Ben Lambert Email & Phone Number

Remote First, Us

Benjamin Lambert is lead Counsel for the Base protocol, where he leads legal and regulatory strategy for one of the most successful Layer 2 solutions in the Ethereum ecosystem. He has been a key contributor to Optimism Superchain initiatives, including the 'Law of Chains,' and has a unique perspective in navigating the dynamics between a publicly owned company and the operation of a decentralized L2. With deep expertise in tackling the complexities of an evolving legal landscape, he provides strategic counsel on mitigating risks while fostering innovation in the Web3 space."

Remote First, Us

Lead counsel on a variety of complex first-of-kind transactions for the crypto industry with strategic partners and sophisticated counterparties in the finance, web3, payments and digital currency space. Core responsibilities include: • Provide practical advice on legal issues and risks, complex agreement structures and company policies in a risk-tolerant, but compliance-oriented environment.• Support product development, readiness, and releases by reviewing product release checklists for issues related to intellectual property, open source, data privacy & security, marketing, competition, payment and other legal and regulatory issues. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Institutional Sales, Business Development, Product/Engineering, Finance/Tax, Compliance) and legal colleagues to solve problems, build partnerships, and close deals quickly.• Develop scaled strategies for addressing risk in business-centric ways and build commercial processes that allow the business flexibility and freedom to move quickly.• Creatively solve problems for the business as they plan, build, and execute their transactional and product roadmap.• Be a business partner, not just an attorney.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Lead attorney for ServiceNow contract negotiations for commercial and enterprise SaaS product offerings and professional services across targeted high-growth territories. Provide on-demand legal support to Sales and Territory Executives and have been recognized as an instrumental component in helping assigned territories reach forecasted sales metrics and goals. • Draft and negotiate global product agreements with enterprise and commercial customers, such as master SaaS agreements, on-premise software licensing agreements, professional services agreements, data privacy agreements, and information security addendums.• Collaborate with finance, sales operations, deal desk, product operations, support, security and other business units at all levels throughout the organization to ensure that agreements adequately protect the company’s interests.• Provide ongoing support for the continuous improvement of standard forms of agreement and legal processes.

Portland, Oregon, Us

• Lead counsel responsible for drafting and negotiating commercial contracts in support of Sourcing, Strategy, and other lines of business (IT/IS), in areas, including, but not limited to: software development and fintech services, software licenses, mobile app development, SaaS/IaaS/PaaS subscriptions, cloud, IT services, data collection and use, technology licensing and acquisition, research and development activities, partnerships, vendors, consulting services, procurement, non-disclosure and confidentiality, intellectual property, such as trademark licensing agreements and intellectual property development agreements. • Collaborate with Vendor Risk Management and Sourcing departments to develop template agreements, policies and playbook for use during the contract review process and provide training, as needed. • Responsible for negotiating contractual protections consistent with regulatory guidance, Vendor Risk Management guidelines, and Enterprise Risk Management priorities. • Monitoring regulatory trends as it relates to Technology transaction, with particular focus on privacy, fintech, cryptocurrency, and digital banking.

Boston, Ma, Us

Successful 7-year tenure with American Tower Corporation. Promoted through a series of increasingly responsible leadership positions based on strong performance. Responsible for independently drafting, negotiating, and reviewing client documents, resolving customer disputes, ensuring contract compliance, providing construction process oversight (bidding, lien litigation, etc.) and interdepartmental legal support, and collaborating with cross-functional employees to facilitate targeted organizational goals and objectives. Managed 6 direct reports (Attorneys). National clients included AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA, etc.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

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