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.