Pilar Arzuaga has over a decade of experience advising companies across various industries on cybersecurity governance, data protection, artificial intelligence, and digital regulation. She works with clients in sectors such as telecommunications, media, IoT, cloud services, health, life sciences, robotics, ad tech, retail, and finance, providing strategic guidance to navigate complex regulatory landscapes and manage risks effectively.

Pilar’s expertise is enriched by her significant in-house experience at leading global companies, where she focused on privacy, product compliance, and cybersecurity. Her practical, business-oriented approach ensures that legal requirements are aligned with operational goals, bridging the gap between compliance and business strategy.

Pilar advises on a wide range of issues, including:

• Online Safety Act / DSA governance: Recently advised on cross-jurisdictional assessments for major digital platforms (including large social and immersive-content providers) on the UK Online Safety Act and EU Digital Services Act, focusing on practical implementation and regulator-readiness.
• Management-body accountability: Advised on Board and senior-leadership responsibility frameworks, including Ofcom-style “duty of care” mapping, internal reporting structures, and accountability statements for global tech companies.
• Risk-assessment frameworks: Designed and operationalized systemic risk-assessment models integrating OSA and DSA transparency-law obligations, ensuring interoperability and proportionality across jurisdictions.
• Content governance and safety management: Supported the creation of safety management plans, risk registers, and escalation workflows aligned with both Ofcom and DSA transparency expectations.
• Cross-regulatory insight: Experience bridging privacy, online safety, and AI governance to align compliance strategies multiple jurisdictions
• Cybersecurity Governance: Developing and implementing frameworks to comply with international regulations and protect critical assets.
• Incident and Data Breach Management: Guiding organizations through data security incidents, from investigation to reporting and mitigation.
• Privacy and Product Compliance: Ensuring data protection by design in new product launches and ongoing operations.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI): Providing comprehensive advice on AI governance, risk assessment, and compliance with evolving regulations.
• Digital Regulation Compliance: Offering strategic counsel on compliance with the Digital Services Act, Data Act, NIS 2 Directive, and other key regulations.

Pilar could also cover:

• Initial legal and governance assessment for obligations under the UK OSA and DSA frameworks
• Evaluation of management-body oversight and accountability, including Board-level duties and internal governance structures.
• Design of a cross-jurisdictional risk-analysis and mitigation framework, covering systemic risk, content moderation, child safety, and transparency.
• Development or refinement of core compliance documentation (risk registers, accountability statements, transparency reports, Board briefings and training to management bodies).
• Gap analysis and enhancement recommendations for existing online-safety and trust-and-safety processes.
• Executive workshop or tabletop exercise to prepare for Ofcom or EU regulator engagement.

Before joining McDermott, Pilar gained invaluable experience at a top-tier international law firm specializing in data and technology, further strengthening her ability to deliver practical solutions to her clients.

Pilar also maintains an active pro bono practice, assisting organizations with their cybersecurity, data protection, AI, and broader compliance needs.

Michael J. Bruno advises multinational companies, funds, single family offices, and entrepreneurs on sophisticated US and international tax planning and transactions. He has extensive experience in advising clients in the technology, healthcare, life sciences, digital health, consumer products, FinTech and cryptocurrency, and sports and entertainment industries.

Michael regularly advises clients on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures, and divestitures in various business contexts. He has assisted clients with many international tax issues, including navigating anti-deferral (controlled foreign corporation (CFC) and passive foreign investment company) regimes, foreign tax credit planning, export planning, treaty planning, intellectual property migrations, tax-efficient cash repatriation strategies, and post-acquisition integration and implementation.

Michael also regularly advises entrepreneurial families on strategies for minimizing US income taxation with respect to their closely held businesses and investments, including qualified small business stock planning. Through comments and a presentation, Michael advocated on behalf of The Florida Bar Tax Section for Congress, the Internal Revenue Service, and the US Department of the Treasury to afford the Section 250 deduction to electing Section 962 shareholders that earn Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income, as well as reinstating the repeal of Section 958(b)(4) for CFC downward attribution.

He has written numerous articles on international tax planning and frequently submits comments on statutory and regulatory promulgations. As a strong proponent for pro bono legal services, Michael founded the Transactional Equal Justice Program with Legal Services of Greater Miami, which offers free legal advice to nonprofits and low-to-moderate income small business owners to help them launch a business.

Steven Hadjilogiou focuses his practice on tax optimization of business operations and investments with a specific emphasis in the areas of international tax and real estate. Steven provides advice on international inbound and outbound tax planning for multinational companies, family offices, private equity and ultra-high net worth individuals. He also advises funds, family offices and ultra-high net worth individuals in connection with complex real estate structuring and investment issues, including in the areas of opportunity zone funds, 1031 transactions and qualified small business stock.

Steven has represented various Fortune 500 companies and major privately held businesses in their tax planning and supply chain projects, and also has substantial experience advising on transfer pricing, tax-related intellectual property matters, Subpart F, GILTI, foreign investment in US real property and outbound investment in real property. Steven also advises clients on pre-immigration planning and cross-border wealth succession. Steven has also worked on the taxation of partnerships and corporations, mergers & acquisitions and international corporate reorganizations.

Since 2013, Steven has been an adjunct professor of International Inbound Taxation at the University of Miami Graduate Tax Program. He is the co-chair of the annual Florida Bar/FICPA International Tax Conference. Steven has written numerous articles and presented on topics related to tax. He was a primary drafter of the amicus curiae brief submitted to the US Supreme Court on behalf of the Florida Bar Tax Section in Knight v. Commissioner in 2008.

John T. Lutz advises clients on the tax aspects of investment funds, structured finance, derivatives and structured products. He also counsels clients on matters related to insurance products, investment tax credits, conventional US and cross-border securities offerings, and corporate mergers and acquisitions. John represents a number of tax-exempt organizations in connection with their investment activities and incentive compensation arrangements.

John handles all aspects of tax-advantaged financings and investments for financial institutions, investment fund managers, high net worth individuals, and investors. He represents banks and investment managers in connection with asset backed securities including collateralized loan obligations, structured notes, and repackagings.

John is a recognized leader in the tax aspects of municipal derivatives and tax-exempt bond securitizations. He provides tax advice to derivative products dealers in the domestic and cross-border contexts, advising on US and international tax issues related to insurance products, equity swaps, repurchase agreements, structured notes, and offshore structured finance vehicles.