DLA Piper recently announced the hiring of Gregory Saiontz, Camilla Wollan, Tanya Greene, and Michael Fleischman for various roles. These are the details.
Gregory Saiontz
DLA Piper announced it has welcomed Gregory Saiontz as a partner in the Corporate Practice. And he will be based in the firm’s Washington, DC office.
Saiontz’s practice focuses on late-stage and early-stage companies and private equity and other financial investment firms in corporate, M&A, and other transactional matters. Plus, he routinely advises clients across various industries, including energy and power, healthcare, aerospace, defense, government services, climate, and other technology, including software, mining and metals, industrial manufacturing, and others.
His experience includes advising an alternative energy company on creating a hydrogen mobility joint venture with a multinational automobile manufacturer and representing an alternative energy company in a joint venture in Korea in connection with receiving a $1.5 billion equity investment from a Korean multinational energy conglomerate.
With over 1,000 corporate lawyers globally, DLA Piper helps clients execute complex transactions seamlessly while supporting clients across all stages of development.
With over 225 global lawyers who provide strategic counsel to private equity funds and their industry-leading portfolio companies, DLA Piper’s Private Equity practice has the capacity, experience and relationships to help drive value across the investment life cycle by delivering responsive, efficient and integrated solutions worldwide.
DLA Piper’s Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice includes over 200 lawyers who provide strategic counsel to emerging companies in high-growth industries, including technology, healthcare, pharma & biotech, financial services, manufacturing, and communications. In the last three years, DLA Piper has completed over 2,100 global financings totaling more than $80 billion.
KEY QUOTES:
“We are excited that Greg has joined our team where he will be an essential part in expanding our capabilities in corporate governance and M&A and advising on a wide range of other corporate transactional matters.”
– Jeff Lehrer, chair of DLA Piper’s Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice
“Greg’s sterling reputation and significant corporate transactional experience across sectors will be an immediate asset to our clients and a key player in increasing our offerings in the region.”
– William Minor, managing partner of DLA Piper’s Washington, DC office
Camilla Wollan
DLA Piper announced that Camilla Wollan has been appointed Country Managing Partner (CMP) for DLA Piper in Norway. Wollan will lead the company’s Norwegian and Nordic leadership management teams, covering offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Helsinki, and over 530 lawyers.
This appointment marks the first time DLA Piper has appointed a female CMP in the Nordic region. And since joining the firm in 2010, Wollan has been instrumental in establishing DLA Piper as a market leader in financial technology in Norway. And she will now be responsible for implementing DLA Piper’s growth strategy across all business areas across the region.
Wollan succeeds Kjetil Haare Johansen – who led the firm across the region for the last three years. And under Johansen’s leadership, the firm has grown at scale, with revenues increasing by NOK100 million.
As Wollan enters this role, her focus will be on transforming the firm across the region into one that is innovative and dynamic, utilizing the firm’s successes across its international business.
KEY QUOTES:
“Several industries and sectors will change in the coming years. The winners will be the law firms that manage this transition. This applies both to how we work as advisors for our clients, how market-oriented we are, and how we work with the organization and competence development among our employees.”
“Going forward in the legal service industry, technological development and our ability to utilize it as a force will set the premises for our workdays. That is why we already heavily focus on the use of artificial intelligence. By truly wanting to be at the forefront, we will create value for our clients. I am looking forward to rolling up my sleeves and taking on the task as Country Managing partner at DLA Piper Norway.”
– Camilla Wollan, Country Managing Partner Elect, DLA Piper Norway
“We have clear ambitions for growth in the Norwegian market in the coming years, and with Camilla at the helm I am confident our growth can continue.”
“A strength of DLA Piper is that we create value for our clients by being present with lawyers in more than 90 countries globally. We are a full-service law firm, but our core areas in Norway are corporate, M&A/private equity, litigation, real estate, and construction. Furthermore, we have a clear growth strategy within technology, AI, ESG, environmental, social, and business ethics, where Camilla Wollan has been at the forefront as a lawyer and partner.”
– Hans Christian Brodtkorb, partner and chairman at DLA Piper Norway
Tanya Greene
DLA Piper has welcomed Tanya Greene as a partner in the Litigation Practice, focusing on class actions and complex litigation. And she will be based in the Los Angeles office, supporting the robust litigation practice in the region.
Greene has substantial experience across a broad range of complex commercial matters at the trial and appellate level in California and throughout the country. And her litigation and counseling experience includes work for prominent companies in heavily regulated industries, including finance, technology, aerospace and petroleum.
Greene works with companies in the supply chain of highly regulated, consumer-facing industries to identify and manage their legal risks, develop creative and cost-effective strategies for furthering their business interests, protect brands and preserve consumer goodwill. Plus, her experience includes the litigation and resolution of consumer-related class claims, including contractual disputes, product liability claims, and claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Rosenthal Act, and a range of other state consumer protection statutes.
KEY QUOTES:
“Tanya is a respected litigator, and an innovative diversity and pro bono champion. Her impressive skill set will immediately expand our capabilities and meet the demands of our clients with class action and litigation needs.”
– Ilana Eisenstein, US chair of DLA Piper’s Litigation Practice
“We have seen significant growth in our litigation presence in Los Angeles and on the West Coast, and with the ever-increasing risks that our clients face in high-profile, high stakes class litigation in California, Tanya will be an important addition to our talented team. We look forward to supporting her as her practice flourishes.”
– Angela Agrusa, DLA Piper’s Los Angeles office managing partner
Michael Fleischman
DLA Piper has welcomed Michael Fleischman as an AI Policy Advisor. And he will be based in the Washington, DC office and will be part of the Government Affairs and Public Policy team.
Fleischman has 10+ years of professional experience focusing on Congress and the Executive Branch, joining DLA Piper from a national organization focused on advocacy in Washington DC. And he oversaw the technology policy team with a focus on AI and semiconductor cooperation and regulation.
Previously, Fleischman served as Legislative Director for Congresswoman Grace Meng in the US House of Representatives where he directed and supervised all elements of the Congresswoman’s legislative operations. Plus, his accomplishments also include leading and organizing the passage of several bills through the House of Representatives and overseeing the Congresswoman’s activities on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Democratic Outreach & Engagement Task Force.
DLA Piper’s global Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Practice is an industry unique team that features over 100 lawyers, data scientists, coders, and policymakers focused on AI worldwide.
KEY QUOTE:
“Michael brings over 10 years of strong bipartisan relationships with Congress and the Executive Branch in Washington DC and recently oversaw the technology policy portfolio with a particular focus on AI. We are very excited to welcome Michael to our growing Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Practice.”
– Tony Samp, Head of AI Policy
