International Business Exchange
Details
- Date:
- February 25, 2020
- Time:
-
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Venue
- Ogletree Deakins
-
191 Peachtree ST. NE, Suite 4800
Atlanta, GA 30303 United States + Google Map
39 years international legal, business, policy experience as counsel in multinational corporate, law firm, government, education environments.
International practice at Hall Booth Smith, P.C.: transactions (distribution, agency, strategic alliances, JVs); international compliance (foreign corruption, export controls); international aviation liability. Admitted: all GA courts and U.S. Supreme Court.
7 years as Adjunct Professor, Emory Law School; 5 years as Director, International Programs/ Professor of International Business & Global Logistics, Clayton State University.
15 years prior in Delta Air Lines’ international practice group. Member of senior corporate team, advising re legal aspects of Delta’s international strategy: foreign labor/employment, international aviation liability, anti-trust, foreign corporate, regulatory, marketing, JVs, and related transactions.
2007, appointed by Government of Hungary as Honorary Consul; 2013, appointment as Foreign Economic Counselor. 2011-14, President, World Trade Center Atlanta.
Non-profit Boards: World Trade Center Atlanta; Georgia Council for International Visitors; Tropics Foundation (Agri. Research Center, Costa Rica); Atlanta Council on International Relations.
Past service: Chair, International Transactions Section, Atlanta Bar Assn; Board Member, International Law Section, State Bar of GA; Advisory Board, ABA Rule of Law Initiative for Central Europe/Eurasia–Middle East/North Africa; Chair, International Council, Clayton County Chamber of Commerce; Founding Board Member, Global Soap Project; Trustee and Past Chair, Clayton State University Foundation; Board Member, GA State University Center for Global Business Leadership.
2001, Clayton County “International Business Person of the Year”; 2006 and 2014, finalist for the Georgia “Governor’s Award for Individual Contribution to the International Community”.
Join WTC Atlanta members and guests for a monthly executive roundtable discussion and networking event. The International Business Exchange – IBE – offers a semi-structured format to accelerate learning what others are doing locally and in the global international community, and foster business connections that lead to strategic partnerships.
Click HERE to learn more about Membership Types and Benefits and become a Member