Stephen M. Welles

**** ****** **** *** ****, CA *5120 acskp7@r.postjobfree.com (408)

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Experienced business lawyer with 7 years' experience as general counsel of

a public company and 11 years' experience at top-tier law firms. Seeks

general counsel position or similar position with small-to-mid-cap public

company or late-stage venture-backed private company.

Areas of Experience

o COMPLEX COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS

o Board and Corporate Governance

o Public Offerings/IPOs

o SEC Reporting and Compliance

o Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

o International Tax Structuring

o Patent Disputes & Litigation

o China Operations

o Licensing Agreements

o Technology Development Agreements

o Shareholder Relations & Activism

o Venture Capital Investments

o Employment Matters

o Export Compliance

Professional Experience

OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC., FREMONT, CA (ACQUIRED BY KOCH INDUSTRIES)

MAY 2008 - AUG. 2015

Sr. Vice President and General Counsel. General counsel for Nasdaq-listed

company with 3,500+ employees worldwide and operations in California, China

(Zhuhai, Wuhan and Shanghai) and Taiwan. Oplink was acquired by Koch

Industries (and its subsidiary Molex Corporation) in December 2014.

Responsible for all legal matters facing the organization. Experience

includes SEC compliance, corporate governance, shareholder activism, patent

litigation, M&A, global tax structuring and maintenance, export compliance,

risk management/insurance, commercial contract negotiation and global legal

compliance.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, p.c., Palo Alto, CA Oct. 1999 - April

2008

Associate; Of Counsel. Experience advising public and private technology

companies with respect to a broad variety of matters. Played a lead role

in numerous corporate transactions, including IPOs (and other public

offerings), public and private M&A transactions, venture capital

financings, joint ventures, debt transactions and licensing arrangements.

Extensive experience advising public companies with respect to SEC

compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and corporate governance matters.

Experience advising companies with China operations as a member of WSGR's

China practice group.

Ropes & Gray llp, Boston, MA Sept. 1996 - Sept. 1999

Associate. Participated in a wide variety of business transactions,

including public and private M&A transactions, IPOs, public equity

offerings, public and private debt offerings, private placements, bank

financings and cross-border transactions.

Education

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Juris Doctor, 1996

GPA: 10.6/12.0 (top 11%), cum laude

Georgetown Law Journal member (law review)

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Bachelor of Arts in Economics, 1991

GPA: 3.8/4.0 (top 2%), summa cum laude

Other Experience

FLEET FINANCIAL GROUP, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS JUNE 1991 - JUNE 1993

Account Representative, Private Clients Group. Responsible for providing

financial services to business owners, executives and high net worth

individuals, and coordinating team of specialists, including investment

advisors, lenders, and trust and estate professionals. Received sales

award for mutual funds sales, first quarter 1993.

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