Cost-effective virtual in house counsel by a former GC
Your company needs an attorney who is a certified privacy expert, has extensive contract experience, & knows Lean Six Sigma
Your company needs an attorney who is a certified privacy expert, has extensive contract experience, & knows Lean Six Sigma
Marc Pappalardo has created the legal and privacy departments as the head of legal and privacy at 3 startups. As an in-house General Counsel in the Silicon Valley, Marc has handled privacy, contracts, HR and other legal matters for subsidiaries and offices located in over a dozen countries. He has a broad range of in-house experience, including working at LinkedIn, Electronic Arts, a publicly traded IoT company, a cybersecurity company, and other tech companies. He was also a commercial and IP litigator at Greenberg Traurig.
Marc Pappalardo (1) has wide ranging contract negotiation experience from those well over $100 Million Dollars to small, high volume deals; (2) is an IAPP certified privacy expert who has headed global privacy for multinational corporations, (3) has a Lean Six Sigma background that is essential when trying to streamline the legal process to reduce costs and speed up the contract cycles, and (4) has first chair litigation experience with contract, IP and employment disputes, which is essential when trying to truly evaluate risks.
Silicon Valley General Counsel helps companies that do not wish to hire additional full-time staff with their Privacy Law, HR, contracts and business law needs by a former Silicon Valley GC with global experience. Many companies realize that the law firms they use are too expensive, too slow to respond, and so specialized that they are often trying to bring in additional, expensive attorneys into the fold. And how many of these attorneys also have undergone extensive Lean Six Sigma experience so that they can help your company develop processes to speed up the contract cycle and reduce legal spend? How many have headed Global Privacy for Silicon Valley tech companies? At a fraction of the cost you are probably paying, we can help you with closing a single contract or can provide you with an experienced General Counsel as your "virtual in house counsel" on as needed basis. Explore below where you can learn about the importance of having the a certified privacy expert negotiate your contracts.
Lean Six Sigma is the combination of two process improvement methodologies. Click the link below to learn how Lean Six Sigma can help your company close contracts quicker and reduce legal spend.
Marc Pappalardo is an IAPP Certified Privacy Expert (CIPP/E) who has headed global privacy for a number of technology companies. States have steadily enacted comprehensive GDPR-like privacy laws. Privacy provisions appear in most tech contracts. Sometimes companies do not realize the value of the rights to data they give up in their contracts. Are you having a certified privacy expert negotiate them?
It is much more difficult (if not impossible) to accurately analyze the risk of a contractual provision or a dispute if you have never litigated a case. And companies often encounter HR-related issues where a litigation background is helpful when analyzing risk and determining a proper course of action. Marc Pappalardo started out as a litigator and has tried over 20 cases, with his last role at Greenberg Traurig.
Do you understand the tax exposure of hiring people in different cities and states?Certain cities (like Chicago) and a number of states have broad definitions of tax “nexus” that cause SaaS companies to owe sales tax in those jurisdictions. If you hire employees in those jurisdictions, you increase the chance that you will be subject to a sale tax audit or inquiry. Working with client’s accountants, Marc Pappalardo has helped them formulate a plan to avoid the surprise of a large tax liabilities down the road. He has also worked on sales tax appeals in different jurisdictions where they challenged that sales taxes were owed.
Silicon Valley General Counsel has extensive international experience and working with clients and their accountants through complex sales tax issues in foreign jurisdictions, including in traditionally difficult jurisdictions like India and Brazil. Did you know that if one of your foreign customers attempts to withhold a portion of your sales revenue for income tax purposes that you may expose your company to future claims for sale tax and/or a later request to pay additional income tax in that country?
Marc Pappalardo has advised a number of companies on how to retain personnel in various countries through a variety of means, including hiring them through a third company that serves as an employer of record, hiring as a true employee by either forming a foreign branch office or forming a true separate legal entity overseas, and by retaining them as independent contractors. Silicon Valley General Counsel can walk you through the pros and cons of each.
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