Full Name
Anna R. Gressel
Job Title
Global Co-Head of AI
Company
Freshfields US LLP
Speaker Bio
Anna Gressel is a leading legal advisor to boards and senior legal executives on artificial intelligence, known for guiding global businesses through complex, high-impact matters at the intersection of technology, regulation, and litigation.
Anna’s cross-functional practice focuses on counseling companies on AI legal, regulatory, and reputational considerations, including with respect to safety, liability, intellectual property, and consumer protection. Anna translates her technical fluency around emerging technologies into practical guidance that helps clients anticipate product-specific risks before they reach the market. She is also known among her clients for building trusted relationships with in-house legal, policy, and technical teams — aligning product design with legal defensibility and long-term strategic goals.
Anna represents companies in internal investigations, regulatory inquiries, and litigations concerning AI and other cutting-edge technologies. She also regularly helps corporations to benchmark and mature their AI governance and regulatory structures, particularly as advances in agentic AI and other technologies continue to pose novel legal challenges. Anna’s clients span sectors and include major technology developers, online platforms, asset managers, financial services, and life sciences and pharmaceutical companies.
Anna was named one of the “Top 100+ Women Leading AI in 2023” by Re-Work— one of only three lawyers in private practice to receive this honor. She is ranked Band 3 in Chambers USA’s inaugural nationwide Artificial Intelligence 2025 ranking and is recognized by Chambers Global in the Spotlight as a “Global Market Leader” in artificial intelligence. Her clients describe her as “an absolute rockstar, she is my go-to for complex AI matters”.
Anna is also a sought-after speaker and thought leader on AI liability, governance, and regulation, with recent presentations at major international forums and institutions. Anna is also committed to advancing the legal profession, previously serving as a commissioner on the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession and on the board of Ms. JD.
Anna holds a senior prize in neuroscience from Pomona College, was a Fulbright research fellow in Morocco, and is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Anna’s cross-functional practice focuses on counseling companies on AI legal, regulatory, and reputational considerations, including with respect to safety, liability, intellectual property, and consumer protection. Anna translates her technical fluency around emerging technologies into practical guidance that helps clients anticipate product-specific risks before they reach the market. She is also known among her clients for building trusted relationships with in-house legal, policy, and technical teams — aligning product design with legal defensibility and long-term strategic goals.
Anna represents companies in internal investigations, regulatory inquiries, and litigations concerning AI and other cutting-edge technologies. She also regularly helps corporations to benchmark and mature their AI governance and regulatory structures, particularly as advances in agentic AI and other technologies continue to pose novel legal challenges. Anna’s clients span sectors and include major technology developers, online platforms, asset managers, financial services, and life sciences and pharmaceutical companies.
Anna was named one of the “Top 100+ Women Leading AI in 2023” by Re-Work— one of only three lawyers in private practice to receive this honor. She is ranked Band 3 in Chambers USA’s inaugural nationwide Artificial Intelligence 2025 ranking and is recognized by Chambers Global in the Spotlight as a “Global Market Leader” in artificial intelligence. Her clients describe her as “an absolute rockstar, she is my go-to for complex AI matters”.
Anna is also a sought-after speaker and thought leader on AI liability, governance, and regulation, with recent presentations at major international forums and institutions. Anna is also committed to advancing the legal profession, previously serving as a commissioner on the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession and on the board of Ms. JD.
Anna holds a senior prize in neuroscience from Pomona College, was a Fulbright research fellow in Morocco, and is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
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