Meredith M. Brown

Background

Brown, Meredith M. was born on October 18, 1940 in New York City. Son of John Mason Brown and Catherine (Screven) Meredith.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1962; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1965.

Career

Worked at Debevoise & Plimpton (New York, NY) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1965, N.Y. Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1964-1965.

Law Clerk to Judge Leonard P. Moore, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1965-1966. Co-author, Takeovers: (Butterworth's 2nd Education 1993).

Mechanics of Global Equity Offerings (Kluwer Law International & Int'l Bar Association, 1995). Global Offerings of Securities (Graham & Trotman and Int'l Bar Association, 1994). Article Include: "Acquisitions of Investment Advisors," The Aggressive New Erain Financial Institutions Mergers and Acquisitions (PLI 1996).

"What To Disclose, and Why," Business Law Today (September/October 1994). "The Paramount Duties of Directors," INSIGHTS (March 1994). "The Impact of the New Proxy Rules," Directors' Monthly (February 1993).

"Disclosure and the Corporate Issuer," in The Continuing Disclosure System, (American Bar Association 1991). "Structuring a Minority Investment in a Publicly Held Company," Securities Regulation Law Journal (Fall 1991). "When Worlds Collide: The Reconciliation of Conflicting Requirements in Cross-Border Acquisitions," Securities Regulation Law Journal (Summer 1991).

"Advance Preparation by Corporate Management for the Possibility of a Proxy Contest," INSIGHTS, September 1990. "Special Committees in LBO or Restructuring Transactions," 22 Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation 95 (1989). "When Can You ‘Just Say No’?" Directorship (February 1989) 3.

Lecturer in Law, Advanced Securities Regulation, Columbia University Law School, 1978-1983. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committee on Securities Regulation, 1981-1984. Committee on Professional Discipline, 1990-1993.

Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1984-1990, Chairman, 1987-1990. Chairman, Association Delegates to New York State Bar Association House of Delegates, 1979-1981). New York State, American (Member, Federal Regulation of Securities Committee, 1976—, Section of Business Law)) and International (Co-Chairman, 1996—, Committee Q.

(Issues and Trading in Securities, Section on Business Law)) Bar Associations. Debevoise & Plimpton a preeminent international law firm, was founded in 1931 and today has over 370 lawyers with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Paris, London and Budapest.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1965, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1966, United States District Court (southern district) New York 1976.

Works

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  • Mech of Global Eq Offerings Struc Offering & Neg Underwriting Agr (International Bar Association Series Set) by Meredith M. Brown (1995-08-01)
  • Privatisation - Current Issues (International Bar Association Series) by Meredith M. Brown (2001-01-01)
  • Mech of Global Eq Offerings Struc Offering & Neg Underwriting Agr (International Bar Association Series Set) by Meredith M. Brown (1995-08-01)

Membership

Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committee on Securities Regulation, 1981-1984. Committee on Professional Discipline, 1990-1993. Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1984-1990, Chairman, 1987-1990.

Chairman, Association Delegates to New York State Bar Association House of Delegates, 1979-1981). New York State, American (Member, Federal Regulation of Securities Committee, 1976—, Section of Business Law)) and International (Co-Chairman, 1996—, Committee Q. (Issues and Trading in Securities, Section on Business Law)) Bar Associations.

Connections

Married Sylvia Lawrence Barnard, July 17, 1965. 1 child, Mason Barnard.

Father:

John Mason Brown Meredith

Mother:

Catherine (Screven) Meredith

Spouse:

Sylvia Lawrence Barnard

child:

Mason Barnard Brown