Event Tag: Alumni in Residence

Amar Mehta is the Chief Legal Officer at Waymo and is responsible for legal, insurance, global public policy, and government relations. His purview leading legal includes Waymo’s financing and corporate development transactions, worldwide commercial and strategic deals, litigation and law enforcement matters, and regulatory compliance and product safety, security and privacy counseling. Amar also leads development and enforcement of the company’s industry-leading IP portfolio and development of the company’s first-in-kind autonomous vehicle technology insurance underwriting, coverage and claims functions. Click to register

Blaise Warren is the COO of the Systematic Equities team at Invesco, Ltd., an investment management firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. He was previously an attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, in Washington, D.C., and Jones Day in Cleveland, OH, where he represented major corporations, boards of directors, and executives in litigation and government investigation matters. Previously, Blaise was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Click to register.

Jeff Hawkins joined Bain Capital Credit, L.P. in 2001 and is a partner working across Credit, Special Situations, and Insurance. He is a member of the Credit Committee and the Risk & Oversight Committee, and serves as Chairman of Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc., a registered business development company. Previously, Jeff was at Ropes & Gray LLP. Click to register.

Maggie Lee is the Deputy Director at the Human Trafficking Legal Center. She leads the Center’s strategic litigation program and provides general management and supervision support for the entire organization. Maggie previously spent nine years as a federal prosecutor. Maggie also served as Deputy Chief of Civil Rights for the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, where she was responsible for investigations and prosecutions involving human trafficking, hate crimes and color of law violations. Click to register.

Evan Simpson J.D. ’10 is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s General Practice Group based in London. He represents a range of European corporate clients in connection with both SEC-registered and exempt offerings to U.S. investors. His experience also includes advising European clients on some of their most significant and transformational M&A matters. Click to register.

Andrew Heinrich is Founder and Executive Director of Project Rousseau, a US charity that empowers underserved youth from communities in the highest need from around the world to reach their full potential by providing comprehensive legal services, social services, and educational programming. He serves as Supervising Attorney of Immigration Legal Services at Project Rousseau, which provides full-scope pro-bono immigration legal services to youth and families. Click to register.

John Hamill is a nationally recognized first chair trial lawyer who advises sophisticated clients on their most sophisticated matters. His diverse practice runs the full range of complex litigation, including in highly regulated sectors. He is a leading member of DLA Piper’s Global Media Sports & Entertainment sector and spearheads the firm’s litigation practice in the sports world. John’s practice includes some focus on competition and antitrust matters. Click to register.

As Orrick’s Head of US Venture and Bay Area Technology Companies practice, Ellen leads the firm’s commitment to the venture fund community, bringing the best of Orrick’s talent and resources to support the firm’s fund clients, and works closely with Orrick teams across verticals to build and grow the firm’s market-leading platform for investors and emerging companies in the Bay Area. Prior to Orrick, Ellen was a member of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a co-founder of Edgewood Law Partners LLP. Click to register.

Amanda Teo is the Executive Director of the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy. A career public servant, she previously served as Counsel to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, advising the leadership team on strategic planning and cross-functional policy initiatives. She also practiced as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Civil Rights Unit. Amanda was aslo Chief of Staff at the Suffolk County D.A.’s Office Click to register.

Afia Asamoah served as Google’s first healthcare lawyer, advising medical software and AI, negotiating a Novartis licensing deal, and helping to launch Verily, Alphabet’s first company. She later led Google Health’s legal team and co-founded Waymark to improve Medicaid care. Earlier at the FDA (2009–2011), she helped create the tobacco-products center and advance health-tech innovation. Click to register.