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)