 Trustee of the International Bar Association Foundation. Until September 2024, he was Executive Vice President and General Counsel for LexisNexis, having been with the company for 20 years and involved in the Artificial Intelligence sector for the last decade. At LexisNexis, Mr. McDougall held various roles including CEO – Asia Pacific, Chair of the Global Marketing Group, HR Director and Managing Director for LexisNexis New Zealand. In 2009 he sat as a “Panel Member” (i.e Judge) of the Barrister’s Disciplinary Tribunal.
Ian McDougall
President - LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation
Evan Wong
CEO & Co-Founder, Checkbox
Evan Wong is the Co-Founder and CEO of Checkbox, a legal intake and workflow automation company used by legal teams at companies including SAP, Hitachi, and PepsiCo. Despite being legally trained, Evan didn’t pursue life as a lawyer and instead became an entrepreneur. He started his company-building journey at the age of seventeen, winning numerous awards, including being named a Forbes 30 Under 30 and LegalTech CEO of the Year. In his personal time, Evan enjoys martial arts, volleyball, and a good karaoke session.
Evan Wong
CEO & Co-Founder, Checkbox
Ewa Kozlowska
Senior Vice President, Treasury and Trade Solutions – Global In-Business Product Risk | Citi
Executive with over 10 years supporting a banking and swap dealer, security swap dealer, futures commission merchant business and Fintech companies. During her professional career, Ewa advised on the development of banking and pear-to-pear platforms, introduction of crypto assets products and crypto asset related activities. In her most current role with Citi is a Senior Vice President, Treasury and Trade Solutions – Global In-Business Product Risk Ewa is responsible for supporting business from the product risk perspective. She holds two law degrees from Warsaw University and Fordham Law school and MBA degree from London Business School, HEC School of Management Paris, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, and Warsaw University of Technology. She also holds Series 7 and 79 FINRA licenses.
Ewa Kozlowska
Senior Vice President, Treasury and Trade Solutions - Global In-Business Product Risk | Citi
Elaine Drager
Counsel, Technology & AI and Strategic Partners, Nokia
Elaine Drager is part of the Nokia Legal & Compliance community, having originally joined Lucent Technologies, which merged with Alcatel forming Alcatel-Lucent, which was in turn acquired by Nokia.
During the course of her career, she has been responsible for nearly every aspect of intellectual property and antitrust matters in the context of a wide variety of corporate transactions. Elaine is a registered patent attorney who started out at Fish & Neave in New York City and has been involved with clients in technical areas from semiconductors and consumer devices, to software, to optics, to cable and telecommunications technologies. She has a BS Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University and a JD from Duke University School of Law.
In her current role, Elaine supports the legal needs of some Bell Labs Solutions Research, the Technology Leadership Office and Strategic Partners.
In her spare time, Elaine is the mother of 3 young adult daughters, and has mentored, counselled, and provided both solicited and unsolicited advice to dozens of young professionals in engineering and legal fields. She has been a soccer coach, Girl Scout leader, and school volunteer, and serves on the Advisory Boards of Leda Health (a women-founded startup committed to and achieving great good for survivors of sexual assault) and the Gibbons Institute of Law Science & Technology of Seton Hall Law School. In the past, she was also a member of the Intellectual Property Advisory Committee for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Elaine Drager
Counsel, Technology & AI and Strategic Partners, Nokia
Deepti Purwar
Sales Engineer at Filevine
Deepti Purwar is a Sales Engineer on the Solutions Engineering team at Filevine, based in Chicago. Before moving into legal tech, she spent years as in-house counsel reviewing and negotiating contracts firsthand, experience that now shapes how she helps legal teams leverage AI. Outside of work, Deepti loves the water, whether she’s swimming or trying a new water sport.
Deepti Purwar
Sales Engineer at Filevine
Jennifer Sanapareddy
Director, Corporate Counsel, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence Law | Prudential Financial
Jennifer Sanapareddy is Director, Corporate Counsel, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence Law at Prudential Financial, Inc. She previously served as Prudential’s HIPAA Privacy Officer and Director, US Privacy Compliance, where she provided subject matter expertise, advice, and training on privacy and data protection. She also worked in Prudential’s Global Privacy Office to develop policies, procedures and frameworks for global data protection. Throughout her tenure with Prudential, she has held various compliance positions supporting multiple divisions of PGIM, Inc. whereby she was responsible for private and public asset management compliance including sales and marketing, code of conduct and trade compliance. Prior to joining Prudential, Jennifer practiced law in areas of commercial litigation and employment law.
Jennifer is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). She has a Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Political Science and Criminal Justice from Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg University). She is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and the U.S. District Court of New Jersey.
Jennifer Sanapareddy
Director, Corporate Counsel, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence Law | Prudential Financial
Alejandro Galván Illanes
Head of Legal & Data Privacy Officer, Petco Mexico
Mexican lawyer with over 20 years of experience in administrative law, regulation, data privacy, compliance, anti-corruption, and ethics.
Currently, responsible for Legal, Regulatory, and Government Relations for Mexico and Chile at Petco Mexico. Former Director of Transparency for the Secretariat of the Interior in the Mexican Federal Government.
Professor and lecturer at various academic and professional institutions, with knowledge and experience on topics such as compliance, anti-corruption, personal data protection, government regulations, strategic planning, public administration, and constitutional and administrative law. Opening speaker at the IV National Congress of Public Management in Brazil, representative of the Federal Executive Branch in forums on transparency and access to information, co-author of a book on municipal regulations, and a contributor to a journal specializing in public service.
Alejandro Galván Illanes
Head of Legal & Data Privacy Officer, Petco Mexico
Ashley Jones
Commercial Counsel at LinkSquares, Inc.
Ashley Jones is Commercial Counsel at Boston-based LinkSquares, Inc., where her work sits at the intersection of law, technology, and strategic operations. Drawing on experience across non-profit, in-house, and founder-led environments, Ashley specializes in contract review and negotiation, legal operations, and efficiency-driven process development. She believes that introducing fresh perspectives and innovative tools isn’t just good practice — it’s how businesses evolve, and how lawyers transform into true strategic superpowers for the organizations they serve.
Ashley Jones
Commercial Counsel at LinkSquares, Inc.
Aditi Mittal
Legal Counsel | Siemens Corporation
With over 11 years of experience, Aditi Mittal is an accomplished lawyer who built her career navigating two of the world’s largest legal markets, India and the United States. Currently, a Legal Counsel with Siemens Corporation. Since transitioning internally with Siemens to the US in 2023, she has been driving high-impact legal strategy across complex technology, supply chain, and digital transformation businesses, while leading AI and process initiatives. She specializes in complex deal structuring and risk management. She is passionate about translating legal complexity into practical, business-focused solutions.
Aditi Mittal
Legal Counsel | Siemens Corporation
Nuria Flores
Senior Counsel | GE Appliances, a Haier Company
Nuria Flores is a bilingual attorney with more than two decades of experience admitted to practice in Mexico and NY, providing strategic legal counsel and advisory services for multinational companies in the entertainment, pharma, financial services, and manufacturing industries. Nuria holds a law degree and a postgraduate degree in banking law from Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City, is an LLM alumna of New York University School of Law and has earned an Advanced Certificate in Law and Business, Corporate Finance, from NYU Stern School of Business. Currently, Nuria serves as Senior Counsel for GE Appliances, a Haier company, and resides in New York.
Nuria Flores
Senior Counsel | GE Appliances, a Haier Company
Jesse Melman
Senior Counsel | Wiz
Jesse Melman is Senior Counsel at Wiz (now part of Google Cloud), where he oversees and manages Wiz’s compliance program, focusing on anti-corruption, sanctions, and overall compliance and ethics issues. Prior to joining Wiz/Google, Jesse spent almost 5 years at Zoom Communications managing its anti-corruption and sanctions compliance programs. Before that, he spent close to ten years at an international law firm, practicing in the firm’s white collar investigations and international trade groups, where he focused on advising clients regarding anti-bribery/anti-corruption and sanctions compliance.
Jesse Melman
Senior Counsel | Wiz
DAVID ALMEIDA MADRID
Associate at ALN – Mining Law Firm
Secialized law firm with more than 20 years of experience in the mining sector.
Bachelor’s Degree from Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua.
