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Laura Stevens is listed as EVP, General Counsel at Cengage Group based in Greater Boston, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Laura Stevens.
Laura Stevens previously worked as EVP, General Counsel at Cengage Group and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at Cengage Group. Laura Stevens holds B.A., Political Science And Art History from University Of Rochester.
At Cengage Group, I’ve built the operational capacity and technology focus of the legal team from the ground up. In doing so, I’ve created strong collaborative, consultative and effective relationships that position Cengage Group to succeed. I manage a team that embraces the unknown and sees change as an opportunity to grow. I’ve been with Cengage Group for 11+ years because I know we are making a real change for students everywhere. Prior to joining Cengage Group, I worked at Thomson Reuters and Brown Raysman.Specialties: Developing legal policies and processes aimed at risk mitigation, compliance, quality legal services, and easy to engage with solutions. Expertise In Technology, Publishing and Entertainment Sectors.
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• Responsible for providing legal management and support for Cengage Group's business operations and direct oversight over government affairs, corporate governance, compliance, and litigation. • Built a high functioning and productive group of legal teams (50+ members) within an operationally organized legal department.
• Responsible for the leadership, development, oversight and management of the attorney support for Cengage Group's business operations (product, technology, sales, and international), shared services (finance and marketing) and legal operational teams (anti-piracy, intellectual property integration, intellectual property acquisition, contract services, legal operations and analytics).• Manage and coordinate a legal team of 50+ providing advice and support in the areas of author relationship and management, intellectual property agreements, privacy and data security, customer agreements, vendor agreements, sales channel agreements, outsourcing agreements, dispute and litigation management, corporate and business development transactions, and corporate and securities compliance as well as the development and documentation of business-oriented policies workflows and processes.• Responsible for development of legal department annual strategic priorities, management of department’s annual budget, and department communications and in-office and off-site team meetings.
• Led the Company’s worldwide intellectual property management (development, licensing, litigation and disposition) including copyright, trademark, trade secret and patent matters. Counseled clients on large intellectual property acquisitions and joint-licensing and distribution agreements. Drafted and negotiated educational publishing agreements, co-author agreements, work for hire agreements, content licenses, software development and license agreements, outsourcing agreements and development and production agreements. Handled author disputes, infringement matters, international copyright issues and rights management issues.
Toronto, On, Ca
• Held positions of increasing scope and responsibility at Thomson Learning, specifically Publishing Counsel and Global Publishing Counsel
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Laura Stevens is listed as EVP, General Counsel at Cengage Group.
Laura Stevens is based in Greater Boston, United States.
Laura Stevens has worked for Cengage Group, Thomson Reuters, Brown Raysman, and Thacher Proffitt & Wood Llp.
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Laura Stevens holds B.A., Political Science And Art History from University Of Rochester.
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