Real Estate Management
Resume:
Max C. Marx
Unit #***
Brownsville, Texas 78520
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
Cellphone: 225-***-****
Email: abif1u@r.postjobfree.com
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SUMMARY:
Experienced and business-oriented corporate attorney and general counsel,
admitted to practice in Louisiana and New York.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Legal General Counsel-2010 to present
Pronto Insurance., Brownsville, Texas
(Leading insurance and financial products and services company)
. Chief legal officer of the Texas-based insurance and financial services
company, including all of its branches, independent agents and franchise
operations throughout Texas and the world.
. Responsible for Legal Department.
. Specialized in general insurance and corporate practice.
. Trademark, patent, copyright and other intellectual property matters.
. Mergers & Acquisitions, Contracts, Environmental, Labor, Real Estate,
Securities, Compliance and Employment law.
. Corporations, Litigation Management and strategy, arbitration, mediation
and dispute resolution.
The Law Offices of Max C. Marx-2008 to 2010, Mount Kisco, New York and
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
. Mergers and Acquisitions.
. Corporate matters.
. Review of advertising, labeling, sales and marketing materials.
. Domestic and international corporate and contractual matters.
. ISDA Transactions, including Negotiation, Drafting and Completion.
. Transactional and strategic alliance negotiations, agreements and
implementation.
. Compliance matters relating to FTC, FDA, EPA, USDA, CPSC, state agencies,
foreign agencies and other agencies.
. Litigation management and administration, arbitration, mediation and
dispute resolution.
. Intellectual property rights (trademarks, patents, etc).
. E-commerce agreements and protocols.
. Website review and legal compliance issues.
. Licensing, distributorship agreements and regulatory issues.
. Employment law, collective bargaining agreements and consulting contract
matters.
Senior Vice President-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary-2008
Gibson Guitar Corp., Nashville, Tennessee
(World's leading guitar and musical instrument manufacturer)
. Chief legal officer of the Nashville-based company and its global
operating manufacturing facilities and its subsidiaries and branches
throughout the world.
. Responsible for Legal, Human Resources and Security/Loss Prevention
Departments.
. Specialized in general international and corporate practice.
. Trademark, patent, copyright and other intellectual property matters.
. Mergers & Acquisitions, Contracts, Environmental, Labor, Real Estate,
Securities, Compliance and Employment law.
. Corporations, Litigation Management and strategy, arbitration, mediation
and dispute resolution.
Corporate General Counsel & Corporate Secretary-- 1999 to 2007
The Hartz Mountain Corporation, Secaucus, New Jersey
(America's leading pet supplies company)
. Supervised three separate departments: Legal (for entire time),
Regulatory Affairs (for a period of time) and Quality (for a period of
time)
. Mergers and Acquisitions.
. Review of advertising, labeling, sales and marketing materials.
. Domestic and international corporate and contractual matters.
. Key member of the senior management group directly reporting to the
President/CEO.
. ISDA Transactions, including Negotiation, Drafting and Completion.
. Transactional and strategic alliance negotiations, agreements and
implementation
. Compliance matters relating to FTC, FDA, EPA, USDA, CPSC, state agencies,
foreign agencies and other agencies
. Litigation management and administration, arbitration, mediation and
dispute resolution
. Intellectual property rights (trademarks, patents, etc) for worldwide
operations.
. E-commerce agreements and protocols.
. Website review and legal compliance issues.
. Licensing, distributorship agreements and regulatory issues.
. Employment law, collective bargaining agreements and consulting contract
matters.
Vice President-General Counsel, 1998 to 1999
Mitsubishi Materials U.S.A. Corporation, New York, New York
(Leading advanced materials company)
. Chief legal officer of the New York-based company and 11 operating
manufacturing facilities and their subsidiaries and branches throughout the
United States, Mexico and Canada.
. Specialized in general international and corporate practice.
. Silicon wafer chip and robotics patent matters.
. Rare earth metals contracts and legal issues.
. ISDA Transactions, including Negotiation, Drafting and Completion.
. Mergers & Acquisitions, Contracts, Environmental, Labor, Real Estate,
Securities, Compliance and Employment law.
. Corporations, Litigation Management/Strategy (as well as arbitration,
mediation and dispute resolution) and Intellectual Property Rights.
