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Vers-Chez-Les-Blanc, Vaud, Ch

General counsel providing legal advice for Nestle Health Science brands Orgain and Puritan's Pride and manage Nestle Health Science's contractual team.

Vevey, Ch

Draft, negotiate and review SaaS, PaaS, software agreements and other IT related agreements for all business units and entities in Nestle North America. Counsel clients on risks associated with these agreements.Legal subject matter expert for cloud compliance within Nestle North America. Ensure agreements and clauses within the agreements comply with Nestle policies.

London, England, Gb

Analyze, edit, and draft bespoke contracts for business partners in a fast-paced demanding environment. Interface with the downstream legal group to provide legal advice through effectively communicating risks contained in contractual agreements. Counsel clients on contractual risks and provide alternative solutions to mitigate that risk. Analyze and redline counter-party general terms and conditions. Led a group wide review of contracts to determine whether the business can implement creative financing structures. Developed a streamlined process between contracts, legal, and fuel negotiators to efficiently analyze term deals, evergreen deals, spot deals, and service agreements related to the supply of petroleum products.

Worked under a partner analyzing, drafting, and redlining client and counter-party contracts and amendments to contracts. Counseled clients on risks contained in a variety of contracts, including among others, SaaS agreements, cloud service agreements, marketing agreements, and confidentiality agreements. Drafted a resource for a client detailing the most heavily negotiated clauses in service agreement and what are appropriate counter positions the client may take.

Appointed the first President of the newly formed Associate Board. Researched grant opportunities for a youth development organization. Drafted grant proposals to obtain a $30,000 grant to facilitate reading and tutoring among Chicago’s impoverished youth.

Review, organize, and abstract Illinois Worker's Compensation Commission decisions for publication on Q-Dex and Q-Dex Online. Developed branding and marketing strategies to initiate growth for Q-Dex Online subscriptions. Developed an alternative pricing model to meet to the needs of certain target markets.

Deerfield, Il, Us

Managed 200 Business Associate Agreements (BAAs), which involved negotiating and analyzing BAAs. Identified a non-compliant area of the company, then drafted a memorandum analyzing the legal ramifications of non-compliance, and then lead the project for implementing agreements for compliance with the HIPAA Final Rule. Worked directly with in-house and outside counsel to update BAAs for compliance with the HIPAA Final Rule. Researched and drafted an in-house memorandum analyzing changes the HIPAA Final Rule presents to Business Associates and Covered Entities as it relates to BAAs. Drafted a memorandum for the Chief Privacy Officer analyzing privacy concerns and data ownership of a multi-faceted Master Service Agreement and corresponding Statements of Work.

Washington, Dc, Us

Conducted a 50 state survey regarding an international reinsurer’s ability to establish a branch in the United States. Summarized the COASTAL Act for distribution to the members of RAA. Researched and drafted a white paper for the RAA website regarding the negative implications of California Earthquake Authority’s position supporting a federally backed reinsurance plan instead of a stable private market. Drafted a white paper for the RAA website arguing private reinsurer’s capability to properly reinsure the Florida coastline opposed to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, Florida’s current public reinsurance program. Finalized the RAA’s amicus curiae briefs before public dissemination on their website.

Researched and subsequently drafted office legal memoranda for general counsel relating to Missouri, Connecticut, and Minnesota lobbying laws. Reviewed detailed contractual obligations of the organization and then drafted a compliant vendor firewall policy for the organization. Drafted an office memorandum and briefed in house counsel on New Jersey campaign finance law. Researched the Internal Revenue Code and wrote office memoranda regarding fringe benefits relating to company assigned cell phones and personal usage. Completed forms for foreign incorporation and drafted office memoranda relating to sales tax exemption for 501(c) organizations. Researched state telecommunications tax laws and determined the lowest tax burden for the organization, saving over $100,000.

Assisted prosecuting attorney with trial preparation for a six count, $9,000 felony theft case. Personally reviewed evidence and discovered critical facts missed by investigators that led to conviction on all six counts. Drafted closing arguments and office memoranda pertaining to the use and transferability of $300,000 in county engineers funds. Developed prosecutor’s recommendations for Clerk of Courts on acceptance of surety bonds, and researched Title VII employment discrimination claims before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Juris Doctor, Legal Studies, General

Ba, Political Science