Bernard L. ("Ben") Greer, Jr., J.D., Principal, International Legal Strategies LLC

Biography
Ben Greer is principal of International Legal Strategies LLC, a consulting firm.  Prior to his retirement from Alston & Bird LLP at the end of 2005, he was the senior partner of the firm's International Practice Group based in its Atlanta Office.  Ben has more than thirty years of international business and securities experience, including:

• Transactional and commercial experience acting on behalf of corporate and individual clients in inbound and outbound matters involving more than 40 countries in Europe, Central and South America and the Pacific Rim, including Japan.
  
• Representations of clients in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, inbound and outbound real estate and other investment transactions, joint ventures, Greenfield investment projects and international contract matters;
  
• Representations of clients in securities matters of all types, including initial public offerings, advice on the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, private placement transactions in international securities matters, including Regulation S and Rule 144(a) transactions; and
  
• Service as an expert witness in securities fraud litigation, testifying on the general subject of the respective professional duties of lawyers and accountants.
  

Ben has written and lectured frequently on international business topics as well as the impact of globalization on the legal profession.
 
For more than thirty years, Ben has been active in the International Bar Association, the world's largest international lawyers association, in a variety of capacities.  From 2000 to 2002, he served as the IBA's Secretary General, and he continues to chair the IBA's WTO Working Group.  His other professional affiliations include the American Law Institute, the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the State Bar of New York and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
 
Ben is the Chair Emeritus of Lex Mundi, the world's largest alliance of independent law firms.  He serves as Chair Emeritus and a member of the Executive Committee of the Japan-America Society of Georgia, Inc.  He has been honored by Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in the World.  He also serves as a member of the Editorial Board of The European Lawyer.

He has long been active in community affairs in Atlanta and is a Lifetime Trustee of the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.

• J.D., Emory University
• B.A., University of Tennessee

• Global Services
• International Mergers & Acquisitions