Richard Medway

About Richard Medway

General Counsel and Chief Compliance & Sustainability Officer at $1.5+ Billion plus retailer with 330+ stores and operations in the US, Canada and Australia. Oversaw IPO in June 2023 on the NYSE, ticker symbol SVV. Lead team managing all legal and compliance affairs for the Company. Also lead teams managing enterprise risk, safety/loss prevention and government relations. Established award winning Savers\' ESG program and oversee ESG internal team including publishing annual impact and sustainability reports. Experienced in advising management teams and boards of directors on complex business and legal matters. Adept at building legal and compliance teams to help support rapid growth. Strong collaborator and communicator. Strong crisis manager with demonstrated track record of resolving a variety of large regulatory and enterprise level risk matters. Prior experience at Nintendo included managing wide range of legal issues accompany a period of dramatic top line revenue growth ($2.9 Billion to $7.8 Billion). Built legal team and led decade long global patent litigation defense battle of over 60 cases, some of which sought damages in excess of $1 Billion. Nintendo\'s successful litigation track record for this period included defeating “bet-the-company” cases at the trial level and appeals courts, in the ITC and in various European venues.

Experience

1. General Counsel, Chief Compliance and Sustainability Officer

   Savers | Value Village

   Aug 2015 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US

   Manage all legal and compliance issues for the Company; manage legal thirteen person legal team. Oversee issues relating to corporate governance, financing, real estate, regulatory compliance, litigation management and government affairs. Manage Risk Team which oversees work place safety, insurance and loss prevention issues.

Education

• The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law

  JD, Law

  1989 — 1992

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Bachelor's degree, History and Economics

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Civil Litigation
• Copyright Law
• Patent Litigation
• Privacy Law
• Management
• Commercial Litigation
• Trademarks
• International Arbitration
• Legal Research
• Corporate Law
• Arbitration
• Litigation
• Competition Law
• Licensing
• Trade Secrets
• Patents
• Litigation Management
• Environmental Compliance
• Corporate Governance
• Entertainment Law
• Venture Capital
• Trademark Infringement
• Joint Ventures
• Litigation Support
• Software Licensing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Start-Ups
• Intellectual Property
• Patent Prosecution