M. Michael Bosone Jr. Email & Phone Number

San Jose, CA, US

Riverwoods, IL, US

• Help drive privacy and data protection compliance and provide pragmatic, strategic advice on privacy and security matters impacting the firm.
• Partner closely with teams in compliance, product, sales, risk, and across the legal organization to promote product development and international initiatives in line with firm’s privacy and data protection policies.
• Support transactional teams through developing privacy contractual frameworks and negotiating privacy and data protection language in agreements with vendors and partners.
• Spearhead firm’s legal response to domestic open banking requirements, including developing contractual and third-party risk management strategy for Section 1033 rulemaking.
• Monitor developments in the data privacy regulatory landscape to stay ahead of evolutions, trends and best practices.
• Provide legal advice and support on data security incident matters, including data breach notification laws, third-party breach response, regulatory inquiries, and client-facing documentation.

Riverwoods, IL, US

• Served as lead attorney to US, Canadian, and LATAM business teams on key legal and regulatory matters.
• Negotiated complex network and payments agreements with strategic partners throughout the Americas.
• Provided legal analysis for new business initiatives and support the development and implementation of new products and services.
• Identified and mitigated risk arising from developments in the payments regulatory ecosystem.
• Regularly collaborated with business leadership and stakeholders including risk, compliance and operations to create practical solutions for complex legal issues with no established precedent.
• Instructed and supervised external counsel on international regulatory matters.

Riverwoods, IL, US

Riverwoods, IL, US

• Managed Corporate Transaction team’s Brexit GDPR compliance initiative. Responsible for creating project playbook, conducting training for team attorneys, drafting internal and external compliance notices, updating.
• Drafted and negotiated complex agreements including SaaS, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, SLAs and license agreements.

Chicago, IL, US

• Represented trading and investment firms in negotiating trading and financing arrangements including ISDA Master Agreements, master confirmations, and prime brokerage agreements.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Counseled national coalition of McDonald’s franchisees regarding business disputes arising from franchise agreement and disclosure documents.
• Drafted pleadings, dispositive motions, and discovery motions for high-stakes franchise and employment litigation.

New York, NY, US

• Managed the remediation of over two-hundred data protection agreements in support of Fortune 50 client’s GDPR compliance initiative.
• Oversaw project’s substantive redline and gap analysis team, responsible for addressing modifications to client's DPA.
• Maintained daily collaboration with client’s commercial counsel, business directors, and business leadership.
• Lead substantive training sessions for contract negotiation team.
• Effectively negotiated time-sensitive agreements with vendors and other strategic partners.

• Second chaired $13.5 million legal fee dispute case, preparing and managing over 100 trial exhibits, assisting in witness preparation, and authoring motions in limine responses, trial motions, witness outlines, as well.
• Authored a variety of motions, briefs, and pleadings including complaints, summary judgment responses, motion to dismiss responses, motion to strike responses, motions to compel, and discovery motions.
• Managed and organized voluminous document review projects.
• Prepared for and participated in several witness depositions.

Juris Doctorate

Japanese Linguistics

Bachelor'S Degree, English Literature; Philosophy, Politics & Law