Michael Shafir

Background

About Michael Shafir

As a general counsel and business executive, I thrive on working in concert to inspire and motivate legal departments and business units across the enterprise. I am skilled at navigating through legal and business issues to explain them in a clear and concise manner, developing innovative solutions, and minimizing business and legal risk to advance corporate goals. My career has included diverse in-house and top law firm experience where I have consistently excelled in high-growth and fast-paced environments. My early career included working for two Am Law 200 firms (Carlton Fields and Broad and Cassel), where I gained exposure to complex commercial litigation matters and labor and employment cases. Currently I serve as General Counsel at IXL Learning, Inc, and lead as a member of the executive leadership team and key player and voice in the strategic direction of the company. I handle a variety of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance, contractual, and litigation matters, and concentrate on providing pragmatic legal strategies to remove roadblocks and achieve business goals. I am most passionate about my role as a trusted advisor and strategist to the CEO, Board of Directors, and executive teams. Bar Admissions: Florida; New York; District of Columbia; U.S. District Court – Southern and Middle Districts of Florida