John Guinan Email & Phone Number

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Senior member of the Global Markets Public Sector and Federal legal team delivering transactions support to IBM Federal Consulting and Technology businesses. Lead deal counsel for IBM's Department of Defense accounts, DOE, White House, Legislative Branch, and NSF. Legal and Regulatory Affairs Senior Advisor on AI for Public and Federal Market. Responsible for providing Federal business leaders with creative and compliant legal advice related to Federal procurement transactions (FAR/DFARS/Agency Supplements), quasi-governmental transactions, disputes, protests, terminations, negotiation support, company policies and procedures, organizational conflicts of interest, revolving door reviews, cyber incident response and privacy controls, supply chain compliance, audit matters, and other Federal compliance matters. Expertise in drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of IT-related agreements, including master agreements, professional services agreements, licensing agreements, statements of work, cloud agreements and SaaS agreements. Additional expertise in negotiations with State and local clients and coordination with foreign suppliers.

Washington, Dc, Us

Contract Law DivisionOffice of the Assistant General Counsel for Transactions and TechnologyLead advisor on procurement law subject matters to the Department’s General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, and the Department’s Senior Executive Level Leadership. Responsible for the development and implementation of broad policies, standards, and procedures for the legal oversight of all acquisition programs throughout the Department of Commerce in over 10,000 annual procurements with an approximate total cost of $6.5 billion. Direct advisor in budgetary roles of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Commerce regarding project validations and strategic review of program milestones. Responsible for independent reviews, alternatives analysis, business case review and development and best practice risk management and analysis to inform senior leadership, OMB, and the U.S. Congress.• Advised OMB and White House on positions and policies for domestic content preferences in public procurement (Made in America; Buy America; series of Executive Orders leading to 14005) • Member of Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) legal working group; Lead Advisor to two voting members on FASC• Advisor on Supply Chain Security and Resiliency, Cyber Security, IT acquisition reform (FITARA, Clinger-Cohen)• Member of working group on Department's Equity and Inclusion in federal procurementAdvisory role in planning and managing responses to the President and Congress as required by law or under special request by House and Senate Oversight Committees, individual Members, and GAO. Experience leading revisions to numerous draft Executive Orders and providing comments to OMB and White House General Counsel. Experience drafting and revising Congressional testimony to defend or explain Departmental action and to advocate for budgetary expansion and reprogramming.

Washington, Dc, Us

Executive Level Experience advising the Department’s senior programmatic leadership across thirteen Bureaus regarding broad ranging policy and legal oversight of a multi-billion-dollar budget. Experience managing and reporting on litigation in defense of Department’s transactional decisions, regulatory actions, and implementation of internal and external policies.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Expertise in defending protests of the Department’s procurement decisions before the Government Accountability Office • Expertise in defending the Department’s position in contract disputes before the U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals • Expertise representing the Department’s legal position while acting as agency counsel to the Department of Justice’s defense in commercial litigation filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims• Expertise articulating the Department’s position in response to U.S. Supreme Court Calls for the View of the Solicitor General Examples: Sorrel v. IMS Health, Inc.; Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.; Faculty Senate of FIU v. Florida• Lead Advisor on Department cybersecurity, supply chain risk management, and acquisitions of high risk Information Systems

Washington, Dc, Us

Expertise in broad range of legal areas including contract and fiscal law, procurement integrity, organizational conflicts of interest, personal conflicts of interest, personal services arrangements, intergovernmental cooperative agreements, interagency agreements, FOIA, trade secrets, patent and data rights, public rulemaking including notice-and-comment rulemaking, legislative referral memos, and executive order issuance.

• Represented healthcare clients in contract review and negotiations, including merger of physician practice with large Pennsylvania based hospital system• Outside Counsel to MMI, Inc., a patient safety analytical firm. Contract review and negotiations, facilitated joint venture with technology company, monitored IP and trademark matters• Supervisory Contract Staff Attorney to Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP. Reviewed deposition summaries in anti-trust litigation before Federal Trade Commission. Quality Control reviewer of document review attorneys• Consultant to clients on business expansion, marketing, and retention of client base

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Advised clients on corporate governance and current healthcare regulations to assist with contractual joint ventures under state and federal Stark and Anti-kickback laws • Foundational experience in bankruptcy law advising on corporate reorganization • Conducted extensive federal and state regulatory research

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