Associate General Counsel
Chemtura Corporation
Middlebury, Connecticut Us
• Head of global commercial legal function in law department. Provided worldwide delivery of legal services to all of Chemtura Corporation’s business segments (US$2 billion sales). • Led in-house team of 6 regional attorneys, 4 paralegals, and 3 contract managers in the Americas, Europe/Middle East, and Asia Pacific. • Division legal counsel for key business units. • Comprehensive legal support to key functional… Show more • Head of global commercial legal function in law department. Provided worldwide delivery of legal services to all of Chemtura Corporation’s business segments (US$2 billion sales). • Led in-house team of 6 regional attorneys, 4 paralegals, and 3 contract managers in the Americas, Europe/Middle East, and Asia Pacific. • Division legal counsel for key business units. • Comprehensive legal support to key functional groups involved in supporting business activities (finance, strategic business development and M&A, logistics, supply chain, procurement; corporate, regulatory and trade compliance; human resources). • Directed governance, oversight, operations and corporate restructurings for the company’s global network of subsidiaries. Key accomplishments in improving business performance (cost and efficiency) and meeting strategic objectives:• Designed and implemented global contract management system (templates, toolkits, workflows, online training) that improved consistency, reduced contract review turnaround time, enabled more informed business decisions and lowered risk profile.• Developed global corporate subsidiary database, providing real-time access to key corporate data and enabling faster and more accurate decision making.• Reduced global subsidiary structure from over 160 separate legal entities to 50, lowering costs and improving operational efficiency.• Lead or key attorney on over 15 cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions ranging in enterprise value from US$ 25 million to 1 billion.• Lead attorney in connection with negotiation, drafting and execution of major commercial contracts (US$ 5 million to 50+ million).• Built global preferred outside counsel network through competitive bidding.• Key legal role in Chemtura’s successful 2010 emergence from Chapter 11 reorganization. Show less