Current Diploma candidate in Urban Legislation and Human Rights for Colegio de Jurisprudencia Urbanística CJUR Internacional and holds a Diploma in International Taxation from the Public Accountants College of Guadalajara. Served as a public officer in the Legal Decentralized Administration of the Tax Administration Service (SAT).
Served as Head of the Litigation Department of the Taxpayer’s Defense Attorney’s Office (PRODECON).
Specialist in Administrative Regulatory and Contentious Law, representing mining companies mainly in matters related to federal authorities such as General Mining Bureau, Public Mining Registry, SAT, INFONAVIT, IMSS, CONAGUA, Energy Regulatory Commission; as well as at state level such as the Urban Development and Ecology Ministry.
David was recently recognized by Legal 500 as a Leading Associate in its Latin America 2026 guide and also as “Leading Lawyer of the Year 2026”, Legal Honor Global Award at the LexTalk World Conference & Exhibition, on 8th – 9th April 2026, Houston.
DAVID ALMEIDA MADRID
Associate at ALN – Mining Law Firm
Matthew Solé
Founder & CEO, Zeal
Matthew Solé is the founder and CEO of Zeal, a legal intelligence platform that helps organizations turn their contracts into a strategic asset rather than static operational liabilities. A software engineer by training and a management consultant by trade, he led a $6B book of business at HP and led the Financial Managed Services Group at Axiom. Matthew founded Zeal in 2019, bringing the same operational lens to a problem legal teams confront daily. He regularly contributes to Forbes on AI governance and legal operations.
Matthew Solé
Founder & CEO, Zeal
Steven K. Davidson
Partner at Steptoe LLP
Steven K. Davidson is a nationally and internationally recognized trial lawyer who advises global companies on high‑stakes disputes, enforcement actions, and complex litigation involving sensitive business and governance issues. A Band 1–ranked lawyer by Chambers USA in International Arbitration and Judgment Enforcement, Steve serves as lead counsel to Fortune 500 companies and major multinational enterprises confronting multijurisdictional disputes and enforcement challenges. He has represented clients including ExxonMobil, American Airlines, UBS, BNSF, and Korea Electric Power Company in matters spanning international arbitration, cross‑border litigation, and novel enforcement proceedings. For more than a decade, Steve built and led Steptoe’s Commercial Trials and International Disputes practices and now leads the firm’s judgment enforcement team. His work has been widely covered by Bloomberg, Reuters, and Law360 and described by the New York Times as among the world’s leading expertise in enforcing judgments and remedies worldwide.
Steven K. Davidson
Partner at Steptoe LLP
Fernanda Dornellas Gondin da Fonseca
Head of Legal at Teles Pires Transmission Line – SGBH
Fernanda is a legal professional with a strong commitment to innovation, ethics, and social impact within the legal field. With experience in dispute resolution, regulatory and compliance, and environmental law, she has developed a career focused on delivering strategic solutions and fostering meaningful change.
Throughout her journey, she has worked on projects that bridge traditional legal practice with modern challenges, emphasizing efficiency, accessibility, and forward-thinking approaches. She has contributed to initiatives aimed at expanding access to justice and improving legal processes, positively impacting both clients and the broader community.
Passionate about continuous learning and collaboration, she actively engages in discussions on the future of law, particularly in areas such as innovation, technology, and global legal trends. At LexTalk New York 2026, she seeks to share insights, connect with fellow professionals, and contribute to shaping a more inclusive and dynamic legal landscape.
Fernanda Dornellas Gondin da Fonseca
Head of Legal at Teles Pires Transmission Line - SGBH
Raphael Zaroni
Managing Partner, Zaroni Advogados
Raphael Zaroni is the founding partner of Zaroni Advogados, with a practice spanning international contracts, corporate law, tax, and dispute resolution. He advises foreign companies, investors, and general counsel on cross-border transactions with Brazilian exposure — from contract structuring and corporate arrangements to arbitration and litigation.
Raphael works at the intersection of international contractual practice and Brazilian law, with experience across technology, infrastructure, maritime operations, and financial services. His approach is practical by design: not theoretical compliance, but strategies that hold when actually tested.
He speaks regularly at international legal forums, including LexTalk World Houston 2026, addressing the structural gaps that international lawyers encounter when their contracts need to function in Brazil.
Raphael Zaroni
Managing Partner, Zaroni Advogados
Imtiaz Khan
Director, IP Valuation & Advisory Services Lead | Houlihan Lokey
Mr. Khan is a member of Houlihan Lokey’s Financial and Valuation Advisory business and leads IP Valuation & Advisory Services. With over a decade of experience in valuation, modeling, and strategic consulting, he advises clients on assessing, monetizing, and optimizing the value of intangible assets across a broad range of industries and transaction contexts. His expertise spans IP valuation, strategic advisory, licensing structure design, litigation support, data valuation, and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) economics.
Imtiaz focuses on helping companies, investors, and rights holders unlock the value of IP and other intangible assets to drive growth, improve financing outcomes, and enhance competitive advantage.
Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Imtiaz was a Senior Director in Aon’s IP Solutions practice, leading IP valuations and portfolio monitoring initiatives. He previously advised on valuation and transaction strategies within Aon’s Strategic Advisory and M&A Solutions practices and began his career as a fixed income trader at Ronin Capital in Chicago.
Mr. Khan holds a B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Lawrence University. He has also been recognized in the IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists and IAM 300: Global Leaders for his contributions to the field of IP valuation and strategy.
Imtiaz Khan
Director, IP Valuation & Advisory Services Lead | Houlihan Lokey
Juan Carlos Portilla Jaimes
Lawyer / Adjunct Professor of International Law
Juan Carlos Portilla is an international lawyer and scholar whose career has unfolded at the intersection of global financial regulation, international law, and high stakes human rights litigation. He is known for confronting transnational criminal economies and exposing institutional failures that threaten democratic governance.
Juan Carlos Portilla holds an LL.M. in International Law from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, with advanced training in the Program on Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at Harvard Law School and in Leadership and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also completed the 2026 Winter Courses at The Hague Academy of International Law. He teaches International Financial Law at Universidad de La Sabana.
Appointed by the then President of Colombia as Superintendent of Surveillance and Private Security, Portilla led a sweeping institutional overhaul that dismantled private armies and criminal networks tied to narcotrafficking and money laundering, producing high profile arrests and extraditions. He has continued his career in the United States as a senior lawyer investigating transnational financial crime, earning CAMS, CFE, and FINRA Series 7 certifications.
In international human rights law, Portilla has acted as both academic and strategic litigator. As a visiting scholar at Boston College Law School, he led legal and diplomatic efforts that secured the release of a Venezuelan student detained for political reasons. He has also played a central role in seeking provisional measures before the Inter American Commission on Human Rights in cases involving allegations that public media have being used in ways that, according to his petitions, risked undermining democratic institutions and the rights of political opposition groups in Colombia.
Portilla’s work embodies a conviction that international law must be used as a living instrument to defend human dignity, restrain abuses of power, and confront the pressures facing democracies today.
Juan Carlos Portilla Jaimes
Lawyer / Adjunct Professor of International Law
Karina Figueiredo Costa Garcia
Head of Compliance at Zamp S.A.
Karina Figueiredo Costa Garcia is a Senior Compliance and Governance executive with over a decade of experience leading global integrity, ethics, risk management, and regulatory remediation initiatives across highly regulated industries, including construction, mining, petrochemicals, and food service. She currently serves as Head of Compliance at Zamp, a Mubadala Capital portfolio company responsible for operating the Starbucks, Burger King, Subway, and Popeyes brands in Brazil.
Throughout her career at companies such as Braskem, CBMM, Odebrecht Engenharia & Construção, and Zamp, she has led transformative compliance programs, complex internal investigations, and large-scale governance integration projects with measurable organizational and cultural impact.
Karina played a key role in post-Lava Jato remediation efforts, working alongside international regulators and independent monitors, including the U.S. Department of Justice, World Bank, and Inter-American Development Bank. She is recognized for combining strategic leadership, behavioral risk management, technology-driven compliance innovation, and ethical culture transformation.
Her expertise includes ISO 37001 and ISO 37301 certified compliance systems, crisis and risk Management, AI-supported due diligence initiatives, and global governance frameworks designed to strengthen organizational resilience, integrity, and sustainable business growth.
