Emily Bae Email & Phone Number

Provides legal counsel to support business objectives and mitigate regulatory, compliance and litigation risk to USAA as part of the Transactions & Technology team reporting to the Chief Legal Office.

Cincinnati, OH

• Draft and negotiate commercial contracts in support of Sourcing, Strategy, and other lines of business (IT/IS), in areas, including, but not limited to: software development and fintech services, software licenses.
• Collaborate with Vendor Risk Management and Sourcing departments to develop template agreements, policies and playbook for use during the contract review process and provide training, as needed.
• Responsible for negotiating contractual protections consistent with regulatory guidance, Vendor Risk Management guidelines, and Enterprise Risk Management priorities.
• Monitoring regulatory trends as it relates to Technology transaction, with particular focus on privacy, fintech, cryptocurrency, and digital banking.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

• Draft and negotiate company’s core IT commercial contracts in areas of software licensing, service, privacy, and maintenance.
• Member of a cross-functional technology steering committee comprised of senior management overseeing the enterprise-wide IT purchasing strategy and developing policies and procedures on cyber security and big data.
• Provide legal and regulatory advice to wholesale broker dealer, retail broker dealer, variable insurance product issuer, and separate accounts as distributor of variable insurance products.
• Main attorney responsible for a wide-range of broker dealer issues, including, but not limited to, outside business activity, suitability, selling agreements, new product review.
• Drafted and negotiated commercial contracts in areas of securities sales, software and service agreements.
• Provide legal and regulatory development updates to the Legal Department and other personnel in the company

Akron, Ohio

• Drafted and negotiated commercial contracts in areas of software licensing and privacy, service agreements, and large-scale supplier/purchaser agreements; routinely reviewed statement of work to provide legal guidance.
• Managed franchising/dealership relationships in a cross-functional teams comprised of Real Estates, Regional Business Developments, and Account/Billing
• Collaborated with North American Tire Team to research and propose feasibility of national and regional advertising campaigns; engaged in weekly Marketing Legal Review
• Participated in multi-functional teams to address following legal issues: trademark/copyright, export/trade, franchise law, and strategic business expansion/sourcing options
• Participated in Corporate Governance projects involving Business Conduct Manual and Anti-Bribery Policy
• Member of a special task project team consisting of audit, finance, procurement, and legal to formulate corporate-wide compliance action plan to comply with recent SEC filing requirement for Conflict Minerals

• Analyzed current communications touchpoints based on interviews and made recommendations in setting enterprise wide communications strategy.

- ABA Judicial Intern Opportunity Award Recipient

• Research and preparation of legal memoranda
• Assistance in a document production and review

• Assigned as a clerk to M&A practice
• Research and write memos using International precedents (US, Canada, UK, etc.)
• Write executive summaries of Consulting agreements
• Proof Standard Purchasing Agreements

• Research and support the establishment of the Pyle Center for Northeast Asian Studies
• Maintain the foundation and organizational database for the institution’s grant proposals

B.A., Economics, Political Science

Activities and Societies: The Daily, Economics Undergraduate Board

Jd/Mba, Law, Finance

Mba, Finance, General

Jd

Activities and Societies: Dispute Resolution Association - Vice President Business Law Society - Vice President of External Affairs Labor.