Mark Freeman Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

East Walpole, Massachusetts, United States

• Leadership
• Lead the legal department of a global manufacturing company with over 2,200 employees.
• As a member of the executive team, drive company growth by facilitating business relationships, ensuring cross-functional collaboration, and maintaining legal and regulatory compliance.Strategic Business Counseling
• Partner with commercial and functional stakeholders at each of the company’s global locations to provide creative, solution-based and business-focused legal advice.
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends and practices. Provide advice regarding implications of changes in laws that may impact the business and the industry.Commercial and Corporate Work
• Successfully negotiate and provide advice on a full spectrum of contractual and transactional matters, ranging from global supply agreements to government grants to joint development contracts, with an eye towards.

• Led all day to day matters of the legal department.
• Drove continuous improvement across the function and the organization by instilling best practices to drive growth and maintain legal and ethical compliance.
• Managed the company's intellectual property portfolio.

• Facilitated a cultural shift across the organization to focus on intellectual property, including by designing self-reliant processes and systems designed to protect the company’s intangible assets.
• Oversaw the company’s patent portfolio of over 300 active patents and applications. Maintained the patent budget and worked to drive down cost. Managed the trademark portfolio.
• Ensured protection of trade secrets by instilling best practices around confidentiality and enforcing noncompete and confidentiality agreements against departing employees.
• Assisted with the day to day work of the legal department, including contract negotiation, labor and employment, and compliance activities.

• Manage and participate in all aspects of intellectual property and general commercial litigation, focusing on patent litigation.
• Work with clients in a variety of technical fields ranging from biotech to materials science to software.
• Provide client counseling on various intellectual property and contractual issues.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Doctor Of Law (Jd)

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Astronomy