Amar M. Bhatti Email & Phone Number

Leeds, Gb

Mountain View, Wy, Us

• Completing the legal work on a fund raise• Engaged with the FCA to apply for an emoney licence• Ensuring that the product is compliant with legislation and is also future-proofed in terms of its technical specification by reviewing market trends and next-gen technologies• Working with the C-Suite to ensure an acceptable level of commercial risk to continue rapid growth• Negotiating commercials and closing contracts

Leicester, Leics, Gb

• Provided oversight and drove team focus on deadline achievement to ensure vital adherence to covenants• Reviewed the existing business model to determine optimal target operating model aligned with corporate vision:o Recommended a pivot to a different model to allow for faster scale and accelerationo Raising £2m in funding on the back of the new model

• Engaged by the boards of niche start-up/scale-up technology companies in AI, FinTech and HealthTech investigating growth strategies and development of market-differentiating products alongside legal risk and compliance• Ensuring compliance within regulatory frameworks and drafting policies and procedures with current best practice (including the cloud) along with drafting software as a service software development agreements• Raised in excess of £40m for companies and completed the legal work in conjunction with these raises across various debt and equity rounds• Providing legal support by drafting, reviewing, negotiating and advising on a range of complex cross-border contracts and legal issues relating to payment services in multiple jurisdictions.• Managed contentious litigation matters to effectively manage reputational risk• Formulated and implemented legal policies and streamlined business areas procedures to ensure controls and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements• Identifying and working closely with partners such as AWS, MasterCard, Visa, TrueLayer, Tink, EcoSpend, Trustly, Adyen, Stripe, Booking.com, Revolut, Checkout, Global Processing, Square, Go Cardless, Jumio, Comply Advantage, Currency Cloud and Railsr for integrations• Acted as trusted advisor to businesses to provide legal support, practical solutions and sound commercial legal advice and guidance

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

• Senior executive operating at a strategic level to ensure achievement of ambitious shareholder aims:o Completed the entire body of work necessary to raise £5.5 million investment• Managed four high calibre international teams totalling ~100 people dispersed across five countries (UK, Spain, Turkey, Dubai and Australia):o Delivered great results to date through ongoing investment in personally supporting the success and motivation of the teams, which required significant time management and commitment• Ensured Group compliance with external legal frameworks (national and international) and developed and implemented robust internal systems, policies and procedures:o Worked closely with external counsel to ensure compliance of the new office with EU regulations and oversaw compliance for on-going expansion into the Middle East regiono Led acquisition of a crypto licence in Estonia from a company, having successfully negotiated to manage their legally compliant exit from the marketplace• Managed key relationships with partners (technology, compliance and finance) whilst negotiating all commercials:o Led to completion a seed equity investment round with a multinational corporationo Managed investment via a Convertible Loan Note (CLN)• Negotiated and determined terms with Venture Capital funds evaluating options for investment into the company• Led the continuous operational and strategic development of the business:o Conducted a thorough analysis of partnerships and renegotiated terms more favourable to the businesso Secured contract cost savings of ~50% and negotiated the early ending of contracts with minimal exit fees• Identified and implemented new revenue streams that accelerate growth by focusing on untapped markets through innovative solutions, leading a collaborative approach with new and existing partners• Promoted from Global Chief Legal to Director in November 2020 and Chief Commercial Officer in December 2021

London, England, Gb

• Accountable for strategic and operational leadership of the practice from launch, heading up all new business development activities that drove the growth of the firm to a significant size practice and instrumental in the firm being nominated for New Business of the Year at the English Asian Awards 2016• Led the development of the corporate, commercial, insolvency and litigation departments• Implemented streamlined systems and procedures that supported rapid business growth:o Secured significant investment in the purchase and development of a robust and adaptable case management system aligned with the firm’s business model and aligned with the SRA frameworko Implemented a bespoke auto billing system to constantly monitor cost exposure to mitigate risk• As Head of Corporate Law worked predominantly on corporate, restructuring and finance cases for key clients:o Acted for a pharmacy group in a share purchase acquiring a group of 8 pharmacies for a combined consideration of +£5.6 milliono Acted for high-profile clients in multiple sectors to reach deals with HSBC Bank PLC, Lloyds Bank PLC and National Westminster Bank PLC to accept significantly reduced sums of 29% - 56% of multi-million-pound debts in final settlement and assisted clients with the legal aspect of raising funding to make paymento Acted for a FinTech company with foreign investment in a share subscriptiono Acted for well-known UK brands from multiple sectors with matters including LPA Receivership, business refinancing, corporate restructure, acquisitions, sale of assets, and management buyouts (MBO)o Acted in shareholder disputes including real and intellectual property and ownership issues, and settled disputes relating to commercial matters with lenders and third-party individuals on commercial terms• Requested by the incoming board of directors to drive new business following negotiation of exit as MD in 2020

Bradford, West Yorkshire, Gb

I was a corporate lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions, business affairs, restructuring, insolvency and debt impairment.I was also a registered lawyer under the FA Football Agent Regulations. I could undertake a number of agent and legal activities for footballers. I was committed to harnessing the talent of current and future footballers by helping them develop into the players they were born to be.

Bradford, West Yorkshire, Gb

Seats in commercial litigation, commercial property, government infrastructure projects and corporate commercial.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business/Trade/Commerce

Pgdiplp, Legal Practice Course

Llb (Hons), Law

Leaderboard Academy (Sporting Equals), Diversity And Bame Representation Across Sports Governance In The Uk

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