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Responsible for all legal and human resources matters for an early stage science based biotechnology and nutraceutical company, managing a team of five, including lawyers, people operations, an office manager, and assistants. In addition to counseling the business and the founders and managing day to day general business operations, other responsibilities include overseeing financial controls and operations, attending board meetings and advising the board of directors, and managing regulatory compliance.

New York, Ny

Worldwide responsibility for all legal matters from the corporate level to retail operations for a growth stage luxury goods company. Responsible for drafting and negotiating agreements and company policies, resolving internal conflicts and external disputes, advising on business and legal issues with all levels of employees, and managing the company legal budget. Responsibilities include:- Managing all legal aspects of the launch and operation of e-commerce operations in the United States, including negotiating and drafting vendor contracts, website terms of use and privacy policy; currently expanding operations internationally after evaluating transition to a revenue share model.- Advising business teams and negotiating and drafting strategic license agreements.- Partnering with corporate, creative, and other internal teams on a variety of commercial agreements, including the company operating agreement, franchise, distribution and supply agreements, investment agreements and loans, leases, usage rights agreements, NDAs, and personal appearance releases.- Formulate and reassess as necessary litigation, intellectual property, and anti-counterfeiting strategy, managing outside counsel as needed.- Counsel founders, Board of Directors and senior management on business strategies, risk management, corporate governance, and company policies.- Providing employment law advice and support to HR director, corporate team, and retail store managers.- Interfacing with accountants, auditors and tax advisors in the preparation of financial statements, communications with tax authorities, and intercompany agreements.- Successfully allocating internal resources and reliance on external counsel, spending significantly less than the allocated budget each year.

Upper Saddle River, Nj

Primary support for a variety of domestic and international business units, ranging from technology and intellectual property to publishing and general corporate matters. Representative areas are Pearson Technology, Higher Education, Facilities, Custom Publishing, Operations, Human Resources, Procurement and Finance organizations. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating corporate and operational agreements, including service agreements, licenses, development and consulting agreements, and dealing with contractual disputes. Advise on business and legal issues as part of transactions and otherwise, including with respect to patent, copyright, and trademark questions.

Practice focusing on intellectual property and technology transactions for a wide range of clients. Experience includes negotiating and documenting mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions (purchaser and seller side), capital market transactions (issuer and underwriter), intellectual property diligence, development, licensing, and transfer of intellectual property and software, employment and services agreements, and other aspects of general intellectual property and corporate practice and advice.

Gas to liquids (Fischer-Tropsch) intellectual property assessment, screening, and analysis work done for ExxonMobil.

Patent and technical information research and analysis for ExxonMobil attorneys and researchers in areas such as polymers, catalysts, gas to liquids, chemicals, fuels, and lubricants. Conducted freedom to operate, opposition, validity, patentability, and state of the art studies.

Involved in intellectual property issues, business and product development, lab setup and management. Successful upscale of ruthenium metathesis catalysts along with development of new catalysts and small and large scale catalyst preparation (including 10-30kg runs). Developed new method for producing one step composites (glass, carbon, and ceramic fibers).

Jd - Honors, Law

Activities and Societies: Editor in Chief, Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal (2006-2007); Order of the Coif; Recipient.

Phd, Chemistry

Robert H. Grubbs, 2005 Nobel Laureate, advisor. Thesis: “Easier and More Efficient Methods for the Generation of Metathesis Catalysts.

Sb, Chemistry

Richard R. Schrock, 2005 Nobel Laureate, advisor. Undergraduate research (1992-1994) focused on the generation of group IV and VI.