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Prior to joining Taubman, Chris focused on transaction - oriented real estate and general corporate law as a partner in the real estate departments of Michigan - based law firms Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, and Miro Weiner & Kramer.

Bentley Harris Harris focuses on assisting companies in formation, governance and general corporate law as well as the selection, protection and enforcement of intellectual property assets.

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He has served as a member of the Council of the Corporate Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association, which annually recommends for adoption amendments and refinements to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

He has presented at a wide variety of corporate law seminars and symposia around the country, including The Tulane Institute of Corporate Law (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar Assocorporate law seminars and symposia around the country, including The Tulane Institute of Corporate Law (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar Associatiolaw seminars and symposia around the country, including The Tulane Institute of Corporate Law (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssoCorporate Law (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssoCorporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar Associations.

The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the members and of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws; keep a register of the post office address of each member which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such member; and in general perform all duties incident to the Office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him / her by the President or the Board of Directors.

(a) The President shall preside at all meetings of the Club and of the Board and shall have the duties and powers normally appurtenant to the office of President subject to the limitations of the Articles of Incorporation, the within Bylaws and the general corporate laws of the State of Washington as it relates to non-profit corporations.

They include Paulette Brown of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, who co-authored the landmark 2006 report, Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms; R. Ted Cruz of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, the first Hispanic to be Texas solicitor general and author of more than 70 Supreme Court briefs; John W. Daniels of Quarles & Brady, one of the first African - Americans to lead a top U.S. firm; Keith M. Harper of Kilpatrick Stockton, a Cherokee who heads his firm's Native American affairs practice group; Patricia Menendez - Cambo, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's global practice group; General Mills GC Roderick A. Palmore, who, as GC at Sara Lee, spearheaded the Call to Action urging corporate law firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLaw Firms; R. Ted Cruz of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, the first Hispanic to be Texas solicitor general and author of more than 70 Supreme Court briefs; John W. Daniels of Quarles & Brady, one of the first African - Americans to lead a top U.S. firm; Keith M. Harper of Kilpatrick Stockton, a Cherokee who heads his firm's Native American affairs practice group; Patricia Menendez - Cambo, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's global practice group; General Mills GC Roderick A. Palmore, who, as GC at Sara Lee, spearheaded the Call to Action urging corporate law firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of thgeneral and author of more than 70 Supreme Court briefs; John W. Daniels of Quarles & Brady, one of the first African - Americans to lead a top U.S. firm; Keith M. Harper of Kilpatrick Stockton, a Cherokee who heads his firm's Native American affairs practice group; Patricia Menendez - Cambo, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's global practice group; General Mills GC Roderick A. Palmore, who, as GC at Sara Lee, spearheaded the Call to Action urging corporate law firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of thGeneral Mills GC Roderick A. Palmore, who, as GC at Sara Lee, spearheaded the Call to Action urging corporate law firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the AClaw firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU.

Cummings Andrews Mackay LLP (CAM LLP) started out as corporate and commercial law firm founded in 1915 by John F. Lymburn, QC (Attorney General of Alberta, ca. 1925) and Mayne Reid, QC.

Read the article, The law of unintended consequences: Supreme Court of Canada speaks on the rectification of transactions in Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General) and Canada (Attorney General) v. Fairmont Hotels Inc., as published by Thomson Reuters» Corporate Tax Centre on Taxnet Pro ™ on December 15, 2016 (PDF).

Acting as special or general outside counsel to assist clients in developing corporate compliance programs, including programs relating to antitrust, environmental and securities laws, and developing corporate protocols, such as delegations of authority

In law school she served as a Summer Honors Law Clerk for the California Attorney General's Office, working in the field of Energy and Corporate Compliance, in addition to externships with the Marin County Public Defender's Office and the San Francisco District Attorney's Offilaw school she served as a Summer Honors Law Clerk for the California Attorney General's Office, working in the field of Energy and Corporate Compliance, in addition to externships with the Marin County Public Defender's Office and the San Francisco District Attorney's OffiLaw Clerk for the California Attorney General's Office, working in the field of Energy and Corporate Compliance, in addition to externships with the Marin County Public Defender's Office and the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.

With seasoned judgment accumulated over 35 years of both general and specialized experience in law and business, David's practice also includes transactions advice, document drafting, negotiation assistance in such areas as real estate and business asset purchase and sale transactions, bank lending, contract review and drafting, corporate and business entity formation and dissolution.

