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DAVID RAJ NIJHAWAN

High-performing seasoned executive with a bevy of international legal and deal structuring experience in both B2B and B2C as well as growing and mature companies. Focused on strategic investments, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Angel Investment.
Experience spans multiple industries and disciplines such as technology, food/beverage, manufacturing, M&A, capital raising, banking, blockchain/cryptocurrency, engineering, and human resources.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chief Legal Officer / Fintech/Blockchain

My role included deal structuring, all forms of capitalization efforts, corporate governance, M&A efforts, litigation, compliance, assisting human resources and marketing with legal matters, and managing outside counsel and our in-house legal counsel. I also work closely with the finance department and assist in creating and executing the financial strategy for the company including capitalization efforts for the company.

Implemented Legal Project Management protocols for outside counsel, internal counsel, and compliance departments.
Responsible for all strategic transactions including acquisition and divestitures, managing capitalization relationships such as Venture Capital and Private Equity, and identifying strategic targets.
This included defining project parameters up front, planning expenses and critical paths for relevant legal matters, managing the various matters, and evaluating time and cost allocations after the fact for these departments.
Reduced outside counsel spending by 60% and built internal compliance, export, and privacy controls. CIPP certification pending. Handled Program Management for the Development Team’s efforts to properly decommission various SAAS and Blockchain Technology initiatives.
Handled project management duties for the Intellectual Property Portfolio and Litigation Matters.
Worked with outside counsel to create internal and external privacy policies and disclosures
Managed privacy reporting enterprise-wide and created appropriate playbooks for incident response and incident prevention.
Worked with Human Resources to implement company compliance and privacy training.
Worked with IT Department to address and create infosecurity protocols and data breach protection and response protocols
Provided cross-department support with marketing/sales to manage risk and managed licensing and vendor matters pertaining to data and privacy.

General Counsel and Director of Strategic Transactions / ICC /

I handled all legal matters for ICC. This included, but was not limited to: all M&A and joint venture opportunities, litigation, intellectual property, corporate governance, human resources, and managing outside counsel and our other in-house legal counsel. In addition, my responsibilities included cultivating and managing our relationships with financial partners and serving as a joint partner of the Finance Department. I assisted in creating and executing the financial strategy for the company including capitalization efforts for the company as well as select clients.

Negotiated and financed a $5MM acquisition of our manufacturing facility in Canby, Oregon.
Responsible for all strategic transactions including acquisition and divestitures, managing capitalization relationships such as Venture Capital and Private Equity, and identifying strategic targets.

Handled Program Management and execution for all joint ventures/acquisitions as well as complex manufacturing and engineering projects

Cultivated, negotiated, and completed a $1.5MM acquisition of a strategic partner which resulted in expansion into a new vertical for the group.

Handled Program management duties for any and all capitalization efforts that the legal and finance teams engaged in,
Recapitalized the company in 2020/2021 which involved private investors, traditional debt sources, and secondary debt sources. This included finding, procuring, and deploying over $10MM in capital

Regularly advised the board and other members of the C-Suite in governance matters, strategic decision-making, budgeting, and compliance/regulatory issues.
Worked directly with the CFO to ensure compliance with banking institutions and investors.
Reduced outside counsel spending by 40% year over year
Advised and negotiated several commercial real estate transactions for the company.
Advised and co-created various HR policies for the engineering company, the construction company, and the manufacturing company.

Identified and cultivated relationships with local government entities and state government entities to procure capital for the company in Oregon, Hawaii, and Missouri.

Overhauled and managed the process for overall contracting for all verticals of ICC.
Negotiated and completed the divestiture of a non-performing vertical.
Established financial metrics for the other members of the C suite to achieve the financial goals of the company.
Work directly with outside institutions to ensure regulatory compliance as needed.
Managed relationships with our insurance partners and key vendors

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SBA Relationship Manager / First Interstate Bank

I cultivated and managed several nonprofit and arts relationships in addition to businesses that sought to acquire or divest businesses. I provided strategic advice on how to use the SBA and private equity to achieve these goals.

