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W. Brian Rose 5300 Commerce Court West, 199 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada M5L 1B9 Direct: (416) 869-5685 Fax: (416) 947-0866 brose@stikeman.com Law Practice Brian Rose in internationally recognized as a leader in the insurance sector and is a senior partner with the firm s Corporate/Commercial Group in Toronto. His practice is focused primarily in the areas of corporate finance, insurance, privatizations, and mergers and acquisitions, with particular emphasis on financial institutions, including the banking and insurance industries. He is frequently involved in transactions having an international aspect and has acted as an advisor to various governmental agencies. Mr. Rose is recognized by Lexpert, the Canadian legal directory, as a repeatedly recommended practitioner in the areas of Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance & Securities, and Mergers & Acquisitions, as well as in Euromoney s A Guide to the World s Leading Capital Market Lawyers, A Guide to the World s Leading Banking Lawyers, the 2006 Guide to the World s Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers, and The Best of the Best Expert Guide for insurance. He has also been included in the 2006 edition of the Lexpert/American Lawyer Media publication, A Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada for Corporate Commercial Law and in the 2005 Lexpert Guide to the Leading 100 Canada/US Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada for M&A. Mr. Rose is included as a leading lawyer in the banking sector in the IFLR 1000, The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms and Cross-border Finance Handbook 2006. Professional Activities Mr. Rose has acted as an advisor to various government agencies. He has participated as a speaker and panellist at conferences on privatization, financings, mergers and acquisitions and regulatory constraints. Mr. Rose is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Publications Mr. Rose was an author of various articles on doing business in Canada and restrictions on foreign investment in Canada. STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP PROFILE
Education Queen s University (LL.B. 1974), McGill University (B.Comm, L.I.A. 1967). Mr. Rose is also a Chartered Accountant qualified in Quebec and Ontario. Background Mr. Rose worked in the London office of Stikeman Elliott from 1978 to 1983 and in the firm s New York office from 1983 to 1986. Bar Admission England and Wales, 1985. Ontario, 1976. STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP PROFILE / 2
Clorox Executive Committee Printer-Friendly Version Laura Stein Senior Vice President General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Laura Stein returned to The Clorox Company on January 18, 2005, and serves as senior vice president - general counsel & secretary with responsibility for the company's legal services, internal audit, compliance and business development functions. She chairs the Clorox crisis management team, co-sponsor's Clorox's enterprise risk management program, co-chairs the Clorox disclosure committee and is a member of Clorox's employee benefits committee. From January 2000 through January 2005, Stein was senior vice president - general counsel of the H.J. Heinz Company where she was responsible for Heinz's worldwide legal, ethics, compliance, corporate secretary and enterprise risk management matters. She was president of Heinz's Global Organization for the Advancement of Leadership for women and was a director of the H.J. Heinz Company Foundation. Prior to joining Heinz, Stein served eight years with The Clorox Company, with her last position being assistant general counsel - regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Clorox, Stein was a business lawyer with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco where she was involved in mergers and acquisitions; securities, general corporate and nonprofit corporate law; and financial and international transactions. Stein is a director of Franklin Resources, Inc., of Nash Finch Company and of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and is a director and officer of the Association of Corporate Counsel. She is the chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Asia Law initiative, is immediate past chair of the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, and is on the board of the ABA Center for Rule of Law Initiatives. She is a member of the American Law Institute. In 2003, the Harvard Law Bulletin highlighted Stein as one of 50 alumnae who "have used their law degrees to take them to extraordinary places." Stein grew up in Minneapolis. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, and is a graduate of Dartmouth College where she earned undergraduate and master's degrees.
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Linklaters Select a country http://www.linklaters.com/people/peopledetail.asp?practiceareaid=-1§orid=-1&keywords=cann&offi... Search Areas Offices Page 1 of 1 6/26/2006 Select a country site J.W. Anthony Cann Senior Partner, London Telephone (44-20) 7456 3592 Email anthony.cann@linklaters.com Search for profiles locally. Cann Keywords All Practice Areas All Offices Practice Areas Corporate / M&A... Profession Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales Experience Specialist in company law and corporate finance, including mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and issues with responsibility for relationships with several major public companies. Professional experience 2001 - Senior Partner, Linklaters 1998-2001 Co-Head of M&A and Corporate Practice Group Linklaters 1995-2000 Head of Corporate Department Linklaters 1978 - Partner, Linklaters 1975-1982 Linklaters New York 1972-1975 Assistant Solicitor, Linklaters 1970-1972 Articled Clerk, Linklaters Education 1969-1970 College of Law, Law Society Part 2 Examinations (Honours) 1966-1969 Southampton University, LL.B., Law Results list... Search our global directory to contact a Linklaters lawyer. News Linklaters elects David Cheyne as new senior partner... Linklaters celebrates National Pro Bono Week with a month-long programme of volunteering events... Linklaters identifies obstacles facing social entrepreneurs and offers solutions to help them flourish... Linklaters to establish a presence in the Middle East...
ABA 2006 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 3 rd -8 th Panel Discussion on The Legal Services Market in China Supplemental Resources and Suggested Readings Regulations on Administration of Foreign Law Firms Representative Offices in China online: Chinese Government s Office Web Portal <http://www.gov.cn/english/laws/2005-08/24/content_25816.htm>. Anthony Lin, Shanghai Bar Association Goes after Foreign Firms (2006) New York Law Journal online: Law.com <http://www.law.com/jsp/lif/index.jsp>. Law firms with the highest number of lawyers in Beijing and Shanghai in 2005 (2005) online: Law.com <http:// www.law.com/jsp/llf/pubarticlellp.jsp?id=1147856733327>. Interview of Owen D. Nee, Managing Partner, Shanghai office of Coudert Brothers LLP, by the Editor (2005), China on the Stage of the Global Economy: Challenges and Opportunities The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Inc., (2005) online: Metropolitan Corporate Counsel <http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/htm>. Grania Langdon-Down, Country Focus: China marches on (2006) Law Society Gazette 103.04 (22). Interview of Richard Jay ( Tad ) Ferris, Jr. and Hongjun Zhang, Ph.D., Holland & Knight LLP by the Editor (2005), Accessing and Understanding the Government: A Must for Doing Business in China The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Inc., (2005) online: Metropolitan Corporate Counsel <http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/htm>. Yan Jiang, A World of Difference: When doing business in China, a little understanding goes a long way (2001) 61 Oregon State Bar Bulletin 19. Mark I. Harrison and Marty Gray Davidson, The Ethical Implications of Partnerships and Other Associations Involving American and Foreign Lawyers (2004) 22 Penn State International Law Review 639.
- 2 - Misasha Suzuki, The Protectionist Bar against Foreign Lawyers in Japan, China, and Korea: Domestic Control in the Fact of Internationalization (2003) 16 Columbia Journal of Asian Law 385. China regulations: Role of foreign lawyers further restricted EIU ViewsWire (9 May 2002). Cynthia Losure Baraban, Inspiring Global Professionalism: Challenges and Opportunities for American Lawyers in China (1998) 73 Indiana Law Journal 1247.