Wagner, Matthew

Matt Wagner is General Counsel of PDC Brands, Stamford CT

PDC is a global leader in wellness and Personal care, with a portfolio of category-leading brands including Cantu®, Dr Teal's®, Eylure®, and Body Fantasies®. PDC's products can be found at major mass, chain drug, grocery and specialty retailers throughout the US, UK and in over 80 markets around the world.

Matt was in private practice for more than 20 years before joining PDC as GC in October 2018.  He had acted as outside general counsel to the company for more than ten years, while he was a Partner and Chair of the IP Practice Group at the law firm Diserio Martin in Stamford, Connecticut.  Prior to that, he was a Partner at the law firm Collen IP in New York. 

Matt is an active member of AIPLA, AIPPI-US and AIPPI: he served on the AIPLA Board of Directors from 2017-2020, and is past-chair of the Copyright Law Committee, among other things; currently, Matt is Vice Chair of the Special Committee on Legislation for AIPLA, a member of the Steering Committee for AIPPI-US; and a member of the Amicus Briefs Committee for AIPPI. He is an active member of other substantive committees and was elected to the AIPLA Fellows in 2021.