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Trade Relations With Canada From An Insider's View
Editor: Please give our readers a brief review of your time as U.S. Ambassador to Canada, some achievements of your administration and a bit of background on your Canada origins. Giffin: I served in Canada as Ambassador from August of 1997 until May 2001. Although born in the United States, I...
Read MoreDue Diligence In The Acquisition Of A Government Contractor - Part II
Part I of this article, which appeared in the September issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel , discussed the procedural and financial aspects in the acquisition of a government contractor through a merger, stock purchase or asset sales agreement. It pointed out that with the increasing...
Read MoreDue Diligence In The Acquisition Of A Government Contractor - Part I
With the increasing number of mergers, stock purchase agreements, and asset sales going on today in corporate America, increased due diligence has been a must for any responsible party to such transactions. If the target is a federal government contractor, there is an overlay of due diligence...
Read MoreRetirement Plan Governance - Stay Ahead Of The Wave
Every summer my family and I vacation at a beach notorious for periodically producing huge "back-breaker" waves that if I do not duck under at the right time, can send me tumbling against the rocky sand. Having suffered injury and embarrassment for not keeping ahead of the waves my children seem to...
Read MoreHow A Law Firm Can Assist General Counsel In Their Enhanced Role
Editor: Please tell our readers about your background. Wardell: I attended Harvard Law School and began my career at Mayer Brown in Chicago. At that time the firm only had offices in Chicago and Paris. From there, I went to Sullivan & Worcester in Boston. I practiced there for many years. I...
Read MoreA Key Compliance And Governance Role For The General Counsel
The contributors to this Special Section were asked to comment on the role of the general counsel as persuasive counselor as discussed in an article by E. Norman Veasey and T. Di Guglielmo in the November 2006 Business Lawyer page 1 entitled The Tensions, Stresses and Professional Responsibilities...
Read MoreInternational Outsourcing Transactions: How To Advise Your Advisors
Most outsourcing arrangements are premised on the idea that a third party can perform some corporate function more efficiently or more effectively than the "outsourcer" organization itself can. Frequently, the parties best able to serve as outsourced service providers are located in jurisdictions...
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