Experienced corporate lawyer with a global perspective cultivated from extensive in-house legal experience supporting all facets of the development and ongoing operation of high profile multinational businesses around the world. GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITIES: unparalleled international experience supporting both start-up and established businesses throughout the Americas, Europe, Northern and Southern Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific.TRUSTED ADVISOR: trusted advisor to the leadership team of fast-paced multinational organizations; known for taking a business-oriented approach to addressing legal issues and managing risk.RELATIONSHIP BUILDER: history of building and maintaining strong working relationships across cultures and time zones - internally with colleagues at all levels of the organization and externally with business partners, vendors and government officials.LEADERSHIP: spearheaded legal and business initiatives critical to the success of dynamic multinational organizations.MANAGERIAL SKILLS: recruited, trained and supervised a leanly staffed and highly regarded team of in-house legal professionals and managed an outstanding cadre of outside counsel around the world.Specialties: • Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures and Joint Ventures• International• Complex Commercial Transactions• Franchising• Managing Litigation/Arbitration• Corporate Governance• Compliance• Privacy• Intellectual Property• Information Technology• e-Commerce• Security and Crisis Management• Legal Department Leadership and Management