Andres F. Torres

Senior Corporate Counsel

Role
Corporate In-house Counsel at Samsung Electronics America
Location
Dover, NJ, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Andres F. Torres

Senior In House Counsel with broad experience in consumer electronics, enterprise business and health and medical equipment industries. Proven record of advising sales, service, operations, business planning, product innovation and finance teams on issues of a contractual and commercial nature, including risk mitigation, in sales, distribution, logistics, intellectual property, licensing, outsourcing, acquisitions and divestitures, corporate governance, real estate, regulatory, financial instruments and other commercial law matters. Proven record of success working under diverse management styles.

Experience

  1. Corporate In-house Counsel

    Samsung Electronics America

    Nov 2008 — Present

    In-house counsel for multibillion U.S. subsidiary of Korean multinational company:Negotiation and documentation of key commercial arrangements governing sales, distribution and service operations. Negotiation and documentation of high level licensing agreements, multi-subsidiary supply and distribution contracts and business process outsourcing (BPO) relationships for global call center operations. Support and advice Finance, Treasury, Credit and Insurance departments on complex financial arrangements, including lines of credit, PUT agreements, factoring arrangements and guarantees.Support and advice Consumer Service Division in all aspects of contractual and legal nature, including managing over 2,500 independently operated service centers, award-winning outsourced call centers, global service parts distribution operations, service contract administration and extended warranty offerings. Advising business clients on legal issues regarding product warranties, including Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act and state consumer protection statutes. Act as lead in-house counsel for healthcare and medical equipment subsidiary, drafting, negotiating, and reviewing a wide range of commercial agreements, including supply, distribution, licensing, clinical trial, vendor contracts and agreements with group purchasing organizations. Advising business clients and managing outside counsel on legal issues regarding bankruptcies, liquidations and insolvencies, including the Chap. 11 filing of one of the nation’s largest electronics retailers with over $120M in outstanding receivables.

Education

  • Rutgers Law School

    JD, Law

    1997 — 2001

  • Seton Hall University

    BA, Sociology

    1992 — 1996

Skills

  • Negotiation
  • Corporate Law
  • Corporate Governance
  • Licensing
  • Legal Writing
  • Litigation Management
  • Intellectual Property
  • Legal Research

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