Karina Figueiredo Costa Garcia
Head of Compliance at Zamp S.A.
Michael J. Baratz
Attorney at Steptoe LLP
Michael J. Baratz is a commercial litigator with a practice focused on complex disputes, arbitration, and judgment enforcement, particularly in matters with cross‑border dimensions. He regularly represents clients in high‑stakes commercial litigation in federal and state courts across the United States, guiding cases through trial and appeal. Michael also has significant experience before leading arbitral institutions, including ICSID, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Zurich Chamber of Commerce (ZCC), the American Arbitration Association (AAA), and FINRA. A core part of his practice involves helping clients recognize and enforce court judgments and arbitral awards in jurisdictions worldwide, as well as securing pre‑judgment and provisional remedies. His work bridges litigation strategy, arbitration practice, and enforcement planning, providing clients with practical solutions to complex, multijurisdictional disputes.
Michael J. Baratz
Attorney at Steptoe LLP
Magdalena Cuprys
CEO, Serving Immigrants
Magdalena Cuprys is an attorney with more than 20 years of experience and an unwavering commitment to the immigrant community, rooted in her own life story. Originally from Poland, Magdalena arrived in the United States as a refugee—an experience that gave her a unique perspective and deep empathy for those pursuing the American dream. She graduated from the University of Chicago and the University of Washington School of Law, and she is licensed to practice in Florida and California.
Her professional practice stands out for its direct impact on obtaining humanitarian visas and managing complex immigration processes. She has established herself as a key figure in defending the rights of detained immigrants, achieving significant victories in securing bonds and resolving critical cases. Thanks to her legal authority, she frequently collaborates with media outlets, providing expert analysis on current immigration issues.
An active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), attorney Cuprys is fluent in English, Spanish, and Polish, as well as Russian and Italian. This multicultural perspective—shaped by her own transition from refugee to naturalized citizen—allows her to offer high-impact, strategic, and deeply human representation.
Magdalena Cuprys
CEO, Serving Immigrants
Teslim Akerele
Senior Counsel, Commercial | PubMatic
Teslim Akerele is a Senior Commercial Counsel with over 15 years of experience navigating complex legal and commercial challenges across Africa, the Middle East, and the United States. She has built her career advising on strategic and innovative initiatives in highly regulated industries including adtech, telecommunications, and fintech, bringing legally compliant solutions to products and business models that often outpace existing regulatory frameworks. In her current global role, she works across multiple jurisdictions partnering with business and product teams to future-proof commercial agreements and ensure regulatory readiness as technology and data-driven markets continue to evolve.
Teslim Akerele
Senior Counsel, Commercial | PubMatic
Kristin Meister
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Last Energy
Kristin Meister
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Last Energy
Federico Pereyra Zorraquin
Legal Manager at Life Academy
Federico Pereyra Zorraquin is a Senior Legal Counsel and cross-border business advisor with more than ten years of experience supporting multinational organizations across Latin America in highly regulated industries, including financial services, energy, technology, and digital platforms.
Currently serving as Regional Legal Counsel for a multinational financial services group, he leads legal, compliance, governance, and dispute resolution matters across multiple LATAM jurisdictions. His work focuses on enabling international business expansion, structuring compliant operating models, negotiating complex commercial and technology agreements, and managing legal and regulatory risk in rapidly evolving markets.
Throughout his career, Federico has advised global organizations such as Libertex Group, Aggreko, Chevron, and Accenture, developing extensive experience in technology law, digital platforms, compliance frameworks, data protection, cross-border transactions, and litigation strategy.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Law from UADE, where his thesis examined cryptocurrencies through the lens of consumer protection. He also serves as Assistant Lecturer in Commercial Law and Research Coordinator at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA).
Federico regularly writes and speaks on emerging legal issues involving technology, artificial intelligence, digital assets, consumer protection, platform liability, and regulatory innovation.
Federico Pereyra Zorraquin
Legal Manager at Life Academy
Madeline Kessler
Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property and Data at Bloomberg LP
Madeline Kessler is in-house counsel at Bloomberg LP, where she specializes in intellectual property. A large part of her practice focuses on artificial intelligence, supporting engineering teams in their development of new products and advising on open source and proprietary licensing for third-party data and models. Outside of her role as an intellectual property subject matter expert, she provides legal support to the company’s corporate philanthropy department.
Madeline Kessler
Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property and Data at Bloomberg LP
Eric Pulsipher
Founder of Pulse Solutions LLC
Eric Pulsipher is a seasoned IT executive with 30+ years guiding cross-functional transformations in privacy, global AI governance, and data modernization. He builds scalable operating models that align legal, engineering, compliance, and business teams around clear accountability and measurable outcomes. As founder of Pulse Solutions LLC, he steers AI readiness programs, translating regulatory requirements into executable roadmaps and technical controls—driving revenue growth, cost efficiencies, and faster compliance cycles. Known for decisive execution, talent development, and durable governance for responsible innovation, Eric believes execution is the differentiator: he leads teams to yes, removes friction, and turns governance into repeatable systems. His work bridges governance, technology, and execution for scalable, compliant AI adoption, with upcoming initiatives to connect compliance, engineering, and business execution.
Eric Pulsipher
Founder of Pulse Solutions LLC
Wayne Kaufman
Deputy General Counsel | Senior Vice President | Data Privacy Officer at ORBCOMM Inc.
Wayne Kaufman is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and the Data Privacy Officer at ORBCOMM Inc., a leading provider of global satellite and cellular data communications IoT/M2M solutions with headquarters in Rochelle Park, NJ and offices both across the US and subsidiaries operating globally, including in Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Africa. Mr. Kaufman is responsible for providing leadership and strategic legal support covering domestic and international issues facing the company, including data privacy, corporate governance, internal and statutory compliance, IP Portfolio management and third-party risk management. Mr. Kaufman also provides assistance related to M&A, finance matters, ESG and the negotiation of complex commercial transactions.
Before joining ORBCOMM, Wayne was an Assistant General Counsel at KPMG and, for 11 years prior, an Associate General Counsel at AIG. While at AIG, Mr. Kaufman was the sole attorney supporting the global engineered risk and loss control groups such as: environmental, healthcare, safety, marine, energy, aerospace, casualty, property and enterprise crisis management and managing the vendor management group associated with the loss control and domestic claims groups. During that time Mr. Kaufman also served as Assistant Secretary for the AIG domestic claim companies, handling corporate governance and compliance matters for those entities. Mr. Kaufman has also served as General Counsel of MusicVision, Inc., an internet media company after starting his career in usual fashion as a corporate associate at the law firm of Brown Raysman. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1997 and received his BA from SUNY Albany in 1991.
Wayne Kaufman
Deputy General Counsel | Senior Vice President | Data Privacy Officer at ORBCOMM Inc.
Damon Gupta
Senior Patent Counsel, Genentech, Inc.
Damon Gupta serves Roche and Genentech stakeholders as a Senior Patent Counsel out of the Roche Innovation Center Philadelphia. With his molecular biology background, business experience, and over a decade practicing intellectual property law, Damon is a trusted legal advisor to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Damon provides strategic IP counsel to support innovation, partnerships, and market competitiveness. Damon’s deep experience in patent prosecution, IP transactions, litigation, and risk mitigation helps his clients protect core assets and navigate the complexities of regulatory and market competitive landscapes. At Roche, Damon protects innovation and trade secrets, manages and resolves IP disputes, and provides IP support across Philadelphia based R&D, manufacturing, and corporate functions. Before joining Roche, Damon was a Director, Patent Counsel at Spark Therapeutics, a member of the Roche family, and an associate attorney with IP firms in Chicago. Damon enjoys problem solving and supporting clients through every stage of growth – from early discovery through product launch and acquisition – by aligning IP strategy with business goals. Damon holds a Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law, a Master of Science from Baylor College of Medicine, and a Bachelor of Science from The Ohio State University.
Damon Gupta
Senior Patent Counsel, Genentech, Inc.
