Representative Consulting Clients
Masonite International (NYSE: DOOR)
World’s largest door-maker
iSOS Digital Business Solutions
UK digital architecture and software company.
www.isos.com
Surf Bus Foundation
California non-profit featured on Today Show
Dharma Trading Company
Leading national online retailer.
Amani Center
Conference center in Washington DC area.
Musiku
Indonesian digital music start-up.
Representative Engagements & Projects
Masonite Financial Restructuring
As General Counsel, helped lead Masonite (and its owners KKR) through a hard fought restructuring process, including a fast track Chapter 11 process in Delaware Bankruptcy Court, reducing debt from $2B to zero, followed by several fresh capitalizations, then culminating in a successful IPO and NYSE listing.
GE Merger & Acquisition Transactions
As Senior Transaction Counsel,
Led sale of GE Supply, GE Motors, GE Instrumentation, and GE Switchgear;
Purchase of Microwave Data Systems and major stake in Improvenet.com;
GE Joint Ventures with Zurich and Assurant Insurance Companies;
Handled hundreds of transactions for e-commerce, supply chain, product purchase & sale, employment agreements, alternative dispute resolution agreements, digital contracting systems and more.
High Profile Litigation Management
Mediated, arbitrated, tried & settled many hundreds cases of all types for major multinational companies Hitachi, Raytheon, GE, Masonite, Amana including product liability, breach of contract, employment discrimination, government compliance and regulatory problems,and insurance coverage.
Successfully defended to trial and settled Amana mass tort class action
involving home furnaces leaking toxic cooling agent.
Successfully tried Cooper Distributor Termination case before Judge Maryanne Trump Barry in New Jersey Federal Court.
Digital and Music Media Projects
Promote and support entrepreneurial and non-profit companies.
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The Conversation: Something Timeless Rediscovered
Open Space Technology Applied to Dispute Resolution
www.Theconversation.me (under construction)
“Songs From A Van” and others
Indie Music Support (Launch & Licensing) www.sebastian.world
Planet Affinity: a new world of friendship for people everywhere
Digital platform connecting users with common interests (in development)