Omeed Arlani, J.D., MBA

Experience

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  Ministry of the Attorney General

  Jan 2010 - May 2010

  Junior Planning Analyst

  • Worked with Alternative Financing of Courts Project team • Created a coordinated project plan for five courthouse projects• Assisted project leads in stakeholder meetings that included OCJ and SCJ judges, and Crown Attorney representatives • Conducted research pertaining to various courthouse related issues

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  Toronto Hydro

  Sept 2010 - Dec 2010

  Senior Policy Administrator

  • Worked within the Strategy and Risk Management Department • Assisted in the development of a five year corporate strategy utilizing previous goals and identified key opportunities • Assisted in the creation of a standardized process for the development of the annual business plans

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  Center for Law and Innovation

  May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Intellectual Property Clinic Student Lawyer

  • Managed a variety of patent and trademark cases• Utilized the USPTO patent and trademark databases• Effectively communicated with clients, verbal and written

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  Center for Law and Innovation

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2014

  Advanced Intellectual Property Clinic Student Lawyer

  • Managed a variety of patent and trademark cases• Developed non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements for clients in the healthcare,education and military fields• Utilized the USPTO patent and trademark databases• Conducted international patent searches• Effectively communicated with clients, verbal and written

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  Scotiabank

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

  • Conducted risk assessments of various forms of vendor contracts • Primary point of contact for business unit legal requests and inquiries• Drafted and reviewed Master Services Agreements, Software License Maintenance & Services Agreements, Statements of Work, Non-Disclosure & Confidentiality Agreements, and various other forms of agreements • Daily use of Vista: Spend & Supplies Management System • Conducted due diligence on a variety of national, and international, distributions and acquisitions • Reviewed CIMs prior to distribution • Developed a legislative procedure database to guide various departments throughout the Bank of Nova Scotia and its affiliates• Utilization of e-Discovery software to identify and assess the relevance of various documents

  • Senior Legal Analyst

    May 2016 - Oct 2016

  • LPP Candidate – Mergers and Acquisitions & e-Discovery

    Jan 2016 - Apr 2016
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  Intelex Technologies

  Oct 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Advising senior management and managing day-to-day internal legal resources• Providing risk assessments and guidance with respect to transactions, product development and business strategy• Preparing correspondence to and responding to inquiries from external customers, partners and vendors on behalf of internal business units • Providing guidance on data privacy laws (eg. EU GDPR) to internal business units to ensure compliance• Drafting and negotiating a wide variety of transactional documents: licensing, hosting, outsourcing, software technology development, reseller, professional services and partnership agreements • Maintaining knowledge of the organizations operations and legal documentation Show less • Identifying and assessing contractual, business and market risks• Advising internal business stakeholders on risk mitigation strategies • Drafting and negotiating a wide variety of technology transactions including: licensing, hosting, outsourcing, software technology development, and professional services agreements• Legal project management - statutory compliance, departmental project risk management & partnership/strategic alliance risk management• Legal assessments of data privacy requirements (eg. EU GDPR & PIPEDA)• RFP legal review • Developing a structured legal environment within a growing technology company• Development of an internal legal request ticketing system Show less

  • Managing Counsel

    May 2019 - Jul 2019

  • Legal Counsel - Technology Transactions

    Oct 2016 - May 2019
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  OMERS

  Jul 2019 - now

  • Vice President, Legal

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Corporate Counsel

    Jul 2019 - Feb 2024