Amar K. Mehta
Chief Legal Officer, Waymo
Amar is responsible for legal, insurance, global public policy, and government relations at Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car business. His purview leading legal includes Waymo’s financing and corporate development transactions, worldwide commercial and strategic deals, litigation and law enforcement matters, and regulatory compliance and product safety, security and privacy counseling. Amar also leads development and enforcement of the company’s industry-leading IP portfolio and development of the company’s first-in-kind autonomous vehicle technology insurance underwriting, coverage and claims functions. In addition, he leads the global public policy and government relations team for Waymo, which is responsible for engaging with lawmakers and regulators in the U.S. and around the world to help create safe and sensible rules for AV deployment. Amar previously also led Waymo's M&A and corporate development team. Amar grew up in Baltimore, MD and graduated from MIT and Harvard Law School. He currently lives in the Bay Area with his wife, Rani, and their two sons.
