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Stephanie C. Kolla

Associate
About

Stephanie Kolla's practice focuses on commercial litigation and privacy law. She is called to the bar in ‎Ontario, Alberta, and New York State. ‎

Rooted in her in-house experience, Stephanie brings a business-centred and client-focused perspective to ‎her practice. ‎

Her litigation practice centres on Commercial List litigation, including complex public and private company ‎disputes, ‎merger and acquisition litigation and securities litigation. Stephanie was co-counsel for the issuer ‎in ‎Canada’s first Material Adverse Effect (MAE) case,...

Stephanie Kolla's practice focuses on commercial litigation and privacy law. She is called to the bar in ‎Ontario, Alberta, and New York State. ‎

Rooted in her in-house experience, Stephanie brings a business-centred and client-focused perspective to ‎her practice. ‎

Her litigation practice centres on Commercial List litigation, including complex public and private company ‎disputes, ‎merger and acquisition litigation and securities litigation. Stephanie was co-counsel for the issuer ‎in ‎Canada’s first Material Adverse Effect (MAE) case, in the context of COVID-19. ‎

Stephanie has represented clients and assisted senior counsel before all levels of Court in Alberta and ‎‎various levels of court in Ontario and the Federal Court of Canada. She has also acted as lead counsel to ‎‎international companies before international and domestic commercial arbitration panels.‎

As senior legal counsel at an international performance luxury brand, Stephanie managed and strengthened ‎the brand’s privacy compliance under GDPR, CCPA, and PIPEDA. She advised the business on a range ‎of complex data protection issues particularly around e-commerce compliance, data collection, ‎commercial exploitation, and corporate governance. In addition, Stephanie negotiated a range of privacy ‎related commercial and SaaS agreements.‎

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Stephanie worked for the Department of Canadian Heritage in Copyright Policy. ‎‎Before attending law school, she worked at the Walter Phillips Gallery in Banff. She continues to be an ‎active participant in the arts community and works as ‎a volunteer lawyer for the National Network of Legal ‎Clinics for the Arts. ‎

Bar admissionsNew York, 2022Alberta, 2018Ontario, 2017
Languages
  • English
Education
    • J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, ‎‎2016‎
    • B.A., Mount Allison University, 2008‎
    • B.A., University of Regina, 2005‎
    • Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, ‎‎1999‎

Awards

  • Upper Year Award of Excellence, Osgoode Hall Law School ‎
  • Second Overall Team, Walsh Moot
  • Illuminations Art History Award, Mount Allison University

Publications

  • Author, "Extending Copyright Protection to Audiovisual Performances in Canada: Implementing the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances", 33 Canadian Intellectual Property Review, 2017

Community Involvement

  • Volunteer, National Network of Legal Clinics for the Arts
  • Volunteer, Hockey Education Reaching Out Society (HEROS)
  • Director, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Athol Murray College of Notre Dame National Alumni Association, 2017

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member, New York State Bar ‎
  • Member, Law Society of Alberta
  • Member, Law Society of Ontario
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association ‎
  • Member, The Advocates’ Society

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Location

Toronto
Bay Adelaide - Centre West Tower Suite 5100 - 333 Bay Street
Toronto
Ontario
M5H 2R2
Canada