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Oreoluwa Fatimilehin

Chandler,AZ

Summary

Accomplished, strategic-minded leader with demonstrated legal and business judgment as well as technical acumen. Provides legal guidance across the spectrum of commercial law, including compliance, intellectual property (IP), licensing, product development, and consumer protection. Many years of experience leading, negotiating, and closing complex commercial transactions and agreements that contribute to the company's success.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Product Counsel

Twilio
Chandler, AZ
11.2021 - Current

Provides commercial and product legal guidance to product, engineering, customer care, GTM, finance, IT, marketing, and public relations teams and help to identify and mitigate a broad array of legal risks as these teams develop, promote, and enhance Twilio products and services including AI powered products.

Provide legal updates to business partners and work to reduce legal risk considering business and legal developments and company’ plans and priorities, ensuring that Twilio products are compliant with a wide variety of regulations including compliance, privacy, IP, and ad laws from ideation through end of life.

• Collaborate with and external subject matter experts including commercial, privacy and IP to draft, review and negotiate legal agreements with customers, vendors, and business partners, identify and mitigate risks in a wide variety of areas including privacy, IP, compliance issues related to Twilio products and services.

• Provide legal counsel on AI product development, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

• Develop and implement AI specific policies, guidelines and processes.

• Review public facing marketing collateral including advertising campaigns, social media reviews, related to Twilio product and services.

• Work with litigation, and customer success teams to facilitate dispute resolution.

• Collaborate with corporate legal functions including M&A to perform due diligence prior to acquisition and integration plans after acquisition is finalized, and the securities team to prepare for SEC filings by vetting stats and product information included in those filings.

• Monitor and analyze developments in regulations applicable to Twilio’s products and services including in the area or and synthesize input from OC, research, and feedback from internal stakeholders to provide practical guidance applicable to product and GTM teams.

• Developed review processes that improved engagement with business partners and provides legal support to product and engineering teams through the product life cycle.

Assistant General Counsel

GoDaddy
Scottsdale, AZ
02.2018 - 11.2021

Reviewed, drafted, negotiated, and provided guidance on, complex commercial transactions.

Provided legal guidance to a wide variety of teams including finance, engineering, and product teams to address risks or conflicts in commercial transactions, IP, product launches, marketing, and business strategy. Strategized and managed the company's IP portfolio, including trademarks, and copyrights. Negotiated complex commercial agreements with customers, vendors and business partners related to product and service offerings. Managed multiple legal functions including commercial, IP and product.

● Provided full legal management and guidance for service and product launches across multiple brands. Includes cross-functional work with teams to ensure legal compliance in IP, marketing, and privacy. Also developed terms and conditions for customers.

● Managed, trained and was responsible for the development of commercial legal, IP, and product legal teams.

● Developed and delivered training content and playbooks that enabled effective onboarding, education for Legal teams and our internal clients.

● Mitigated significant legal risk by developing a cross-functional process to review products, contracts, and marketing materials in terms of regulatory compliance, IP, open-source, and privacy.

● Provided legal guidance on a wide variety of IP matters including review of marketing campaigns, product naming, and social media posts.

● Managed global trademark, patent, and copyright portfolio, including managing OC and budget spend. Developed and administered training for employees on IP matters. Also provided guidance to open-source working group on all open-source matters company wide.

Senior Staff Counsel

GoDaddy
Scottsdale, AZ
07.2016 - 02.2018

Negotiated, drafted, and reviewed agreements including international, IP licenses, and partnership agreements between GoDaddy and its affiliates, vendors, consultants, and service providers. Provided guidance on legal and business issues related to new and existing product contracts and other corporate matters.

● Collaborated with internal partners in product, engineering, and marketing to make significant changes to terms of service for new product line acquisition and streamlined the process for ensuring legal compliance in time for a successful market launch.

○ Collaborated with a third-party vendor to acquire, negotiate, and register the trademark of the new product name.

● Drafted and developed new templates, evaluating, and revising previous content to ensure legal compliance.

● Successfully negotiated commercial agreement with tax service provider to be embedded in customer offerings, to bring clarity to global tax payment regulations.

