Christopher Usrey
Expert in Transactions including Financing and Technology
Texas
TX
"I had a great experience with Chris Usrey. I highly recommend him."
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"Chris has been an invaluable help to our business, not only offering base legal frameworks for Enterprise software, services, partnership and community needs, but also in the contract negotiation process with Fortune 1000 firms worldwide. Chris is the kind of legal counsel that seeks to understand the business and offer sound advice, able to come up with creative solutions and at the same time communicate practical risk. He operates like a business partner and is a pleasure to work with - a rare quality in his field!"
Work History
vCounsel
Managing Member
Nov 2011 - Present
Founded vCounsel to provide small, medium and large business clients with Outsourced General Counsel Services, On Demand Overflow assistance, Document Management Consulting and Technology Solutions. Intellectual Property, Technology Transactions, Procurement, Corporate Formation, Transactions and Governance, Marketing, E-Commerce, Export, Privacy, Exec Comp, Employment, Healthcare and Banking law.
VCE
Senior Counsel
Sep 2010 - Oct 2011
Provided legal and strategic advice to senior executives, general counsel and legal department colleagues, marketing, business development, manufacturing, product development and finance in order to support VCE’s business objectives for the delivery of integrated software and hardware appliances to support cloud-computing networks. Responsible for Channel Sales, Procurement, and Export/Import.
Huawei
Corporate Counsel
Aug 2009 - Sep 2010
Legal lead for equipment loan and sales finance, corporate acquisitions, app store project, integration and company-wide lead for spinoff of three entities from existing entity and subsequent reorganization of the business lines. Planned, designed and participated as Legal lead for security, export and Two-Tier Distribution Channel Sales programs.
McAfee
Senior Counsel
Jul 2004 - Sep 2009
Provided legal and strategic advice to senior executives, general counsel and legal department colleagues, sales, web services, marketing, product development and treasury in order to support McAfee’s business objectives. Maintained global legal responsibility for Consumer, Strategic Service and Software, Mobile, Marketing, Web Search, Treasury, and Small Business Divisions.
Various
Counsel
Jun 2001 - Jul 2004
Additional In-House and Law Firm Experience in Banking, Financial and Real Estate Law from 2001-2004 provided on Request.