Adam Van Dyk
Corporate Counsel at ActiveCampaign
Nashville Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Corporate Counsel
2019 - Current
Senior legal team member of hyper-growth technology company with significant experience in all facets of practicing law in-house • Senior legal team member of hyper-growth technology company with significant experience in all facets of practicing law in-house • Manage and lead direct reports on legal team to ensure internal and external company requests are addressed expeditiously • Lead attorney for the drafting, review, and negotiation of wide range of complex, high-stakes agreements, including customer and vendor agreements, NDAs, SOWs, RFPs, consulting and advisory agreements, employment agreements, and recruiting agreements • Advise leadership team on wide range of matters related to risk allocation and company strategy, including the drafting and revision of public-facing terms of service and policies and internal company documentation • Manage implementation of Ironclad as internal contract management system for both customer and vendor agreements • Work closely with sales leadership to finalize complex enterprise customer agreements and procurement team to negotiate and finalize vendor agreements, including complex software license agreements to protect company assets and appropriately allocate risk • Assist with ActiveCampaign's $100M Series B raise, and $240M Series C raise, including drafting and review of related documentation associated with raise and diligence matters • Assist with ActiveCampaign's acquisition of multiple companies, including drafting, review and negotiation of Asset Purchase Agreement and Transition Services Agreement and other associated documents. • Assist with continued compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) • Lead company's contractual interaction with agencies, resellers, franchisees, referral partners and integration partners • Assist with the maintenance and oversight of relationships with external counsel as required
Director of Legal
2018 - 2019
• Oversaw all legal aspects and led corporate strategic and tactical legal initiatives for highly complex advertising and marketing technology software as a service company • Supported commercial contracting process and other evolving legal needs of a global, high-growth software as a service business • Negotiated and drafted highly complex contracts and strategic partnerships with both clients and vendors • Served as sole legal advisor on all aspects of Signal’s commercial relationships, from initial contact through deal execution • Drafted and negotiated customer software as a service contracts, partnerships arrangements, data sharing agreements and other commercial transactions with clients and partners that fostered and supported a consistent and scalable business model strategy • Monitored and ensured compliance with GDPR and other applicable laws and privacy regulations applicable to business • Developed and managed collaborative relationships with internal business stakeholders to help maximize Signal’s impact in the marketplace while simultaneously assessing and mitigating risk domestically and globally • Partnered with CIO, CFO and finance team in developing and managing a highly effective deal flow contracting process • Worked closely with C-suite and other senior leadership members on commercial legal matters and business strategy • Engaged with and managed outside counsel
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Corporate Counsel
2015 - 2018
• Provided commercial contract support including effective drafting, review and negotiation for various agreements ranging from NDAs, day-to-day operational agreements, vendor agreements, terms of service, software as service, service level, master service, license, business associate, consulting, referral, integration and partnership agreements • Advised products, business development, sales, marketing, engineering, IT, finance, customer service and other teams on full range of issues related to commercial contacting, sales, products development, intellectual property and commercialization, including compliance with applicable domestic and international laws and industry rules and regulations • Engaged in high-stakes, high-value agreement negotiations with opposing counsel for both customers and vendors on behalf of company and key internal leadership team members in business and sales • Collaborated with business and sales teams to create unique pay-for-performance agreements in addition to rules, terms and conditions for company sponsored online contest and sweepstakes • Updated and maintained actionable guidelines and agreement templates for company-wide use • Worked with internal risk and security team to ensure fraudulent behavior on company-run web sites was prohibited • Reviewed and commented on requests for proposal’s and worked with internal sales and procurement teams to ensure accuracy of company responses • Assisted senior business leaders with compliance and annual certifications required by government entity customers • Supported corporate governance, intellectual property, financing, securities, M&A, human resources and commercial matters • Responded as necessary to Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy claims by asserting appropriate defense and settling claims • Assisted with general corporate and employment law matters as required including drafting and negotiating settlement agreements, cease and desist letters and shared data use agreements
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General Counsel
2014 - 2017
• Reviewed and negotiated long-term commercial lease for Evanston’s first nanobrewery • Managed friends and family round of fundraising including advising client on structure of stock offerings to investors and employees • Drafted assortment of early stage corporate documents necessary for fundraising round including bylaws, stockholders agreement, promissory notes, stock grant agreements, 83(b) elections and company protective agreements • Negotiated memorandum of understanding with city of Evanston to ensure client business activities comply with all applicable city laws and regulations
General Counsel
2013 - 2016
• Acted as outside general counsel for local craft brewery • Drafted, reviewed and negotiated various agreements on behalf of local craft brewery, including nondisclosure agreements and the first known alternating proprietorship agreement in the Chicago craft brewery community • Assessed, evaluated and managed risk on behalf of craft brewery with respect to current and potential business dealings • Advised founders on Illinois Liquor Control Commission and its application to its business
Contract Attorney
2014 - 2015
• Assisted general counsel and other senior members of legal and compliance department of in creation of new legal entity and to identify legal aspects of transitioning clients and vendors to new entity • Identified current vendor agreements that required assignment or amendment due to new entity creation • Drafted and reviewed variety of vendor contracts including technology, service and investment management agreements and determined whether assignment or amendment was necessary • Created assignment and amendment templates to be used as a firm-wide standard • Interacted with and participated in meetings with general counsel and senior members of legal and compliance team • Identified and edited language on company web site and investment literature to reflect new entity creation
Contract Attorney
2014 - 2014
• Drafted and reviewed variety of agreements including subleases, sublease amendments, engagement letters, nondisclosure agreements, subcontracts, employee access agreements, business associate agreements and conflict waivers • Created nondisclosure agreement to be used as a firm-wide standard template
Associate Attorney
2008 - 2012
• Drafted, reviewed, negotiated and finalized various types of agreements on behalf of Fortune 250 science and technology corporation and its subsidiaries including distribution agreements, license agreements, service agreements, supply agreements, software agreements, confidentiality agreements, consulting agreements and construction subcontracts • Counseled, supported and educated clients on various corporate and commercial law matters including privacy and risk management, intellectual property and technology and social media issues • Ensured client products and business activities complied with applicable domestic and foreign laws and regulations • Represented Fortune 250 science and technology corporation and its subsidiaries in the drafting, structuring, preparation and negotiation of leases, amendments, expansions, assignments, subleases, and related documents for industrial, warehouse and office properties throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico • Managed and conducted all aspects of the purchase and sale of commercial real estate properties on behalf of client including price negotiation, conditions of purchase and sale and due diligence • Advised employees concerning various employment law issues, including noncompetition and trade secret misappropriation and employee discipline issues in addition to drafting employment contracts, policies and procedures • Handled negotiation of settlements relating to real estate, employment and general contractual claims brought against clients • Managed and collaborated with outside counsel with respect to claims brought on behalf of and against clients
Law Clerk, Revenue Litigation Division
2007 - 2008
-Represented City of Chicago at Circuit Court of Cook County in building demolition cases -Represented City of Chicago at Administrative Hearings against respondents in various violation cases -Negotiated settlement agreements with respondents on behalf of City of Chicago at Administrative Hearings -Researched legal issues and drafted memos for supervising attorneys
Website Content Coordinator
2007 - 2007
-Drafted content for and updated multitude of internal and external company web sites using HTML and XML
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