Specialties: Compliance and ethics.Domestic and international energy, including oilfield services, development, EPC, supply chain/procurement, refining and seismic.
International development.Compliance: Designed and implemented a comprehensive compliance program, including investigations, for a Fortune 500 medical device manufacturer.
Also designed a best practices compliance program for former Attorney General John Ashcroft’s firm.
The firm adopted my best-practices compliance program as the basis for its future compliance work.
The best practices took into account major compliance laws, regulations and enforcement practices worldwide, and are current.Also conducted and facilitated:- internal compliance audits;- internal compliance investigations;- compliance due diligence on third parties;- rollout of compliance programs and policies in multinational corporations; and- dealing with regulators and governmental authorities worldwide.Legal: Lead negotiator and drafter of domestic and international agreements for oil and gas projects, complex technology projects and transactions involving intellectual property.
Lead counsel on over one hundred mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.
Advised all levels of executives and managers of Fortune 500 companies regarding how to successfully operate in multiple international legal environments.
Worked at a leading law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright (formerly Fulbright & Jaworski), and the following multinationals: Halliburton, The Coastal Corporation, TETRA Technologies, and KBR.Leadership: Led multi-disciplinary teams to solve wide-ranging compliance and legal issues.Degrees: JD (1990) and MBA (1985)Languages: Spanish, French, German, Arabic and Urdu.
