September 18, 2013
Outline for DELVACCA Business Skills
Institute Presentation on Supporting International Operations
I.
Introductions (5 mins.)
Hope D’Oyley-Gay is Vice President and Associate General Counsel at GlaxoSmithKline
(GSK) and is based in King of Prussia, PA. Hope is a senior member of the legal team that
provides transactional legal support for GSK’s worldwide corporate development and business
development activities in respect of major worldwide in-licensing and out-licensing transactions,
mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and other collaborations. Hope joined the legal
department at GSK in 2001.
Jim Weygandt is Vice President and Associate General Counsel, International, at ARAMARK
Corporation, a $13 billion company headquartered in Philadelphia that provides food and
facilities management services and uniform services to businesses, sports and entertainment
venues, schools, colleges and healthcare and correctional facilities throughout the world. Jim
leads the legal team for ARAMARK’s International business, which operates in 20 countries
outside the US and Canada, and provides legal support to the company’s large sporting event
projects, including the Athens, Beijing and London Olympics, the 2010 Asian Games and the
Brazil World Cup. Jim is also involved in the company’s international compliance program
including in particular its FCPA and anti-corruption compliance activities.
II.
Questions for Panelists (40 mins.)
A.
Could you describe your job for everyone? What are your duties? With what
kinds of clients within the company do you interact? (Hope)
B.
What was your path to a job with international responsibilities? Was this
something you always wanted to do? (Jim)
C.
How do you develop the kinds of relationships with clients and other lawyers
working abroad that you need to protect your client's interests effectively? How
do you communicate with your international clients? Did you have to develop
any special skills, like learning a new language? What role does travel play in
your communications strategy? (Hope)
D.
What roles do outside counsel play in your work? How do you find the local
lawyers you need in non-US jurisdictions? (Jim)
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E.
How, if at all, do cultural differences between you and clients or you and lawyers
working in countries outside of the U.S. affect your work? What have you done
to educate yourselves on these differences? How much educational support or
training on navigating cultural differences do you receive from your company?
(Hope)
F.
How did you initially educate yourselves on and how do you keep abreast of
evolving international legal norms on key legal issues (e.g. arbitration clauses)?
What steps have you taken to educate yourselves on local law relevant to your
practice responsibilities? How helpful are outside counsel in this regard? (Jim)
G.
Tell me something I don’t know about your job, or about supporting operations
abroad generally. (Hope)
H.
How have you grown personally and professionally from working in this area?
Where do your career paths go from here? Is this work that you would
recommend to others? (Jim)
III.
Audience Questions (10 mins.)
IV.
Concluding Remarks (5 mins.)