Profession:
Attorney/Arbitrator/Mediator
Work History:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 1994-01 - Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 1990-94 - Counsel
Gluck & Associates, 1985-90
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 1982-85- Associate
Goodkind, Labaton, Rudoff & Sucharow, 1979-82- Associate
Experience:
More than twenty-five years of broad corporate, commercial and international legal experience in common law and civil law jurisdictions in the United States, Canada and Europe, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions including both private companies as well as listed stock exchange companies and related banking and financial transactions. Represented sovereign States and investors in the privatization of telecommunication, aviation and pharmaceutical companies and electrical and gas utilities.
Areas of special expertise: Energy -- development, acquisition and financing of energy projects (particularly electrical generating facilities and independent power plants); negotiation of electrical power purchase agreements, and oil & gas concession, exploration and joint operating agreements; Telecommunications -- acquisition and spin-off of regional and national telecommunication entities, including negotiations with governmental bodies. Served as outside general counsel to an NYSE listed telecommunication company.
Listed in "An International Who's Who of Merger & Acquisitions Lawyers," Law Business Research and in "Guide to the World's Leading Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers", Euromoney.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience:
ARBITRATOR
Arbitraton Panels: American Arbitration Association (AAA), International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR); London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); U.S. and Canadian Panels of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR); ADR Chambers International (Toronto, Canada)
Arbitration Committees: CPR Arbitration Committee; CPR Energy, Oil & Gas Committee; ICC National Arbitration Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Arbitrator: served as sole and panel arbitrator for international and domestic commercial disputes, including: acquisition of oil and gas interests in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan (parties from Canada, the U.S. and Switzerland); acquisition of an electric power plant in Ecuador (parties from Finland, Ecuador and the U.S); purchase of aircraft by a French entity from a U.S. manufacturer; dispute between a Brazilian company and a U.S. investment bank; dispute between a major European integrated oil and gas company and an Asian trading company.
MEDIATOR
Mediation Panels: United States District Court, Southern District of New York; CPR; ADR Chambers
Mediator for cases at various stages of litigation process, including breach of contract, surety, negotiable instruments, intellectual property, and personal injury disputes.
ADR Training
Completed training programs conducted by the AAA, ICC and CPR
Professional Licenses:
Admitted to the Bar, New York (1981), U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (1981); Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor, Ontario, Canada (1979)
Education:
York University, Toronto (B.A., Hons. First Class-1973); The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (A.M., International Affairs-1974); Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto (LL.B-1977)
Honors:
Recipient of the ITT International Fellowship, awarded annually to one Canadian for post-graduate studies in the U.S.; Law Review
Publications and Speaking Engagements:
Numerous articles and speaking engagements in the United States and Europe concerning international business issues.
Citizenship:
United States of America, Canada
