Elizabeth A. Colombo | ACC Corporate Counsel Now

Elizabeth A. Colombo

Senior Legal Counsel at Vendavo, Inc.

In her role as senior legal counsel with Vendavo, Inc., Colombo works cross-functionally with the relevant business teams and stakeholders, providing legal advice on a broad range of topics and guiding the business on legal compliance with a particular focus on drafting, managing, and negotiating client and vendor contracts of moderate-to-high complexity from the bid phase through contract execution, including software licensing and SaaS-specific provisions, as well as matters related to contractual liability and risk-shifting provisions, data privacy, intellectual property, and products.

My Articles

Career Development

Will “Quiet Quitting” be a Relic of 2022? 

Vendavo’s Senior Legal Counsel Elizabeth A. Colombo ponders the different approaches both employees and employers can take to maintain engagement in the workplace. #ACCDocket #inhousecounsel

Career Development

8 Techniques to Overcome Imposter Syndrome

Vendavo’s Senior Legal Counsel Elizabeth A. Colombo shares ways to master imposter syndrome as your career progresses. #ACCDocket #inhousecounsel

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Career Development

Tips and Tricks for Negotiating (and Handling) Promotions

Asking for raises and promotions can be awkward. Elizabeth Colombo has some tips for making the conversation easier and increasing your chances of getting what you want – and what to do next. #careerdevelopment #promotions

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Career Development

More Tips for Women New to In-house Law

For International Women’s Day, Vendavo’s Elizabeth Colombo offers career tips for women getting their start in-house. #ACCDocket

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Career Development

How to Keep a Positive Mindset in the COVID-19 Era

There is much to feel sad and maybe even angry about, and yet, there are silver linings all around us.

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Career Development

How to Tell If Your Coworker is Undermining You — and How to Handle It with Grace

So, how do you tell if your colleague is trying to undermine you, and what can you do about it?

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Career Development

Words and Phrases that Can Sabotage Your Credibility

With indirect language, we undercut ourselves at work. This month’s career column tackles the words and phrases we use that subtly undermine us.

Career Development

Not in Love with Your Work Anymore? 7 Ways to Reignite Your Passion

This month’s Career column shares seven ways to reignite your passion for your work, starting with finding out when, why, and how you lost your passion.

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Career Development

Why Better Business Communication Matters and How to Improve It

This month’s column will explain, using surprising statistics, why good business communication is important and how to improve your and your company’s communication.

Career Development

Perception Can Be Reality When It Comes to Your Career

This month’s column will explore how perception can be reality when it comes to your career. This includes both others’ perceptions of you and your perception of yourself.

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Career Development

7 Ways to be an Effective Leader — Even if it’s Not Your Job Yet

A common misconception about leadership is that you have to be a member of the C-suite or have another executive level title to be considered a leader. However, by exhibiting certain traits and cultivating specific skills, anyone can be a great leader.

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Compliance and Ethics

Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce

The Age of AI: How Will In-house Law Departments Run in 10 Years?

Curious about how artificial intelligence will effect in-house counsel law in the next 10 years? Elizabeth A. Colombo explains the many new challenges in-house counsel may endure in the workplace. #inhousecounsel #ACCDocket

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Career Development

3 Secrets to Effective Networking

Everyone has a story. Here’s how to build genuine and reliable connections.

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Career Development

Mentor, Sponsor, Coach: Navigating Career Relationships

Looking to grow professionally within an organization and also personally? This article describes several advisory relationships - mentor, sponsor, and coach and ways to find these opportunities. #inhousecounsel #ACCDocket

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Career Development

Beyond Stressed: A Lawyer’s Guide to Managing Mental Health

That’s a startling number, even in a high stress field such as law. This May, in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, I want to focus on how in-house counsel can seek help for — and prioritize — their mental health.

Career Development

7 Tips for Women New to In-house Law

Research shows that female in-house counsel are more likely to earn less, take temporary leave from work, and face difficulties returning to work after said leave than their male counterparts. With these obstacles in mind, here are the lessons I’ve learned that can help fellow female in-house counsel as they start their careers in this industry.

Career Development

Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce

4 Ways that Companies Can Adapt to Remote Work

Elizabeth A. Colombo describes 4 ways in-house counsel can thrive and adapt in a remote workplace. #inhousecounsel #ACCDocket

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Career Development

The Work-Life Balance Paradox

When you first moved to an in-house counsel role, perhaps your law firm colleagues inferred that you’d given up while simultaneously exhibiting jealousy that you were no longer a slave to the billable hour. According to ACC research, the desire for work-life balance is one of the primary reasons lawyers move in-house. Yet, despite its perceived benefits, in-house work comes with its own set of work-life balance challenges

Career Development

Why It's Smart to Admit If You Don’t Know the Answer

Over the years, I've discovered that we're at our best when we're aware of what we don't know. This article includes two key methods that help you to maximize the expertise of those around you: asking questions and respecting your colleagues' knowledge.

Career Development

8 Keys to Become a Valuable and Trusted Resource to the C-suite

For those with ambitions to rise to the ranks of senior management, making the transition from in-house counsel to executive can seem like an overwhelming task. But it all begins with being a trusted confidant. During my years as in-house counsel, here’s how I have worked for and alongside the C-suite to become one of their most valuable resources.