Frederik Erikson

General Counsel @ Metropolitan Commercial Bank

About

Results-proven General Counsel with 20-years of senior legal experience in the financial-banking industry. Expertise in compliance, employment, supplier contracts, customer contract generation, mergers acquisitions & divestitures, privacy & cybersecurity, corporate governance of a public company, and litigation risk management. Compelling developer and leader of legal talent and innovative departmental process designer. Dedicated and trusted client advocate. BAR ADMISSION State of New York State of Connecticut CORE COMPETENCIES • LEGAL: Cyber Security, Privacy, Real-Time Incident Response, Intellectual Property, Complex Litigation Oversight, Consumer Class Action Defense, Litigation Risk Management, Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, Third Party Legal/Contractual Risk Management, Client-Specific Litigation, Supplier Contracts, Patent Infringement • CLIENT-SPECIFIC LEGAL: Asset-Based Lending, Information Technology, Bank Operations, Treasury Sales, Cash Management, Government & Institutional Banking, Procurement, Finance, Retail Loss Management, Fraud, Security, Information Security • CONTRACTS: Stock Purchase, SaaS, Outsourcing, Cloud Migration, Consulting Agreements, Master Service Agreements, Health Plan Agreements, Software and Content Licenses, Purchase & Sale, Commercial Leases, Sale of Real Property, Equipment Leases, Temporary Services, Infrastructure as a Service, Media Purchase, Marketing Agency, Talent, Employment, Events, Public Accountancy, Retainer Letters • TALENT DEVELOPMENT: Recruiting, Training, Development, Leadership, Mentoring, EDUCATION Juris Doctor ALBANY LAW SCHOOL OF UNION UNIVERSITY, Albany, Bachelor of Arts STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Albany, NY English Honors Seminar

Country

United States

City

Danbury

Industry

Banking

Skill

Templates, Transactional Legal Services, Vendor Management, Contract Law, Insurance, Regulatory Compliance, Legal Compliance, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Legal Advice, Data Privacy, Credit, Risk Management, Banking, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, AML, Due Diligence, Finance, Financial Services, Financial Risk

Experience

General Counsel

Metropolitan Commercial Bank

2023-9 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

United States

Deputy General Counsel

Liberty Bank - CT

2022-3 - 2023-9 · 1 yr 7 mos

United States

Deputy General Counsel

Webster Bank

2017-9 - 2022-3 · 4 yrs 7 mos

145 Bank Street, Waterbury CT 06702

•Identified as “ready now” General Counsel to lead fourteen-member legal department of large regional financial holding company publicly traded on NYSE. Direct Reports: five attorneys, three paralegals ⸰ Cyber security, privacy matters, real-time incident response, intellectual property. ⸰ Complex litigation oversight, including consumer class action defense and litigation risk management. ⸰ Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures of entire businesses and units. ⸰ Third party legal/contractual risk management including supplier contract drafting, negotiation, and review. ⸰ All litigation and other legal issues arising with specific client groups (HSA Bank®, asset-based lending subsidiary located in New York City, Information Technology department, Bank Operations, Treasury Sales (comprised of both Cash Management and Government and Institutional Banking), Procurement, Finance, Retail Loss Management, Fraud, Security, and Information Security). • Provide oversight of all legal support concerning large outsourcing projects, cloud-based licenses and deployments, system conversions, commercial leases, and a wide range of general procurement, e-commerce, and information technology transactions, including SaaS, hardware and supplies, server, hosting, web design, cloud computing solutions, professional & software consulting agreements. • Manage legal and compliance aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures • Design and implement pre-dispute arbitration clause with class action waiver for consumer and business deposit agreement. • Defense of lender liability claims, commercial inter-creditor disputes, labor, and employment disputes (agency and litigation).