10 Match Group legal leaders
Senior vice presidents and associate general counsels, a chief privacy officer, vice presidents for employment law and corporate and securities work, and directors for privacy, litigation and intellectual property are among the roles held today by these ten Match Group legal leaders. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Match Group from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Alex Hill
LinkedInExperience: Director, Sr. Counsel, Litigation · Match Group
Alex Hill has been Director, Sr. Counsel, Litigation at Match Group since February 2025, based in Los Angeles, and was Sr. Corporate Litigation Counsel there from 2023 to 2025. Alex Hill was an Associate at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP from 2017 to 2023 and a Creative Executive at JACKIE FILMS from 2011 to 2013.
Brandon Kerstens
LinkedInExperience: VP, Associate General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer · Match Group
Brandon Kerstens has been VP, Associate General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer at Match Group since July 2024, based in Toronto, and describes leading the company's global privacy program. Brandon Kerstens was Senior Director, Senior Counsel & Data Protection Officer at Match Group from 2022 to 2024 and Director, Privacy & Data Protection Officer there from 2020 to 2022.
Casey Burton
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Senior Counsel · Match Group
Casey Burton has been Vice President, Senior Counsel at Match Group since March 2024, based in Dallas, and was Senior Director & Senior Counsel there from 2020 to 2024, Director & Senior Counsel from 2019 to 2020, Senior Corporate Counsel from 2017 to 2019 and Corporate Counsel from 2016 to 2017.
Céline Garnache
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director, Sr Counsel Privacy & DPO · Match Group
Céline Garnache has been Sr Director, Sr Counsel Privacy & DPO at Match Group since March 2025, based in Paris, and was Director, Privacy EMEA & DPO there from 2023 to 2025 and Senior Privacy Counsel, EMEA from 2019 to 2023. Céline Garnache was Privacy / IT Counsel at IBM (2016 to 2019), and describes a specialization in privacy law, IT law and contracts negotiation.
David Shipley
LinkedInExperience: VP, Corporate and Securities Counsel and Assistant Secretary · Match Group
David Shipley has been VP, Corporate and Securities Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Match Group since June 2025, based in Dallas, and was VP, Corporate and Securities Counsel there from 2023 to 2025, Senior Director and Senior Counsel from 2022 to 2023 and Director and Senior Counsel from 2020 to 2022. David Shipley describes work as a corporate governance and securities attorney.
Julie Maibach Lacy
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Employment Law, Ethics & Compliance · Match Group
Julie Maibach Lacy has been Vice President, Employment Law, Ethics & Compliance at Match Group since July 2026, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Julie Maibach Lacy was Director, Senior Counsel - Employment at NerdWallet (2023 to 2026), Legal Counsel Director at Twitter (2021 to 2022) and Associate Director, Senior Legal Counsel - Employment at Twitter (2019 to 2021).
Laura Blau Michel
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Associate General Counsel @ Match Group, Head of Tinder Legal, Head of MG Asia Legal · Match Group
Laura Blau Michel has been SVP, Associate General Counsel @ Match Group, Head of Tinder Legal, Head of MG Asia Legal at Match Group since February 2025, and SVP, Associate General Counsel, Head of Tinder Legal since April 2022. Laura Blau Michel was VP, Associate General Counsel, Tinder at Match Group from 2020 to 2022 and Senior Director, Senior Counsel, Tinder from 2017 to 2020.
Lisa Detig
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Associate General Counsel · Match Group
Lisa Detig has been SVP, Associate General Counsel at Match Group since July 2023, based in New York, and was Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Americas there from 2021 to 2023. Lisa Detig was Director & Associate General Counsel at Petco (2017 to 2021) and Assistant Vice President & Senior Counsel at Eurus Energy America Corporation (2015 to 2017).
Rob Famigletti
LinkedInExperience: Director, Sr. Counsel, Privacy · Match Group
Rob Famigletti has been Director, Sr. Counsel, Privacy at Match Group since March 2026, based in New York, and was Senior Corporate Counsel, Privacy there from 2024 to 2026. Rob Famigletti was Corporate Counsel, Privacy at Salesforce in 2024 and Manager, Privacy and Data Governance at Salesforce from 2022 to 2024.
Stephen Benyi
LinkedInExperience: Director, Intellectual Property · Match Group
Stephen Benyi has been Director, Intellectual Property at Match Group since November 2025, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Stephen Benyi was Intellectual Property Counsel at Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. (2018 to 2025), an Associate at BCLP (2011 to 2018) and a Patent Agent at BCLP in 2010.
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- 01Which kinds of matters take up most of your time in your Match Group legal role, and how do you set priorities?
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