. Responsible for public relations, investor relations and governmental
relations matters.
Senior Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary 1990 to 1998
Sunkyong America, Inc. (lka SK Global America, Inc.), New York, New York
(former American subsidiary of Korean leading trading company)
. Chief legal officer of New York parent and 30 affiliated companies.
. Specialized in general international and corporate practice for company
and affiliates.
. Mergers & Acquisitions, Contracts, Real Estate, Securities, Compliance
and Employment law.
. Corporations, Litigation Management/Strategy (as well as arbitration,
mediation and dispute resolution )and Intellectual Property Rights
. Established and managed legal department (6 professionals-(3 attorneys
and 3 paralegals).
. ISDA Transactions, including Negotiation, Drafting and Completion.
-Issued legal opinions to banks, financial institutions and third parties.
. Conducted compliance audits, videotaped seminars and dealing with
relevant governmental agencies.
. Worked on various swaps, LDC or emerging market debt, hedges, futures,
repos. and other derivatives.
. Metals and commodities trading contracts.
. Acted as general counsel to large, complex derivatives litigation (JP
Morgan vs. SK Securities), as reported by The American Lawyer, May, 1998.
Senior Corporate Counsel 1984 to 1990
Sumitomo Corporation of America/ New York, New York
Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
(American subsidiary of Japan's pre-eminent trading company)
. Both domestic and overseas assignments in international business law
practice.
. Worked in Tokyo for 2 years with the parent company.
. Specialized in general international and corporate practice for company
and affiliates.
. Precious metals and commodities trading and agreements.
. Transactional and joint ventures throughout the world.
. Mergers & Acquisitions, Contracts, Real Estate, Securities, Compliance
and Corporations.
. ISDA Transactions, including Negotiation, Drafting and Completion.
. Litigation Management/Strategy (as well as arbitration, mediation and
dispute resolution) and Intellectual Property Rights.
. Created standard contract forms and manuals for clients.
. Conducted various legal, environmental and risk management due diligence
tasks.
Associate Attorney 1982 to 1984
The Law Firm of Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo, Japan
(nka Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)
(Pre-eminent securities, corporate, banking and financing law firm)
. International securities and business legal practice.
. Eurobonds, Swiss Franc bonds, Mutual funds and IPOs.
. Aircraft, hotel and equipment leasing and financing.
. Joint ventures and technology licensing arrangements.
. Metals and commodities purchasing agreements.
. Distributorship, franchise and other international transactions.
. International litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution management
Corporate Counsel 1979 to 1982
Saxon Industries, Inc., New York, New York
(former paper and other industries manufacturer)
. Associate attorney in publicly traded company.
. Contracts, SEC Filings and Shareholder correspondence.
. Transactions and strategic alliances.
. Industrial revenue bond financings
. Leases and Sale leaseback financings.
. Tax certiorari petitions and hearings.
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EDUCATION:
Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.) (1981)
Columbia University, New York, New York
. Major: Philosophy, Political philosophy, Philosophy of law and
Jurisprudence.
. Minor: Analytical philosophy.
. Activities: Awarded Tuition Grant after first year owing to Scholastic
Achievements.
Juris Doctor (J.D.) (1978)
L.S.U. Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
. Activities: Moot Court, Civil and Common law and Philosophy of law.
. Summers: Public Defender's Office--Criminal indigent appeals
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (1975)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
. Major: Philosophy and Political Philosophy
. Minor: Business Law
. Activities: Mu Sigma Rho.
ADMISSIONS:
Louisiana, 1981
New York, 1981
USDC Middle District of Louisiana
USDC Eastern District of Louisiana
SKILLS:
. Computer: Proficient computer and database skills (Westlaw, Internet,
Microsoft Word and WordPerfect)
. Languages: Japanese (some spoken) and French (some reading). German (some
reading)
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PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
. ABA Speaker: "Corporate Legal Departments in the 1990s" (1991).
. ABA Speaker, "The Impact of Information Technology on In-house Counsel",
ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta (1999)
. Chair, Corporate Counsel Committee, International Law & Practice Section,
ABA (1999)
. Korea Society Speaker, "The Disjoint Venture" (1997)
. ABCNY Panelist: "How to Become and Remain General Counsel" (1996)
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