John Morgan

About John Morgan

Senior executive and experienced general counsel with a demonstrated history of working in the technology, cloud computing, payments and e-commerce sectors, growing and managing high performing teams, and supporting emerging and established businesses globally. Both in private practice and at Amazon, routinely works as a solutions-oriented legal and business partner (aka a \"legal solutions architect\") advising on business strategies and operations, new product initiatives, enterprise-level negotiations, litigation, risk management, compliance and public policy. Skilled in several legal fields, including e-commerce regulations, private international law, corporate law, IT and cloud computing, software licensing, payments/financial services, privacy/data protection, litigation and competition.

Experience

1. Vice President and Associate General Counsel -- International Stores, Payments, Amazon Business

   Amazon

   May 2013 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   General counsel to International Stores, Payments and Amazon Business. Manage global legal team responsible for supporting Amazon’s retail, marketplace, operations and expansion initiatives outside US, Canada, and EU (post-2019) as well as payments and Amazon\'s B2B business globally. Support includes business line support, litigation, regulatory compliance, privacy, labor/employment, corporate, and M&A.

Education

• University of Colorado

  JD, Law

  1993 — 1996

• University of Colorado Boulder

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics, International Affairs, Aerospace Engineering (minor)

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Aml
• Cyberlaw
• International Law
• Financial Services
• Trade Secrets
• E-Commerce
• IT Law
• Policy
• Litigation
• Payment Card Processing
• Fcpa
• Consumer Law
• Competition Law
• Licensing
• Payments
• Corporate Governance
• Credit Cards
• Privacy Law
• Payment Systems
• Commercial Litigation
• Trademarks
• Corporate Law
• Software Licensing
• Cross-Border Transactions
• Copyright Law
• Joint Ventures