Experience

Pythian

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Procurement Coordinator, Legal

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Key Responsibilities • Maintaining up-to-date the Vendor Contract Master List. • Maintaining up-to-date and complete records, the Vendor Contract Repository including, agreements, statements of works, purchase orders, and invoices. • Coordinating new procurement requests and ensuring timely processing by managing and monitoring the Procurement JIRA System. • Coordinating the delivery of Pythian Vendor Due Diligence Questionnaire when needed and reviewing questionnaires completed by relevant vendors to ensure Pythian can properly qualify the vendor. • Identifying vendors who require data processing terms or amendments to data processing terms and assist in making sure those contractual documents are executed and kept up-to-date. • Identifying vendor agreements that are about to expire and follow up with the owner to ensure the agreement is properly renewed or terminated, as appropriate. • Providing initial support in reviewing vendor agreements and identifying potential issues to facilitate the legal review by Senior Contract Specialists or General Counsel. • Additional administrative tasks or other duties as requested by the General Counsel.



VerdeMed

• Canada
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contract Manager | Counsel (Remote)

  • Nov 2020 - Jan 2021

  Key Responsibilities •Structured and organized Verdemed Google Drive. • Drafted, reviewed, and translated Commercial Contracts, Corporate Documents, and legal documents in general for Canada and Latin-America. • Conducted business in Canada, the USA, and Latin America. • Provided legal counsel support to all Verdemed business activities. • Coordinated and worked with third-party legal services providers in Canada and Latin America. • Provided executive assistance to the company CEO, supporting the office and business development activities. Key Achievements • Created the New Google Drive Data Repository by classifying all the stored information (not only legal) following a logical reasoning and operational structure. • Educated and trained the team on the implementation of the New Google Drive Data Repository. • Drafted Consulting and Corporate agreements that were well received by Verdemed Holdings and the contracting party. • Translated legal and general documents into Spanish, Portuguese, and English. No translators were needed, and the company was able to save CAD 500. • Created a Master Legal Entity Sheet that reflected the Share Capital of Verdemed Holdings and its affiliates. • Trained the team on the implementation of the New Repository Structure and rules for filing and naming documents



Canopy Growth Corporation

• Canada
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Counsel

  • Feb 2019 - Aug 2020

  Key Responsibilities • Drafted, negotiated, and reviewed Commercial Contracts. • Translated and interpreted Commercial Contracts, Corporate documents, among others, on-demand. • Coordinated and managed outside counsel (Canopy Growth LATAM) and ensured their effectiveness. • Reviewed Commercial Contracts such as Master Services Agreements, Statements of Work, Supply Contracts, Intake Contracts, Sponsor Contracts, Warehouse Contracts, Leasing Contracts, Collaboration Contracts, Clinical Trial Contracts, Intellectual Property Contracts, MOU, Consulting Agreements, Employment Agreements, Construction Contracts, Purchase and Sale Contracts, and NDA's. • Evaluated regulatory standard guidelines in compliance with the laws and regulations of Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico for the constitution of a Data Management Project (collection, use, sharing, storage, and transfer of Data) to develop Canopy Growth websites (Corporate, Help Center and Marketing websites) in the region. Key Achievements • CGC was expanding in Colombia, and we were in the process of constructing several facilities for our operations. I drafted and translated Commercial Contracts Templates into English and Spanish, which were well received and utilized as templates for future similar contracts. • Due to advertising and marketing legislation in Latin America, my team led a Data Management Project to create Canopy Growth Corporation Websites in the region. • CGC expanded rapidly in Latin America, and my team developed an Entity Master Project that reflected the corporate governance of these legal entities in the region. This document allowed the legal and tax team to track the composition of the LATAM entities' capital share, their officers, signatory authorities, and general corporate and tax information. This legal document was used to fill out the Contract Approval Form since one of the requirements was to have the respective officer or manager's approval in the region.



Canopy Growth Corporation

• Canada

• Contract Administrator

  • Aug 2018 - Feb 2019

  Key Responsibilities • Led document management for Legal, including implementation of Data Management System (NetDocuments, Smartsheets), creating and organizing the legal repository, tracking of deadlines, renewals. • Reviewed, translated, interpreted, and executed Comercial Contracts and Corporate documents on demand. • Assisted as needed CGC operations and CG LATAM. Key Responsibilities • Led document management for Legal, including implementation of Data Management System (NetDocuments, Smartsheets), creating and organizing the legal repository, tracking of deadlines, renewals. • Reviewed, translated, interpreted, and executed Comercial Contracts and Corporate documents on demand. • Assisted as needed CGC operations and CG LATAM.



Piedra y Navarro Inc.

• Cartago, Costa Rica

• Lawyer and Notary Public

  • Feb 2007 - Sep 2017

  • Director Office of Mortgages and Pledges Court Execution Procedures. • Drafting Mortgages and Pledges and several Notary Public acts such as Building and Housing Contracts, Certifications, Authentications, Purchases and Sale of Properties, Powers of Attorney and others. • Trained the Legal and Administration Departments in using all digital tools that several Government entities provide. This way, some judicial, notarial and registry procedures could be carried out with the following benefits: ✓ Lowered costs in the payment of some procedures that were carried out personally, and that are now done in the digital form, saving $500 per month. ✓ Guaranteed a relatively rapid response from the corresponding government entities, and encouraged problem-solving strategies.



Catalan Piedra Law Firm

• Cartago, Costa Rica

• Lawyer and Notary Public

  • Feb 2007 - Sep 2017

  • Office Open to the Public drafting several notary public documents such as: • Certifications, Authentications, Wills, Affidavits, Legalization of books, Minutes Books. • Lease agreements for commercial and housing. • Purchase and Sale of Properties, Constitution of Usufruct and Nude Property, Donations, Mortgage Cancellations. • Mutual Consent Divorces Performed, Civil Marriages, Marriage Capitulations. • Creation of Companies, Minute books, resignation of representatives. • Different types of Power of Attorney.



Law Firm Giovanni Portugues Barquero - Piedra y Navarro Inc.

• Cartago, Costa Rica

• Legal Assistant

  • Jan 2002 - Feb 2007

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