Matthew Ruby Email & Phone Number

San Jose, Ca, Us

Chief Legal officer and senior executive of well-funded late stage semiconductor manufacturing equipment start-up (consistently rated amongst hottest tech start-ups). Responsible for all Legal functions of company with locations throughout Asia, along with business strategy and tactics from Legal perspective. Preparation of enterprise for public offering in either China or US.Extensive management of complex, multi-national litigation, particularly patent and trade secret cases, and International Trade Commission actions; import/export compliance program; development of contracting practices to cover sales terms and conditions, purchasing, in-licensing, joint development across multiple national boundaries; preferred stock financing rounds with investors from Sand Hill Road to Shanghai. Regular interaction with multiple government agencies in US, China, Japan, Taiwan relevant to import/export of controlled technology. Pioneered action to remove critical technologies from US government control list in order to advance semiconductor manufacturing across borders. Creation and implementation of ICP (internal compliance program) for classifying exports, screening customers, training personnel.

Managing in-house attorney for multi-national ABs’ European, European Managed Territories (which covers India, Russia and former Eastern Bloc, Middle East, Africa) and Japanese legal affairs ($750M in combined annual revenue). Responsible for management of multi-national outside legal counsel network. Extensive work in general commercial law; state and federal government contracting; technology licensing; e-commerce program legal issues; intellectual property development, protection and enforcement; antitrust/competition law counseling; litigation management, technology collaborations and joint development agreements; purchasing contracts; leasing and secured sales transactions; confidentiality agreements. Developed and managed multi-national resale/agency distribution network. Frequent overseas travel for on-site management of European and Japanese legal matters, including litigation in multiple foreign jurisdictions. Managed compilation and reporting of information from multiple sites for inclusion in Parent Company’s SEC filings.Principal in-house attorney for ABs’ US-based Global Supply Chain and multi-national Site Services (the company’s procurement group with $600M in expenditures/year and multi-national construction/facilities maintenance responsibility). Developed and implemented pay-at-consumption, just-in-time purchasing contracts, handled in-licensing of professional services and commodities ranging from software development to technical components to major construction projects to food services. Manage-in-fact the group’s Contract Managers. Extensive work in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance issues as relates to this facet of the company’s operations.Principal in-house attorney providing litigation management for ABs’ Credit and Collections department. Extensive US-based litigation enforcing customer contracts and managing outside counsel network. Resident bankruptcy law and secured transactions expert.

First in-house counsel and on founding team of Napster. Responsible on part-time, in-house basis for all general legal matters, including start-up capital, stock options, general commercial transactions, intellectual property development and licensing (including initial analysis of copyright matters for Napster, the notorious music file-sharing company). Departed Napster in September 2000. Same for Xtime, Inc., an existing internet-based software company that provides sophisticated time management and scheduling software for B2B and B2C applications. Finally departed Xtime in June of 2001

Solo law practice specializing in high-technology start-up and early development companies. Start-up capital, intellectual property development and protection, licensing (extensive software practice), litigation, commercial transactions, bankruptcy (creditor and debtor). Example of start-ups: Precision Navigation, Inc., a Santa Rosa, California based magnetometer sensor company that has successfully marketed its hardware and software technologies to a large consumer clientele (personal navigation devices) and to OEM’s for inclusion in sophisticated navigation systems of many types. Managed successful merger/asset purchase transactions for several clients, including acquisition of Quickturn Design Systems (semiconductor emulation/simulation leader) by Cadence in 1998. Extensive SEC filing/compliance work on behalf of Quickturn Design Systems. Representation of building contractors involved in both commercial and residential construction projects ranging from home improvement to major shopping center, road, laboratory construction. Transactional and litigation.Significant litigation practice in pre-trial discovery and law and motion, two bench trials. Creditor representation in bankruptcy, including real estate developers and a variety of tech companies. Some plaintiff litigation representation, including notably three successful prosecutions in sexual harassment cases, Santa Clara and Shasta Counties, CA.

Associate Attorney and Law Clerk (while in school) at major Bay Area defense firm. Extensive pre-trial litigation (discovery, law and motion) and appellate practice in product liability, construction law, medical malpractice, business litigation fields.

Juris Doctorate

Certificate In International And Comparative Law