Part-Time Legal Support
Resume:
PATRICK F. MCSWEENEY
Unit L-1
Geneva, Illinois 60134
(C): 630-***-****
(E-mail): **********@*****.***
— SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS —
Extensive experience in providing high quality, value added legal service to business leaders in a fast paced global corporate environment, with specific emphasis in the following areas:
•Drafting and negotiating various complex commercial agreements with large multi- national corporations and state-owned companies.
•Providing advice on key strategies to enable commercial transactions to be closed within an acceptable risk profile.
•Presenting “in-house” training programs regarding agreement preparation/processing and compliance with internal policies/procedures.
•Providing continuing support to ensure that region specific business activities comply with company policies and applicable domestic and foreign laws.
•Promoting contracting excellence initiatives to ensure “right and fast” legal support for strategic business units.
After retiring from my position as a Senior Attorney with a global leader in the supply of technologies, products and services to the oil refining, gas processing and petrochemical industry at the end of 2019, I was engaged by a local private university in January - 2020 to provide legal support to the university’s operations. I’m currently seeking a full time or permanent part-time position with a corporation or other organization in the Chicago, IL area to bring immediate value to their operations.
— PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE —
Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
Contract Attorney (Part-Time Position) 2020 – May 2025
•Drafted and negotiated various agreements to support the academic and business operations of the University, including master purchase agreements, academic affiliation agreements, consulting contracts, SaaS agreements/software licenses and confidentiality agreements.
•Drafted and negotiated various agreements in connection with the sale of the University’s downstate campus properties resulting in significant operating cost savings for the University.
•Provided support for the University’s compliance activities and managed their 2025 conflict of interest disclosure reporting requirements.
•Supported the University’s corporate governance activities, including the preparation of various Board of Trustee resolutions.
UOP LLC (a Honeywell Company), Des Plaines, IL
Senior Attorney 2001–2019
•Drafted and negotiated engineering, license and guarantee agreements (and related equipment, product supply and confidentiality agreements) for projects with public and private sector customers in the oil refining, petrochemical, gas processing and renewable energy industries.
•Drafted and negotiated joint ventures and technical/commercial collaboration agreements with industrial partners and technical universities.
•Drafted and negotiated sales representation agreements and product/equipment distribution agreements with sales representatives in various countries.
•Provided M&A support (including review and negotiation of asset sale/purchase agreements and performing due diligence).
•Provided legal advice regarding commercial dispute resolution, including drafting and negotiating settlement agreements.
•Implemented law department initiatives as member of leadership team for Gas Processing Technology business unit.
•Managed outside counsel (including selection and budgeting decisions).
•Provided regular training on various legal topics and contracting practices/procedures for both domestic and cross border transactions.
•Provided key support for cross business unit contract improvement initiatives, including agreement template revisions.
•Promoted professional excellence; received multiple “Team Member Awards” for providing value added legal services for corresponding multi-million dollar key project wins.
Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL
Corporate Counsel (various subsidiaries) 1981–2001
•Drafted and negotiated research and development contracts with federal government agencies including the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Defense and private sector customers in the energy industry.
•Drafted and negotiated various technology license and technical collaboration agreements.
•Drafted and negotiated private placement stock offering for new technology start-up.
•Served as Corporate Secretary for various wholly owned or majority-controlled subsidiaries.
•Provided legal support as lead attorney regarding the dissolution and winding-up of two controlled subsidiaries.
•Managed outside counsel and litigation.
— BAR ADMISSIONS —
•Member State Bar of Illinois (1980 – Present)
— EDUCATION —
•Loyola University of Chicago (J.D. 1980)
•University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (B.A. 1977)
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