Stefan Bounket Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Draft and review a wide range of commercial agreements including complex multi-million-dollar arrangements with multinational industry leaders, and creation of agreements for new products/services.• Provide senior legal review and approval of marketing campaigns, consumer law, CASL, privacy and data protection rules, and drafting of content creation agreements related to marketing campaigns.• Independently manage all legal matters relating to Shaw’s critical network infrastructure, including negotiating network access rights, fiber IRUs / wavelength services, collocations, and underlying rights.• Provide senior legal support to wholesale and enterprise sales teams, including contract review and negotiation, process and template creation, and strategic discussions.• Collaborate with the Regulatory team to draft submissions to the CRTC and provide guidance to Shaw stakeholders regarding regulatory requirements related to network infrastructure.• Coordinate with the Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer to review board materials prior to board meetings, draft board minutes and other preparatory board materials for select members of the board.• Guide business units and train legal personnel on agreements related to the bulk sale of consumer products and services and access to multi-dwelling unit properties.• Provide occasional support on review of product and software purchase and resale agreements, and software license agreements for internal department use.• Developed a new template agreement and process to simplify and consolidate the means of securing network access, construction and installation obligations, and marketing opportunities, allowing Shaw to eliminate legal gaps with respect to access while greatly improving revenue prospects.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

• Maintained a diverse portfolio, including matters relating to real estate, corporate and commercial, advertising, consumer protection, litigation, privacy, regulatory, and internal business practices.• Managed all legal matters relating to commercial real estate, including negotiating network access, infrastructure, and co-location leases and licenses, retail store leases, easements and right-of-way agreements, subdivisions, purchase and sale of property, and legislative review.• Drastically improved the efficiency between the real estate and legal departments by developing template agreements, reducing the number of requests for legal review by approximately 75%.• Reviewed and advised on various regulatory requirements, including Safety Code 6 (RF Exposure Guidelines) and CPC-2-0-17 (Mandatory Roaming and Antenna Tower and Site Sharing Requirements). • Legal prime on various matters relating to two major corporate transactions, including the divestiture of Allstream Inc. by MTS and the acquisition of MTS by Bell Canada.• Completely overhauled corporate policies (consolidating and simplifying 7 policies into 2), including redrafting the Privacy Policy and the Guide for Business Conduct.• Developed and communicated legal guidelines for various business projects, including the creation of an automated system to comply with ISED Canada’s Copyright Notice-and-Notice Regime.• Member of the legal team that developed an award winning business collections program to provide invaluable experience to students, while collecting on business debts that would otherwise be written off.

Certified In-House Counsel - Canada (Cic.C), Business Leadership Program For In-House Counsel

Juris Doctor, Law

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biological Sciences