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10 Snap Inc. legal leaders
These ten current and former Snap Inc. legal leaders hold or have held vice president, director and associate general counsel roles in litigation, employment, safety and law enforcement, government litigation, intellectual property, content and music, and privacy. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Snap Inc. from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anil Antony
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel - Safety Legal + Litigation (Fed'l, Int'l, & Regulatory Enf.) · Snap Inc.
Director, Associate General Counsel - Safety Legal + Litigation (Fed'l, Int'l, & Regulatory Enf.) at Snap Inc. since 2026, and Director, Associate General Counsel, Safety & Law Enforcement since 2025. Former Associate General Counsel, Safety & Law Enforcement (2023–2025) and Associate General Counsel, Privacy (Law Enforcement & Platform Safety) (2021–2023) at Snap Inc., and former Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California (2015–2021).
Atul Porwal
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary · Snap Inc.
Former Senior Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Snap Inc. (2015–2026), with the role listed in Santa Monica, California. Attorney at MediaAlpha since 2026 and Adjunct Professor at USC Gould School of Law since 2023, and former Associate at Cooley LLP (2011–2015).
Cathlin Chao
LinkedInExperience: Former Associate General Counsel & Director, Privacy & Product · Snap Inc.
Former Associate General Counsel & Director, Privacy & Product at Snap Inc. (2017–2020), listed at Director level in Los Angeles. Director & Associate General Counsel, Privacy at Meta since 2020, and former Assistant General Counsel & Director at Bose Corporation (2009–2017) and Counsel at The PMI Group (2002–2005).
Crystal Silva
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel, Employment Legal · Snap Inc.
Director, Associate General Counsel, Employment Legal at Snap Inc. since 2026, and former Associate General Counsel, Employment Legal at Snap Inc. (2021–2026). Former Managing Counsel & SVP - Employment Counseling & Litigation Section at Wells Fargo (2019–2021), and former Senior Counsel & VP - Employment Counseling & Litigation Section there (2010–2019).
David Brightman
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel - IP Litigation and Transacti · Snap Inc.
Associate General Counsel - IP Litigation and Transactions at Snap Inc. since 2020, with the headline adding Director. Former Of Counsel at Morrison Foerster seconded to Snap Inc. (2019–2020), IP Litigation Attorney at Paul Hastings (2018–2019), and Chief Counsel - Patent Litigation and Conflict Management at Yahoo (2017–2018).
Emily Aldrich
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director - Sr. AGC Global Employment & Legal Ops Managing Director - Legal Team · Snap Inc.
Sr. Director - Sr. AGC Global Employment & Legal Ops Managing Director - Legal Team at Snap Inc. since 2021, with the profile headline listing VP - Deputy General Counsel & Managing Director - Legal at Snap Inc. Emily Aldrich's listed skills include employment law and counsel work.
Isabelle Young
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel, Government Litigation · Snap Inc.
Director, Associate General Counsel, Government Litigation at Snap Inc. since 2025, responsible for leading the Government Litigation team. Former Deputy General Counsel at Blockchain.com (2024–2025), Special Counsel at Coinbase (2023–2024), and Senior Director (2022) and Director (2021–2022), Associate General Counsel, Litigation at Coinbase.
Noah Perez-Silverman
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel · Snap Inc.
Director, Associate General Counsel at Snap Inc. since 2025, in the Legal department at Director level. Former Associate General Counsel (2020–2025) and Senior Counsel, Litigation and Regulatory Compliance (2019–2020) at Snap Inc., and former Counsel at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP (2017–2019) and Litigation Associate at Caldwell Leslie & Proctor (2013–2017).
Renée Machi (Lawson)
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Legal & Deputy General Counsel · Snap Inc.
Vice President, Legal & Deputy General Counsel at Snap Inc. since 2024, at President/Vice President level. Former Vice President, Legal & Deputy General Counsel at Dropbox (2020–2024), Deputy General Counsel at Airbnb (2016–2020), and Deputy General Counsel and Head of Legal Operations at Zynga (2015–2016).
Tania Nguyen
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel, Content & Music (Registered In-House Counsel in California) · Snap Inc.
Associate General Counsel, Content & Music at Snap Inc. since 2018, and the profile says Tania Nguyen currently leads the Content & Music Legal team at Snap and has negotiated deals with media companies and sports leagues. Former Commercial Counsel at ESPN (2017–2018) and Associate at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp and Gibson Dunn.
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- 01How do in-house legal leaders decide what to handle internally and what to send to outside counsel?
- 02How do in-house lawyers work with business teams on new deals or launches?
- 03What changes when an in-house lawyer moves from supporting one business unit to leading a practice area?
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