Outside GC Builds Team for Trade Associations and Non-profits
Washington D.C. (PRWEB) September 18, 2017 -- Outside GC LLC, the nation’s leading provider of on-demand, in-house legal counsel services, today announces the addition of Mark Johnson and Lakshmi Sarma Ramani to the firm’s Washington D.C. metro-area team, significantly enhancing the group’s non-profit and trade association capabilities.
Mark Johnson has over 20 years of experience working with D.C.-based trade associations and other non-profit organizations, both as outside counsel and as an in-house attorney. Mark regularly advises clients on regulatory and public policy issues, interacting with federal oversight agencies as needed, and handles a broad range of legal and operational issues, including the creation, structuring and governance of 501(c)(6) industry trade associations and other nonprofit and commercial organizations. Prior to joining Outside GC, Mark practiced in the Washington, DC office of the international law firm, Squire Patton Boggs, as a member in its Telecommunications and Data Privacy practice groups. Mark also served as Deputy General Counsel for the Intelligent Transportation Society America, a technology and transportation trade association.
Lakshmi Sarma Ramani is an accomplished attorney with considerable experience handling both legal and operational matters on behalf of tax-exempt organizations. Prior to joining Outside GC, Lakshmi served as General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) where she negotiated a range of agreements with public and private parties, advised on strategic initiatives and worked closely with the CEO and its boards on operational and governance issues. Prior to NAEYC, Lakshmi served as the lead global attorney for all finance, tax, technology, marketing, membership and fundraising matters at The Nature Conservancy (TNC), where she also managed various legal and regulatory compliance matters.
“Trade associations and non-profits operate in complex business environments,” explained Jon Levitt, managing member of Outside GC. “With Mark and Lakshmi onboard, we can expand what we offer to organizations in Washington D.C.’s extensive trade association and non-profit sector, providing on-demand access to commercially-oriented, seasoned non-profit counsel like Mark and Lakshmi at a reasonable hourly rate.”
About Outside GC
Outside GC provides senior in-house legal counsel on an on-demand basis to emerging and large companies alike, at highly competitive rates. With clients in the US and Europe across a broad range of industries, the company’s offerings include negotiating and drafting commercial agreements of all types; financing and acquisition transactions; employment and immigration matters; data privacy and healthcare regulatory matters, pre-litigation dispute resolution; and intellectual property protection and strategy. Together with its sister company, Patent GC, which provides on-demand patent and trademark legal services, the firm has over 60 senior business attorneys in New England, greater New York, the Washington D.C area, Colorado and California. For more information, please visit http://www.outsidegc.com, http://www.linkedin.com/company/outside-gc-llc, or call (617) 737-5000.
Jon Levitt, Managing Partner, Outside GC, http://www.outsidegc.com, +1 617-548-1289, [email protected]
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