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I am an accomplished business lawyer excelling at sales and operations support and positioning companies to meet strategic objectives. I have worked with private equity firms and their portfolio companies, other privately-owned enterprises, and publicly traded corporations, supporting enterprise growth and achieving strategic milestones and investors’ exit strategies. The primary industries I focus on include Telecommunications, Technology, Energy, Engineering and Construction, and Alcoholic Beverages.Areas of my practice include:Drafting and negotiating transactional documents including:Master Services Agreements for telecommunications, SaaS and other technologyProfessional services and managed services agreementsNon-disclosure agreements and non-competition agreementsTechnology licensingProcurement agreementsEPC contracts and construction contracts Commercial real estate leasesLicenses, rights-of-way and easements for infrastructure projectsGeneral corporate and business law including:Corporate governance and corporate secretary dutiesAdvising on data privacy, including the GDPR and CCPA complianceMergers and acquisitions, or M&A deals Dispute resolution and managing litigationForming LLCs and corporationsTrademarksWeb page terms and conditions, including Acceptable Use Policies, Digital Millenium Copyright Act Safe Harbors, Cookie policies, and other terms Advising on legal compliance strategies and operational restructuringStructuring bankruptcy claims and strategies to defend bankruptcy preference actionsRegulatory matters, including:Licensing of telecommunications CLECsSecuring transfer of control approvals for CLEC licenses Resolving disputes over filing obligations and the change in control of CLECs and BTOPs with:State regulatory agenciesThe National Telecommunications and Information AdministrationThe DOJ’s Team TelecomRF spectrum licensing for wireless Internet applicationsAdvising on macro cellular tower development proposalsAdvising on environmental regulations with wireless Internet networks Advising micro-distilleries on federal, state and local licensing requirements to open new distilleries and relocate existing distilleriesSecuring changes in control for distillery licenses from the ATF’s TTB and state agenciesGeneral Skills:Tailoring legal support to business and technology-specific needsImplementing business plans Being a resource to all levels of management on day-to-day business, problems solving and governance matters

Listed skills include Contract Negotiation, Mergers And Acquisitions, Telecommunications, Start Ups, and 13 others.