Kate Scruby Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Uk

- Professional advisor to CEO – Commercial, Compliance and Corporate.o Commercial and Corporate advisor to international group matters relating to commercial strategy and contracting.o Responsible for international group company secretarial compliance and direct Board report. International Group Company secretary company Group.o Responsible international group legal and regulatory compliance internationally, direct Board report and accountability. Including Insurance. Insurance backed products.o Responsible for oversight on all legal department management and litigation across group, senior point of escalation.o Negotiating and settling commercial deal structures and requisite drafting (where speed is often life and business critical), in line with corporate policies, targets and objectives.o Deal structuring across multijurisdictional entities with clear knowledge and understanding of tax consequences (including withholding taxes and use of expatriate personnel in unusual jurisdictions drawing in finance and tax teams). Responsibility for associated budgets.o Legal M&A lead where required running internal or external legal counsel to complete complex restructuring on international level o Assisting on new business initiatives and directives for business growth.

Global Commercial and Legal Director, Drum Cussac (Risk Management)- Professional advisor to CEO – Commercial, Compliance and Corporate.o Commercial and Corporate advisor to international group Board on all matters relating to commercial strategy and contracting.o Responsible for international group company secretarial compliance and direct Board report. International Group Company secretary company Group.o Responsible international group legal and regulatory compliance internationally, direct Board report and accountability. Including Insurance.o Responsible for oversight and reporting to Board on all legal department management and litigation across group, senior point of escalation.o Negotiating and settling commercial deal structures and requisite drafting (where speed is often life and business critical), in line with corporate policies, targets and objectives.o Deal structuring across multijurisdictional entities with clear knowledge and understanding of tax consequences (including withholding taxes and use of expatriate personnel in unusual jurisdictions drawing in finance and tax teams). Responsibility for associated budgets.o Legal M&A lead where required running internal or external legal counsel to complete complex restructuring on international level

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Global General Counsel. Looking after corporate, commercial and contractual matters with oversight for the whole business. o Specialist in Company Law - General advice to directors’.o Commercial adviceo Board level Corporate adviceo Commercial Litigationo Leveraged refinancingo Experience of insolvency litigation as part of a high court team concerning niche company law and administration issues.Drum specialises in African regional security but operates globally on and off shore within complex and unstable environments. Global legal and tax drafting and advice.Scaleable projects run for oil, gas and mineral extraction organisations.

Kate worked predominantly in the Corporate and Commercial department. Involving a great deal of commercial transactional advice.General commercial practice. Kate originally qualified in London as a Intellectual Property and Intangible Asset Valuation Consultant. Her work was a mixture of contentious and non contentious valuation. This included IP, Private Equity, media, quoted and unquoted share valuation and finance raising. Clients included Walt Disney, Coca-Cola, Astra Zeneka.

Valuing businesses and Intellectual Property for raising finance, sale, purchase or licencing.International Clients such as Pepsico, Disney, Aim Listed Companies and SME'so Intangible asset valuation, Intellectual Property advisor. Valuation of high profile business, shares and Intellectual Property for tax, securitisation, share buybacks, flotation’s, litigations and brand cultivation.o Personal case load to include Fortune 1000 companies, Euro top 100, UK and International Governments, Clearing banks, and clients such as Abba, Prudential (private equity arm), PepsiCo and SME’s.o Internet Security Law o Board level meetings for branding adviceo Negotiations with the Inland Revenue.o High-level case and account management and research.o Advanced spreadsheet modelling for Capital Asset Pricing models and Royalty calculations and report writing.o Utilization of advanced legal concepts, in addition to comprehending and analysing unfamiliar accounts swiftly and accurately and liaising with clients to accommodate their needs.

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb), Business/Commerce, General

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.)