Charles M. Yancey
Kingwood,USA
Summary
Corporate In-House Counsel with years of corporate and law-firm experience in a global market. A unique combination of training and experience in corporate, commercial, procurement, supply chain, compliance and transactional law. A persuasive individual possessing strong negotiating, oral and written skills advising clients from business start-ups to seasoned companies. A history of successfully reducing legal expense while providing expert advice and oversight in large corporate environments. Resourceful with the ability to assess all issues to adequately protect business clients and complete projects producing professional results while adhering to deadlines and corporate policies, compliance and procedures.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate General Counsel
Solera
01.2022 - Current
- Legal counsel, advising on legal and compliance matters for driver data companies, including Explore, Omnitracs, SmartDrive, eDriving and Enservio.
- Providing counsel to ELT Team and all functional teams on corporate strategy, product development, operations, compliance and insurance matters.
- Negotiating and drafting complex customer and vendor agreements.
- Collaborate with the legislative affairs team in regard to federal, state and jurisdiction related provisions related to data privacy.
- Managing outside counsel in regard to litigation, employee matters and billing.
- Identifying key areas of legal risk for various stakeholders associated with data security and data privacy requirements.
- Investigation of data privacy concerns regarding consumer information. Compliance matters in regards to investigations of corporate policies, procedures, applicable laws and regulations.
- Drafting, review and negotiate various master service agreements, including but not limited to; software (including software-as-a-service); information technology; date and cybersecurity; data breach and notification policy and procedures.
Associate General Counsel – Transactions & Corporate Law
Insperity
07.2021 - 01.2022
- Legal counsel to support business clients regarding SaaS, Software Licensing, Software Development.
- Legal counsel supporting the development of Cybersecurity Privacy and Data Protection programs with the goal of ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
- Drafted, reviewed and negotiated transactional agreements, with vendors as part of overall transactions group.
- Drafted and negotiated agreements for Professional Employer Organization that provided human resource outsourcing and co-employment services to small and mid-sized companies along with business solution tools and software offerings.
- Collaborative team member in support of professional services agreements, settlement agreements, data and information sharing agreements.
- Researched and advised on general legal issues in areas of data privacy, e-commerce, state and federal regulations, intellectual property, and many other areas.
Senior Assistant City Attorney – Contract Position
City of Houston
06.2020 - 07.2021
- Legal counsel, specializing in drafting and negotiation of contracts.
- Legal counsel supporting the development, implementation and maintenance of the City's Cybersecurity Privacy and Data Protection program with the goal of ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
- Draft, review and negotiate agreements, including but not limited to; software (including software-as-a-service); hardware and equipment; information technology; data and cybersecurity; data breach and notification policy and procedures.
- Providing legal assistance and review regarding cloud/hosting services; service level agreements; rental and procurement agreements; intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret) protection, enforcement and defense.
- Collaborative team member in support of professional services agreements, data sharing and transfer agreements, collaborative agreements, settlement agreements with federal agencies.
Legal Counsel – Global Supply Chain
Weatherford International
11.2019 - 05.2020
- Legal counsel, specializing in drafting and negotiation of domestic and international contracts.
- Legal counsel supporting the development, implementation and maintenance of the company's Global Privacy and Data Protection program with the goal of ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations globally.
- Legal support for the provision of upstream, midstream and downstream goods and services in North America for onshore and offshore oil & gas operations.
- Developed documents for use and implementation of private label agreements in support of revenue generation.
- Drafted, reviewed, analyzed, and negotiated software licenses, non-disclosure agreements, confidentiality agreements, logistics, cloud, hardware, maintenance and service agreements.
- Provided legal assistance, advice and support to the commercial and operational business groups regarding a broad range of commercial matters, contracts and best business practices.
- Drafted and reviewed all documents to ensure corporate deals are legally compliant.
- Collaborated with risk management, IT and senior management on development and training on cyber-security and development of data privacy provisions.
- Provided legal advice to senior leadership regarding the identification and management of contractual risks and liabilities and provide analysis regarding contractual disputes; ensures compliance with applicable laws, regulations and policies.
- Development of company’s contracting policies; and conduct seminars to instruct internal clients regarding contractual provisions and policies.
- Developed and maintained contract templates, modification of existing agreements in support of corporate policies and objectives.
Senior Counsel – Operations Division
Apache Industrial Services, Inc.
11.2013 - 11.2019
- Established in-house counsel department in order to manage and collaborate with outside counsel on multiple legal matters.
