Ashlie Beringer has more than two decades of experience representing media and technology companies in periods of transformation and crisis. Ashlie's practice focuses on defending technology companies in global regulatory and litigation matters and advising on product, business and compliance strategies, particularly on issues related to disruptive technologies, privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and the blockchain ecosystem. Ashlie is actively representing technology companies in a range of industries in regulatory and criminal investigations before the FTC, CFPB, NYDFS, Department of Justice, and California, New York, Washington DC and multiple state Attorneys General, while coordinating strategy for parallel regulatory investigations around the globe.
Ashlie returned to Gibson Dunn as a partner of the Palo Alto office, after serving as Facebook's Deputy General Counsel from 2013 to 2020, where she led the company's global Privacy, Product, Regulatory and Litigation legal teams. At Facebook, Ashlie was a member of the core management team and successfully defended the company against hundreds of global regulatory challenges and lawsuits, and designed product and business strategies that advanced business goals while earning regulatory approval. She built a global team of more than 180 lawyers and legal professionals worldwide and continually innovated to find working models that promoted collaboration, professional evolution and innovation.
Indicative of her leadership, Ashlie was selected as Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn's Tech and Innovation Practice Group and Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group. Ashlie actively advises public company Boards on oversight of cybersecurity risks and mitigation strategies and works closely with C-Suite teams on core business and product strategies in a range of industries, leveraging her unique combination of regulatory, business and technology expertise.
Ashlie developed the Art of Product Counseling Method™, which is an innovative model for developing strategic mitigations to address key risks and requirements during product launches and has trained many legal teams on the Method™ in Art of Product Counseling Workshops.
Prior to joining Facebook, Ashlie was a partner at Gibson Dunn where she developed a leading technology practice and played a critical role in shaping the legal and regulatory landscape to enable innovation in new and misunderstood technical platforms.
Chambers Global recently recognized Ashlie Beringer as a key contact in Gibson Dunn’s ranked Technology, Media and Telecommunication global multi-jurisdictional practice. The Legal 500 has also recognized Ashlie as a leading expert in representing media and tech companies in both contentious and strategic counseling matters. Ashlie was named to Lawdragon’s 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors 2024 list and Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers guide. Lawdragon has also identified Ashlie as one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and “500 Leading Litigators in America” for both 2023 and 2024. Ashlie was recognized as one of the Women Leaders in Tech Law as part of The Recorder’s 2023 California Legal Awards. In addition, Ashlie was identified as one of Global Data Review’s Top Women in Data 2022, and The Silicon Valley Business Journal named Ashlie to its Women of Influence list of 2021, which features “the 100 most influential women in the Silicon Valley.”
Ashlie received her law degree from Yale Law School in 1996, where she served as Editor of the Yale Law Journal and was the winner of the Yale Mock Trial Competition. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California Los Angeles, summa cum laude. She served as Law Clerk to Judge Richard Matsch in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Colorado.
Capabilities
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
- Artificial Intelligence
- Crisis Management
- Fintech and Digital Assets
- Litigation
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Tech and Innovation
- Technology Litigation
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Credentials
Education:
- Yale University - 1996 Juris Doctor
- University of California - Los Angeles - 1992 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, Colorado, Hon. Richard P. Matsch, 1996 - 1997