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Ms. Turinas practices within the Firm’s Corporate Group. She focuses her practice on general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, joint ventures, securities and corporate financing. She represents companies of a variety of types and sizes with particular emphasis on the technology and service industries as well as investors in those industries. Ms. Turinas has a wide range of experience that includes technology licensing, joint ventures, venture, securities and corporate financing and mergers and acquisitions, within the United States and cross-border. While serving as the primary legal advisor on an international communications company’s launch of its web hosting and web transactions services, she provided advice regarding intranet/extranet and internet connectivity services for business customers. Her other responsibilities included structuring and negotiating software licenses with pivotal technology suppliers, acquisitions and dispositions of e-commerce businesses and implementing the businesses’ strategy to manage liability. Legal Experience LeClairRyan, Newark, New Jersey, December 2007-Present Seiden Wayne, Newark, New Jersey, January 2006 December 2007 (merged with LeClairRyan) Baker Botts, London, England, New York and Houston, September 1987-June 1995 and May 2001 September 2003 E-Commerce Legal Group, major communications company, June 1995-June 1999 Education Harvard Law School, J.D., 1987 Duke University, B.A., political science, 1984, summa cum laude Extended Information Representative Matters Represented owner of international cable systems and programming operations in five separate acquisitions of broadband cable companies in northern Europe Represented a U.S. internet service provider in the expansion of its product line under license from a European-based provider Represented internet service provider in the expansion of its product line to include transactional capability powered by a third party’s technology Represented U.S. entertainment service provider serving the hotel industry in international expansion effected through license of distributor of Europe and elsewhere Various public and private debt equity financings including initial public offerings, representing both issuers and underwriters or placement agents Speaking Engagements E-Marketers Beware, Program for clients of a strategic marketing consultancy, London, England, July 2003 The EU Privacy Directive: Its Implications for U.S.-Based Companies, Program on e-commerce, State Bar of Texas, Business Law Section, Dallas, Texas, June 2002 Privacy in the Age of Electronic Information: Navigating the Diverging Paths of the U.S. and Europe, Baker Botts Privacy Conference, Co-presented with Jordan J. Herman and Barton E. Showalter, Austin and Dallas, Texas, June 2002 Privacy Law: A Survey of Recent Trends in the U.S. and EU, Annual Institute of Cyberspace Licensing in the Electronic Age, New York, New York, November 1998 Published Works Online Authentication in Europe: The Counter-Harmony of E-Commerce and Privacy Privacy Officers Advisor, March 2003 E-Marketers Beware, Privacy Officers Advisor, February 2003, co-authored with Tim Beadle Privacy in the Electronic Age, Managing Intellectual Property, November 2002, co-authored with Bart Showalter U.S. Federal Trade Commission: The Privacy Police, Privacy and Data Protection, December 2002 The Potential Impact of the European Union Directive on Data Protection on Non-European Businesses, Baker Botts IP Report, June 2002 Professional Memberships Harvard Law School Association Harvard Law School Association of New Jersey Licensing Executives Society Duke Alumni Association of New Jersey Admissions New Jersey New York Place of Birth Austin, Texas |
