Ben Weinberger is a senior legal counsel at Rakuten Advertising and a law lecturer at The University of Law, where he teaches contract law, cyberlaws, AI, IoT, and several other technology-related subjects. He previously served as managing counsel — major contracts and head of procurement and property at UK consumer champion Which?, and has held leadership roles at several U.S., U.K., and global law firms, two global technology companies, and the largest municipal law office in the U.S. Weinberger advises on complex commercial contracts, compliance, operations, and technology issues — including security, privacy, data protection, and information governance — and has worked with clients in the publishing, insurance, FinTech, energy, pharmaceutical, and FMCG sectors, ranging from startups to $68B multinationals. He regularly presents on topics including emerging technologies and transformational trends in legal. Weinberger holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin. When not working or traveling, you might find him at the gym at 5am or mixing cocktails in his backyard tiki bar after hours.