Mushegh Manukyan
International Mediator and Arbitrator
Mushegh Manukyan is an international mediator and arbitrator, currently working with a global organization, and has mediated 1000+ disputes involving over 100+ nationalities. Before, he served as a mediator at the D.C. Court of Appeals and the World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman and focused on encouraging mediation globally. He has extensive experience in mediation and arbitration and in representing foreign companies in various complex matters. Most recently, he practiced international dispute resolution at the Washington, D.C. office of a leading international arbitration law firm and was Senior Counsel at a Texas-based high-tech company. He sits on the boards of Enveritas International (a coffee verification non-profit) and ShareVino (a winetech startup). Mushegh holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Yerevan State University (Armenia), a Ph.D. in private international law from Russian State Social University (2009) in Moscow, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School (2016).
Mushegh Manukyan
International Mediator and Arbitrator
Dan Glusker
Managing Director & Senior Counsel, MacKay Shields LLC
Dan Glusker is a Managing Director and Senior Counsel at MacKay Shields LLC, a fixed income asset manager owned by New York Life Insurance Company. His responsibilities include managing the legal needs of MacKay Shields’ private funds business and overseeing marketing compliance. Dan joined MacKay Shields in May 2019. Previously, Dan was a Managing Director and General Counsel at Perkins Fund Marketing, a boutique third party distributor of private investment funds. Before joining Perkins, Dan held structuring, sales and manager research roles at Commerzbank, BNP Paribas, Natixis Capital Markets, Wachovia Securities and RBC Capital Markets. Dan began his legal career in the New York offices of Brown & Wood (currently Sidley Austin) and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, and previously served as a complex and environmental loss analyst at the Travelers Insurance Company.
Dan graduated from Colgate University in 1993 with a B.A. in Political Science and earned his J.D. magna cum laude from New York Law School in 1998. He holds the Series 7, 63 and 24 securities licenses and is admitted to the New York and Connecticut bars.
Dan Glusker
Managing Director & Senior Counsel, MacKay Shields LLC
Camila Monteiro Zaroni
Managing Partner and Head of Tax at Zaroni Advogados
Camila Monteiro Zaroni is a Brazilian tax attorney, Managing Partner and Head of Tax at Zaroni Advogados. Her practice focuses on tax advisory and litigation, tax planning, administrative and judicial tax proceedings, and strategic tax support for companies operating in Brazil. She advises clients on complex tax disputes, tax risk assessment, direct and indirect taxation, and the business impacts of Brazil’s ongoing tax reform. Camila is known for combining solid technical tax knowledge with a practical, business-oriented approach, assisting companies in tax matters involving service providers, regulated industries, foreign investors, and cross-border business operations. She holds a law degree from Universidade Cândido Mendes and a postgraduate degree in Tax Law and Tax Accounting from IBMEC. She also serves as a member of the Fiscal Council of the Italian-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Camila Monteiro Zaroni
Managing Partner and Head of Tax at Zaroni Advogados
Marvin Lowenthal
Litigation and Privacy Counsel at Cohen & Gresser LLP
Marvin J. Lowenthal’s practice focuses on white collar defense, general commercial and securities litigation, and privacy and cybersecurity matters. His work includes developing litigation and negotiation strategies for a wide range of complex commercial contracts and other business disputes, such as evaluating potential leveraged market transactions for multibillion-dollar investment groups, advising on how recent legislation may impact a multinational company’s natural resources contracts with a foreign sovereign, and resolving disputes among competitors involving employee mobility and intellectual property issues; conducting investigations in response to inquiries from state, federal, and foreign regulators or complaints from employees and whistleblowers; and helping companies develop and assess their data privacy and cybersecurity policies to ensure ongoing compliance.
Marvin Lowenthal
Litigation and Privacy Counsel at Cohen & Gresser LLP
Jonathan Daniels
Global Head of Privacy Law and Compliance | Bristol Myers Squibb
Jonathan is the Head of Global Privacy Law and Compliance at Bristol Myers Squibb in New Jersey. There, he leads a team focused on global privacy strategy, governance, and compliance — serving as the primary advisor to senior leadership on privacy risks and emerging regulations, overseeing global privacy frameworks.
Jonathan brings 15 years of experience in privacy law and compliance, with a focus on building risk-based, technology-enabled programs that balance regulatory requirements with business objectives. He has served as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, delivering practical, actionable guidance on complex privacy matters.
Jonathan holds a Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School and an LLM in Cyber Law and Data Privacy from the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law in addition to multiple privacy and leadership certifications. He lives in Philadelphia, PA with his husband, three-year-old son, and an adorable deaf Aussiedoodle.
Jonathan Daniels
Global Head of Privacy Law and Compliance | Bristol Myers Squibb
Scott Kessler
Partner | Akerman LLP
Scott M. Kessler is a partner in Akerman’s New York office who focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes, with extensive experience representing clients in both domestic and international arbitration as well as high-stakes courtroom litigation. He regularly advises companies on forum strategy and has successfully handled arbitration proceedings involving private equity disputes, corporate finance transactions, real estate investments, and life sciences matters, including multi-million-dollar international arbitrations concerning alleged fraud, fiduciary duty claims, and contractual enforcement.
Scott’s practice also includes trying and arguing cases in federal and state courts across the country, giving him a deep, practical perspective on the strategic, procedural, and business considerations that drive the choice between arbitration and litigation in complex commercial disputes. He is recognized for his business litigation work and has been honored by Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers, and Super Lawyers, reflecting recognition for his sophisticated dispute resolution capabilities.
Scott Kessler
Partner | Akerman LLP
Elizabeth Bierut
Litigation Partner | Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP
Elizabeth Bierut is a seasoned litigator who represents clients in high-stakes complex business disputes, including but not limited to breach of contract, securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, trade secret, and business torts. Her clients include asset management firms, fintech companies, pharmaceutical companies, and high-net worth individuals. She frequently represents creditors in bankruptcy-related contexts, including in litigation arising from liability management exercises. Liz also represents clients in investigations and white collar matters. Liz has extensive experience with all stages of litigation, including motion practice, discovery, trial, and appeals, and regularly counsels clients pre-litigation concerning the strengths and weaknesses of claims and defenses, and the best tactical path forward. She also frequently represents clients in JAMS and AAA arbitrations. Liz is a member of the Federal Bar of New Jersey’s Bankruptcy Committee. Liz has also taught legal writing as an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law.
Elizabeth Bierut
Litigation Partner | Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP
Alex Zilberman
CEO and Co-Founder of Chamelio
Alex Zilberman is the CEO and Co-Founder of Chamelio, a legal intelligence platform helping in-house legal teams harness AI in a practical, enterprise-ready way. He has spent his career at the intersection of technology, operations, and scale, and now leads Chamelio’s vision for transforming legal work through AI, automation, and organizational memory. Before founding Chamelio, Alex held leadership roles at Pagaya and AnyVision, after beginning his career at EY and PwC. He is a CPA by training.
Alex Zilberman
CEO and Co-Founder of Chamelio
Valerie Greenberg
VP, Senior Associate General Counsel of Kaseya, Inc.
Valerie Greenberg leads the commercial division of Kaseya’s ten member legal team. She has been with Kaseya since June 2016, helping the company maintain its position as a leading global provider of AI powered IT management and cybersecurity SaaS solutions. Her team supports multiple departments and handles a wide range of matters, including: agreements of all types; compliance (privacy, AI, and data security); corporate transactions and governance; and support for product management, engineering, and other business functions.
Before joining Kaseya, Valerie was principal of The Greenberg Law Firm, founded in 2001. In that role, she advised companies of all sizes, often serving as outside general counsel, across industries ranging from technology to tableware to fragrance. From 1998 to 2001, she served as General Counsel for Dot Hill Systems—which became her firm’s first client and remained a client until its successful acquisition in 2015. From 1993 to 1998, Valerie was an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia, handling hundreds of prosecutions and motions, and also defending the office against civil rights claims.
Valerie grew up in Queens, NY and now lives in Westchester County. She earned her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law. She is the proud mother of three children, a suffering Jets and Mets fan, and plays women’s ice hockey.
Valerie Greenberg
VP, Senior Associate General Counsel of Kaseya, Inc.
Elnaz Zarrini
Vice President, Counsel at Benefit Street Partners
Elnaz Zarrini is a Vice President at Benefit Street Partners, where she focuses on fund formation, strategic structuring and complex investor negotiations across credit strategies. She advises on evergreen and drawdown vehicles, cross-border parallel structures, SMAs, and works closely with investment, capital formation and finance teams to align legal architecture with commercial objectives.
