Ravi Puri Email & Phone Number

Laguna Hills, Ca, Us

Irvine, California, United States

Irvine, Ca

Key Role: Manager of Consumer Product Counsel team. Legal counsel supporting global marketing team with online and offline campaigns. Conduct reviews of agency agreements, sponsorship opportunities, and consumer product packaging and messaging for worldwide campaigns, social media postings, and contests & sweepstakes for compliance with local laws in numerous jurisdictions around the world. Lead counsel for the E-commerce team to support infrastructure agreements, third party collaborations, product webpages, and e-mail campaigns. Primary legal counsel for Western Digital's award winning reseller partner program. Legal advisor on privacy related topics that impact products and our E-commerce platform. Established training and templates related to marketing collateral review and agreements to provide efficiency within the business. Provide strategic guidance with respect to warranty, regulatory and litigation matters that impact consumer products.

Irvine, Ca

Key Role: Legal counsel supporting global marketing team with online and offline campaigns. Review product spec sheets, promotional material, social media postings, and contests & sweepstakes for compliance with local laws in numerous jurisdictions around the world. Primary legal counsel for internal clients located worldwide that manage WD's award winning loyalty program.

Irvine, Ca

Key Role: Legal counsel for B2B products and services. Negotiate OEM & Distributor agreements with Fortune 100 companies. Implement loyalty program, service contracts, and promotional benefits for customers. Review sweepstakes, rebates, and other contest related material for compliance with laws in numerous countries worldwide (EMEA, APAC, LATAM).

Newport Beach, Ca

Key Role: Manage the development of new online ventures, overseas business expansion, and new business development while providing legal advice, risk analysis and strategic solutions. Lead the legal and domain name sales divisions and their respective support staff while increasing sales by 150%. Key Tasks:* Legal Advisor – Advise executive management team. Proactively interpret laws and regulations (e.g. Lanham Act, DMCA, ACPA). Manage mergers & acquisitions. * Contracts Manager – Draft, review, and negotiate various advertising (CPA, CPC, CPM, CPL), commercial transaction, consultant, independent contractor, insertion order (IO), insurance, lease, licensing (EULA), marketing, non-disclosure (NDA), non-competition, asset & stock purchase, sales, search engine optimization, service contract, software & web development, software licensing, strategic partner, technology, and website (e.g. terms of service, disclaimers, privacy policies) agreements.* Litigation Manager – Working directly with partners in a top 100 law firm while managing outside counsel relationships on complex litigation matters in California, Texas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Draft & review various pleadings. Draft and negotiate settlement agreements.* Intellectual Property Management – Register trademarks & copyrights utilized by the company.* Compliance Manager / HR Tasks – Create internal policies and procedures in compliance with state and federal regulations and guidelines (e.g. Employee Handbook, Document Retention, Internet Usage Policy). Assist with employee life cycle from initial hiring through termination (e.g. job offer letter, employee complaint documentation, exit checklist). Evaluate insurance policies for risk management. Assist with evaluation of tax implications for various projects.* Corporate Governance – Manage formation and dissolution tasks (state and local filings), act as registered agent, draft and review by-laws and operating agreements, file Annual Reports.

Irvine, Ca

Key Role: Legal Counsel for a Multinational Engineering and Electronics Conglomerate. Provide legal advice for new products and services (Smart TV, Cloud Services, SaaS, Software Apps), global business opportunities and strategic relationships with Fortune 100 companies. Primary counsel for Imaging Systems (Medical & Security Cameras) & Telecommunications (Telephone Handsets and Systems) Divisions. Key Tasks:*Legal Advisor – Provide a risk assessment for clients in each division of the organization to help analyze new and/or renewing business relationships. Proactively interpret laws and regulations to evaluate the potential impact on the company, such as the FCC, FTC, Sherman Anti-trust Act, Robinson-Patman Act, FCPA, Magnuson-Moss Act, Lanham Act, DMCA, Privacy laws and other state, federal and international regulations.*Contract Management – Draft, review, negotiate, interpret and improve various B2B and B2C confidentiality/non-disclosure (NDA), authorized service provider, co-branding, consultant, distributor, independent contractor, joint venture, lease, license, marketing, master services, non-competition, online (e.g. terms of service, disclaimers, privacy policies), purchase agreements, reseller, revenue sharing, RFPs, sales, service level, software license (EULA, SLA), statements of work, strategic partner, technology, and website design (front end) and development (back end) agreements.*Regulatory Compliance – Actively monitor new FCC and FTC telecommunications regulations that impact service offerings (e.g. accessibility requirements, taxes, fees, consumers, warranty).*Marketing and Advertising Counsel – Evaluate marketing material (e.g. Press Releases, Product Brochures, User Manuals) to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations (e.g. FTC).

