Simona Toma, Senior Legal Counsel

Simona Toma

Senior Legal Counsel

Astellas

Location
United Kingdom - London
Education
Diploma, Leadership
Experience
13 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months

Senior Legal Counsel at Astellas
  • Great Britain (UK) - London
  • My current job since June 2020

•DHSC - Consultant part of the Information Governance and Privacy team responsible for auditing the Data Sharing Agreements for the UK Test and Trace programme. Managed the privacy impact and data protection risk assessments, across suite of services involving the use of personal information; Reported on the Records of Processing Activities and DPIAs
•Algorithm Invest - Consultant responsible for reviewing and drafting of the software and AI contracts for Trading Platform Algorithms.
•Transaction Partners - designed the Legal Due Diligence Process for the AI systems in the context of M&A mid-market transactions.

Head of Contracts at CIRCOR Aerospace & Defence
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • January 2019 to April 2020

Reported to and supported the Manging Director and the leadership team
•Developed the contract management framework and legal compliance for EMEA on a £4M portfolio
•Led deals negotiations for submarines equipment supply that resulted in the mitigation of a £2M contractual risk
•Partnered with the Assistant General Counsel and negotiated a capital investing deal for the supply of CNG tender for the railroads in Latin America valued at $1.8mil per year in revenue
•Sustained transactional activities including actively assisting the bid management teams in the pre- contract phase to increase of controls and value return across the UK, Europe, US & Australia.
•Drafted contracts templates and implemented legal training for cross functional teams.

Senior Contracts Performance Manager at ACCA
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • May 2017 to July 2018

Acted as the global contract's advisor accountable for contracts performance and valuation of KPIs
•Co-created and rolled out an in-house automated contract generation toolkit
•Provided legal training to 42 global sales directors and markets heads on the use of CONTRACT GENERATION TOOLKIT in rapid 40-day cycle
•Executed over 200 contracts within the financial year exceeding the target by over 100%
•Reviewed contracts cost model and SLA's across sales contracts spend to assure commercial management best practices align with internal policies
•Led roll-out of global standards and tools across a global organization

Contracts Manager at INTELSAT
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • August 2013 to April 2016

Drafted all in-flight connectivity agreements, service licences and carrying out due diligence on clients' accounts for the Africa & Asia-Pacific regions
•Coordinated with 50 global sales directors and business managers to achieve contracts compliance
•Authorised tender and bid proposals for software licences, and cross-border transactions, managed pre- and post-contract award, and conflict resolution
•Counselled offshore sales teams on devising negotiation strategies with FTSE 500 clients
•Developed the end-to-end client contracting-related processes for the entire sales lifecycle in Africa and Asia Pacific markets managing annually $300M
•Enhanced legal support level by 20% through legal presentations and onboarding stakeholders
•Managed a team of 12 for the wellness challenge, achieving $90K corporate charity funding

Procurement Contracts Consultant at G4S
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • April 2012 to September 2012
Procurement and Acquisitions at Telemobil
  • June 2006 to April 2010

Education

Diploma, Leadership
  • at MIT Sloane Business School
  • April 2018

courses: Leading Organisations and Change

Bachelor's degree, International Relations
  • at University of Westminster
  • February 2012

Diploma, Law
  • at Univerisity of Law
  • September 2009
Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at The University of Political and Social Sciences
  • August 2009

High school or equivalent, Economics
  • at Bucharest Academy of Economic Sciences
  • August 2006

Specialties & Skills

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
DRAFTING
DUE DILIGENCE
NEGOTIATION
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AUDITING
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CONSULTING

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