Michael Donahue
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary at GoTo
- Role
- Chief Legal Officer & Secretary at GoTo
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Donahue
Results driven CLO and General Counsel and member of the Executive Team with more than…
Experience
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
Jun 2007 — Present · Boston, MA
Member of the Executive Team and chief legal advisor to the Board of Directors, CEO and Executive Team providing ongoing advice and direction on all legal matters including corporate, commercial, operations, risk and compliance. • Built legal team from one lawyer to 14, instilling a team culture focused on collaboration; putting the company and the customer first; caring deeply about the team; and being flexible, adaptive, innovative, practical and results orientated. • Took company public in 2009, doubled the size of company in transformation acquisition in 2017, led a $4B+ take-private transaction in 2020. • Established corporate governance structures, policies and practices in anticipation of an IPO; and maintained and evolved the compliance program as a growing public company. • Experienced in public company securities compliance, maintenance and governance; SOX compliance.• Extensive experience in a variety of transactions including acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, carve-outs, partner and licensing agreements, and commercial transactions.• Built and maintain a privacy/security and regulatory compliance program for both a security business and federally regulated business. • Manage litigation and dispute portfolio, set and execute litigation strategy, hire and manage litigation counsel. • Manage intellectual property procurement, maintenance, enforcement and defense.• Manage corporate insurance procurement and maintenance. • Partner with Human Resources on general employee matters, internal investigations, terminations and benefits.• Executive sponsor of the ESG program.• Responsible for facilities/site strategy and all international office locations, transactions and teams.
Education
Northeastern University School of Law
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
1999
Boston College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy
1996
Skills
- Start-Ups
- Strategic Partnerships
- Enterprise Software
- Cloud Computing
- Securities Regulation
- Public Companies
- Licensing
- Employment Law
- Corporate Law
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Saas
- Ipo
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