General counsel for the Armani group entities in North America. Was primarily responsible for the handling and resolution of all legal matters affecting the North American group entities, including strategic initiatives, mergers & acquisitions, commercial real estate (office, warehouse and over 120 retail locations), regulatory compliance, corporate governance, loss prevention, risk management, litigation management, crisis management, commercial agreements, corporate development, contract disputes and labor/employment. Reported directly to the Chief Operating Officer.

General counsel for international retail ecommerce company with operations in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Poland, India and Finland. Primary responsibility for the handling and resolution of all legal matters affecting the company, including debt financing, equity financing, strategic initiatives, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, commercial real estate (office, retail and warehouse), building/maintaining a global intellectual property portfolio, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, loss prevention, risk management, litigation management, crisis management, intellectual property enforcement, commercial agreements, corporate development, contract disputes and labor/employment. Member of the executive team providing regular input and guidance on major company initiatives. Report directly to the Chief Executive Officer.

Teach seminar course on in-house legal practice. Course covers substantive law (e.g. commercial contracts, real estate, employment law and compliance) and practical instruction on building and managing an in-house legal department, including (w) approaches to resolving legal matters through alternative and low-cost methods, (x) external resource management, (y) internal resource management and (z) budget management. Teaching methodology includes exercises taken from real experiences, in order to provoke student participation and in-depth discussion into the pros and cons of the various methods to balance risks with business objectives. Course also covers issues that may arise when in-house attorneys take on quasi business roles.

Advised apparel and accessories designer, manufacturer, retailer and wholesaler on wide variety of legal matters, including real estate, intellectual property, corporate governance, employment, compliance, commercial contracts, ecommerce and international law matters.

Lead attorney for Burberry’s retail and wholesale entities in the Americas, primarily responsible for the handling of all legal matters, including real estate, corporate, intellectual property, contracts, labor, employment, consumer privacy, tax, litigation and regulatory compliance. Responsibilities included: negotiating and drafting commercial contracts and real estate leases; managing licenses; resolving regulatory matters (e.g. product safety, labeling, privacy and advertising); drafting and implementing ethics and anti-bribery policies; advising on corporate social responsibility initiatives; oversight and management of civil litigation; intellectual property enforcement; corporate secretary duties; advising on labor and employment matters; advising on Internet and ecommerce matters, including advertising content; advising on new technology initiatives; counseling on risk management techniques and protocol; researching, advising and implementing policies on consumer privacy laws; and managing external counsel. Reported to the Chief Operations Officer in the Americas and the General Counsel in the United Kingdom.Developed, implemented and managed North American brand-enforcement program. Responsibilities included: Conducting brand enforcement in all venues, including brick & mortar and Internet; preparing cease & desist letters; negotiating settlements; drafting settlement agreements; working closely with federal and state law enforcement officers and prosecutors on criminal anti-counterfeiting matters; providing expert testimony on product authenticity and Burberry’s trademark rights; training U.S. Customs & Border Protection personnel on proper identification methods of counterfeit merchandise; maintaining portfolio of trademark recordations and domain name registrations; preparing product training materials for law enforcement; domain name enforcement; setting litigation strategy; managing average annual caseload of over 300 civil matters.

Negotiated commercial agreements (e.g., copyright and patent licenses, consulting services, web hosting, web design, web content, transition services, confidentiality, competitive intelligence gathering, publishing, network security services, domain name transfers, asset transfers, data storage, technical support, application maintenance, assignment, outsourcing, and software development/implementation), conducted intellectual property due diligence investigations and counseled clients on intellectual property matters. Advised clients on product safety matters before the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Prepared pleadings, motions, points and authorities, discovery requests, discovery responses, legal memoranda, appellate briefs, affidavits, subpoenas, position papers, correspondence, and settlement agreements on various antitrust and trademark dispute matters.

Assisted Civil Rights Division trial attorneys with trial preparation including legal research, preparation of memoranda and preparation of pre and post-trial briefs.

Legal research and writing.