Digital Economy Best Practices 2023
Izu Emeagwali
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Izu Emeagwali is an Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel at J.P. Morgan where she focuses on the intersection of technology and law. Izu leads the Innovation, Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Legal team for the Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB). There Izu counsels the various global businesses and data scientists of the CIB on their digital, analytics, artificial intelligence and data use initiatives. Primarily, Izu advises on projects and negotiates agreements involving the sharing and use of J.P. Morgan’s proprietary information. She opines on and helps to implement the legal strategies and processes for sound data governance, including data management and data sharing practices. In addition, Izu advises business partners on their development of new products and services that leverage emerging technology.
Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Izu was a Senior Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP. There she focused on intellectual property, commercial and antitrust litigation. Izu also advised on intellectual property rights in technology-focused M&A deals and drafted agreements to help clients protect their intellectual property. She led pro bono teams in advocating for issues impacting women in Africa. Izu also advised pro bono clients on intellectual property matters.
Izu graduated magna cum laude from Howard University School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering with a degree in Electrical Engineering. While at Howard University, Izu was a Research Assistant to Professor Lateef Mtima. She assisted Professor Mtima on his research on Copyright law and social justice.
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