Member of the senior legal team for the U.S. operations of Sodexo. Provide strategic legal counsel and lead negotiations for $9B hospitality services company on a variety of commercial transactions, including management contracts, franchise arrangements, acquisitions and dispositions, corporate and partnership matters, and intra and inter-company arrangements. Legal adviser to the Information Technology, Franchising and Marketing teams. Experience advising global operations business teams in privacy and information security best practices, as well as general business operations. Direct complex negotiations for enterprise-wide technology and business applications, serving 11,000 business locations and 100,000+ employees.

Provided legal advice to management on various corporate matters, including business operations, strategic alliance and joint venture formations and related organizational structures.

Broad experience handling client matters in public finance, real estate trusts and estates, health law, pre-trial practice and government contracts and administrative law.

Progressively responsible experience in management, focusing on staffing, training and the automation of management performance indicators.

Analyzed program effectiveness of employment training program. Redesigned recruitment practices. Implemented changes resulting in the more efficient design of the intake-interview process.