Experience

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  Orange Cyberdefense UK

  • London, England Metropolitan Area

  • UK Legal Counsel - Head of Legal

    • Oct 2020 - Present
    • London, England Metropolitan Area

    * Accountable for the whole spectrum of legal matters that apply to the business of Orange Cyberdefense UK Limited *Provide legal support for the OCD UK sales , procurement and marketing function and , in particular , the drafting and negotiation of long term managed services contracts in the field of cyber security services .*Acting as the Data Protection Officer for OCD UK * A member of OCD's Executive Committee . * A member of OCD's Group Senior Legal Management team .

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  EY

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    • Nov 2018 - Dec 2019
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Senior Legal Counsel role focusing on a broad range of commercial and technology transactions for EY’s non-audit consulting business.• Involved as the lead lawyer in the drafting and negotiation of several large Global Managed Services and Outsourcing transactions.• Advising, drafting and the negotiation of several cloud transactions including Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) in both the private and public sectors.• Drafting and negotiating many general commercial and technology transactions including Master services Agreements, Sub Contracting Agreements, Teaming and Consortium Agreements and responding to RFP’s in the public and private sectors.• Assisting the EY business in developing new technology and proprietary tools to provide to clients based on Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and advising on relevant legal and contractual issues.• Advising on the commercial and legal implications of new offerings developed by EY in the field of data analytics and cyber security

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  Self-Employed- providing Legal Support and advice on a number of Global Outsourcing Contracts .

  • Legal Consultant

    • Mar 2017 - Oct 2018

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  T -Systems UK Limited

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    • 2011 - 2016

    I was the lead global lawyer providing legal support and advice in the negotiation, vetting and drafting of a large number of Global outsourcing contracts (with a wide variety of services such as Data Centre Consolidation, Hosting, Network Management, implementation of Cloud Solutions both in the private and public sectors in multiple jurisdictions). I played a pivotal role as the legal lead on many cloud computing deals and provided advice to senior management on a broad range of legal issues, keeping up to date with key legislative changes and market practice impacting the ITC industry.

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  IBM United Kingdom Limited

  • Senior Counsel

    • 1999 - 2011

    I provided legal advice and support to a broad range of client engagements where I achieved IBM BPO business goals for contract signings, financial results, business controls and customer satisfaction. I developed and improved contract negotiations to closure quickly and enhanced ease of doing business in contracting with customers with direct involvement in contract negotiations as the lead lawyer.I proactively contributed to the IBM BPO Management Team with responsibility for building strong relationships with the BPO business leaders and reduced the impact of troubled projects, assisted in the development of delivery excellence and provided direction and advice to IBM's BPO Risk Management Team.

  • General Counsel

    • 1987 - 1999

    I played an integral part in the management and executive committee activities for this leading organisation, provided advice on all areas of Technology Law, including Software Licensing, Hardware Maintenance and Support Agreement, Systems Integration and Design Agreements. I provided advice on national and international deals across a number of industries, managed complex technology transactions, conducted negotiations and developed local and global information technology and business outsourcing agreements with major customers. Working collaboratively with the Country General Manager and his management team, I provided advice for personnel on legal issues and pro-actively developed internal and external client relationship.

  • Senior Marketing and Regional Counsel

    • 1985 - 1987

    I developed extensive knowledge and experience of corporate activities and gained promotion to Senior Marketing Counsel providing legal support to a senior regional manager.

  • Senior Attorney

    • 1983 - 1985

    I reported to the General Counsel of IBM South Africa as part of the legal team and provided a broad range of legal and commercial IT support.

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  BP Coal South Africa (Pty) Limited

  • General Counsel

    • Jan 1980 - Jan 1983

    I provided legal support to the business (as the Company's sole internal Counsel) as part of the BP Coal SA Executive Committee and fulfilled the role of Company Secretary of the Board of Directors.