Kovi Skier

Experience

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  Tal Ron, Drihem & Co.

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2015

  Paralegal Intern

  Paralegal Intern at law firm specializing in financial markets and gaming law. Leading law firm in Israel in the fields of forex, binary options and other rapidly growing fin-tech markets.

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  Gissin & Co., Advocates

  Mar 2015 - Mar 2016

  Articled Clerk

  Articled Clerk at GISSIN & Co. Advocates, a well-established Israeli law firm specializing in a wide spectrum of corporate, commercial and civil fields of law, both locally and internationally. The firm was ranked in 2014 as one of Israel's leading firms in debt settlement, receivership and commercial litigation.

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  LinguistIt - Legal and Business Translation

  May 2016 - Dec 2017

  Senior In-House Translator

  Senior In-House Translator and LinguistIt Ltd., a leading Israeli translation firm specializing in the translation of legal and business related documents from Hebrew to English (and vice versa) for Israel's top law firms and other corporations.

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  Tadmor Levy & Co.

  Jan 2018 - May 2020

  Associate

  Associate in the Corporate Practice Group 2018 – 2020- M&A: Assisting M&A department due diligence process for acquisition of a large public transportation consortium by a global asset management company.- Infrastructure: Review and mark up of major infrastructure project agreements. Drafting responses to contractor claims in a major national infrastructure project.- Contracts: Drafting and reviewing commercial agreements and corporate founding documents for high profile practice group clients. Show less

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  Dr. Shlomo Cohen & Co. Advocates

  May 2020 - Dec 2020

  Litigation Attorney

  Associate in the Litigation & Trademark Practice Groups - Litigation: Assisting firm’s litigation department through ongoing brand-protection actions including interfacing with customs, law enforcement and private investigators, updating big-name clients (including Apple and Unilever, among others) on infringements and developing action plans, drafting pleadings and pursuing litigation against infringers, and negotiating settlements with infringers. - Trademarks: Researching proposed trademarks across jurisdictions, drafting search reports for clients, and filing trademark registration and renewal requests. Show less

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  Moroccanoil

  Dec 2020 - now

  - Contracts: Full responsibility over the company’s existing contracts in the international market and drafting and negotiating legal documents for new business initiatives, including reviewing, drafting, and negotiating distribution, vendor, and service-related contracts (e.g., distribution agreements, NDAs, manufacturing agreements, termination letters) on behalf of the company. Key responsibilities included negotiating crucial business terms in contracts. - Data Privacy: Management of ongoing program to bring organization into Data Privacy regulatory compliance (including GDPR and other regulatory regimes), in close coordination with the company’s Data Privacy Officer.- Counsel: Ad hoc legal support and advice to other departments (Sales, Marketing, IT, etc.) based on personal knowledge and experience, communicating and coordinating with external counsel as required. Responsibility for ongoing litigation files in coordination with external counsel, trademark searches and reports, and responsibility for signature processes, including presenting and delivering briefings regarding legal documents of new initiatives to CFO and CEO on an ongoing basis. Show less

  • Legal Counsel and Contract Manager

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Contract Manager

    Dec 2020 - Dec 2022