Frank is a commercial attorney with extensive domestic and international experience in the e-commerce, supply chain, logistics, software, and outsourcing industries. He utilizes his experience to help clients: solve complex business problems; launch, operate, and scale e-commerce platforms; develop and license software applications; and structure, draft, and negotiate a broad range of commercial transactions, including:
- Supply Chain, Logistics, & Commercial: supply chain operations, procurement, resales, distribution, services, consulting, equipment leasing, 3PL (warehousing and transport), freight forwarding, linehaul, delivery and fulfillment services, contract workflow solutions (incl. developing mechanisms for simplifying contracts, contract intake processes, and internal controls), and facilitating various client- and business-facing training programs.
- E-commerce: e-commerce vendor and platform services, online presence management, gig-economy agreements, marketplace agreements, payment processing and merchant services, BNPL, customer engagement services, web- and mobile-app hosting and development, terms of use, privacy policies, cookie policies, and various other clickwrap agreements.
- Software: SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, cloud services, software licenses, enterprise resource planning (ERP), IT services, EULAs, and software/technology development.
- Outsourcing: manufacturing and capacity outsourcing, BPO, IT, R&D, payroll, HR/recruitment, promotion and marketing services, customer service/call center operations, and staff augmentation.
- International Investments & Regulatory: complex European, Middle Eastern, and North African investments, strategic alliances, transition services, data privacy, and general regulatory.
He also serves as Outside General Counsel to both private and publicly held companies.
Prior to joining Ice Miller, Frank was Corporate Counsel for Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) international consumer, logistics, transportation, supply chain, and environmental sustainability teams. During his tenure at AMZN, Frank advised on the: post-acquisition integration of Souq.com (a Dubai-based e-commerce company acquired by AMZN for $580M); launch of three new AMZN marketplaces in the United Arab Emirates (amazon.ae), Saudi Arabia (amazon.sa), and Egypt (amazon.eg); and launch of ground-breaking technologies and scalable logistics programs.
Prior to his tenure at Amazon, Frank was an associate at large international law firms, advising multinational clients on a variety of cross-border corporate and commercial transactions in the US, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions. Frank speaks Arabic as a second language.