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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a decision that revived a long-running lawsuit by the Navajo Nation, which claims that the U.S. Interior Department has a duty to develop plans to provide the reservation with an adequate water supply. The high court granted two petitions for certiorari – one by the federal government, one by Arizona and other states -- challenging last year’s decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The 9th Circuit said “an irreversible and dramatically important trust duty” was implied by 175 years’ worth of treaties and court decisions. The challengers, however, say implied rights are unenforceable. “The federal treaties with the Navajo Nation…do not address water at all,” and the doctrine of implied water rights “cannot justify imposing such a fiduciary duty,” lead counsel Rita Pearson Maguire argued in the states’ cert petition. The Interior Department, represented by Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, added that the 9th Circuit’s approach would replace national policy decisions with “a regime of general judicial oversight of the United States’ relationship with Indian tribes.” The Navajo Nation, represented by Shay Dvoretzky of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, defended the 9th Circuit’s decision and urged the high court to deny certiorari. The Interior Department declined to comment on Friday. Maguire and Dvoretzky did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Navajo Nation filed suit in 2003. It wants the Interior Department to determine whether the Little Colorado River, which runs through the reservation, is sufficient “to fulfill the Reservation’s purpose of establishing a permanent homeland for the Nation” – a standard known as Winters rights, from a 1908 U.S. Supreme Court decision. If not, the Nation says the government must develop a plan to supply water from other sources. A federal judge in Prescott, Arizona,

ICWA is not the only case affecting Native American and Alaska Native rights. Keep an eye on this case.

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Top U.S. Law Firms Warn University Deans to Stop Turning Students into Brainwashed Antisemites

Boston, MA – October 18: A pro-Palestinian protest of Harvard students and their supporters, ends on the lawn behind Klarman Hall, at Harvard Business School, after starting in the Old Yard by Massachusetts Hall. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Some of the largest law firms in the United Stats have written a letter to law school deans, warning them to stop producing brainwashed antisemites if they want their graduates to get jobs at major firms.

“Everyone at our law firms is entitled to be treated with respect and be free of any conduct that targets their identity and is offensive, hostile, intimidating or inconsistent with their personal dignity and rights” 24 law firms began in their letter to law school deans.

“We prohibit any form of harassment, whether verbal, visual, or physical,” the letter continued.

Boston, MA – October 18: A pro-Palestinian protest of Harvard students and their supporters, ends on the lawn behind Klarman Hall, at Harvard Business School, after starting in the Old Yard by Massachusetts Hall. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

“Over the last several weeks, we have been alarmed at reports of anti-Semitic harassment, vandalism and assaults on college campuses, including rallies calling for death of Jews and the elimination of the State of Israel,” the firms added.

“Such anti-Semitic activities would not be tolerated at any of our firms,” the letter declared. “We also would not tolerate outside groups engaging in acts of harassment and threats of violence, as has also been occurring on many of your campuses.”

The firms then advised law school leadership to work at preventing the churning out of bigoted graduates from their schools, reminding the deans that unlike what has been taking place on college campuses, there exists “zero tolerance policies for any form of discrimination or harassment” in the workplace:

As educators at institutions of higher learning, it is imperative that you provide your students with the tools and guidance to engage in the free exchange of ideas, even on emotionally charged issues, in a manner that affirms the values we all hold dear and rejects unreservedly that which is antithetical to those values. There is no room for anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism or any other form of violence, hatred or bigotry on your campuses, in our workplaces or our communities. As employers who recruit from each of your law schools, we look to you to ensure your students who hope to join our firms after graduation are prepared to be an active part of workplace communities that have zero tolerance policies for any form of discrimination or harassment, much less the kind that has been taking place on some law school campuses.

“We trust you will take the same unequivocal stance against such activities as we do, and we look forward to a respectful dialogue with you to understand how you are addressing with urgency this serious situation at your law schools,” the letter concluded.

According to Reuters:

A Sullivan & Cromwell spokesperson said on Thursday that senior chair Joseph Shenker spearheaded the letter to the law schools known in the legal industry as the “T-14,” as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. Other signatories include some on the nation’s biggest and most profitable law firms, including Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Latham & Watkins; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

On October 7, the Iranian-backed Palestinian terror group Hamas carried out a terrorist attack against Israel, which resulted in more than 1,400 dead civilians, and also involved rape, kidnappings, and innocent civilians being set on fire.

As Breitbart News reported, the mass murder of Jews in Israel has galvanized students across the U.S. into putting on pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrations on their college campuses, and issuing pro-terror statements, opening the eyes of many who are now shocked to see how widespread antisemitism is on college campuses.

Wake up kid. Your professors have turned you into a JEW hating Nazi.

Old Chinese saying: Take care. You become what you hate.

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David Leavitt of ElmTree Funds - Experience In The Fund Management Industry

David Leavitt of ElmTree Funds has worked for over 14 years in fund management and has a comprehensive knowledge of mergers and acquisitions involving non-traditional real estate platforms. Mr. Leavitt started his career at Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, and he has worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in their real estate tax practice. He graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law with his Juris Doctor.

