Michael Avalos Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

(1) Lead a team of high-performing contract attorneys who provide legal support and advice on a wide range of transactional matters.(2) Advise AIG's Chief Marketing & Communications Officer on key legal matters related to the company's marketing, advertising, and social media activities to ensure alignment with the AIG brand and compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.(3) Advise AIG's Chief Procurement Officer on key legal matters related to all procurement and sourcing activities. (4) Negotiate complex sponsorship agreements with key strategic partners.(5) Negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements, including, but not limited to, professional services, data analytics, licensing, operations agreements, SaaS, marketing/advertising and business process outsourcing.(6) Drive key commercial legal initiatives throughout the organization as a strategic business partner to improve efficiency and support the growth of the business.(7) Oversee the creation and maintenance of our contract templates to ensure they reflect the best-in-class market positions and compliance with current applicable laws and regulations.(8) Liase with other AIG attorneys and subject matter experts specializing in privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity, IT, and insurance law to deliver solutions tailored to AIG’s business needs.(9) Operate as a business partner to senior executives by providing timely, strategic and pragmatic legal advice.(10) Fulfill the corporate governance and operational requirements for AIG Procurement Services, Inc. and AIG.com, Inc. as General Counsel of these AIG subsidiaries.(11) Oversee the Summer Associate Program and Rotational Attorney Program, the AIG's Legal Department's talent development programs. Develop and mentor AIG's rotational and junior attorneys.(12) Serve as a Member of AIG's Pro Bono Committee.(13) Serve as Business Advisor to AIG's New York Latino Network ERG.

New York, Ny, Us

• Senior group attorney responsible for assisting in the ongoing governance of AIG’s strategically key domestic and international professional and business services vendors.• Work closely with AIG's business units in the structuring, negotiation and documentation of a wide range of agreements, including: (1) professional/consulting services; (2) software licenses; (3) business services (e.g., global corporate card agreements); (4) SaaS agreements; (5) marketing agencies; (6) data license agreements; (7) maintenance agreements; (8) service level agreements; (9) business process outsourcing (BPO); (10) trial/evaluation agreements; (11) sponsorship agreements; (12) data security agreements; and (13) non-disclosure agreements.• Responsible for creating and maintaining many of AIG's professional and business services agreement templates.• Work closely with AIG's Global Sponsorship Group to help manage AIG's global sponsorship partnerships and events including advising on all key legal issues stemming from related advertising campaigns, IP monitoring and enforcement, and licensing and transactions.• Provide ongoing counsel to AIG’s business units on a number of corporate governance, compliance and regulatory matters (e.g., privacy, intellectual property, etc.).• Develop and deliver seminars on a variety of topics, including: (1) contracts; (2) privacy; and (3) intellectual property.• Coordinate with AIG’s international/regional contracts attorneys in EMEA, APAC and LATAM in order to ensure consistent application of AIG best contractual practices throughout the world.• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior level attorneys in our group.

New York, Ny, Us

• Drafted and negotiated a variety of contracts, including: (1) software; (2) SaaS agreements; (3) hardware; (4) corporate travel; (5) non-disclosure; and (6) professional services agreements.• Helped update MetLife’s agreement templates library.• Drafted and led RFP sourcing events for professional services, including litigation services.• Served as one of the Procurement Department’s points of contact to MetLife’s international affiliates regarding strategic global contracting. Assisted MetLife’s Latin American affiliates with on-going regional RFPs.• Served as Procurement Department’s representative on MetLife’s Privacy Steering Committee.

• Drafted and negotiated a variety of contracts, including: (1) non-disclosure; (2) professional services; (3) trademark license; and (4) joint-promotional agreements.• Worked closely with ING DIRECT’s Procurement Department and business units in order to ensure the best commercial terms for ING DIRECT.• Collaborated on the creation of ING DIRECT’s agreement templates library.• Served as the Legal Department’s point of contact on intellectual property and securities law matters.• Developed and delivered seminars to ING DIRECT’s business units on a variety of topics, including: (1) contracts; (2) copyrights; (3) trademarks; and (4) trade secrets.• Prepared legal position memorandums on various legal issues.

Ll.M, Corporate Law And Finance

Juris Doctor, Law

Bachelor Of Arts, English, Political Science