General Counsel Reception

Thank you to our General Counsel Reception sponsor:

AABANY looks forward to welcoming numerous General Counsels to join us at this year’s Annual Dinner. We look forward to celebrating with them at the General Counsel Reception taking place immediately before the Annual Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on May 28. To see who accepted our invitation last year, go here.

This reception is by invite-only to General Counsels and Annual Dinner 2026 sponsors.

If you would like to receive an invitation as a General Counsel or an Annual Dinner 2026 sponsor, send an email to ad26@aabany.org.

Patricia Astorga
Chief Legal Officer
Mintz Group

Katelyn Canning
General Counsel
Ocrolus

Viravyne Chhim
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
MGG Investment Group LP

Ronald Chillemi
Chief Legal Officer
Figure

Julie Cho
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary (Former)
The New Terminal One at JFK

Jung Choi
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Revelyst Inc.

Sumeet H. Chugani
General Counsel & CCO
Cloaked

Ricky Chung
General Counsel & SVP
Area 15

Lian Duan
General Counsel
China Merchants Bank Co. New York Branch

Judy Estes
EVP, General Counsel, Services & Strategic Growth
Mastercard

Lucy Fato
Executive VP &
General Counsel
Seaport Entertainment

Grace Fu
Chief Legal Administrative Officer
Nanit

Sandhya Ganapathy Chief Legal Officer Privacore Capital

Andrew Hahn
General Counsel Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

Josh Hsu
General Counsel
Slingshot AI, Inc.

Cindy Huang
General Counsel
Ether.Fi

Audrey Jean
General Counsel
3E Company

Jessica Jonas
Chief Legal Officer Evernorth

Jonathan Jung
General Counsel
Prinston Pharmaceutical

Tanny Kang
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Vibranium Labs

Christina Lee
Senior Vice President, Head of Legal, US
CNA

Michelle Lee
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
MediaCo Holding Inc.

Paul Lee
Co-Founder
Capro-X

Linda Lin
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
SiriusPoint, Ltd.

Allen Lo
Chief Legal Officer
MSG Entertainment and Sphere Entertainment

Kapil Longani
Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and General Counsel
State University of New York (SUNY)

Stephen Mar
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
Odeko

Mary Tang Rocha
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Christian Dior Couture and Parfums Christian Dior Americas

Curtis Tao
General Counsel, US
HSBC

Mathew C. Varughese
General Counsel & Secretary
New York University

Vandana Venkatesh
EVP & Chief Legal Officer
Verizon

Kazuko An Wachter
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
EquiLend

Henry Wang
Chief Legal Officer
Herbalife

Osamu Watanabe
General Counsel
Moelis

Peter Wei
Head of Legal
(Former)
Octaura

Michael Wong
VP of Legal
Kashable

Michael Wu
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Bath & Body Works

Akiko Yamahara
General Counsel
Citi Global Wealth

Andy Yoo
SVP & General Counsel (Former)
Savvas Learning Co.