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Outside GC?s principals, Jonathan Levitt and Bill Stone, have combined
more than twenty years of experience representing public and private companies
as both outside and in-house general counsel.
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Mobile: 617-548-1289
Email: jlevitt@outsidegc.com
Before founding Outside GC, Jon was Vice President and General Counsel for Inso Corporation (later eBT International, NASDAQ:EBTI), an international enterprise software company.
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While at Inso, Jon handled multiple domestic and international business acquisitions and divestitures, oversaw the settlement of two class action shareholder lawsuits, managed a formal Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry, and developed a web-based contracts process that allowed the legal department to efficiently draft and negotiate over one hundred license agreements per quarter. After leaving Inso, Jon joined Quadstone, a Scottish-based CRM analytics vendor, as Vice President and General Counsel. At Quadstone, Jon was responsible for all of the corporation?s legal affairs in both the US and the UK, and also managed the corporation?s US-based finance, HR, IT, facilities and administrative functions and employees. Jon began his legal career in private practice, first at Mintz Levin, where he worked primarily on large corporate transactions, and then at Lucash Gesmer & Updegrove, where he focused on intellectual property and software licensing. Jon is a graduate of Northwestern University and Northeastern University School of Law. Jon is involved in a leadership role on many community and non-profit boards and committees including Combined Jewish Philanthropies, coaches youth sports in his town, and is a member of the Boston chapter of EO, an international organization of entrepreneurs.
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Mobile: 617-501-8058
Email: bstone@outsidegc.com
Bill Stone brings a unique combination of legal and business experience to his clients, having served both as outside general counsel for companies in
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several different industries, and as an executive business development professional. Before joining Jon in launching Outside GC, Bill led an international business development team as Vice President Business Development for eBT International, Inc. a Nasdaq-traded enterprise software company. Prior to that, Bill served as Vice President Corporate Development and General Counsel for Verde Media, Inc., a venture capital-backed media company in San Francisco. Before joining Verde, Bill practiced law as a partner in the law firm Tonkon Torp LLP, focusing on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate counseling. Bill co-founded the firm?s technology practice group, and acted as general counsel to multiple technology, manufacturing, service and retail companies. Bill brings extensive experience in capital raising transactions, from early-stage angel rounds, through venture rounds and registered public offerings. Bill has represented both issuers and underwriters in conducting initial and secondary public offerings and Bill also has served as the principal SEC ?34-Act reporting counsel to public companies and their boards of directors. Prior to joining Tonkon Torp, Bill served as a law clerk in the chambers of the Honorable Mark L. Wolf in the federal district court in Boston, Massachusetts. Bill is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Tufts University and a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard Law School.
Bill is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Bill serves on the board of the Bubs Foundation, a charitable organization Bill founded that provides music education opportunities to students in Boston-area public schools. Bill also serves on the board of trustees of Westminster Unitarian Church in East Greenwich, RI.
Jon and Bill have
- negotiated and drafted thousands of licensing,
distribution, development, employment, real estate and other contracts
and agreements
- handled dozens of large M&A transactions
- handled a significant number of international
and domestic acquisitions and divestitures
- managed a wide range of complex litigation,
including shareholder lawsuits, SEC investigations, intellectual
property infringement actions and employment claims
- been responsible for all manner of corporate
governance and SEC compliance for public and private companies
- managed companies? intellectual property portfolios
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