• Lead and manage the legal department, providing support and guidance to the CEO, senior management, and the board of directors for all aspects of the business.• Responsible for global contracts (including sales, procurement, alliances/partnerships, and real estate), compliance and risk management, privacy, strategic transactions, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property protection, corporate governance, and litigation management.

• Advised clients on a variety of matters including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, privacy compliance, and other corporate transactions.

• Led and managed the legal department, providing legal support and guidance to the CEO, senior management, and the board of directors for all aspects of the business.• Responsible for strategic transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, contracting, vendor management, litigation, proposals, employment law, intellectual property protection, privacy, and regulatory compliance.

• Provided legal support and guidance for all aspects of the business.• Managed the global sales contracting process, including drafting and negotiating sales agreements for SaaS, licensed software, hardware, and services.• Managed the global procurement contracting process, including negotiating agreements for the acquisition of software, products, and services.• Supported a cross-department team with respect to global mergers and acquisitions. Responsibilities spanned the deal process, and included managing and undertaking due diligence, negotiation and preparation of legal agreements including non-disclosure agreements, letters of intent, stock and asset purchase agreements, and related ancillary documents, obtaining necessary regulatory and other third-party approvals, and managing legal integration activities.• Managed all privacy-related activities.

• Served as Chief Privacy Officer, responsible for compliance with data privacy regulations in over 200 countries.• Supported mergers and acquisitions with responsibilities spanning the deal process, from undertaking due diligence through completion of integration activities.• Acted as lead contract attorney related to the Company’s largest (by revenue) money transfer agent.• Provided legal support to the Marketing team related to advertising review, digital marketing, social media, brand enforcement and maintenance of the domestic and international trademark portfolios.• Led and managed the Record Management Program, implementing and maintaining the record retention and destruction schedule and maintaining agent files across a global agent base of approximately 350,000 agents.

• Supported strategic transactions and mergers and acquisitions, including conducting due diligence, negotiation and preparation of non-disclosure agreements, letters of intent, stock and asset purchase agreements, merger agreements, and related ancillary documents, and obtaining necessary regulatory approvals.• Supported corporate finance and treasury, including the negotiation and preparation of borrowing facilities, bond issuances, and capital lease financing transactions.• Supported corporate/commercial transactions.• Served as Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company and its global subsidiaries.• Led and managed the Privacy Office, developing standards and addressing all data privacy issues.• Maintained the global patent portfolio.

• Extensive representation of a Fortune 150 company seconded in an “in-house” corporate counsel capacity.• Representation of a Fortune 200 company in the regulated energy industry regarding all aspects of mergers and acquisitions.• General corporate representation including corporate formation issues, shareholder agreements, employment issues, corporate governance, franchising, and business acquisitions and dispositions.• Software services including web site development agreements, web site hosting agreements, linking agreements, and web site terms of service/privacy statements.• Intellectual property services including trademark and copyright registration, maintenance, protection, and licensing.

• Advised clients regarding mergers and acquisitions, software licensing, intellectual property, and general corporate matters.