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Operations:
- Leading and managing multiple technology outsourcing projects across various industries
- Responsible for managing all legal aspects of $1B IT services outsourcing project
- Lead negotiator and legal advisor on $50M global IT services pursuit
- Strategic leadership on all business planning, operations and development activities
- Advise and draft all customer, supplier, commercialization, professional services and leasing agreements and related business communications
Licensing and Sponsorship:
- Responsible for licensing global sports, athletic and leisure brands globally
- Identifying, negotiating with and securing global manufacturers, suppliers and distributors
- Negotiating and closing material sponsorship agreements for major sporting personalities and events globally including the Championships at Wimbledon (tennis), the French Open (tennis), Professional Golfers Association, English Football Association, World Boxing Association, and the English and Wales Cricket Board
Compliance:
- Responsible for company compliance with all legislative changes and requirements
- Implement and lead global protection and commercialization program for IP portfolio
- Privacy Officer ensuring compliance with Privacy and related legislation
- Develop and implement internal compliance training programs around privacy and security risk mitigation strategies, employee tax risk, governance and related company strategic initiatives
- Lead internal insurance compliance strategy
Corporate and Commercial:
- Lead negotiator on multiple technical and complicated transactions with numerous public and private sector entities
- Lead or key advisor on domestic and international M&A
- Canadian legal advisor on acquisition of Sierra Systems by NTT DATA
- Advise on, negotiate and finalize contracts across all aspects of a business including IT outsourcing, M&A, licensing, IP commercialization, strategic partnerships, supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, subcontracting and financings in multiple industries such as IT, retail, natural resources, financial services, insurance and health
- Advise and provide leadership to all company units, including finance, marketing/communications, HR, IT and operations on all relevant matters including enterprise wide initiatives
Retail:
- Key legal advisor on securing supply for international retain chain
- Coordinating prosecution against individuals and businesses selling counterfeit and grey goods
- Representing retail clients in government investigations including consumer complaints and anti-competitive practices
Dispute Resolution:
- Lead crisis response and coordinate with affected business units (communications, finance, HR, operations) to develop appropriate and timely strategic responses
- Led winning breach of contract claim for $7M
- Led successful dispute over the commercialization of technology resulting in $2M win
- Led negotiations in defense of and settled a US$13M claim for US$1.5M
- Settled a dispute with seller in an M&A transaction for CDN$117K
