Overview
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◆Summary:
Part1 Firm & Panelist Introduction
Part2 Akerman LLP Panel Discussion
5:35 – 6:20 PM (PT) | 8:35-9:20 PM (ET)
6:20 – 6:30 PM (PT) | 9:20-9:30 PM (ET)
Co-Leader, Japan Transactional Team Partner, Corporate
Ranked by Chambers Global as among the top lawyers worldwide for cross-border Japan-U.S. Corporate/M&A, Hiroshi Sarumida has 30 years of experience counseling Japanese multinational corporations on a broad range of transactions. His comprehensive experience encompasses cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international joint ventures, corporate restructuring transactions, international corporate finance transactions, transnational litigations and other dispute matters, and crisis management. Hiroshi has also acted as a special U.S. counsel in many high-profile Japanese hostile takeover contests and has advised Japanese clients on corporate defense measures and U.S. securities law ramifications for Japanese M&A activities.
With his knowledge and sensitivity to legal, business and cultural differences across the borders, Hiroshi has a distinctive ability to find innovative solutions and achieve results efficiently in cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions. Hiroshi has successfully led numerous complex and challenging matters involving multi-disciplinary issues across industry and transaction types and has helped a wide variety of clients meeting their strategic objectives.
Hiroshi frequently speaks to Japanese corporate representatives on a variety of cross-border legal issues, including regulatory matters, such as national security and antitrust issues.
Partner
A high stakes litigator and expert counselor, Richard Brosnick represents U.S. and international companies in antitrust litigation and counseling, financial services and securities litigation, and commercial contract litigation and arbitration. His clients span numerous sectors, including financial services, consumer electronics, building materials and industrials, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals.
A go-to resource for antitrust litigation and counseling matters, Richard represents clients in alleged price fixing, bid rigging and other anticompetitive conduct litigations and government investigations, as well as counseling with respect to proposed mergers, joint ventures, and pricing and distribution practices. He also designs and implements antitrust compliance and training programs for clients in a wide array of businesses. Media organizations, including CNN, Time, Reuters, CNET, The Street, The Globe and Mail seek out Richard for comment on antitrust matters and trends, such as the implications of large scale transactions and investigations across a wide variety of industries.
Richard litigates complex disputes throughout federal and state courts in the United States and internationally in arbitration forums. His experience encompasses disputes involving allegations of fraud, government investigations, fiduciary duty, unfair competition, tortious interference, and disputes in the wake of terminated transactions.
Associate
Andrew Karter represents employers before federal and state courts as well as administrative agencies, including the EEOC, the NLRB, and state agencies across the country. Andrew’s employment litigation experience includes discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, individual and class/collective wage and hour disputes, employee and independent contractor misclassification, ADA public access claims (including website and mobile application accessibility), ADA disability and accommodation matters, employee leave issues, and restrictive covenant enforcement and defense including non-competition/solicitation agreements and trade secrets.
Additionally, Andrew frequently counsels clients on employment law compliance, including employee leave issues and accommodations, sexual harassment issues and training, internal investigations, hiring and termination decisions, reductions in force, and employee privacy issues. He also works with clients to develop, draft, and implement workplace policies, employment contracts, restrictive covenants such as non-competition or non-solicitation agreements, separation agreements, and handbooks.
Andrew also has traditional labor experience relating to collective bargaining, strategic analysis involving unfair labor practices, and labor arbitration.
SVP, Discovery Consulting Division (FRONTEO USA)