William N. Farran

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Philadelphia, PA 19118

484-***-****; ad24qv@r.postjobfree.com

**** – present – Provisor Law (Philadelphia) - Of Counsel, comprehensive transactional, governance and business law: formation, structure, mergers and acquisitions, capital raise processes and full spectrum of business contracts and transactions

2016-2021 -- William N. Farran, Attorney at Law, Philadelphia, PA; general law practice primarily comprehensive business law representation for clients in various industries and stages of development

2004 to 2016 – Innophos Holdings, Inc., Cranbury, NJ, a leading global specialty chemicals and food ingredients manufacturer with 14 manufacturing facilities in US, Mexico, Canada and China; $800 million in revenue (NASDAQ: IPHS; now taken private)

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary: Responsible for all legal and compliance matters, including: developing and implementing core governance policies and processes, including financial and securities reporting and disclosure systems, and SOX and Dodd-Frank internal controls and compliance; conducting internal investigations and taking necessary corrective action; helping design and implement annual comprehensive enterprise risk management review processes; chartering and guiding a management-led Ethics & Governance oversight committee; performing due diligence and negotiating merger and acquisition transactions; leading the corporate legal work on designing and executing private equity exit strategy culminating in the 2006 IPO and independent board of directors; developing and implementing strategic initiatives; leading legal strategy for core team developing and executing long-term strategic raw material sourcing and related contractual and litigation elements; proactively conducting anti-bribery due diligence of foreign intermediaries and implementing preventive antitrust practices and training; developing and executing major litigation strategy leading to $132 million victory in post-closing indemnity litigation and a favorable settlement of a bet-the-company international commercial arbitration; and building and leading a legal department and team of global expert outside counsel focused on achieving business objectives within domestic and international legal frameworks. Mentored and coached six executives or managers to higher positions. Reporting to the former Chairman, President and CEO and a member of the Executive Team, worked closely with the Board of Directors, and the Audit, Compensation and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees. Led the legal aspects of activist shareholder defense culminating in a settlement and stand-still sufficient to allow the new CEO time to assume leadership. Asked by Board to undertake key role in the leadership transition and on-boarding process for new CEO.

Previously: -- Rhodia Inc., Cranbury, NJ (formerly Rhone-Poulenc, now Solvay USA), the then $1.5 billion North American subsidiary of a global chemical manufacturing group; held steadily increasing scope of responsibilities from Senior Environmental Counsel to Assistant General Counsel, providing comprehensive legal services to business units generating over 50% of the company’s operating revenue. Leadership development assignments included leading the North American Public Affairs, Communications, and Total Quality functions;

-- UGI Corporation, Valley Forge, PA, a diversified utility, propane and oilfield services firm; Senior Counsel responsible for regulatory and environmental matters; recruited by Rhone-Poulenc to head internal environmental, health and safety practice;

– Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, associate in Government Regulation Section; recruited by client UGI Corporation to lead internal regulatory practice.

Education: University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, B.S. Economics, cum laude; elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, national business honor society; double major: finance and labor-management relations; senior year GPA: 4.0/4.0; Case Western Reserve Univ. School of Law, J.D.; class rank 2/219; Law Review; Order of the Coif; Senior Year Teaching Fellow – Advocacy, Research and Writing.

Other: 2018 – Nominated and elected Fellow of the American Bar Association (limited to one percent in any jurisdiction); 2018-2020 Member Keiretsu Forum (world’s largest angel investment network) Mid-Atlantic Region, 2020 Vice President; Recipient of the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by NJBIZ; 2012 winner of NJBIZ NJ General Counsel of the Year (public companies with up to $1 billion revenue); 2013-2015, served as judge for General Counsel of the Year award processes; seminar panel member, Association of Corporate Counsel, New to In-House Committee; webinar speaker on legal privilege; career development; member, Advocacy Committee, Episcopal Community Services

Admitted to practice before the bars of Supreme Courts of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Member, American Bar Association (“ABA”); ABA’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Section, Education Committee (personally drafted resolution on equal access to high quality public education adopted by the ABA House of Delegates, August 2017); liaison member of the ABA Commission on Lawyers’ Role in Assuring Every Child’s Right to a High Quality Education; Member, Philabundance Advocacy Advisory Committee; former member American Chemistry Council Federal Legislative Roundtable; guest lecturer for Wharton School MBA and undergraduate classes and Conference Board on corporate ethics, shared services and total quality management; 1995 to 1998: elected member of the Board of Directors, Aspirin Foundation of America; 1990 to 1994: publicly elected to and served four year term as School Director for Springfield Township, Montgomery County, PA.

Personal: Married to Jane Hiller Farran, Ph.D.; children: Brad, Kate, Nina & Eliza. Member, Philadelphia Cricket Club. Investor with angel investment groups in medical device and other innovative technology. Enjoy sailing, reading and attempting golf.