JAMES DERRY

Herndon, Virginia 20171

www.linkedin.com/in/jderry/

(202) 320-3821| james.derry@gmail.com

GENERAL COUNSEL

General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of two global subsidiaries for the 17th largest employer in the world.
Diversified 15+ years of Am Law 100 and Fortune 500 in-house experience providing expert counsel and skilled advocacy
to corporate boards of directors and senior management. Demonstrated budget management and career progression
leveraging legal skills and business acumen to drive business growth, brand and launch new products and services, while
leading and building legal, compliance, and administrative teams. Significant industry expertise with technology, media,
television, music, digital, mobile, Big Data, social media, smartphones, set-top boxes, gaming consoles, software, CPG,
FMCG, retail, advertising, B2B, B2C, manufacturing, and call centers. Subject matter expert on intellectual property
(patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets), litigation (IP, privacy, antitrust, anti-piracy, product and
employment), complex licensing, M&A, privacy and compliance. A registered U.S. patent attorney that previously served
as a Chief IP Officer, and is comfortable working under pressure in fast-paced and entrepreneurial environments.
BROAD LEGAL EXPERTISE
Compliance | Corporate Governance | Intellectual Property (IP) | Litigation | Complex Business Transactions | Licensing |
Labor & Employment | Mergers & Acquisitions | International | Privacy | Antitrust | Media | Advertising | Risk
Management | Governmental Relations | Securities | Real Estate | Finance | Anti-Piracy | Music | Tax | IT
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL OVERVIEW
CK FRANCHISING, INC. & SDX HOME CARE OPERATIONS, LLC
WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARIES OF SODEXO S.A. Irvine, CA and Dayton, OH
2014 Current
SVP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Assistant Corporate Secretary (2014 Current)
Provides enterprise leadership for all legal and strategic matters of two $967MM USD Sodexo subsidiaries, operating in
14 countries with over 27K employees. Serves as a Director and Assistant Corporate Secretary of CK Holdco, Inc., the
parent holding company. Member of the executive team reporting to the CEO with legal and compliance budget
management responsibilities. Manage, enforce, defend and license the global IP portfolio.
Manage the legal, compliance and administrative teams.
Lead legal counsel to Sodexo S.A. executives on mobile, digital, branding and new product launches: negotiate
JVs, partnerships, promotional, advertising, talent, content, clearances, sweepstakes, and sponsorships.
Serves as the co-leader of the PMG with the SVP of Sales that comprises the largest clients: pro-actively manage
issues, interact daily, and cultivate powerful relationships.
Advise executives on entire advertising ecosystem: RTBs, SSPs, DSPs, DMPs, Networks and Ad Exchanges.
Manages all facets of litigation: select outside counsel, respond to subpoenas and discovery requests, handle
depositions, formulate strategies, attend mediations/arbitrations, and negotiate settlements.
Favorably settled multiple multimillion dollar employment lawsuits: class actions in PA, NJ, FL and CA.
Manage multimillion dollar offerings of debt and equity securities, parent guarantees, and inter-company loans.
Manage and lead the global privacy and data security working group of Sodexo S.A.
Completed 5 multimillion dollar acquisitions from inception to post-integration activities.
Current project manager and legal lead for a global $575MM USD acquisition.
THE NIELSEN COMPANY NEW YORK CITY, NY AND Columbia, MD
2007 2014
Associate General Counsel Nielsen Audio, Inc. (f/k/a Arbitron Inc.) and Nielsen Scarborough (2012 2014)
Associate General Counsel & Chief IP Officer Arbitron Inc. (n/k/a Nielsen Audio, Inc.) (2010 2012)
Associate General Counsel (2008 2010)
Senior Attorney (2007 2008)
Provided enterprise leadership for all legal and strategic matters of two $1.3B USD Nielsen subsidiaries, operating in 51
countries with over 7K employees. Member of the executive committee managing two direct legal and non-legal

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reports, and three dotted line reports. Presented quarterly to the Board of Directors on IP, privacy and compliance
matters. Responsible for managing, enforcing, defending and licensing an IP portfolio with over 1K copyrights, 540
patents and 150 trademarks. The only Arbitron legal team member retained from the 2012 acquisition.
Managed the global branding and launch of more than 15 new products, software and services.
Responsible for co-branding, licensing (content and music), talent and production agreements, music clearances,
and M&A relating to cross-platform media, mobile, tablets, smartphones and digital products and services.
Negotiated highly-complex license agreements: Clear Channel-$520MM+, Cumulus-$370MM+, Disney-$50MM+,
and international multimedia projects with MSOs, NBCUniversal, BMI, Pandora, Sirius/XM, Shazam, CBS, ESPN,
Viacom, Omnicom, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, ABC and others.
Favorably settled a bet-the-company patent litigation brought by a NPE asserting over $1B in damages for seven
figures, while also receiving a perpetual royalty-free license to the asserted patents.
Managed and initiated numerous anti-piracy lawsuits generating more than $87MM in new business.
Managed all legal issues relating to the manufacture, distribution and use of encoders, portable meter devices
and related software, including forming wholly-owned foreign entities in China, India and elsewhere.
Handled all product liability and litigation claims associated with encoders and portable meter devices.
Supported Arbitrons Chief Legal Officer on corporate governance, securities, debt and equity offerings, and
Sarbanes-Oxley matters, including editing and reviewing all SEC reports, registration statements, and filings.
Negotiated a 46 multi-country revenue share agreement with a Fortune 50 company in under 45 days.
Member of Nielsens privacy committee with particular expertise relating to children issues, cross-border
transfers of data, and U.S. state data breach laws, including COPPA compliance, working with CARU, FTC, HIPAA,
HITECH, FCRA, GLBA, and negotiating with banks, Nickelodeon, Disney, Carters, Toys R US, and others.
ADDITIONAL CAREER EXPERIENCE
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED (2006 2007)
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (2005 2006)
DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO MORIN & OSHINSKY LLP (2001 2005)

Commercial Licensing Counsel

Intellectual Property Counsel
Intellectual Property and Litigation Associate

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Juris Doctor with Intellectual Property Certificate (1998 2001)
Article & Notes Editor for DePaul Law Review | 2nd place regional Moot Court

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW

Bachelor of Science, Physiology (1992 1997)

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Top 100 Graduating Seniors Award | 1995 Homecoming Court | VP of Student Government (1993 1994)
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
Registered U.S. Patent Attorney #57,890 | Certified Information Privacy Professional in the U.S., Europe, and Canada
(CIPP/US/E/C) | Certified Information Privacy Professional in Information Technology and Management (CIPT and CIPM)
BAR ADMISSIONS
D.C. | VA | U.S. Supreme Court | U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
RECOGNITIONS
International Legal Organizations Outstanding Global IP nominee | Association of Corporate Counsels Top 10 30Something Award for Outstanding In-House Counsel | National Asian Pacific American Bar Associations Best Lawyers
Under 40 Award | Mid-Atlantic Hot List Minority Attorney Award | WMACCAs Outstanding In-House Counsel nominee