Bob Schrader, Esq. Email & Phone Number

• International attorney providing business, regulatory, negotiation, and legal counsel and advice to entrepreneurs, owners, startups, and internet-based companies from concept through ongoing operations. Serve as.
• Served as outside 'General Counsel' providing legal, business and regulatory counsel to international group establishing new travel service.
• Neutral Mediator resolving disputes including employee/crew, customer, PI and negligence claims, international and domestic contracts.

North Conway, US

• I utilize my business and marketing experience and analytical skills to assist start-ups, small and expanding businesses in the professional service, hospitality, travel and tourism, online, and international trade.
• Managed transition of luxury property and restaurant in Virginia for investor/owner group, including review and recommendations on operations, market repositioning, facility and physical plant upgrades, and staff..
• Implement new reservations system, recruit, hire and train staff, develop SOP and manuals, consult with the external web developer to optimize SEO for newsletters and blog posts, created and managed social media.
• Developed and taught 6-week course on SEO and social media marketing for small to mid-sized private companies in ski, hospitality and recreation industries.

North Miami, Florida, US

Brickell Network is a real estate crowdfunding and factoring platform in the United States. Focused primarily on prime commercial assets in USAhttps://www.inadvanz.com/

All Over, US

Chief Strategy and Legal Officer responsible for strategic and legal planning of rapidly growing startup disrupting the nascent clear aligner industry to ensure your local dentists or orthodontists oversee treatment while still providing convenience and cost savings of direct to patient services. Initiated and managed crowdfunding and angel investment for.

Advised founder and CEO on FDA compliance and labeling for new protein beverage products. Recommended alternative ingredient based on research which was ultimately adopted in a new formulation and initiated discussions with local vendors for distribution of the product.

• Cruise ferry operator providing service between Portland, Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and between Tampa Florida and Cancun and Merida, Mexico. Our wholly owned Canadian subsidiary created and marketed vacation.
• First General Counsel (CLO) responsible for all legal and regulatory functions of company and direct report to Chairman.
• Negotiated 30 year commercial lease valued at over $180M with governmental landlord.
• Key member of executive team responsible for strategic development, operations and compliance.
• Chief negotiator for $10M loan workout, resulting in removal of onerous financial covenants and waiver of technical defaults for company.
• Successfully managed several international litigation, arbitration and mediation cases ranging from $10M- $180M.

• Award winning, upscale historic lodging property with 100+ seat white tablecloth restaurant, 40+ seat bar & casual dining venue.
• Increased food & lodging revenue by over 100% and F&B sales by over 400% during first 3 years of ownership.
• Redesigned and oversaw major lodging and public area remodel and upgrades, redesigned commercial kitchen.
• Designed and oversaw addition of second al fresco dining venue with seasonal outdoor kitchen.
• Implemented successful social media and online marketing and website redesign.
• Managed independent tour operation in conjunction with two competing lodging properties.

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

• Proposed, created and taught first full semester course on Regulation of International Business Transactions, US Customs and Export Control Law, and developed curriculum, assessments and course materials.
• Taught courses on International Business Transactions, Regulation of International Trade, and Transnational Business Practices in International Law Clinic and developed curriculum, assessments and authored course.

• Recruiter for construction industry with offices in US and Canada.
• First General Counsel responsible for all legal and government relations functions in US and Canada.
• Trained and managed US and Canadian attorneys handling immigration, labor and employment matters for construction industry clients.
• Successful lobbied Department of Labor to remedy discrepancies in processing between DOL Regional Offices.

US

• Practice focused on advising start-ups, foreign investors and multinationals establishing US operations, as well as Fortune 500 corporations on contracts, international transactions, US Customs, export controls.
• Quadrupled practice area revenues through international creative client development.
• Frequent presenter on international trade to investors and executives in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Germany, Spain, Turkey, Russia and South Africa.
• Invited by Commercial Services Office, US Consulate Frankfurt to speak to 40 German businesses at Technology Incubator in Aachen, Germany about establishing operations in the US.
• Creator, author and editor of firm’s International Law Advisory newsletter.

Miami, Florida, US

• Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA (ST&R) is the leading international law firm focused on customs and international trade law.
• Obtained approval for Foreign Trade Zone expansion application for Port Everglades.
• Obtained approval from US Customs for client to establish first off-airport duty free store in US.
• Review client manufacturing processes and sourcing to advise on changes to eliminate duties for consumer products, including relocation of factory and sourcing of raw materials from CBI countries to eliminate duty.
• Drafted proposed regulatory and legislative language with subsequent lobbying for implementation on behalf of national trade organizations.
• Opened new law office for nationwide firm in Ft. Lauderdale.

Miami, FL, US

Taught Administrative Law course in Graduate School of Public Administration.

Jd, Law

Certificate, Paris Institute On International And Comparative Law

Ba, Microbiology

Enlish / Language Arts