<div dir="ltr">Olivier,<div><br></div><div>Yes. It was a base requirement that the firm have strong California law expertise in these very areas. SIdley has over 200 lawyers in California, and they deal with corporate and non-profit issues every day. Our team, whom you'll meet tomorrow includes just such expertise. As for international law, they have a number of non-US offices and additionally attorneys with significant comparative knowledge of the pros and cons of various jurisdictions including and beyond those. Where necessary they can reach out to established networks beyond the firm for more detailed advice. No firm has lawyers everywhere; this is the standard way of dealing with such things.</div><div><br></div><div>Greg</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com" target="_blank">ocl@gih.com</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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Thank you for this email Jonathan.<br>
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Is this retained firm going to be able to provide answers to our
questions relating to California law relating to for profit and not
for profit corporations? Similarly, is this retained firm able to
provide insight regarding international law?<br>
I note "Laws Covered" bottom of page 7:<br>
"Except as may be otherwise agreed to by Sidley in writing, our
representation of the Client hereunder will be limited to matters of
United States federal law, state law in states in which we have
offices and, as applicable, the Delaware Limited Liability Company
Act and the Delaware General Corporation Law."<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 09/03/2015 22:05, Jonathan Robinson
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">All,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Please see attached
for the executed engagement letter with Sidley Austin.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<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"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> Jonathan Robinson
[<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info" target="_blank">mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08 March 2015 21:46<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Sidley Austin LLP <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear All, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span 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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span 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). <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best wishes,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><br>
Jonathan & Lise<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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