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Legal Services Market Will Hit Big Revenues In Future | Biggest Opportunity Of 2024

Legal services are described as an important consideration for any owner of the business, but especially for small business owners, who many times face a number of legal hurdles. Protecting the owner's personal assets from various lawsuits against the business, wrongful termination, ensuring protection for the business against lawsuits charging discrimination, and sexual harassment, and handling the employee contracts, incorporation and copyright claims are just a few of the legal issues which commonly face by the small business owners. Companies of Legal services advise their clients (individuals or corporations) about legal responsibilities and rights and represent clients in business transactions, civil or criminal cases, and other matters in which the legal advice and other assistance are sought.

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Αυτό είναι το ΔΣ της Metlen - Γιατί εξελέγη η Πολυξένη Καζόλη

Με τέσσερα εκτελεστικά μέλη, ένα μη-εκτελεστικό και τέσσερα ακόμη ανεξάρτητα μη-εκτελεστικά μέλη συνεδρίασε το διοικητικό συμβούλιο της Metlen (τ. Mytilineos), ενώ εξέλεξε -όπως είχε προαναγγελθεί- την Πολυξένη Καζόλη ως ανεξάρτητο μη-εκτελεστικό μέλος. Η δικηγόρος Πολυξένη Καζόλη εξελέγη ως ανεξάρτητο μη-εκτελεστικό μέλος του διοικητικού συμβουλίου της Metlen, με στόχο να παράσχει την εμπειρία της στο διεθνές δίκαιο και το δίκαιο των κεφαλαιαγορών. Πρέπει να σημειωθεί ότι η Metlen έχει από καιρό επιλέξει να τηρεί τον βρετανικό κώδικα εταιρικής διακυβέρνησης, που δίνει ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στη συμμετοχή και την παραγωγή έργου από τα ανεξάρτητα μη-εκτελεστικά μέλη του διοικητικού συμβουλίου, Η ανακοίνωση Η Μetlen Energy & Metals Α.Ε. ανακοινώνει ότι η Τακτική Γενική Συνέλευση των μετόχων της Εταιρείας, που συνήλθε την 4η Ιουνίου 2024, μεταξύ άλλων, εξέλεξε την κα Πολυξένη (Ξένια) Καζόλη ως νέο πρόσθετο ανεξάρτητο μέλος του διοικητικού συμβουλίου της Εταιρείας, με θητεία ανάλογη των υπόλοιπων μελών του διοικητικού συμβουλίου που έχουν εκλεγεί από την τακτική γενική συνέλευση των μετόχων από 02.06.2022, ήτοι έως 02.06.2026, μετά από ομόφωνη πρόταση του διοικητικού συμβουλίου και εισήγηση της Επιτροπής Αμοιβών και Υποψηφιοτήτων της Εταιρείας. Κατόπιν της ανωτέρω απόφασης των μετόχων, καθώς και μετά την ανασυγκρότηση του διοικητικού συμβουλίου την ίδια ημέρα, η σύνθεση του διοικητικού συμβουλίου έχει ως εξής: - Ευάγγελος ΜυτιληναίοςΜΥΤΙΛ +1,46% του Γεωργίου, Πρόεδρος και Διευθύνων σύμβουλος, - Σπυρίδων Κασδάς του Δημητρίου, Αντιπρόεδρος Α’, μη εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Ευάγγελος Χρυσάφης του Γεωργίου, Αντιπρόεδρος Β’, εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Δημήτριος Παπαδόπουλος του Σωτηρίου, εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Χρήστος Γαβαλάς του Αποστόλου-Νικολάου, εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Ιωάννης Πετρίδης του Γεωργίου, Ανώτερος Ανεξάρτητος Σύμβουλος (Lead Independent Director), ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Παναγιώτα Αντωνάκου του Λεωνίδα, ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Πολυξένη Καζόλη του Νικολάου, ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Εμμανουήλ Κακαράς του Κωνσταντίνου, ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος, Το βιογραφικό της Πολυξένης Καζόλη Η κα Καζόλη Καζόλη είναι έμπειρη διεθνής δικηγόρος, μέλος των δικηγορικών συλλόγων Νέας Υόρκης, Παρισιού και Αθηνών. Έχει ολοκληρώσει μεγάλες και πολύπλοκες συναλλαγές για περισσότερα από είκοσι χρόνια σε πολυεθνικά περιβάλλοντα, έχει συμβουλεύσει τις κυβερνήσεις της Ελλάδας, της Ιταλίας, της Γαλλίας, της Ισπανίας και της Πορτογαλίας σε ιδιωτικοποιήσεις και προσφορών, και έχει συμβουλεύσει πελάτες σχετικά με τους οικονομικούς κανονισμούς της ΕΕ και την εταιρική διακυβέρνηση. Μέχρι το 2015, ήταν σύμβουλος στην Allen & Overy LLP, όπου πέρασε 15 χρόνια ειδικευμένη σε διεθνείς προσφορές χρεωστικών και συμμετοχικών τίτλων και συμβουλεύοντας για ιδιωτικοποιήσεις και διασυνοριακές συναλλαγές. Πριν από αυτό, εξασκούνταν με την Skadden Arps LLP στα γραφεία τους στο Παρίσι και το Λονδίνο στην ομάδα διεθνών κεφαλαιαγορών. Η κα Καζόλη έχει επίσης συνεργαστεί με την Παγκόσμια Τράπεζα, διεξάγοντας νομική αξιολόγηση, πολιτική και κανονιστική μεταρρύθμιση και συμβουλεύοντας για την ανάπτυξη δικαστικών ικανοτήτων στο Περού, την Αργεντινή, το Ελ Σαλβαδόρ και τη Βενεζουέλα, και πιο πρόσφατα ως εμπειρογνώμονας με την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση στη Γεωργία παρέχοντας τεχνική βοήθεια και κατάρτιση σε κυβερνητικούς αξιωματούχους σχετικά με τη διαπραγμάτευση και τη σύνταξη διεθνών συμβάσεων. Τα τελευταία χρόνια συμβουλεύει σχετικά με τη ρυθμιστική μεταρρύθμιση και την εταιρική διακυβέρνηση κυβερνήσεων, χρηματοπιστωτικών ιδρυμάτων και εταιρειών, από μικρές έως μεγάλες. Υπηρέτησε για πέντε χρόνια ως ανώτερη σύμβουλος στην Nestor Advisors Ltd, μια συμβουλευτική εταιρεία του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου που ειδικεύεται στην εταιρική διακυβέρνηση. Η κα Καζόλη είναι ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου του Χρηματιστηρίου Αθηνών, Πρόεδρος του ΕΣΕΔ (Ελληνικό Συμβούλιο Εταιρικής Διακυβέρνησης), μέλος του Εποπτικού Συμβουλίου του Ταμείου Ανάπτυξης (οντότητα που εποπτεύει τις ελληνικές κρατικές εταιρείες) και ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της Autohellas, καθώς και μέλος της Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής της ΜΚΟ ΔΕΣΜΟΣ. Τέλος, εκπροσωπεί την Ελλάδα στην Επιτροπή Καταπολέμησης της Διαφθοράς και Εταιρικής Κοινωνικής Ευθύνης του Διεθνούς Εμπορικού Επιμελητηρίου. Μιλάει πέντε γλώσσες και είναι κάτοχος LLM από το Πανεπιστήμιο George Washington.. Δείτε το αναλυτικό CV Read the full article

