Paul G Weiss Email & Phone Number

Medford, NJ, US

• Part of leadership team that designed and implemented State response to the COVID-19 pandemic: (i) served as legal liaison to Northern Jersey Medical Coordination Center, realigning PPE and decanting low acuity.
• Lead attorney facilitating $250 million annual supply chain management and procurement system, including negotiating various healthcare and professional services contracts; re-tooled purchasing policy to streamline and.
• Successfully negotiated $50 million Thermal Energy Co-Generation Development Project jointly financed with Rutgers University, New Jersey Energy Resilience Bank, the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank and Public Service.
• Part of leadership team examining merger and acquisition opportunities and developing $850 million strategic CAPEX Plan.
• Rewrote organizational bylaws for the Hospital, its Oversight Board and Community Advisory Council.
• Support HIPAA, code of conduct and ethics compliance functions.

US

• Oversee all human resources, labor and employment, dispute resolution and litigation, compliance and code of ethics programs, risk management, legislative initiatives, organizational governance, procurement of goods.
• Part of State leadership team restructuring Atlantic City government functions, and identifying public-private partnerships to facilitate economic and community development. Successfully negotiated $150 million.
• Led the legal team that successfully sold Series 2014 $242 million Luxury Tax Revenue Bonds which fund the Authority’s seven year capital projects campaign.
• Negotiated development and project investment agreements with aggregate value of approximately $1.0 billion; and resolved community disputes stalling $290 million commercial redevelopment project.
• Led development team overseeing stakeholder interface for property acquisition, condemnation and relocation functions necessary for infrastructure improvement and redevelopment initiatives, with aggregate value in.

• As Mayor, reduced 2009 annual budget by 88%, held 2010 budget flat, while maintaining consistent public services, and led controversial effort to consolidate police and public safety services with neighboring town.
• As Committee Chair, led effort for federal and state disaster relief in aftermath of July 2004 flood that destroyed several dams, bridges and other infrastructure, successfully negotiating $2.2 million of FEMA public.
• As project manager for community-based non-profit: (i) delivered on time and under budget a $2.3 million dredging project, prosecuted over an eleven month period without accident or injury, (ii) negotiated alternative.

US

• As Vice President and General Manager, led team that successfully reengineered and retrained corporate quality and environmental health and safety management systems thereby avoiding governmental fines and seizures of.
• Working with Production personnel, developed new corporate regulatory compliance model for medical gases manufacturing, occupational health and safety, and internal quality assurance auditing. Led cross-functional team.
• Represented the company in government inspectional and enforcement contexts and as public affairs liaison for the Crisis Management Team. Avoided approximately $15 million in potential fines and penalties by leading.
• Directed safety management system overhaul, saving approximately $1 million annually over four years, and improving safety metrics two-fold, increasing productivity, and with minimal CAPEX investment.
• Oversaw government and legislative affairs; public policy liaison to industry trade association. Successfully lobbied for legislation that provided more time for industry implementation of evolving good manufacturing.

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• As member of the Management Committee responsible for worldwide reorganization, refinancing and wind-up of US and European subsidiaries: (i) successfully led the UK subsidiary and over a five month period, negotiated.
• Resolved environmental remediation enforcement action, supervised implementation of remedial action work-plan and negotiated resolution of $2.5 million pollution liability claim with landlord and commercial general.
• Negotiated domestic and international technology distribution and services agreements, and intellectual property licensing transactions, notably: $1 million annual service outsourcing to IBM; $3 million equipment.
• Avoided possible fines in excess of $10 million pertaining to GSA and DOJ investigations of alleged violations of US Customs and Federal Acquisition Regulations involving transnational, intra-company purchase.
• Settled multi-carrier coverage of class action ERISA lawsuit, saving the company over $2.0 million and reimbursing 100% of defense and indemnity claims from insurance proceeds.

Associate in Business, Bankruptcy and Litigation departments

Strategic Leadership

Jd, Law

Finance, General; Securities Investment

Russian Military Tactics And Strategy

Ba, International Studies And Russian

Pass With Honors, Russian Language