Cécile MEYER (BERTAUX)
NY Attorney at Law
Goal: Multilingual NY Attorney interested in In-house Counsel and Associate Attorney positions
Skills: Contract drafting and review; international commercial operations; due diligence reviews; IP transactional work (registration, licensing, etc.); IP litigation support; research and analysis of foreign legislation; legal translation
2011 - 2011• Performed first level review and quality control of a wide variety of documents in French and English, in response to a motion for discovery in the representation of an international medical devices company.
2010 - 2010• Handled protection of the group’s intellectual property rights in various medical and marketing contracts.
• Counseled affiliates on their transactions with partners in the Middle East, Latin America, Central Asia, and Africa.
• Consulted with outside counsel and analyzed foreign legal opinions.
• Maintained the group’s portfolios of exported products for communication with foreign government ministries.
2010 - 2010• Drafted and reviewed various contracts and amendments for the group’s commercial operations in the Middle East and Latin America, including license, manufacturing, packaging, import, distribution, and promotion agreements.
• Created contract templates and drafted presentations on regulatory and compliance issues.
• Conducted due diligence reviews for the acquisition of corporations.
2009 - 2009• Assisted in the representation of Fortune 500 companies’ intellectual property interests.
• Handled both transactional support (registration of trademarks, management of trademark portfolios, licensing) and litigation support (preparation of infringement and unfair competition cases), in trademarks, copyrights and patents.
2008 - 2008• Provided legal research and analysis to several Assistant Attorney Generals.
• Assisted in developing State’s litigation and policy strategies in various environmental matters.
