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Little Falls, New Jersey, United States

Manage legal risks, support business growth, build a scalable Legal function, and manage Legal department and Legal personnel.

New York, New York, United States

Draft and negotiate various types of customer and supplier agreements including: master service agreements, data protection agreements, vendor and service provider agreements, non-disclosure agreements and evaluation agreements. Consult with internal clients regarding agreements noted. Consult with management representatives regarding the company’s legal concerns. Respond to internal inquiries regarding contract interpretation. Act as go-to “utility” legal advisor to internal clients.

New York, United States

Head of Tech Transactions, AmericasExtensive tech transactional experience, extensive cloud (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) experience, and management experienceManagement / Advisory Experience: Manage and assign attorney coverage for global and Americas-based tech transactions, including large, multi-million dollar, global tech transactions. Act as global head of cloud transactions firm-wide, including advising and consulting colleagues, clients, procurement team, senior management and cloud governance committee on various legal issues and regulatory requirements related to the on-boarding and utilization of cloud products and services. Act as mentor and subject matter expert to the procurement team and transactions legal group regarding negotiation tactics, compromise positions and alternate language. Train new hires in the transactions legal group, and manage, organize and orchestrate training for the tech procurement team. Manage external counsel and review external counsel invoices for work performed for the tech transaction legal group. Manage and supervise two mid-level attorneys covering tech transactions, including software licensing, hardware procurement, Telco agreements, cyber and security transactions, and AI / ML. Indirectly manage several other attorneys and a paralegal, assisting with various tech transactions.Negotiation / Drafting Experience: Lead negotiations of multi-million dollar, global transactions with major software, hardware and cloud providers. Lead negotiations for Americas-based critical outsourcing transactions with major tech providers. Draft and negotiate various types of agreements including: cloud agreements (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, DBaaS), software license agreements (both perpetual and subscription based), consulting agreements, outsourcing agreements, hardware purchase agreements and e-trading agreements. Liaise with external counsel on tech transactions. Consult with internal clients regarding agreements noted.

New York, Ny

Draft and negotiate various types of agreements including: platform participation agreements, AML certificates, software license agreements, consulting agreements, vendor and service provider agreements, non-disclosure agreements and site use agreements. Internally manage the company’s intellectual property portfolio and liaise with external intellectual property counsel. Consult with internal clients regarding agreements noted. Consult with management in New York, London and Singapore regarding the company’s legal concerns, particularly after the departure of Creditex’s General Counsel in April 2009. Assist with due diligence and document production related to the company’s acquisition by ICE. Consult and respond to regulatory requests, as well as consult with the company’s domestic and foreign compliance officers to determine and establish appropriate policies and procedures. Respond to internal inquiries regarding the legality or procedural requirements for accomplishing corporate and business objectives.

Melville, Ny

Drafted and negotiated various types of agreements including: lead purchase agreements, marketing agreements, site use agreements, radio advertising agreements, wireless voice and data service agreements, software license agreements, hardware purchase and lease agreements, consulting agreements and non-disclosure agreements. Consulted with internal clients regarding agreements noted. Responded to internal inquiries regarding the legality or procedural requirements for accomplishing corporate objectives.

Great Neck, Ny

Drafted and negotiated technology, telecomm and computer-related agreements including: wireless voice and data service agreements, data license agreements, hardware purchase and lease agreements, software licensing agreements, software development agreements, technology maintenance agreements, application service provider agreements, consulting agreements and non-disclosure agreements. Consulted with external clients regarding the agreements noted. Worked independently with minimum supervision.

Jacksonville, Fl

Drafted technology and computer-related agreements including: software development agreements; software licensing agreements; hardware purchase and lease agreements, co-located hardware agreements and domain name assignment agreements. Drafted corporate documents including: by-laws; unanimous written consents; stock purchase agreements; stock option plans and stock option agreements. Drafted client correspondence and memorandums concerning technology and computer law issues, as well as corporate and arbitration issues. Assisted in arbitration proceedings concerning software licensing disputes. Drafted arbitration motions, responses and answers.