10 Stripe legal leaders
Trish Walsh, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary at Stripe, leads this list of Stripe legal leaders, which also includes global heads of commercial and legal operations, partnerships legal and privacy, IP and competition, and heads of regulatory and M&A legal. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Stripe from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Dana Westfall
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Commercial & Legal Operations · Stripe
Dana Westfall has been Global Head of Commercial & Legal Operations at Stripe since December 2024, based in the Greater Chicago Area, with a headline of Global Head of Commercial Legal & Legal Operations. Dana Westfall was Managing Director & Associate General Counsel at JPMorganChase from 2013 to 2024.
Dylan Lowrey
LinkedInExperience: Head of Product Legal (Payments) · Stripe
Dylan Lowrey was Head of Product Legal (Payments) at Stripe from July 2017 to August 2021 and has been General Counsel at Handshake since June 2025. Dylan Lowrey was General Counsel at Nium from 2021 to 2025 and Vice President - Acting Head of Legal, US Corporate Banking at Barclays from 2013 to 2017.
Harold Buell, Jr.
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Partnerships Legal · Stripe
Harold Buell, Jr. has been Global Head of Partnerships Legal at Stripe since June 2025 and was Principal Global Partnerships Counsel at Stripe from 2024 to 2025. Harold Buell, Jr. was Executive Director & Assistant General Counsel: Strategic & Digital Transactions at JPMorganChase from 2021 to 2022 and Vice President & Assistant General Counsel there from 2017 to 2021.
Katie Cragg
LinkedInExperience: Product & Partnerships Legal Lead · Stripe
Katie Cragg has been Product & Partnerships Legal Lead at Stripe since June 2025, with a headline of Global Head of Product & Partnerships Legal. Katie Cragg was Global Head of Money Management and Crypto Legal at Stripe from 2024 to 2025, Global Head of Partnerships Legal at Stripe from 2023 to 2025 and Vice President, Senior Counsel at Goldman Sachs from 2018 to 2021.
Michael Cocoman
LinkedInExperience: Head of Legal for EMEA · Stripe
Michael Cocoman was Head of Legal for EMEA at Stripe from August 2019 to March 2022 and Global Chief Compliance Officer at Stripe from 2022 to 2024. Michael Cocoman was Global Head of Regulatory at Stripe from 2018 to 2019 and Manager of International Legal Affairs at Stripe from 2015 to 2018, and served on the boards of several Stripe entities until 2024.
Nuveen Dhingra
LinkedInExperience: Head of North America Regulatory Legal · Stripe
Nuveen Dhingra has been Head of North America Regulatory Legal at Stripe since August 2025 and also lists General Counsel, Stripe Payments Company since June 2025. Nuveen Dhingra was Regulatory Counsel at Stripe from 2020 to 2025 and an Associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP from 2014 to 2020.
Schan Duff
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Regulatory, Product and Partnerships Legal · Stripe
Schan Duff was Global Head of Regulatory, Product and Partnerships Legal at Stripe from June 2024 to August 2025 and describes leading a team of more than 75 attorneys supporting product, partnerships, regulatory, consumer and crypto organizations. Schan Duff was Global Head, Product & Partnerships Legal at Stripe from 2023 to 2024 and has been CEO, Bridge National Trust Bank at Bridge since April 2026.
Todd Williams
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Privacy, IP, and Competition · Stripe
Todd Williams has been Global Head of Privacy, IP, and Competition at Stripe since January 2024 and describes leading the teams that manage data protection and privacy and intellectual property for Stripe. Todd Williams was Global Head of IP and Competition at Stripe from 2020 to 2023 and IP Counsel at Stripe from 2019 to 2020.
Trish Walsh
LinkedInExperience: Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary · Stripe
Trish Walsh has been Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary at Stripe since January 2020, based in New York. Trish Walsh was Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer at Voya Financial from 2015 to 2020, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Cigna Healthcare from 2011 to 2015 and Deputy General Counsel at MassMutual from 2006 to 2011.
Wendy Guo
LinkedInExperience: Corporate Counsel | Transactions Lead, Head of M&A and Ventures Legal · Stripe
Wendy Guo has been Corporate Counsel | Transactions Lead, Head of M&A and Ventures Legal at Stripe since June 2024, based in San Francisco, and has held Corporate Counsel at Stripe since August 2019. Wendy Guo was an Associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati from 2014 to 2019.
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