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Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas Area

• Outside counsel and consulting support to transform the legal departments of a NYSE listed global publishing conglomerate by implementing digital technology to templatize highly negotiated contracts for commercial real estate transactions, IP acquisition and licensing, and publishing. Document and negotiate all commercial leases, subleases, lease renewals, brokerage agreements, real estate acquisition and use license agreements for the client’s offices throughout North America. Draft and negotiate master services agreements (Tech and Non-Tech), IP license agreements, terms and conditions, data privacy agreements, EULA’s, cloud services agreements, asset purchase agreements, work-for-hire and publishing agreements. Development and implementation of new processes, contract templates and playbooks to standardize the client’s work product and introduce an innovative process by which large volumes of high-quality, high-touch contracts are negotiated, drafted and executed efficiently and consistently. Reduced typical turnaround time by over 50%. • Outside counsel support for the commercial real estate departments of an international energy company and a global construction and engineering company, providing documentation and negotiation of commercial leases, subleases, lease renewals, acquisitions and related credit agreements.• Outside counsel support to a NYSE listed venture capital and private equity company and its subsidiaries, providing review and negotiation of nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements.

Houston, Texas

Created all of the illustrations for The Nutcracker Book based on Stanton Welch's new 2016 version of The Nutcracker Ballet.

5615 Kirby, Houston, Texas 77005

Commercial Real Estate practice with a focus on representation of developers and REITs in acquiring and managing office buildings, retail shopping centers, telecommunications towers and easements, including documentation and negotiation of purchases of long term interests in revenue producing rooftops by means of data and communication services and cell tower ground leases; review and respond to high volume of right of first refusal notices; negotiation and documentation of commercial leases (primarily cell tower, retail ground leases and shopping center developments) and real estate purchase and sale agreements; and legal research, title review and other aspects of due diligence, negotiations and closings for a variety of commercial real estate transactions.

Houston, Texas

Outside counsel support to a NYSE listed company engaged in global supply of drilling and production related products and services to the energy and mining industries, with day to day projects including, drafting and revising LLC agreements, partnership agreements, international sales representative and agency agreements, confidentiality agreements, corporate governance documentation, commercial leases, product distribution and supply contracts, tolling and storage agreements, due diligence review, employee stock purchase plans and separation agreements.

Criner Capital LLC - provides private equity investment consulting, project development, capital structuring and trade finance consulting to research, energy, mineral production, trading and service companies.General Counsel and Vice President Business Development June 2007 – October 2012 • Responsible for business development, investment analysis, and legal support to companies engaged in start-up, expansion, financing, refinancing, acquisition and sale, including structuring joint ventures, strategic alliances and the privatization of an operating division of a Fortune 500 company.• Responsible for all legal aspects and a supporting responsibility for commercial aspects of the formation, structure and organization of GeoNet Ethanol LLC (a privately held company which developed, built and operated fuel ethanol processing facilities in the Caribbean and traded ethanol internationally), including construction contracts, government registration and compliance, trade and term finance, facilities construction, commercial supply, transportation and sale agreements, employment matters, dispute resolution and two major international alliances.

Houston, Texas Area

Represented purchasers, owners, investors and developers with real estate matters, with an emphasis on acquisition, development, financing, due diligence & title reviews. Drafted and negotiated purchase and sale agreements, settlement & exculpatory agreements, releases, large-scale commercial real estate leases (including lease assignments, extensions, and terminations), management agreements, memorandums of understanding, options, term sheets, estoppels and subordination agreements, letters of credit, procurement agreements, and title and survey.

Jd, Cum Laude

B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Art History, Criticism And Conservation

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