Michelle R. Dunham Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Greater Chicago Area

• Former subsidiary of American Express Company now stand alone.Serve as one of the more senior trusted advisors within the business unit, supporting a B2B SaaS business that provides clients with a proprietary platform.
• Selected to serve as the General Counsel Lead and Business Unit SME for the iGaming/sports betting initiative consulting on contract guidelines and regulatory issues while staying abreast of international, federal and.
• Managed relationships with regulators within the US, Ontario and Europe while spearheading the development, documentation, implementation, and improvement of departmental and corporate initiatives.

Greater Chicago Area

• Serve as one of the more senior trusted advisors within the business unit, supporting a B2B SaaS business that provides clients with a proprietary platform used to solve digital identity fraud and reduce financial.
• Selected to serve as the General Counsel Lead and Business Unit SME for the iGaming/sports betting initiative consulting on contract guidelines and regulatory issues while staying abreast of international, federal and.
• Managed relationships with regulators within the US, Ontario and Europe while spearheading the development, documentation, implementation, and improvement of departmental and corporate initiatives.

Illinois

• Spearheaded the company’s global commercial and corporate contractual arrangements that enabled over 250 restaurants and 5K employees globally.Key highlights:
• Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated NDA’s, confidentiality agreements, sub-contractor agreements, license agreements, procurement agreements, marketing & advertising agreements, licenses, government contracts, service.
• Served as the main point of contact for FTC/FCC issues relating to print and radio advertising while assisting the marketing team on brand promotions and advertising.

Chicago, IL

• Served as a direct liaison between Business Development and Finance teams for commercial contractual matters while managing outside counsel members and 2 internal legal team members.Key highlights:
• Developed corporate reporting policy and a contract management and tracking tool, maximizing report efficiencies and consistently compiled and communicated results to the CEO.
• Reviewed, negotiated, and drafted corporate responses; served as corporate advisory counsel on RFPs, RFQs, bid specifications and license agreements, and employment agreements. Advised leadership about risks.

Greater Chicago Area

• Led a team of 3 in the development of the corporate license and service level software agreement process and provided training to business leaders in over 6 regions.Key Highlight:
• Supported HR department with employee agreements, equal employment, WBE, MBE, employee solicitations, background checks, and diversity/inclusion issues.

Greater Chicago Area

Negotiated and drafted purchase, lease, operating, development, option, construction, contractor and sub-contractor agreements and ancillary documents associated with the purchase of commercial real estate and ground leases.

Greater Chicago Area

• Key Highlights:
• Executed sale of company ($155 million/stock sale) and subsequent asset sale and merger with private equity firm, from managing and coordinating due diligence to post-close activities.
• Managed the acquisition of over 200 new properties (land and assets/build to suit, new development/leases) which helped to grow the company to become the second largest franchisee. Managed the divesture of multiple.
• Ensured corporate compliance of 23 corporate business entities (Inc., Corp. and LLC’s) within the United States and provinces of Canada.