And what challenges and opportunities could this present for law firms, as well as for general counsel working for corporates in these locations?

«As you can imagine, the incidence of class actions in Canada is not going to decrease as time goes on,» says Korbak, whose work also involves franchise law, product liability and general corporate commercial laAs you can imagine, the incidence of class actions in Canada is not going to decrease as time goes on,» says Korbak, whose work also involves franchise law, product liability and general corporate commercial laas time goes on,» says Korbak, whose work also involves franchise law, product liability and general corporate commercial law.

Arrington is a 1995 graduate of Stanford Law School who worked as a corporate associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and general counsel at several Silicon Valley companies before founding TechCrunch in 2005.

My legal experience is as a corporate commercial lawyer, practicing in Bay Street law firms and in - house as a General Counsel.

As a general litigator and well known fraud and commercial lawyer in Vancouver, Mr. Potts has handled leading cases in a number of areas, including corporate and commercial law, shareholder's disputes, internal and external fraud, and regulatory matters.

First, the survey results showed that by practice area, the adoption rates of cloud services are as follows: corporate at 37.3 percent, commercial at 37.2 percent, real estate at 36 percent, and family law at 35.7 percent, intellectual property at 33 percent, litigation at 28.5 percent, labor / employment 25.9 percent, and general practice (civil) at 22.7 percent.

Currently enforced in 16 African countries, OHADA law covers several aspects of business law, including general commercial law, corporate and economic interest groups (GIE) law, and various legal frameworks regulating such areas as accounting, security interest, bankruptcy, arbitration, and contracts of carriage by road.

Prior to working at BMO, Fish served as executive - vice president at Vale Inco, worked as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Shell Canada, and practised corporate and securities law with international law firm Dechert LLP.

As the only lawyer in his department, Will Chang, vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary with Granite Global Solutions, uses 10 different law firms of varying size for different needs such as litigation, acquisitions, and employment laAs the only lawyer in his department, Will Chang, vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary with Granite Global Solutions, uses 10 different law firms of varying size for different needs such as litigation, acquisitions, and employment laas litigation, acquisitions, and employment law.

Along with responsibilities as managing partner, he continues the tradition of our firm's namesake with a general practice which includes: real estate, criminal defence, divorce and matrimonial property law, wills and estates along with corporate and commercial transactions.

As the only student in a small general service firm, you'll get a taste of all our practice areas, including charity & non ‑ profit law, commercial law, real estate, human rights, landlord and tenant law, employment law, construction, corporate governance & structuring, estate law and civil litigation.

As business and insurance lawyers, we counsel clients in general corporate law and matters arising during day - to - day operations of their businesses, as well as focused issues such aAs business and insurance lawyers, we counsel clients in general corporate law and matters arising during day - to - day operations of their businesses, as well as focused issues such aas well as focused issues such aas focused issues such asas:

As a member of the firm's Government Investigations, Corporate Compliance + Criminal Defense Team, she represents businesses and individuals in civil and criminal investigations by local, state and federal authorities, such as state attorneys general, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and local law enforcemenAs a member of the firm's Government Investigations, Corporate Compliance + Criminal Defense Team, she represents businesses and individuals in civil and criminal investigations by local, state and federal authorities, such as state attorneys general, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and local law enforcemenas state attorneys general, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and local law enforcement.

Fodé's strong understanding of the investment climate in the region helps him to provide practical advice to clients on land and construction law issues, as well as general corporate transactions.

Brynne is an associate of Fillmore Riley LLP who practises primarily in the areas of general corporate and commercial law, real estate, condominium law as well as banking and financial law.

Prior to joining BoyarMiller, Gus practiced law in Louisiana for seven years, including three years as an Assistant Attorney General representing the Office of State Police in its Gaming Division (corporate section).

Charles Robert Bone concentrates his law practice in the areas of economic development, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and advising emerging businesses, entrepreneurs, officers and directors and governmental entities, including serving as general counsel for the Convention Center Authority of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.

Morten B. Tidemann and Roy Arvid Hjortland, who both have many years of experience in law firms and general counsel at top international organisations such as KPMG, saw a gap in the Norwegian legal market for a law firm that truly offers clients faster and economical corporate legal services, without sacrificing quality.

