Senior executive in charge of all legal affairs, compliance, and corporate matters of this rapidly growing technology company that provides advanced technologies for constructing high-performance and secure communications systems from tiny embedded systems to multi-enterprise, large-scale cloud computing infrastructures.Responsibilities include 1) drafting, negotiating and closing partner, vendor, teaming, subcontracting, intellectual property, SaaS, cloud, technology transfer, licensing, distribution and VAR agreements worldwide, 2) GSA Schedule, IDIQ and other government contracts, 3) ethics compliance officer, 4) mergers, acquisitions and partnerships, 5) finance, investments and tax support, 6) corporate governance and compliance, 7) real estate and insurance, 8) trademark and patent applications and prosecution, 9) services, supplier and reseller agreements, 10) litigation, 11) human resource and employment matters, and 12) sales and marketing support.

Outside General Counsel for the Voluntary Investment Plan, a federal government agency 401(a) defined contribution supplemental pension plan.

Appointed by the President of the Virginia State Bar for a 3-year term. The Special Committee on the Resolution of Fee Disputes oversees the Fee Dispute Resolution Program in order to provide an avenue, other than litigation, for the expeditious and satisfactory resolution of fee disputes between attorneys and their clients through mediation and uniform arbitration proceedings.

Executive in charge of international business development and strategy for AOL. Led teams of professionals in negotiating and closing deals and in developing new product strategies for global markets.- Negotiated Internet, marketing, content, e-commerce and infrastructure deals, including wireless data, broadband, satellite, Internet on-demand video and new TV channels.- Developed and implemented long-range strategic plans for AOL International.- Launched AOL in new international markets and developed new strategic partners.- Negotiated and closed mergers & acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and strategic partnerships.

Chief international lawyer for Viacom and its business units, including Paramount Pictures, Paramount Television, MTV Networks, Nickelodeon, Simon & Schuster, Showtime Networks, Paramount Parks, Blockbuster Entertainment Group and Spelling Entertainment.• Structured and negotiated acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, licensing transactions and financings for Viacom business units globally.• Advised senior executives on strategic and legal issues of international development and operations.Senior International Counsel of Blockbuster Entertainment Group from 1993 - 1995, and Acting General Counsel of Blockbuster during 1997.Responsible for all legal activities of Blockbuster and its subsidiaries outside of the US. Structured and negotiated 18 deals including joint ventures, acquisitions and divestitures, development agreements and franchise relationships ranging from $500K to $65 million each.• Launched or expanded Blockbuster in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Spain, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.• Reorganized and restructured Blockbuster’s international music retailing joint venture with Virgin Megastores in Europe, the United States and Australia.• Supervised day-to-day legal matters in company-owned or joint-ventured operations in 10 countries.

Associate in the Corporate Department.New York: 1986-1988Paris: 1989-1991Prague: 1992-1993Structured, negotiated and closed transactions from $2 million to $2.7 billion. Negotiated and closed leveraged buyouts, mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, corporate reorganizations, IPOs, private debt and equity placements, limited partnerships, leveraged aircraft leases, term and revolving credit facilities.Transactions also included cross-border M&A of public/private companies, international joint ventures, multi-currency commercial lending facilities, cross-border leveraged leasing of commercial aircraft, international intellectual property licensing, and multinational corporate tax planning for tax-efficient structuring of international operations.

Visiting Lecturer in Law.Courses taught: English contract law, English corporate law, English tax law, English commercial law and an introductory seminar on the English legal system.

Associate in the Corporate and Litigation Departments.