Steven Jackman Email & Phone Number

Franklin, Wisconsin, Us

General Counsel to private equity backed data center service provider.

Cupertino, Ca, Us

Adjunct instructor for Business Law I.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

https://www.vlplawgroup.com/attorneys/steven-h-jackman/

Legal & business advisor for publicly traded data center REIT with revenue of approximately $4 billion and an enterprise value of over $55 billion. Lead an international team of 10 senior commercial and real estate attorneys responsible for supporting all sales contracts (leases, licenses and MSA’s), development (establishing new locations) and operations; support CTO office and M&A transactions. • Leadership. Reorganized legal commercial team to enable the department to become “trusted advisors” to our internal clients and move up the value chain; elevated commercial team’s profile, resulting in all four directors being promoted to senior directors and enabling us to expand the department by hiring three junior attorneys in Texas. • Commercial. Lead integration with InterXion (transaction closed in early 2020), including the development of a unified corporate MSA that can be used in all locations and accompanying playbook; decreased reliance on outside counsel by approximately 20% year over year. • M&A. Lead M&A lawyer for a significant acquisition opportunity and an international joint venture. • Litigation. Settled several cases on extremely favorable terms, resulting in recoveries in excess of $2 million that had previously been written off.

San Jose, Ca, Us

CMT San Jose is a a nationally acclaimed youth theater performing arts company providing world class theater featuring local talented youth. For 52 years, CMT has offered educational opportunities, training and performance opportunities to youth of all ages. CMT presents ten full length Broadway-style productions each season at the Montgomery Theater in downtown San Jose, casting all who audition. I have been fortunate to serve on the Board of Directors of this renowned organization since 2014, including serving as its Vice-Chairman (2018-19) and Secretary (2017-18).

Legal & business advisor for three segment presidents overseeing $19 billion of revenue providing timely, reliable, creative, and practical advice to resolve complex global issues. Managed and coached team of 5 attorneys and extended team of 10 additional international attorneys to complete daily objectives. Developed, refined and trained legal and business teams on all aspects of customer contracting policy, process, and strategy. Delivered solutions to business and legal teams to creatively resolve customer disputes and avoid potential litigation. • Commercial. Conceptualized and fine-tuned playbook for negotiating commercial agreements for several different business models; developed formula/methodology to incorporate contractual terms into quotations. Mentor business leaders and commercial attorneys on how to best balance risk and reward, with emphasis on inspiring teams to create practical solutions and take calculated risks to finalize transactions. Develop, oversee and improve (through data analytics/metrics) contract process.• M&A. Lead M&A Lawyer for several large international deals possessing combined value in excess of $1B and producing recurring annual revenue of $4B. Managed deal/diligence process and internal and external counsel, and collaborated closely with other stakeholders to ensure successful results.• Litigation/Bankruptcy. Formulated playbook for addressing financially troubled companies; partnered with finance and business to mitigate $300M+ of potential exposure.• Regulatory. Developed corporate strategy (and presented strategy to the Board of Directors) for several international trade-related issues, including export controls, solar cell tariffs and aluminum/steel tariffs; evaluated impact of FDA regulations on the proposed manufacture of certain products.• Leadership. Developed, coached and mentored own direct and indirect teams as well as a team of professionals in Flex’s India legal shared service center.

First in-house counsel for then-$4 billion (and eventually $12 billion) manufacturing company in a sales-driven environment; assembled and guided six-person legal team while managing existing real estate and government contracts teams. Supported various functions, including M&A, sales, operations, engineering, HR, IT, finance, and procurement. Developed corporate-wide, contract-related policies and negotiated customer and supplier contracts. Oversaw patent portfolio and outbound licensing program as well as legal department operations, budgeting and the selection of outside counsel. • General. Actively led legal and regulatory aspects of 40+ domestic and international acquisitions; negotiated and drafted acquisition documents in partnership with outside counsel and assisted with the integration of newly acquired operations.• Litigation. Supervised and set strategy for all litigation; settled several multi-million-dollar complex lawsuits on favorable terms, increasing company’s profit by $100M+. • Compliance. De Facto Chief Compliance Officer establishing and enforcing corporate code of conduct and other compliance-related policies; teamed with internal audit to perform internal investigations. • Executive Engagement. Presented to audit committee on litigation matters and other strategic legal issues; took minutes of audit committee meetings.

Successfully negotiated with U.S. Customs to cancel a large proposed penalty against the company. Reviewed, negotiated, and drafted manufacturing and design contracts. Advised management on proposed corporate acquisitions and divestitures. Served as lead counsel in commercial disputes. Advised management on human resources issues.Notable Contributions:• Served as lead counsel in a successful arbitration proceeding against a former customer and supported the commencement of operations in Hungary.

Miami, Florida, Us

• Joined Holland & Knight at the request of Allison Wade upon the dissolution of Wade & Campbell, LLP.• Represented business organizations in asset and stock purchases, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions, sales representative agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, licensing agreements, contract negotiations, and other commercial transactions.• Represented lenders in asset-based financing transactions.

• Represented major industrial aluminum smelter in series of disputes with a power supplier and related entities involving contract, Robinson-Patman, RICO, bankruptcy, and business tort issues. • Represented major airline in employment litigation as well as clients in copyright and trademark litigation.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Represented clients in business litigation matters involving partnership, landlord-tenant, trademark, personal injury, contract and tort disputes.

Washington, D.C., Us

Intern, Summers of 1987 and 1988.

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Ba, Economics, French