Sean Tassi

Career

With his guidance on real-time issues, Sean helps colleges and universities navigate the complex regulatory landscape and make strategic decisions to achieve their institutional goals.

Sean has served the multifaceted needs of public and private colleges and universities for more than a decade and serves as the PSC leader for the firm’s Education team. He provides day-to-day counseling services, helping institutions consider and manage legal risks so that they can focus on their educational mission and business objectives. Sean enjoys working in the education field because his clients are passionate about doing good in the world, and he values the opportunity to help them further that mission on an everyday basis.

In addition to his general advising, Sean also assists clients with transactions and accompanying federal and state regulations. His experience includes school combinations and collaborations as well as extensive work with online program management services and online offerings.

Sean also provides counsel and representation in data privacy matters: like most sophisticated businesses, colleges and universities maintain large amounts of sensitive information about employees, students, research and other matters that is regulated by federal and state agencies. Sean helps clients on the front end with their data privacy and security programs, as well as on the back end with breach analysis and response.

Sean’s practice reaches beyond national borders, as he represents various overseas schools, global private equity firms and international organizations in Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia wanting to operate in the United States. Sean assists these sophisticated clients with state and federal regulations, tax questions, and immigration and other labor and employment matters. In addition, he also works with U.S. organizations looking to expand abroad.

Professional Memberships

National Association of College and University Attorneys

International Association of Privacy Professionals