Robert Block Email & Phone Number

San Ramon, CA, US

San Ramon, CA, US

San Jose, CA, US

• Partner with senior executives as a trusted advisor to solve strategic legal and business issues and drive business growth/financial results.
• Extensive experience in complex commercial transactions with customers and vendors, dispute resolution, outside counsel management, international business, and leading and developing talented legal professionals.
• Experience in a wide variety of complex commercial and intellectual property transactions, including software, cloud and hybrid/SaaS models, IP ownership and licensing, security, privacy, mergers, acquisitions and.

San Jose, CA, US

Gaithersburg, MD, US

• Serve hundreds of internal clients, including C-level executives, engineers, developers, finance, HR, and sales in a fast-paced, publicly-traded, technology company that provides software, software as a service (SaaS).
• Draft, negotiate, structure and review complex, commercial IT and software agreements (SaaS/PaaS and licensing) and business transactions, end user license agreements, joint ventures, RFPs, strategic alliances.
• Draft and negotiate reseller arrangements, vendor agreements and provide advice and guidance to the Board of Directors
• Provide legal advice on data privacy, data security and regulatory compliance matters for various countries
• Provide legal advice with respect to corporate matters and corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions and financing arrangements.
• Manage outside counsel for domestic and international matters

London, England, GB

• Handled Debt Financing Deals, Venture Capital Fundings, Mergers and Acquisitions
• Drafted and negotiated technology and business agreements including, licensing, reseller, service and maintenance, development, joint venture, alliance, affiliate, referral, co-branding, consulting, and employment.
• Managed relationships with start-up clients by acting as “virtual” in-house counsel and assisting in the formation of legal strategies for exploiting clients’ proprietary technology
• Worked closely with companies on cable television issues, including the development of national and local franchising strategies, the drafting and negotiation of agreements and providing representation before local.