Prior to joining BSP in 2022, Ms. Zarrini was an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where she advised leading private investment managers and global asset managers on fund formation and regulatory matters. She previously spent five years at Morrison & Foerster in the investment funds group and began her career as a commercial litigation and white collar associate at Brown Rudnick, bringing a risk-oriented perspective to her transactional work.
Ms. Zarrini received her B.A. from Brandeis University and her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
Elnaz Zarrini
Vice President, Counsel at Benefit Street Partners
Sean Malley
Senior Counsel, Litigation & Employment | PubMatic
Sean Malley is in-house counsel to PubMatic, where he leads litigation and advises on cross-border employment and regulatory matters across the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific. His work focuses on managing multi-jurisdictional risk, including antitrust litigation, privacy and class action defense, and government investigations impacting the digital advertising ecosystem.
Sean Malley
Senior Counsel, Litigation & Employment at PubMatic
Daniel Free
Legal Engineer at Legora
Dan is a Legal Engineer at Legora, the collaborative AI platform for legal teams, where he partners with in-house and corporate legal departments to use AI to modernize how they work. He comes to it from the practitioner’s chair: after about seven years at Am Law 100 firms, he spent more than six years as a senior in-house leader — heading a corporate legal department and serving as an Assistant General Counsel across high-growth SaaS and healthcare enterprises — running M&A, commercial operations, governance, IP, and legal operations.
In those roles, Dan increasingly turned to AI to gain efficiencies — streamlining legal workflows and helping lean teams do more with less. He served as legal lead for an enterprise AI task force, giving him a firsthand sense of where AI creates real leverage and where it only creates noise.
He holds a CIPP/US privacy certification and is a committed champion of DEI and LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the legal profession. Dan lives in New York City with his fiancé and their two Shiba Inus.
Daniel Free
Legal Engineer at Legora
Amy Goldsmith
Co-Chair of Cybersecurity, Data Management & Privacy Practice | Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP
Amy B. Goldsmith is Chair of the Cybersecurity, Data Management & Privacy Practice and a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP. She advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property, cybersecurity, privacy, data management, commercial contract drafting, and artificial intelligence issues. Amy helps companies protect and grow recognizable brands while mitigating legal risk and is at your side resolving copyright, trademark, patent and commercial disputes in and out of court. She is a frequent speaker and educator on emerging legal topics. Amy has presented for organizations including Lawline, NACLE, Vistage, and TEDxTimesSquare, where she also served on the advisory board.
Amy Goldsmith
Co-Chair of Cybersecurity, Data Management & Privacy Practice | Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP
Alon Waks
CMO at SpotDraft
Alon Waks is a 6-time CMO/marketing leader and seasoned enterprise software executive, having helped B2B and SaaS companies scale and expand their GTM over 20 years. Alon focuses on upmarket, leveraging outbound and ABM, with compelling B2B2C content and results-based marketing programs.
Alon provides interim & fractional CMO services for later stage tech companies, as well as Advisory services for early stage companies, specializing in the world of martech/salestech and CX. Alon is CMO at SpotDraft, and previously led marketing at Kustomer, Bizzabo, LivePerson, 8×8, CreatorIQ, Zoomin, managing and scaling teams from 0 to >50, including BDR and revops functions.
Alon is a podcast host, community leader for executive marketers and a known speaker on B2B and B2B2C topics, with a focus on upmarket, sales and marketing alignment, 1-1 and 1-few marketing, enterprise GTM, and a passion for Account Based Everything (ABM).
Alon Waks
CMO at SpotDraft
Ruth Gao
Associate General Counsel, Impact Investing | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Ruth Gao is associate general counsel, impact investments at the Robert Wood Johnosn Foundation. She advises on the structuring and deployment of program-related investments and the Foundation’s other philanthropic activities.
Seeking to empower social entrepreneurs, Ruth spent a year in Jakarta working for a microfinance institution before attending NYU Law. She later returned to NYU Law as a Fellow at the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship before joining Calvert Impact, a global non-profit investment firm, as associate general counsel advising on transactional and corporate matters.
Ruth also worked in private practice at Ropes & Gray LLP and O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where she counseled fund managers and limited partners in raising and investing in private equity funds, and advised cross-border investments and initial public offerings.
Ruth holds a JD from NYU School of Law and a BBA in Strategy and Accounting with High Distinction from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
Ruth Gao
Associate General Counsel, Impact Investing | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Lance Hochhauser
Senior Intellectual Property Counsel | Prove
Lance Hochhauser is Senior Intellectual Property Counsel at Prove Identity, Inc., collaborating with individuals across all of Prove’s functions and departments on a variety of legal matters. While focusing primarily on IP, Lance also manages Prove’s AI policy and has established a model risk management program to standardize the responses Prove provides to clients. He is also responsible for sending post-employment reminders about continuing obligations. Prior to his time at Prove, Lance was Associate General Counsel at SWIM USA; Intellectual Property Counsel at IQVIA; and Patent Attorney – Team Lead at IBM.
Lance earned his J.D. from Emory University School of Law and his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University. Lance is admitted to practice law in New York and is also admitted to practice before the USPTO.
Lance Hochhauser
Senior Intellectual Property Counsel | Prove
Paolo Boado
Deputy General Counsel | Ports America Group
Paolo Boado is a senior transactional attorney with over 24 years of international experience advising on P3 infrastructure, private equity, project finance, and M&A. He has a proven track record as a regional general counsel within complex, multi-layered global corporations and portfolio companies backed by major institutional investors.
Currently, Paolo serves as Deputy General Counsel & Head of Commercial Transactions, Infrastructure and Finance at Ports America Group, Inc., a CPP Investment Board portfolio company and the largest U.S. coastal marine infrastructure operator. In this role, he co-leads the legal and compliance department, directing a dedicated team across 33 ports and terminals.
His extensive in-house career includes serving as Regional Legal Counsel for the Americas at John Laing (USA) Limited (a KKR portfolio company) and Principal Counsel for Siemens Financial Services’ global equity investments business. Prior to his executive in-house roles, Paolo practiced project finance and M&A at premier international law firms, including DLA Piper and Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Paolo holds an LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School as a De Witt Fellow and a J.D. from Ateneo de Manila Law School. He is admitted to the bars of New York, New Jersey, and the Philippines.
Paolo Boado
Deputy General Counsel | Ports America Group
Brett Alazraki
Senior Counsel – Privacy and Technology at Clear Channel Outdoor
Brett Alazraki is the Senior Counsel for Privacy and Technology at Clear Channel Outdoor, based out of Manhattan. Brett is the sole privacy professional at Clear Channel and in that role he supports various privacy, AI, and other technology developments and issues at Clear Channel, including Clear Channel’s suite of data products, RADAR. Brett has over a decade of experience in inhouse law and privacy, where he has developed expertise in the complex privacy landscape. Prior to Clear Channel, Brett worked at IBM and Canon U.S.A., Inc
Brett Alazraki
Senior Counsel - Privacy and Technology at Clear Channel Outdoor
Om Jahagirdar
Deputy General Counsel | Amtrak
Om Jahagirdar is a Deputy General Counsel at Amtrak, handling all types of commercial transactions including real estate, finance, insurance, construction procurement, AI, and other corporate matters. He has additional experience with bankruptcy, mortgages, and lending. Prior to Amtrak, he worked at Freddie Mac and various law firms.
Om Jahagirdar
Deputy General Counsel | Amtrak
Elizabeth Stover
Head of Legal North America | Döhler
Elizabeth Stover is an experienced legal executive and former Fortune 500 intellectual property and commercial attorney with deep expertise in complex dispute resolution, cross-border transactions, and strategic risk management. She currently serves as North America Legal Lead for a global ingredients and innovation company, advising business leaders on litigation strategy, arbitration, compliance, commercial contracting, and operational risk across the U.S. and Canada.
Prior to her current role, Elizabeth spent 17 years at a Fortune 500 global innovation company, where she led international IP strategy, managed large-scale transactions and integrations, and supported high-value commercial and litigation matters across multiple business divisions. Her practice has included arbitration, mediation, and litigation management involving commercial, employment, supply chain, and intellectual property disputes.
Elizabeth is also a licensed mediator in New Jersey and brings a practical, business-focused perspective to alternative dispute resolution and evolving trends in arbitration versus courtroom litigation.
