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Howard B. Hill, Esq.

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General Counsel ? Chief Executive Officer

Award-winning and published lawyer. Entrepreneurial and results-driven.

Reputation for being an adaptable team player who thrives in dynamic, fast-

paced challenging situations. Proven track record. Highlights include:

CEO, Quatrro Legal International Business P/L & CEO Experience

Solutions Worked in China /India Entrepreneurial/ Start-Up

Asst Gen Counsel - Chrysler /Europe Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions Strategic Planning/

Gen Counsel - Acustar Joint Ventures Restructuring

Partner, Pepper Hamilton Outsourcing Policy Development &

law firm Foreign Direct Investment Implementation

Adjunct Professor, U of M Employee Relations

Gen Counsel(Asia) Union Technology/ IP Agreements

Carbide

Education

Columbia University, Juris Doctor

Northwestern University, Bachelor of Arts (History/Liberal Arts)

Post-Graduate Studies: London School of Economics (England); Institute de

Droit Compare (France); CIDOC (Mexico)

Professional Synopsis

Quatrro Legal Solutions (US subsidiary of Indian Corporation), New Delhi,

India

CEO/President/Founder: Developed and built legal process outsourcing

firm, providing assistance to US and European clients using Indian lawyers

to review and prepare litigation, 3rd-party contracts, and intellectual

property documents.

. Created and implemented strategic business plan; managed P&L

. Set up operations; recruited, hired, and trained US and Indian lawyers

. Supervised service delivery, institution of quality standards, and

measurements

. Led sales & marketing effort for concepts new to legal industry

. Communicated regularly with investors and clients; authored articles on

legal outsourcing

Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Assistant General Counsel, Chrysler, International and

Mergers & Acquisitions & Vice President & General Counsel (Acustar):

. Handled legal work for $1 billion US joint venture for vehicle assembly

between Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors

. Instrumental in the $2.5 billion acquisition by Chrysler of American

Motors from Renault of France

. Handled formation, preparation for sale and negotiation and finalization

of documents for the sale of Acustar, 35 Chrysler parts facilities

. Negotiated acquisition of Lamborghini Motors and option to buy Lotus

Motors

. Counseled on contractual relations with Mitsubishi, Maseratti and various

technology, supply and distribution agreements

Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

National Partner (based in Detroit, Michigan): Prospected

and secured new clients, delivering multimillion-dollar new client revenue.

Built lasting relationships with clients to ensure repeat business and

positive company image. Led major legal business transactions across

various industries.

. Handled largest lawsuit in Detroit office history for Pilkington Glass

of Liverpool, England (world's largest glass company)

. Successfully mediated dispute between 2 of firm's largest clients, Libbey

Owens Ford and Sheller-Globe.

. Negotiated successful divestiture of Chrysler paint facility to

United Paint and sale of Chrysler electronics plant to Raytheon.

. Resolved major bankruptcy issues for aircraft maintenance company in

Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Howard B. Hill, Esq.

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Union Carbide Corporation, Hong Kong, China; New York, New York; Danbury,

Connecticut

General Counsel - Asia & Assistant Division Counsel-Middle

East & Africa and Medical Products

Handled all legal affairs for Union Carbide Asia based in Hong Kong, and

traveled extensively to all operating subsidiaries in 24 countries with

aggregate sales of $1 billion in chemicals, batteries and carbon

electrodes. Legal work included:

