Shelley McKinley

Shelley McKinley is an Associate General Counsel at Microsoft, based in Amsterdam. She has been located in Europe since 2012, first leading the legal and corporate affairs work in Germany, before assuming broader responsibilities across Europe. She is currently leading all corporate, external and legal affairs work for Microsoft's subsidiaries in Europe. In the course of her 10-year career at Microsoft, Shelley has also been responsible for the legal work for Microsoft’s hardware products, manufacturing and supply chain, as well as the Xbox games publishing business and Microsoft Learning.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Shelley practiced at law firms in Germany and Seattle and was in-house counsel for Hasbro.

Shelley started her career as an M&A lawyer, working primarily with technology companies, before transitioning to focus on commercial technology transactions, consumer issues, product development and corporate affairs work.

She is a graduate of Austin College, Seattle University School of Law (JD), and University of Washington School of Law (LLM).