Sample Legal Resume

Professional Experience

• Served as common law, legal counsel, responsible for many aspects of legal advice concerning an increase in employment maters due to an increase in number of American staff.
• Forged and nurtured relationships with Chinese government officials, acting as the main point of contact for legal matters in accordance with Beijing laws and regulations.
• Accountable for preparing numerous discovery materials and court documents in preparation for arbitration proceedings, trials and various hearings and depositions.

• Counseled client companies in the drafting and negotiating of commercial agreements for the sale, license and distribution of high-tech software systems and solutions.
• Proposed and drafted internal contracts related to digital and new media, hardware, software and integrated products related to intellectual property, technical support, non-disclosure policies and professional services.
• Acted as the principal liaison with key opinion leaders in the Chinese government, growing relationships across a broad range of cross-cultural competencies.
• Reviewed and negotiated RFP’s from conception to implementation, supporting customer and supplier agreements in accordance with key stakeholder scopes and specifications.
• Key Accomplishments:
• Acted as a subject matter expert with TUPE and the EU Acquired Rights Directive.
• Responsible for pre-approving all advertising on radio and television, ensuring marketing materials were directed toward specific demographic groups and were compliant with industry regulations.

• Served as a lead strategist in the coordination of uniform, company-wide Pan-European agreements and policies, managing global counsel teams on high quality, common law transactions.
• Negotiated intellectual property and competition law, licensing agreements, international contracting, data protection, general consumer and e-commerce law, while overseeing all litigation processes.
• Oversaw all revenue generating activity, negotiation and drafting technology, and service and outsourcing agreements.
• Key Accomplishments:
• Became knowledgeable in US and EU regulatory issues, providing legal counsel on laws and regulations in accordance with intellectual property and licensing.
• Built the legal team from scratch, including hiring, training and mentoring industry leading counsel professionals on internal initiatives in the U.S. and Europe.

• Provided daily commercial legal advice on motion picture and television rights acquisition, development, production, finance and distribution, acting as the primary contact of two of IMG’s international divisions.
• Drafted numerous commercial agreements covering joint ventures, co-promotions, licensing, programming, channels, distribution, employment, management, performance, venue, box office, recording and sponsorship agreements.
• Performed legal research, discovery, and analysis, as well as coordinating the activities of outside counsel for necessary representation.
• Served as the primary liaison on all commercial and production-related issues, including finalizing budgets, artist line-ups, TV and other exploitation arrangements in accordance with Performance Rights Society requirements.

• Responsible for providing legal advice to a telecommunications organization on a Pan-European basis, supporting business development and capacity sales groups on long-term business strategies.
• Provided expertise and training to internal staff on regulatory issues in relation to licensing issues, UK regulatory law, EU law and interconnection-related issues.
• Drafted infrastructure agreements, new media contracts and software licenses along with commercial documents that included employment, IT, intellectual law, telecommunications, and leasing agreements.

• Primarily responsible for creating business opportunities, forging and nurturing long-term relationships with a key portfolio of accounts through consultative business development methods.
• Served as a lead strategist with overall responsibility for the long-range direction and goals of planning, development, and expansion of client initiatives and objectives.
• Advised clients on short-term and long-term marketing strategies, streamlining processes to implement complex corporate transactions to include mergers and acquisitions.
• Provided expertise on cross-border transactions, joint ventures, dispositions, amalgamations, restructurings, and corporate finance transactions.
• Managed client knowledge in numerous corporate law issues, including corporate governance, employment, consulting and non-compete agreements, licensing and distribution agreements, and executive compensation issues.