INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL

International relations director and general counsel CASHDISIA STORES LIMITED, a retail, wholesale and industrial apparel distributor in Leeds, England. Responsibilities under this general retainer include:-
*Negotiating real estate agreements in U.K. with major international institutions.
*Assuming day to day responsibility for advising Board of Directors on legal ramifications of proposed corporate actions and on formulation and implementation of policies.
*Directing the development of management consultancy brief and analysing financial statements, thereby achieving turnaround of company from loss to profit situation.
*Travel to three continents; setting up industrial and consumer clothing manufacturing lines in the Far East.
*Establishing supply and distribution network in Hong Kong and China.
*Appointing and supervising agents and local counsel.
*Drafting and implementing international contractual arrangements for export of clothing direct to regional governments utilising contacts established for principals in Vietnam and China.

Represented Brazilian business interests as special counsel in Brazil to investigate possibilities of setting up business consultancy operation in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo. Aims included advising Brazilian companies on and representing such companies in import/export ventures directed towards establishing market penetration for Brazilian goods in the United States, Great Britain and the European Economic Community.