Business transactions (with a focus on real estate, M&A and financings). Legal and regulatory compliance, including SEC, NYSE, NASDAQ, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Patriot Act and Dodd-Frank. Corporate governance. Corporate entity formation and documentation. Contract preparation, review and negotiation.

Legal and regulatory compliance, including real estate, environmental, entitlements, landlord-tenant and employee/benefits, and work with all departments to implement "best practices" compliance procedures. Work with executive team on annual and long-term business plan, exploring strategic options, asset acquisition strategy, major tenant expirations and prospects, internal operations/personnel and public communications. Assist with drafting and negotiating significant company contracts, including asset purchase agreements, lease documents, employment agreements, vendor contracts, NDAs and settlement agreements. Act as corporate secretary for board and committee meetings and prepare resolutions and minutes. Manage public company disclosure and corporate governance policies and documents. Oversee litigation matters (including corporate issues, tenant matters and personal injury). Work with HR team to manage incentive plan, employment agreements, HR issues, 401K plan and other benefits. Select and manage outside counsel for all departments where appropriate and coordinate cost-efficient, high quality legal work. Prepare and monitor legal budget.

Responsible for legal and regulatory compliance, including SEC, NYSE, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Patriot Act, environmental and landlord-tenant laws. Part of small executive team overseeing all aspects of the company's operations, including annual and long-term business planning, exploring strategic options (such as potential M&A and capital raise opportunities), debt maturities, major tenant prospects and expiration, debt maturities, internal operations/personnel and public communications. Reported to CEO and supervised the following departments for all or part of my tenure at MPG: Legal, Property Management; Development/Entitlements; Leasing; HR; IT; Act as secretary for board and board committee meetings and prepare board resolutions and minutes. Communicated and negotiated with lenders and loan services as to mortgage obligations and underlying documents. Responsible for corporate policies and procedures. Oversee employee benefits and severance matters and manage incentive plan. Direct outside counsel on assorted legal matters. Prepare and monitor legal budget and approve all legal invoices. Act as Compliance Officer for insider trading policy. Manage rent delinquencies and other tenant legal issues. Responsible for oversight of personal injury and other litigation matters. Assist with REIT compliance.

Prepared and filed all insider reports and periodic reports (10-Qs, 10-K, proxy statement and 8-Ks). Supervised SEC, NYSE and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance. Took minutes for board and board committee meetings and responsible for board communications. Prepared various corporate documents and agreements. Involved with acquisitions, financings and securities matters. Managed incentive plan. Coordinated with outside counsel regarding legal work and billing. Formed and maintained corporate entities.

Corporate associate, focusing on general company representation. Provided counsel to and drafted agreements for publicly and privately held companies (including four REITs) in connection with a wide range of corporate matters. Represented issuers and investment banks in connection with initial public offerings and secondary offerings. Advised listed companies regarding corporate governance and compliance. Experience with mergers and acquisitions.