Damian Guzman is a seasoned legal professional with a wealth of experience.  He is a member of both the California and New York Bars, and holds Payment Card Industry (PCI) Professional, and IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (U.S.) and Certified Information Privacy Manager certifications.

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Damian has served in various high-level counsel roles, including as Head of Legal at Solid Financial Technologies, and Senior Legal Counsel for the Americas at Airwallex.

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At Visa, Damian served as Director and Senior Legal Counsel, providing counsel to Visa’s global issuer processor business unit, Visa DPS.

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Before going in-house, Damian was a Senior Corporate/M&A Associate at K&L Gates, where he advised on M&A, technology, and debt and equity finance transactions. He also served as an M&A/Finance Associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, and a Labor and Employment Associate at Littler Mendelson.

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Damian, having founded a SaaS e-commerce platform aimed at solving the ‘fit problem’ of buying apparel online, thinks like an entrepreneur, and understands modern technologies and the mechanics of running businesses built on them.

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He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations with a Concentration in Law & Society from Cornell University, where he was on the Dean’s List, a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society and the recipient of several academic scholarships.