Key Role: I provide general legal advice as outside counsel / corporate attorney for a variety of companies including: ~ An Internet startup specializing in safe web browsing software for children~ An exercise equipment developer and manufacturer~ A hotel / motel owner~ A dental practiceKey Tasks:* Contracts Manager - Draft, review and suggest various commercial transactions, confidentiality, independent contractor, insurance, lease, licensing (EULA), non-disclosure (NDA), web development and website (e.g. terms of service, disclaimers, privacy policies) agreements.* Corporate Formation - Identifying the best entity to establish a business (e.g. Corporation, LLC, Partnership) and assisting with the appropriate formation documents (e.g. Articles of Incorporation, Operating Agreement, Tax ID).* Human Resources - Assisting with the development of internal policies and procedures in compliance with state and federal laws. * Intellectual Property Management - Assisting with trademark applications.

Key Role: Collaborated with senior management to implement a rapid growth plan consisting of 15 mergers and acquisitions ranging from $500k to $45M. Managed the M&A process from start (NDA/LOI) through Due Diligence to completion (Negotiation of Purchase Agreement / Closing tasks). Key Tasks:* Legal Counsel – Advised all business units (e.g. senior management, finance, marketing, IT / operations, HR, customer service / fraud) on legal matters. Worked with partners at a top 50 law firm for general corporate matters. Successfully dealt with small claims court cases. Responded to subpoenas. Successfully filed H-1B application for employee. Drafted contest rules.* Marketing and Advertising Counsel – Assisted marketing department to develop strategies to promote company and customers through online marketing, advertising, and search methods. Worked with strategic partners on agreements to create revenue generating ideas, including the tracking of statistical data to help develop value added services, while increasing the visibility of our company in the Internet industry. * Trademark and Copyrights Manager – Obtained international trademark (Madrid Protocol), reviewed use of current trademarks, managed UDRP domain name disputes, enforced trademark rights (cease and desist letters), prevented infringement of copyrights and trademark rights on websites in compliance with DMCA and Lanham Act, and obtained copyright for software code.* Compliance Manager – Updated internal policies and procedures along with any appropriate agreements to comply with new state and federal guidelines (e.g. Privacy Policy, CAN-SPAM).* Contracts Manager – Negotiated, reviewed, interpreted and drafted various marketing, advertising, technology, consultant, licensing, insurance, service level and escrow contracts. * Corporate Governance – For over 50 entities: managed formation tasks (state and local filings), acted as registered agent, drafted and reviewed by-laws, filed Annual Reports.

Key Tasks:1) Client Counseling – Worked with new clients to gather information needed to file business visa applications (e.g. H-1B visa), family petitions, naturalization, and deportation documents.2) Litigation – Assisted with depositions, researched and wrote Motions, Memoranda, and pre-Hearing statements, engage in trial preparation with client, and observe removal hearings in Immigration Court.

Key Tasks:*Research and Writing – Wrote various Motions and Memoranda on topics such as bankruptcy, contracts, employment, energy, environmental (CWA, ESA, NEPA), procurement, taxes, and age discrimination in the work place (EEOC).

Portland, Or

Key Tasks:*Responsible for beta testing new website, keeping updated on legal issues concerning the domain name industry, and solving customer problems (tech support).

News Director for KBVR-TV - The student television station for Oregon State University.

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Editor in Chief - International Legal Perspectives Law Journal

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Minor, Business

Diploma, General