Brian Keys Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

• Global Head of Intellectual Property Law, Privacy Law, Cybersecurity Law and Technology Transactions (Procurement Law).Advise senior leadership nd product development teams regarding corporate and operational matters.
• Chief Intellectual Property lawyer responsible for providing legal and policy advice regarding all technologies used by the Company, including for the development of numerous commercial products and internal operations.
• Developed and implemented a GDPR-centric data privacy law governance framework and cybersecurity law compliance program for operations in more than 45 countries.
• Oversaw all legal work in support of Company’s Procurement and Sourcing Group, with respect to a wide variety of software tools and services, including SaaS, in-bound data, hardware purchases, and professional services.
• Manage team of 12 lawyers and a Trademark Manager.
• Manage and enforce global trademark, patent, and copyright portfolio.

Newark, NJ

• Provided legal advice relating to digital technologies, data analytics, data privacy and other initiatives that leveraged technology to transform business operations from traditional brick and mortar to an online.
• Drafted and negotiated agreements for software licensing, data acquisition, social media, digital marketing, mobile application development, data privacy, information security, and intellectual property.
• Supported Pru’s “Digital Law Office” where all new uses of technology, such as for Cloud, SaaS and data analytics, where reviewed for legal and compliance assessment and advice.

Greater New York City Area

Corporate attorney within Citi's Operations and Technology legal group. Primary area of legal responsibility is with regard to Citi's digital communications strategy, including internal/external websites, social media and mobile applications initiatives. Duties include setting global social media policy, ensuring compliance with respect to digital content.

Responsible for the Legal department of leading advertising and entertainment content company engaged in a broad range of legal matters such as network distribution rights, content licensing, advertising sales, technology procurement, software licensing and development, outsourcing, trademarks and general commercial contracts. Legal duties also included.

Nearly 10-years of service as Corporate / IP attorney for Time Warner's corporate headquarters and two of its operating divisions (America Online and Warner Music Group).Expertise includes media content production, distribution and licensing; technology licensing and development; joint ventures; corporate governance; mergers and acquisitions; executive.

Corporate attorney recruited from within Time Warner to assist in the operational design and launch of collaborative procurement group accountable for over $6B in annual spend. Charged with managing the legal department of PSO. Provided legal services in collaboration with divisional GCs, CFOs, and CIOs to define and drive strategic global direction.

Provided legal and business affairs services for AOL’s entertainment content strategy, which included the licensing and syndication of music, movies, sports, television, comedy and live events/ticketing, as well as the acquisition of technologies needed to enable AOL's entertainment product offerings. Duties included negotiating and drafting agreements for.

Duties included negotiating and drafting agreements relating to M&A, content production and distribution, digital content licensing, executive compensation, and various commercial contracts.

Corporate Securities / Banking Associate. M&A, public and private securities offerings, IPO, debt instruments, technology contracts, FINRA / SEC regulatory compliance and governance.

Jd, Law

Ba, Business Administration (Finance)