ANGELIQUE K. SMITH

Philadelphia, PA

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Active member in good-standing of Illinois Bar # 6275942 (since 2001) and California Bar, #291897 (since 2013)

EDUCATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Juris Doctor, May 2001

Journal of Gender and Law, Article Editor

Morningside Heights Legal Clinic: Prisoners and Families

Frederick Douglass Moot Court, Honorable Mention on Brief

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Master of Arts in Social Science, June 1998

Special Trustees Fellow: Department of Political Science

SPELMAN COLLEGE, Bachelor of Arts in History, May 1995 (Magna Cum Laude)

Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellow, 1995-1996 Project: Modern Greek Folklore & Folk Art

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS (through AXIOM), Palo Alto, CA

Commercial Transactions Counsel, January 2019-present

Review, draft and negotiate a variety of vendor facing procurement agreements related to medical device product development including software, SaaS, hardware and technology evaluations, EULA, HCP consulting, master supply, professional services, statements of work, reseller, confidentiality, material transfer, R&D collaborations, interoperability, subscription agreements and amendments. Revise and develop templates and playbooks, and work with legal operations to help develop process and systems to support greater efficiencies.

ALLCELLS (through PARAGON LEGAL GROUP), Alameda, CA

Counsel, July 2018-November 2018

Review, draft and negotiate a variety of agreements including (NDAs, SaaS, EULA, consulting, and professional services, statements of work), supply agreements, distributor agreements, reseller agreements, material transfer agreements, collaboration agreements, customer facing agreements, and amendments. Revise and update all templates including terms and conditions, sub-investigator agreement, and various supply agreements and quality agreements. Advise senior executives on how to structure transactions and other legal matters as needed.

NUNA INCORPORATED, San Francisco, CA

Senior Counsel, January 2017-June 2018

Provided comprehensive legal advice and guidance as the primary and leading legal business partner for health care data analytics and warehouse operations venture capital start-up company. Support and advise senior executives, business line leads and sales in developing transaction proposals and deal structures. Oversee, manage and work collaboratively with outside counsel on a variety of legal matters including trademark applications and employment law matters Support and guide privacy and compliance team in connection with HIPAA and HiTech compliance, SOC 2 certification and compliance, and other applicable privacy laws. Supported the Human Resources function in employment law and sensitive personnel matters. Supervise, direct, manage, and work collaboratively with paralegals, contracts managers, compliance specialists, software engineers, finance team and other non-attorney staff assigned to work on specific projects. Developed and implemented policies and procedures to improve process and existing systems. Negotiated, drafted and redlined legal and commercial terms for a variety of commercial contracts including Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) agreements, cloud services, data subscriptions, software and technology licensing, software and application development, technology consulting services, hosting services, maintenance and support services, NDAs, vendor agreements, software agreements, license agreements, Business Associate Agreements, Teaming Agreements, MSAs and SOWs, and amendments. Supported Sales Team in completing and submitting responsive documents for RFIs and RFPs.

McKESSON CORPORATION, San Francisco, CA

US Pharmaceutical Contracts Drafting Attorney, (October 2013 temp to hire) March 2014-December 2016

Drafting outbound customer distribution pharmaceutical contracts for pharmacies, hospitals, GPO sub pods, long-term care and acute care facilities; drafting of complex base agreements, service agreements, data sharing agreements, and administrative fee agreements between McKesson and various national group purchasing organizations and retail buying groups; preparing RPF responses; issue-spotting and identifying contractual and regulatory risks in proposed contracts; clarifying business intent for ambiguous contractual terms; researching and proposing viable compromises and strategies to drive successful closes of complex negotiations; creating, updating and maintaining templates and alternative play book language; advising internal teams and stakeholders on structuring pharmaceutical transactions to ensure compliance with healthcare laws and regulations including the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, providing training to new hires and other internal teams.

CONTRACT ATTORNEY

2011-2013 Resumed work in law as a contract attorney to sharpen skills and pass California Bar Exam. Hourly Assignments for large law firms including Bingham McCutchen, Morrison & Foerster and Kirkland & Ellis and technology, e-commerce companies including Blackhawk Network and McKesson Corporation:

Contracts Management: Reviewing, drafting, negotiating and renewing a variety of technology and ecommerce contracts and agreements including NDAs, master service agreements, SOWs, vendor, marketing, distribution, license and sublicenses. Updating and maintaining contract database and facilitating execution of agreements. Performed legal research and contract analysis for compliance and liability issues.

Document Analysis: Conducted relevancy and privilege review for a technology company utilizing a variety of platforms including Relativity, Ringtail, Concordance, Recommind and Xerox for large-scale, complex commercial litigations, gaining experience with eDiscovery and case management. Conducted second level and quality control level electronic document review, redaction application, and deposition summaries for several large-scale, complex commercial litigations. Created privileged documents log for litigation department.

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, Chicago, IL

Finance Department Associate, September 2001-December 2004

Documented commercial real estate transactions including purchase and sale agreements, drafted mortgages and other real estate loan documents, commercial lease recordings, and lease administration. Represented lenders and borrowers in a variety of lending and refinancing transactions including the negotiation and documentation of secured and unsecured credit facilities (revolving loans, term loans, letter of credit facilities, and loan securitizations. Represented creditors and corporate debtors in-possession in bankruptcy reorganizations and workouts. Performed due diligence in reviewing corporate documents and agreements for various lending transactions. Participated in various pro bono representations that included real estate transactional work for not-for-profits elder law, and voters’ rights. Supervised more junior attorneys, paralegals, secretaries and other support staff.

KAYE, SCHOLER, FIERMAN, HAYES & HANDLER LLP, New York, NY

Summer Associate, June-August 2000

Performed legal research on a variety of real estate, litigation and bankruptcy topics. Attended bankruptcy court hearings, prepared and filed memorandum of leases, drafted proffers and interviewed witnesses.

LAWYERS ALLIANCE FOR NEW YORK, New York, NY

Summer Associate, Summer 1999

Duties included a variety of transactional tasks for no-for-profit corporations serving New York City including legal research on foreclosures, preparation of IRS 501(c)(3) status application, reviewing real estate documents, attending closings, drafting bankruptcy motions and attending hearings.

Took leave of absence from practice of law to begin a family and raise children 2004-2011

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, San Francisco, CA

History Department Faculty, August 2009-February 2011

MILTON ACADEMY, Milton, MA

History Department Faculty, August 2007-June 2009

HOLDERNESS SCHOOL, Plymouth, NH

Director of Diversity and History Department Faculty, August 2005-June 2007

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