A 2019 report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute concluded the average commuter wastes 54 hours per year in traffic delays—more than a weekend, if you count the hours spent sleeping. Jaimes Sher knows all about this. For decades, he had the same routine. His alarm would go off, he’d shower, get dressed, and rush […]
Features Region: Southwest
Michael S. Minces – Blue River Partners LLC
It’s rare for a U.S.-based firm in this industry to have an international arm. Tends to be the other way round. So observes Michael S. Minces this past October, a few months after Blue River Partners LLC was bought by the world’s fourth largest investment fund servicer, Luxembourg-headquartered IQ-EQ. All entities have got to like […]
Matthew McFarlane – Python Holdings
It’s a good thing Matthew McFarlane hates stagnation, because things at Python Holdings are anything but in this thrill ride known as 2020. As its first general counsel, McFarlane arrived at Python just weeks ahead of COVID-19. The transactional, HR and M&A tasks he expected to handle were shifted to a back burner as the […]
Chi Lam – Guardiar
Cut your legal teeth at a law firm before going in-house. Prove you can rack up those 2,000 billable hours annually and comfortably juggle cases to the satisfaction of a diverse clientele. So young lawyers are advised. While Chi Lam won’t disagree with the need for new attorneys to secure a strong foundation, he learned […]
Tyler Grim – Pantheon Global Holdings
They’re in it for the long haul, knowing full well this will be a slow and likely frustrating process with claims, counterclaims and then some. But it’s this principled approach as well as sound business practice, the general counsel of Pantheon Global Holdings emphasizes during a lively interview with Vanguard this past September. A precedent […]
Christina Ibrahim – Weatherford International Plc.
Building a cohesive in-house legal team takes the dynamism to lead and the patience to listen and learn from the team members and the business units the team serves. Building that team in a highly regulated industry such as gas or oil can be especially challenging. The legal professionals need to intimately understand growth opportunities […]
Helen Franco – Everise
It was 2016 when a surprising thing happened to Helen Franco. Just as she was about to retire from her legal position at what would become Everise, new management asked her to stay on. As the veteran in-house counsel recalls, the request came after Everise successfully acquired C3/CustomerContactChannels, a call center company that began operations […]
Ryan Hurley – Copperstate Farms
Turns out, when it comes to spearheading a long-overdue societal change, persistency and passion are necessary—if by no means sufficient. Ryan Hurley has been fighting the good fight for well over a decade, trying to relax Arizona’s still-stringent marijuana laws so that recreational possession and use—with regulation and taxation—can be as legal there as in […]
Jason Wilcock – Centuri Group Inc.
They aren’t looking over their shoulders, but construction crews at the various operating companies under Centuri Group Inc. are getting accustomed to seeing Jason Wilcock checking out the jobsite conditions, getting to know people and troubleshooting, if need be. As the company’s executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, Wilcock could easily stay put […]
Joe Fox – Celanese
Raised by a single mother in a blue-collar family in South Philadelphia, Joe Fox recalls having numerous close relatives who were active with labor unions, including the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the International Garment Workers Union. He jokes that, “In one way, it was sort of like a family business.” And he shares this […]
