HENRY W. BLAYLOCK, ESQ.

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Extensive contracts background with including investment contracts and various types of corporate agreements. Handle compliance matters and develop processes and controls related to audit issues. Experience with both State and Federal insurance regulatory bodies. Proven and successful negotiator; responsible for providing contract support on multi-million-dollar investment deals. More than a decade of experience as a civil litigator in New York State courts, conducting many trials to verdict.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, NY

VICE PRESIDENT, 2006 – 2016

Vice President of Product Engineering and Contracts within Corporate Benefit Funding Group. Duties include planning and directing all activities associated with operations, product development, policy and related forms filing with the state insurance departments, policy and related forms issue notification, implementation process and compliance review

Project leader on compliance matters including negotiating and drafting numerous Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance services agreements (e.g., CFTC, Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud, Know Your Customer, Broker Compliance and Trading Compliance, Basel III, Operational Risk, ICAAP, SOX, GLB)

Member of Enterprise work group which reviewed, edited and implemented polices to ensure compliance with DOL regulations

Drafted end to end contract, compliance and development processes

Supported audits relating to information security and data privacy controls and certifications

Drafted Investment Management Agreements and assisted in establishing Separate Account mandates which included but were not limited to investments such as derivatives, equities, fixed income, REITS and private placements

Determined and confirmed derivative trade regulations and terms handling operational process

Managed operational and analytical elements of OTC derivatives

Advised on options market behavior interest rates FX derivatives and currency hedges

Reviewed and monitored documentation process

Confirmed accuracy of derivatives contracts

Advised on and designed investment plans

Ensured derivative transactions always adhered to terms monitored by regulatory bodies and organizational guidelines

Responsible for management of sales and trading master agreements; Master Repurchase Agreement, Custodial Undertaking in Connection with the Master Repurchase Agreement, Master Securities Loan Agreement, Master Securities Forward Transactions Agreement, and Global Master Repurchase Agreement. Negotiated long-form confirmations for structured deals, with some experience negotiating ISDA Agreements.

Negotiated software licensing and vendor agreements in support of contract issuance

Liaison between legal, sales, administration, IT and customer service on all contract matters related to privacy

Assisted with performing due diligence for the selection of Investment Managers this included review of documents (e.g. ISDA and TPA contracts) and compliance with the Investment Advisors Act of 1940

Contract drafting and negotiating for Fixed Income products which led to approximately 30 billion dollars in sales from 2008-2015

Drafted contracts in support of Corporate Owned Life Insurance Policies including MLB, which led to a 30% revenue increase year over year (2013-2014)

Developed the initial contract/funding agreement to be issued to state lotteries

Responsible for generating state regulatory submissions that permit MetLife to open new separate accounts on behalf of every Institutional product that participates in separate accounts along with maintaining the accuracy of these submissions, as well as, those related to the Individual annuity products offered through MetLife and its affiliated companies

Oversight of the unit that coordinates the release of several mandated annual reports to regulators and Contract holders. Additionally, in charge of the unit that creates and maintains all of the investment management agreements that support of separate accounts for the group annuity business as well as COLI and BOLI business

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Paul Prestia and Associates, New York, NY

MANAGING ATTORNEY, 2005 – 2006

Civil litigation practice. Includes negotiating and drafting of software licensing, commercial leasing and information technology contracts, contract and employment disputes

Handled cases from inception to verdict/settlement, including taking depositions, drafting motions and pleadings and conducting trials. Received verdicts/settlements in excess of 5 million dollar

T-Mobile USA, Parsippany, NJ

COUNSEL, 2003 – 2005

Negotiated, drafted and amended commercial leasing and licensing agreements and software licensing agreements for national telecommunications company

Inlumen, Inc., New York, NY

COUNSEL, 2000 – 2003

Negotiated and drafted various contracts, including but not limited to, software license, software development and market data content license agreements for software provider for the financial services industry and market data aggregate/provider

David Scheinfeld & Associates, New York, NY

MANAGING ATTORNEY, 1999 – 2000

Manager of Midtown civil litigation firm

Supervised case intake, attorney caseload and support staff operations

Handled cases from inception to verdict/settlement including taking/defending depositions, drafting motions and pleadings and conducting trials. Received verdicts and settlements in excess of 10 million dollars

Carfora, Schepp, Yuhas & Adams (Liberty Mutual Insurance Company), New York, NY

IN-HOUSE COUNSEL, 1997 – 1999

In-house counsel for Fortune 500 insurance company

Handled insurance and reinsurance defense claims; including but not limited to premises liability and labor law/construction claims

Drafted motions and pleadings; conducted document review, depositions and trials

EDUCATION

Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, NY

Juris Doctorate Degree, conferred May 1996

HONORS: Dean’s List, Fall 1995 and Spring 1996

Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Political Science, conferred June 1992

HONORS: Dean’s List, Spring 1992

BAR ADMISSION

State of New York, 1997

AWARDS

Forty Under Forty, Network Magazine

2000 recipient of award from national magazine, recognizing achievements of young professionals nationwide

Black Men of Distinction, New York State Senate

2001 recipient of award to young leaders, ages twenty-five to forty-five, in the Brooklyn community

ACTIVITIES

Member, Morehouse College Pre-Law Society and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity;

Mentor, Morehouse College Mentoring Program

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