Kate Dewitt

Background

About Kate Dewitt

Fraction GC, flexible and interim assignments, globally. US qualified, 13+ years private practice and in-house experience Head of Legal with a proven track record of parachuting into a business and providing pragmatic value and revenue generation. Key experience in: successfully scaling up business units (1→5 business verticals), start to finish setup of legal structure at venture-backed startup (series C funded growth 50→120 people), partnering with business teams to launch new products and commercial contracting (600 contracts/yr. while reducing contracting time 14 to 4 days y-o-y). Background in economics. Example Fractional GC and flexible services: • Interim cover (parental leaves, etc.): full leadership of the legal team and business stakeholders offering a, often valuable, fresh perspective or simply a safe pair of hands, implement work smarter not harder efficiency strategies within the interim timeframe, parachute in to solve substantive contracting, product and strategic challenges • Commercial contracting: review, markup and negotiate contracts, create contract templates, playbooks and overall negotiation process framework, train colleagues • Setup of legal team: first/early lawyer in the business, define an overarching risk profile, create the structure and process through which the business will work with legal and hire legal team members, as appropriate • New product launches: pragmatic advice to shape products in a compliant way from day 1, differentiation between pilot v. full implementation phase legal structure, strategize with the business to get product launches over the line within the company’s agreed risk tolerance and timeline