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Corporate boards face ESG pressure from both the left and right

Read the full story from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Companies face pressure from all sides on ESG issues, with advocates pressing their agendas and opponents seeking to rein in diversity and other programs. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against race-conscious university admissions policies has encouraged challenges from opponents of diversity programs. Often, the…

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Steve Edward Evans Played a Key Role in Formulating and Overseeing Financial Plans

Steve Edward Evans previously held the position of Senior Partner at Neo@Ogilvy, overseeing finance and operations across various offices in North America. In this role, he took on the responsibility of financial stewardship for all clients and markets within the region. Additionally, he played a crucial role in the integration of multiple divisions, including but not limited to finance/accounting, accounts payable/receivable, information technology, and human resources.

Steve is currently working as the founder and CEO of 6W Group. It offers services including strategy management, transaction advisory, human capital, performance involvement, compliance risk, and management consulting.

Being the head of Global Business Planning & Analysis at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom, LLP, Steve Edward Evans oversaw the financial & statistical planning and analysis for the international law firm that was comprised of two dozen offices and over 4,000 employees.

Pertaining to his areas of specialization, Steve is specialized in Strategic Planning & Organizational Leadership, M&A and JV Experience, Budgeting & Cost Management, Growth & Expansion Strategies, HR/IT/Legal Administration, Profitability & Cost Analysis, Process Design & Productivity Improvement, Systems & Technology Utilization, Team Building & Performance Improvement.

In his past role, Steve Edward Evans served as the CFO of The Engine Group, reporting directly to the US President. In this capacity, he played a key role in formulating and overseeing financial plans aligned with the strategic business plan, company growth, direction, and market opportunities.

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三和一善 Debra Lee、BET 和第一家在紐約證券交易所上市的黑人公司的不為人知的故事（林セミナー）

  “你認為我們可以走得更快嗎？” 我問，第三次看表：下午 5 點 17 分。 和高峰時間。 從弗吉尼亞州的商業印刷商辦公室到位於國會山的美國證券交易委員會，我們只用了整整 13 分鐘。 鮑勃的聲音在我腦海中重複播放，就像炸彈的倒計時：五、四、三、二後完成。 . . .

