Wagner, Matthew

Matt Wagner is General Counsel of Arthēa, a global leader in wellness and personal care headquartered in White Plains, New York. Arthēa's portfolio includes category-leading brands such as Cantu®, Dr Teal's®, Eylure®, bodycology®, and Body Fantasies®, sold at major retailers throughout the U.S. and U.K. and in more than 80 markets worldwide.

After more than 20 years in private practice, he joined the company as its first General Counsel in 2018. He had represented the company for more than a decade as outside general counsel while a partner and Chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Diserio Martin O'Connor & Castiglioni in Stamford, Connecticut, and before that as a partner at Collen IP in New York.

An active leader in the intellectual property community, Matt is President-Elect of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and will become its President at the 2026 Annual Meeting. He previously served as AIPLA's First and Second Vice President and on its Board of Directors (2017–2020), chaired the Copyright Law Committee, and has contributed to numerous other substantive and policy committees. He is an AIPLA Fellow and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and served on the AIPPI-US Steering Committee. He is currently a member of the Amicus Briefs Committee for AIPPI. He is also a trustee of the IP Law Foundation and serves on the Board of Pequot Library in Southport, Connecticut.