Manages growing global commercial legal team with responsibility for quarterly reporting to Company senior management. Implements processes and process improvements for the commercial legal team. Collaborates across business units and functions to enable and improve overall performance of the Company. Active engagement in, and support of, strategic and confidential Company projects and initiatives.

Provided support on a wide array of commercial transactions and legal compliance for Company’s global operations, including manufacturing, supply chain, real estate, distribution, technology development, and intellectual property protection activities. Developed, reviewed, drafted, and negotiated a broad range of commercial, intellectual property, and other agreements, including strategic sales and procurement transactions, joint development agreements, intellectual property development and licensing agreements, nondisclosure agreements, software licensing agreements and strategic collaboration agreements. Assisted and educated clients and other stakeholders in understanding legal concepts relating to commercial transactions, including risk allocation, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, intellectual property rights allocation, licensing issues, antitrust, and other deal implications.

Worked on diverse legal and business matters requiring sound judgment, creativity, flexibility, confidentiality, critical thinking, and a practical and business-friendly approach. Responsible for negotiating, drafting, and advising on purchase agreements, technology evaluations, license agreements, service and maintenance contracts, and other key transactional documents with customers and vendors worldwide.

Provided legal and strategic advice and identified risk in business arrangements on a variety of corporate initiatives with emphasis on contracts administration and general legal affairs.

Managed in-house corporate legal functions with an emphasis on contracts administration.