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Nubacom International, a full service global trade
and risk mitigation firm bridging the infrastructure
gap and facilitating international trade between
developed and emerging economies in Asia, Africa,
Europe and North America.
Nubacom International now provides services to clients in the energy, services, real estate, infrastructure,
Agricultural and telecommunications sectors. At
Nubacom International , we view our clients as partners with whom we aim to forge lasting relationships. Our clients stand to benefit from our deep understanding of our local markets, broad financial advisory expertise and strong relationships with regulatory authorities and providers of capital. |
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Michael Cooper
Mr. Cooper is an
emerging and developing market specialist having spent
the past twenty years in corporate finance and business
restructuring in the Middle East, Europe and the
CIS.
In the ‘70’s he was based in Houston,
Texas as a partner in Touche Ross & Co. where
he headed up the global energy practice. His clients at
that time included Coastal Corporation owned by Oscar
Wyatt. He subsequently moved to the Middle East practice
to head the Management Consulting and Corporate
Finance functions. In 1989, he resigned his
partnership to set up his own firm in the Middle East
concentrating on business re-engineering and M&A. In
1995, he returned to Deloitte & Touche
in Moscow as a contract
partner for large clients and in 1996 was appointed
National Managing Director
for Management Consulting and Corporate Finance in
Moscow. His responsibilities
included M&A, transaction supporhŻű t and key client
support for all the CIS including Central Asia. He was
also an executive member of the firm’s management
committee for the CIS. Examples of specific client
responsibilities included Kazcommertz Bank, Ispat
Karmet, Kazakh Air, Glencore, Uzbekistan GKI(the Federal
Privatization Committee), R.J. Reynolds and Tractebel.
He joined the Central Asian American
Enterprise Fund as Chief Operating Officer
where he led a major restructuring initiative, was
directly responsible for all SME lending and served
as CEO from April to December 2001. He has been
engaged in Corporate Finance and Business Advisory
Services primarily in the natural resources industry in
Russia and
Kazakhstan. |
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| Jim Barry III J.D., CCIM
| Mr. Barry is a graduate of Marquette
University High School and an honors graduate of both
the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and
the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as
editor-in-chief of the Law Review. After
graduation from law school, he clerked on the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to joining
Colliers Barry, Mr. Barry practiced law in the real
estate and corporate finance
departments at Foley & Lardner, where he participated in the structuring,
negotiation and consummation of numerous real estate and
corporate transactions. President - Rotary Club of
Milwaukee
Trustee - Boys and Girls Club of Greater
Milwaukee
Chairman - Federalist Society for Law and
Public Policy Studies (Milwaukee Chapter)
Vice
Chairman - Milwaukee Public Policy Forum
Director -
Milwaukee Athletic Club
Director - Milwaukee
Shakespeare
Member - University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee Board of Visitors
Past Chairman -
Greater Milwaukee Chapter of the American Red
Cross
Past President - Milwaukee River Revitalization
Foundation
Past President - Douglas F. McKey
Christmas Club
Member - Wisconsin Bar, Seventh
Circuit Bar and U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Associations
Past Chairman - American Bar Association Committee
on Brokers and Brokerage
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| Attorney Walter White
Jr.
Mr. Walter White
Jr's work consists of multinational securities
transactions, international business and finance law
issues and complex litigation and related arbitration.
He has represented clients in major business
transactions in the U.S., Canada,
Europe, throughout the
Commonwealth of Independent States (C.I.S.)
and Africa.
He has also advised governments of the C.I.S. and Africa
on economic development issues and legislation. From
August 1994 until the end of 1998, Walter was a partner
in Steptoe and Johnson LLP and the managing director of
Steptoe and Johnson International. Walter served as
Commissioner of Securities for
the State of Wisconsin from February 1988 until January
1991. Since 1980, Walter has also served as a
partner in Bryan Cave LLP (London and Washington D.C.);
Quarles and Brady LLP (Milwaukee) and as an Associate at
Michael Best and Friedrich LLP (Milwaukee).
Walter currently serves as a director of Church Mutual Insurance
Company of Merrill, Wisconsin, and a member
of the Board of Trustees of
Hampshire College, he has previously served
as a director and Chairman of the
Board of the Central Asian-American
Enterprise Fund
(appointed by President Clinton) as
well as a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations in New York
City. He is currently a member of the
Royal Institute
of International Affairs in London. In the North American Securities
Administrators Association, he has served as chair of
the International Corporation Finance Committee and as
vice chair of its Corporation Finance Section. He was a
member of the SEC Task Force on the U.S. Canadian Multijurisdictional
Disclosure System.
He has been an active member in the
Association Internationale Des
Jeunes Avocats in Brussels, Belgium and the
International Bar Association, as well as chair-elect of
the Section on International Law of the State Bar of
Wisconsin, director of the Wisconsin Trust
Account Foundation, Inc. and a trustee of the Milwaukee
Foundation as well as a former president of the
Milwaukee Urban League and a member of the board of
directors of the Milwaukee Symphony.
In the American
Bar Association, Walter serves on the boards
of the Center on Rule of Law Initiatives, The Center for
Human Rights and is a past Chair
of the ABA Africa Project. He
has served on the Executive Committee of the Board of
Governors, was the chair of the
Section of Individual Rights and
Responsibilities, a member of the House of
Delegates, on the Special Advisory Committee on
International Activities, chair of the C.I.S. Law
Committee of the International Law Section, chair of the Young Lawyers Division and
Executive Council liaison to the Business Law
Section. Walter has published books and
articles on multinational business activity and lectured
in North America, Europe, Central Asia and Africa.
