Aaron Ross Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Head of global legal affairs of Nasdaq-listed CCaaS platform provider with overall responsibility for corporate governance, board matters, SEC compliance, corporate finance, data privacy, IP, M&A, equity compensation matters, employment law, and litigation.• Advised Board on strategic legal solutions to critical regulatory, litigation, and business matters.• Oversaw regulatory strategy to reduce compliance risk while minimizing overall corporate tax burden.• Drove initial adoption and reporting of corporate ESG initiatives, policies, and disclosures.• Successfully drove all-cash acquisition of LiveVox by NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) (closed Dec. 2023).

San Mateo, California, Us

• Built best-in-class global legal team from one attorney to 15 attorneys and legal professionals supporting legal and business operations worldwide.• Successfully drove Talend’s $95M IPO and listing of shares on Nasdaq stock exchange (July 2016). • Scaled commercial contracts function to support direct and channel sales growth from $110MM to $350MM annual revenue; oversaw international corporate expansion to over 10 jurisdictions.• Piloted $2.4 billion take-private sale of company to Thoma Bravo (July 2021).

Austin, Texas, Us

• Owned Flex’s corporate governance and SEC reporting and compliance portfolio.• Advised senior management and directors on executive compensation, shareholder activism, disclosure requirements, regulatory matters, corporate governance best practices, and strategic investments.

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Leverage and grow company’s technology, IP and engineering assets through strategic acquisitions; rationalize corporate portfolio via disposals of non-core assets and businesses. • Slashed outside counsel spend by in-sourcing up to 100% of complex transaction drafting, negotiation, due diligence, closing and integration.• Lead SEC and NASDAQ reporting and compliance; advise senior management on corporate governance best practices, enterprise risk and execution of business goals.• Optimize corporate structure through tax-driven subsidiary restructurings; drive maintenance of international subsidiaries; direct outside local counsel.• Go-to attorney for complex commercial, IP licensing and strategic business transactions; lead counsel for joint venture to develop and manufacture revolutionary touch sensor technology.• Implemented $200 million senior secured revolving credit facility; own company compliance with affirmative and negative covenants.

Los Angeles, Us

• Head of Corporate & Securities Laws department of multinational digital media company.• Successfully drove precedent-setting EUR 2.7 billion global corporate restructuring through a French court-approved sauvegarde proceeding and U.S. Chapter 15 filing involving a rights offering, a convertible debt issuance, the issuance of notes linked to disposals of non-core assets, and the execution of a new term loan facility.• Mentored team of four direct reports in dual-jurisdiction securities law compliance and reporting, international subsidiary management, corporate governance, M&A, and commercial transactions.• Advised senior management and Board of Directors on SOX compliance, enterprise risk, restructuring, and corporate finance; reformulated company internal controls and governance policies in line with best practices.

Jouy En Josas, Île-De-France, Fr

• Co-authored and instructed course titled “International Equity Markets and Stock Market Takeovers” at France’s leading business school for dual degree JD/MBA students.• Consistently rated by students as one of top courses in school curriculum.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Negotiated and drafted deal documentation on behalf of public and private corporations in a range of industries including technology, utilities, biotech, consumer products, commodities, and private equity in cross-border and domestic M&A, joint ventures, and equity and debt issuances.• Counseled U.S. and foreign public companies in connection with corporate governance practices, ongoing SEC reporting, and NASDAQ and NYSE compliance.• Represented pro-bono clients under VAWA and asylum law claims.

New York, Ny, Us

• Advised clients on international M&A and cross border joint ventures, strategic partnerships and corporate restructurings.• Represented issuers and underwriters in multi-jurisdictional equity offerings, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, rights offerings, employee offerings, and privatizations.• Counseled multi-national public companies on SEC, AMF and stock exchange compliance.

Jd, Law

Ba, College Scholar; Philosophy

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