. $250 million polyethylene joint venture with Lucky Group in Korea; joint

ventures in Taiwan for industrial gases and ethylene glycol

. Joint Venture for production of watch batteries with Sony in Japan; joint

venture with Sumitomo Chemical; joint venture with Nippon Carbon for

carbon electrodes

. Investment to create plant for agricultural pesticides in Surabaya,

Indonesia and various attempts at sale of shrimp fishing business in

Indonesia, eventually sold to Government of Somalia; latex joint ventures

in Thailand, Malaysia and Korea

. Handling significant fraud claim against Japanese investors for

production of royal jelly in Taiwan

. Closing of offices in Dacca, Bangladesh and Karachi, Pakistan

. Handled distribution agreements and establishment of companies in several

African and Middle Eastern countries for the production and sale of

Eveready batteries, including legal affairs of plant in Nigeria and Egypt

. Proposed joint venture with national Iranian Oil Company for production

of chemicals in Teheran, Iran

. Divestiture of various Medical Products businesses, including sale of

nuclear reactor and radioactive reagents business to Hoffman La Roche and

centrifugal blood analyzers to Raychem

Law Offices of Howard B. Hill, Detroit, Michigan

Owner/Lawyer: Provided quality legal services to small and medium-

sized businesses, former executives from large corporations, and minorities

seeking to establish or purchase businesses. Led business transactions with

wide-ranging clientele. Built long-lasting, mutually-beneficial

relationships to drive referral business.

. Counseled Masco Corporation on international and commercial operations

. Drove minority joint venture with United Technologies Corporation for

interior trim and Woodbridge Corporation of Canada for structural foam

during construction project

. Negotiated $250M acquisition of steel-making facilities in Ohio and

Tennessee for DSC Corporation (successor to McLouth Steel)

. Coordinated acquisition and conversion of gear manufacturing operation

for minority joint venture

. Spearheaded acquisition of global patent rights for molded plastic parts

for 2 former executives of large plastics supplier

. Pursued successful claim for all damages and legal costs against major

utility provider for loss of power, representing 15 different businesses

and avoiding litigation

Coudert Brothers, London, England; New York, New York

Associate, French & European Section: Handled legal affairs

for French clients conducting business in the United States and in London,

England representing US & European clients.

. Represented Avions Marcel Dassault in joint venture with Pan American

Airways for the US distribution of the Falcon Jet and the lease financing

of Falcon Jets for Federal Express

. Handled US legal affairs for Saint Gobain Pont-a-Mousson (formerly

largest industrial conglomerate in France)

. Joint venture for production of zip fasteners between Fermeture Ailee, a

subsidiary of Dolphus Mieg's and Coates and Clarke

. Acquisition of aircraft engine manufacturing plant in New York for

Turbomeca

. Establishment and financing of a US based plant for Rossignol Skis,

promotional contract with Jean Claude Killy & distribution agreements for

Salomon boots and Wolverine Worldwide

. Licensing and royalty arrangements for Pierre Cardin and Christian Dior

. Handled legal matters for IMS, a medical data company, a potential

trademark infringement by various knockoff wax museums in the US for

Madame Tussaud's, licensing negotiations for Children's Television

Workshop for rights to the English version of the Wombles children's

program

. State and US SEC securities filings and corporate matters for the Buckley

oil companies and Tiffany's.

Additional Experience

Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, Detroit, Michigan - Partner

Butzel Long, Detroit, Michigan - Of Counsel

Professional Affiliations (Current/Previous)

American Society of International Law, Executive Council

American Bar Association, Editor of "ABA Guide to Foreign Law Firms";

International Law Section

International Law Association (American Branch), Director & Co-Editor of

International Practitioner's Notebook

University of Michigan School of Management, Adjunct Professor

State Bar of Michigan, International Section, Chair; Executive Council,

Member

International Business Forum, President & Director

US Department of Commerce, Michigan District Export Council, Member

Detroit Chamber of Commerce International Business Council, Director &

World Trader of Year

Columbia University Alumni of Michigan, President and Council Member

Columbia University School of Law, Laurence A. Wien Prize

French American Chamber of Commerce, President & Director

Association of New York City Bar, International Law Committee, Member

Detroit Bar Association, International Law Committee, Vice Chairman

Detroit Council on Foreign Relations, Member

Detroit World Cup, Executive Committee

Leukemia & Lymphoma Team in Training Participant - Triathlon (Olympic

Distance) & 100 Mile Bike Ride

Currently training for

marathon

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