Tanya Thomas

Headhunted by the CEO and Co-Founder to help build their product for their legal automation platform.
Built prompts using GPT-4 and tested with other models such as Claude -3.
Created pools of data sets and custom documents for testing and training the AI.

Worked directly with the CEO and Co-Founder to design and build their amazing AI product for contract automation within their platform. Built prompts using GPT-4 and tested with other models such as Claude3. Created pools of data sets and custom documents for testing and training the AI. In charge of leading quality testing of AI and improvement.

Was the sole lead for building a new product called ‘Leah Draft’ which is a legal automation drafting product on Leah CoPilot.
Used extensive legal background to advise and build the product.
Managed a UK team and worked alongside USA product colleagues daily.
Built various prompts using GPT-4.
Completed all the testing and fine-tuning of the prompts.
Designed and developed high-quality prompts for a range of legal use cases.
Designed and developed high-quality prompts for the classification of contract types.
Designed and developed high-quality prompts for the extraction of key metadata for a range of contract types and legal use cases.
Built guardrails and legal framework for generative AI use cases with a high focus on safety.

Was the Head of Legal’s trusted legal advisor.
Was recruited to support the department during a period of maternity leave.
Served as the sole legal counsel for the Procurement department.
Provided expert legal guidance on contract termination, exit strategies, material breaches, and insurance provisions.
Provided legal advice that aligned with the bank's risk appetite and overarching policies.
Drafted and negotiated contracts to ensure the bank's best interests were protected.
Adhered to specific guidelines to ensure compliance and mitigate potential risks.

Supported the General Counsel during staff recruitment.
Managed complex contracts with major international companies such as Coke, Sony, and Philips.
Drafted, negotiated, and managed MSAs, SAAS’s, SOW's, service agreements, NDA's and amendments.
Stood as acting General Counsel reporting directly to the CFO for a short period.
Was retained as a freelancer for Ebiquity.

Worked directly for the Head of Legal Design for the private wealth banking arm of the Bank.
Reviewed specific agreements and terms for customers in Asia to ensure they were simplified and modernised to meet the requirements of the FCA.
Reviewed regional templates and performed risk and gap analysis on specific clauses.
Attended meetings with third party designers ahead of design sprints.
Consulted lawyers, SMEs and specific business areas to change existing templates.
Ensured all risks were weighed and all clauses removed from existing templates were signed off.

Worked within the Global Loans Department to support the review, negotiation and drafting of various agreements in preparation for the cessation of LIBOR.
Reviewed a portfolio of IMA’s referencing potential LIBOR benchmarks and the adjustment for transition to alternative benchmarks.
Drafted complex override amendment agreements for existing Loan Agreements in view of cessation of LIBOR for Bilateral and Syndicated Loans.
Reviewed multiple Terms and Conditions for Loan Agreements and prepared them for amendments.
Reviewed hundreds of loan agreements and prepared them for remediation including ISDA schedules.
Supported senior lawyers and partners with the review of particular priority agreements.
Demonstrated good knowledge of LMA documentation and fallback provisions.

Joined the legal team on an urgent business critical project regarding the divestiture of part of the business.
Focused on the drafting and negotiation of transition service agreements (TSA’s) with SMEs and law firms.
Completed a similar role with the bank for another project in January 2019.
Was asked back due to ability to deliver deadlines and manage SMEs.

Worked exclusively with the Lead Partner and supported his team of finance lawyers with the review, analysis and repapering of agreements for J.P Morgan.
Trained to review IMAs which included provisions referencing LIBOR.
Reviewed Credit Facility Agreements.
Reviewed Complex Loan Agreements with multiple Tranches.
Reviewed Swing Loan Agreements.
Reviewed Pledge Agreements.
Reviewed Escrow Agreements.
Reviewed various other Securitised Loan agreements in various non-UK jurisdictions.
Reviewed International GMRA’s featuring LIBOR.
Reviewed, analysed and documented various agreements in the interests of J.P. Morgan as Agent.
Reviewed fallbacks.
Determined LIBOR cessation events and LIBOR trigger events.
Reviewed multi-currency options for international agreements and ABR’s and ARR’s.
Reviewed benchmark spreads, adjustments and margins to the extent they applied.
Determined maturity dates post 2021.
Analysed extensions and amendments to original agreements to determine which provisions take precedence.
Worked to strict deadlines to complete the delivery of a high volume of documents to J.P. Morgan on time.
Met with banking and litigation lawyers frequently and advised on the progress and output of the project.

