About

Bringing Business, Legal and Technical Understanding to Dispute Resolution

40 + years in Law and Business; 20 years as Sr. Corporate Officer

-hands-on in business projects and hands-on in disputes at inception before arbitration or litigation
-inside familiarity and understanding of issues underlying disputes.

360 degree view

-experience as counsel, party, and decision maker

Understanding built on Contract Negotiation and Disputes during Performance

-first hand familiarity with how contractual language compromises arise
-first hand familiarity with enterprise dynamics blocking amicable resolution
-first hand familiarity with mismatched expectations, differing cultural perspectives and differing contextual perspectives on disputed issues.

M&A Negotiation and Claims

-realistic understanding of circumstances where contract terms or due diligence do not clearly address issues which arise

Technical Competence

-at ease with technical and IP issues based on Stanford Engineering B.S., work for Silicon Valley start-ups, work in the high technology groups Texas Instruments, Alcatel/Nexans, Soitec.

Business Decision Maker

-understands business goals and imperatives which drive business decisions and can underly positions taken in disputes
-built on years as Executive Committee member participating in decisions about investments, returns, risk taking and external communication

Damages

-strong grasp of accounting and finance issues sharpened as Senior Corporate Officer
-pertinent fact finder on damages based on company internal experience.

Litigation Savvy

-sensitive to litigation tactics based on counsel work

Lean on Costs, Efficient on time

– cost and timing discipline of a senior corporate officer

Cross Cultural

-worldwide business and legal experience acquired while based in US, Canada, France, Belgium working on cross border transactions and disputes
-dispute experience in both common law and civil law