As I observe above — the prevailing law firm and in - house offerings are based on wasteful compensation, workflow, and staffing decisions that no general manager would tolerate in any other corporate function.

As part of his practice, Scott regularly acts for clients in a number of outside general counsel roles ranging from representation in complex commercial contracting engagements to providing guidance in corporate governance and general business law matters.

Prior to joining startup.law, Frank was an associate at a law firm with offices in Connecticut and New York, where he focused his practice on general corporate and intellectual property matters, as well as complex commercial litigation.

Under his leadership, NetApp's legal team has been recognized for many achievements, including the Best Legal Department of 2014 (Best Legal Departments 2014, Corporate Counsel), one of the most innovative departments (The 2013 IC - 10: Inside the Legal Profession's Top Innovators, Inside Counsel Magazine, 2013), and as a top GC (America's 50 Outstanding General Counsel, The National Law Journal, 2014).

Serving as General Motors» Global Process Team Leader, International Trade Law, an active member of its Global Ethics and Compliance Group, Senior Corporate Counsel, and Chief Privacy Officer (Canada), she has amassed a wealth of practical, hands - on experience working on complex trade and compliance issues.

Mr. Zimmerman is recognized as one of Asia's leading business lawyers in the categories of Chinese Law, Dispute Resolution and General Corporate Law in theAsiaLaw Leading Lawyers Survey 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 (published by Euromoney Publications).

Our Business Law Practice Group provides: full - scope representation to our corporate clients as general counsel to management and directors for corporate governance and corporate law complianLaw Practice Group provides: full - scope representation to our corporate clients as general counsel to management and directors for corporate governance and corporate law complianlaw compliance.

Patricia, as head of the corporate department in Regina, has also been recently ranked in Band 2 for General Business Law in Saskatchewan by Chamber Canada in their 2018 directory and is viewed by clients and peers as a «smart, technical and really excellent commercial lawyer.»

Firm Rankings Band 1 Georgia - Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory New York - Environment St. Louis & Surrounds - Corporate / M & A St. Louis & Surrounds - Labor & Employment St. Louis & Surrounds - Litigation: General Commercial Band 2 Nationwide - Franchising Colorado - Natural Resources & Environment Colorado - Real Estate Illinois - Environment Kansas City & Surrounds - Corporate / M & A Kansas City & Surrounds - Litigation: General Commercial Missouri - Intellectual Property St. Louis & Surrounds - Environment St. Louis & Surrounds - Real Estate Band 3 Nationwide - Sports Law Arizona - Litigation: General Commercial Arizona — Real Estate Colorado - Corporate / M & A Colorado - Litigation: General Commercial Colorado - Labor & Employment Georgia — Antitrust Georgia - Real Estate Band 4 Georgia - Bankruptcy / Restructuring Georgia - Corporate / M & A Georgia - Litigation: General Commercial New York - Real Estate (Mainly Dirt) Band 5 Illinois — Labor & Employment Bryan Cave attorneys recognized as leaders in their field, and the area for which each is recognized, are: Nationwide Lawrence Brody - Wealth Management: Central Region (Band 2) Kenneth R. Costello - Franchising (Band 3) Scott M. Hobby — Outsourcing (Band 3) Steven B. Smith - Sports Law (Band 3) Jonathan C. Solish - Franchising (Band 1) Richard R. Young - Sports Law: Athletic Disputes (Band 2) Arizona Steven A. Hirsch - Litigation: General Commercial (Band 2) R. Neil Irwin - Real Estate: Zoning / Land Use (Band 4) Lars O. Lagerman — Real Estate (Band 2) Lawrence G. Scarborough - Litigation: General Commercial (Band 2) California Rachel E. Matteo - Boehm - Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation (Band 2) Roger R. Myers - Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation (Band 2) Sharon Z. Weiss - Bankruptcy / Restructuring (Band 4) Colorado Robert H. Bach - Real Estate (Band 1) Timothy R. Beyer - Litigation: General Commercial (Band 2) Lynn P. Hendrix - Natural Resources & Environment (Band 3) Robert A. Holmes - Real Estate (Band 1) Henry W. Ipsen - Natural Resources & Environment (Senior Statesman) Peter J. Korneffel Jr. — Litigation: General Commercial (Band 4) Charles D. Maguire Jr. — Corporate / M & A (Band 3) Bobbee J. Musgrave - Litigation: General Commercial (Band 4) K. Preston Oade - Labor & Employment (Senior Statesman) Donald L. Samuels - Labor & Employment (Band 3) Cliff Stricklin - Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 1) Mark W. Weakley — Corporate / M & A (Band 3) Georgia Gerald L. Blanchard - Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory (Band 2) R. Joseph Burby, IV — Litigation: General Commercial (Up & Coming) Frank A. Crisafi - Tax (Band 3) William V. Custer - Litigation: General Commercial (Band 3) Mark I. Duedall - Bankruptcy / Restructuring (Band 3) Christopher Paul Galanek - Litigation: General Commercial (Band 4) Robert D. Klingler - Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory (Band 2) Kathryn L. Knudson - Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory (Band 2) Jay J. Levin - Real Estate (Band 3) Thomas R. 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Pat serves as the chair of the Williams Mullen Economic Development team and is a member of the firm's Corporate and Government Relations practice groups, where he focuses primarily on economic development projects, foreign inward investment transactions, joint ventures, multi-party agreements and business law issues, including mergers and acquisitions, general corporate law and financing tranCorporate and Government Relations practice groups, where he focuses primarily on economic development projects, foreign inward investment transactions, joint ventures, multi-party agreements and business law issues, including mergers and acquisitions, general corporate law and financing trancorporate law and financing transactions.

