Michael Hartman Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

• Lead Elekta’s Americas Legal function and supervise team of 18 attorneys, contracts managers and data privacy professionals.
• Member of Americas management team and chief legal adviser to Americas EVP and executive team.
• Provide leadership, strategic direction, legal support and coordination on all legal matters impacting Elekta’s legal entities in North and South America.
• Assess all known and anticipated risks to Elekta for corporate strategic planning process. Create and implement risk-based legal strategy and templates to manage risk and negotiate advantageous contracts while growing.
• Extensive experience in a variety of commercial transactions, including negotiating and drafting software (SaaS and traditional), service, licensing and vendor agreements, various banking transactions, sales, IT, legal.
• Manage Americas litigation portfolio. Retain and manage outside counsel on a wide variety of complex transactions, litigation, and M&A activity while controlling costs.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Chairman of the Board of Directors for Elekta PAC - Elekta's Political Action Committee.

Alpharetta, GA

• Served as Senior Counsel and Lead Division Attorney for Siemens’ U.S. Industry Automation Division (approx. $1.6B Annual Revenue).
• Led and developed a team of 21 attorneys, paralegals and contract managers who focused on providing legal counseling and legal advice while managing risk throughout the organization.
• Provided strategic direction and helped launch Siemens’ U.S. Solar Inverter business. Negotiated and closed several large, complex solar distribution deals.
• Served as Corporate Secretary and main point of contact for corporate governance of division’s U.S. entities.
• Acted as General Counsel for joint venture pertaining to large, NYC-based public works construction project.
• Managed and provided strategic oversight (often through outside counsel) all litigation, mergers & acquisitions, transactional law, sales and licensing and investment activity.

Norcross, GA

• Served as first General Counsel and Compliance Officer for venture-backed / private equity SaaS HR Information System (HRIS) company.
• Provided legal support, strategic direction and transactional law counseling to Company’s CEO, executive team and board of directors.
• Built company’s legal and compliance functions from scratch while facilitating sales and revenue growth, product development, compliance monitoring and adherence with laws and mergers and acquisitions activity.
• Advised business on a variety of legal matters, including general legal advice pertaining to HRIS SaaS offering, venture capital funding, government and public relations, M&A, corporate governance, contract.
• Managed Company's intellectual property portfolio, including patent litigation and prosecution.
• Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated sales, license, software development, and employment agreements. Resolved commercial disputes involving sales and license agreements, business partnerships and building and equipment.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

In-house employment counsel for US-based, 40,000+ employee Fortune 500 company.

Atlanta, GA

Law firm employment attorney. Provided proactive counseling to a number of employers. Employment litigator.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

Activities and Societies: Law Review

Ba, English

Activities and Societies: President, Delta Kappa Epsilon

Izmir, Turkey