STAPLE COURT, 11 STAPLE INN BUILDINGS, LONDON, WC1V 7
- Tel:
- Work 020 7209 2000
- Fax:
- Fax 020 7209 2001
- DX:
- 0001 LONDON/CHANCERY LN
- Web:
- www.marriottharrison.co.uk
- Email:
Susan S Mann
- Tel:
- Work +44 20 7209 2053
- Email:
Work Department
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Position
Specialises in telecoms, technology, transactions and commercial, intellectual property, e-commerce, distance selling, data protection and cross-border data transactions. Recent experience includes: WDS Global services and software provider to mobile telecoms industry (2008-09); Digital Window Ltd internet affiliate marketing (2008-09); Interactive Telecommunications Company – advised on fibre to Premises Network Integration, build and roll-out as well as ISP set-up, billings and video issues (Saudi Arabia) $1.5bn; ITM Limited-Pension Data Software – licensing and product development; Primavera Systems Inc – share acquisition of Pertmaster Limited; Noodle Telecom – negotiations with major UK mobile carriers for MVNO, commercial and e-commerce advice for website and product roll-out; advised private company on sale of GPRS unites to FedEX for distribution to United States; Cambridge Matrix Limited – beta test with city of Cambridge, public access for wifi. Other experience includes: Verizon Communications – fibre to Premises Project (2005-06) – network and set-top box agreements with Motorola; Verizon long-distance network agreements and billing platforms with Lucent; RIM (Blackberry) multipartite distribution agreements between RIM, Verizon and Telefonos de Venezuela (2006); outsourcing agreements for help desk services in Dominican Republic, Mexico, Philippines and India; license and equipment for global positioning units for 7,000 Verizon vehicles; legal adviser for billing and collection; licensed billing platforms used by Verizon and its subsidiaries; drafted and negotiated contracts with outside billing customers.
Career
Career: Qualified Colorado 1983, Texas 1989, England and Wales 2006; associate Holme Roberts & Owen, Denver, Colorado 1983; assistant general counsel Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Corporation 1989; assistant general counsel Greyhound Lines Inc 1995; general counsel Fossil Inc 1996; general counsel Ultrak Inc 1998; senior counsel Verizon Communications Corp 1999; of counsel Reed Smith Richards Butler 2006; partner Marriott Harrison 2008. Author of monthly legal column for ‘Data Strategy Magazine’.
Languages
Languages: French, Spanish.
Member
Member: Texas Bar Association; American Bar Association; Society for Computers and the Law; International Association of Young Lawyers, telecoms group.
Education
Education: Arizona State University (1979 BA phi beta kappa, magna cum laude); University of Denver College of Law (1982).
Leisure
Leisure: Travel with husband, long walks with dog, cooking, photography.
Practice Areas
Corporate and commercial; Information technology; Telecommunications