Shruti Bhutani Arora leads the Global Consumer Protection team at Pillsbury. She is a leading regulatory defense and compliance advisor at the intersection of consumer protection, data protection, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and national security-related data regulation.

Lee Brand is a commercial litigator with experience representing technology companies and financial institutions in antitrust and securities matters.

Steven Farmer leads the firm’s UK and EU Technology and Trade Regulatory teams. He is also global co-chair of the firm’s Privacy, Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. 

Brian Finch, a Pillsbury Public Policy partner with extensive regulatory and government affairs advocacy experience, is a recognized authority on global security and cybersecurity threats.

Chris Kao focuses his practice on intellectual property and complex commercial litigation. Chris is Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice group leader and Taiwan practice co-leader.

Roxane Polidora is the firmwide leader of Pillsbury’s Antitrust & Competition practice and former managing partner of the San Francisco office.

Deborah Thoren-Peden focuses her Chambers-ranked corporate practice on banking, electronic commerce, privacy, anti-money laundering and Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations.

Carolyn Toto, a Pillsbury Intellectual Property partner, litigates in state and federal courts and provides strategic counseling to optimize and protect the value of clients’ IP portfolios.

Anne Voigts leads Pillsbury’s Appellate practice and has argued over 70 cases in federal and state appellate courts.

Robert Wallan co-leads Pillsbury’s Chambers USA-ranked national Insurance Recovery and Advisory practice group. He leads high-stakes lawsuits, appeals and arbitrations mainly between companies on issues including mergers and acquisitions, real estate, catastrophic losses, class actions and insurance coverage for policyholders. His insurance coverage and bad faith recoveries exceed $3.4 billion to date, and he has helped clients avoid many billions of dollars of liability claims.

Christine Mastromonaco counsels clients, including consumer-facing brands, high-growth platforms and enterprise service providers, in a variety of industries, including tech, retail, healthcare and financial services on data optimization strategies, consumer and employee privacy, consumer protection, and regulatory defense matters.

Pillsbury Senior Counsel Catherine Meyer is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. as an authority on data protection, privacy and cyber law.

Fusae Nara, Managing partner of the Tokyo office, is one of the few Japanese-speaking litigators practicing in the U.S. She has represented multinational corporations headquartered in Japan in complex commercial disputes, class actions and international trade matters.

Daniel Wood practices at the intersection of financial services, technology, and regulation, advising technology companies, fintechs, and financial institutions on regulatory matters, privacy issues and transactions.