Michael Rispin Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Select Accomplishments:• Spearheaded the legal work stream for developing the company’s generative AI capabilities, including a generative AI product offering, acquiring a generative AI company, creating our generative AI compliance program and policies, and onboarding generative AI vendors.• Guided the company through a successful follow-on equity offering.• Built a significant portion of the company’s legal workflows following its IPO.Duties:• Manage a two-person team, overseeing the areas of M&A, intellectual property, generative artificial intelligence, open source, marketing compliance, risk, securities law, corporate governance, anti-corruption/anti-bribery compliance, trade compliance, and ESG.• Counsel and communicate directly with the C-suite and board of directors.• Serve as an escalation point for junior attorneys regarding complex contracting and compliance issues.• Review, draft, and negotiate various commercial agreements, including licensing, customer, partnership, development, and vendor agreements.• Partner directly with sales, product, and engineering leaders on sales initiatives, product development, and intellectual property creation.• Report directly to the company’s General Counsel and Secretary.• Manage outside counsel spend and set legal budgets.• Draft and review SEC filings, including registration statements, Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, as well as proxy statements, and section 16 reports.• Work on all corporate secretary-related matters, including attending board meetings and reviewing board materials.• Chair the Company’s environmental, social, and governance committee.• Advise on investor relations matters, including navigating proxy advisory firm issues and reviewing investor materials.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

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Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Select Accomplishments:• Negotiated three partnerships with other Fortune 500 companies.• Managed more than one-third of the company’s indirect procurement transactions with a focus on technology and complex professional services agreements.• Built and oversaw the company’s software contracting function.• Advised company leadership through an activist investor attack.• Significantly improved the company’s say-on-pay vote and ISS governance quality score.• Guided company leadership through difficult public disclosure related to tariffs amid pressure from the White House.Duties:• Managed a five-person team, overseeing the areas of software and professional services contracting, open source, eDiscovery, securities law, corporate governance, corporate secretary-related matters, and various compliance functions.• Reviewed, drafted, and negotiated various commercial agreements, including licensing, customer, partnerships, development, and vendor agreements, including agreements for the development of Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle.• Managed various litigations and disputes, focusing on software and financial-related disputes.• Advised on and supported M&A, finance, treasury, tax, and corporate restructuring activities.• Oversaw outside counsel spend and helped set legal budgets.• Drafted and reviewed SEC filings, including registration statements, Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, as well as proxy statements and section 16 reports.• Worked on all corporate secretary-related matters, including attending board meetings and reviewing board materials.• Maintained company compliance with securities laws, NYSE regulations, and related public company rules.• Resolved issues related to proxy advisory firms, say-on-pay, shareholder proposals, proxy solicitations, and investor materials.

North Billerica, Massachusetts, Us

Select Accomplishments:• Helped guide the company through its IPO and multiple subsequent fundraising transactions, including a follow-on equity offering and convertible debt offering.• Assisted with five M&A transactions, including a merger with another public company.• Drafted and negotiated documents for the formation of three joint ventures, including two international joint ventures.Duties:• Managed a three-person legal team, advising on commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, employment law, securities law, corporate governance, and litigation.• Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated various commercial, financial, employment, and M&A agreements.• Drafted and reviewed all SEC filings, board minutes, and corporate policies.• Reviewed earnings releases, investor presentations, and various public statements.

Washington, Dc, Us

Duties:• Investigated and assisted in litigation against investment advisors, broker dealers, businesses, and individuals.• Gathered, organized, analyzed, and summarized document productions, SEC filings, corporate filings, and financial records.• Drafted memoranda of law, briefs, motions, subpoenas, and investigative reports.• Conducted legal research for securities law, evidentiary, and civil procedure issues.• Assisted in questioning securities fraud suspects and served as an investigative witness in federal court.

Juris Doctor, Law

Bachelor Of Arts, Cum Laude, Political Science