[CWG-Stewardship] Sidley Austin LLP

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Thank you for this email Jonathan.

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?
I note "Laws Covered" bottom of page 7:
"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."

Kind regards,

Olivier

On 09/03/2015 22:05, Jonathan Robinson wrote:
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> Please see attached for the executed engagement letter with Sidley Austin.
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> Jonathan
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> *From:*Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jrobinson at afilias.info]
> *Sent:* 08 March 2015 21:46
> *To:* cwg-stewardship at icann.org
> *Subject:* Sidley Austin LLP
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> Dear All,
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> 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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> 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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> 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 /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/.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Best wishes,
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> Jonathan & Lise
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-- 
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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