Christina Lema

Christina Lema

Managing Director, General Counsel, Vista

Christina Lema joined Vista Equity Partners in February 2012. Ms. Lema is Vista’s General Counsel and serves as a member of Vista’s Private Equity Management Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for the overall management of Vista’s private equity platform. Ms. Lema also sits on the boards of Vista portfolio companies Datto (NYSE: MSP), Greenway Health, Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF) and Integral Ad Science.

Prior to joining Vista, Ms. Lema worked for a number of years at Kirkland & Ellis in its San Francisco office. While at Kirkland, Ms. Lema focused on leveraged acquisitions and divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, equity financings and minority investments. Ms. Lema is a member of the State Bar of California and was recognized on The Legal 500’s GC Powerlist: United States in 2019. Education: B.A. in Economics and Spanish, University of Pennsylvania, cum laude and J.D., Columbia University, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.