Experience

Raytheon Technologies

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director and Associate General Counsel

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  Spearheaded global transactions, with emphasis on offset projects in the Middle East and Europe. Increased global sales growth by providing solutions to complex international legal and policy challenges, working collaboratively across Business Units and functions. Addressed compliance issues, party and transaction due diligence, and anti-corruption concerns. Trained / mentored Raytheon colleagues on the intricacies of global transactions.- Negotiated multi-phase offset project with offset authority of a NATO country to satisfy offset obligations for a $2B in FMS / DCS contracts, providing significant capability to the offset customer, while mentoring other lawyers on legal issues arising from the transactions.- Lead negotiator on Teaming Agreements with non-US defense contractors for development and sale of air defense systems, expanding Raytheon product offerings. - Led negotiations for a joint venture with a non-US defense company for manufacture and assembly of a ground-based air defense system, directing core team that has stood up the joint venture, including procuring US regulatory signoffs and licenses, and served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the joint venture.- Lead lawyer in establishing a new company in Middle East customer country that has become the focal point for all Raytheon activities in that country, addressing all legal issues regarding formation and stand up. Negotiated offset arrangements with the local offset authority, and served as Corporate Secretary after formation.- Negotiated offset transactions in Poland, the UAE, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Oman, and Kuwait, enabling Raytheon to meet offset obligations in those countries in a timely and cost-efficient basis, developing best practices in offset transactions. Show less

• Senior Corporate Counsel, International

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2020



Raytheon Company

• Rosslyn, Virginia

• Senior Counsel, International

  • Jul 2014 - Dec 2017



Baker Botts LLP

• Partner

  • Oct 1988 - Jul 2014

  Advised clients on transactions (typically joint ventures or direct foreign investments) in Azerbaijan, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Israel, Morocco, Russia, Senegal, Taiwan, Turkey, and the UK. - Lead attorney for numerous private M&A transactions, in both bid situations and non-bid situations, coordinating the full range of legal advice (tax, environmental, antitrust, and labor / employment issues). - Negotiated host government agreements, concession agreements and other arrangements with non-US governmental entities, identifying and evaluating government policy “drivers” to achieve client goals. - Ensured governance and exit strategy concerns of clients were addressed in shareholder agreements, joint venture arrangements and direct foreign investments in a variety of industries involving US and non-US parties. - Successfully completed numerous complicated transactions in challenging environments while a foreign resident in Moscow and London, identifying and managing local counsel in non-US jurisdictions in order to procure timely and useful local law advice. D.C. office (1988-1995; 2003 - 2014) Moscow office (1996-1998) London office (1999-2003) Show less