Bruce Richards
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Manhattan Associates•Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Well-versed business lawyer and corporate executive with 25+ years law practice experience, including 16 years as corporate in-house/general counsel with several large publicly-traded companies in the financial services, transaction processing and infromation technology industries. Emphasis on helping business executives and general counsel navigate their legal and transactional landscapes, prioritizing their legal and related business challenges, and providing value-added solutions. Goals include continuing to counsel small, mid-sized and large businesses with challenging legal environments. Specialties: Mergers and acquisitions. corporate governance, consumer credit regulation, financial transaction processing, data protection and security, IT/software development and licensing, intellectual property strategy, legal department design and management, dispute resolution management.
Career Timeline
- Manhattan AssociatesCurrentAug 2011–Present· 15 yrs 1 mo
- Senior Vice President, Chief Legal OfficerCurrentAug 2011–Present
- 2007–Jun 2007· 5 mos
- Acting General Counsel2007–Jun 2007
- Oct 2006–Nov 2011· 5 yrs 1 mo
- PartnerOct 2006–Nov 2011
- Mar 2004–Jun 2005· 1 yr 3 mos
- General CounselMar 2004–Jun 2005
- 1996–2001· 5 yrs
- Corporate VP and General Counsel1996–2001
- Apr 1987–Aug 2002· 15 yrs 4 mos
- Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and SecretaryApr 1987–Aug 2002
- Aug 1985–Apr 1987· 1 yr 8 mos
- Associate AttorneyAug 1985–Apr 1987
Education
JD
Law
University of California, Los Angeles - School of LawMBA
Managerial Finance
UCLA Anderson School of ManagementB.A.
Economics, Math, Physics
Stanford University