Courtney Wang is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Technology Transactions, Artificial Intelligence, and Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation practice groups.
Courtney helps clients balance technological innovation and legal compliance, with a focus on customer-facing experiences. Having previously seconded at Amazon for an extended contract, she has developed wide-ranging experience launching products, including deployment of generative and predictive artificial intelligence solutions. While at Amazon, Courtney gained particular expertise advising engineers, data scientists, and other business stakeholders in the intellectual property, privacy, and platform considerations of app development and in-app products. She also built significant experience developing and implementing internal and external customer and seller trust policies.
Courtney regularly advises clients on data privacy, AI, and consumer protection considerations in strategic and tactical product counseling matters; in particular, compliance with the FTC Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other state comprehensive privacy laws, state biometric privacy laws, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Courtney’s practice also includes representing companies in the data privacy, AI, and intellectual property aspects of commercial transactions, including venture and private equity representations, mergers and acquisitions, carveouts, and leveraged buy-outs. Courtney also represents clients in inquiries from state and federal regulatory bodies, including the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice. Courtney’s clients operate in a range of industries, including technology, software, retail, sports, media and entertainment, gig economy, finance, and e-commerce.
She earned her J.D. from Berkeley Law School in 2020, where she was a member of the Berkeley Veterans Association and Queer Caucus, and served as an Article Editor and as the Internal Supervising Editor of the Berkeley Journal of International Law. Courtney received her B.A. in English from George Washington University in 2007.
Prior to attending law school, Courtney was a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy. Courtney completed deployments as an Officer of the Deck for a counterpiracy asset in the Gulf of Aden, and as the Anti-submarine Warfare Officer for a carrier strike group supporting air missions in Syria.
Courtney is admitted to practice in the State of California.
Capabilities
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions
- Tech and Innovation
- Technology Transactions
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Credentials
Education:
- University of California - Berkeley - 2020 Juris Doctor
- George Washington University - 2007 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar