John is the founding chairman of Luce Forward's International Services Group. His focus is in international business transactions, with emphasis on joint ventures, direct investments, mergers and acquisitions, technology transfers and related international commercial issues throughout the world. He is also the Founding Chair of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, a by invitation only network of major independent law firms with offices in over 90 commercial centers worldwide. His specialties include: · International corporate transactions, including joint ventures, technology licenses, joint research and production relationships, and distribution channel arrangements. · International M&A due diligence. · International corporate compliance programs. · FCPA and anti-corruption issues. · Inbound commercial matters for non-U.S. companies. · Outbound commercial matters for North American companies, including establishing overseas facilities. · Management and coordination of multiple overseas transactions and law firms. Recent Work / Representative Matters Catalina Restaurant Group - Represented major U.S. restaurant chain in the sale of its Japanese division. Cubic Corporation (NYSE) - Updated the international corporate compliance program of military and government contracting company. Orange County Produce - Advised major California agricultural client in multi-country joint venture for distribution of food products. Trade Link Services - Represented startup U.S. equipment broker in sale of heavy airport machinery to government of India. DaimlerChrysler de Mexico - Represented German automotive company in $1.2 billion distribution agreement for Korean automobiles in Mexico. Jack In The Box Inc. (NYSE) - Led negotiation team for U.S. fast food chain in settlements of litigation and master franchisee disputes in China, Egypt, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Casio Manufacturing Corporation - Represented Japanese electronics company in establishment of large off-shore manufacturing facility in Mexico. The Price Club - Represented U.S. retailer in negotiating joint venture for its first Latin American discount warehouse operation. Material Sciences Corporation (NYSE) - Led negotiation team for U.S. manufacturer in sale of high-technology joint venture assets to Belgian purchaser. Government of Argentina - Advised government agency in acquisition of reconditioned U.S. fighter aircraft. Reed Building Products - Represented Australian conglomerate in "three-step" acquisition of U.S. industrial firm. Memberships American Bar Association - Section on Business Law, Committee on Mergers & Acquisitions (Subcommittee on Joint Ventures and International Acquisitions); Committee on Corporate Compliance (Subcommittee on Compliance Set-Up and Structure); Section on International Law, Committee on International Commercial Transactions. Institute of Americas (UCSD). Inter-Pacific Bar Association. International Bar Association - Committee on Cross-Border Investment. Pacific Rim Advisory Council - Founder, Chair 1984-1991. San Diego County Bar Association. John is the founding chairman of Luce Forward's International Services Group. His focus is in international business transactions, with emphasis on joint ventures, direct investments, mergers and acquisitions, technology transfers and related international commercial issues throughout the world. He is also the Founding Chair of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, a by invitation only network of major independent law firms with offices in over 90 commercial centers worldwide. His specialties include: · International corporate transactions, including joint ventures, technology licenses, joint research and production relationships, and distribution channel arrangements. · International M&A due diligence. · International corporate compliance programs. · FCPA and anti-corruption issues. · Inbound commercial matters for non-U.S. companies. · Outbound commercial matters for North American companies, including establishing overseas facilities. · Management and coordination of multiple overseas transactions and law firms. Recent Work / Representative Matters Catalina Restaurant Group - Represented major U.S. restaurant chain in the sale of its Japanese division. Cubic Corporation (NYSE) - Updated the international corporate compliance program of military and government contracting company. Orange County Produce - Advised major California agricultural client in multi-country joint venture for distribution of food products. Trade Link Services - Represented startup U.S. equipment broker in sale of heavy airport machinery to government of India. DaimlerChrysler de Mexico - Represented German automotive company in $1.2 billion distribution agreement for Korean automobiles in Mexico. Jack In The Box Inc. (NYSE) - Led negotiation team for U.S. fast food chain in settlements of litigation and master franchisee disputes in China, Egypt, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Casio Manufacturing Corporation - Represented Japanese electronics company in establishment of large off-shore manufacturing facility in Mexico. The Price Club - Represented U.S. retailer in negotiating joint venture for its first Latin American discount warehouse operation. Material Sciences Corporation (NYSE) - Led negotiation team for U.S. manufacturer in sale of high-technology joint venture assets to Belgian purchaser. Government of Argentina - Advised government agency in acquisition of reconditioned U.S. fighter aircraft. Reed Building Products - Represented Australian conglomerate in "three-step" acquisition of U.S. industrial firm. Memberships American Bar Association - Section on Business Law, Committee on Mergers & Acquisitions (Subcommittee on Joint Ventures and International Acquisitions); Committee on Corporate Compliance (Subcommittee on Compliance Set-Up and Structure); Section on International Law, Committee on International Commercial Transactions. Institute of Americas (UCSD). Inter-Pacific Bar Association. International Bar Association - Committee on Cross-Border Investment. Pacific Rim Advisory Council - Founder, Chair 1984-1991. San Diego County Bar Association. Recognition Martindale-Hubbell® AV Rating. Best Lawyers in America®. Southern California Super Lawyers®, San Diego - Most Recent Listing: 2007 - Business/Corporate, Intellectual Property and International. Who's Who in American Law. Who's Who in the World. Military Lt. U.S. Navy - Naval Aviator (Helicopters) - Southeast Asia. Industries Aviation Publications / Presentations Select Linked Articles 05 | 03 | 2011 Legal e-Update
Tell Me, Are You Sure You're Not a Foreign Official? 02 | 03 | 2011 Legal e-Update
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER - A "Do It Yourself" Guide for Building an FCPA Compliance Program 01 | 04 | 2011 Legal e-Update
Getting Caught With Your FCPA Pants Down - What To Do When the Phone Rings 12 | 02 | 2010 Legal e-Update
The U.S. Government Expects You to Be "Your Brother's Keeper" - And If You Fail, It Can Fine You and Send You to Jail for Something Someone Else Did! 11 | 02 | 2010 Legal e-Update
The U.S. Government Wants to Put You in Jail for Breaking This Law . . . and Your Chances of Going Are Increasing! 04 | 06 | 2010 Legal e-Update
Doing Business Globally - And Getting Caught Doing It! 02 | 17 | 2010 Legal e-Update
Doing Business in India Without Going to Jail 10 | 21 | 2008 Legal e-Update
International Corporate Compliance: "There's a Big Difference Between an Acceptable Business Risk and Just Plain Gambling" 09 | 30 | 2008 Legal e-Update
International Corporate Compliance: "It's Not Just You Anymore" 09 | 17 | 2008 Legal e-Update
International Corporate Compliance: "You Don't Know What You Don't Know" 07 | 09 | 2008 Legal e-Update
Complicated Stuff You Need to Know 12 | 04 | 2007 Legal e-Update
Getting Serious About CFIUS 08 | 23 | 2007 Legal e-Update
"BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS CONFIDENTIAL" or "I Hate It When This Happens" 04 | 11 | 2006 Legal e-Update
An Updated Due Diligence Checklist for the Times 07 | 01 | 2005 Legal e-Update
I'm From Your Government, and I'm Here to Help You* 05 | 27 | 2005 Legal e-Update
Do You Know What Your Distributors and Sales Agents Are Doing? 01 | 05 | 2005 San Diego Daily Transcript
Doing Business in Asia: Part 11 - India 10 | 20 | 2004 San Diego Daily Transcript
Doing Business in Asia: Part 10 - New Zealand 09 | 21 | 2004 San Diego Daily Transcript
Doing Business in Asia: Part 9 - Australia 09 | 07 | 2004 San Diego Daily Transcript
Doing Business in Asia: Part 8 - Indonesia 08 | 24 | 2004 San Diego Daily Transcript
Doing Business in Asia: Part 7 - The Philippines 08 | 04 | 2004 San Diego Daily Transcript
Doing Business in Asia: Part 6 - Singapore 07 | 06 | 2004 San Diego Daily Transcript
Doing Business in Asia: Part 5 - Malaysia 06 | 28 | 2004 Legal e-Update
"I hate it when these things happen!" - or - Export Control Pitfalls in Outsourcing Relationships 06 | 23 | 2004 San Diego Daily Transcript
Doing Business in Asia: Part 4: Vietnam 06 | 08 | 2004 San Diego Daily Transcript
Doing Business in Asia: Part 3 - Thailand 05 | 12 | 2004 Legal e-Update
Ban on Exports to Syria 05 | 11 | 2004 San Diego Daily Transcript
Doing Business in Asia: Part 2 - South Korea and Japan 04 | 13 | 2004 San Diego Daily Transcript
Doing Business in Asia: Part 1 - Greater China 07 | 17 | 2003 Legal e-Update
New Chinese Product Import Procedures Present Cost Obstacle to U.S. Companies 02 | 06 | 2003 Legal e-Update
It Could Become Costly to Let This Sleeping Dog Lie 05 | 29 | 2002 Attorney-Authored
My Terms or Yours? Updating Old-Fashioned Purchase and Sale Order Items 01 | 01 | 2002 Legal e-Update
Export Controls After September 11 Media Presence / Articles About Attorney / Attorney Contribution 06 | 07 | 2007 Recognition
34 Luce Forward Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers 10 | 23 | 2006 Media Presence
Conference Looks at NAFTA 12 Years Later 10 | 12 | 2006 Media Presence
PRAC 40th Meeting: International Law Firms Descend on San Diego to Strengthen Ties 02 | 28 | 2006 Recognition
