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Strong legal profile specializing in start-ups, small companies and the telecommunications industry
Bianca Eldon
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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I am an expert in corporate, company and commercial law. With a keen focus on helping you establish your business both home and abroad. I have extensive experience in incorporating companies within the UK, Southern Africa and the Bahamas.
I am Bianca, I negotiate, review and draft all types of commercial and corporate contracts. My expertise has allowed me to provide services for large mobile network operators located in Southern Africa. But love to assist smaller companies find their feet at the negotiating table, allowing small companies to have a voice in a commercial contract.
My aim is to ensure a small company is protected, their legal obligations are met so that you can focus on running your own business.
I am Bianca, I negotiate, review and draft all types of commercial and corporate contracts. My expertise has allowed me to provide services for large mobile network operators located in Southern Africa. But love to assist smaller companies find their feet at the negotiating table, allowing small companies to have a voice in a commercial contract.
My aim is to ensure a small company is protected, their legal obligations are met so that you can focus on running your own business.
Markets
United States
(Remote
only)
United Kingdom
France
(Remote
only)
Germany
(Remote
only)
Lithuania
(Remote
only)
Denmark
(Remote
only)
Norway
(Remote
only)
Sweden
(Remote
only)
Finland
(Remote
only)
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2012 - 2019
job
Chief Legal Officer
Allied International Investments Ltd.
provide logistical, distribution and retail services to the telecommunications industry in the African market - Chief Legal Officer
• Management/Employment
◦ Responsible for all the legal activities of 18 companies located within 15 jurisdictions
◦ Outside Counsel selection and instruction on legal matters
◦ Manage work permit & temporary work permit requirements for staff relocating throughout Africa.
◦ Manage in-house attorney and paralegal including recruitment of staff, interviewing and assessing CVs.
◦ Planning and organising attorney workload in order to meet business priorities
◦ Property transactions - negotiating and renewal of leases, reviewing property sales agreements
◦ Liaise with Human Resources to ensure all statutory employment obligations are met across all jurisdictions.
• Company Secretarial
◦ Incorporation of Companies within different jurisdictions including completion of all statutory obligations
◦ Draft corporate documents related to entity formation and corporate governance
◦ Full Company Secretarial Duties including liaising with Secretarial companies in various jurisdictions
• Commercial
◦ Contract negotiations, review & drafting both domestic and cross jurisdictional contracts.
◦ Drafting, reviewing and negotiation of commercial contracts with third party suppliers
◦ Tender document drafting & reviewing.
◦ Conducting due diligence on behalf of the company & managing data rooms.
◦ Overseeing debt collection process in various jurisdictions.
• Corporate
◦ Negotiation of facility agreements
◦ Manage spin off" transactions from the Allied group of companies to include formation of company, drafting of shareholder agreements, extensive negotiations. Ensuring company secretarial duties are completed for the transaction.
◦ Manage equity stake purchase transactions, drafting and amending the contracts, shareholder agreement and completing the secretarial duties to ensure the transaction is complete.
• Risk & Compliance
◦ Legal Research upon request
◦ Complying with anti-money laundering regulations across all jurisdictions.
◦ Educating and advising internal departments around legal issues and requirements
◦ Writing internal Company policies
◦ Regulatory compliance
Achievements:
• Repeatedly reduced legal expenses by bringing legal work in-house and effectively managing outside counsel
• In-house experience in corporate, commercial, property, employment law across multi-jurisdictions.
• Successfully negotiated and renewed key OEM contracts.
• Management/Employment
◦ Responsible for all the legal activities of 18 companies located within 15 jurisdictions
◦ Outside Counsel selection and instruction on legal matters
◦ Manage work permit & temporary work permit requirements for staff relocating throughout Africa.
◦ Manage in-house attorney and paralegal including recruitment of staff, interviewing and assessing CVs.
◦ Planning and organising attorney workload in order to meet business priorities
◦ Property transactions - negotiating and renewal of leases, reviewing property sales agreements
◦ Liaise with Human Resources to ensure all statutory employment obligations are met across all jurisdictions.
• Company Secretarial
◦ Incorporation of Companies within different jurisdictions including completion of all statutory obligations
◦ Draft corporate documents related to entity formation and corporate governance
◦ Full Company Secretarial Duties including liaising with Secretarial companies in various jurisdictions
• Commercial
◦ Contract negotiations, review & drafting both domestic and cross jurisdictional contracts.
◦ Drafting, reviewing and negotiation of commercial contracts with third party suppliers
◦ Tender document drafting & reviewing.
◦ Conducting due diligence on behalf of the company & managing data rooms.
◦ Overseeing debt collection process in various jurisdictions.
• Corporate
◦ Negotiation of facility agreements
◦ Manage spin off" transactions from the Allied group of companies to include formation of company, drafting of shareholder agreements, extensive negotiations. Ensuring company secretarial duties are completed for the transaction.
◦ Manage equity stake purchase transactions, drafting and amending the contracts, shareholder agreement and completing the secretarial duties to ensure the transaction is complete.
• Risk & Compliance
◦ Legal Research upon request
◦ Complying with anti-money laundering regulations across all jurisdictions.
◦ Educating and advising internal departments around legal issues and requirements
◦ Writing internal Company policies
◦ Regulatory compliance
Achievements:
• Repeatedly reduced legal expenses by bringing legal work in-house and effectively managing outside counsel
• In-house experience in corporate, commercial, property, employment law across multi-jurisdictions.
