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Gosh by the time I drafted my answer some better answers were drafted! But, If I were creating a technology general counsel based purely on skill set I guess she would have all the experiences set forth below. But really, I don’t know any lawyers with deep experience in all of these (for instance, there are so few private deals and going private deals that the likelihood of you working on one if you are not at a small set of shops is pretty tiny). Just go and be a good lawyer and learn as much as you can and network like crazy. That is how you get to be a GC. And because very few of us know all these things -- it helps to be friends with other good lawyers so that together you guys can all pool your knowledge informally and often know enough on areas that you might not personally have had a ton of exposure.IP, licensing and trademark mattersExperience drafting licensing agreements for both SaaS and on premise products with various different pricing structuresExperience in establishing distribution networks of various types (partner/reseller structures, direct structures, hybrids)Experience in actually working through a quarter end crunch and getting deals completed from form to negotiated resultExperience drafting contract negotiating playbooks and setting up deal desksExperience drafting development agreements with partnersExperience creating partner programs and related agreementsExperience in drafting and enforcing open source policies and in distributing technology under open source licenses and in complying with open source requirements related to any open source in the embodied technologyExperience in issues around participating in standards bodies and contributionsExperience in patent prosecutionExperience in cross licensing with other technology companiesExperience in patent litigation, from responding to inbound letters to negotiating settlement, to litigatingExperience in negotiating hosting and other IT agreementsExperience in reviewing marketing events and related documentsTrademark (international and domestic) prosecution experienceExperience in real estate -- particularly leasesExperience in procuring services and goods but what is particularly helpful is experience in setting up procurement handbooks/playbooks and guidelines and processesExperience in data privacy regulations both domestic and international, and in qualifying for the EU data privacy safe harborCorporate MattersForming C corpPreferred Stock financingConvertible debt financingInitial Public offeringSecondary offeringS-8 FilingsStock repuchase plan informationExchange offeringGoing private transaction1934 Act reporting cycle (Qs, Ks, 8-Ks)Section 16 reportingEarnings press release and call script preparation and reviewInsider trading policy and open/close window oversight and 10b5-1 plansExperience in giving training around Reg FD and other disclosure issuesExperience dealing with ISSExperience reviewing press releases for securities, rev rec. and other issuesAnnual meeting preparation, participationSome experience preparing agendas and minutes for board and committee meetingsPreparation and review of charters, bylaws and policiesEquity plan creation and administration - private and public with some exposure to international grant issues (e.g., qualified subplans, SAFE administration in China)Strategic investmentsJoint venturesM&A from NDA to closing (ideally through commercial integration but that’s not likely with an external law firm though you might work on the corporate integration -- subsidiary reduction work), with these variants : asset purchase (both of a division of a larger entity and of a whole entity), stock purchase, reverse triangular merger, consideration using both cash and stock (private and public), structures involving earnouts, competitive and non-competitive situations, public target, hostile, bankruptcy sale, spin off (sell side), deal which requires HSR filing, deal which requires Brussels antitrust filing, deal which results in 2nd request in re antitrustOverseeing formation and dissolution of international subsidiariesSetup of international tax structure like a double irish and the related intercompany agreementsGetting IP out of non-ideal jurisdictions into your established tax structureNegotiating credit facilities, secured and unsecuredNegotiating ISDAsReviewing and negotiating banking and investment and cash management agreementsEmployment, HR and Compliance MattersOffer letters (including executive offer letters with cause/good reason events)Terminations and releasesInternational offers of employment and employment contractsExperience with contractor versus employee issuesExperience with resolution of harassment claimsExperience with resolution and tracking of whistleblower complaintsExperience negotiating insurance claims and investigationsFCPA policy drafting and administration, particularly issues around due diligence and qualification of partners and giving of gifts and favors (e.g., Asian cultural norms around gift giving)Import/export compliance policies, procedures, obtaining proper clearances and related impacts on ability to give reps to 3rd parties like partners and customersFederal contracting compliance whether as primary or as a subcontractorGeneral litigation experience (defense)Class action lawsuit experience (defense)Experience responding to Federal or state investigationsExperience responding to request to testify before CongressExperience in best practices around lobbyingExperience in dealing with dawn raidsExperience in security threat responses domestic and international (disgruntled ex-workers, Latin American kidnap threats, etc.)Experience with works councils and transactions which trigger TUPE in EuropeExperience dealing with underfunded pension plans or improperly administrated retirement plans