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  Self Employed

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  History

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  • Experience

    • 1959 - 2015
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    Over 40 years’ experience in commercial and international transactions, having actively handled matters in Aruba, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Panama, Peoples Republic of China, Peru, Spain, El Salvador, United Kingdom, and Venezuela. Primary work included commercial document preparation in Spanish and English and review, evaluation, selection and management of local counsel and negotiation of terms and conditions of a variety of agreements and governmental approvals as well as structuring investments involving franchises, joint ventures, major construction projects, U.S. and foreign limited liability companies and corporations, branches, and limited partnerships.Employment: 2002-2015 SunnyRidge Farm, Inc./Dole Winter Haven, FL Berry Company  Vice President and General Counsel COO for Mexico Operations; formed and developed operations from startup of a commercial sourcing, packaging, marketing, farming, export and logistics organization with revenues in excess of $US80,000,000 in 2014 Responsible for all agreements and legal matters in Chile, Brazil, Peru, Canada and the US. Merged with Dole in 20111966-2002 Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings and Evans, P.A./Gray Robinson, P.A. Tampa, FL Member of the Firms for 36 Years Managing Partner Shackleford Farrior from 1994 - 2000 Led Merger with Gray Robinson in 2000; Managing Partner Tampa 2000-2002Other Qualifications: Board Certified in International Law; International and Civil Law Notary; Arbitrator Member of the American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Panel and tried or arbitrated numerous commercial and construction disputes, including international and domestic issues; Recipient of the Lima, Peru Bar Association Medal for Support of Human Rights; AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell for over 40 years; Fluent Spanish.