Maryland Heights, Missouri, United States
Business-focused legal counsel with a decade of in-house experience in government and commercial contracting. Strong knowledge of federal, state and local government contracting law and the associated regulatory issues for a commercial firm. Specialties: Demonstrated expertise in transaction structuring and negotiation. Substantive knowledge of corporate, contracts, employment, Federal Contract compliance, insurance, intellectual property, and other areas of law.
Legal counsel for leading Technology provider for its Services, Commercial and Public Cloud offering sales verticals Counsel business management and staff regarding legal risk on complex and high-risk matters concerning legal and business matters, including requirements under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) including General Services Administration (GSA) schedules and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and similar regulations under State and Local procurement activities Enable sales team by collaboratively setting deal structure and strategy with large proposals and major acquisition vehicles. Maintain excellent working relationships with sales clients, internal and external legal colleagues, other internal stakeholders to ensure the clients’ legal needs are fully satisfied Review, draft and negotiate numerous complex contracts simultaneously, including master service agreements, statement of work, non-disclosure, teaming, subcontract, master purchase, resell and license agreements, as well as large customer government wide area acquisition contract (GWAC), indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) and basic order agreement (BOA). Provide training to the business to support understanding and compliance of the applicable federal contracting procurement regulations and laws. Assist all areas of the business relating to regulatory and contractual compliance including advising top executive leadership. Ensure that all transactions are legally sound and comply with all business policies and practices and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Manage Federal/Public Sector internal investigations and various subpoena requests including managing outside counsel. Managed several contract managers with various skill sets.