Michelle Schaap Email & Phone Number

WHY MICHELLE: Strategic perspective: carefully considering the impact a transaction or cyber incident has on overall operations, reputation and outlook. Investing time to listen, learning about clients' businesses, priorities and goals, and reflecting and addressing them to her clients’ best interests As a resource, connecting clients with other experts and professionals to help address broader challenges Philanthropic, giving back to her community, mentoring and teaching through NJ LEEP and the Adaptive Sports FoundationWHEN SHOULD YOU CALL MICHELLE:FOR CYBER AND PRIVACY CONCERNS: • PREPAREDNESS:o Inventory and risk assessmentso Draft and review policies and procedureso Train personnelo Incident response planning and table top exerciseso Vetting vendors and to responding to vetting questionnaires• INCIDENT AND BREACH RESPONSEMichelle and her team are the voice of calm as she skillfully guides clients through a cyber incident or breach, serving as the quarterback of the response, leading her clients through the incident, working with internal and external resources, managing reporting to regulators, clients and impacted individuals, facilitating resumption of business as usual for her clients and evaluating with the client lessons learns • CONTRACT NEGOTIATION: Michelle counsels clients on critical issues, including representations, cyber and privacy, limits on liability, data transition, incident undertakings, insurance and indemnities• REGULATORY GUIDANCE: Michelle guides clients through the patchwork of federal, state and sectoral privacy and cybersecurity laws and regulations that impact them, their customers and their service providers CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Armed with wisdom and knowledge from working side by side with CPMs, APMs and project sponsors, and her Construction Project Management Certification, Michelle is skilled at drafting and negotiating construction management, project management, architect, and design-build agreements for diverse projects including performing arts centers, bio-tech research facilities, indoor snow domes, renewable energy projects and office complexes.TECHNOLOGY: Michelle represents owners and developers in drafting and negotiation of software licensing, development, SaaS and PaaS agreements ensuring her clients' technology needs are contractually secure and future-proofed.COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS: Michelle represents her clients in diverse commercial transactions, advising new and mature business on issues relating to formation, structure, financing, mergers and acquisitions.

Listed skills include Corporate Law, Legal Writing, Intellectual Property, Licensing, and 23 others.