I have the following experience:• 20+ years experience managing the legal functions of large and small, established and startup organizations. Provide strategic and proactive advice for all corporate governance functions, including advising boards of directors and SEC compliance.• Broad experience in M&A and financing transactions, including negotiation, drafting, due diligence and closing transactions.• Adviser for executives and department leads for implementing sound risk management goals throughout complex institutions, procuring sophisticated insurance programs while leveraging capacity to retain risk.• Managed outside counsel and paralegals, as well as, compliance staff in excess of 200 transactions, with associated budgets and P&L responsibility.• Drafted and negotiated complex commercial contracts, employment agreements, as well as other commercial agreements.• Negotiated and closed complex real estate transactions.• Negotiated and closed complex debt financing transactions. • Managed insurance coverage litigation resulting in a Texas Supreme Court decision of 9-0 in my client's favor.• Litigation management for over 150 cases.