Bernadette Chala

Chief Legal Officer and Senior Legal & Business Strategist

• Lead the intersection of law, policy, and corporate governance.
• Experienced C-level executive driving innovation, technology and legal solutions.
• Change agent and talent incubator building successful teams who embrace continuing improvement.

Recent Accomplishments

• Mergers & acquisitions, due diligence, complex commercial transactions.
• Equity, stock options, executive compensation, employment law.
• Complex commercial litigation, class action litigation defense, e-discovery, product claims and claims reporting.
• Ethics and Compliance - leading a culture of compliance and innovation, including Innovative solutions to measure successful compliance.
• B-Company conversion, public benefit company reporting, delivering change as a purpose driven company.

Talents and Skills

• E-commerce, including CCPA, GDPR, data privacy, security and consumer protection.
• Regulatory & Scientific Affairs, FDA, cosmetics & cosmetic device 513(g) filings, nutrition, food and dietary supplements.
• Consumer products, manufacturing, personal care, skincare, apparel and footwear manufacturing and distribution.
• Offensive brand protection and enforcement. Intellectual Property: copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents.
• FTC compliance, direct selling compliance, advertising, marketing, claims review and substantiation, and California Proposition 65.
• Non-profit compliance, donor-advised fund giving, charitable foundation compliance and fulfilling non-profit mission-based giving.
• International business expansion and international business transactions.
• Bankruptcy, structured reorganization, debtor-in-possession operations.