“我會努力的，李女士，”我的司機托尼向我保證。 當我們沿著賓夕法尼亞大道駛向 BET 的未來時，我再次檢查了我的手腕，心里希望每一個紅燈都變成綠燈。 坐在我腿上的是我做過的最重要的一堆文件——BET 的證券交易登記，這是公司在紐約證券交易所上市的第一步。 我們將成為有史以來第一家這樣做的黑人擁有和經營的公司。 我們遲到了。

五年來，我目睹了 BET 從一家小媒體公司成長為新興有線電視行業的一家強大公司。 那是 1991 年，有線電視網絡現在已經覆蓋了數百萬家庭，這對潛在的廣告商來說是一座成熟的金礦。 但為了將我們的業務提升到一個新的水平，BET 需要資金，這意味著上市，將公司的一部分出售給股東，並使用籌集的資金投資於擴大品牌。 這是一件大事。 我們是一家黑人公司，華爾街來找我們了。 作為總法律顧問，提交 IPO 文件完全落在了我的肩上。 在過去的 10 個月裡，我親身經歷了這個過程，仔細研究了我們申請的各個方面，以確保它是無懈可擊的。 通宵達旦是理所當然的。 那時我家裡有一個丈夫和一個蹣跚學步的孩子，但這是優先考慮的。 我帶頭負責我們在美國證券交易委員會註冊的所有事宜，其中包括關於 BET 的房地產持有、業務實踐、管理結構和財務的詳細聲明。 當然，鮑勃昨天想要的是一項艱鉅的任務。 這項工作很累人，但因為我堅信我們的使命，所以它似乎從來都不是一個艱難的過程。

三和一善

該文件類似於關於 BET 的傳記。 它有數百頁，描述了業務的各個方面。 我們必須闡述公司的起源故事、內部結構、我們的商業模式和增長情況、上市的風險等等。 這是 BET 公司健康狀況的鳥瞰圖。 為 IPO 編寫複雜的故事意味著下午 6 點左右。 每天，在管理完法律部門後，我都會越過波托馬克河前往弗吉尼亞州，在接下來的五個小時裡，與來自 Skadden Arps 的外部法律顧問一起起草我們的文件。 打印機在後面為我們設置了一個房間，我們兩個律師會校對前一天的頁面，找出錯別字，修正語言，編輯，編輯，再編輯。 它必須是完美的。 每天晚上 10 點左右，我們都會迷失在它的迷宮中。 並意識到我們倆都沒有吃任何東西。 “中國人？”

“那條街上的那個地方還開著嗎？”

答案總是是否定的，我會去打印機的前台再拿一把 M&M，我想他們手頭上是專門為我們準備的。

幾周和幾個月過去了，而 IPO 充滿了我的工作時間和我的夢想。 好吧，我有點著迷，特別是因為我知道我們必須做得更好。 大量的文書工作填滿了我辦公室的每一寸空間。 我兩次——然後三次——檢查了一切。 完美不是一種選擇，而是必須的。

終於，鮑勃忍無可忍了。 “我們將在周三提交這件事，黛比。 完成與否。”

所以，我坐在一輛飛馳的黑色汽車的後座上，閱讀著我整個職業生涯中寫過的最重要的文件之一。 我最後看了一眼我們的申請，只是為了確保一切都井井有條，就在那時我發現了它——一個錯字！ 然後又一個又一個。 我又看了看手錶。 我們只有不到 10 分鐘的時間到達 SEC 大樓。 我無法轉身，跑回我的辦公桌，糾正我電腦上的錯誤，前往打印機，然後在它關閉之前返回 SEC。 但這份文件必須是完美的。 我必須是完美的。 我從錢包裡掏出一支黑色鋼筆，開始在空白處劃掉單詞並寫下更正。

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ChatGPT’s IP land mines - Roll Call - best news

Skadden Arps super lawyer Stu Levi joins the podcast to talk about what ChatGPT means for intellectual property law. More on fintech: The past and future Silicon Valley ‘Howey’ gonna regulate crypto? After the asteroid: What’s next for fintech in 2023? The post ChatGPT’s IP land mines appeared first on Roll Call. Source Link

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Steve E Evans Was Accountable for Financial Welfare of All Clients and Markets Within Region at Neo@Ogilvy

Steve E Evans formerly worked as advisor to the US President at The Engine Group, where he took charge of HR, IT, real estate and operations. He developed and directed the financial plans in tune with strategic business plans, market opportunities as well as company growth and direction.

In 2005, Steve was appointed as the Senior Partner at Neo@Ogilvy and reported to the Global CFO. During his tenure, he managed finance and operations in multiple offices across North America. He was accountable for financial welfare of all clients and markets within the region.

Steve E Evans previously held the Head of Business, Planning, and Analysis position at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Investment Bank at Lehman Brothers. Steve worked as a Corporate Finance Manager at MCI WorldCom Telecommunications Company.

Steve was the COO of Ai Media Group, reporting directly to the CEO. He oversaw client management, campaign management, technology services, finance, HR, and general administration.

Steve E Evans began working as the Finance Manager for United Parcel Service in 1994 and was eventually promoted to Regional Finance Manager, a position he held until his relocation to Florida. In his new role, he reported directly to the CEO of the Florida region and had responsibility for business planning, profitability, and revenue operations.

