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July 23th & 24th, 2026

New York

AMA Conference Centre, New York City

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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.

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SPEAKERS

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.

Monica Romelina Sijabat

Founder & Managing Partner at MRS Business Professional

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

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

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

Kristin Meister

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Last Energy

Kristin Meister

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Last Energy

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.

Madeline Kessler

Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property and Data at Bloomberg LP

Madeline Kessler

Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property and Data at Bloomberg LP

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Robb Patryk

Managing Partner | Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Robb Patryk is a trial lawyer and serves as the Managing Partner of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in New York, where he is also is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He focuses on complex litigation and has over 35 years of experience defending companies in significant product liability, toxic tort, environmental and commercial disputes.

Robb Patryk

Managing Partner | Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

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

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.

New York

Stop Presenting. Start Connecting.

SPEAKERS

Monica Romelina Sijabat

Founder & Managing Partner at MRS Business Professional

Steven K. Davidson

Partner at Steptoe LLP

Michael J. Baratz

Attorney at Steptoe LLP

Evan Wong

CEO & Co-Founder, Checkbox

Kristin Meister

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Last Energy

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.

Madeline Kessler

Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property and Data at Bloomberg LP

Wayne Kaufman

Deputy General Counsel | Senior Vice President | Data Privacy Officer at ORBCOMM Inc.

Michael DeSimone

Vice President, Corporate Counsel at Prudential Financial

Elaine Drager

Counsel, Technology & AI and Strategic Partners, Nokia

Damon Gupta

Senior Patent Counsel, Genentech, Inc.

Mushegh Manukyan

International Mediator and Arbitrator

Christopher Bowen

Corporate Counsel | Google LLC

Jennifer Sanapareddy

Director, Corporate Counsel, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence Law | Prudential Financial

Robb Patryk

Managing Partner | Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Dan Glusker

Managing Director & Senior Counsel, MacKay Shields LLC

Marvin Lowenthal

Litigation and Privacy Counsel at Cohen & Gresser LLP

Jonathan Daniels

Global Head of Privacy Law and Compliance | Bristol Myers Squibb

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