Ehteshamul Haque
Ask Me About Outside General Counsel Services, Technology Transactions, and Commercial Contracts.
Reston, Virginia
Overview
Work Experience
Outside General Counsel
2024 - Current
• Provide legal guidance to the senior leadership team at Shared Assessments. • Review and update commercial agreements for customers, vendors, and contractors. • Interface with outside counsel to ensure legal compliance and best practices. • Keep the leadership team informed of important legal issues and updates. • Deal with general corporate governance matters and liaise with the Legal team for Shared Assessment's parent company, OneTrust. • Help the sales team deal with day-to-day issues and questions from current and potential customers. • Work with the HR team to ensure compliance with applicable laws and adherence to best practices.
Principal Attorney
2020
Experienced and proficient commercial contracts lawyer with deep knowledge of contracting. I provide smart and agile legal services around commercial contracts and general business matters. I am very comfortable with overseeing engagements from start to finish, taking guidance from appropriate playbooks, and staying engaged with all internal stakeholders. I have extensive experience with contract review, service agreements, supply chain agreements, and general commercial matters.
Attorney
2017 - 2020
Handled all aspects of technology transactions for Wall Street client. Negotiated with a variety of service provider and technology vendors on behalf of client across all industries, including contracts related to purchasing security tools and services, data agreements, software license agreements, and a wide range of cloud service contracts. Analyzed contracts to assess indemnification, representation and warranty, audit and access rights, limitation of liability and other terms implicated by security incidents or vendor breaches.
Staff Counsel
2016 - 2017
Provided legal advice concerning all laws and regulations governing government contracts, with a focus on Managed Security Services, Data Center/Colocation Services, and Cloud. Deal lawyer entrusted with shaping Verizon's nascent presence in the fledgling world of Internet of Things. Identified and managed compliance issues and risk arising from federal and SLED government procurement and business practice. Provided guidance on entertainment and gift questions. Drafted cure letters and protest letters to procurement authorities and appeals bodies. Partnered with Verizon's senior management and other employees to address anti-bribery and U.S. government contracting and procurement compliance issues as they arise.
Verizon is a broadband and telecommunications company that provides information and entertainment services.
Raised $32,103,192,466.00 from U.S. Department of Defense, Connect Maryland, NYSERDA and NYSERDA.
Legal Counsel
2014 - 2016
Drafted and negotiated technology transactions such as global outsourcing agreements and cloud agreements with both commercial and governmental entities. Special expertise regarding HIPAA, data security matters, Business Associate Agreements, and EU Model Contracts. Assisted accounts maintain compliance with EU laws after Safe Harbor regulations were struck down. Provided advice and coordinate corporate actions and transition of services with global subsidiaries in complex outsourcing transactions. Manage contract dispute and subsequent litigation with state agency. Work closely with Sales VP and SVP to formulate strategy.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an edge-to-cloud company that uses comprehensive solutions to accelerate business outcomes.
Raised $1,350,000,000.00.
Attorney-Advisor
2012 - 2014
Deputy Designated Agency Ethics Official - Office of the Attorney General. Worked with the Office of the Chief Information Officer; opined on the Procurement Integrity Act; and assisted the shift to online reporting for mandated Ethics reports. Provided legal advice to the Department's senior leadership and political appointees regarding financial and personal conflicts of interest, impartiality, and appearance issues. Provide Hatch Act counseling regarding political action committees, national and local elections, and campaign finance. Conduct investigations and assess sanctions for violations of pay-to-play, public ethics, and campaign finance matters.
Law Clerk
2011 - 2012
Design and implement ethics and compliance programs aimed to ensure compliance by Public Sector Sales teams with laws and regulations pertaining to anti-bribery (e.g., the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act) and U.S. government contracting (e.g., the Federal Acquisition Regulations, the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement and state and municipal government contracting laws). Assisted the General Counsel in an internal investigation on behalf of a regulatory agency that resulted in substantial rewriting of the revenue-sharing playbook. Drafted consultant agreements and statements of work to ensure that they were in compliance with anti-corruption and lobbyist registration statutes.
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