AKIN ADEKEYE

• Private Equity-backed (HGGC LLC) trade printing company
• Responsible for Legal, Compliance and Real Estate functions of $350 million business
• Oversee litigation and workers’ compensation portfolio in CA, AZ, FL, OH, TX and NJ
• Led legal due diligence of several acquisition targets, culminating in closing of two strategic acquisitions
• Drove ~40% reduction in outside counsel spend within first six months in role
• Collaborated with Operations team to achieve 50% improvement in safety record in manufacturing operation.

General Counsel

• General Counsel of formerly private equity-backed (HGGC and JMI Equity) technology company providing software and services to library industry
• Advised board of directors and executive team and oversaw all transactional, compliance, regulatory, real estate, and litigation matters
• Built and managed team of attorneys and contracts managers
• Led team on legal risk assessment project, including renegotiating contracts with strategic partners and over 500 existing library customers
• Achieved 40% reduction in outside counsel spend within eight months of assuming role, by training in-house resources to take over review of RFP documentation and negotiation of license and professional services contracts
• Created administrative efficiencies by introducing streamlined enterprise-class contract forms and processes
• Led strategic initiatives to revamp firm’s privacy and security policies and open source software (OSS) portfolio to achieve GDPR and Privacy Shield certifications and prepare for exit
• Led Legal function through Company’s strategic acquisition by ProQuest LLC in January 2020, and through successful integration and FTC review of transaction

EVP, Business Operations

• Responsible for developing and executing partner and M&A strategy and driving indirect revenue for $100+ million technology business
• Responsible for driving ~10% of ARR
• Developed strong relationships with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Product Management teams to optimize success of potential business development projects
• Structured, negotiated, and closed contracts with key partners to support strategic investments
• Built and drove strategic plans cross-functionally in conjunction with other partner marketing programs, product development, and sales enablement activities.

• Lead attorney responsible for supporting global Developer Experience (DX) business, including sitting on DX Leadership Team, supporting two corporate VPs, five GMs and Microsoft Startup Accelerators in five countries
• Supported go-to-market (GTM) efforts of DX teams on global independent software vendor (ISV) offerings and joint marketing and development agreements for Azure, Office 365 and Windows apps
• Provided legal counsel to Learning Experience (LEX) group on partner contracts and programs
• Supported other DX programs and engagements, including hackfests, technical engagements, global developer programs and marketing outreach programs
• Advised DX teams on matters involving artificial intelligence, open source software, accessibility, privacy and data protection.

• Attorney for joint venture startup between Microsoft and GE Healthcare
• Structured, negotiated and closed complex license, cloud services, strategic alliance, distribution, reseller and vendor agreements to support company’s healthcare IT business in US, Canada, EMEA and China
• Advised executives and employees on broad range of complex legal, intellectual property, licensing (including open source licensing), privacy and strategic matters, including advising on healthcare compliance matters and
• FDA, HIPAA, Sunshine Act and anti-kickback issues
• Translated new healthcare legislation and regulations into market-leading business offerings.

• Enterprise legal technology subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer

· Chief Counsel for $100+ million enterprise legal management software business, advising on SaaS and

license deals, and negotiating professional services agreements, SOWs and other partner and vendor contracts.

· Advised on deal strategy, mergers, acquisitions, general commercial law, intellectual property, data privacy, licensing, litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, and government contracting matters.

· Evaluated potential strategic exit transactions, including advising on successful $324 million sale of Datacert, Inc.

to Wolters Kluwer. Led post-acquisition integration of the legal function, including review and re-negotiation of

60+ existing customer contracts.

• Operations counsel for jet engine division of United Technologies Corporation (now Raytheon Technologies)
• Served as general counsel to 12 joint ventures, subsidiaries and partnerships; provided day-to-day legal and strategic counsel to those businesses and to firm’s Global Supply Management and Engineering departments
• As sole counsel to 750-employee global mobility subsidiary, counseled 60 offices worldwide on general legal and regulatory matters as well as immigration, expatriate, tax, compensation and general human resources issues
• Implemented improved international trade compliance and ethics policies and procedures in role as sole counsel to jet engine Customer Training Centers in East Hartford, CT and China
• Provided legal and strategic advice on special projects and strategic initiatives, including:
• Lead counsel on construction of jet engine assembly plant and third-party logistics location in Quebec
• Operations counsel on $432m sale of Power Systems business to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
• Operations counsel on acquisition of $600m auxiliary power unit (APU) business
• Appointed by General Counsel as Diversity Lead for Legal Department; responsible for internal legal department diversity efforts and external outreach to local law schools and bar associations.

• Funds counsel to mutual fund company
• Advised equity investment team and mutual fund portfolio managers on buy-side transactions involving portfolio securities, private placements, 144A securities, structured notes, futures and options, and on mutual fund investment policies and restrictions, proxy voting and general corporate matters
• Counseled and supported Equity Trade Management Oversight Committee, Proxy Voting Committee and Asset Allocation Committee, and drafted policies, procedures and internal memoranda relating to investing, trading and operations to comply with applicable laws and regulations
• Advised portfolio and back-office personnel on brokerage matters such as soft dollars, brokerage reporting to fund boards, best execution issues and trade quality testing.

• Associate in Firm's Capital Markets & Funds Practice Groups
• Represented private and public companies and underwriters in mergers, acquisitions, asset sales and purchases, IPOs, secondary offerings, private placements, shelf registrations and takedown offerings worth $25+ billion
• Developed financial restructuring “playbook” for conducting “rescue financing” transactions during 2008 financial crisis
• Drafted, reviewed and negotiated registration statements, prospectuses, private placement memoranda, underwriting agreements, purchase/sale agreements, confidentiality agreements, non-compete agreements, consultancy agreements, employment agreements, legal opinions and corporate formation documents
• Counseled leading investment managers, underwriters, financial guarantee insurers, issuers, investors and derivative and liquidity providers on structured finance transactions involving covered bonds, swaps, and securitizations of Asset Backed Securities (ABS), CDOs, private equity and high-yield bonds
• Represented clients on regulatory matters before SEC, FINRA, CFTC, NFA and stock exchanges
• Member of Firm’s Hiring Committee and Diversity Committee; Mentor, Legal Outreach Program.