[CWG-Stewardship] Sidley Austin LLP

[Greg Shatan]

Olivier,

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.

Greg

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
wrote:

>  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:
>
>  All,
>
>
>
> Please see attached for the executed engagement letter with Sidley Austin.
>
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> *From:* Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jrobinson at afilias.info
> <jrobinson at afilias.info>]
> *Sent:* 08 March 2015 21:46
> *To:* cwg-stewardship at icann.org
> *Subject:* Sidley Austin LLP
>
>
>
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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 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*.
>
>
>
> 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 Tuesday’s call, where we also plan to introduce the Sidley team to
> the CWG.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Jonathan & Lise
>
>
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