Mike Fahey is a General Counsel with a successful career partnering with boards and management at all levels for both domestic and international B2C and B2B services companies. He is known as a motivational leader with strong strategic planning, team building, negotiating, business development and M&A skills. He excels at synthesizing complex risk and analytical assessments into readily understood assessments that form the foundation for major new initiatives. Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate. Bar Admissions, New York and England & Wales. Top 50 Corporate Counsel Award Winner - 2020.♦ Builds High Performance Legal Teams Aligned with Rapid Growth Strategies ♦ As General Counsel for the Upside Travel Company, developed first legal function. In addition to Legal, established many finance systems and controls.As SVP, Global Strategic Development for the Affinion Group, restructured a global Change Management team, and accelerated the overall project process to significantly reduce the company’s financial run rate and generate significant annual savings.♦ Strong M&A Strategist Adept at Closing Complex Deals with Win-Win Solutions As Deputy General Counsel at HomeServe USA, analyzed, negotiated and closed 15+ M&A deals ranging from $1m to $143m. As SVP, General Counsel & Company Secretary for Affinion International created and co-lead a strategically driven M&A and corporate development function. Completed eight M&A transactions that more than doubled EBITDA. ♦ Transformational Leader: Launches Change Initiatives to Improve Sales and Profits At Affinion International, transitioned decentralized country-by-country legal and compliance functions into a new centralized team approach. Led a cross-border management team to facilitate the process. Part of executive team that generated unprecedented revenue and EBITDA growth.