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    Paul Massey

    Paul Massey

    CEO of legaltech startup. Experienced General Counsel and operational manager in high growth startups in the fintech, cleantech and AI sectors.

    Other United Kingdom
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    Experience
    Founders Factory
    Founders Factory
    CEO 2019 - Present (over 7 years)
    CEO of Legaltech startup.
    Crowdcube
    Crowdcube
    General Counsel 2014 - 2018 (over 4 years)
    General Counsel and Company
    General Counsel and Company
    Secretary - Crowdcube 2014 - Present (over 12 years)
    Joining the Company as the first lawyer and building the legal and compliance team to a team of 8, including a lawyer in Spain. Driving the launch of various products and... more managing transactions in the UK and overseas, including bond issuance and registrar services, blockchain R&D and partnerships in new territories. Corporate support for all fundraising companies, providing extensive corporate finance experience, including prospectus issuance and IPOs. This includes approval of due diligence, rev
    eBay
    eBay
    Senior Legal Counsel 2010 - 2014 (over 3 years)
    SEGA Europe Limited (fixed-term contract)
    SEGA Europe Limited (fixed-term contract)
    Legal Counsel 2010 (7 months)
    Advising upon content development, distribution and licensing agreements across physical and digital media. Negotiating terms and conditions for a leading mobile application... more store and a console based virtual store. Managing legal support and negotiation for acquisition of content including music licensing for trailers Olympics and sports rights and third party intellectual property for computer games. Managing intellectual property and regulatory clearances for online content, computer games, vi
    Manager, Commercial 2009 (5 months)
    Legal and Regulatory - COLT Telecommunications (fixed-term contract) Reviewing and negotiating European Master Agreements reseller white-label, and service level contracts... more for cloud computing, data and voice services. Liaising with overseas lawyers, finance and regulatory teams to ensure corporate policy compliance. Reviewing corporate liability policy and insurance cover.
    Technology Media and Telecommunications Group - KL Gates
    Technology Media and Telecommunications Group - KL Gates
    Associate 2007 - 2009 (about 2 years)
    Advising upon commercial, compliance, intellectual property and data protection matters for clients including T-Mobile, eModeration, LEGO and Last.FM. I also advised T-Mobile,... more Last.fm and Warner Music in relation to online business and digital media. Six month Secondment to Warner Music International digital division including drafting and negotiating contracts including digital content licences subscription sponsorship and advertising supported content agreements. Pro Bono work for Oxfam UK on
    Intellectual Property Solicitor - Wragge  Co
    Intellectual Property Solicitor - Wragge Co
    Employee 2005 - 2006 (over 1 year)
    Nokia Corporation v InterDigital Technology Corporation Managing multi-jurisdictional patent dispute with parallel proceedings in the US and UK regarding complex licensing... more of patent portfolios. Handling trade mark, design and domain name disputes. Advising upon a variety of non-contentious commercial TMT and IP matters.
    Trainee Solicitor - Norton Rose 2003 - 2005 (about 2 years)
    8 months experience in IP and IT departments and further training seats in Corporate, Banking and Environmental teams and in Munich office.
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    eBay, Crowdcube, Tabled, Tabled, Intellectual Property Solicitor - Wragge Co, Technology Media and Telecommunications Group - KL Gates, SEGA Europe Limited (fixed-term contract), General Counsel and Company, Founders Factory
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    About
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    Introduced blockchain to Crowdcube and influenced law and regulation across Europe impacting Fintech and corporate finance.

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    Skills
    Advertising Budgeting Business Development Cloud Computing Distribution Drafting Due Diligence Email Equity Financial Financial Services Insurance Joint Ventures Legal Licensing Management Pricing Retail Risk Assessment Services Social Media Telecommunications Video VOICE
    Locations
    London Bristol Exeter
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