[CWG-Stewardship] Sidley Austin LLP

[Grace Abuhamad]

Hi Eduardo and all,
It'll take me a few minutes to get the Adobe recording and at approximately
COB today, we should have the full transcript and Mp3 recording. Until then,
here are the notes and chat transcript: https://community.icann.org/x/hxAnAw
Best, 
Grace

From:  Eduardo Diaz <eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com>
Date:  Monday, March 9, 2015 10:58 AM
To:  Jonathan Robinson <jrobinson at afilias.info>
Cc:  "cwg-stewardship at icann.org" <cwg-stewardship at icann.org>
Subject:  Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Sidley Austin LLP

Jonathan: 

Are we going to have access to at least the recording of this call before
our Tuesday meeting?

-ed

On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Jonathan Robinson <jrobinson at afilias.info>
wrote:
> Dear All, 
>  
> As of Friday 6 March, the CWG-Stewardship has engaged Sidley Austin LLP to
> advise and consult on the CWG¹s development of a transition proposal.
>  
> 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).
>  
> Sidley is aware of the CWG¹s 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 ICANN has
> instructed Sidley to take direction exclusively from and provide advice and
> consultation exclusively to the CWG, primarily through the CWG¹s Client
> Committee.
>  
> 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.
>  
> 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
> Tuesday¹s call, where we also plan to introduce the Sidley team to the CWG.
>  
> Best wishes,
>  
>  
> 
> Jonathan & Lise
>  
> 
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