Michal Brand-Gold

Michal Brand-Gold is the Vice President and General Counsel at ActiveFence. Prior to joining ActiveFence, Michal served as the VP General Counsel at AGT Group from February 2014 to January 2022. At AGT Group, Michal provided legal advice to internal clients spanning all corporate functions, with a focus on data privacy, intellectual property, technology, media, licensing and information-oriented transactions in the fields of IoT, big data and advanced analytics.

Before joining AGT Group, Michal worked as an Associate at S. Horowitz & Co. from March 2008 to July 2011. At S. Horowitz & Co., Michal specialized in intellectual property and commercial law, representing a variety of domestic and foreign corporations in the pharmaceutical, hi-tech, media and financial industries. Michal was responsible for conducting legal research, drafting memos and briefs for litigation proceedings, and spearheading the firm’s pro bono project to teach law in disadvantaged schools.

Michal holds a law degree from the University of Haifa Faculty of Law.

Michal Brand-Gold received their Master of Laws (LL.M) in IP and Commercial Law from Columbia Law School (Stone Scholar). They also received their Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Bar Ilan Faculty of Law (Magna cum Laude). In addition, they are certified in CIPP/E from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Michal Brand-Gold reports to Noam Schwartz, CEO & Co-Founder. They are on a team with Adi Zaidel - Vice President, Finance and Business Operations, Alon Porat - Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder, and Jason Schaaf - Chief Revenue Officer.