Jeremy M. Kissel
Strategic Partner | Legal Executive | Investing in Innovation, Technology, and Growth
- Role
- Commercial Counsel at Verizon
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jeremy M. Kissel
For more than 20 years, I’ve helped companies manage growth, complex transactions, and evolving regulatory landscapes, primarily in the technology and telecommunications sectors. I thrive on guiding organizations through complexity, driving innovation, supporting growth, and strategically managing risk.I currently serve as a senior legal advisor on Verizon Business Group’s Global Integration Solutions (GIS) team, where I negotiate high-value service and technology agreements with Fortune 500 companies, fast-growing startups, and major sports organizations. I work closely with sales, product, engineering, and finance teams to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions to complex challenges. This includes supporting Verizon’s AI Connect solutions, which provide secure, high-performance connectivity for AI-driven and data-intensive enterprise workloads.Before joining Verizon, I held executive leadership roles at a private equity-backed telecommunications connectivity company, overseeing legal and regulatory operations, managing outside counsel, and supporting corporate development, including multiple M&A transactions.Earlier in my career, I practiced at a boutique communications law firm in Washington, D.C, and Chicago, advising clients on regulatory compliance, commercial and transactional matters, and policy advocacy before federal agencies and the U.S. Congress. I also served at the Federal Communications Commission, first as an Attorney-Advisor in the Media Bureau’s Policy Division and later as Acting Legal Advisor to the Chief of the Media Bureau, helping shape national media and telecommunications policy. I began my legal career as a litigator in Miami.Outside of work, I’ve served on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Chicago Chapter, supporting in-house counsel through education, networking, and leadership development initiatives.
Experience
Commercial Counsel
Jan 2017 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Senior legal advisor on Verizon Business Group’s Global Integration Solutions (GIS) team, supporting the company’s largest and most complex U.S-led global enterprise transactions.• Serves as strategic advisor and lead negotiator for sophisticated commercial agreements with Fortune 500 companies, high-growth technology companies, and major sports organizations.• Provides end-to-end legal support for global enterprise deals, from pursuit strategy and contract negotiation through execution and post-closing transition.• Drafts and negotiates highly customized master services agreements, service schedules, and statements of work for advanced technology, connectivity, and outsourcing solutions, including support for Verizon’s AI Connect offerings for data-intensive and AI-driven workloads.• Partners closely with sales, product, engineering, finance, operations, regulatory, tax, privacy, and security teams across the U.S, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC to structure scalable, revenue-generating solutions.• Contributes to strategic corporate initiatives, including supporting Verizon’s M&A and Strategic Transactions group on the $5 billion divestiture of Verizon’s media assets (including Yahoo!) to affiliates of Apollo Global Management.• Selected for and completed Verizon’s Edge Above Leadership Program, a competitive enterprise-wide leadership development initiative.
Education
Florida State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Criminology
1996 — 2000
Jupiter High School
High School Diploma, N/A
1992 — 1996
American University Washington College of Law
Master of Laws (LL.M.), Law & Government
2006 — 2007
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law
2000 — 2003
Skills
- Advanced Media
- Licensing
- Policy
- Government
- Telecommunications
- Public Policy
- Business Strategy
- Negotiation
- Digital Media
- Litigation
- Leadership
- Fcc
- Cloud Computing
- Data Center
- Data Circuits
- Networking
- Federal Communications Commission
- Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Corporate Law
- Strategic Partnerships
- Strategy
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