Cortney Raynor Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

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General Manager of Gastite and Amnitec business units of Smiths Group plc. Gastite is a US manufacturer of residential and commercial building products. Amnitec is a UK manufacturer of building and industrial high performance hoses.

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Flex-Tek Division - Aerospace and advanced fluid management division of listed FTSE 100 company. $900m annual revenue, 3,000 employees, operations in the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, EU, India and China. Senior leader, manager and advisor to the Board with experience in legal and business issues, including ESG, risk, M&A, commercial and government contract negotiations, disputes and litigation, international trade and supply chain, ethics, regulatory compliance, crisis management, labor and employment, distressed debt, restructuring, real estate, corporate governance, Board management, public company reporting, audits, investigations, marketing and communications, and intellectual property. Certificate from UCLA Anderson School of Management Executive Strategy and Leadership program.

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Global corporate and commercial counsel for Smiths Group, Industrial Technologies divisions with a combined £1.5b revenue, 8,000 employees across the Americas, EMEA and APAC and 150 global corporate entities. Managed attorneys and legal staff with responsibilities for commercial and government contracts, trade, M&A, risk, real estate, quality, corporate secretariat and governance, budgeting and finance, public company reporting and board communications. Chief of staff to the General Counsel.

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Head of Smiths Group global litigation and disputes portfolio, including commercial, product, employment, environmental, mass/toxic tort, intellectual property, trade, property, ethics and government relations. Managed strategy, defense, and proactive litigation. Responsible for public company reporting and audits, M&A and restructuring strategy. Responsible for a significant annual budget and two publicly provisioned mass torts. Regular presentations to the Group Exco and Board of Directors along with drafting of public shareholder communications. Utilized LEAN principles to create a Litigation Centre of Excellence operating model, which in two years significantly reduced claims and spend across the Group. Manager of Corporate Secretariat function overseeing governance for 200 global legal entities.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Complex commercial litigation, regulatory matters and investigations, including business, product, mass tort, securities, environmental and white collar actions in federal and state courts and before the SEC, EPA and FDA. Representative client base included international financial institutions, automobile manufacturers, oil and gas refineries, medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, food distributors and national not-for-profit corporations. Morgan Lewis is an International law firm with more than 2,000 lawyers in 28 offices across the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East in numerous practice areas. For more information, please visit www.morganlewis.com.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Trial Attorney: September 2008-July 2013Summer Associate: May 2007-September 2008Donohue Brown is one of Chicago's pre-eminent trial practice firms and was named a "Go-To" firm for the Fortune 500. Concentrating on civil litigation, I represented national and international companies, including automobile and textile manufacturers, insurance companies, medical and hospital corporations, law firms and individual professionals in a broad base of practice areas, including products liability, professional negligence, insurance coverage and white collar crimes. During my tenure at DBMS, I successfully defended clients in several jury trials and on appeal.For more information, please visit www.dbmslaw.com.

B.A., Spanish Language & Political Science

J.D., Cum Laude

Certificate, Smiths Group Executive Leadership & Strategy Programme

Certificate (In Process), Success & Influence