Mitzi Davis Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Primary responsibilities include support for the following: • (a) Commercial Contracts: Provide day-to-day legal support to four sister companies. This includes drafting and negotiating non-disclosure agreements, client agreements, vendor agreements and license agreements as well as advising on client relation issues. Assist in RFP process and response. Serve as advisor for intellectual property matters. Manage outside counsel support. Develop legal process and contract management system. (b) Employment Law: Provide legal support to human resources team. Assignments include drafting and review of offer letters, separation agreements, non-competition agreements and independent contractor agreements. Provide advice on personnel matters, including FLSA, discipline, compensation matters and terminations. (c) Real Estate Law: Responsible for legal review and negotiation of all office leases and related issues for 7 office locations.(d) Policy and Legal Research: Develop company-wide policy documents, including technology policies, employee handbooks, emergency planning and corporate management. Counsel internal clients on risk management. Research applicable legal issues and brief internal clients.

New York, New York

New York, New York

Primary responsibilities included advising on software strategy, software licensing, open source, product development, marketing and social media and software standards. Substantial experience in contract negotiation.

Armonk, New York

Provided legal support for a variety of internal IBM clients. Clients supported included Corporate Marketing, Integrated Supply Chain, Corporate Community Relations, Chief Information Officer, Finance and Internal Audit. Responsibilities included review of advertising campaigns and sponsorship opportunities, creation and oversight of company-wide marketing guidelines, oversight and review of standard procurement templates and negotiations thereof, negotiations of licensing agreements, review and oversight of audit and compliance requests and drafting of corporate wide policies on matters including crisis readiness and employee business conduct guidelines. Assisted on research projects for the Board of Directors.

Corporate Associate. Drafted and reviewed SEC filings for domestic issuers, including Proxy Statements, Registration Statements on Forms S-8 and SB-2, Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Schedule 13Ds and Forms 3, 4 and 5. Drafted and reviewed SEC filings for foreign private issuers, including Registration Statements on Forms S-8 and F-4, Annual Reports on Form 20-F and Current Reports on Form 6-K. Represented clients in private capital raising, including private placements and bridge financings. Extensive experience counseling companies on compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations and exchange rules. Working knowledge of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, NASD and NYSE rules.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology