Corporate Lawyer

Corporate Counsel — Aether Software Group

San Francisco, CA | March 2023 – Present

• Negotiated and closed 38 commercial software-as-a-service (SaaS) and vendor contracts valued at $14M using Linklaters CLM, accelerating contract execution speed by 28% over 12 months.
• Structured 4 key venture capital financing rounds raising $45M in capital, managing data rooms on Intralinks and coordinating diligence across 3 external legal counsel groups.
• Reconfigured the company's internal data protection framework to align with GDPR and CCPA, reducing potential compliance incident rates by 40% using OneTrust privacy management software.
• Spearheaded the integration of legal operations workflows with Salesforce CRM, training 18 sales representatives and cutting commercial contract approval times from 5 days to under 48 hours.

Corporate Law Associate — Kinsella & Hastings LLP

Los Angeles, CA | October 2020 – February 2023

• Conducted due diligence and drafted ancillary agreements for 12 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions totaling $220M using Westlaw and LexisNexis to identify material legal risks.
• Advised 15+ corporate clients on SEC compliance, drafting quarterly reports in Workiva Wdesk that reduced regulatory filing error rates by 35% over a 24-month period.
• Managed the review and revision of 250+ commercial contracts, utilizing DocuSign to organize signatures and reducing transaction cycle times by 15 days on average.
• Drafted corporate resolutions and bylaws for 30+ newly formed entities using Practical Law templates, reducing drafting turnaround time by 30% while ensuring strict DGCL compliance.

M&A due diligence, Venture capital financing, SEC compliance, Corporate governance, GDPR, CCPA, Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL), Contract negotiation, Linklaters CLM, OneTrust, Workiva Wdesk, DocuSign, LexisNexis, Westlaw, Practical Law

Cross-Border Acquisition Advisory

Role: Lead Associate Counsel

Tools: Westlaw, LexisNexis, ShareFile

Managed due diligence for a $120M cross-border technology acquisition, identifying 4 major compliance risks and closing the deal 10 days early.

CLM Software Implementation

Role: Corporate Counsel

Tools: Linklaters CLM, Salesforce, DocuSign

Led the selection and deployment of a new contract lifecycle management tool, cutting average contract review times by 24% for 150+ legal documents.

• State Bar of New York Admission (2020)
• Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) (2022)
• Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP) (2024)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Professional Working Proficiency)
• Professional Memberships: American Bar Association (ABA) – Business Law Section
• Availability: 3 weeks notice