Melissa Scanlan

About Melissa Scanlan

Experienced, generalist in-house lawyer with broad-based legal experience managing complex legal issues focused on intellectual property, antitrust, and complex commercial transactions and disputes. Manages team of intellectual property legal professionals focused on transactions and licensing as well as IP litigators focused on risk management and dispute resolution.> Assess potential risks and exposure posed by IP and antitrust issues; advise senior executives as to recommended options. Craft creative and practical legal and business advice, working cross-functionally within larger legal department and business.> Lead and motivate diverse teams of in-house legal professionals in a demanding and dynamic business environment, managing transactional and licensing opportunities as well as litigations and investigations involving a wide array of technologies and issues arising from wireless telecommunications. Manage teams of external counsel and legal vendors, creating successful outcomes while containing spend.> Lead lawer for antitrust issues, including advocacy before federal and state antitrust agencies related to corporate deals, internal antitrust advice, and antitrust training for key executives and business groups.> Awarded highly selective company award for overall outstanding performance.

Experience

1. Vice President, Antitrust & Intellectual Property

   T-Mobile

   Apr 2017 — Present · US

   Lead inhouse antitrust lawyer for competition issues, mergers and corporate transactions, and corporate litigation sounding in antitrust. Lead inhouse DOJ and state agency antitrust lawyer for T-Mobile/Sprint merger; successfully defended merger in litigation brought by state attorney generals. Responsible for internal company training and compliance for antitrust and competition issues. Responsible for all of intellectual property issues, including transactional and licensing as well as litigation and dispute resolution. Develop strategy for IP transactions as well as litigation and proactive risk management; advise executive team and business owners regarding risk mitigation with an emphasis on intellectual property, antitrust, contractual, and network-related issues. Manage wide range of active litigations and investigations in courts and agencies nationwide, actively managing teams of in-house and external counsel asserting and defending claims touching a broad array of technologies involved in wireless communications products and services.

Education

• Yale Law School

  J.D., Law

  1988 — 1991

• University of Oregon

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), French Language and Literature

Skills

• Licensing
• Due Diligence
• Joint Ventures
• Commercial Litigation
• Competition Law
• Antitrust Law
• Litigation Support
• Legal Research
• Mergers
• Contract Negotiation
• Management
• Data Privacy
• Strategy
• Antitrust Counseling
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Telecommunications
• Intellectual Property
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Software Licensing