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Musk diz a banqueiros que planeja fechar acordo com o Twitter na sexta-feira

Musk diz a banqueiros que planeja fechar acordo com o Twitter na sexta-feira

Atualização (1355ET): Elon Musk disse aos banqueiros que pretende fechar o acordo com o Twitter na sexta-feira. Investidores de ações na aquisição privada de Elon Musk do Twitter receberam documentos de seus advogados da Skadden Arps para se preparar para o fechamento do negócio. É outro acordo de sinal que está a caminho para o fechamento de sexta-feira. $TWTR — David Faber (@davidfaber) 25 de…

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David Leavitt of ElmTree Funds | Head of Strategy

David Leavitt of ElmTree Funds is an attorney who has worked for over 14 years in fund management. He has presented for real estate industry events on topics related to real estate investment by international and domestic investors. David began his career at Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP before working in the real estate tax practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

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Career advice for law students wanting to practice in international law

Hello,

I was recently asked by a law student for some career advice on how to get a job internationally, and particularly how they could get engaged in international (public and private) legal work.

While my legal background stems largely from doing multinational corporate work, particularly in the IT sector, here are my basic ideas outlining a few generic things to think about in terms of your career planning and some key approaches to pursuing these types of careers.

My background.  For the past several years, I have worked primarily in London, and secondarily in Paris, for a very large telecommunications company.  I was originally working for another one of this companies' affiliates in USA, and this enabled me to move internally to another one of their companies in the UK.  Making this move internally within a large company allowed me to move abroad far easier, especially in terms of sorting out work visas and professional qualifications, etc.

Three Career Principles to Never Forget.  In terms of general career advice, there are three principles which you must keep in mind to work in international law related field.  While I recognize the risk of sharing a 'firm grasp of the obvious' (and I can almost hear some cringing already) most law students do not receive this message framed in this sort of a utilitarian light.  So, here it goes:

The sole purpose of your first legal job is to enable you to get a better second legal job.

It is all about Brand.  Your CV / Resume is a personal marketing tool.  It is your personal ‘brand’.  The choice of your first job should strongly take into account the value which the ‘brand’ of your new employer will add to your CV, and your future ambitions.  This lasts for decades.

You cannot save the world if you cannot pay the bills.  Public international law has some of the most interesting legal work around.  Unfortunately, or fortunately, it also has a tendency to attract incredibly brilliant people who will work for a minimum salary.  If you are independently wealthy, then great, no problem.  If you have large education debts, please do not neglect the fact this will undoubtedly impact your choice of jobs in the short term, even if not necessarily in the longer term.

Your first Legal job.  Getting your first Legal job is always a nerve wracking experience at best, and especially if you want to take a track other than going directly into a large law firm.  Unfortunately, nearly all major law schools are set up to build a funnel for large firms.  For your interests, even if you do not wish to 'end up' in a law firm or major global corporation, it usually makes considerable sense for you to go out to find the best ‘brand’ firm which you can, either in the US, UK or elsewhere.  You will be able to extract the majority of the benefits during this time by working at a firm for exactly two years (or three years, if in New York City) doing whatever type of legal work - - of course, its even better if your firm or company has a public international law practice, but this is not required.  By the end of this time, you will have ‘checked the box’ on your CV, and you can happily move on to what you really want to do.  This is by far is the safest option for most, and also incidentally, completes one of the requirements enabling you to be admitted to practice in other common law countries (e.g. the UK).  I’m not certain whether this is as helpful in other civil law countries, but I suspect it would be.

There is no question that working at a law firm, and potentially billing in ‘6 minute’ increments gets very tiring.  Reviewing e.g. commercial leases is even less fun than watching paint dry.  But this said, you will probably be practicing law for a very long time off and on anyway.  Having a good initial first employer on your CV, who has ‘trained’ you is always a good investment for your CV even if not necessarily beneficial to you over the long term.

As a lawyer who has graduated from a US law school, you are able to come to Europe with a well respected professional background (speaking generally).  In terms of global perceptions, US lawyers are highly respected, maybe in a similar form of the admiration to being world-class in other professions e.g. French engineers, British accountants, or Indian mathematicians - - not to foster bad stereotypes…  But, needless to say, the USA legal professional qualification travels well around the world, particularly among global employers.

This being said, there is a particular area of confusion when you first come out of law school.  Legal training is not the same around the world, meaning in France, a jurist has may have only attended the equivalent of undergrad and not graduate school (in terms of USA style nomenclature, depending on their qualifications).  In the UK, while there are some permutations, most young associates at large law firms will attend around a year and a half or so of graduate school, followed by two years of a training contract to learn how to practice law.  In Germany, many associates hold an LLM, or a PHD, at minimum, staying in school much longer.  While you probably can research the differences in the number of years of schooling better than me, you should be particularly aware of this issue when you turn up to speak with a new potential employer in Europe.  There is a risk of being perceived as wanting to find only a training contract, which is not needed as a USA law school graduate.  After your first job, the timing issue goes away as you accumulate more PQE (Post Qualification Experience).  The same is true in France, as I understand it.

An alternative path in human rights / non-profit sector for law students.  This is an area where my knowledge is limited.  But, if I wanted to pursue a career in this field, I would adopt some of the following key approaches.

