DAVID HAZLETT

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Louisville, KY 40205 ac25qf@r.postjobfree.com

I am an experienced Lawyer with high emotional intelligence, who as General Counsel managed all legal and other concerns by walking the office to know what was really going on, and counseling the executive suite in all regards. Transitioning to in-house followed two prior focuses in my law practice (Complex Tax Transactional and Commercial Litigation). I have technical expertise in business, engineering and finance and I have negotiated contract creation and dispute resolution around the globe. I am looking for a new challenge that will allow me to exercise my lateral thinking analytical and decision making skills, honestly and conscientiously, resulting in value that can be relied upon and trusted. I present a unique paradigm that will provide immediate up to speed performance and ROI.

EXPERIENCE

Vogt Power International Inc., Louisville, Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc., Los Angeles 2000 – 2015

Vogt and TEi, Babcock Power Inc. companies, specialize in the design, manufacture, supply, and service of heat recovery steam generators and heat transfer equipment. Vogt generates $300M to $400M annual corporate revenue, TEi about $200M, from operations in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

GENERAL COUNSEL & VP

Responsible for negotiation of all contracts (customers and vendors), $15M to $90M, for both onshore and offshore fabrication (Asia, Europe, Americas, Middle East)

Hands on managing of contract performance, including dispute resolution and contract close out

Advised and counseled management regarding all facets of company operation

Handled all “legal” matters that arose, including managing of outside counsel, M&A due diligence, maintaining IP, HR, FCPA, US Export Controls, etc.

Parker & O’Connell, PLLC, Louisville 1983 – 2000

PARTNER IN CIVIL LAW FIRM

Represented both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation, arbitration, and mediation

Focus on Construction Claims Litigation/Arbitration throughout the US

Business formation/planning and Shareholder disputes; Estate planning

Formation/Administration/ Bid Disputes of Public Construction and Procurement Contracts

Serving as Arbitrator and Mediator (AAA Appointments and Private Service)

Raymond & Dillon, PC, Detroit, MI 1981 – 1983

ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY

Tax minimization for corporations, partnerships, and individuals

Business formation and planning

Creative family wealth retention and estate planning

Creative ERISA focus as the law was evolving

Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Ecorse, MI 1976 – 1978

PRODUCTION FOREMAN

Foreman managing union crews producing 250 tons of molten steel every 40 minutes out of parallel operating basic-oxygen-processing furnaces, managing cranes, rail and support trades.

EDUCATION

University of Detroit Mercy, College of Law, JD 1981

University of Michigan, College of Engineering, BSMME 1975

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS

Traveled to Brazil to recover about $500K, the last payment on a $22M contract. In this 3-day negotiation (held in a compound with a 12’ gate closed behind our car), I maintained my position calmly in the face of emotional arguments by the Brazilian representative of a Swedish company. But I also conveyed enough conviction to the Japanese decision maker such that we received the entire payment we were owed. (I had never been to Brazil prior to the trip.)

I took my first trip to Israel with the impression my company was merely a stalking horse, as it had never performed work there before (I was the senior envoy in the group). However, 2 months later I signed a $45M contract on behalf of my company, after two 10-day sessions a month apart. I had to exercise my own judgment as to grey areas arising from cross-border laws and behavior as I was the senior representative in country. A month later, I returned and negotiated a significant change order (13%), which I was able to achieve in reliance upon a clause I had inserted during the original negotiation – anticipating the very change that arose from conflicts in the governing seismic regulations. This contract proved to be one of the highest margin results ever.

In Sri Lanka, after travel of 35 hours (each way), I arranged for timely delivery (to Latvia) of $13M of cargo (originating in Korea and Thailand) on board a ship “arrested” in the isolated port of Hambantota by the Chinese shipbuilder. Consequently, we made our delivery deadline, avoiding substantial daily liquidated damages.

At a second meeting in Shanghai I resolved an export control issue for technology associated with equipment already shipped to a Pakistani nuclear power plant. I created a novel mechanism for establishing the relative value of the US technology, crafted as the meeting with Chinese counsel, engineering, and administrative staff unfolded while I edited my charting of values live on the screen all could see. The US Government later accepted this mechanism without comment, though it had never been recognized before.

In addition to work throughout the United States, I have negotiated on the ground in Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Turkey, usually on my first trip ever to the country.

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