Brendan Burke Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo

𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯-𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 26 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳: • Drafting and negotiating complex commercial and professional service agreements with public and private clients, as well as teaming agreements, master service agreements, and third-party vendor contracts; • Monitoring and managing privacy issues, which requires updating various privacy policies, implementing website cookies banner and policy, and successfully self-certifying under the Data Privacy Framework; • Providing solutions-based counsel and training to business leaders and project teams on legal matters on a range of issues, including data protection and privacy, ESG, compliance, insurance and risk management, IP, and public relations; and • Creation of "Compliance Workspace" firmwide resource, beginning with publishing and roll-out of record retention policy.

St. Louis, Mo

St. Louis, Mo

𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨: • Regularly communicating with and advising clients regarding potential risk and effective mitigation strategies consistent with their objectives; • Preparing and analyzing complex pleadings and motions, supported by research of legal precedent, and arguing the same in court; • Strategically conducting discovery tailored to the relevant issues of each case, including taking and defending party, witness, and expert depositions; and • Negotiating and drafting settlement agreements.

Saint Louis, Missouri

𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.

New York, New York

𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬'𝘴 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 & 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘺: • Researching and analyzing a variety of intricate financial regulations, corporate governance and public policy issues in order to provide strategic advice to the capital markets and investment advisory business; • Proofreading and editing internal memoranda, comment letters filed with regulators, andBlackRock public policy ViewPoints; and • Attending meetings with senior business leaders to observe and take notes.

𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵.

J.D., International And Comparative Law Concentration

𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 in Conflicts of Law (Spring 2017)

B.A., English Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: Ethics Debate Team; Japanese Club; Phi Sigma Pi Honors Fraternity; Villanova Environmental Group; Habitat.