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London, England, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Interim role with global leading player in the Adtech industry providing legal advice to all areas of the business on its complex data contracts, SaaS platform and general business affairs. Negotiating customer, supplier and third party data provider agreements including custom segments and first party data agreements into the demand-side platform. Negotiating with publishers and SSPs for supply of inventory into the RTB process. Dealing with complex GDPR, PECR and privacy issues and working… Show more Interim role with global leading player in the Adtech industry providing legal advice to all areas of the business on its complex data contracts, SaaS platform and general business affairs. Negotiating customer, supplier and third party data provider agreements including custom segments and first party data agreements into the demand-side platform. Negotiating with publishers and SSPs for supply of inventory into the RTB process. Dealing with complex GDPR, PECR and privacy issues and working closely with data compliance professionals in all areas of MediaMath's business. Offline and inflight campaign data sharing agreements, agreements on IAB standard terms and Insertion Orders. Providing advice on efficiencies and strategies for the legal function within the business. Show less

London, United Kingdom

CPA Global is the world’s leading IP management and technology company. Supporting many of the world’s biggest brands and respected law firms, CPA Global provides people, software, services and information to help organisations and individuals achieve excellence in IP.ROLEHead of legal team: leading global team of lawyers; advising operating board and offices in US, EMEA and APAC on all aspects of the software and services business in the IP sector. Respected adviser to all parts of a… Show more CPA Global is the world’s leading IP management and technology company. Supporting many of the world’s biggest brands and respected law firms, CPA Global provides people, software, services and information to help organisations and individuals achieve excellence in IP.ROLEHead of legal team: leading global team of lawyers; advising operating board and offices in US, EMEA and APAC on all aspects of the software and services business in the IP sector. Respected adviser to all parts of a complex organisation; providing strategic solutions to tackle legal/business risk in new business proposals. Championing the vision for the legal team's role at all levels in the global organisation. KEY PROJECTSOrganised business and led on legal matters in highly successful private equity sale of the group. Complete re-engineering of global contracting strategy for deployed, hosted and cloud based SaaS platform and support services. Redrafting and implementation of revised contracts working closely with product marketing, product development, insurance, finance, sales operations and executive teams.Corporate group governance and contracting processes and structures to aid growth for the global operation allowing software and service combinations across multiple products. Group data and marketing activities on global campaigns.Corporate integration of disparate business processes and new acquisitions across Europe. Advising on new product approval in complex existing rights landscape. Analysis of new products for legal risk including competition law and regulatory issues. Advisor and agent for change on group IP restructure to enable faster and more efficient sales/billing/operations process. Key advisor regarding group corporate reorganisation to achieve management strategic goals.Sole advisor on legal analysis and redrafting in simultaneous renegotiation of forty business critical stakeholder contracts; successfully completed with win-win solution. Show less

Canary Wharf

PROFILESix years leading the technology/general commercial function in the legal team of the private company running the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London - dealing with disparate issues of international profile, fixed deadlines and limited budget. Management experience – led a team of lawyers in a fast paced, rapidly changing and complex environment; practice manager for the legal function; bank signatory for the company; secretary to management and remuneration committees as… Show more PROFILESix years leading the technology/general commercial function in the legal team of the private company running the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London - dealing with disparate issues of international profile, fixed deadlines and limited budget. Management experience – led a team of lawyers in a fast paced, rapidly changing and complex environment; practice manager for the legal function; bank signatory for the company; secretary to management and remuneration committees as well as the main board.KEY AREAS OF EXPERIENCETechnology contracting – providing workable solutions to contract for varied functions across circa 100 venues, multiple websites and innovative mobile technology. I used my deep understanding of contracting structures from ten years of private practice experience acting for both for vendors and purchasers of technology. Extensive practical advice and assessment of risk in technical matters ranging from outsourcing to open source software.Procurement - from inception to fulfilment within tight deadlines I have provided specialist legal and policy solutions to multiple business functions across a £1.2 billion spend, focussed on delivery and objectives. Advice on interface with public functions and contracting for rapid implementation of infrastructure across multiple sites with workable incentives for contractors.Online law – detailed advice to business on UK regulation for marketing/selling B2B and B2C; targeted marketing, advertising, security and compliance issues.Data protection – in depth practical advice on broad ranging issues raised by corporate compliance, large database exploitation, novel data collection activity and cross border data transfer.Contract – formulating and negotiating enabling legal structures for suites of purchase/hire/construction agreements constrained by third party requirements to ensure delivery. Show less

All aspects of commercial contracts with a focus on intellectual property from large government technology projects to start up internet companies.

Training contract with six months each specializing in intellectual property and real property and a year in the corporate department.

Bachelor’S Degree, Experimental Psychology, 2:1

Experiment based psychology dealing with structures and operation of the brain and human behaviour. Statistics and philosophy sub courses.

Diploma, Law

Education record

9 O-Levels (8 at Grade A), 2 A/O levels (one Grade A) 4 A-Levels in Maths, Chemistry, Physics, General Studies (All Grade A) S-Level.