Handled project management for SBA 7a and SBA 504 deals that the bank engaged in.
Handled project management duties for successful roll out and management of community/non-profit/charitable funds and initiatives.

Negotiated, underwrote, and provided capital for a client’s acquisition of a factory in Oregon.
Negotiated, underwrote, and provided capital for a client’s greenfield construction of a food processing factory in Oregon.
Advised clients on the creation and implementation of Cybersecurity, Compliance, and Privacy protocols and helped assess risk/mitigants.

Ensured clients created, adopted, and adhered to financial compliance programs.

Relationship Manager / The Commerce Bank of Oregon

Focused on deal structuring, client acquisition, relationship management, real estate financing, expansion financing, and financial technology.

VP – Private Banking / Merchants Bank of Indiana / Indianapolis IN

Focused on structuring deals/M&A, relationship management, and trust/estate account maintenance for affluent families

Assisted the State of Indiana in the creation and implementation of investment goals through the bank.
Assisted clients with the creation and implementation of financial technology tools as well as Privacy and Cybersecurity protocols.

Assisted High Net Worth families and individuals with wealth transfer planning, sale/purchase of businesses, and long term strategic planning.

Business Banking Officer / Citizens Bank

My duties included relationship management, financing, and estate account maintenance for affluent clients.

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Private Banker / JP Morgan Private Bank

I cultivated relationships with affluent individuals and families with a net worth of $5MM-$50MM in liquidity. My role included
financing, investments, estate planning, planned giving, and trusts.

My duties included relationship management, financing, and estate account maintenance for affluent clients.

General Counsel and Director of Business Development / Pellegrino & Associates

As a consultant, I assisted with compliance matters as well as due diligence matters.

Associate / Barnes and Thornburg

I practiced in the entrepreneurial services, B-Tech, and white-collar criminal groups. My focus areas included developing women and minority-owned business clients, small business start-ups, white-collar litigation, and business litigation.

Judicial Clerk / The Honorable Theodore Boehm, Indiana Supreme Court / Indianapolis IN

I researched and drafted judicial opinions in all areas of the law.

EDUCATION

Vanderbilt University Law School / Nashville TN / Doctor of Jurisprudence, May 2003 Law School Activities:

Vanderbilt Law Review, Articles Editor (Spring 2002); Published work in the Vanderbilt Law Review: The Emperor Has No Clothes: A Critique of the European Union Approach to Privacy Regulation in the United States, Vanderbilt Law Review, April 2003.

Vanderbilt Moot Court Competition; Vanderbilt Moot Court Board, Associate Justice for the First Amendment Moot Court Competition; Jessup International Moot Court Team (Brief Specialist). Purdue University / West Lafayette IN / BS in Management, August 2000

COMMUNITY

Kailua, Hawaii:
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and Hawaii Youth Symphony, Lokahi Kailua Market

Portland, Oregon:
Regional Arts and Cultural Council, AGE – Advance Gender Equity In the Arts, Key4Women, Special Olympics Oregon, Portland Opera, Active Kids Portland, Phame, American Lung Association, Craft Beverage Industry Group

Burlington, Vermont:
Young Professionals of Burlington

Indianapolis, Indiana:
Dance Kaleidoscope, Alzheimer’s Association of Indiana, FORTE – Indianapolis Symphony, JPMorgan PRIDE Employee Resource Group, Lacy Leadership, IndyHub, City of Indianapolis “Bank On Indiana” Program, National Association of Women Business Owners, St. Baldricks Association, Indy Humane Society, The Nest/Canine Express, Heroes Foundation, Junior Achievement

PERSONAL INTERESTS:

I enjoy distance ocean swimming including international swim races, US Air Guitar, backpacking, off-roading, dogs and dog rescue initiatives, playing the drums, ballet, and Olympic weightlifting.

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