Worked on a large commercial programme for a joint venture where all the IT and Cyber Security Contracts were transitioned.
Created and negotiated Contracts and Service Schedules with SMEs and external law firms.
Met T/O/M deadlines and provided weekly updates on achieving milestones for a public announcement of a new entity between Lloyds and Schroders Personal Wealth (JV).
Worked closely with Group Legal and the Business (SMEs) in negotiation and production of service schedules.
Reviewed business documentation and provided feedback to senior management on the accuracy and ability to reflect this in the contracts/schedules.
Understood how the business areas functioned to enable a better understanding of the service in the Schedule.
Set up and ran workshops/surgeries with the business stakeholders, facilitating sessions with both service provider and service recipient.
Ensured all reporting measures were in place for the respective services.
Managed, developed and presented options for design issues.
Understood and interpreted regulatory guidance and the Ring Fence Regulations and its application.
Understood and drafted Service Agreements/contracts/inter-Group formal arrangements.

Supported the Chief Legal Counsel during major restructuring.
Reviewed, identified and advised on key legal and risk matters relating to the Aon Retirement and Investment business in EMEA.
Managed new business lines and new products that Aon wanted to scale.
Built strong relationships with sales staff, senior business stakeholders and privacy teams when supporting GDPR reviews.
Negotiated multiple contracts with major external companies for the product.
Built relationships throughout the company.
Supported other lawyers on strategic project work and larger commercial transactions.
Supported the existing review of technology contracts by a previous staff member who left the department.
Provided legal advice to business partners and senior consultants on transactions and contracts.

Successfully managed a portfolio of commercial contracts including outsourcing agreements, NDA, Service Agreements, Framework Agreement, Service Schedules, terms and conditions, procurement contracts and large tenders.
Negotiated agreements with councils and government bodies.
Worked with key Divisions and Directors to refine service specifications and support the delivery of transformation in contracts across multiple service lines across corporate HQ.
Highlighted risks to Directors and provided alternative options regarding Councils, Private Sector Third Parties, Hospitals and other NHS Providers.
Managed the negotiation and agreement of key NHS contracts and SLA agreements.
Provided advice on how to strengthen relationships with suppliers.
Drafted and negotiated procurement agreements, Invitations to Tender and Specifications to achieve high quality supply contracts.
Worked with EU Procurement Law and TUPE negotiation.

Worked on commercial litigation, financial investigations and financial litigation matters concerning Derivatives and Swaps (CDS).
Demonstrated a very good understanding of portfolio diversification, how the markets operate and other financial instruments such as LIBOR.
Worked on fraud, financial disclosure, conflict of interest issues and confidentiality issues.
Demonstrated advanced skills in Relativity and Microsoft Excel.

Provided generalist commercial support to the head of legal and the wider legal team.
Managed the entire portfolio for Trade Mark Licencing Agreements for all Networks and Franchises during a global rebrand.
Worked with key stakeholders within the business and account managers for multi-million-pound accounts.
Project managed two departments (marketing and design) for the distribution of logos and brand use guidelines in the London office.
Drafted NDAs, Services Agreements and Consultancy Agreements.

Managed a high volume portfolio with short turnaround time.
Was the only lawyer in Eisai Europe Limited managing clinical contracts, outsourcing and IT contracts.
Drafted, reviewed and negotiated Commercial Agreements for Eisai Europe Limited in EMEA.
Drafted Terms and Conditions – Master Templates.
Drafted Outsourcing Agreements.
Drafted Services Agreements.
Drafted CDA Agreements.
Drafted Consultancy Services Agreements.
Drafted Master Services Agreements and Work Orders.
Drafted Termination Letters and Terminating Work Orders.
Created alternatives to non-amendable clinical contracts while being aware of international law and regulations in Europe and ICH/GCP.
Negotiated key clauses in CTA agreements concerning insurances, informed consent, IP, publications, data ownership and rights to publishing, and indemnity clauses.
Negotiated clauses permitting non-transferable licences for the use of data from trials for research and teaching purposes only.
Managed the entire life cycle of CTA agreements.
Worked successfully with Procurement and other Business Units to execute key contracts on time with major service providers.
Negotiated intellectual property rights, termination, data protection, indemnification and insurance issues, publication rights, anti-bribery anti-corruption, confidentiality, and liability.