Allison Leopold Tilley of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman advised on multiple international mergers and acquisitions, including Concentrix's acquisition of The Minacs Group with operations in India, the Philippines and elsewhere, and InvenSense's sale to TDK Corp., a Japanese company.

After the events that have rocked Silicon Valley this year, are you more or less hopeful about the prospects for women in the tech industry?

I am more hopeful. I think the issue has been illuminated and so now more people are looking into it and trying to make a difference.