Elizabeth Stover
Head of Legal North America | Döhler
Robert Rose
Director of Legal Affairs | Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc.
Robert Rose
Director of Legal Affairs | Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc.
Rosa A. Lee
Counsel | Swift Pan-Americas, Inc.
Rosa A. Lee is Counsel at Swift, specializing in fintech and cross-border payments, with extensive experience building global enterprise readiness for regulatory investigations through dawn raid procedures and hands-on training programs.
Rosa A. Lee
Counsel | Swift Pan-Americas, Inc.
Smrithi Mohan
General Counsel | Awesome (SmugMug + Flickr)
Smrithi Mohan is the General Counsel at Awes.me, Inc., d/b/a Awesome, the parent company of SmugMug and Flickr. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, she steers all legal efforts at the company, in addition to providing governance, compliance, as well as strategic operational input. At Awesome, Smrithi is developing the company’s very first innovation and intellectual property program as well as its first compliance program. Prior to joining as General Counsel at Awesome, Smrithi was a Managing Attorney at Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., serving as both the Head of Legal and Compliance for Dun & Bradstreet India, and as the Head of the Global Corporate Innovation and Intellectual Property Strategy and Practice at Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., where she built and developed Dun & Bradstreet’s first intellectual property program and corporate IP strategy.
She has delivered numerous presentations and spoken at national and international conferences covering a range of general legal and intellectual property-related subjects. She has also been featured in both Attorney At Law Magazine and Modern Counsel, and is also recognized as an international Top IP Leader by the IPR Gorilla. Smrithi earned her Juris Doctorate and passed the New York and New Jersey bar exams, beginning her legal career in New Jersey. She later received a Master’s degree in Management from Harvard University in May 2023, achieving the Dean’s List Academic Achievement Award. Smrithi is also an elected public official, serving as a Board Member on her district’s Board of Education.
Smrithi Mohan
General Counsel | Awesome (SmugMug + Flickr)
Martha Lees
Deputy General Counsel | New York State Department of Financial Services
Martha A. Lees is Deputy General Counsel at the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), the nation’s preeminent regulator of insurance companies, New York-chartered banks, and non-U.S. banks entering the U.S. through New York. Her various responsibilities include overseeing litigation brought by and against DFS; monitoring troubled insurers on track for receivership; supervising the review and negotiation of all vendor contracts and insurance-related MOUs DFS enters; and issuing final determinations, on behalf of the DFS Superintendent, in all insurance agent and broker disciplinary cases. Martha graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and magna cum laude from Harvard College and is the proud parent of two teenagers.
Martha Lees
Deputy General Counsel | New York State Department of Financial Services
Matan Balas
U.S. Deputy General Counsel for Havas Group /General Counsel for Havas Media Group North America
Matan Balas is a senior legal executive with more than 20 years of experience advising public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, strategic transactions, technology, AI, data governance, and enterprise risk management.
Matan advises senior leadership and business stakeholders at Havas on corporate governance, operational strategy, technology initiatives, regulatory matters, and cross-border legal issues across a global organization. His practice spans enterprise M&A, intellectual property, data privacy, AI-related risk, strategic commercial transactions, and operational transformation.
Prior to Havas, Matan led the legal and internal audit functions at XO Group, the publicly traded company behind leading life stage brands including The Knot, where he oversaw legal and governance matters supporting the company’s growth and ultimate sale. He has also served as General Counsel of a venture-backed consumer products, digital media, and education company and practiced at leading international law firms, advising growth-oriented businesses, technology companies, and investors on strategic transactions and corporate matters.
Throughout his career, Matan has worked closely with executive leadership teams and boards on acquisitions, corporate exits, regulatory risk, operational scalability, and the evolving legal challenges associated with emerging technologies and digital business models.
Matan Balas
U.S. Deputy General Counsel for Havas Group /General Counsel for Havas Media Group North America
Steve Matthews
Former Chief Legal Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary at Augment
Steve Matthews is a Chief Legal Officer and Chief Operating Officer with over 25 years of international experience across the United States and United Kingdom, specializing in corporate and commercial law, securities regulation, and strategic business leadership. He most recently served as CLO, COO, and Corporate Secretary at Augment Markets, where he oversaw global legal, regulatory, and operational functions, including broker-dealer, alternative trading system, and registered investment adviser compliance.
Prior to that, Steve was Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at Nasdaq Private Market, where he led legal, compliance, and governance functions and played a key role in the company’s strategic growth, including its Series B financing and spin-out from Nasdaq. Earlier in his career, he held senior legal and compliance roles at Nasdaq, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, and the UK Financial Services Authority, advising on complex regulatory frameworks, cross-border transactions, and market structure.
Steve is admitted to practice law in New York and England & Wales, and is known for his ability to navigate complex regulatory environments while delivering practical, business-oriented solutions.
Steve Matthews
Former Chief Legal Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary at Augment
Svetlana Lebedev
Lead Commercial Counsel N.A. | Ultragenyx
Svetlana Lebedev is a senior life sciences attorney and lead North America Commercial Counsel at Ultragenyx, where she advises on product commercialization and regulatory compliance for rare disease therapies. She has also served as lead counsel on product launches in hematology and oncology and oversaw the launch of Pfizer’s first gene therapy product in hemophilia. She has been recognized for her leadership and strategic guidance with multiple awards from the business and general counsel. Her career spans healthcare, financial services, and securities law. She is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.
Svetlana Lebedev
Lead Commercial Counsel N.A. | Ultragenyx
Loren Gesinsky
Partner | Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Loren is a labor and employment attorney with more than 25 years of experience representing employers before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, arbitrators, and mediators. His practice focuses on wage and hour disputes, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and other workplace-related matters.
In addition to litigation, Loren advises employers on compliance, workplace investigations, and risk-management strategies designed to prevent disputes. He also contributed to the United States Chamber of Commerce task force addressing proposed changes to the FLSA white-collar exemptions.
Recognized for his professional excellence, Loren is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and has been consistently honored by The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers. He is also a frequent author and speaker on employment law issues.
Loren Gesinsky
Partner | Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Karen Contoudis Buzard
Partner | A&O Shearman
Karen is U.S. Head of the Markets Innovation Group (MIG), a group of lawyers, technologists and developers who are focused on the creation of innovative solutions for clients that help them meet large-scale legal and regulatory challenges.
She specializes in delivering technological and resourcing solutions to our U.S.- based clients. She also advises clients on a broad range of transactional law issues, specializing in banking and finance. Her expertise includes extensive knowledge and use of various types of legal technologies, including AI, document automation and deal management platforms. Her legal background covers the full spectrum of secured and unsecured corporate debt finance, as well as other transaction matters. Karen also advises clients on capital solutions, helping to structure and optimize financing across the capital stack to address complex funding needs and strategic objectives.
Karen played a key role in developing A&O Shearman’s proprietary, generative AI-powered contract drafting and negotiation tool, ContractMatrix, which is used internally by thousands of A&O Shearman lawyers, as well as licensed to clients. ContractMatrix, which is based on GPT technology, was developed in partnership with Microsoft and Harvey, making A&O Shearman the first ever law firm to collaborate with Microsoft to develop a software product. Karen was also involved in the firm-wide deployment of Harvey, the OpenAI-backed large language model (LLM) that has been fine-tuned for law, in December 2022, which made A&O Shearman the first firm in the world to deploy generative AI at enterprise level.
Karen is also part of a cross-practice group that advises businesses on the safe deployment of AI and leads our teams on the deployment of AI for lending. To this end she has developed customized AI tools that are able to review pools of loans for transfer and beyond. Additionally, Karen is part a team associated with the implementation of EU Directive 2024/1619 (known as “CRD VI”) and has developed proprietary AI tools which provide AI workflows for review and outreach associated therewith
Karen Contoudis Buzard
Partner | A&O Shearman
Olivia Radin
Partner, Special Matters & Government Investigations at King & Spalding LLP
Olivia Radin is a partner in King & Spalding’s Special Matters & Government Investigations practice. She advises leading technology companies on high-stakes domestic and cross-border disputes and regulatory investigations. Clients turn to Olivia on matters shaped by geopolitical tensions, global crises, and rapidly evolving regulatory regimes. She has deep experience defending clients in multi-jurisdictional regulatory inquiries and against coordinated global litigation campaigns, including efforts to enforce foreign judgments in multiple countries simultaneously. Olivia represents clients in responding to investigations by the DOJ, SEC, State Attorneys General, the CFTC, and Congress. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and has been recognized by Chambers, Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, and Crain’s New York Business for her work.
