Tanya Layne

Tanya Layne is an accomplished legal professional currently serving as Chief Legal Officer at Gagosian since August 2021. Prior to this role, Layne held significant positions at Sotheby's, including Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Head of Commercial Transactions, from May 2016 to August 2021, and earlier as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel. Layne also founded The Layne Firm LLC and served as Principal from May 2013 to May 2016. Earlier experience includes attorney work at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, and finance roles at Miramax and NBC. Layne obtained a Doctor of Law (JD) from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting from Baruch College.