Luce Forward Senior International Counsel John W. Brooks Profiled in the Marquis 2006 Who's Who in the World® Publication All Authored Works "Getting Caught With Your FCPA Pants Down - What To Do When the Phone Rings" (Part 3 in a Series) - Luce Forward e-Update - January 4, 2011. "The U.S. Government Expects You to Be "Your Brother's Keeper" - And If You Fail, It Can Fine You and Send You to Jail for Something Someone Else Did!" (Part 2 in a Series) - Luce Forward e-Update - December 1, 2010. "The U.S. Government Wants to Put You in Jail for Breaking This Law . . . and Your Chances of Going Are Increasing!" (Part 1 in a Series) - Luce Forward e-Update - November 2, 2010. "Directors and Officers of U.S. Multinationals: Minimizing Risk in an Era of Enhanced Responsibility" - Excerpted in ALI-ABA - The Practical Lawyer - December 2010. "Directors and Officers of U.S. Multinationals: Minimizing Risk in an Era of Enhanced Responsibility" - ABA Annual Meeting Papers - August 2010. "Doing Business Globally - And Getting Caught Doing It!" - Luce Forward e-Update - April 6, 2010. "Doing Business in India Without Going to Jail" - Luce Forward e-Update - February 17, 2010. "International Corporate Compliance: There's a Big Difference Between an Acceptable Business Risk and Just Plain Gambling" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - October 21, 2008. "International Corporate Compliance: It's Not Just You Anymore" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - September 30, 2008. "International Corporate Compliance: You Don't Know What You Don't Know" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - September 17, 2008. "Complicated Stuff You Need to Know" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - July 9, 2008. "You Don't Know What You Don't Know" - San Diego Daily Transcript - May 2008. "International Corporate Compliance & Due Diligence Primer" (Unabridged Version) - American Bar Association - April 2008. "Getting Serious About CFIUS" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - December 4, 2007. "International Corporate Compliance & Due Diligence Primer" (Abridged Version) - The California International Law Journal - Vol. 15, Number 2 - Fall 2007. "How Companies that Outsource Can Avoid 'Mattel-Like' Product Safety Issues" - Los Angeles Daily Journal Forum - October 2007. "BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS CONFIDENTIAL" or "I Hate It When This Happens" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - August 23, 2007. "International Corporate Compliance & Due Diligence Primer" - July 2007. "Attorney Cathy's Continuing Quandary, or Can the Gatekeeper Initiative be Reconciled with the Multi-Jurisdictional Practice of Law?" - The International Lawyer - Spring 2007, Vol. 41, No.1. "An Updated Due Diligence Checklist for the Times" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - April 11, 2006. "I'm From Your Government, and I'm Here to Help You*" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - July 1, 2005. "Do You Know What Your Distributors and Sales Agents Are Doing?" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - May 27, 2005. "Doing Business in Asia:" · Part 1 - Greater China - April 13, 2004. · Part 2 - South Korea and Japan - May 11, 2004. · Part 3 - Thailand - June 8, 2004. · Part 4 - Vietnam - June 23, 2004. · Part 5 - Malaysia - July 6, 2004. · Part 6 - Singapore - August 4, 2004. · Part 7 - The Philippines - August 24, 2004. · Part 8 - Indonesia - September 7, 2004. · Part 9 - Australia - September 21, 2004. · Part 10 - New Zealand - October 20, 2004. · Part 11 - India - January 5, 2005. "I hate it when these things happen!" - or - Export Control Pitfalls in Outsourcing Relationships - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - June 28, 2004. "Ban on Exports to Syria" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - May 12, 2004. "New Chinese Product Import Procedures Present Cost Obstacle to U.S. Companies" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - July 17, 2004. "Don't Forget the Old Amid Clamor About the New" - San Diego Daily Transcript - November 2003. "Fighting International Corruption" - GP Solo Magazine: Best of the ABA - September 2003. "Independent Wholesales Representatives in California and the United Kingdom" - Los Angeles Daily Journal - March 2003. "U.S. Export Control Laws: A Basic Compliance Program Handbook" - March 2003. "It Could Become Costly to Let This Sleeping Dog Lie" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - February 6, 2003. "My Terms or Yours? Updating Old-Fashioned Purchase and Sale Order Items" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - May 29, 2002. Export Controls After September 11" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - January 1, 2002. "Passport Pal: The Pacific Rim, A Business Traveler's Guide to Doing Business in Asia" - Passport Pal Press (5th Edition) - 2000. "International Technology Joint Ventures: The United States" - Butterworth's Legal Publishing. Presentations "Protection of Intellectual Property in the Pacific" - Pacific Rim Advisory Council Annual Conference, Hong Kong. "Risk Management in International Joint Ventures" - Pacific Rim Advisory Council Midyear Conference, Singapore. "Buying, Selling and Manufacturing in the Pacific" - American Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section. |