Olivia Radin
Partner, Special Matters & Government Investigations at King & Spalding LLP
Miri Miller
General Counsel, CRM & Decision Sciences | Legal at Omnicom
Miri Miller
General Counsel, CRM & Decision Sciences | Legal at Omnicom
Michelle Fleming
Chief Legal Officer | Bell Techlogix, Inc.
Michelle Fleming is Chief Legal Officer at Bell Techlogix, Inc., where she leads legal strategy for the information technology services business and advises on complex commercial agreements, privacy, information governance, responsible AI adoption, and employment law matters. She helped establish Bell Techlogix’s AI Governance Committee and led development of the company’s AI use policy. She was named one of the Top 30 Innovative General Counsel in the United States in 2025 and regularly speaks and writes on AI, contracts, negotiation, and privacy.
Michelle Fleming
Chief Legal Officer | Bell Techlogix, Inc.
Mark Bini
Partner | Reed Smith LLP
Mark is a former federal and state prosecutor who represents corporations and individuals in government and internal investigations, criminal and regulatory proceedings, and related civil litigation. He has tried 26 cases, including some of the Department of Justice’s most complex financial fraud trials, and has led numerous multi-year, cross-border investigations. He serves as co-chair of the firm’s Investigations practice.
In private practice, Mark has successfully represented companies and high-net-worth individuals in complex cross-border and white-collar extradition matters. His experience spans investigations involving securities fraud, crypto fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, health care fraud, cybercrime, bank fraud, money laundering, and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) violations.
Mark also has extensive knowledge of regulatory and enforcement issues affecting blockchain-based platforms, cryptocurrencies, and other digital assets. Since joining Reed Smith in 2021, he has represented numerous crypto clients facing regulatory, criminal, and civil issues. As a federal prosecutor, he served as a Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) coordinator, leading the office’s response in computer hacking and cryptocurrency fraud cases. He also investigated and prosecuted multiple crypto fraud cases in parallel with the SEC and the CFTC, including cases involving Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and crypto investment fraud.
Prior to joining Reed Smith, Mark served nearly 10 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York and the Middle District of Florida, where he investigated and prosecuted financial and corporate crime. Previously, he was an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for five years. Earlier in his career, Mark clerked for a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and worked at a major law firm handling complex civil litigation and white-collar matters.
While serving in the Eastern District of New York, Mark tried eight cases to verdict, including the first ISIS terrorism trial in the United States and six white-collar trials. He also successfully argued four appeals before the Second Circuit. Mark held multiple leadership roles at the office, including deputy chief of the International Narcotics and Money Laundering Section and CHIP coordinator. He also worked closely with many domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies and regulators, including the FBI, the SEC, the Commerce Department, the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section and Money Laundering & Asset Recovery Section, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, and Brazil’s Ministerio Publico Federal.
Mark is recognized by Chambers USA for white-collar criminal defense. He is a frequent speaker on topics such as securities fraud, cybercrime, and cryptocurrency, delivering lectures to the EDNY Criminal Division and multiple law school classes, and presenting at financial services industry and New York City bar events.
Mark Bini
Partner | Reed Smith LLP
Guy Singer
Partner | Winston Taylor LLP
Guy Singer focuses his practice on civil and criminal litigation, regulatory and compliance matters, white-collar defense, investigations, and enforcement and compliance matters, and internal investigations. He advises clients across a broad range of industries, including healthcare, life sciences, energy, technology, and maritime.
As a former trial prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Maryland, Guy led some of the DOJ’s most significant investigations. During his tenure as a prosecutor, he obtained convictions through the successful trial of federal white-collar conspiracy, healthcare fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, public corruption, and export enforcement cases. He also managed complex investigations involving domestic and international anti-corruption and export control matters. Before joining the DOJ, Guy represented large multinational companies before federal agencies, among them the DOJ, SEC, U.S. Department of Energy, Commerce, SEC, and other agencies.
Guy provides clients with advice on domestic and international corporate compliance, government investigations, and litigation, as well as counseling corporate clients on the implementation of effective anti-corruption and export compliance programs. He has represented both government-appointed monitors and corporate executives before U.S. and foreign authorities. His work includes matters involving the DOJ, SEC, OFAC, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), and the World Bank. He has represented companies and individuals in matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the False Claims Act (FCA), sanctions, export controls, anti-money laundering, and cybersecurity.
Prior to joining Winston & Strawn, Guy served as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. He also served as a federal prosecutor in the DOJ’s Fraud Section, where he investigated and prosecuted high-profile white-collar crime and international corruption cases.
Guy Singer
Partner | Winston Taylor LLP
John Barrett
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | PSA BDP
John Barrett
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | PSA BDP
Jonathan Stark
Head of Legal Operations | Dynatrace
Jonathan Stark is the Head of Legal at Dynatrace, where he leads global initiatives in legal operations, innovation, technology enablement, and strategic transformation. With over two decades of experience at companies including Amazon, Ernst & Young, and AlixPartners, he has built a reputation for driving innovation, efficiency, and technology improvement across global organizations. A recognized thought leader in the field, Jonathan frequently speaks on topics such as transformation, legal technology, and the evolving role of legal operations in modern enterprises.
Jonathan Stark
Head of Legal Operations | Dynatrace
Neal Burstyn
Senior Managing AI Counsel | Rubrik, Inc.
Neal is an experienced technology attorney advising at the intersection of law, innovation, and business. He specializes in AI, machine learning, intellectual property, product counseling, marketing, and open source strategy. He helps companies navigate complex legal landscapes to launch and scale products responsibly, and negotiates high stakes AI contracts. He brings a practical, business-oriented mindset to help enable innovation with confidence.
Neal Burstyn
Senior Managing AI Counsel | Rubrik, Inc.
Tawfiq Rangwala
Partner | Milbank
Tawfiq S. Rangwala is a partner in the New York office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration Group.
Mr. Rangwala defends global financial institutions, multinational companies, accounting firms, asset managers and senior executives facing high-stakes government investigations and proceedings (DOJ, SEC, CFTC, PCAOB, State AGs), including advising international clients on cross-border matters involving regulators in the UK, Europe and Asia.
In Chambers USA (New York White Collar), clients describe Mr. Rangwala as “an exceptional advocate” and “very knowledgeable and effective with regulators,” which is why for over two decades institutions and individuals have turned to Mr. Rangwala to handle their most pressing investigations and litigation involving alleged securities/accounting fraud, bank fraud, market manipulation, money laundering, bribery, cyber incidents, whistleblower complaints, and workplace misconduct. And clients, boards and special committees call on him to lead internal investigations relating to complex business activities and sensitive workplace and cultural topics.
Mr. Rangwala also handles a wide range of contested litigation in federal and state courts—including representing the prediction market Kalshi in a number of ongoing litigations across the country related to Kalshi’s offering of sports- and elections-related event contracts—and advises clients on corporate governance and compliance matters.
Mr. Rangwala has significant expertise representing “Big 4” accounting firms in the US and globally in investigations by the SEC and PCAOB and civil litigation relating to audit deficiencies, auditor independence and alleged failures to comply with professional and quality control standards.
Tawfiq Rangwala
Partner | Milbank
Sharanya Mitchell
Senior Vice President and Head of Regulatory and International Legal | Cohen & Steers
Sharanya Mitchell is Senior Vice President and Head of Regulatory and International Legal at Cohen & Steers, a publicly listed global asset manager with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore. Based in New York, she is a seasoned legal executive who advises on domestic and international regulatory matters, including corporate and fund governance, cross-border fund distribution, data privacy, and ESG/sustainability.
She oversees legal affairs for international affiliates, funds, and boards, and serves as a director on the board of EU/UCITS funds. Before joining Cohen & Steers, she worked on financial regulation at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and served as special counsel at the New York Stock Exchange. Earlier in her career, she worked in London in both private and public sector roles, including advising on financial regulation in-house at Banque AIG during the financial crisis and on policy at Her Majesty’s Courts Service in the UK Ministry of Justice.
