BRACEWELL & GIULIANI LAW FIRM JOINS THE
U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)
July 31, 2007
The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of
the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) has just approved the
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP law firm as the 41st member of the Council.
Martin J. Hunt, Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, who
works out of their London and New York offices and is in charge of
their business in Eastern Europe and the FSU, informed the Council
about the law firms interest in membership in the Council. We are
acquainted with Bracewell & Giuliani as they perform legal services
for SigmaBleyzer, a member of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council.
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is a prominent international law
firm. With 400+ lawyers in New York, Connecticut, Texas, Washington,
D.C., Dubai, Kazakhstan and London, they serve clients concentrated
in the energy and financial services sectors worldwide.
In 2005, former New York City mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani
joined the firm as a senior partner. His international reputation for
leadership and problem solving is a unique asset for their clients, which
include Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, leading
private investment funds, governmental entities and individuals.
Bracewell & Giuliani (www.bracewellgiuliani.com) is the
18th new member for the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council in the last
seven months. The Council's goal is to double its membership in 2007
to at least 50 members.
The Council's membership is now the largest it has been
since it was organized in 1995. The eighteen new Council members
are:
(1) American Continental Group, LLC
(2) Atlantic Group (media companies)
(3) Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP
(4) Bunge North America
(5) Cardinal Resources
(6) The Coca-Cola Company
(7) The Eurasia Foundation
(8) Holtec International
(9) Kennan Institute, of the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars (WWICS)
(10) Kyiv-Atlantic Group of Companies
(11) Marathon Oil Corporation
(12) Marks and Sokolov, LLC
(13) Northrop Grumman
(14) Open World Leadership Center at the
Library of Congress
(15) Shell Oil Company
(16) TD International, LLC
(17) U.S. Civilian Research Development Foundation (CRDF)
(18) Vanco Energy Company
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U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)
Washington, D.C.
Membership, July 2007
1. American Continental Group
2. AES Corporation
3. ALICO/AIG
4. Atlantic Group (Media Companies)
5. Archer Daniels Midland Company
6. The Boeing Company
7. Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
8. Bunge North America
9. Cardinal Resources
10. Cargill
11. Case New Holland
12. Chadbourne & Parke LLP
13. The Coca-Cola Company
14. Deere & Company
15. ECdata, Inc.
16. ESSI/TAMSCO
17. EMAlternatives, LLC
18. The Eurasia Foundation
19. Heller & Rosenblatt
20. Holtec International
21. Horizon Capital Advisors,
LLC-Emerging Europe Growth Fund
22. Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars
23. Kraft Foods Ukraina
24. Kyiv-Atlantic Group of Companies
25. Marathon Oil Corporation
26. Marks & Sokolov LLC
27. Northrop Grumman
28. Open World Leadership Center,
U.S. Library of Congress
29. The PBN Company
30. Procter & Gamble
31. Russian-Ukrainian Legal Group, PA
32. Salans, international law firm
33. SASI
34. Shell Oil Company
35. SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Group
36. Siguler Guff & Co, LLC
37. TD International, LLC
38. The U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation
39. Vanco Energy Company
40. Westinghouse
41. WJ Export-Import Agricultural Group
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USUBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2007
Shannon Herzfeld, ADM
Michael Kirst, Westinghouse
Paul Nathanson, The PBN Company
Irina Paliashvilli, Ukrainian Legal Group
John Rauber, Deere & Co.
John Stephens, EMAlternatives, Secretary-Treasurer
Patrick Sweet, SASI
Morgan Williams, SigmaBleyzer, Chairman
Van Yeutter, Cargill
Jack Heller, Heller & Rosenblatt, Legal Counsel