Projects include:

  • Mobile Payments: Working with global mobile payments companies, Strategic Brief has:
    • supported the acquisition of mobile content businesses;
    • acted as Plc Company Secretary and board director of subsidiary entities;
    • managed in-house legal function across jurisidctions;
    • implemented multiple policies and processes to meet new regulatory standards, most recently the Phone-paid Service Authority new Code 15 including developing Due Dilligence Risk and Control policy and process, contracting and training;
    • developed a new e-money mobile payments business managing supplier and merchant contracting, obtaining regulatory approvals (incl Phone-paid Services Authority, Financial Conduct Authority, ICO, mobile network operators);
    • successfully managed litigation and regulatory enforcement proceedings.
  • EMEA technology services company:
    • managed all aspects of commercial legal work including supplier contracts, outsourcing, technology development agreements, facilities management;
    • Plc company secretary.
  • Global engineering company:
    • Group Commercial Director responsibilities
    • M&A, disposal of subsidiary business.
    • Plc Company Secretary.
  • Representation and case management: liaising with Regulators (Phone-paid Services Authority, OFCOM, FCA, ASA, Trading Standards etc), policy formers and trade associations to support client interests.
  • Board member of the Association of Interactive Media and Micro-payments: regarding legislation and policy development including PSA Code of Practice, PSD2 and GDPR.
  • GPDR Implementation: Implemented the new GDPR for several companies, global telecomms providers, national retailer and online consumer goods.

Clients  – Digital media merchants, global mobile aggregators and telecommunications companies (turnovers exceeding £100,000 million), software developers (start-up’s and SME’s), Internet Service Providers, engineerig, data management companies.