10 Global Payments legal leaders
Anthony Giovannetti, Executive Lead (SVP) and Deputy General Counsel at Global Payments Inc., leads this list of ten Global Payments legal leaders, which also has a second deputy general counsel, an assistant general counsel and associate general counsels. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Global Payments from people who have held the role.
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Alicia Vesely
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel · Global Payments Inc.
Alicia Vesely has been Senior Associate General Counsel at Global Payments Inc. since July 2025, with a profile headline of Lead Counsel, Mergers & Acquisitions, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Alicia Vesely was Corporate & Securities Associate at Jackson Walker LLP from 2022 to 2025 and Energy Transactions & Projects Associate at Vinson & Elkins from 2018 to 2021.
Anthony Giovannetti
LinkedInExperience: Executive Lead (SVP) and Deputy General Counsel · Global Payments Inc.
Anthony Giovannetti has been Executive Lead (SVP) and Deputy General Counsel at Global Payments Inc. since January 2026. Anthony Giovannetti was SVP and Deputy General Counsel at Worldpay from 2024 to 2026, and held SVP and Deputy General Counsel, Business Legal (2022 to 2024) and SVP and Deputy General Counsel, Product and FIS Impact Ventures (2021 to 2022) roles at FIS.
Courtney Laginess
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property · Global Payments Inc.
Courtney Laginess has been Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property at Global Payments Inc. since April 2026, based in Nashville, Tennessee. Courtney Laginess was Vice President, Associate General Counsel - Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Worldpay from 2024 to 2026, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel at FIS from 2020 to 2024 and Senior Counsel - Marketing Properties, Global Petcare at Mars from 2015 to 2020.
Ian Forrest
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel · Global Payments Inc.
Ian Forrest has been Senior Associate General Counsel at Global Payments Inc. since September 2019, based in the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area, and describes being a member of Global Payments' legal team dedicated to integrated partners and payments solutions. Ian Forrest was Senior Associate General Counsel at TSYS from 2013 to 2019 and Corporate Counsel at BankServ from 2010 to 2013.
Jeannette Gunderson
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel, Privacy, Enterprise and Integrated & Platforms · Global Payments Inc.
Jeannette Gunderson has been Associate General Counsel, Privacy, Enterprise and Integrated & Platforms at Global Payments Inc. since July 2026, based in the Greater Seattle Area. Jeannette Gunderson was Chief Privacy Officer at Worldpay from 2024 to 2026 and Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Protection Counsel at FIS from 2023 to 2024.
Jonathan Olinger
LinkedInExperience: Deputy General Counsel - Infrastructure, Privacy, Product, and Litigation · Global Payments Inc.
Jonathan Olinger has been Deputy General Counsel - Infrastructure, Privacy, Product, and Litigation at Global Payments Inc. since January 2026, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Jonathan Olinger also lists Senior Vice President & Senior Associate General Counsel (2023 to 2026), Vice President & Senior Associate General Counsel (2020 to 2023) and Division General Counsel (2017 to 2020) rows at Global Payments Inc.
Karen Rohrer
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel · Global Payments Inc.
Karen Rohrer has been Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Global Payments Inc. since November 2011, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Karen Rohrer also lists a Vice President and Assistant General Counsel row at Global Payments Inc. starting in 2001 with no end date, and a profile headline of Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Global Payments Inc.
Lauren E. L. Tilashalski
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel (Employment) · Global Payments Inc.
Lauren E. L. Tilashalski has been Senior Associate General Counsel (Employment) at Global Payments Inc. since April 2024, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Lauren E. L. Tilashalski was Associate Attorney at Littler from 2023 to 2024 and Associate Attorney at Troutman Pepper from 2021 to 2023.
Philip Laffey
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel · Global Payments Inc.
Philip Laffey has been Senior Associate General Counsel at Global Payments Inc. since January 2018, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Philip Laffey was Legal Counsel at Legislative Service Bureau from 2016 to 2018 and Partner and Co-Founder at Marshall & Laffey, Ltd. from 2007 to 2016, and has also been Adjunct Professor at Roger Williams University Extension School since 2008.
Sam Baldwin
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel · Global Payments Inc.
Sam Baldwin has been Senior Associate General Counsel at Global Payments Inc. since April 2023, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was Senior Corporate Counsel at Global Payments Inc. from 2020 to 2023. Sam Baldwin was Associate Corporate Counsel at DigiCert from 2016 to 2020.
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- 01Which kinds of matters took up most of your time in your Global Payments legal role, and how did you set priorities?
- 02How did you work with business colleagues when a legal question affected their plans?
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