seth shaifer

senior legal counsel americas for general electric company

About

Attorney who independently negotiated multi-million dollar, buy-side contracts for Global Operations Sourcing Group of General Electric. Prior significant practical experience includes the fields of intellectual property as well as mergers/acquisitions, licensing, franchising, corporate and contract law, copyrights and trademarks. Counsel clients in intellectual property related transactional and litigation matters. Additional corporate background with ten years of knowledge in sports television, and radio production and administration. Member of the New York, New Jersey and District of Columbia Bar. Specialties: acquisitions, administration, advertising sales, attorney, brand management, broadcast, budgeting, customer relations, drafting, due diligence, e - commerce, html, legal, legal research, letters, litigation, mergers, microsoft office, negotiation, networking, production, quality control, radio and tv production, research, sales, strategic planning, supervisory skills, web site production, writing

Country

united states

City

cincinnati

Industry

legal services

Skill

intellectual property, licensing, trademarks, legal writing, legal research, litigation, copyright law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate law, leadership, westlaw, arbitration, patents, due diligence, entertainment law, trademark infringement, trade secrets, commercial litigation, contract law, document review, civil litigation, legal assistance, strategic planning, strategy, prosecution, pleadings, dispute resolution, contract negotiation, internet, legal services, mergers, marketing

Experience

associate, intellectual property litigation

venable llp

2006-1 - 2008-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

student prosecutor, edny

united states attorney's office

2005-8 - 2006-5 · 10 mos

associate, trademarks and copyright

morgan, lewis & bockius llp

2008-1 - 2009-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Counseled clients regarding intellectual property transactions, mergers and acquisitions, brand management, trade secret, and trademark protection strategies. Analyzed and negotiated intellectual property, website development, and e-commerce agreements.

manager, radio

msg networks inc.

1997-9 - 2005-1 · 7 yrs 5 mos

Oversaw daily operations for a regional sports network. Produced more than 200 live radio broadcasts annually for NY Jets, Knicks, Liberty, Rangers and Yankees.

contract attorney

various firms

2013-8 - 2013-11 · 4 mos

interim counsel

2014-4 - 2015-11 · 1 yr 8 mos

Review, markup, negotiate and close a broad portfolio of global contracts including: master services agreements, consulting, equipment, software licenses, cloud services, IT, RFP responses and statements of work. Achieved 2% cost deflation and responsible for $1 billion in annual spend across all divisions of a leading multinational company. Advise senior executives, and corporate sourcing and marketing departments with respect to risk management. Train and supervise other attorneys and employees, while providing rapid business-oriented guidance and expertise on legal and negotiation strategies. Negotiated a $75 million dollar media buying and advertising services agreement that generated $750,000 in yearly savings. Completed a $20 million hospitality management services agreement. Improved company processes that resulted in 2% cost deflation.

associate

cowan, liebowitz & latman, p.c.

2012-1 - 2013-7 · 1 yr 7 mos

Counseled a professional sports league concerning trademark prosecution, protection, and administrative litigation strategies. Negotiated to resolve use and registration disputes through settlement agreements.

associate general counsel

cantor fitzgerald

2013-12 - 2014-2 · 3 mos

Temporary replacement for Associate General Counsel in IT Transactions department of a leading financial services firm. Negotiated complex vendor, licensing, platform and outsourcing agreements.

corprorate counsel

westcon

2009-1 - 2012-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Responsible for negotiation of multifaceted international distribution and customer agreements for a $4 billon global specialty IT hardware and software distribution company in more than 37 countries.

senior legal counsel americas for general electric company

2015-11 - Present · 10 yrs 11 mos

Responsible for all aspects of a broad portfolio of global contracts including: master services agreements, BPO, MRO, facilities, software licenses, SaaS, IT hardware, RFPs and statements of work. Advise senior executives, and corporate sourcing with respect to risk management. Support business professionals that achieved 8% savings year-over-year and responsible for legal services with respect to $18 billion of goods and services provided to GE. Train and supervise other attorneys and employees, while providing rapid business-oriented guidance and expertise on legal and negotiation strategies. Develop templates and forms that promote simplification and speed time to contract and provide risk avoidance. Investigated compliance issues with respect to integrity issues in sourcing. Lead attorney for more than $500 million in direct circuit board purchases. Closed multi-year financial consulting agreement worth more than $140 million. Re-negotiated business processing outsourcing and facilities management agreement valued at $300 million.