Shivan Mehta

About Shivan Mehta

A technology and business-oriented legal strategist with extensive experience providing legal and commercial guidance to help clients enable sales and operations at scale. My in-house career with the largest technology companies in the world has provided me an opportunity to continuously work with high-aptitude and focused business teams.My past experience with Intellectual Property Litigation and my electrical engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin have provided me with the technical background to quickly strategize and assess risks with product and engineering groups for the clients that I support.Experience:I have helped major sales organizations close multi-million dollar deals while also re-assessing and establishing new contracting frameworks for businesses with sales, product, and customer success organizations. I have assisted business and program teams with restructuring their sales and contract frameworks to enable operations and proactive support at scale.I have managed outside counsel and internal team members so that the legal analysis and deliverables are streamlined and cohesive.Community and Diversity Leader:I believe that Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) is one of the most important pillars for success both professionally and personally. My passion for D&I led me to be President of the South Asian Bar Association of Dallas for 6 years and create a network of 200 South Asian attorneys in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. I’ve also been fortunate enough to be selected as part of the South Asian Bar Association Leadership Institute. I’m the co-D&I champ for my legal team at Microsoft. Legal and Technical Specialties:Commercial and Legal Strategy, Commercial Transactions, Privacy & Security (CIPP/US), Electrical Engineering, Patent Law

Experience

1. Senior Corporate Counsel

   Microsoft

   Mar 2024 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

Education

• University of Oklahoma College of Law

  Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law

  2009 — 2012

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Patents
• Patent Litigation
• Research
• Legal Research
• Commercial Litigation
• Patent Prosecution
• Trademarks
• Intellectual Property
• Trade Secrets
• Civil Litigation
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Contract Negotiation