United States
• Providing fractional general counsel services to help founder-led and private equity-backed companies grow, scale, and exit across SaaS, manufacturing, ecommerce, fintech, and aerospace
• Advised Board and Executive Leadership Team and lead the legal and GRC functions for high-growth $300 million business • Rebuilt team of five attorneys from scratch following 100% attrition • Led Enterprise Risk Committee which serves as proxy for Board Audit Committee and has Board representation • Led due diligence, execution and integration for strategic M&A acquisition • Managed litigation portfolio and led business through three RIFs in two years
• Led legal, compliance, safety, insurance and facilities for $400 million business • Managed active litigation and workers' compensation portfolio; settled California wage and hour class action lawsuit for 5% of estimated exposure) • Led M&A legal due diligence and deal execution in closing two concurrent strategic "tuck-in" acquisitions • Drove ~60% reduction in outside counsel spend within first 6 months in role • Achieved 50% legal risk reduction in manufacturing, through operations team collaboration
• Advised Board and Executive Management Team and oversaw all compliance, regulatory, real estate, transactional, and litigation matters • Rebuilt and managed new team of attorneys and contracts managers • Revamped privacy and security policies and open-source software portfolio to achieve GDPR and Privacy Shield certifications and prepare for exit
• Led team supporting global Developer Experience (DX) business, including sitting on DX Leadership Team, supporting 2 CVPs, 5 GMs and Microsoft Startup Accelerators in five countries, and Learning Experience (LEX) business • Supported go-to-market (GTM) efforts of DX teams on global independent software vendor (ISV) offerings and joint marketing and development agreements for Azure, Office 365 and Windows apps • Advised on matters involving artificial intelligence, open-source software, accessibility, privacy and data protection
• Advised management on legal, IP, licensing, privacy and strategic matters; translated new healthcare legislation and regulations into market-leading business offerings • Advised on FDA, HIPAA, Sunshine Act, anti-kickback and other healthcare compliance matters • Structured, negotiated and closed complex license, cloud services, strategic alliance, distribution, reseller and vendor agreements to support company's healthcare IT business in US, Canada, EMEA and China
• Chief Counsel for $100+ million enterprise legal management software business, advising on SaaS and license deals, and negotiating professional services agreements, SOWs and other partner and vendor contracts • Advised on deal strategy, mergers, acquisitions, general commercial law, intellectual property, data privacy, licensing, litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, and government contracting matters • Evaluated potential strategic exit transactions, including advising on successful $324 million sale of Datacert, Inc. to Wolters Kluwer; led post-acquisition integration of the legal function
• Provided day-to-day legal and strategic counsel to 12 subsidiaries, joint ventures and partnerships • Implemented improved international trade compliance and ethics policies and procedures in role as sole counsel to jet engine Customer Training Centers in East Hartford, CT and China • Provided legal and business advice on strategic initiatives, including: ○ Lead counsel on construction of jet engine assembly plant and third party logistics location in Quebec ○ Operations counsel on $432m sale of Power Systems business to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ○ Operations counsel on acquisition of $600m auxiliary power unit (APU) business
• Advised equity investment team and mutual fund portfolio managers on buy side transactions involving portfolio securities, private placements, 144A securities, structured notes, futures and options, and on fund investment policies and restrictions, proxy voting and general corporate matters. • Counseled and supported the Equity Trade Management Oversight Committee, Proxy Voting Committee and Asset Allocation Committee, and drafted policies, procedures and internal memoranda relating to investing, trading and operations to comply with applicable laws and regulations. • Advised portfolio and back-office personnel on brokerage matters such as soft dollars, brokerage reporting to fund boards, best execution issues and trade quality testing.
• Represented public and private companies and underwriters in mergers, acquisitions, asset sales and purchases, initial public offerings (IPOs), and follow on offerings worth over $25 billion • Represented clients on regulatory matters before SEC, FINRA, CFTC, NFA and stock exchanges • Counseled leading investment managers, underwriters, financial guarantee insurers, issuers, investors and derivative and liquidity providers on structured finance transactions involving covered bonds, swaps, and securitizations of Asset Backed Securities, collateralized debt obligations, private equity and high yield bonds • Drafted, reviewed and negotiated registration statements, prospectuses, private placement memoranda, underwriting agreements, purchase / sale agreements, confidentiality agreements, NDAs, consultancy agreements, employment agreements, legal opinions and corporate formation documents • Developed financial restructuring "playbook" for "rescue financing" transactions during 2008 financial crisis • Member of Firm's Hiring Committee; Mentor, Legal Outreach Program
Licensed to practice law in New York, Connecticut, the District of Columbia and Texas