Job experience

• September 2013 - present
  Associate General Counsel
  Premier Farnell, an Avnet company
  

  Chicago, IL, USA

  Member of the senior executive team of Premier Farnell, a subsidiary of Avnet, Inc., a global leader of electronic components and services, guiding makers and manufacturers from design to delivery.
  Manage a team of lawyers in the Americas focused on providing legal support to various departments, including sales and customer service, supplier management, human resources, product, marketing, and the software, hardware and design service segments.
  Global legal lead for Avnet’s Internet of Things (IoT), manufacturing and design services divisions.
  Extensive experience counseling senior leadership, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, handling M&A transactions, resolving human resources and employment matters and managing litigation.
  Analyze complex legal issues, effectively measure risks, and provide advice to mitigate risk while supporting the company’s business goals and strategic objectives.

• May 2007 - September 2013
  Corporate Attorney
  Vedder Price P.C.
  

  Chicago, IL, USA

  Member of the firm's Finance and Transactions group, with a focus in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, finance and corporate law.
  Experience representing and advising clients in complex commercial lending transactions, asset and stock purchases and other fundamental corporate transactions.
  Structure, document and negotiate commercial loan transactions, acquisitions and divestitures on behalf of clients to enable them to meet their business goals.
  Counsel clients on a variety of acquisition, financing and general business and legal issues, including matters involving international law, healthcare, real estate, bankruptcy and technology licensing.

Education

• Loyola University of Chicago
  Juris Doctor
  

  - 2008
• University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
  B.A.
  

  - 2005