United States
I am qualified in New York and England & Wales. Over my long career, I have gained broad corporate and commercial experience, including at AmLaw 100 firms (in New York and London) and in-house with a Fortune 500 company. My comprehensive skill set enables me to achieve client objectives while minimizing risk. I am particularly adept at working in multicultural settings and have lived in several European countries. I have served international clients in many industries. I adapt and transition quickly and seamlessly to new responsibilities and environments. With a record of resolute problem solving, I have partnered successfully with corporate leadership and provided clear-cut, practical, business-centric advice and solutions in a number of areas, including: Commercial Transactions ● Contract Drafting & Negotiating ● Corporate Compliance ● Securities Transactions ● Corporate Law & Governance ● Corporate Financing Examples of my diverse accomplishments include: ■ Resolving a fee dispute arising from ambiguous contract language for a major British telecom company, saving more than £3M in annual contract fees. ■ Spearheading AARP’s “Governance Reform Project,” including formulating recommendations that enabled the Board to rank-order further implementation of my suggested reforms. ■ Developing successful defense strategies for insurance clients at White & Williams, thereby avoiding hundreds of millions of dollars in liability in litigation involving failed structured financings. ■ Closing combined $70M sale-leaseback / turnkey construction and outfitting of Pfizer’s international distribution facility, negotiating and drafting contracts with all counterparties. My supervisors and colleagues find me easy to work with and have commended me often for the quality of my work product, work ethic and attention to detail.
Negotiate and draft corporate operational contracts. Corporate governance. Litigation management. Intellectual property disputes.
Prepare and maintain Practice Notes, templates, and other practical legal advice documents covering Business Entities and Commercial Transactions practice areas, covering 50 states.
Independent contractor working through ALSPs (such as Halebury/ElevateFlex; FlexLegal; Litchfield Legal Limited) for the below clients and assignments: ■ easyJet: Corporate finance (e.g., RCF, credit card acquirers, intercompany loans and guarantees), aircraft finance and leasing, airline slot leasing, general procurement, and corporate policies. ■ HomeServe: General procurement, employment, and pre-litigation disputes. ■ Ford Credit Europe: As a secondee of law firm Hogan Lovells, corporate finance (e.g., dealership financing and intercompany loans and guarantees) and general procurement (including IT/SaaS). ■ BT: General procurement, pre-litigation disputes and regulatory compliance. ■ PureLife Dental: Corporate finance and procurement for US medical device company and affiliates. ■ Department for Transport: As a secondee of law firm TLT Solicitors, monitored Covid and Brexit developments on UK roads, rails and ports for legal issues and triage within DfT Legal Department.
• Responsible for development and management of global central M&A due diligence team of 10 lawyers.
Retained as corporate and commercial law subject matter expert to assist in recapturing market share in practical legal advice space lost to competitor. ■ Drafted “Practice Note” updates covering business entity laws in 49 states to educate or update attorneys in business formations, such as C-corps, S-corps, B-corps, LLPs, LPs, LLLPs, and LLCs. ■ Produced “Expert Notes” by collaborating with attorneys submitting scholarly articles within their practice areas to refine, edit and polish for publication.