First, figure out who are the heavyweights thought leaders in your particular field of interest, either individuals or organizations - - and, do your best to somehow associate yourself with their organization or sphere of colleagues.  You want to try to figure out who these organizations interact with, and by extension, which of these organizations might hire you.  Linkedin is an extraordinarily powerful resource for this research.  To test your hypotheses, try calling up or meeting up with the General Counsel of any public interest foundation (if not possible to meet in person, then email / Skype also works  but is far less effective than in person).  Introduce yourself, and ask him or her for some general advice, in particular what ‘outside counsel’ their foundation typically uses - - make clear that you admire the work of their foundation, and look to gain relevant experience by doing similar work in the future.  Ask about their Legal department organizational structure (General Counsels - GCs) love talking about this stuff), and what skills they look for over the long term, but even if not necessarily immediately.  If it goes well, you might get some really good information, and maybe even a referral to a firm or sister organization.  Senior Executives are very used to people asking them for jobs on a daily basis.  But, they get asked for their advice far less often.  Use this to your advantage... but do not be a pest.

As an example coming from NGOs, from time to time, I have occasionally dealt with some of the affiliates of the United Nations as a supplier. There are probably 20 of these, e.g. World Bank, IMF, UNHCR, IATA, WIPO, Red Cross, Red Crescent, and Red Crystal.  Some of these organizations you are probably more familiar to you than others.  There are two consistent traits that I see when dealing with their personnel.  First, many of the staff are about to retire, and second, their staff have all consistently bounced around the world working in many different UN affiliates and national governments doing all sort of different roles, both legal and non-legal.  The first of these is a well known problem for the UN and its agencies, at least, at a macro level, which might be helpfully to you. While I’m not certain what formal hiring programs may exist in these orgs, you should check with them around world, and particularly in Geneva, Switzerland and New York.  Also, in terms of firms which advise this types of groups, you should also talk with McKinsey & Company.  They do some very impressive pro bono work consulting for non-profits, and like to hire people with diverse backgrounds often having law degrees.

To get the attention of any large organization, and not just the UN agencies, you will always want to first find a way to get through the door, even if you need to do the unsexy type of legal work.  Once you are inside, it is usually far easier to move internally.  For example, if you work for a big organization like the UN, they have a vast array of legal needs, ranging from the basic to the exotic.  It is undoubtedly the case that a large portion of the UN’s legal budget goes to HR and Procurement legal advice (e.g. doing commercial leases, procuring pencils and IT projects) (whether done in-house or by external firms.)  When a UN agency needs to lease a building in sub-Saharan Africa, some lawyer somewhere in the world needs to review and advise on the tender process (often in combination with other local lawyers).  Therefore, this is an opportunity to target.   Yes, this is not sexy work, but it gets you a pass into the ‘club’ to work on other more interesting projects in the future.

As a final thought.  Having outlined all of above, if you truly want to work in the non-profit / human rights space, it might be the case that being a ‘junior file clerk’ for Google.org or the Gates Foundation is equally beneficial (from a brand perspective to get your next job) as being a senior associate at Skadden Arps.

On the one hand, being at a big firm allows you to potentially develop a deep legal specialty, which might be later retooled for a good purpose.  For example, undoubtedly, at some point, a brilliant lawyer in some large law firm will figure out how to package up millions of ‘microfinance’ loans using mezzanine financing techniques (i.e. allowing Wall Street money to start funding billions of very small loans around the world) - - in so doing, they could indirectly create prosperity in Africa for a life time.

At the same time, NGOs have a potential to do great things too.  These are the people who are likely to generate the next generation of new legal concepts / quasi-regulatory regimes.  For example, a newer area which I am following lately relates to 'conservation services' and 'natural capital' (see Conservation International) (www.conservation.org).  These structures are, essentially, quasi-voluntary regulatory schemes to allow companies to share and manage ecological externalities (see Jennifer Morris's speech at Stanford).  For me, CI's approach is just a start of a major trend in this area: soon there will be ISO certificate schemes covering externality pricing, as well as voluntary business case weighting methodologies which hopefully over time will become a standard approach in global commercial activity - - yet, this said, few individuals in the world understand how these types of governance tools work in practice.  It simply cross too many intellectual domains, which so far has stymied adoption on a global level.  'Deep Greens' are not well suited to create these types of applied 'corporate' innovations around externalities, but maybe you are the one given your legal background.

Highly innovative organizations, such as the Gates Foundation, look great to onlookers because, in large part, by comparison, the other large global NGOs have tired ‘business’ models.  Often major NGOs have been doing the same exact thing for decades.  For me, I could see this as creating an opportunity.  It might be great fun to join one of these NGOs for the express purpose to reshape it, remake it, and help them to reinvent their bag of tricks as an NGO.  As a lawyer, you can have this level of influence within these types of organizations - - but, remember, always ask for forgiveness, never for permission when trying to affect major change within large organizations.

Keep in touch.  If you like this or have other items to add, please drop me a note.  I always enjoy hearing from people and what they think.  These are changing times!

