Derek is a dual-qualified English solicitor and US lawyer, having received legal education in both England and the United States. He is currently in-house corporate legal counsel, managing legal work for a variety of commercial contracts at a large multinational medical device company in the United States.
He has over 25 years of practical, hands-on legal experience with commercial contracts, ranging from day-to-day contracts such as nondisclosure agreements, to sophisticated and high-value cross-border transactions. For most of these transactions, he takes a leading role in the actual negotiation and frequently handles the drafting process itself. He has also published and spoken extensively on a variety of commercial law topics. You can learn more about Derek at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ddevgun/.
With his extensive experience of drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts, he has contributed to the US contracts section of ContractStore’s catalogue.