Maria M Kouchis
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Pentair
Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Corporate Legal Counsel
• Negotiated and drafted data protection agreements (DPAs), Master Service Agreements, SaaS Agreements, and Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) to ensure compliance with applicable global privacy laws including but not limited to CCPA/CPRA, GDPR, and HIPAA
• Advised different businesses and functions on data use and protection laws
• Collaborated with Global Privacy to ensure Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) are completed and updated where necessary and on updating global Privacy Policies, Notices, and trainings
• Managed efforts with cross-functional teams to enhance contract review processes
• Collaborated with IT security team on various audit requests
2021 : 2023
Boston Scientific
Privacy and Data Protection Contracts Counsel
• Negotiated DPAs and BAAs to ensure compliance with privacy regulations, including but not limited to CCPA, GDPR, and HIPAA
2021 : 2021
Boston Scientific
Global Privacy Counsel Contractor
• Negotiated global sale and service agreements and drafted applicable online terms and conditions
• Researched global data protection laws and regulations, advised leadership of the effects and risks on business offerings, and collaborated with the Data Protection/Compliance team to draft contractual language to ensure compliance with such laws and regulations
• Collaborated with outside counsel in relation to the sale of a subsidiary
2020 : 2021
Digital River
Associate Legal Counsel
• Negotiated sale and service agreements to ensure compliance and efficiency with the changing legal and business offerings and demands
• Led efforts in automating the creation of global sale and service contracts via Thomson Reuters's Contract Express software
• Collaborated with various business leaders when drafting and reviewing various client and vendor agreements
Awards : ACE (Achieving a Culture of Excellence) Award Recipient (January 2020)
2018 : 2020
Digital River
Senior Paralegal
About
In my Privacy and Data Protection Counsel role at Boston Scientific Corporation, I negotiate, review, and draft master service agreements, SOWs, DPAs, BAAs, and privacy notices/policies to ensure compliance with global data protection regulations and laws (GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, HIPAA, etc), as applicable. I work with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with such rules and regulations.
In my Associate Legal Counsel role at Digital River, Inc., I negotiated, reviewed, and drafted sale and master service agreement. I received my law degree from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in May 2019 and successfully completed the Minnesota Bar Exam (UBE).
During law school, I was first an Associate and then an Assistant Editor for the Mitchell Hamline Law Review where I reviewed, edited, and researched numerous scholarly articles and assisted in other organizational matters. During my first and second year in law school, I interned at Duggins Law Firm and at Digital River, Inc. I worked full time at Digital River, Inc. as a Senior Paralegal during my third year of law school.
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