Sharanya holds an LL.M. with honors from Columbia Law School, an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of London, an Executive Education Diploma in Capital Markets Regulation and Compliance from Henley Business School and FINRA International, and a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) from the University of New South Wales. She is an active member of the Institutional Investors Legal Forum, the Investment Company Institute, and the New York City Bar Association (serving on both the Compliance and Foreign & Comparative Law Committees).
Sharanya Mitchell
Senior Vice President and Head of Regulatory and International Legal | Cohen & Steers
Sonal Trivedi
Principal Legal Counsel | LOTTE BIOLOGICS USA, LLC
Sonal Trivedi is Principal Legal Counsel at LOTTE BIOLOGICS USA, LLC, a U.S.-based Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) supporting global pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. With 15 years of legal leadership experience in pharmaceutical and life sciences manufacturing, she advises on complex commercial
transactions, governance, regulatory and compliance matters, intellectual property strategy, enterprise risk management, and business-critical initiatives that support growth and strategic execution.
Her work reflects the role of the modern “deal table GC,” helping leadership teams evaluate legal risk, structure commercial opportunities, support M&A and integration activity, and prepare the business for enterprise growth in highly regulated global markets. Prior to joining LOTTE, Sonal held legal roles at Baxter International, Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, and Claris Lifesciences, supporting operations and commercial relationships across the United States, Europe, India, and the Asia-Pacific region.
Sonal brings a global, business-driven perspective to in-house legal leadership. She holds a Master’s degree from Northeastern University School of Law and a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property Rights. She serves as a trusted strategic partner to executive leadership, delivering practical, risk-balanced legal strategies aligned with business objectives in the life sciences sector.
She is actively involved with LifeSciencesNY’s Women in Life Sciences Affinity Group, supporting professional development and inclusive leadership within the industry.
In 2025, Sonal graduated from Leadership Greater Syracuse, a year-long executive leadership program focused on civic engagement and regional impact. She has also been nominated and confirmed to serve on SABANY’s Private Sector In-House Committee for the 2025–2026 term, reflecting her commitment to advancing the in-house legal profession and inclusive leadership.
Alongside her professional work, Sonal remains actively involved in community service initiatives, with a particular focus on child education and access to opportunity. She also serves on the board of a nonprofit organization and has supported nonprofit and community-based organizations, including UNICEF.
Sonal Trivedi
Principal Legal Counsel | LOTTE BIOLOGICS USA, LLC
Kristin Rinaldi
Senior Vice President, General Counsel |Arxada
Kristin Rinaldi is Senior Vice President, General Counsel at Arxada, a Bain Cinven company, where she leads Legal, IP, Compliance and Trade Compliance. Kristin helped stand up Arxada’s Legal Department following its sale from Lonza, the Swiss-based life sciences company, in 2021. She is a seasoned legal executive with extensive experience in complex commercial transactions and litigation management as well as in building effective legal teams. Prior to her role at Arxada, she served in senior level in-house roles at Lonza and earlier at Sika, a Swiss-based specialty chemicals manufacturer. She started her career in private practice. Kristin was featured this year by Modern Counsel magazine. She earned a B.A. from Colgate University, where she played tennis, and J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
Kristin Rinaldi
Senior Vice President, General Counsel |Arxada
John Fullerton
Senior Counsel, Global Employment Law team | Peloton Interactive, Inc.
John Fullerton is a Senior Counsel and member of the Global Employment Law team at Peloton Interactive, Inc. in New York City. His practice includes advice and counsel, litigation, labor strategy, employee benefits, and talent contracts. Previously, he was a labor and employment law partner at Epstein Becker & Green, and has also practiced at Sullivan & Cromwell and Proskauer Rose. He is a frequent speaker and author on various topics, including workplace investigations and Sarbanes-Oxley / Dodd-Frank whistleblower issues.
John has a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from Brown University and graduated from New York University School of Law. He has been a Society for Human Resources Management – Senior Certified Professional since July 2024 and an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder since April 2025.
John Fullerton
Senior Counsel, Global Employment Law team | Peloton Interactive, Inc.
Christina Shean
Head of Legal Operations | MIO Partners Inc.
Christina Sun Young Shean is Head of Legal Operations at MIO Partners Inc., a leading $26B+ investment management firm, where she is responsible for the strategic design and execution of enterprise platforms supporting legal, compliance, and risk functions.
Over the course of a distinguished 15-year career in legal operations and financial services, Christina has developed deep expertise in operational strategy, digital transformation, and the design of governance frameworks. At MIO Partners, she has led the implementation of AI-enabled workflow and document management systems, a firm-wide data privacy and regulatory compliance platform, a third-party risk management program, and a $12B AUM fund re-domiciliation, each initiative delivered with a focus on scalability, audit readiness, and cross-functional alignment.
Christina is also a committed organizational leader. She founded and chaired MIO Partners’ Asian Colleagues Initiative and was recognized as a United Way of New York Rising Star in 2026 for her contributions to inclusion and talent development.
Christina Shean
Head of Legal Operations | MIO Partners Inc.
Katie Thomas
Vice President, Associate General Counsel | Sotheby’s
Katie Thomas is Vice President, Associate General Counsel at Sotheby’s, where she advises on strategic transactions, corporate governance & disclosure, and other corporate matters. Drawing on more than a decade of experience at two leading international law firms, Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Herbert Smith Freehills, Katie has extensive experience advising senior management and boards of directors on complex cross-border M&A, corporate governance, and other significant strategic matters. She brings a practical perspective on helping organizations navigate legal, regulatory, and governance challenges across jurisdictions. Katie is qualified to practice law in both New York and Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney and is based in New York.
Katie Thomas
Vice President, Associate General Counsel | Sotheby's
Tim Nagle
Associate General Counsel (Privacy), Americas | Dentsu
Tim Nagle is a privacy and cybersecurity attorney with government and private sector experience in privacy; information security; incident response; technology; data management, governance and analytics; and vendor governance and contracting. He has served as in house counsel for global financial services firms and as a government attorney at agencies in the national security and intelligence communities. He has been a technology program manager at a large systems integrator and counsel with a global law firm where he advised clients in financial services, healthcare, energy, retail, telecommunications and other industries on the development and implementation of corporate privacy, cybersecurity and data management policies and standards consistent with data privacy and security statutes, regulations or industry standards including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
As the privacy leader for dentsu in the Americas, Tim advises business counsel and executives on privacy, analytics, digital marketing, cybersecurity and data governance issues. This includes identifying, reviewing and implementing laws, regulations, industry practice and significant litigation having privacy and data protection considerations, and participation in industry groups including the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Association of National Advertisers, and Digital Advertising Alliance.
Other areas of privacy focus for dentsu Americas and in support of clients include review of website and mobile application notices and functions; proprietary tracking technologies; artificial intelligence capabilities; third-party partnerships for digital marketing and analytics; customer data platforms and clean rooms; and the development of identity, data and audience creation products and services.
Mr. Nagle collaborates with the global Data Protection Officer and counsel in the European Union and Asia-Pacific regions on compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation and national laws. He also partners with the Americas Chief Compliance Officer to enable the responsible and ethical use of data and capabilities such as artificial intelligence across the company.
Tim Nagle is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, has law degrees from Suffolk University and the University of Virginia, and a certificate in information systems from Johns Hopkins University. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and has served on the IAPP Research Advisory Board.
Tim Nagle
Associate General Counsel (Privacy), Americas | Dentsu
Shauna-Kay Gooden
Associate General Counsel | PVH Corp
Shauna-Kay Gooden
Associate General Counsel | PVH Corp
Jayashree Mitra
Shareholder | Carlton Fields
Dr. Jayashree Mitra has represented clients in high-stakes litigation across a wide range of intellectual property, antitrust, and commercial disputes. Her clients span diverse industries, with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical sector.
In addition to her litigation work, Jayashree advises clients on transactional matters, especially where technology is a key component of the deal. She has assisted clients with drafting and negotiating technology agreements and provided deal support in complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity matters. She also assists clients in building global patent and trademark portfolios and implementing innovative strategies to protect their intellectual property rights.
Jayashree is deeply engaged with emerging technologies. She is a certified information privacy professional (CIPP) and advises clients on issues arising from the emergence of artificial intelligence.
