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Cédric Burton
Partner
Cédric co-leads the firm's global privacy and cybersecurity practice and leads the EU data protection team.
Amy B. Caiazza
Partner
Amy is a securities, fintech, and blockchain partner who advises clients on regulatory and transactional matters involving the securities and commodities laws.
Barath R. Chari
Partner
Barath Chari is a partner in Wilson Sonsini’s San Francisco office. Barath represents technology companies at all stages of growth, from bootstrapped start-ups to leading global enterprises, in complex business transactions involving technology and intellectual property. He also has deep experience in assisting technology companies and their investors with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and financing matters. A Washington, D.C., transplant resident in the firm’s San Francisco office, Barath understands how the federal government transacts with technology companies, and helps technology companies sell products to federal government customers and collaborate with the federal government on research and development. He also leverages his pre-law experience as a software engineer to provide informed legal advice on technical topics such as open source software.
Jess Cheng
Partner
Jess Cheng helps innovative companies adapt and thrive in the evolving payments space. She is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she represents clients as a member of the firm’s Fintech and Financial Services group.
Laura De Boel
Partner
Laura De Boel is a partner in the Brussels office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the privacy and cybersecurity practice. She assists clients on all matters related to EU data regulations including:
Jordan R. Jaffe
Partner
Jordan R. Jaffe is a partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on high-stakes intellectual property disputes, including patent, trade secret, copyright and trademark litigation. Jordan has expertise in the emerging technologies sector, especially artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, where Jordan was identified in 2022 as one of the top eight lawyers advising AI companies by Business Insider. Jordan’s recent experience includes representing Waymo against Uber regarding self-driving technology, representing Google against Sonos regarding alleged smart speaker technology, and representing multiple cybersecurity companies in trade secret litigation. Leveraging his background in computer science, Jordan regularly leads teams in litigation concerning a variety of complex technologies from prelitigation through trial.
Scott A. McKinney
Partner
Scott focuses on complex commercial and technology transactions and frequently advises companies with new and emerging technologies.
Maneesha Mithal
Partner
Maneesha Mithal is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini and co-chair of the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice. Maneesha advises clients on privacy, cybersecurity, and consumer protection matters and represents companies in regulatory investigations. She is also one of the founding members of Wilson Sonsini’s AI group.
Yann Padova
Partner
Yann Padova is a partner in the Brussels office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice. He has extensive experience dealing with regulatory issues and with issues related to internet law, data protection, internet surveillance, cloud computing, international data transfers and cybercrime. He has also assisted numerous businesses with complex projects involving new technologies (ethics of algorithm, data and AI governance, biometrics, profiling, e-discovery procedures, etc.).
Manja S. Sachet
Partner
Manja focuses on intellectual property and technology matters in commercial and strategic corporate transactions.
Adam Shevell
Partner
A trusted advisor to innovators in a diverse range of industries, Adam represents leading technology companies on complex transactions, IP strategy, and U.S. expansion.
Ali R. Alemozafar
Partner
Ali counsels clients on patent strategy, prosecution, and diligence for financings, M&A, and IPOs.
John M. Brust
Partner
John counsels start-ups in a wide range of matters, from formation and VC to IPOs and M&A.
Amy H. Candido
Partner
Amy Candido is a trial lawyer who focuses on high-stakes, complex intellectual property matters. She has extensive experience litigating patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and other IP in “bet the company” cases nationwide on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. Amy has tried numerous jury and bench trials, securing courtroom victories in a variety of difficult cases. Her trial victories include The National Law Journal’s Top Verdict of 2014 and three complete defense verdicts in the Eastern District of Texas.
Deirdre Carroll
Partner
Deirdre Carroll is a partner in the Brussels office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where her practice focuses on global mergers, agency investigations, and compliance counselling, including on ESG matters. Deirdre regularly represents clients before the European Commission and the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) and has extensive experience coordinating global merger filings and regulatory investigations. She also works closely with Wilson Sonsini’s data protection and privacy team to provide clients with integrated, strategic advice on data-related antitrust counselling and digital platform regulation, including the EU’s Digital Markets Act.
Jonathan Chan
Partner
Jonathan represents technology-driven clients in corporate and transactional matters.
James G. Clessuras
Partner
James assists clients with transactions driven by use or acquisition of technology and IP rights.
U.P. Peter Eng
Partner
Specializes in strategic patent and innovation counseling for technology start-ups.
Gary R. Greenstein
Partner
Gary represents companies in transactions with record labels, music publishers, and program suppliers focusing on intellectual property, licensing, and commercial transactions.
Joshua F. Gruenspecht
Partner
Joshua advises domestic and foreign investors, funds, established companies and startups in regulatory, investigative, and enforcement matters.
Christopher A. Paniewski
Partner
Christopher focuses his practice on outsourcing transactions, commercial agreements, and technology-related transactions such as licensing and strategic relationships.
Maura L. Rees
Partner
Maura is an experienced litigator who represents clients in complex commercial litigation and IP-related disputes, including copyright, trademark, patent, and antitrust matters, as well as consumer class actions.
Eli B. Richlin
Partner
Eli Richlin practices in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he maintains a broad practice focused on litigation pending in New York federal and state courts covering general commercial matters, intellectual property disputes, white collar criminal defense and internal investigations, and government and regulatory enforcement proceedings.
Tracy Shapiro
Partner
Tracy Shapiro is a partner in Wilson Sonsini’s San Francisco office, where she advises on privacy, data security, and advertising issues, and defends clients in investigations and enforcement actions brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorneys general, Senate and House congressional committees, and self-regulatory bodies.
Brent Snyder
Partner
Brent Snyder is an antitrust partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he leads the firm's regulatory and compliance department. With more than 25 years of civil and criminal litigation and trial experience in both the private and public sectors, Brent is a leading U.S. and internationally recognized antitrust and competition attorney with deep expertise in antitrust cartels and related criminal violations.
Prior to joining the firm, Brent served as chief executive officer of the Hong Kong Competition Commission (HKCC), Hong Kong’s competition enforcement agency, where he had day-to-day responsibility for all aspects of its enforcement, policy, advocacy, and administration functions. During his tenure, which involved overseeing a budget of approximately $15 million, the HKCC set several important litigation precedents; significantly increased the volume, variety, and complexity of its enforcement work; improved its leniency and cooperation incentives; and enhanced its competition policy and advocacy work.
Prior to joining the firm, Brent served as chief executive officer of the Hong Kong Competition Commission (HKCC), Hong Kong’s competition enforcement agency, where he had day-to-day responsibility for all aspects of its enforcement, policy, advocacy, and administration functions. During his tenure, which involved overseeing a budget of approximately $15 million, the HKCC set several important litigation precedents; significantly increased the volume, variety, and complexity of its enforcement work; improved its leniency and cooperation incentives; and enhanced its competition policy and advocacy work.
Matthew (Matt) Staples
Partner
Matt advises companies in a number of industries regarding privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and other information security issues.