Brad Simon
Seasoned General Counsel and Tech Transactions Attorney
Massachusetts
CA, MA
"As always, Brad is amazing. He's quick and is always looking out for my company."
About
Brad is a trained mediator and holds additional degrees from Brown and University… read more College London where he studied anthropology
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"Great working with Brad as always!!"
"Brad was great to work with! He went above and beyond at understanding my specific needs and implementing them. He was extremely knowledgeable and had great solutions to all of my problems. I will be working with Brad for all of my attorney needs! 10/10"
"Brad is excellent. I am a small business owner in the tech space and needed an agreement for my clients. He crafted a detailed, thoughtful agreement that provided me with all the flexibility I need and explained all key points in detail. He was also very responsive, I would work with him again."
"Brad and I worked very closely together for a number of years....the first few of which were with a tiny group of people just trying to keep the company alive. Brad was wonderful to work with. His ability to manage the fine balance between the legal risks for the company and the need for revenue and revenue driven actions coming from Sales, differentiated him from many corporate lawyers I'd worked with previously. Brad was also amazingly responsive and turned things around, especially for those of us in sales, on a dime. In addition, Brad was just a wonderful person to around and work with on a daily basis."
"Brad Simon is a first-class, highly efficient, effective and results oriented legal expert. Extremely knowledgeable in the video game space between software publishing, retail / distribution, first-party, third-party and manufacturing details, Brad's approach is pragmatic, factual, and direct, always with keen sense of problem solving and proactive solutions oriented."
Work History
Law Office of Brad Simon
Principal
Jan 2017 - Present
The Law Office of Brad Simon provides highly experienced, responsive, and cost effective representation for digital media, Internet, SaaS/app/software and video game companies — with a special focus on start-ups — for their licensing, contracting, privacy, and other product counsel needs.
Clients include: Take-Two Interactive, Invitae, Token Transit, Xero, Healthie, GreatHorn, & Creative Market.
IAC Applications
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Aug 2014 - Sep 2016
Responsible for overseeing all legal and compliance matters for largest division of IAC consisting of several leading software companies across multiple platforms reaching over one hundred million users worldwide: browser /search (Mindspark and APN), mobile (Apalon), and desktop (Slimware).
About.com
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Nov 2012 - Aug 2014
Led legal affairs for a highly profitable Internet company of over 200 employees and 1,000 writers that provides expert content to 90 million unique monthly visitors through About.com and other web properties.
Take-Two Interactive (T2)
Vice President and Counsel
May 2012 - Nov 2012
Partnered throughout the company to advise on, draft and negotiate in-game advertising agreements, trademark, content, music, and merchandise license agreements, software development and publishing agreements, technology agreements, and marketing agreements, all for AAA game titles - NBA 2K, Borderlands, and Bioshock.
Beyond Oblivion
Deputy General Counsel and Vice President
Aug 2011 - Jan 2012
Negotiated complex music licensing agreements and provided corporate, privacy, HR and other legal services for NewCorp funded music technology start up.
MTV Networks
Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs
Aug 2009 - Feb 2011
Led global legal and business affairs team of leading video game developer (Harmonix) and publisher (MTV Games) of Rock Band and Dance Central products, serving on senior management teams of both entities until the business was sold.
PlayFirst
Vice President and General Counsel
Jul 2004 - Jul 2009
Oversaw all business and legal affairs for pioneering casual game company.