Mr. Pettibone’s experience as a corporate lawyer from 1967 to 2010 included:
Corporate Matters
- Public offerings and private placements
- Securities matters
- Share Purchase Agreements
- Merger & Acquisition Agreements
- Shareholder Agreements and Joint Venture Agreements, including agreements where the state or a state-controlled entity is a party
- Advising on Minority Shareholder Rights
- Supervising corporate Due Diligence investigations
- Advising on Corporate Governance issues
- Forming off-shore holding company structures
Employment Matters
- Drafting and negotiating Employment Agreements and, on behalf of the employer, resolving disputes between the employer and the employee
Franchise Agreements and Distributorship Agreements
- Drafting and negotiating Franchise Agreements and Distributorship Agreements and advising on related trademark issues
Construction and Real Estate Matters
- Counsel to the American partners in the Joint Venture with Intourist to construct, develop and operate the Radisson Slavyanskya Hotel and Business Center in Moscow
- Represented two foreign governments in acquiring real estate in Moscow for their embassies
Space Law
- Mr. Pettibone represented the first three space tourists — Dennis Tito, Mark Shuttleworth and Greg Olsen — in their successful negotiations with the Russian Space Agency to travel to the International Space Station on Russian Soyuz spacecraft.