Best of luck,

John

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Αυτό είναι το ΔΣ της Metlen - Γιατί εξελέγη η Πολυξένη Καζόλη

Με τέσσερα εκτελεστικά μέλη, ένα μη-εκτελεστικό και τέσσερα ακόμη ανεξάρτητα μη-εκτελεστικά μέλη συνεδρίασε το διοικητικό συμβούλιο της Metlen (τ. Mytilineos), ενώ εξέλεξε -όπως είχε προαναγγελθεί- την Πολυξένη Καζόλη ως ανεξάρτητο μη-εκτελεστικό μέλος. Η δικηγόρος Πολυξένη Καζόλη εξελέγη ως ανεξάρτητο μη-εκτελεστικό μέλος του διοικητικού συμβουλίου της Metlen, με στόχο να παράσχει την εμπειρία της στο διεθνές δίκαιο και το δίκαιο των κεφαλαιαγορών. Πρέπει να σημειωθεί ότι η Metlen έχει από καιρό επιλέξει να τηρεί τον βρετανικό κώδικα εταιρικής διακυβέρνησης, που δίνει ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στη συμμετοχή και την παραγωγή έργου από τα ανεξάρτητα μη-εκτελεστικά μέλη του διοικητικού συμβουλίου, Η ανακοίνωση Η Μetlen Energy & Metals Α.Ε. ανακοινώνει ότι η Τακτική Γενική Συνέλευση των μετόχων της Εταιρείας, που συνήλθε την 4η Ιουνίου 2024, μεταξύ άλλων, εξέλεξε την κα Πολυξένη (Ξένια) Καζόλη ως νέο πρόσθετο ανεξάρτητο μέλος του διοικητικού συμβουλίου της Εταιρείας, με θητεία ανάλογη των υπόλοιπων μελών του διοικητικού συμβουλίου που έχουν εκλεγεί από την τακτική γενική συνέλευση των μετόχων από 02.06.2022, ήτοι έως 02.06.2026, μετά από ομόφωνη πρόταση του διοικητικού συμβουλίου και εισήγηση της Επιτροπής Αμοιβών και Υποψηφιοτήτων της Εταιρείας. Κατόπιν της ανωτέρω απόφασης των μετόχων, καθώς και μετά την ανασυγκρότηση του διοικητικού συμβουλίου την ίδια ημέρα, η σύνθεση του διοικητικού συμβουλίου έχει ως εξής: - Ευάγγελος ΜυτιληναίοςΜΥΤΙΛ +1,46% του Γεωργίου, Πρόεδρος και Διευθύνων σύμβουλος, - Σπυρίδων Κασδάς του Δημητρίου, Αντιπρόεδρος Α’, μη εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Ευάγγελος Χρυσάφης του Γεωργίου, Αντιπρόεδρος Β’, εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Δημήτριος Παπαδόπουλος του Σωτηρίου, εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Χρήστος Γαβαλάς του Αποστόλου-Νικολάου, εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Ιωάννης Πετρίδης του Γεωργίου, Ανώτερος Ανεξάρτητος Σύμβουλος (Lead Independent Director), ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Παναγιώτα Αντωνάκου του Λεωνίδα, ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Πολυξένη Καζόλη του Νικολάου, ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος, - Εμμανουήλ Κακαράς του Κωνσταντίνου, ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος, Το βιογραφικό της Πολυξένης Καζόλη Η κα Καζόλη Καζόλη είναι έμπειρη διεθνής δικηγόρος, μέλος των δικηγορικών συλλόγων Νέας Υόρκης, Παρισιού και Αθηνών. Έχει ολοκληρώσει μεγάλες και πολύπλοκες συναλλαγές για περισσότερα από είκοσι χρόνια σε πολυεθνικά περιβάλλοντα, έχει συμβουλεύσει τις κυβερνήσεις της Ελλάδας, της Ιταλίας, της Γαλλίας, της Ισπανίας και της Πορτογαλίας σε ιδιωτικοποιήσεις και προσφορών, και έχει συμβουλεύσει πελάτες σχετικά με τους οικονομικούς κανονισμούς της ΕΕ και την εταιρική διακυβέρνηση. Μέχρι το 2015, ήταν σύμβουλος στην Allen & Overy LLP, όπου πέρασε 15 χρόνια ειδικευμένη σε διεθνείς προσφορές χρεωστικών και συμμετοχικών τίτλων και συμβουλεύοντας για ιδιωτικοποιήσεις και διασυνοριακές συναλλαγές. Πριν από αυτό, εξασκούνταν με την Skadden Arps LLP στα γραφεία τους στο Παρίσι και το Λονδίνο στην ομάδα διεθνών κεφαλαιαγορών. Η κα Καζόλη έχει επίσης συνεργαστεί με την Παγκόσμια Τράπεζα, διεξάγοντας νομική αξιολόγηση, πολιτική και κανονιστική μεταρρύθμιση και συμβουλεύοντας για την ανάπτυξη δικαστικών ικανοτήτων στο Περού, την Αργεντινή, το Ελ Σαλβαδόρ και τη Βενεζουέλα, και πιο πρόσφατα ως εμπειρογνώμονας με την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση στη Γεωργία παρέχοντας τεχνική βοήθεια και κατάρτιση σε κυβερνητικούς αξιωματούχους σχετικά με τη διαπραγμάτευση και τη σύνταξη διεθνών συμβάσεων. Τα τελευταία χρόνια συμβουλεύει σχετικά με τη ρυθμιστική μεταρρύθμιση και την εταιρική διακυβέρνηση κυβερνήσεων, χρηματοπιστωτικών ιδρυμάτων και εταιρειών, από μικρές έως μεγάλες. Υπηρέτησε για πέντε χρόνια ως ανώτερη σύμβουλος στην Nestor Advisors Ltd, μια συμβουλευτική εταιρεία του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου που ειδικεύεται στην εταιρική διακυβέρνηση. Η κα Καζόλη είναι ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου του Χρηματιστηρίου Αθηνών, Πρόεδρος του ΕΣΕΔ (Ελληνικό Συμβούλιο Εταιρικής Διακυβέρνησης), μέλος του Εποπτικού Συμβουλίου του Ταμείου Ανάπτυξης (οντότητα που εποπτεύει τις ελληνικές κρατικές εταιρείες) και ανεξάρτητο μη εκτελεστικό μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της Autohellas, καθώς και μέλος της Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής της ΜΚΟ ΔΕΣΜΟΣ. Τέλος, εκπροσωπεί την Ελλάδα στην Επιτροπή Καταπολέμησης της Διαφθοράς και Εταιρικής Κοινωνικής Ευθύνης του Διεθνούς Εμπορικού Επιμελητηρίου. Μιλάει πέντε γλώσσες και είναι κάτοχος LLM από το Πανεπιστήμιο George Washington.. Δείτε το αναλυτικό CV Read the full article

