<div dir="ltr">Milton, <div><br></div><div>The Sidley engagement letter states that direction will come exclusively from and advice will go exclusively to the <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">CWG, primarily through the CWG’s Client Committee</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">. So, ultimately, it comes down to the CWG, not the Client Committee.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Greg</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" target="_blank">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Jonathan<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Congratulations, I think the Client Committee made a wise choice, at least based on the limited materials we were provided.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Can we clarify now that the Sidley Austin team’s client is the CWG itself, as a whole, and not just the client committee? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">--MM<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonathan Robinson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 8, 2015 5:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CWG-Stewardship] Sidley Austin LLP<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Dear All, <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">As of Friday 6 March, the CWG-Stewardship has engaged Sidley Austin LLP to advise and consult on the CWG’s development of a transition proposal.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">In the past two weeks, the Client Committee shortlisted three firms, interviewed each of them, and retained one. We chose to retain Sidley primarily because they envisaged the engagement as consultation
rather than pure advice. In addition, Sidley presented a strong governance focus as well as specific experience with the U.S. political environment (including a former Congressman and a former Department of Commerce appointee).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Sidley is aware of the CWG’s tight timeframe and accepts the requirement for highly transparent work methods. Also, the client relationship has been clearly defined and emphasized in the retention
letter in that <i>ICANN has instructed Sidley to take direction exclusively from and provide advice and consultation exclusively to the CWG, primarily through the CWG’s Client Committee</i>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Sidley has no previous client relationship with ICANN. No conflicts were identified, however please note that Greg Shatan and Holly Gregory from Sidley worked at the same firm over a decade ago.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">The Client Committee will meet with Sidley Austin on Monday. This call will be recorded and transcribed and we will then provide an update to the CWG on Tuesday’s call, where we also plan to introduce
the Sidley team to the CWG. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Best wishes,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Jonathan & Lise<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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