My career as a legal adviser has been extremely exciting and varied, spanning numerous countries on six continents (excluding only Antarctica where I had no internet connectivity). It has taken me from Pittsburgh and Los Angeles, where I qualified as an attorney, to Paris, where I established and managed the French offices of two international law firms, as well as Frankfurt and Brussels.

I help multinational businesses and financial institutions in the commercial, corporate and financial sectors deal with issues such as compliance, financial regulation, data protection and privacy, anti-corruption, multi-level marketing and customs and trade law.

I also advise sovereign governments, handle crisis management situations, assist on mergers and acquisitions and manage a wide variety of litigation matters, ranging from major infrastructure projects to complex international financial disputes, as well as contract and labor law disputes.

My practice also includes advising family and business trusts and family offices with respect to their administration, as well as private Clients, Performers and artists and other internationally active business people.

I have taught courses on international business transactions, international dispute resolution, US constitutional law, and the common law system.

I have written numerous articles, both scholarly and more practice oriented. And I have spoken on a wide spectrum of related topics, from bankers’ liability, to the Millennium bug, the law of beer, and issues facing LGBTQ+ families.

I have been active in a broad variety of charitable, civic, political, and religious activities, including  notably The American Chamber of Commerce in France and Duke University Alumni Club of France.