Daniel Brown

Senior Counsel @Korn Ferry

Denver, CO, US

Transferred from TwentyEighty, Inc.)Leads vision, strategy, and execution for legal affairs at this provider of corporate training and workforce performance services under multiple brands, providing guidance on legal, compliance, and business issues. Directed a Contracts team with three direct reports encompassing an attorney, contract administrator, and legal contractor. Valued as a leader who can motivate a small team to perform at a high volume with consistent quality and solid knowledge of revenue recognition requirements for contracting.• Serves as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, providing guidance and direction to multiple business units and the parent company on a variety of contracts that include NDAs, client licenses, training services, vendor services, distribution, development, SaaS subscription, and GDPR data processing agreements.• Manages the team to handle over legal requests each quarter involving the structuring, negotiation, and interpretation of contracts on a global scale.• Safeguards the company’s interests in the negotiation of complex transactions that include licensing agreements valued in the millions of dollars.• Coordinates and leads training for sales teams across all business units to build competencies in contracting and compliance issues.• Collaborates with Sales, Accounting, and Finance stakeholders to structure transactions to minimize financial risk and maximize revenue recognition.• Credited with introducing a series of process improvements to enhance efficiencies and foster collaboration between business units and legal shared services.• Partner with compliance officer to ensure compliance with a complex landscape of laws, regulations, and policies.• Administers a library of legally-vetted standard forms, continually reviewing and revising to mitigate risk and implement best practices.