Managed litigation, investigations and disputes, negotiated complex technology-based agreements in both private and public sector. Implemented corporate compliance requirements.

Member of technology practice group out of London, UK. Negotiated all manner of IT and IP related agreements, conducted pan-European regulatory reviews for telecommunications and software industry. Performed corporate restructuring for technology companies expanding into Europe.

Negotiated complex outsourcing, IT and telecommunications agreements in the U.S., Europe and Australia.

Hand-picked to lead Cisco’s $10B cloud networking business, with platform development for Cisco legal team. Manage a team of senior attorney subject matter experts, drive business value by accelerating decision-making in areas of transition and cloud offer development including conversion of software offers to cloud-based offers. Improved intellectual property compliance procedures so as to de-risk the use of open source code while protecting technology innovations. Increased training and awareness, instilled accountability on individual business owners and helped improve associated process and tools. Improved data privacy "by design" compliance procedures. Conducted cross-functional trainings between legal and business. Inserted compliance earlier in the product development process so as to enable expedient, market-driven solutions. Helped develop innovative business models in light of changing market demands and new technologies involving hybrid open source and proprietary offers. Worked with finance, engineering and product management to devise offer terms.

Head of legal for block chain financial services companies including Lykke Corp AG. Responsible for structuring the legal function for long-term success. Managing financial regulatory strategy, resolving Initial Coin Offering (ICO) issues, leading employment legal issues, establishing commercial contracting best practices, providing company secretarial guidance and support, coordinating with the Board of Directors on corporate governance matters. Recently successfully implemented data protection compliance programs to align with the GDPR.