Experience

Tomorrow.io

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Legal Officer

  • 2021 - Present

  Washington, DC | Boston | Tel Aviv Support patented weather intelligence platform R&D, back-end infrastructure, data assimilation, and SaaS distribution for government, military, and the largest enterprises and foundations; development, sponsored research, M&A, licensing, procurement, and ride share for operation of a proprietary multi-sensor satellite constellation; and spin off of a global non-profit helping vulnerable populations adapt to climate change.



Cognizant

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate General Counsel

  • 2020 - 2021

  Washington DC (Fortune 200 IT Firm of 300K+ employees, NASDAQ: CTSH). Led >$50M deals and cloud infrastructure contracting. Aligned IP, data security, and vendor offerings with operations, precision medicine, drug discovery and other customer transformation. Supported global brands in retail, food, travel, banking and the top 30 pharma companies. General Counsel to Cognizant Foundation. Trained commercial attorneys.



REAN Cloud

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SVP & General Counsel

  • 2017 - 2019

  Washington DC (Leading AWS/Azure systems integrator for Cloud architecture, migration, operations and AI in healthcare/pharma, banking, and public sector.) Negotiated enterprise sales, teaming, partnerships, M&A, finance, $1 billion in government contracts, and sale of company to Hitachi. Marketing lead; headed government relations, compliance, IP, real estate, risk, and employment law.



Greenberg Traurig, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Of Counsel

  • 2015 - 2017

  Boston | Washington DC | Tel Aviv (M&A, finance, cybersecurity and life sciences and tech transactions.) Counseled on patent licensing, R&D, and supply for pharmaceutical, biologics and medical device companies. Represented largest content and software companies in negotiating construction and leasing of Cloud infrastructure including data centers and undersea/terrestrial fiber.



Gesmer Updegrove LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • 2012 - 2015

  Boston (Boutique corporate firm.) Advised on M&A, finance, antitrust, R&D, clinical trials, licensing, open source and Cloud implementation. Counseled global credit card consortium on promotion of security standards. Negotiated technology procurement for world-leading academic institution. Formed standards setting, non-profit, and other associations.



Meitar | Law Offices

• Israel
• Law Practice
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Attorney

  • 2008 - 2012

  Tel Aviv (Largest Israeli firm.) Represented global pharma, and tech and life sciences ventures, on licensing, distribution, manufacture, clinical trials, and sponsored research. Advised on U.S. entry and closed "exits." Licensed xBox's first 3D camera, placed first-gen apps on smartphones, supported network builds and commissioned polymers for 3D printing.



iBASIS

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 200 - 300 Employee

• VP Business Affairs, General Counsel & Secretary

  • 2000 - 2006

  Boston (VoIP pioneer, #3 carrier of international telecom/mobile data; NASDAQ) Led governance, securities compliance, real estate, IP, government affairs, employment law, litigation, data security and all deals. Supported traffic transport for every major carrier, global retail product launch, and operation of facilities in 130 countries. Negotiated M&A, $250M restructuring, and sale to KPN.



Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate

  • 1997 - 2000

  Washington, D.C. (Largest telecom practice, now Morgan Lewis.) Represented all major competitive telecom providers and various investment banks in pursuing securities offerings, acquisitions, subsea and terrestrial facilities deployment, and network interconnection. In the firm's antitrust practice, counseled arbitrageurs and institutional investors on government scrutiny of M&A.



Federal Trade Commission

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Attorney | Special Advisor | Speechwriter

  • 1991 - 1997

  Washington DC | Bucharest, Romania Analyzed the competitive effects of business practices and M&A in the pharma, healthcare, hospital, automobile, defense, and tv content industries; settled antitrust charges with orders to cease conduct or divest assets; received two trial awards. Merger screening committee member. Advised Romania on EU admission and Director of the Bureau of Competition on enforcement.