Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Advised and supported large financial institution client procurement business unit with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts for goods, services, hardware, software, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) • Managed data processing agreement remediation project to ensure all relevant client vendor contracts are updated and in compliance with US and international data privacy and consumer protection laws and regulations • Provided training for new associates on fundamentals of commercial contracts, including drafting and negotiation basics, and create team standard operating procedures and best practices guides as necessary • Developed client playbooks with fallback language and rationale to assist with negotiations and other legal processes • Planned and executed regional and global company-wide internal and external engagement activities to develop company culture, including social gatherings, charity fundraising initiatives, and diversity, equity, and inclusion programming
• Collaborated with Global 50 law firm partners to support corporate asset acquisition, project finance, and merger transaction management for client investment funds in the renewable energy industry • Reviewed purchase and sale agreements for large portfolio investments and single project companies to determine conditions precedent and required deliverables, and advised clients on transaction structuring and timeframes • Liaised closely with buyer, seller, and target company stakeholders to monitor complex deal workflows, conduct due diligence, and facilitate M&A process through closing within a deal management software solution • Drafted and obtained relevant organizational documents, review environmental and permitting documents, oversaw lien and litigation searches, and created and managed checklists for the assembly and cataloging of deal documents
• Drafted, negotiated, and advised on a variety of complex commercial contracts for Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies across the entirety of client healthcare professionals and information technology business portfolios • Consulted with client legal departments to counsel client business and procurement stakeholders on key commercial and legal considerations in IT vendor relationships and determine risk levels of supplier redlines and pushbacks • Regularly discussed with client privacy and information security teams opportunities to improve risk management objectives and policies to ensure compliance with US and international privacy and data protection laws • Led biweekly calls as internal knowledge management specialist to review incoming guidance from international counterparts, and continuously maintained and updated client playbooks and form agreement and exhibit templates
- Analyzed debtors' finances and discussed their available options for dealing with debt and credit issues as well as their rights and duties in consumer bankruptcy - Prepared and electronically filed Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy petitions and supporting documents, including Chapter 13 plans and payroll control orders
- Prepared commercial real estate lease abstracts highlighting key time and financial obligations provisions - Audited residential title insurance policies for errors and omissions in deeds, Property Index Numbers, and records - Researched statutory and case law surrounding breach of real estate contracts and various business torts, including tortious interference with prospective business relations and tortious interference with contract
- Drafted and reviewed transactional documents for various startups, including unanimous written consents for shareholder and board actions, stock and options ledgers, and capitalization tables - Filed notices of exempt offerings of securities under Regulation D of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and corresponding state blue sky laws -Conducted preliminary knockout trademark searches for word and design marks -Assembled and updated corporate binders and minute books for new and existing entities