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BigLaw Firm Impressions (by office)

This is based purely on individual experiences either interacting with the lawyers, working at the firm, or attending presentations from the firm. I won't be indicating which is which. Some won't be office-specific. Nothing here is meant to assert as truth something that isn't and it's based purely on personal opinions. Lists are in alphabetical order.

Best Impressions

Akin Gump (NY) - Youthful, fun energy. Get the sense that they're a forward-thinking/progressive office.

Cravath (NY) - Very polite, professional energy. The vibe is that everyone is there to work but will be very kind along the way.

Davis Polk (NY) - Kind of socially awkward vibe but still nice. They go dutch lmao.

Fried, Frank (NY) - Very gregarious with strong personalities and a bit bro-ey, but it's still welcoming (though most interactions have been with laterals FROM there so maybe that speaks more to the firm culture than anything else).

Gibson Dunn (LA-area) - The most friendly people you will ever meet. It's not just nice, it's supportive and warm.

K&L Gates (DC) - A bit socially awkward but very professional and informative.

McDermott (DC) - Nerdy, kind, and always down for a free meal lmao. Not sure what that says about compensation if attorneys are jumping at any opportunity to eat free though.

Orrick (LA) - Straightforward, confident energy. You get the sense that they've been there, done that, and would much rather be doing anything else than be at work (which is actually more of a good thing than it sounds in this blurb).

Paul Hastings (LA) - Very social vibe but not in the GDC 'let's all be friends' sort of way. People who want to make connections and are not shy about it. Some serious go-getters (guess that can sound a bit social climb-y/fake).

Ropes & Gray (NY) - The most everyday people in BigLaw lol. There's no one personality except that everybody tries to be nice. You definitely get the sense that they work a lot though.

Weil (NY) - Generally nice people but either very outwardly unsure of things or trying to convince you that they are sure of things lmao.

Worst Impressions

Covington - Judgmental, thinks they punch above their numbers but the facts disagree. Quite stuffy and just all around unpleasant.

Katten - Brutally honest and a bit thirsty.

Latham (NY, DC, Chi, LA-area) - While no one personality type prevails, every lawyer I've met from Latham has a few things in common: tries really hard to appear cool/relaxed but fumble the bag immensely, nose in the air because of ranking but literally everyone else knows the truth, overall normal human beings but always seem to have a quiet gunnery/tryhard/hyper-competitive vibe. Also they humblebrag like a mf lol. Idk, it's kinda hard to explain but it's like they want the Cravath prestige with the Quinn Emmanuel culture and it doesn't mesh very well and leaves you feeling awkward (unless you're also that type).

O'Melveny & Myers (LA) - VERY awkward. Like straight up difficult to hold a conversation awkward. They seem nice enough but it's it's so painful to speak with them lmao.

Proskauer (NY) - Bit of an unprofessional vibe and it's not even earned (like Sidley) or due to overt frattyness (like Skadden).

Sidley (DC) - Unprofessional as all hell. The people seem nice enough but they definitely seem chaotic internally.

Simpson Thacher - The most chaotic mess of them all. Straight up unprofessional but tries very hard to pretend it's not. Also, people there are either weird or don't want to be there. So many people straight up tell you they never wanted that firm and are only there because it was the only option/they're in a transition period in their career lmao.

Skadden (NY) - OTT arrogant, know their numbers and flaunt it, lawyers are competitive and standoffish. Feel like they don't have to be kind/accommodating/normal because they're Skadden.