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.