The manuals deal with various legislative and regulatory issues faced by credit unions in relation to, inter alia, Privacy, Foreign Tax Compliance, Anti-Spam Legislation, CORPORATE LAW The Rise of Credit Unions As General Counsel, Susan Ols» role is to provide industry - oriented advice and counsel on various corporate and commercial issues for Credit Union Central of Manitoba (CUCM) and CUCM related CORPORATE LAW The Rise of Credit Unions As General Counsel, Susan Ols» role is to provide industry - oriented advice and counsel on various corporate and commercial issues for Credit Union Central of Manitoba (CUCM) and CUCM related corporate and commercial issues for Credit Union Central of Manitoba (CUCM) and CUCM related entities.

As a general rule a corporation is a legal entity distinct from its shareholders: Salomon v. Salomon & Co., [1897] A.C. 22 (H.L.) The law on when a court may disregard this principle by «lifting the corporate veil» and regarding the company as a mere «agent» or «puppet» of its controlling shareholder or parent corporation follows no consistent principlAs a general rule a corporation is a legal entity distinct from its shareholders: Salomon v. Salomon & Co., [1897] A.C. 22 (H.L.) The law on when a court may disregard this principle by «lifting the corporate veil» and regarding the company as a mere «agent» or «puppet» of its controlling shareholder or parent corporation follows no consistent principlas a mere «agent» or «puppet» of its controlling shareholder or parent corporation follows no consistent principle.

She also acts as counsel to small and mid-size local and regional companies assisting them with general business and corporate matters, protecting intellectual rights, corporate governance and advises on wide range of laws and regulations impacting their operations.

Susan Hackett is the CEO of Legal Executive Leadership, LLC, a law practice management consulting firm she founded in 2011 after serving as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) for more than two decades.

Susan Hackett is the CEO of Legal Executive Leadership, LLC, a law practice management consultancy she founded in 2011 after serving for 22 years as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC).

The firm's practice covers, but is not limited to, general business law including investment law, corporate law (incorporation, company secretariat, due diligence in mergers and acquisition deals, liquidation etc), general commercial law, debt recovery, securities, intellectual property law, mining and energy law, telecommunication law, banking law, insurance law, aviation law, maritime law, employment contracts and labour disputes, as well as civil law (adoption, divorce, real estate transactions and probate law etc...) and immigration law.

As such, some of the off - the - shelf corporate counsel software is probably a lot better than products that turn out to be better suited for paralegals or third - party law firms, says Lorne O'Reilly, general counsel at Superior Plus Corp. in Edmonton.

There are others, like AGF Management Ltd.'s new senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary Mark Adams who started out as a securities lawyer and loved that area of law, but wanted to broaden his activities to include more of what in - house duties involve, while staying within the realm of the capital markets.

More recently still we've seen the rise of the CKO (chief knowledge officer) and CIO (chief information officer) in law firms, and also the CLO (chief legal officer) as an alternative to general counsel in the corporate world.

As an ambitious lawyer, with experience in real estate, development and general corporate law, Fellows is able to work closely with the business teams at her current employer to successfully manage transactions from start to finish.