Greater Birmingham, Alabama Area
Results-oriented general counsel with experience representing technology startups. I enjoy helping clients build and grow companies in emerging fields. CIPP/US with US and EU privacy experience.
Senior legal leader for Fetch, a high-growth consumer technology platform operating at the intersection of rewards, advertising, data, commerce, and marketplace partnerships. Scope of role includes AI governance, product, privacy, marketing, security, IP and litigation.
Head of legal at Cobalt Labs, Inc., a leading cybersecurity SaaS startup, overseeing the creation of a legal department. Special areas of focus include corporate governance, dispute resolution, technology transactions, data privacy, cybersecurity, and employment law. Strategic advisor to executive leadership, ensuring legal compliance and mitigating risks in a dynamic technology landscape across both US and international environments.
As a senior legal team member at Shipt, a leading ecommerce/gig economy startup, I played a vital role in building the legal function during a period of hyper-growth. My focus was primarily technology law, including data privacy/cybersecurity advice and counsel and cross-functional product counseling to engineering and product teams, ensuring adherence to regulatory and legal requirements. Additionally, I drafted and negotiated complex technology transactions and offered general strategic advice to support the company's growth and success.
Primary focuses were technology transactions, data privacy, open source management and export compliance.
Cullen regularly advises clients regarding: all aspects of entity formation and governance; corporate finance; business disputes; the analysis, negotiation, and drafting of a variety of commercial agreements, including the acquisition and sale of businesses; commercial real estate financing, purchase, and sale; and corporate reorganization, bankruptcy and insolvency issues. Cullen has particular expertise representing defense and aerospace contractors, technology and biotechnology companies, real estate developers, and regional and local banks. Cullen also advises and sits on the boards of a number of local non-profits.