Stephanie C. Kolla

Stephanie Kolla's practice focuses on commercial litigation and aviation 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. ‎
 
Stephanie's aviation practice is focused on advising multi-national clients on all manner of regulatory and litigation matters in the aviation sector. She has advised clients in respect of compliance and non-compliance issues associated with ICAO conventions, Canada Transportation Act, and other domestic law. 
 
Her commercial litigation practice centres on Commercial List litigation, including complex public and private company ‎disputes, ‎and merger and acquisition 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 the Supreme Court of Canada, all levels of Court in Ontario and Alberta 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 ‎the brand’s multi-jurisdictional IP portfolio and strengthened its privacy compliance under GDPR, CCPA, and PIPEDA. 
 
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.