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Sara Susnjar

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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner – Compliance / Corporate

Career

Sara Susnjar is a multi-lingual partner of W&S SELARL, admitted in both Paris and Illinois. She concentrates her primary practice on cross-border complex business transactions with a particular focus on M&A, joint ventures, and PE. She has advised and represented some of the biggest tech and media market players (private and public corporations, equity funds, and portfolio companies), as well as those in industries such as business & financial services, consumer products, manufacturing, and healthcare.

Sara has secondary expertise on personal data protection and privacy (including GDPR compliance, implementation, and disputes). She has also represented her private equity clients in several high profile arbitration and litigation disputes.

In addition to her experience in other international law firms, Sara has worked for governments and international organizations, and more specifically:

• United States Department of Justice
• Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights
• Delegation of the European Union to the United States
• British Parliament
• United States Congress

Languages

French, Spanish, Croatian, English

Memberships

• Chicago Bar Association
• ABA Section of International Law
• USCIB ExPat Subcommittee
• International Association of Privacy Professionals

Education

Sara received a double B.A. in English, Political Science with a third major in Speech Communications from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2004. She received her J.D. from St. Louis University in 2007 and she received her Master II (LL.M.) in European and International Business Law from the University of Paris IX Dauphine in 2008.