Joseph A. LaSala, Jr.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

While my primary responsibility is in a legal capacity, I also know that every legal decision or recommendation I make has a real world, business implication. Whether I’m drafting a legal document or providing legal advice to the leadership, I never forget that what I do, ultimately, is about helping Sapient and its people, grow.

Joe LaSala leads the Sapient legal team and oversees all of the legal affairs of the company.  His principal areas of focus are compliance and governance, commercial negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and rights management, international legal issues, and providing strategic advice to the management team and the board of directors.

LaSala has over 15 years of experience as a public company general counsel in a broad range of industries, including technology, enterprise computing, media and entertainment, and energy.  Immediately prior to joining Sapient, he was Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Discovery Communications, Inc., a global media company, where he was a leader of Discovery’s go-public transaction in 2008, and advised management and the board of directors on a variety of strategic, commercial, and corporate matters.  He has previously served as general counsel of Novell, Cambridge Technology Partners, and Union Pacific Resources.  He serves on the board of directors of Buckeye Partners, L.P., a publicly traded partnership that owns and operates one of the largest independent refined petroleum products pipeline systems in the United States.

LaSala graduated from the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America and received his bachelor’s degree in Politics from Catholic University.  He and his wife, Beth, have two children in college and live in Lincoln, Massachusetts.