Legal/Business Development Strategy Consultant
CurrentLegal and business development consulting. Develop legal operations, draft and negotiate key contracts and partnerships. Market and pricing strategies and special projects.
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Carole Coplan is listed as General Counsel and Board Advisor | High Tech at COPLAN HOLDINGS LLC, based in Sonoma, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at bayareacounsel.com, phone signal with area code 135, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Carole Coplan.
Carole Coplan previously worked as Legal/Business Development Strategy Consultant at Self-Employed and Managing Member at Coplan Holdings Llc. Carole Coplan holds Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science And International Relations from University Of Florida.
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Business-focused in-house attorney with more than 20 years of experience helping companies scale. Develop and lead the entire legal function at start-ups to late-stage companies in highly regulated industries.Extensive experience as first in-house counsel, “fractional” general counsel for companies before hiring full-time in-house counsel, general counsel for mid-to late-stage high technology companies, as well as highly skilled “quarter end” and special projects counsel working with large, disparate legal and business teams. Hands-on and “roll up your sleeve” sophistication, developing the legal function across the entire organization: corporate, transactions, HR and administrative, regulatory, real estate and litigation. Key partner with finance/CFO and CEO.Commercial and Technology Transactions: Hands-on review, drafting and negotiation of all types of out-bound and in-bound agreements, frequently from scratch. Licenses and related intellectual property agreements, platform services/ SaaS, partnerships, software and hardware development, marketing, employment/consulting and distribution agreements. Lead M&A, from due diligence to deal negotiation, to post deal integration to ensure success of M&A goals. Cross-border experience. Develop company-wide, cross-border template agreements and playbooks.Effective collaboration with cross-functional teams (sales, engineering, product, finance, HR, customer support) utilizing proven “getting to yes” strategies to nimbly close deals, build and roll out products and resolve complex issues. Highly skilled at building and refining legal operations and procedures as the company scales and evolves and effectively managing (and reducing) the use of outside counsel. Establish the legal function as a revenue generating department with KPIs in synch with the company’s goals.Lead financing rounds, preparing due diligence and managing outside counsel and investors. Up rounds and down rounds experience. Intellectual property: Extensive experience with IP, ensuring the protection and development of trade secrets, trademarks, patents and inventions. Monetized world-class patent portfolios.Board level gravitas: C-suite, corporate secretary and trusted board advisor. Manage defensive and offensive litigation and proven ability to identify and resolve claims pre-litigation (HR, IP, corporate and commercial)
Listed skills include Intellectual Property, Licensing, Strategy, Start Ups, and 30 others.
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California, United States
Legal and business development consulting. Develop legal operations, draft and negotiate key contracts and partnerships. Market and pricing strategies and special projects.
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Manage family office (commercial and residential real estate management)
Sonoma, California
My passion project is my hobbyist vineyard and winery. I grow Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay wine grapes and produce award-winning, small-lot, artisan wines: Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon/ Merlot blend and Pinot Noir. Transitioned a formerly conventionally farmed vineyard through regenerative farming practices.
First in-house counsel, general counsel and head of administration for this rapidly growing healthcare company with U.S. and Canadian operations. Established form templates, legal processes and tools. Drafted and negotiated key strategic inbound and outbound licensing, partnership, procurement, real estate and M&A agreements, provided legal compliance. Oversaw HR administration across disparate locations for newly acquired entities, putting in place company-wide, international benefits platform. Corporate secretary.
San Francisco Bay Area
Managed operations and strategy for Fenwick & West LLP's "FLEX by Fenwick" consultancy division. Grew division to 100+ in-house attorneys. Advised private and publicly traded clients on the optimized use of in-house counsel ranging from the first in-house attorneys for rapidly growing venture-backed clients to experts in technology transactions, M&A, corporate, employment matters, privacy, litigation and other in-house legal needs.
San Francisco Bay Area
Hybrid business development and legal role. Developed and managed legal and business strategies for this security technology company • Key member of a small team in growing the business to become one of the largest licensing programs: over 8 billion products manufactured annually by the company’s licensing customers. Assisted in growing revenue >700%, leading to the company’s highly profitable acquisition.• Negotiated and drafted high-value and complex legal agreements with sophisticated technology companies, navigating complex issues internationally. Financial services, gaming, aerospace and defense and smartphone entities widely adopted our technologies.• Developed innovative business models, licensing strategies and legal agreements for entering new markets.• Managed Congressional lobbying activities and coordinated with government agencies regarding requirements setting.
San Francisco Bay Area
Managed all legal affairs for this rapidly growing SaaS and consulting services corporation. Oversaw all transactional, regulatory, litigation, corporate, employment and risk management decisions. • Structured and developed the company’s licensing and contracting process, as well as the systems to manage the development and processing of high volume in-bound and out-bound transactions. • M&A: Negotiated and drafted two highly profitable acquisitions which helped the company obtain valuable technology and penetrate new markets. • Coordinated with engineering, product development and operations on legal issues associated with the development and roll-out of new products.Regulatory and Privacy• Oversaw regulatory compliance with state, federal and international laws involving rapidly evolving privacy, security and consumer protection legal issues. • Corporate Secretary, interfacing with the board of directors and the company on all aspects of corporate governance and stock administration matters.
Lead in-house attorney and administrative executive for this SaaS consulting services company. Managed corporate legal affairs, human resources and operations matters. • Negotiated and drafted the company’s key strategic alliances, license and development agreements, providing the company with critical distribution channels and development alliances.• Led two rounds of financing totaling more than $35M (also involved with a third round of financing that failed to close in the wake of the 2000 financial crises).• Assisted negotiation of three asset acquisitions, providing the company entry into lucrative markets, as well as the successful asset sale to Accenture LLP, a lead investor, and then subsequent asset sales to various entities.• Integrally involved in corporate strategy, business development, budgeting, stock plan creation and management, product development and policy development decisions.• Provided leadership in employment and litigation dispute resolution, and employee benefits matters; successfully navigated company through reductions-in-force, ramp-ups, as well as extensive outsourcing initiatives and coordinated hiring in multiple jurisdictions.• Head of People: Led HR function
San Francisco Bay Area
Managed litigation portfolios across multiple financial institutions and geographies, including banking and securities matters, employment, personal injury, construction defect and environment litigation. Successfully managed and determined case strategies resulting in substantial savings for the company.
Activities and Societies: Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority University of Florida "Falling Gators" skydiving club
Activities and Societies: Moot Court
Activities and Societies: Currently serve on the Bolles School Board of Advisors
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Carole Coplan works for COPLAN HOLDINGS LLC.
Carole Coplan is listed as General Counsel and Board Advisor | High Tech at COPLAN HOLDINGS LLC.
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Carole Coplan is based in Sonoma, California, United States while working with COPLAN HOLDINGS LLC.
Carole Coplan has worked for Self-Employed, Coplan Holdings Llc, Coplan Vineyards, Headlands Research, and Fenwick & West.
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Carole Coplan holds Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science And International Relations from University Of Florida.
Carole Coplan is listed with skills including Intellectual Property, Licensing, Strategy, Start Ups, Strategic Partnerships, Saas, Business Development, and Mergers And Acquisitions.
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