• Successfully negotiated and renewed key OEM contracts.
Writing, Retail, Research, Contracts, Human Resources, Management, Due Diligence, Sales, Compliance, Recruitment, Regulatory, Contracts
2007 - 2011
job
Administrator /Legal Secretary
Allied International Investments Ltd – Research Analyst & Legal Advisor.
• Industry specific research, compiling reports for the senior management and board.
• Review of legal documents, terms & Conditions, agreements & contracts.
• Liaising with outside counsel
• Basic company secretarial duties – resolution writing, taking minutes
• Compiling presentations
• Tendering for Legal counsel
• Compiling Tender documents
• Review of legal documents, terms & Conditions, agreements & contracts.
• Liaising with outside counsel
• Basic company secretarial duties – resolution writing, taking minutes
• Compiling presentations
• Tendering for Legal counsel
• Compiling Tender documents
Management, Administrator, Booking, UP
2006 - 2006
job
Assistant Trader
Credit Suisse. London Canary Wharf. Administrator /Legal Secretary.
• Working in the legal department, conducting various administrative tasks i.e. answering phones, filing & emailing.
• Typing up documents, conducting track changes on documents, compiling and editing presentations.
• Various positions covering Managing Directors, Directors & Vice Presidents, usually up to a team of 15 individuals
• Booking complex travel, extensive diary management, submitting expense claims
• Conducting any tasks that are required by the bankers
• Gaining a deeper understanding of how a large investment bank works
• Typing up documents, conducting track changes on documents, compiling and editing presentations.
• Various positions covering Managing Directors, Directors & Vice Presidents, usually up to a team of 15 individuals
• Booking complex travel, extensive diary management, submitting expense claims
• Conducting any tasks that are required by the bankers
• Gaining a deeper understanding of how a large investment bank works
Compliance, Web, Search, KYC, Processing, UP
2006 - 2006
job
London. Assistant Trader
Simmons & Company International Ltd..
• Assisting in the set-up of the London equity trading desk
• Learning and maintaining the various trading systems
• Used Bloomberg extensively
• KYC searches which include researching institutions on the web and other search engines including Factiva
• Liaising with the compliance officer within Simmons and with the various client account compliance departments
• Maintaining & updating internal databases
• Processing trades and sending out an internal blotter
• Learning and maintaining the various trading systems
• Used Bloomberg extensively
• KYC searches which include researching institutions on the web and other search engines including Factiva
• Liaising with the compliance officer within Simmons and with the various client account compliance departments
• Maintaining & updating internal databases
• Processing trades and sending out an internal blotter
Management
2004 - 2006
job
Aberdeen. Analyst.
Simmons & Company International Ltd..
• • Worked on both buy-side & sell-side transactions
• Limited experience in finance raising, listings on AIM & IPOs
• Gaining macro-micro knowledge of the upstream oil & gas industry and the tanker industry
• Financial modelling which includes accretion/dilution models, 3 & 10year projection models, historical modelling
• Evaluating companies using comparable company analysis, comparable transaction analysis and limited experience with discounted cash flows
• Company researching & profiling
• Conducting compliance/KYC search on companies and clients we were conducting business with
• M&A research for internal databases
• Compiling presentations, reports, pitch books, descriptive memorandums to be used by external clients
• Data-room monitoring, compiling the due diligence material
• Participating in client meetings, business development through business functions
• Researching and updating databases of a confidential nature
• Analysing financial information using various in-house tools and using Bloomberg & Factiva
• Compiling graphs & spreadsheets
• Limited experience in finance raising, listings on AIM & IPOs
• Gaining macro-micro knowledge of the upstream oil & gas industry and the tanker industry
• Financial modelling which includes accretion/dilution models, 3 & 10year projection models, historical modelling
• Evaluating companies using comparable company analysis, comparable transaction analysis and limited experience with discounted cash flows
• Company researching & profiling
• Conducting compliance/KYC search on companies and clients we were conducting business with
• M&A research for internal databases
• Compiling presentations, reports, pitch books, descriptive memorandums to be used by external clients
• Data-room monitoring, compiling the due diligence material
• Participating in client meetings, business development through business functions
• Researching and updating databases of a confidential nature
• Analysing financial information using various in-house tools and using Bloomberg & Factiva
• Compiling graphs & spreadsheets
2004 - 2004
job
Part V Disclosure Unit. Aberdeen. Registrar.
Criminal Investigation..
• Analysing enquiries and collating information regarding Police Act 1997, Part V.
• Researching databases of a highly sensitive and confidential nature
• Compiling reports and making recommendations to senior management regarding individuals being put forward to work with children and vulnerable adults
• Communicating with internal and external bodies
• Researching databases of a highly sensitive and confidential nature
• Compiling reports and making recommendations to senior management regarding individuals being put forward to work with children and vulnerable adults
• Communicating with internal and external bodies
Business Intelligence, Research, Analyst, Web, Internet
My education
2009
-
2012
BBP University
Bachelors 2.2, Legal Practice Course
Bachelors 2.2, Legal Practice Course
2009
BPP University
Conversion of GDL to LLB, Law
Conversion of GDL to LLB, Law
2003
-
2004
University of Aberdeen
Masters of Laws in International Law, Law
Masters of Laws in International Law, Law
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