Melissa Davis Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

SimpleBet is a leading B2B technology company providing content and pricing for live betting on NFL, MLB, NBA, NCAAF, NCAAB, and NHL games. Serve as a member of the Executive Leadership team responsible for day to day management and operations, including creating and implementing strategic projects to drive revenue. Oversee legal, compliance and business development, along with general corporate and commercial contractmatters. Responsible for all licensing requirements for both the company and key employees in over 30 states.

Tarrytown, Ny

Served as General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer for a value-added distributor of category leading unified communications, network infrastructure, data center and security solutions with a global network of specialty resellers.

Served as senior team member at a technology start-up company focused on building and marketing enterprise cloud computing applications. Responsibilities included reviewing and negotiating operating documents, managing client relationships, searching and negotiating office space, and advising on a wide array of general corporate matters.

New York

Served as a member of the Global Leadership Team (GLT) for this subsidiary of Informa PLC. The GLT is responsible for management of the business, including review and analysis of financial statements; creating and implementing strategic projects to drive profits and growth; review and manage various distribution channels; and foster a positive and motivating climate for employees. Responsible for day to day operations of the business, including draft, review, and negotiate client contracts, license agreements, letters of intent, statements of work, and confidentiality agreements. Draft, review, and negotiate partnership agreements, distributor agreements, independent contractor agreements, referral agreements, and related documents. Advise on a variety of general corporate matters, including code of business conduct, employee relations, intellectual property, and copyright and trademark issues. As of September 2011, assumed responsibility for global head of marketing and management of third party partnerships. Responsible for creating and executing marketing strategy, increasing brand awareness, and generating leads and building pipeline. Managed marketing budget for NA, EMEA and APAC.

In addition to the responsibilities set forth above at Forum, served as a general corporate lawyer for the parent company of The Forum Corporation, an organization that provides proprietary business-to-business knowledge in the following markets: publishing, conferences, exhibitions, and training. Responsible for drafting, review, and negotiation of stock and asset purchase agreements in M&A transactions, including all ancillary transaction related documents. Draft, review, and negotiate joint participation agreements, license agreements, publisher agreements, author agreements, confidentiality agreements, engagement letters, term sheets, and related documents. Advise subsidiaries on a wide array of general corporate matters, including immigration law, employment law, intellectual property, and copyright and trademark issues.

Served as lead associate in the drafting, review and negotiation of stock and asset purchase agreements in public and private M&A transactions, private equity investments, and venture capital transactions. Draft, review, and negotiate term sheets, license agreements, joint venture agreements, shareholder agreements, registration rights agreements, limited liability company agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other general commercial agreements. Draft corporate governance memoranda.

General corporate experience, including mergers and acquisitions, financial restructurings, private equity and venture capital in diverse industries, including the manufacturing, telecommunications, media, finance and service sectors. Draft and negotiate merger and acquisition agreements, stock and asset purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, registration rights agreements, warrant agreements, voting agreements, LLC agreements, licensing agreements, charter documents, confidentiality agreements, engagement letters, term sheets and related documents. Advise clients on a wide array of general corporate matters.

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Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Psychology