Iris Chen

Iris Chen serves as the Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Airbnb since August 2020, leading a team of over 45 legal professionals that support the company’s product, commercial, and marketing functions while managing intellectual property matters. Prior to Airbnb, Iris Chen worked at Google Inc. for 14 years as Vice President of Legal, overseeing a team of more than 145 attorneys and contract managers involved in global product development and commercial transactions. Earlier experience includes serving as an Associate at Ropes & Gray LLP, counseling on capital markets and mergers & acquisitions, and at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Iris Chen holds a JD from Columbia Law School, an Advanced Leadership Program certificate from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a BA in English from Yale University.