Kate Cimo
Raleigh,North Carolina
Summary
Motivated senior level commercial attorney with extensive crafting complex commercial agreements to advance business goals, and advising internal stakeholders on mitigating transactional risk.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate General Counsel
Curbio, Inc.
Potomac
08.2023 - Current
- Responsible for leading the in-house legal, compliance and collection teams for leading prop-tech home improvement business.
- Draft, maintain and optimize contract templates for sales and operations teams, ensuring effective workflow for smooth contracting process.
- Provide practical legal guidance to Curbio’s management and leaders of various divisions including sales, partnerships, operations, and product
- Manage litigation to achieve optimum results for Curbio, including supervising outside counsel with all litigation strategy, filings and pleadings, and conducting settlement negotiations.
Senior Corporate Counsel
Oracle America, Inc.
Durham, NC
12.2014 - 08.2023
- Drafted and negotiated a wide range of complex commercial agreements for a variety of Oracle’s cloud computing solutions (SAAS, IaaS/PaaS), NetSuite, on-premise hardware and software.
- Primary transactional legal counsel for several strategic enterprise accounts
- Advised internal senior business, compliance and product teams on contractual and related legal issues impacting initiatives, including privacy, GDPR and other data protection laws and regulations
- Member of M&A inter-disciplinary team that managed integration of newly acquired businesses into the NetSuite platform.
Senior Counsel
ChannelAdvisor Corp.
Morrisville, NC
09.2011 - 05.2014
- Drafted and negotiated a wide variety of commercial contracts for SaaS/cloud service offerings and strategic partner programs
- Primary commercial support for global sales and partner teams
- Developed templates, playbooks and provided training to other members of legal department, sales operations and sales teams.
Associate (Restructuring Group)
Kirkland & Ellis
Chicago, Illinois
02.2002 - 01.2005
- Represented debtors, lenders and creditors in chapter 11 proceedings and out of court workouts.
Associate (Corporate)
Cooley LLP
Palo Alto, CA
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Represented issuers and venture capital investors in the formation and financing of emerging technology companies.
Education
Juris Doctor -
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC05-1999
B.A. -
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland05-1992
Skills
- Technology transactions and licensing
- Contract Negotiation
- Privacy Laws
- M&A analysis and organizational integration
- Commercial negotiation
- Excellent Communication skills
Websites
Certification
- California State Bar, active
- Illinois State Bar, inactive
- Certified Information Privacy Professional - United States (CIPP/US)
Timeline
Associate General Counsel
Curbio, Inc.
08.2023 - Current
Senior Corporate Counsel
Oracle America, Inc.
12.2014 - 08.2023
Senior Counsel
ChannelAdvisor Corp.
09.2011 - 05.2014
Associate (Restructuring Group)
Kirkland & Ellis
02.2002 - 01.2005
Associate (Corporate)
Cooley LLP
01.1999 - 01.2001
Juris Doctor -
Georgetown University Law Center
B.A. -
University of Maryland
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