Director of Practice Innovation, Cleary Gottlieb
Ilona Logvinova is the Director of Practice Innovation at Cleary, where she architects, initiates and implements legal innovation and transformation initiatives (including adoption of legal technologies) to augment and accelerate client service delivery. Ilona was formerly the global Head of Innovation at McKinsey & Company, where she identified, lead and implemented cross-cutting and impactful innovation initiatives. At McKinsey Ilona was also a senior technology lawyer and team lead within McKinsey Digital, working closely with applications of emerging and cutting-edge technologies across use cases and industries. Prior to joining McKinsey, Ilona was Senior Counsel at Mastercard, where she worked on ground-up technology builds and tech transactions to leverage the company’s core assets and explore broader partnership opportunities. Prior to Mastercard, Ilona was an Associate at Fried Frank, where she specialized in leveraged finance. Ilona has a BA from Columbia University with a joint major in Economics and Philosophy and her JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. In her spare time, Ilona enjoys salsa dancing, and exploring her longtime hometown of New York City and its culture; indulging theatre, independent film, the culinary landscape, and the arts – especially alongside her 8-year old daughter.