Effective Agreements brings over twenty-five years of experience working for Fortune 500 companies and start-ups alike on all levels of business agreements. Our mission is to provide needed contract writing and contract negotiation services to small- to mid-sized companies on an as needed basis.
Tom Phillips, the company president, began working with complex merger and acquisition definitive agreements in 1983 at LTV Corporation, an $8 billion conglomerate.
Later, as vice president of corporate business development at DSC Communications Corporation, a $1.4 billion high-tech telecom manufacturer, he managed $500 million of transactions on the buy- and sell-side. During that period he:
- Negotiated definitive agreements for all $500 million worth of transactions
- Led large multi-departmental due diligence teams examining dozens of companies, maintaining a high level of cooperation between diverse technical and business departments
- Reviewed hundreds of contracts for commercial pitfalls as part of the due diligence process
Mr. Phillips was also was mandated by the Chairman of the Board to manage and negotiate all other agreements that were determined to be strategic to the company. This resulted in contract negotiations for:
- Major OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) agreements relating to key high-tech products
- International strategic alliances in Germany, Israel, Brazil, Holland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, and India, predominately in the high-tech sector
- Exclusive distribution contracts, and
- Any agreements under which intellectual property changed hands.
Since 1998, Effective Agreements has served small- to mid-sized companies, both within and outside the high-tech sector, providing all of the benefits of an internal contract department on an inexpensive, outsourced basis.