Primary responsibility for all transactional matters, including sales, supply chain, real estate, financing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate development and corporate governance. Tasked with instituting stronger department management and supporting CEO and CFO in corporate development opportunities.

"Simmons & Company International (SCI) was conceived in early 1974 by Matthew R. Simmons and opened its doors for business in May 1974. Focused from the start on the oil service industry, the firm enjoyed the sometimes frantic growth of that industry through 1981. During that period, the firm’s clients were primarily small- to medium-sized companies whose owners had decided it was time to sell."

General Counsel and member of small executive leadership team for division operating over ten separate business units (including three business units in the UK) with annual revenues exceeding $400 million in 2007 and FTE growth from 20 to 2000+ in three years Chief operating officer for merchant credit business Conceived and developed three new products then were first in industry Project manager on numerous mission critical initiatives resulting in substantial savings to the company Advise senior management on a broad range of federal, state, local and international regulatory and compliance matters, including identifying areas of risk, acceptable risk tolerances and possible solutions Manage outside counsel and develop strategy for litigation and regulatory proceedings (including FDIC, FTC, OTS, Georgia Dept. of Insurance, state AGs, state bank regulators, OFT (UK) and ICO (UK)) and use of alternative legal providers Developed an in-house legal department for the business units to provide cost-effective legal assistance Chief architect for internally developed vendor management software Reduced legal expenditures by nearly 50% by implementing RFP process for outside counsel and legal outsourcing

"CompuCredit is a leading provider of financial services to consumers underserved by traditional financial institutions. We offer one of the most helpful services that can be provided by any business to any customer— credit. "

Practice focused in the areas of corporate, commercial real estate and business law: Represented companies raising equity or debt capital in private placements and other transactions (nationally and internationally), including the structuring and negotiation of rights, privileges, and preferences of common stock, preferred stock, convertible debt, warrants and other equity or debt arrangements Represented companies in structuring and negotiating joint-venture, partnership and other strategic arrangements, licensing and development agreements, distribution and supply agreements, franchising agreements, shareholder agreements, employment and consulting agreements, and non-competition, nondisclosure and proprietary rights agreements (both domestically and internationally) Represented healthcare related businesses (including medical practices, healthcare service providers, placement agencies, technology start-ups, outpatient/surgery centers and health clubs) for all legal issues Represented national and local tenants, landlords, retailers and developers in acquiring, leasing, financing, selling and underwriting title insurance of shopping centers, apartments and raw land developments in numerous states Represented both commercial lenders and borrowers in lending transactions

Practice focused in the areas of corporate and business law: Represented buyers and sellers in the structuring and negotiation of mergers, acquisitions Worked closely with growth companies raising equity or debt capital in private placements and other transactions exempt from the securities registration requirements, including the structuring of equity or debt arrangements Represented healthcare related businesses (including medical practices, healthcare service providers, placement agencies, and outpatient/surgery centers) for all legal issues Represented companies in structuring and negotiating joint-venture, partnership, licensing, franchise and other strategic arrangements (nationally and internationally) Negotiated commercial real estate transactions including leasing, lending, acquisitions and development

Negotiated commercial real estate transactions, including leasing, lending, acquisitions and development Drafted and negotiated legal formation and investment agreements for various start-up companies Negotiated seed funding for several start-up companies Negotiated independent contractor consulting agreements for IT research, development and implementation Represented healthcare related businesses (including medical practices, healthcare service providers and technology start-ups) for all legal issues Negotiated various trade secret confidentiality agreements Assisted in successful filing for application of IT utility patent

Provided in house legal/compliance assistance for $8 billion multi-bank holding company Led internal taskforce performing company-wide fair lending compliance review that resulted in substantial changes to lending policies Evaluated new proposals/products Evaluated and redesigned corporate and lending compliance programs Drafted legal commentary for proposed regulations

Performed periodic reviews of all crucial areas in the company and implemented corrective measures Performed financial due diligence audits of M&A target companies Supervised junior auditors