Susanna Bagdasarova

Area of Emphasis

Susanna Bagdasarova is an associate in the Corporate and Commercial and Emerging Technologies groups of Babst Calland. Ms. Bagdasarova represents business clients in connection with a broad range of general corporate and commercial law matters, including entity formation, corporate structuring, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and mergers and acquisitions, with a focus on the technology sector.

Background

Ms. Bagdasarova graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh in 2012, earning a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science. She received her Juris Doctor from The Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law in 2015, where she graduated summa cum laude as valedictorian. During law school, Ms. Bagdasarova served as Editor-in-Chief for the Penn State Law Review, was a member of the Woolsack Honor Society, and externed for Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Babst Calland, Ms. Bagdasarova practiced as an associate in the Pittsburgh office of an international law firm in its mergers and acquisitions group.

Memberships and Affiliations

Ms. Bagdasarova is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Aeronautical and Space Law Section Council and Commission on Women in the Profession. She is also a member of the board of the Dickinson Law Alumni Society, GlobalPittsburgh, and Radiant Hall.

Ms. Bagdasarova has received a Best Lawyers^®: Ones to Watch recognition from BL Rankings for Corporate Law since 2024. She was also selected to Leadership Pittsburgh Inc.’s Leadership Development Initiative program in 2024. Leadership Pittsburgh Inc. is a local independent nonprofit that is best known for serving as the region’s premier community leadership, identification, connection and development organization.

Publications/Presentations

• Co-Author, “Uncertainty Over CTA Reporting Requirements as DOJ Appeals Nationwide Injunction,” Pittsburgh Technology Council’s 40 Stories, December 20, 2024.
• Co-Author, “Uncertainty Over CTA Reporting Requirements as DOJ Appeals Nationwide Injunction,” Babst Calland Firm Alert, December 20, 2024.
• Co-Author, “Court Blocks Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act Nationwide,” The PIOGA Press, December 2024.
• Panelist, “A-Z on AI!,” Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform, webinar, December 9, 2024.
• Co-Author, “Court Blocks Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Nationwide,” Pittsburgh Technology Council’s 40 Stories, December 9, 2024.
• Co-Author, “Court Blocks Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act Nationwide,” Babst Calland Firm Alert, December 5, 2024.
• Co-Presenter, “Countdown to Compliance: Navigating FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Reporting Obligations by Year-End,” Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), Western Pennsylvania Chapter, November 7, 2024.
• Co-Author, “Navigate the Current Uncertainty on FinCEN Matters,” The PIOGA Press, October 16, 2024.
• Co-Author, “Navigate the Current Uncertainty on FinCEN Matters,” Pittsburgh Technology Council’s TEQ Hub, October 7, 2024.
• Co-Author, “Navigate the Current Uncertainty on FinCEN Matters,” Babst Calland Firm Alert, September 9, 2024.
• Co-Author, “MindShare: Navigate the Current Uncertainty on FinCEN Matters,” Pittsburgh Technology Council’s TEQ Hub, July 18, 2024.
• Co-Author, “Navigate the Current Uncertainty on FinCEN Matters,” Babst Calland Firm Alert, May 22, 2024.
• Presenter, “Digital Law: Navigating AI in the Legal Practice,” Association of Corporate Counsel’s Spring Training (ACC), Western Pennsylvania Chapter, April 26, 2024.
• Presenter, “Understanding the Basics of Artificial Intelligence,” 2024 Appalachian Land Institute, American Association of Professional Landmen, April 4, 2024.
• Co-Author, “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy: White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence,” Pennsylvania Business Central, March 29, 2024.
• Co-Author, “Recent Developments in Artificial Intelligence Governance,” Babst Calland Emerging Technologies Alert, December 13, 2023.
• Co-Author, “Climate-Related Disclosures for Federal Suppliers Disclosed,” The PIOGA Press, February 2023.
• Ostrowski, Sue (interviewed by author), “New Rule Requires a Business’s Beneficial Ownership Information to Be Reported,” Smart Business, February 2023.
• Co-Author, “DoD, GSA and NASA Propose Climate-Related Disclosures for Federal Suppliers,” Babst Calland Firm Alert, January 5, 2023.
• Ostrowski, Sue (interviewed by author), “Proposed Climate-Related Disclosures for Federal Suppliers,” Smart Business, December 2022.
• Co-Author, “Railroad Accident Investigation, Litigation, and Regulation Update,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, June 2015.
• Comment, “Brave New World: Challenges in International Cyberspace Regulation and the Need for Centralized Governance,” 119 PENN ST. L. REV 1005 (2015).
• Author, “Treaty-Making Under the Siyar: Early Islamic Reconciliation of Doctrine with Reality,” 5 MATTERS RUSSIAN & INT’L L. 9 (2014).