Thomas (Tom) Tysowsky
Biography
Tom is a senior associate and a member of the North America Litigation & Government Enforcement Practice Group in Baker McKenzie's Los Angeles office, and supports the Firm’s privacy, cybersecurity and other international regulatory and advisory practices. He joined the Firm in 2019 upon graduating from Vanderbilt Law School. Previously, he spent time with the Firm’s offices in Houston and San Francisco. Before law school Tom was a Division I athlete, worked in client relations for a wealth management firm in Malaysia, and coached professional ice hockey in Norway.
Practice Focus
Tom is experienced in all stages of commercial litigation in state and federal court, and with complex commercial proceedings. He has conducted oral argument in California state court concerning substantive motions, and has participated in all other aspects of dispute resolution. In addition to assisting clients with commercial disputes, he focuses on advising a wide variety of international clients on privacy, cybersecurity, and other cross-border regulations to help them implement new policies and launch new products, and particularly in the technology industry.
Representative Legal Matters
- Represented Russian national in a series of coordinated proceedings enforcing an international arbitration award issued in the UK against another Russian national living in the US. Confirmed award in C.D. California as part of global enforcement strategy across five jurisdictions. Obtained multiple asset freezes and litigated parallel proceedings in multiple jurisdictions against the debtor and an international bank, including in the District Court, the Ninth Circuit, Bankruptcy Court and California State Court as well as in London, Russia, Lichtenstein, Monaco and Cyprus. The team argued and won at both the Ninth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court in Yegiazaryan v. Smagin, Case No. 22–381(2023), establishing new law concerning domestic injury and civil RICO conspiracy claims. Played key role in the discovery stage of the case, conducted oral argument at the discovery dispute hearings and led the team’s motion for summary judgment filings, as well as trial preparation, as second chair of the trial team.
- Represented French multinational IT consulting firm as second chair in a multiweek international arbitration against claims concerning software development and Wi-Fi calling technology. The parties and witnesses were located in various international jurisdictions. The tribunal denied all of the claimant’s claims in their entirety, as well as the claimant’s request for reconsideration of the award.
- Represented Swedish air filtration company in federal court against intellectual property infringement claims. Prior to the successful resolution of the dispute, the plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction was denied by the court with respect to all claims.
- Represented biopharmaceutical company in a licensing dispute over medical patents in California state court. Conducted oral argument regarding the client's motion to dismiss and motion to strike.
- Represented multiple clients in employment litigation against employees asserting claims that included violations of law related to allegedly unpaid stock plans and other benefits. Obtained favorable settlement for the clients after filing a motion to dismiss and conducting mediation.
- Drafted and updated consumer terms, conditions, and policies for national and international companies in the financial, consumer product and video game industries.
- Advised multiple global entities, including some of the largest mobile app platform and video game developing companies, on US gaming laws in response to allegations that certain video game features constituted illegal gambling.
- Advise multiple video-gaming businesses on a variety of privacy and mass arbitration policies and strategies.
- Advised international payment-processing companies, particularly in the video game industry defenses against claims for breaches of licensing agreements and on the privacy laws of multiple US states regarding the implementation of security systems utilizing biometric data of employees.
- Advised global payment-processing entity on the privacy laws of multiple US states and its implementation of a security system utilizing the biometric data of its employees.
- Advised global video hosting and social media platform on legal issues related to licensing and copyright assignment of recorded material through the use of terms on live event tickets.
- Advised a mental health technology company on an international survey of several jurisdictions’ laws, including privacy laws and other regulatory schemes, in order to implement the client’s mental health coaching app.
- Advised on a number of acquisition and refinancing deals in the pharmaceutical industry concerning legal due diligence and litigation facing target entities.
Admissions
- California~United States
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School (JD, cum laude) (2019)
- College of the Holy Cross (BA) (2013)
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