Brendan Doherty

Background

About Brendan Doherty

Trusted senior legal advisor specializing in the development, sale, acquisition and divestiture of technology assets, associated regulatory compliance and governance matters, and the creation and management of the legal function. As a senior corporate executive and technology attorney, I leverage expertise in business, legal and technical matters to enable executives, management and business teams to succeed, while helping them to understand risks, develop mitigating strategies and define parameters for successful business outcomes. My experience includes recruitment, training and management of global product, sales and marketing legal teams to support large, global software product development and sales organizations on a variety of matters, including sales contract closure, regulatory compliance, export, privacy, secure software development practices, open source clearance, M&A due diligence and all aspects of product development, release and licensing processes. I am also experienced helping emerging technologies and incubation businesses launch in a lean startup environment insulated from many of the traditional large enterprise structures and processes. Specialties: Business Enablement, Value Creation, Team Building, Risk Mitigation, Software Attorney, Customer Sales Closure, Product Development, Intellectual Property, Software Development, Licensing, Negotiations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Open Source, Privacy, Privacy-by-Design, Analytics, SaaS, and E-commerce.