Meredith Francis

I am a US licensed attorney who specializes in technology and general commercial contracts. I'm barred in the States of Georgia and Florida. I'm living in Geneva, Switzerland for my husband's job at the World Health Organization.

Francis Law, LLC – Geneva, Switzerland                                                        October 2020 – Present

Solo practice

• Prepared contract forms for U.S. based IT manufacturer’s employees, vendors, suppliers, and customers. Negotiated manufacturing and development contracts with client’s customers.

Holland & Knight, LLP - Atlanta, Georgia                                           October 2018 – October 2020

Part-time Associate, Outsourcing and Technology Team

• Recruited by senior partner from Kilpatrick Townsend to Holland & Knight following an extended maternity leave. Responsibilities remained the same as at Kilpatrick Townsend.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP - Atlanta, Georgia                       April 2014  – July 2017

Associate, Global Sourcing and Technology Team 

• IT Transactions: Counsel clients on a broad range of IT transactions in multiple industries, including telecommunications, retail, hospitality, pharmaceuticals, health information technology, and financial services.
• Transactions include: (i) strategic outsourcing arrangements, such as IT infrastructure support, business processing outsourcing, facilities management, application development, customer relationship management, call center operations, back office and IT helpdesk support; and (ii) general commercial agreements, such as software licenses, software as a service agreements, master services agreements, procurement agreements, and advertising, social and digital media agreements.
• Responsibilities include: (i) drafting, negotiating, and finalizing IT agreements and various ancillary documents, such as statements of work, order documents, services descriptions, implementation plans, service level agreements, governance procedures, and intellectual property licenses; (ii) managing transactions schedules and deliverables, business subject matter experts, and client relationships; and (iii) advising clients regarding various corporate and transactional matters including legal risks and solutions, privacy and data security issues, and intellectual property issues. 

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP - Atlanta, Georgia                             2011 – April 2014

Corporate Associate 

• Mergers and Acquisitions: manage document tracking and closings; due diligence, deal structuring; negotiations; and drafting.
• General Corporate: draft and manage form contracts for clients in the healthcare, software, technology, financial institutions, and manufacturing fields; draft licensing agreements, purchase agreements, nondisclosure and restrictive covenants agreements, employee equity documents; and formation of entities.

University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia                                                         May 2011

• GPA: 3.69/4.3
• Class Rank: 18/224, Top 8%, Magna Cum Laude
• Georgia Law Review, Notes Editor
• Order of the Coif

Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama                                                                            May 2008

     B.A., History and Business Minor, GPA 3.72, Cum Laude