● Supported continuous improvement of standard form agreements and legal processes

Contracts Attorney

Banner Health
Phoenix, AZ
09.2015 - 06.2016

Drafted, reviewed, revised, and negotiated Service Agreements, IT and Software Agreements, and Consulting and Professional Services agreements with Banner vendors, contractors, and customers. Provided legal guidance to Banner employees and management. Led cross-functional efforts to improve processes with a focus on the customer experience.

● Managed the complete cycle of drafting, reviewing, and negotiating clinical study agreements, material transfer agreements, BAAs, and disclosure agreements between Banner and industry and academic sponsors.

● Provided legal guidance to internal stake holders on a wide variety of issues including HIPAA regulations.

● Developed and managed relationship with internal client in charge of clinical studies. Included negotiations to address client’s concerns and reach agreement on final processes and documents.

● Managed process to secure international partnerships with scientists or institutions, ensuring that legal concerns were addressed before agreements were reached.

● Collaborated with the legal team and management to develop contract templates and identify ways to streamline workflow to better meet demands of internal customers.

Assistant General Counsel

CellTrust Corporation
Scottsdale, AZ
03.2014 - 08.2015

Led negotiations, reviewed, and drafted licensing and other contractual agreements with CellTrust vendors, customers, and clients. Provided legal guidance on a wide variety of areas including compliance, IP, licensing, and marketing issues.

Managed outside counsel retained for litigation or other court proceedings.

● Managed the patent prosecution process including evaluating invention disclosures and responding to office actions for CellTrust portfolio.

● Managed CellTrust trademark portfolio by investigating potential trademark infringement incidents, drafting cease and desist letters, and enforcing CellTrust's trademark rights.

Contracts Attorney

Banner Health
Phoenix , AZ
06.2013 - 03.2014
  • Drafted, reviewed, revised, and negotiated Service Agreements, IT and Software Agreements, and Consulting and Professional Services agreements with Banner vendors, contractors, and customers. Provided legal guidance to Banner employees and management. Led cross-functional efforts to improve processes with a focus on the customer experience.● Managed the complete cycle of drafting, reviewing, and negotiating clinical study agreements, material transfer agreements, BAAs, and disclosure agreements between Banner and industry and academic sponsors.● Provided legal guidance to internal stake holders on a wide variety of issues including HIPAA regulations.● Developed and managed relationship with internal client in charge of clinical studies. Included negotiations to address client’s concerns and reach agreement on final processes and documents.● Managed process to secure international partnerships with scientists or institutions, ensuring that legal concerns were addressed before agreements were reached.● Collaborated with the legal team and management to develop contract templates and identify ways to streamline workflow to better meet demands of internal customers.

Attorney

Translational Genomics Research Institute
Phoenix, AZ
03.2011 - 05.2013

Wrote memos on a wide variety of issues including compliance and IP law.

● Drafted and negotiated Technology Transfer Agreements and License Agreements.

● Screened potential business deals and partnership contracts using market penetration studies, legal requirements, and business viability analysis.

Education

Juris Doctorate in Law -

Arizona State University

Master of Business Administration -

Rochester Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry -

Rochester Institute of Technology

Skills

  • Product Counseling
  • Risk Assessment & Mitigation
  • Legal Research & Analysis
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Legal Compliance
  • Legal Writing
  • Health care law knowledge
  • Strategy Development
  • Contract Negotiation & Drafting
  • Cross function Team Leadership

Baradmission

Arizona

Timeline

Lead Product Counsel

Twilio
11.2021 - Current

Assistant General Counsel

GoDaddy
02.2018 - 11.2021

Senior Staff Counsel

GoDaddy
07.2016 - 02.2018

Contracts Attorney

Banner Health
09.2015 - 06.2016

Assistant General Counsel

CellTrust Corporation
03.2014 - 08.2015

Contracts Attorney

Banner Health
06.2013 - 03.2014

Attorney

Translational Genomics Research Institute
03.2011 - 05.2013

Juris Doctorate in Law -

Arizona State University

Master of Business Administration -

Rochester Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry -

Rochester Institute of Technology
Oreoluwa Fatimilehin