John Duffy brings more than twenty years of legal experience in the consumer products and beauty sectors to his role as General Counsel of Olaplex Holdings Inc. Before joining the company, he served as Deputy General Counsel at a leading multinational cosmetics firm, where he managed global intellectual-property strategy, negotiated complex supply-chain agreements, and guided the business through multiple cross-border acquisitions. Earlier in his career, Duffy practiced corporate and securities law at a major international law firm, advising clients on SEC compliance, corporate governance, and capital-market transactions. His notable achievements include leading the legal integration of two significant acquisitions that expanded his prior employer’s footprint in professional hair care and successfully defending high-profile trademark and trade-secret litigation that preserved key product technologies. Duffy holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and is admitted to the bars of New York and California; he frequently speaks on evolving regulatory issues affecting clean-beauty claims and e-commerce marketing. At Olaplex, Duffy oversees all legal, compliance, and corporate-secretary functions, providing strategic counsel to the board and executive team on matters ranging from product liability and data privacy to ESG reporting and international expansion. He has strengthened the company’s governance framework following its public listing and continues to build an in-house legal team focused on protecting Olaplex’s proprietary bond-building technology while supporting rapid growth across professional and retail channels.