Provide outside, fractional General Counsel services to established and emerging businesses regarding day-to-day operational needs, including commercial contracts, real estate, and employment matters.

Provide business operations legal advice relating to clients' day-to-day business operations.

Served as General Counsel, business partner, and single point of contact for all legal matters arising within private equity-owned oil & gas equipment manufacturing company. Provided proactive legal and business guidance on day-to-day operational matters including commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, finance, environmental, labor, real estate, intellectual property, litigation, marketing, and other matters. Led the definition and development of corporate policies, procedures, and programs. Managed outside counsel. Examples include:• Structured closure of multiple facilities and associated reductions in force as part of strategic downsizing in response to downturn in oil & gas market, helping to avoid WARN and other labor issues.• Provided legal support for divestiture of field services business assets to Gas Analytical Services.• Provided legal support for acquisition of WEDGE Energy Services.• Developed and implemented review and negotiation process for key customer, supplier, and vendor contracts.• Managed company’s risk management program.

Served as lead attorney, business partner, and single point of contact for all legal matters arising within Services & Solutions and Procurement operations. Managed the contract review, negotiation and approval process, providing guidance and approval for the global contracts legal negotiation team with respect to the global legal review process. Provided pre-litigation and/or dispute resolution support and analysis for customer and vendor disputes. Provided legal support in connection with acquisitions and joint ventures. Managed a team of two attorneys and one contract manager. Examples include:• Negotiated purchase of Russian land plot in order to resolve dispute arising from alleged breach of build-to-suit services agreement.• Coordinated closure of several repair facilities, including terminating U.S. and U.K. leasehold interests in affected real estate, while coordinating with other key stakeholders (e.g., labor and employment, communications, etc.).• Coordinated termination of relationship with major foundry, including withdrawal of all patterns, at minimal cost and with minimal legal exposure.• Implemented assignment processes and tracking procedures for procurement contracts.• Negotiated contracts for the sale of equipment, parts and services.

Negotiated, drafted, and supported implementation of custom sales, vendor, operational and strategic alliance agreements on behalf of company. Developed templates, procedures, and policies for use in day-to-day operations. Advised business teams with regard to negotiation strategy and legal concerns; directly negotiated legal issues with opposing counsel; directly negotiated business issues as needed. Provided legal support in connection with RFP/RFI/RFB responses. Provided operational support in connection with day-to-day retail operations, including quick-turn legal research on copyright and other operational issues. Examples include:• Developed project-specific non-disclosure agreement to ensure retail customer comfort with confidentiality procedures while guarding against risks related to subcontracting and laws requiring special handling requirements.• Identified risks associated with document handling requirements under export control laws and federal and state privacy laws, and assisted operations team with development of operating procedures to address those risks.• Developed tool to assist with analysis of Federal Acquisition Regulations and streamline federal prime contracting and subcontracting process.• Assisted company in developing operating procedures to comply with various state immigration laws, including obtaining an opinion from Colorado State Controller’s Office that print and copy services are exempt from Colorado’s immigration law.

Negotiated, drafted, implemented and supported supplier and distribution contracts on behalf of orthopedic, cardiology, pharmaceutical, laboratory, non-medical, IT, and group buy teams. Developed templates, procedures, and policies for use in daily GPO operations. Advised contracting teams regarding negotiation strategy; directly negotiated legal issues with supplier counsel; directly negotiated business issues as requested by contracting teams. Managed paralegal deadlines and work product. Provided legal support to marketing department, including legal review of press releases, operational and consulting agreements, websites, and other collateral. Researched and ensured compliance with applicable laws, including antitrust laws and health care regulations. Examples include:• Developed streamlined contracting process that will result in an estimated savings of 2400 labor hours annually, while increasing ability to meet client expectations and adequately protecting company against legal risks.• Developed template for national orthopedic agreements, including pricing and non-pricing options, standard consignment agreement template, and short-form customer-specific amendment template.• Aggressively negotiated terms and conditions with leading branded pharmaceutical companies, generally securing agreements on Broadlane paper and beneficial terms and conditions for Broadlane customers.• Developed template to address issues unique to lab contracts, including lease, finance, failure to supply, and reagent rental issues.• Developed policy and conducted training on uniform treatment of supplier boilerplate documents in GPO contracts.• Developed uniform policy on backdating GPO agreements, including customer-specific amendments to GPO agreements.• Jointly developed questionnaire to guide contracting teams when deciding level at which to engage legal team.

Prepared pleadings, briefs, motions, and discovery at trial level. Regularly argued and defended motions in state court. Advised clients with regard to daily business decisions and litigation-specific decisions; developed and implemented litigation strategies. Assisted with a variety of cases involving contract disputes, real estate, loan disputes, enforcement of judgments, and general commercial and civil litigation

Prepared pleadings, briefs, motions, and discovery at trial level. Prepared briefs and petitions for writs of mandamus at appellate level. Evaluated potential value of cases and likelihood of success at trial; conducted settlement negotiations; prepared settlement agreements. Argued and defended motions in state and federal court. Advised clients with regard to daily business decisions and litigation-specific decisions; developed and implemented litigation strategies. Examples include: • Assisted with a variety of cases involving UCC and common law contract disputes, product liability, professional liability, aviation, insurance coverage, real estate, enforcement of judgments, and general commercial and civil litigation.• Second-chaired products-liability trial for major medical-device and pharmaceutical manufacturer that resulted in favorable verdict for client.• Assisted with successfully defending industry-leading CMBS mortgage-loan seller and master servicer against multimillion-dollar claims arising out of securitization brought by successor special servicer and B-piece owner, culminating in bench trial.• Assisted with defense of major tire manufacturer in UCC breach-of-contract case.• Obtained dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction of post-judgment enforcement action against Mexican airline in federal court. • Obtained favorable ruling from Texas Attorney General’s Office regarding TX DOT’s obligation to release property appraisals for condemned property.• Drafted and revised contracts and licensing agreements to avoid common litigation pitfalls.