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I manage ForgeRock’s international legal function across the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions, including revenue support, employment advice, privacy, corporate and compliance.

Draft and negotiate various business agreements, including software licensing amd software as a service agreements.

Paris Area, France

Responsible for all legal mattters in Southern EMEA, Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe.Responsible for employment law across all jurisdictions, including collaborating with local counsel, training HR with regard to employee review and discipline, and formulating jurisdiction-specific disciplinary and related procedures. Advised on privacy and data security matters. Advised marketing teams on marketing campaigns.Providing legal support to the cloud Sales… Show more Responsible for all legal mattters in Southern EMEA, Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe.Responsible for employment law across all jurisdictions, including collaborating with local counsel, training HR with regard to employee review and discipline, and formulating jurisdiction-specific disciplinary and related procedures. Advised on privacy and data security matters. Advised marketing teams on marketing campaigns.Providing legal support to the cloud Sales teams in Southern EMEA, Nordics, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa for all SuccessFactors and SAP cloud products. Regulatory compliance with EMEA-region statutes, including the UK Bribery Act, EU directives relating to data protection and privacy (standard contractual clauses, Article 29 Data Protection Working Party publications). Assist with the devlopment of and review and provide feedback on content of new contracts, local language versions of global templates and assisting with roll out and training. Legal support for RFP’s/tenders, reviewing NDA’s, Partner Agreements, and Statement of Works for implementation and configuration services. Experience negotatiating contracts with government entites and with public procurement processes. Guide commercial teams on legal risks and regulatory compliance as well as new processes, contract structure and contract terms.Manage external counsel, particularly with regard to employment and labour law issues. Develop processes to manage external counsel time and attendant costs.Train management and personnel on a broad range of topics, including Code of Conduct, anti-corruption, employee discipline and termination, data privacy, and new contract forms. Trained commercial teams on the key legal aspects of a deal, including how best to protect the company (e.g., ensuring NDAs are executed before exchange of information) and how best to position negotiations to enable the smooth negotiation of legal points. Show less

Santa Monica, California, United States

Key member of the trial team that obtained the biggest jury award in the US in 2008—$680 Million—on behalf of ICO Global Communications against The Boeing Company in a dispute arising out of telecommunications and space industry-related business agreements. ICO's claims against Boeing inlcuded claims of unfair competition, breach of contract, fraud, and tortious interference with contract. My trial responsibilities included preparation of direct and cross examinations of primary trial… Show more Key member of the trial team that obtained the biggest jury award in the US in 2008—$680 Million—on behalf of ICO Global Communications against The Boeing Company in a dispute arising out of telecommunications and space industry-related business agreements. ICO's claims against Boeing inlcuded claims of unfair competition, breach of contract, fraud, and tortious interference with contract. My trial responsibilities included preparation of direct and cross examinations of primary trial witnesses, expert preparation, and development of demonstrative evidence.Advised employers regarding termination and allegations of wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, harassment, and whistle-blowing, as well as with regard to administrative charges. Drafted and advised clients with regard to: personnel policies; employee handbooks; harassment policies; computer, technology and e-mail use policies; document retention policies; code of conduct policies; expense reimbursement policies; vacation/leave policies; dress codes; and employee background check procedures.Represented clients in international disputes, including a cross-border remittance business dispute. Extensive case and staff management responsibilities—responsible for fact development in proceedings involving over 50 witnesses and one million documents, organization and management of large-scale, international document productions in the US and in the UK, and development of cost-effective discovery/litigation budgets.Took and defended depositions; briefed and argued demurrer and summary judgment motions. Show less

Steefel combined with Manatt in February 2008. See above entry for Manatt.

Associate - responsibilities included general corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and the negotiation of a broad range of business agreements as well as advising employers with regard to claims of wrongful termination.

General corporate and securities law practice with a focus on technology companies, including entity formation, venture capital, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, software licensing and services agreements, public filings, and public offerings.

Oakland, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Juris Doctor, Law

Ba Hons, Modern History

Education record