Founder-led Counsel for the Age of AI.
Chiara Wirz
Founder & Managing Attorney
Chiara Wirz helps founders, leadership teams, and in-house counsel turn AI, data, and privacy questions into practical business decisions. Her approach starts with understanding what the client wants to achieve; then identifying the risks that matter, explaining the options clearly, and carrying the work through to the execution phase aligned with the client’s business priorities.
With nearly a decade of legal and business experience in the United States and Europe, Chiara brings both the adviser’s perspective and the pragmatic mindset of in-house counsel at large and small companies. At a Fortune 500 company (eBay), she supported major product and compliance initiatives to meaningfully enhance the company-wide privacy and corporate governance posture, built a global privacy program for a fast-growing subsidiary, and co-led AI transformation within the legal function. She later served as the startup general counsel of a technology startup. Her earlier private practice experience includes advising multi-national organizations on data protection, employment, immigration, and corporate matters at two leading Swiss Law firms, Homburger and Walder Wyss, in Zurich.
Chiara is a lawyer admitted to practice in California and Switzerland. She also holds a Professional Master of Business Administration (MBA), complementing her legal background with formal training in business strategy and management. She is IAPP-certified (CIPP/US, CIPP/E, AIGP), a published author, and a frequent speaker on AI governance, digital regulation, privacy, and related topics.
Clients work directly with Chiara, with advice shaped by their business-minded priorities and leadership.
Connect with Chiara on LinkedInLeading the field through speaking, publications, and more
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AI Chatbot Regulatory Developments: An International Comparative Analysis and Practical Takeaways
Co-author · IAPP · July 2026AI in the Boardroom: A Forward-Looking Legal Analysis of Board Meeting Management with AI Agents
Author · Business Law News · Issue 3/2025, pp. 26–31 -
AI Governance from Principles to Practice: Applying the NIST AI Risk Management Framework
Presenter · California Lawyers Association (CLA) Intellectual Property Law Section, Licensing & Technology Transactions Interest Group meeting · October 2026Putting Together an AI Governance Program
Workshop facilitator · California Lawyers Association (CLA) Privacy Section, Privacy & AI Lab · September 2026EU and UK Privacy Developments: Regulatory Considerations Beyond Personal Data
Panelist · PLI’s Twenty-Seventh Annual Institute on Privacy and Cybersecurity Law · June 2026Mapping U.S. AI Regulation. A Mid-2026 Snapshot of Federal and State Developments
Presenter · California Lawyers Association Privacy Section Webinar · May 2026Best Practices and Emerging Challenges in AI Governance
Panelist · California Lawyers Association Annual Privacy Summit · February 2026Beyond the Compliance Checkbox – A Practical Guide for Legal Professionals to Assess Vendor AI Tools
Presenter · PLI One-Hour Briefing · December 2025AI Assessments, Governance, and Literacy: A Practical Program for Legal and Compliance Professionals
Co-presenter · San Francisco Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference · December 2025How to Conduct an AIMLIA: A Hands-On Workshop for AI/ML Impact Assessments
Workshop facilitator · California Lawyers Association Privacy & AI Lab · October 2025 -
Chiara Wirz: a practical AI governance framework for in-house counsel and privacy professionals
Podcast guest · April 2026The Transformation of Legal Counsel: From the Trusted Advisor to the Strategic AI Adopter
CEOWorld Magazine · April 2026Chiara Wirz, In-House Counsel and AI Ambassador at eBay Inc.
Interview · LAWSTYLE · November 2025
