Experience

Athene

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Counsel, Asia

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Google

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sidewalk Labs Legal Counsel

  • Feb 2022 - Jan 2023



Sidewalk Labs (Part of Google)

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Commercial Transactions

  • Sep 2021 - Feb 2022



Axiom

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Attorney

  • Nov 2019 - Sep 2021

  Works closely with the in-house legal teams of Axiom's clients on a variety of transactions and projects (e.g., helping a technology company with a corporate reorganization) Works closely with the in-house legal teams of Axiom's clients on a variety of transactions and projects (e.g., helping a technology company with a corporate reorganization)



Currently Seeking Opportunities

• United States
• Graphic Design
• 700 & Above Employee

• Attorney At Law

  • Apr 2019 - Sep 2021



MetLife

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2019

  I served as Head of Global Employee Benefits, Retirement & Income Solutions and Reinsurance Law Unit. Managed attorneys supporting multinational benefits programs, expatriate coverage, institutional annuities and reinsurance.

• Vice President and Associate General Counsel

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

  Served as Head of MetLife’s Corporate Law Group. Managed attorneys providing legal support on all M&A transactions, insurance regulatory matters and strategic global projects.



MetLife Japan

• Japan
• Insurance
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Executive Officer, Legal and Associate General Counsel

  • Jan 2011 - Jul 2014

  I was responsible for all legal matters for MetLife's operations in Japan, overseeing a staff of 16. I advised the Board of Directors, CEO and senior management on significant legal matters and strategic initiatives and helped shape corporate strategy in Japan as an executive officer and a member of the leadership group. I successfully integrated Alico Japan's legal function into MetLife's Law Department and helped restructure the business from a Japanese branch into a local subsidiary. I was responsible for all legal matters for MetLife's operations in Japan, overseeing a staff of 16. I advised the Board of Directors, CEO and senior management on significant legal matters and strategic initiatives and helped shape corporate strategy in Japan as an executive officer and a member of the leadership group. I successfully integrated Alico Japan's legal function into MetLife's Law Department and helped restructure the business from a Japanese branch into a local subsidiary.



MetLife

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant General Counsel

  • Nov 2001 - Dec 2010

  Provided legal support to MetLife's international line of business on a wide variety of transactions, including the acquisitions of Alico from AIG and Travelers/CitiInsurance from Citigroup as well as dispositions of subsidiaries in Indonesia, Canada and Bermuda. Designed and implemented a network of intercompany agreements to provide shared services across borders in compliance with transfer pricing regulations. Acted as lead counsel on the establishment of MetLife’s funding agreement-backed medium-term notes program. Oversaw all legal work on senior debt issuances and drafted and reviewed disclosure for ’34 Act filings. Show less



Covington & Burling LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Jun 2000 - Nov 2001

  Advised medium-sized and large businesses on a wide variety of transactional matters, including: (i) forming a limited liability company, with complex governance and profit-sharing mechanisms, for a group of engineers establishing an energy consulting business, (ii) advising a global financial services company on the disposition of its payroll processing subsidiary, (iii) helping found an on-line business-to-business exchange in the food supply/food service industry, whose members were also its equity investors and (iv) representing a financially distressed technology company in the issuance of preferred shares. Show less



Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Oct 1997 - Jun 2000

  Advised large financial institutions on litigation, corporate, litigation, tax and environmental matters, including (i) working in the firm’s Synthetic Equities Group, supporting the derivatives trading desk of a major investment bank on the issuance of hybrid securities into the 144A/Reg S market, (ii) representing underwriters and issuers on a variety of investment grade and high-yield debt transactions, (iii) serving as a member of the legal team advising Exxon on its $82 billion merger with Mobil and (iv) advising a pharmaceuticals company on a transfer pricing dispute with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Show less



International Business Information

• Tokyo, Japan

• Managing Editor

  • Apr 1991 - Aug 1994

  Managed the Editorial Department of an investor relations company that produced English-language annual reports and corporate communications for Japanese clients. Oversaw a staff of 12 responsible for editing and quality control. Managed the Editorial Department of an investor relations company that produced English-language annual reports and corporate communications for Japanese clients. Oversaw a staff of 12 responsible for editing and quality control.



ECS

• Tokyo, Japan

• Chief Instructor

  • Jan 1988 - Apr 1991

  Language instructor and communications consultant for Japanese business executives and government bureaucrats. Coached clients on presentation skills and public speaking. Language instructor and communications consultant for Japanese business executives and government bureaucrats. Coached clients on presentation skills and public speaking.



Putnam Publishing Group

• New York, NY

• Production Supervisor

  • Jun 1985 - Jul 1987

  Coordinated the printing, binding and shipping of books for a publishing company. Coordinated the printing, binding and shipping of books for a publishing company.