Victoria is the Associate General Counsel for cybersecurity and privacy at Shopify, where she is responsible for providing strategic legal advice across the company’s global operations on cybersecurity strategy, regulatory compliance, and the responsible use of AI. She works closely with product, engineering, and development teams to help them navigate evolving legal frameworks while enabling secure and innovative product development.
Before joining Shopify, Victoria managed Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit for the Americas, where she directed cross-border teams and partnered with governments to combat cyber threats and shape policy.
Victoria is a Certified Privacy Manager (CIPM) and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) by the IAPP. Prior to practicing law, Victoria was an industrial engineer in the technology and automotive sectors and a competitive figure skater.
Victoria has been recognized globally for her expertise and leadership in cybersecurity as well as her efforts to support women, especially Latinas, in the legal and security industries.
Tom spent twelve years working in the power generation industry as a Project Manager and lead engineer on steam turbine repair and replacement projects. He then attended law school and after receiving his law degree spent eighteen years as an associate and partner at a large general practice law firm that included a large IP department. Tom went In-house with Siemens Energy in 2018 and have now spent seven years doing IP preparation and prosecution as well as licensing, contract drafting, and IP management for various business segments within Siemens Energy.
Javier heads our office in Miami, FL, a strategic business hub that is situated perfectly to support clients in the USA, Latin America and Europe and to work closely with our US team on both coasts.
A focus of Javier's practice is assisting our European clients in their expansion to Latin America and the USA, and vice-versa. He specializes in international dispute resolution and IT, privacy, cybersecurity and data law.
A born negotiator, Javier is known for his work in the prevention and resolution of international commercial conflicts. His expertise includes international litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He is an appointee Conciliator of the Kingdom of Spain and the Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes of the World Bank (ICSID).
Javier has a strong reputation as a leading IT lawyer and was one of the first privacy lawyers in Spain and Europe. His practice focuses on commercial and contentious advice related to major IT and transformational projects, ERP dispute resolution, global GDPR compliance, cybersecurity and trade secrets. He has worked in many digitalization and data-driven projects in various sectors, providing strategic legal support to both legal and governmental affairs professionals.
Javier has been repeatedly named by legal directories as one of the top international arbitrators and mediators and “star individual” of IT law.
