Managing Director responsible for all aspects of a consulting firm which provides a broad range of international legal, business and investigative consulting services. Completed projects included serving as a consultant to the Romanian Privatization Ministry in Bucharest with regard to the privatization of state owned assets in accordance with the World Bank’s anti-corruption policies as part of a World Bank financed program; counsel in the Office of the General Counsel of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London assisting with public and private financing in the countries of the former Soviet Union; represented the International Finance Corporation with regard to private enterprise loans in Romania and Bulgaria, and conducted international investigations, including investigations in support of U.S. litigation.He was a partner in the Tokyo office of Kelley Drye & Warren, resident partner with Bryan Cave in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, counsel with White & Case in Moscow, and Senior Legal Adviser to Saudi Aramco in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.He was also a naval intelligence officer and military agent accredited by the Director and Naval Intelligence and a civilian Special Agent. While attached to the U.S. Naval Investigative Service Office, Europe, as a Special Agent, he was the Senior Resident Agent in Iceland and and Resident Agent for Scotland and Northern Ireland where he was responsible for investigations and intelligence and counterintelligence operations. During that period he held a Top Secret - Intelligence Personnel security clearance. Advises clients with regard to their overseas business activities, including cross border business transactions, anti-corruption matters, confidential investigations, international risk assessment and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Member – Engaged in corporate matters and commercial transactions, with special expertise and experience in international business transactions, including joint ventures, project finance, oil and gas, banking and investment, real estate development and maritime matters in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He was legal consultant to the Law Offices of Gebran Majdalany, Doha, Qatar where he acted as local counsel to Qatari Diar with regard to the Chelsea Barracks acquisition (US$1 billion +), to Qatar Petroleum with regard to the Gulf International Services IPO (approx. US$1 billion), and to Al Waab City WLL with regard to the US$1 billion + Al Waab City real estate development project. He was also responsible for the Qatari part of a world-wide investigation that resulted from FCPA violations by a very large European Industrial complex, and represented major international companies with regard a broad range of other matters.

Counsel - Continued his broad based international practice with special emphasis on the development of his international anti-corruption practice. He advised clients on all aspects of international anti-corruption law, made international anti-corruption presentations to various groups,made an ExecSense Webinar on the same topic, and had international anti-corruption articles published in legal and business publications. He continued to advise clients with regard to their overseas business activities, including compliance with relevant U.S. and foreign law and international trade matters, including compliance with laws and regulations regarding the import and export of goods and services.