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Reggie Davis has decades of experience as a general counsel in the tech industry and now serves as the general counsel and chief legal officer of DocuSign, a company that provides e-signature solutions. Under Davis' leadership, DocuSign has grown tremendously to have over 55 million users, $500 million in funding, and operations in 43 languages across 189 countries. Davis ensures that DocuSign acts with the utmost focus on legality and security while driving digital transformation for its diverse customer base.
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- 1. 106 / Sync Issue 006 LEAD DocuSign general counsel Reggie Davis draws from decades of experience to guide the young, influential legal tech company as it becomes a leader in secure online signatures By Tina Vasquez Only a couple of years ago, finalizing a multination- al deal took a matter of months, and it required an inordinate amount of time, money, and energy spent on printing, faxing, scanning, and overnighting pages upon pages of documents to be signed. The process was only lengthened by every additional individual signa- ture needed. The San Francisco and Seattle-based company Docu- Sign is striving to not only eliminate this process entire- ly, but to do so while also driving digital transparency, according to its general counsel and chief legal officer, Reggie Davis. The company invented an e-signature solution that enables users to securely sign and manage docu- ments online from any device. Digital Transaction Man- agement (DTM) is an emerging cloud-based service that isnt specific to DocuSign, but the very young company has quickly become known for setting its global stan- dard. DocuSign began as a US enterprise focusing pri- marily on real-estate business. Now, it has an estimat- ed 55 million users, $500 million in venture funding, and an ever-expanding global footprint, including the 2014 acquisition of the Brazilian digital-signature firm Comprova. Given that the documents signed through DocuSign are legally binding, the companys foreign expansion into forty-three languages and 189 countries has created unique challenges for Davis and his team. The overar- ching task were trying to accomplish is creating a global trust network, he says. Everything we do is built on legality and security and almost obsessively acting in the best interests of our customers on both fronts. Were trying to drive digital transformation for an incredibly varied customer base, the depth and breadth of which is still impressive to me. It is literally across all industries, Davis says. We must learn all of the challenges theyre up against and make it our business to address them. From start to finish, DocuSign makes legal processes accessible and transparent to all involved. Not only is the process quicker, but information on who created the documents, when they were created, who signed them, and when they were signed is instantly available to all Is Your Signature Safe When You Sign on the Electronic Line?
- 2. Sync / 107sync-magazine.com LEAD Reggie Davis DocuSign General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer Everything we do is built on legality and security and almost obsessively acting in the best interests of our customers on both fronts. parties involved. The entire transaction history is there, in black and white, and thats something traditional means like paper cant offer. Not only is it a more transparent way of doing business, but its a more secure way of doing business, Davis says. This isnt just for multinational companies, either. Think of the benefits for a legal department or a companys HR department. If a company has a focus on or a need for compliance, nothing is better than the approach offered by DocuSign. Daviss career history is prolific, with roles as gen- eral counsel at both Yahoo and Zynga before his time at DocuSign. In the tech world, moving to a smaller company doesnt mean a step backward. Davis has the opportunity to be with the company as its in the midst of explosive growth: on the brink of an initial public of- fering and, as of October 2015, entered into a strategic sales partnership with technology giant (and DocuSign investor) Dell. PhotobySamAttal
- 3. 108 / Sync Issue 006 LEAD Davis joined DocuSign after deciding to a take a year off, six months of which were spent back- packing around the globe with his wife and four sons. He was already well accustomed to applying his le- gal expertise in the tech industry, but the folks at DocuSign werent at all accustomed to a general coun- sel with such a unique approach to addressing risk. Davis only brings a potential issue to the attention of need-to-know parties when its, well, attention-worthy. Lots of people sue lots of com- panies for lots of things, Davis says. If I think something is a very critical issue, Ill bring it up. If it doesnt seem critical to me, I wont bring it up. If youre on everyones back about every little issue that arises, how do they know when to take a legitimate risk seriously? Its an approach that works for me. It requires a lot of trust that I know what Im doing, but DocuSign trusts that I do. Thats not to say that being gen- eral counsel means knowing every- thingit doesnt, and Davis will be the first to say that. He works among the best and brightest, both on his legal team and within DocuSign broadly. Being an effective gener- al counsel, he says, requires being transparent about what you dont know. Its a blessing and a curse to be around ultra-smart engineers who dont suffer fools easily, Davis says with a laugh. Its basically my job to give very smart people advice, and that can be hard when they know things about the technology that I dont. So much about this job is helping people buy in to your approach and being completely prepared to honestly answer all of their questions. You just have to put in the time and do the work. Thats what being a good general counsel is about. Congratulations to our friend REGGIE DAVIS, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of DocuSign, on being recognized by Sync Magazine as a legal industry leader and pioneer. Reggie, you have proven yourself time and time again as a trusted counselor who gives sage legal and business advice to your executive team; an inspirational leader who generates loyalty and excellence within your internal and external legal teams; and a smart and tough overseer of litigation. We look forward to your continued success! Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP los angeles | new york | san francisco silicon valley | chicago | washington, d.c. seattle | houston | tokyo | london mannheim | hamburg | moscow | paris hong kong | munich | sydney | brussels www.quinnemanuel.com