Rosina Hernandez

Strategic Advisor / Lawyer

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

About

Business-focused lawyer advising executive teams globally on all aspects of business and product development with a particular focus on commercial transactions, privacy and marketing law compliance, scaling initiatives, litigation, and intellectual property. Licensed in California and admitted to the Roll of Barristers and Solicitors in New Zealand (not advising specifically on NZ law).

Experience

  • Owner at Nina Hernandez Law
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Providing advice on tech law for product, privacy, and commercial legal teams located in the United States.

  • Strategic Advisor at Self-employed
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Firework (1 yr 5 mos)
    • Senior Director, Associate General Counsel
      Apr 2023 - Jan 2024 · 10 mos

    • Associate General Counsel
      Sep 2022 - Apr 2023 · 8 mos

  • Snap Inc. (6 yrs 4 mos)
    • Associate General Counsel
      Apr 2020 - Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Business-focused lawyer experienced in advising Sales, Marketing, and International Markets teams and working closely with Legal Ops on scaling initiatives including creating templates and workflows for Contract Lifecycle Management Software (Apttus, Jira, & Ironclad) to build efficiencies and speed and automate contract generation as much as possible while protecting the company from legal risk. I work on all types of deals including global initiatives and regional-based efforts, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region. I have drafted online terms governing ad sales and various other initiatives, created agreement templates and playbooks, and implemented internal scalable policies and procedures. I have experience negotiating with top agencies, advertisers, and service providers. I counsel my internal clients on everything from data protection in advertising campaigns to advertising clearances to email marketing.

    • Senior Legal Counsel
      Apr 2018 - Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Senior Legal Counsel
      Oct 2017 - Apr 2018 · 7 mos

      Provide legal support and counsel the sales, partnerships, and marketing teams; draft and implement domestic and international advertising policies.

  • Senior Legal Counsel at Yahoo
    Jan 2015 - Apr 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Support the advertising sales organization in negotiating and drafting upfront, sponsorship, production services, and sales agreements.