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Tysons, Virginia, Us

New York, New York, Us

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Miami, Coral Gables, Us

• Lead negotiator for all technology licensing and support agreements (TLSAs) for the company. Conducted significant in-person negotiations with clients and external counsel in California, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Johannesburg, Seoul, and Tokyo.• Lead negotiator for all regional master agreements (RMAs) granting clients territorial exclusivity to develop public access projects, including projects in the U.S., South Korea, Pakistan, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize, and Nicaragua.• Manage a multicultural legal team of attorneys and paralegals, overseeing a portfolio of agreements with revenues valued at over $750 million, including 30+ TLSAs in the U.S., and agreements for projects in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Japan, Jordan, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Mexico, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Vietnam, Uruguay, and United Arab Emirates. • Lead a committee that oversees the policing and enforcement of the company’s patent, copyright and trademark protections, including the drafting and sending of cease and desist letters, and retaining and commencing litigation in various jurisdictions.• Lead efforts to obtain legislative solutions and regulatory approval for company’s disruptive technology in the U.S. internationally.• Advise internal engineering, operations, and marketing departments on high level issues relating to company’s intellectual property protections through patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, and engage in high level discussions with customers and vendors in disputes regarding IP issues.• Manage dozens of external counsel in multple jurisdictions.• Oversee and supervise company restructuring, transferring jurisdiction of parent company and internal reorganization of subsidiaries.• Draft and negotiate endorsement agreement with Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps to become a brand ambassador for the company.

Miami, Coral Gables, Us

Santiago, Cl

• Worked in the IP Practice Group, advising various start-up technology ventures on intellectual property matters such as trademark and copyright licensing for a start-up social media company, and negotiating distribution and technology licensing agreements for a biotechnology company.• Seconded to Crystal Lagoons while working in the IP Practice Group at the firm.

New York, Ny, Us

• Created a new securities fraud practice group out of the firm’s DC office. • Represented individual and institutional investors of public companies in class actions and derivative litigation in federal and state courts across the country alleging violations of federal and state securities laws.

Santiago, Cl

Teach law students a graduate level course on the law of foreign investment with a focus on U.S. law.

Las Condes, Región Metropolitana, Cl

• Advised clients on internal corporate and commercial matters, drafting and negotiating agreements, advising foreign businesses and investors who conduct business or invest in Chile, as well as assisting Chilean clients who do business or invest abroad. • Represented clients such as a Canadian private equity fund with a majority stake in Chilean casino gaming industry, various mining companies with foreign investors, and made a presentation to a consortium of executives from the salmon industry on U.S. antitrust laws.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Prosecuted class actions on behalf of consumers, individual and institutional investors, maintaining an active caseload of up to 20 matters in various stages of investigation and litigation nationwide in securities, antitrust and consumer fraud. • First and second chaired depositions, drafted complaints and motions, and engaged in discovery.

Washington, Dc, Us

Wrote legal memoranda on issues such as the interplay of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and a protective order, recourse under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(d) when opposing counsel harasses a deponent, and the application of the attorney-client privilege to government lawyers. Drafted a settlement recommendation in a $600,000 medical malpractice administrative claim for the Director’s review

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Drafted order on inmate’s writ of habeas corpus petition and issue of federal and state court comity. Began review of motion concerning patent infringement. Observed proceedings in court and chambers.

Drafted legal opinions for civil cases on both interlocutory and dispositional matters such as breach of contract, lien priority, equitable estoppel, and subject matter jurisdiction.

Assisted attorneys in English and Spanish working on large and complex international multi-million dollar mergers and loan transactions. Participated in closings in New York, Washington, D.C. and Houston to help with executed documents. Coordinated meetings.

Washington, Dc, Us

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Relations And Affairs