Kira M. Shannahan is the Knowledge Management Lawyer for the M&A Practice Group at Simpson Thacher. She joined the Firm in 2017.

Kira received her J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2017 and her B.A. from Wesleyan University in 2009.

Suraj Sharma is Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer at Simpson Thacher, leading the Firm’s knowledge, innovation and digital strategy. Prior to joining the Firm, Suraj spent 15 years at McKinsey as an Associate Partner in the Tech practice and as an internal Partner leading a 500+ global product organization at the firm. He also previously worked as a research scientist at IBM’s T J Watson Research Labs driving AI and Machine Learning applications.

Suraj received his M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University and his Bachelors in Computer Science from National Institute of Technology.  

Allan Wildstein is a Director of Administration at Simpson Thacher, where he oversees the operations of the Palo Alto office.

Allan received his J.D. from California Western School of Law and his B.A. from SUNY at Buffalo.