Meet Matti
Matti Neustadt is an international legal advisor for areas of digital law. With experience in the U.S. and Europe covering privacy, cybersecurity, data protection, governance, artificial intelligence, and intellectual property, she focuses on business-centric practical strategies designed to meet current and anticipated legal and business requirements. Matti holds a BSc in Applied Physics from Purdue University, working as an engineer for nearly a decade before earning her JD at night.
She has been recognized as one of Silicon Valley’s Top 100 Women of Influence and as the Innovator of the Year for in-house legal practice. She holds both CISSP and Fellow of Information Privacy certifications.
A geek at heart, she is passionate about technology and likes to work with tech clients of all sizes on their growth journey.
In-House Counsel
In-house experience at some of the biggest names in technology: Microsoft, NetApp, Micron, DNV, Motorola Solutions. Matti is intimately familiar with rapidly changing business and technical environments, results-driven management, and complex environments. She has learned customer obsession, business prioritization, and risk management as part of the legal advising process and focuses on providing actionable advice that leads to business success while mitigating legal risks.
Technical Chops
A B.Sc. in Applied Physics with research in geophysics and high energy particle detectors, followed by work as a materials engineer with Intel focused on semiconductor manufacturing and packaging and supply chain quality, Matti has experience as a quality auditor, six-sigma greenbelt, and quantitative analysis. She has been described as having the superpower of quickly understanding and being able explain complex technologies so that lawyers and other non-technical folks can understand them.
Industry Experience
Matti has advised on intellectual property protections, commercial contracting, and digital transformation in a variety of industries and infrastructure levels. In addition to commercial contracting in the technical space, she is familiar with regulatory specifics of critical infrastructure technology, defense and law enforcement, Software- Infrastructure- and Platform-as-a-Service, Information and Operational Technology, education technology, healthcare technology, financial technology, and many other areas facing new challenges with digital regulation.