Samantha Lewis
Lead Counsel - Group Brands (Product & Privacy) at Canva
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolSamantha Lewis is an experienced commercial lawyer with 11 years advising consumer-facing and tech businesses on product, privacy and brand risk, now leading Group Brands (Product & Privacy) at Canva from Melbourne. She has a track record of translating complex legal, regulatory and IP issues into practical commercial advice across global teams, honed at Canva, Amazon and L’Oréal. Samantha specialises in marketing, advertising, social media, data protection and online consumer law, bringing courtroom-rooted IP and competition experience from private practice to fast-moving product environments. Known for pragmatic collaboration with product and go-to-market teams, she focuses on enabling growth while keeping legal risk manageable. An unusual strength is her blend of hands-on litigation experience and in-house product counsel perspective, which helps anticipate downstream regulatory and reputational issues before they surface.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Laws (Hons), Bachelor of Laws (Hons) at University of AdelaidePembroke School
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Github Skills (64)
react-component10
resizable9
codemirror9
react8
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tidy8
graphiql7
theming7
youtube-api7
monaco-editor7
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Samuel-Lewis/crypt
Oct 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:65 commits, 5 pushes in 5 months
Samuel-Lewis/mc-status
Aug 2020 - Jun 2024
Quickly check your Minecraft server status!
Contributions:20 PRs, 58 pushes, 13 branches in 3 years 11 months
minecraft-server-statusminecraftreactstatusbukkit
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