Two from Firm Named to 2023 LCLD Programs

BCLP is excited to announce Partner Faisal Delawalla has been named a member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) 2023 Fellows Program, a landmark program created to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession. Fellows have distinguished themselves from others by being deeply engaged, indispensable to key clients and teams, invested in attorney mentoring and professional development, and on a trajectory toward leadership positions. 

Faisal Delawalla is a deal lawyer, with broad experience representing strategic and financial buyers and sellers, and family- and founder-owned companies, in M&A, corporate finance and major customer and vendor transactions. Faisal’s track record advising clients in successful deals speaks for itself. He has been a lead advisor in over 100 completed major transactions, for clients in industries ranging from traditional manufacturing to cutting-edge cryptocurrency. He is also a trusted day-to-day advisor for clients, advising on key projects such as restructurings and reorganizations, equity plans and incentives, governance, transaction-related disputes, form contracts and executive employee agreements. In the firm’s Chicago office, Faisal leads the Recruiting Committee. He is also a member of the Firm’s Corporate Workload Committee, which guides the development of the Firm’s junior Corporate attorneys. 

Additionally, associate Andrea Rastelli was selected to participate in the 2023 LCLD Pathfinder mentoring program. This program is designed to train early career attorneys in critical career development strategies, including leadership and the building of professional networks. Pathfinders have been identified as diverse, early-career emerging leaders who have distinguished—or have the potential to distinguish—themselves within their organizations. 

Andrea Rastelli is an associate in Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s Data Privacy and Security group. She advises clients on GLBA, specifically Fintech issues, and CCPA compliance, privacy policies, data breaches, GDPR compliance contract negotiations and privacy policies. Additionally, she advises on corporate technology transactions. Andrea is also a Board Member of the IAPP Privacy Bar Section of the Advisory Board and frequently writes and speaks on a variety of data privacy and cybersecurity matters. 

Founded in 2009, LCLD is a growing organization of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who are personally committed to creating a truly diverse legal profession. The organization’s programs are designed to attract, inspire, and nurture talent, thereby helping a new and more diverse generation of attorneys reach positions of leadership. LCLD strives to produce tangible results in legal institutions, works to promote inclusiveness in our organizations, our circles of influence, and our society, with the ultimate goal of building a more equitable and diverse legal profession. 

BCLP has been a member of LCLD since its inception and has been named one of the LCLD Top Performers every year since 2016. The annual designation goes to those LCLD members who have committed the most time and energy to participating in LCLD programs. The firm has had a partner or attorney in the LCLD Fellows Program each year and was an early participant in the LCLD Pathfinder Program. In addition, the firm has participated in the 1L LCLD Scholars Program each year since 2013 and has joined the annual LCLD Success in Law School Mentoring Program since 2012.