Melisa Mccoy-Evans Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Fremont, Ca, Us

• Manage and mentor a global team of commercial attorneys, and act as a point of escalation.• Effectively handle high volume of deals with a focus on accelerating and streamlining the negotiation cycle.• Partner, influence and proactively collaborate with Sales to provide training and strategies to effectively close deals faster.• Act as a Legal business partner to sales leadership providing general legal advice on deal process, and contract management.• Counsel sales leadership during negotiations regarding product, data security, and privacy process issues. • Collaborate with project team in standardization of contracts and playbooks to be in line with company policy and risk tolerance.• Advise senior management on contract-related legal matters and provide recommendations to protect Seagate's interests.• Ensure compliance by continuously keeping apprised on changes in laws and regulations that may impact commercial contracts.• Oversee teams' execution of sales contracts, procurement contracts, service contacts and IP licenses.• Draft and negotiate high impact contracts with OEMs with total annual sales of $150 million+.• Serve on core team to advise and help launch data storage services offerings.• Advise Compliance and ITA team on contractual issues arising from implementation of numerous export control regulations.• Create legal contract templates for distributors, and hardware as a service contracts.• Drive channel sales by increasing distributor contracts and deal registration portal contracts.

Fremont, Ca, Us

*Partner with senior executives to develop new lines of business by drafting, negotiating and closing joint development agreements.*Negotiate and draft commercial contracts for data storage systems and cloud storage.*Advise sales, marketing, procurement, finance, IT, and operations on commercial contract terms.*Develop compliance strategies with engineering and product teams.*Create solutions with business teams for customer forecasting and inventory management issues.

*Reviewed and negotiated commercial contracts, including PaaS for crowdsourcing data projects, and login payment efficiencies, software license agreements (inbound and outbound), Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work, Design and Manufacturing Sales Agreements, Restricted Use Agreements, SaaS contracts, and co-marketing agreements. *Negotiated Data Privacy Addendums for GDPR compliance at multiple international corporations.

As a solo practitioner, I focused on commercial transactions, intellectual property, start-up businesses, real estate, and employment law.Specific matters include:• Drafted Licensing Agreements and Sales Representative Agreements for international distribution of intellectual property. • Negotiated Master Services Agreements for graphic arts design business regarding new application for Ipad. • Resolved defaulted commercial services agreement and structured repayment for client.• Counseled client regarding breaches & client options under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.• Negotiated and favorably settled gender discrimination and FMLA case against Fortune 500 international communications company for individual.• Negotiated a thirty-year lease for client with Fortune 50 international banking conglomerate, increasing client's revenues by 42%.• Resolved and settled disputes for clients in matters ranging from commercial intellectual property disputes to broker negligence. • Counseled and advised clients on commercial contracts for small business ventures.• Drafted and negotiated purchase agreements, vendor agreements, joint development agreements, assignment and assumption of leases, construction contracts, commercial ground leases, and co-tenancy agreements.• General Counsel- Quicksilver Swimming, 2011-2015: Advised Founders regarding incorporation and operational issues. Advised Board of Directors regarding legal issues and strategies regarding employment, termination, corporate and contractual issues. Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated club contracts, including leases and subleases. • General Counsel- San Jose Aquatics, 2009-2012: Advised the Board of Directors regarding legal issues and strategies involving litigation, employment, corporate and contractual issues. Defended San Jose Aquatics in civil litigation, including a multiparty, multimillion dollar claim wherein I obtained a dismissal.

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Drafted and negotiated licensing, distribution, non-disclosure, OEM, and technical services agreements.• Drafted licenses and warranties for networking systems clients.• Successfully mediated in favor of on-line gaming company a patent and trade secret dispute.• Defensed commercial real estate brokerage claim and prevailed on cross-claim.• Obtained binding arbitration award for developer client against general contractor and framer. • Evaluated and favorably negotiated copyright and trade dress dispute.

• Negotiated settlements on behalf of technology clients regarding distribution, contract and licensing disputes.• Drafted licensing agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and intellectual property asset assignments. • Drafted joint venture agreements, buy/sell agreements, shareholder agreements, LLC operating agreements, commercial leases and construction contracts. • Incorporated small businesses. • Participated in trial team that procured a $20 million verdict in a complex products liability case.• Prevailed on land use appeal at Sixth District involving improper approval of Environmental Impact Report.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science, International Relations Emphasis

Juris Doctor (J.D.)