John Hoffman Email & Phone Number

Cranbury Township, NJ, US

Radnor, Pennsylvania, US

Greenwich, CT, US

• The StayWell Company, LLC, March 2019 – May 2019Spirent Communications, Inc., December 2018 – March 2019Covance, Inc., April 2018 – August 2018Hikma (f/k/a West-Ward) Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., September 2017 – April.
• Jack-of-all-trades in legal departments responsible for negotiating transactional agreements and overseeing manufacturing and distribution processes with input from procurement, production, IT, and quality control.
• Conferred with SMEs in establishing internal procedures as well as negotiating documents to ensure compliance with domestic and international law, regulatory authorities, GDPR (privacy), etc.
• All part time engagements ended naturally (never terminated for cause) and positive references available.

• Advised public and private companies on matters including business development, domestic & international deal negotiation, clinical trial agreements, licensing, buy-side procurement, and internal company policies.
• Interacted with companies including Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Huawei Technologies, IBM, Nokia Siemens, Nortel, Oanda, Oclaro, Thermo-Fisher Scientific, etc.

Philadelphia, PA, US

- Taught courses in Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance, Legal Issues in Business, and Contract Law at LeBow College of Business at Drexel University.- Trained Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program facilitator- LeBow College representative to Drexel task force charged with development of community outreach programs

• McCarter & English, LLP, East Brunswick, New Jersey, 2009 –2010Dentons, Short Hills, New Jersey, 2007 –2008Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP, Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005 –2007Wilmer Cutler.
• Proactively managed ’33 and ’34 Act work and filings including company formations, financings, follow-on offerings, contract negotiations, M&A transactions, international contracts, licensing, and internal company.
• Primarily focused on publicly traded and emerging growth companies and investment vehicles.
• All departures voluntary or no-fault based on firm merger, family move from MA, 2008 economic collapse, and transition to career in education (public school History teacher in NJ and Adjunct Professor at Drexel.

Wayne, PA, US

• Negotiated and finalized product and technology purchase and sale agreements with vendors.
• Completed repayment of publicly-traded corporate debt.
• Entire legal department “turned over” w/o cause upon election of new Board of Directors.

Wayne, PA, US

• Prepared Annual Report on Form 10-K
• Drafted, reviewed and negotiated a wide range of contracts with suppliers and customers
• Developed company policies and standard form agreements
• Provided legal advice to human resources personnel regarding various employment matters
• Drafted and reviewed Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreements

Philadelphia, PA, US

• Corporate and commercial paralegal responsible for preparing drafts of legal documents, facilitating closings, and preparing UCC financing statements

Jd, Cum Laude, Law

A.B., Magna Cum Laude, History