- Assisting with disputes and litigation matters.
- Drafted, reviewed, analyzed, and negotiated sales, service and other customer facing agreements to achieve acceptable risk levels. Such agreement types include, but are not limited to, simple to master service agreements, complex contracts, equipment sales agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, LOIs/MOUs, non-disclosure, RFQs and RFPs containing terms and conditions, equipment rental agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other commercial agreements.
- Provided legal assistance, advice and support to the commercial and operational business groups regarding a broad range of commercial matters, contracts and best business practices.
- Provided legal advice to senior leadership regarding contractual disputes.
- Ensured compliance with applicable laws, regulations and policies.
- Worked with cross-functional teams to evaluate company projects.
- Developed and provided training across business lines, human resources, procurement and sales teams.
- Drafted and reviewed all documents to ensure corporate deals are legally compliant.
- Provided legal advice to senior management regarding general corporate matters.
- Collaborated with risk management, IT and senior management on development and training on cyber-security.
- Provided legal services to various departments and business units with respect to a variety of transactional and commercial matters, including technology agreements, disposition of real property, equipment leases and other commercial arrangements.
Senior Attorney
Air Liquide
01.2007 - 01.2013
- Provided day to day legal compliance advice involving interpretation, negotiation drafting and documentation of contracts and agreements.
- Valued legal contact in support of distribution, pipeline, capital projects, procurement and facility management business units.
- Supported and helped guide the negotiation and documentation of contracts and agreements, including but not limited to customer and supplier agreements; master supply agreements, non-disclosure agreements; joint development agreements; licenses; employment contracts; broker agreements; services agreements; rail spur and rail car leasing agreements and real estate contracts.
- Provided compliance advice to internal business clients working with other legal functions and regional counsel as and when appropriate including M&A, divestitures, intellectual property, litigation, EHS and labor and employment counsels.
- Provided legal support and services to the business with a primary focus on the delivery of general commercial/corporate support, which included advising on a variety of transactions, legal issues, corporate standardization, due diligence, development of commercial processes and legal productivity.
- Primary point of contact of corporate treasury, risk management, compliance, insurance and protection of intellectual property.
- Project lead in the development, education and monitoring of legal compliance concerning regulatory authorities (DOT, U.S. Import/Export Compliance, EEOC, DHS).
- Project lead regarding compliance of Homeland Security mandates (CFATS, TWIC, and Rail Transportation Security).
- Provided legal support to Human Resources regarding ethics and compliance investigations.
- Negotiated mediations and arbitrations involving customer disputes.
- Managed outside counsel regarding litigation, mergers and acquisitions, labor and employment and EHS.
- Coordinated internal investigations to assure corporate policies are followed and due process is achieved.
- Project lead in preparation and presentation of internal Anti-trust and FCPA training materials.
Attorney – Procurement Advisor
The Boeing Company
01.2003 - 01.2007
- Served as legal advisor with Supply Chain Management for assistance, analysis and legal counsel regarding contracts, supplier agreements and compliance.
- Review and interpreted FAR, DFAR, CAS and TINA requirements.
- Provided legal analysis with respect of government contracts covering change orders and close-outs.
- Negotiated and assisted with management of international contracts in the U.K. and Netherlands.
- Received nomination and accepted a position into Boeing Leadership Development Program.
Education
Juris Doctorate - Law
Capital University School of Law
Columbus, Ohio01.2000
Computer Science – Software Engineering
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina01.1994
Skills
- Providing accurate, relevant, and timely advice to clients
- Networks effectively with businesses
- Excellent interpersonal and social skills
- Design and deliver legal training to clients
- Develops strong relationships with clients
- Data Privacy – Cybersecurity - Compliance
- Collaboration and Time Management
Timeline
Associate General Counsel
Solera
01.2022 - Current
Associate General Counsel – Transactions & Corporate Law
Insperity
07.2021 - 01.2022
Senior Assistant City Attorney – Contract Position
City of Houston
06.2020 - 07.2021
Legal Counsel – Global Supply Chain
Weatherford International
11.2019 - 05.2020
Senior Counsel – Operations Division
Apache Industrial Services, Inc.
11.2013 - 11.2019
Senior Attorney
Air Liquide
01.2007 - 01.2013
Attorney – Procurement Advisor
The Boeing Company
01.2003 - 01.2007
Computer Science – Software Engineering
North Carolina A&T State University
Juris Doctorate - Law
Capital University School of Law
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