Cardozo Law welcomes a vibrant community of LL.M. students from around the globe. These distinguished graduates recently gathered in Milan for our annual reunion and shared how Cardozo prepared them for global success.
International LL.M. Graduates in Milan
Daniel Biene, LL.M. '02 - Biene Ventures (Berlin)
Cardozo alumnus Daniel Biene is a Digital Entrepreneur who founded Biene Ventures in 2006. Daniel is a business lawyer with a media and entertainment industry focus, qualified in both Germany and the United States. He has extensive experience working with major venture capital funds and structuring small and large transactions.
Sarah Visac, LL.M. '19 - Canonical (Paris)
Sarah Visac is Legal Counsel at Canonical, an open-source tech company in Paris. Previously, Sarah served as IP Legal Counsel at PLDA Group and Legal Counsel at Platform Intl Ltd.
Daniel Zohny, LL.M. '06 - Abion (Switzerland)
Daniel Zohny is the Global Head of Online Brand Protection at Abion, a service company that manages intellectual property rights, domain names, web security, and brand protection. Zohny has extensive experience managing IP strategies and brand protection frameworks and operations, most recently for the globally renowned FIFA competitions, including the FIFA World Cup™. Zohny served as Head of Intellectual Property at FIFA for 10 years.
Lisa Digernes
Partner, Bull & Co (Norway) | Intellectual Property, Media, Entertainment & Culture
In Norway, law school is very theoretical. You sit in big classrooms, maybe 300 students, you never talk to the professor, but at Cardozo, you talk to the professor, and you get asked questions. The connections were very important. It's a very different way of going to law school. It's really, really good network building.
Jun Wang
Founder/ Partner Jun Wang & Associates | Real Estate, Art & Entertainment Law, China Practices
I spent one year in Cardozo, I met a lot of friends there and learned a lot from the fantastic professors and the courses they teach. It helped a lot in building my career.
Tibériade Allibert
Legal Counsel at MF Brands Group International (Paris)
I oversee premium fashion brands in the Asia region, doing legal business affairs. [I work on] many negotiations for a wide range of contracts. It’s very cool. I studied IP law at Cardozo, and I think it brought me a lot of opportunities. The teachers are amazing. I still have connections with some of them today. It’s a very beautiful experience at Cardozo. I felt like I was not alone in New York. The first time in New York could be tricky and sometimes a bit difficult, and it was amazing with the help from the Cardozo community.
Daniel Koburger
KBL Roche | Super Lawyer ‘Rising Star’, ‘One of the Top I.P. Entertainment & Tech Lawyers’
The Cardozo experience gave me the opportunity to think as an entrepreneur, the foundation for running a law firm, not just being a good lawyer but knowing how to run a business. I counsel European businesses that are U.S. inbound, transactions, distribution, funding and so forth. Cardozo is a real community. The distances are short between people. People support each other, be it at school, be it throughout industries.
Manny Singh
Judicial Law Clerk, New York Supreme Court
I think Barbara Kolsun is a genius and one of the main reasons I came to Cardozo. The way the teachers spent time with me, every teacher took a personal interest in me. They all knew my name; they still know my name. Even Dean Leslie just gave me a hug.