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Gdańsk, Pl

Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland

Kolkata Area, India

Managed a team of 60+ experienced document reviewers, contract managers and AI annotation specialists in India. Assisted by a small US-based team of New York qualified attorneys to provide a full range of e-discovery and document review services.Additional focus on Natural Language Processing-based contract annotation. Overseeing a team labeling data for leading US artificial intelligence companies who use our data to create algorithms to identify specific legal and industry concepts. 400+ concepts and sub-concepts annotated to date. Providing conceptual and linguistic guidance to partner machine learning data scientists to boost algorithm performance. The final product software is used for high volume contracts review, but also by non-lawyers to prepare for contract negotiations as it highlights omissions, inconsistencies and other contractual risks, and even suggests alternative language.

Hyderabad, India

Managed multicultural teams of 10-80 attorneys and language experts, with a focus on AML/KYC, CDD, SEC, FCPA, FATCA and OFAC-related compliance in the context of complex banking litigations and US DOJ investigations. End clients included Fortune 500 international banks. Other practice areas: structured finance, sovereign wealth funds, offshore banking and trusts, and US insurance and employment disputes.Responsible for all aspects of multilingual projects (French, Spanish, Russian):◾ Early case assessment, including creation and testing of Boolean search strings, initial keyword analysis, and annotation of key phrases to be used for linguistic modeling◾ Interviewing and hiring of French language contract employees to maintain staffing consistency◾ Developing case-specific, privilege and redaction training materials, as well as materials related to pertinent areas of US law and audio file translation and transcription◾ Supervising and mentoring review attorneys, Team Leads and Project Managers ◾ Supervising and approving all project-related client communications◾ Relying on technology assisted review (TAR), such as predictive coding, in addition to linear review◾ Performing complex privilege review and logging; banking secrecy and PII redactions◾ Creating summaries and spreadsheet trackers for key documentsPerformed the above while balancing stringent deadlines with cost and budget considerations, and ensuring a high standard of quality and client satisfaction.One of 30 members of the QuisLex Steering Committee. Also member of the Litigation Update team (responsible for implementing department-wide, data-driven efficiencies to streamline workflow and processes).

Mountain View, Ca

Document review quality control with regard to responsiveness in the context of IT patent infringement litigation and antitrust investigations. Privilege analysis and deposition preparation. Drafted and gave presentations on search terms and trackers.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Acted as review manager, performed privilege quality control and compiled a Privilege Log for documents withheld from production in the context of patent and copyright infringement litigations [confidential technology client].• Performed responsiveness and privilege document review in the context of a smartphone/tablet patent and trademark infringement litigation. Acted as team leader. Prepared depositions, spoliation motions and trial exhibits [at Samsung / Quinn Emanuel].• Reviewed documents for responsiveness and privilege in the context of (1) a commercial dispute arising out of a gaming company Asset Purchase Agreement [at Winston & Strawn], and (2) a mortgage-backed securities litigation. Performed quality control and compiled a Privilege Log for documents withheld from production [at JP Morgan / Bingham McCutchen].

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Provided legal, management, financial and marketing advice to a start-up company created to commercialize the successful business model of an Azeri oilfield equipment leasing company. Performed due diligence and prepared company to enter into competition for international contracts in the Middle East and CIS. Responsible for the drafting of all documents, including business plans, region-specific business models, financing presentations, employment contracts and joint venture agreements.

Singapore

Member of Baker & McKenzie’s Global U.S. Securities Practice Group. Represented non-U.S. companies in public and private international securities offerings involving U.S. federal and New York securities laws. Drafted offering materials and other transaction documentation (including trust deeds, investment management agreements, 10b-5 and U.S. legal opinions, and publicity/research report distribution guidelines) and met with issuing companies, banks and their counsel for prospectus drafting sessions.

New York, Ny

Represented Bank of New York, the defendant in connection with a class action litigation stemming from the environmental remediation efforts following the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001.

New York, Ny

Reviewed paper and electronic documents while representing Vivendi Universal, the defendant, in an expansive and complex multi-national securities class action litigation involving French and US shareholders. Acted as team leader; trained and supervised groups of up to 40 incoming attorneys. Ensured compliance with requirements of the discovery process under time-sensitive constraints. Performed French-to-English translations of financial and business documents. Compiled a Privilege Log for responsive documents withheld from production

Paris, France

Counseled private and institutional English-speaking investors with regard to real estate transactions, French and international tax law, and estate planning. Increased international revenues by 30% with marketing initiatives and improved customer service practices. Acted as exclusive mortgage attorney for Abbey National, the UK's largest private real estate lending bank. Drafted and translated deeds of sale, mortgage contracts, company by-laws, wills and marriage contracts. Created and registered real estate holding companies.

Moscow, Russia & Paris, France

Drafted production-sharing and joint venture contracts between French and Russian petroleum companies and the Russian government. Supervised commercial real estate dispute file. Performed Russian legal research and maintained log of recent Russian court decisions and changes to Russian legislation. Counseled L'Oreal and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Jd, International Business

Activities and Societies: French-English interpreter for political asylum cases. Awarded Dean’s Scholarship.

Ba, Environmental Studies, French, Russian

Activities and Societies: International Club, International Host Advisor, Karate Team Graduated cum laude (3.5 GPA)

International Baccalaureate