Mark Shaffer Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, Maryland, Us

Promoted in less than 4 years to CLO and member of the executive team to help turn around a company into a diversified and “Rule of 40” growth enterprise. Reimagined strategy at all levels and supported company’s transformation from a holding group structure into a high growth, unified platform business that leverages common processes and pursues achievement of common goals. Ensure short- and long-term legal strategy aligns with company’s strategic plan. Manage multimillion-dollar budget and direct management team across all legal, compliance, and insurance/risk management functions across North America, EMEA and APAC. Elevated Legal department to business partner with a culture of high performance, teamwork, and work/life balance. Achieved highest employee engagement survey results companywide at 100% (up from just 33%). Oversee selection, management, and evaluation of outside counsel.Advanced from Acting General Counsel (2016) and Sr. Associate General Counsel / Associate General Counsel (2012 to 2015) at the world’s largest B2B e-commerce marketplace platform for surplus assets with 600 employees in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, and China. Received RISE Founder’s award 2021, company’s highest award, for transformational leadership during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Bethesda, Maryland, Us

Hired as corporate generalist to support the industrial and aerospace segment at the publicly traded, 150-year-old global industrial and aerospace manufacturer and service provider; $1B+/year. Proactively took on additional responsibilities expanding skillset to employment and compliance matters. Managed team and a $1M budget. Built and led company’s first compliance program encompassing training, FCPA/anti-corruption, OFAC, export/import controls, government contract compliance, and investigations at the150-year-old business. Facilitated a $180M revenue increase over 2 years by cultivating partnership between sales and legal to negotiate and win new long-term, risk-controlled contracts and strengthen backlog at manufacturing locations.Promoted from Senior Counsel (2008 to 2010).

Brought in to support M&A work with respect to large automotive and industrial clients at the international law firm. Led teams of up to 7 partners, senior associates, and associates on M&A deals. Earned Partner candidacy and amassed a $500K annual book of business.Assembled and led teams of specialists and junior attorneys on major transactions such as $220M divestiture of an electric motors business located in 5 countries and $240M sale of stock in 3 insurance companies.For a Tier 1 automotive client, negotiated joint venture agreement with a defense industry partner to develop world's first automated parking assistance system, which led client to become a global market leader.Established standardized processes and tools that enabled firm to win ever-increasing business at high margins with Valeo, the world’s largest independent automaker.

Hired as a corporate generalist to advise on a broad range of commercial matters, support strategic projects, and navigate the Legal department’s intellectual property group through turbulent time while improving key strategic IP licensing and joint venture agreements. Managed disputes and renegotiations with critical trademark licensors such as Disney, Martha Stewart, and Joe Boxer. Primary attorney liaison to Marketing department; advised on advertising and IP law. Managed IP specialists, paralegals, outside counsel, and $5M budget.Prevented joint venture partner from assuming contract by proving non-performance to court resulting in a $45M settlement in favor of Kmart and an $11M/year increase in payments by partner. Renegotiated license with Martha Stewart brands saving $4.5M. Brought IP function in under budget for the first time in company history.

New York, Us

Promoted from Associate due to expertise in private equity deal structuring for project finance initiatives (windfarms, power plants, ballparks, biotech campuses, casinos, skyscrapers, city redevelopment). Additional work on debt financing for PE deals led to joining the Firm’s Finance and Real Estate Department.Applied cross-disciplinary tax and corporate skillset to enable clients to create tax efficient private equity structures to build ballparks, windfarms, biotech campuses, power plants, and redevelopment of blighted downtown neighborhoods while equitably balancing management, PE, and bank lender interests.Took over restructuring of energy client holdings from in-house counsel; managed non-US local counsel to bring entity restructuring in 20+ countries to completion within client’s timeframes and budget.Prior law firm experience as Associate handling corporate matters with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae in Washington, DC.

New York, Ny, Us

J.D.

B.S. Foreign Service, International Finance And Economics