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- Advised U.S. and Chinese companies in a broad range of technology-related matters including IP licensing agreements, services agreements, open source compliance, privacy policies, terms of use, joint venture agreements and other commercial transactions.- Represented U.S. and Chinese companies with respect to their blockchain related products including cryptocurrency wallets and cryptocurrency-based collectible items.

Technology Services Outsourcing- Represented various public-sector corporations in connection with their large-scale IT system replacement and systems integration projects, including drafting and negotiating Master Services Agreements, Statements of Work, Software License Agreements, Software Support and Maintenance Agreements, and Software Escrow Agreements.- Advised a major energy company on the application maintenance and application development services outsourcing agreement, including drafting and negotiation of the agreement.- Acted for various Canadian banks with respect to drafting and negotiation of a multi-year financial processing services outsourcing agreement for services exceeding $1 billion.Private Placements- Represented a leading Chinese energy corporation in connection with its acquisition of 19.99% of the total issued and outstanding shares of a mineral exploration company for approximately $82 million.- Represented a public Chinese company (listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange) in connection with its 9.9% equity investment in a TSX-listed technology company.- Represented a private Chinese company in connection with its proposed equity investment in a technology company, including drafting and negotiating a share purchase agreement and a subscription agreement.Venture Capital- Acted for a public Chinese company (listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange) in connection with its participation in a Series B preferred shares financing offered by a Canadian company, including negotiating a share purchase agreement, an investor’s rights agreement, a right of first refusal and co-sale agreement and a voting agreement.Initial Public Offerings- Acted for a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in connection with its IPO on NASDAQ.

- Conducted research and drafted memorandums on various legal topics.- Co-authored and published a CLE paper on the topic of land assemblies.

- Conducted research and drafted memorandums on various patent and trade-mark issues.- Assisted lawyers with research and preparation for patent and trade-mark applications.

- Reviewed and analyzed evidence from workers and employers. - Applied the Workers’ Compensation Act and Policy to render fair and high quality decisions.

- Two patents issued (US8,452,291 and EP2104043 B1); multiple patent applications pending.- Designed and implemented BlackBerry device software.- Acted as a liaison between the development team and many other parts of the project team, including Beta team, software testing team and project management team.

- Introduced Beta software to key internal and external customers for early review and testing.- Facilitated communication between customers and developers.

- Managed Syncrude's Citrix Platform and provided tier−2 technical support to Citrix software users.

- Assisted university faculty and staff and solved computer hardware and software issues.