Navigates organizations through legal and reputational challenges to achieve strategic goals. Aligns advice with C-suite business objectives through keen judgment and creative problem-solving. Fosters trust and collaboration with companies through robust engagement. Excels at presenting legal concepts as actionable business considerations. High-Impact Results:@ Hankook Tire America⇒ Started up legal department, built and managed team, and created infrastructure.⇒ Counseled C-suite on company’s first comprehensive legal risk assessment, triaging remedial efforts across all areas (regulatory, employment, contracts, sales, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, occupational safety, logistics, product liability, and international trade). ⇒ Teamed with Sales to bolster business-customer loyalty by designing Minimum Advertised Price strategy. Business customers achieving target profit margin vaulted from 57% to 94%.⇒ Advanced defensible corporate governance, convening board meeting and advising parent company on liability for subsidiaries.⇒ Saved over $10M in legal fees by re-positioning a complicated construction dispute.⇒ Negotiated 7-figure expansion of government incentive grant.⇒ Fortified cyber security by creating plans for incident response, data protection, and consumer privacy. ⇒ Slashed employment risk by modernizing HR policies, handbook, and pay practices.⇒ Established contract management system(See recommendations on LinkedIn) @ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission⇒ As a branch chief, led team of twelve employees who investigated market manipulation in physical and financial markets for electricity and natural gas, and negotiated settlements or brought enforcement actions.⇒ Second-chaired trial resulting in $30M fine under first-ever use of new anti-manipulation statute.⇒ Managed settlement that achieved record for longest bans on energy traders.Core Competencies:• Executive advice• Crisis management• Change management• Cross-functional collaboration• Cross-cultural communication• Consumer privacy and cybersecurity• Contract law and negotiation • Corporate governance• Budgeting and cost-cutting• Regulatory compliance• Strategic Planning/Thinking• Problem solving• Litigation management• Team-building• Employment and labor law• IP protection