Jayshree R. Jewett

Counsel

Dallas
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Overview

As Counsel, Jayshree Jewett leads the current General Counsel Services team of eleven attorneys, advising clients on domestic and international transaction negotiation and management, corporate compliance, governance and risk assessment. She draws on her 16 years of international and domestic experience to provide strategic advice on complex corporate and commercial matters to the legal departments and operational teams of public and private equity companies. She has significant experience negotiating diligence and master services agreements related to M&A transactions.

Jayshree develops an in-depth understanding of each client's processes, services and goals, and she works closely with her team to unify the client's agreements and legal documents. She handles complicated challenges in a fast paced, high-pressure environment to help clients achieve positive results within an agreed-upon budget. 

Jayshree previously served as General Counsel of Fiji Airways.

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  • Drafts, reviews, and negotiates a wide variety of complex commercial agreements, including consulting agreements, statements of work, software license agreements, professional services agreements, reseller agreements, information technology agreements, and non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements for large private-equity firms.
  • Managed intellectual property matters for clients and provides advice on strategies for the protection of intellectual property rights, including trademarks and copyrights.
  • Negotiated aircraft purchase agreements for new Airbus 330 aircraft, the associated Rolls Royce engines, maintenance agreements, software license agreements for new in-flight entertainment system, and secured and finalized $180 million of pre-delivery financing.
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Experience

  • Drafts, reviews, and negotiates a wide variety of complex commercial agreements, including consulting agreements, statements of work, software license agreements, professional services agreements, reseller agreements, information technology agreements, and non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements for large private-equity firms.
  • Managed intellectual property matters for clients and provides advice on strategies for the protection of intellectual property rights, including trademarks and copyrights.
  • Negotiated aircraft purchase agreements for new Airbus 330 aircraft, the associated Rolls Royce engines, maintenance agreements, software license agreements for new in-flight entertainment system, and secured and finalized $180 million of pre-delivery financing.
  • Negotiated lease agreements for Boeing 737 aircraft, a series of additional ATR 72 aircraft, and two additional Twin Otter aircraft for international airline.
  • Represented global airline in negotiating a new passenger-reservations-systems agreement with a global technology travel company, saving $1.8 million.
  • Renegotiated collective bargaining agreements with unions representing pilots and flight attendants, significantly reducing labor costs by $10 million and increasing productivity for international airline.
  • Represented international airline service in restructuring individual employment agreements, resulting in a 20% reduction in employee costs, and effectively managed employee redundancies as a part of the overall restructuring process.
  • Led seamless transition of wholesale rebranding and change of corporate name from major international airline, including all aspects of its intellectual property portfolio, regulatory compliance and corporate transactional matters.
  • Managed the worldwide trademark and domain portfolio on behalf of global airline and its subsidiaries.
  • Led all aspects of legal affairs for international airline service, including its wholly owned subsidiary, in Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the South Pacific Island Group, Hong Kong, and the United States, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director and Board of Directors.
  • Led trademark cancellation petition with the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to cancel infringing trademarks.
  • Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated asset transfer agreements for mega-churches, joint venture agreements between nonprofits and for-profit entities, franchise agreements, independent contractor agreements, and intellectual property contracts.

Recognitions and Memberships

Memberships

  • State Bar of Texas
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Plano Bar Association

Prior Positions

  • Fiji Airways: General Counsel

Admissions

  • Texas

Education

  • LL.M., Intellectual Property, George Washington University Law School, 2014, with highest honors
  • LL.B., University of the South Pacific, 2004; Valedictorian; Best Fijian Law Student Award, Fiji Law Society

Languages

  • Gujarati
  • Hindi