Walter is admitted to practice
in the District of Columbia, Wisconsin, is
a Registered Foreign Lawyer in England and Wales
and was previously registered to practice as a
foreign lawyer in the Russian Federation.
Languages:
English and
Russian
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| Attorney Pamela
Henry (Esq).
Attorney Pamela
Henry is active in advising publicly-listed companies on
corporate governance,
corporate compliance, and
Sarbanes-Oxley related matters. She also has substantial
experience in advising clients in respect of internal
investigations, SEC and NYSE
investigations and inquiries, export control
investigations and compliance with embargoes
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control.
Most recently, Pamela advised the East
African Development Bank in connection with
the formation of a venture capital fund to invest in
Small and Medium Sized
Enterprises in Kenya, Uganda
and Tanzania.
In addition, Pamela authored the
article "US Firms in London: A Different
Approach", published in Legal Week, in which she
discussed the different approach
taken by US and UK
law firms in regards to diversity initiatives.
Resent representative
Transactions
• MidOcean Partners in its €1.6 billion management
buyout of Deutsche Bank's late stage private equity
portfolio Page 2 March 2000
• MezzVest in
connection with the formation of its first €165 million leveraged European
mezzanine investment fund
• Change Capital
in its £115 million leveraged
buyout of The Hillarys Group Limited the
leading UK residential window blinds specialist
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Vestar Capital
Partners in its €700
million leveraged buyout of FL Selenia S.p.A,
an Italian automotive lubricants business
• Bain
Capital in the financing of its €350 million
acquisition of TeamSystems SpA, an Italian software
business
• Kappa Beheer BV in its €95,000,000 issuance of 105/8% Class A
Senior Subordinated Notes • Bain Capital in
the financing of its €850
million leveraged buyout of the Sigma
Kalon Group, a global paint and decorations wall
coverings business |
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Laolu
Akinkugbe.
Mr. Laolu
Akinkugbe
National President -
Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce
Olaolu Akinkugbe
is the Chairman / Chief Executive Officer of L.
A. Consultancies Ltd - a consulting firm with interests
in Food & Beverage, Oil and Gas and Public Private
Partnership sectors of the Nigerian economy. and more
Often described as an icon of the Nigerian Soft
Drinks Industry, Olaolu Akinkugbe spent over three
decades in the Food and Beverage sector in Nigeria
holding various roles of increasing responsibilities
both at the Nigerian Bottling Company, Africa’s
second biggest Coca-Cola bottler and Coca – Cola
International.
A 1971 graduate of the
University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Laolu did his
postgraduate studies in Management at the Cranfield
University, Bedford, England in 1976. He is also a 1996
graduate of the Advanced Management Program; AMP of the
prestigious Lagos Business School.
Laolu is on
the Boards of many blue chip companies and associations
including:
The Nigeria Bottling
Company,CMC Connect –The leading Public Relations
and Perception Management Company in Nigeria, Josepdam
Sugar Company Nigeria’s second largest sugar company,
Scorpiosis Consulting, the West African affiliate of
Crestcom International a global management training
company.
He is also Chairman, Executive
Committee, Nigerian Business Coalition against AIDS,
NIBUCAA and Class President, Advanced Management Program
6 of the Lagos business School.
A Board
member, Lagos Business School Alumni Association, LBSAA,
Life member The Nigeria – Britain Association, Fellow of
the Institute of Directors, Nigeria, Past President of
the Rotary Club of Ikeja in Lagos and a Trustee of the
Ondo State Handicapped Education Foundation,
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| Prof. Matthew
Kuofie.
Professor Matthew
H. S. Kuofie
Professor Matthew Sam Kuofie, MBA, PhD, is
the Chairman of the
Research and Trade Committee of
the Advisory Board of Nubacom Oil & Gas Ltd,
Wisconsin, USA.
He has extensive expertise in global oil
and gas business. He helps businesses and governments
look for ventures capital for many projects including
oil, gas and solid mineral.
Professor Kuofie
holds a PhD in Systems
Engineering from Oakland University,
Michigan, USA; an MBA in Business
Administration from Northern Illinois
University, USA; and an MS in Computer Science from Old Dominion
University, Virginia, USA
He is an
internationally renowned global business management and
information technology expert. He helps
businesses, government and universities to form joint
ventures/partnerships. Professor Kuofie also teaches
global business management, international marketing, and
information technology
courses.
Professor Kuofie is
the CEO of Global Strategic Management Incorporated,
Michigan, USA. He worked many years for Electronic Data Systems on General
Motors' projects in Michigan,
USA.
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Anderson
Gboyega Laniyonu
III
Software Engineer
B.S.
Computer Science,
M.S.
Computer Science
CEO -
NUBACOM
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Mr.
Laniyonu
is a software engineer with over 16 years
engineering and consulting experience in (IT) Information
Technology.
His areas of focus include information technology and
international trade
, with an
Undergraduate and advanced graduate degrees in computer
science & engineering he brings extensive experience in
starting and operating technology companies.
Mr Laniyonu led the
technological effort of installing the city of Milwaukee's
payroll system and HR system. The $24million dollar
FMIS ( Financial Management information system) software
and hardware implementation.
Mr.
Laniyonu
has substantial board experience including
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Wisconsin Governor Doyle's
Economic Development Round Table;
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Co-chair Small Business
Advisory council. WI. – To the U.S. President;
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Member Midwest
U.S.-Japan Association;
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Wisconsin Governor's
Business International Trade Delegation Group;
Metropolitan Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce executive
member;
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Wisconsin Technology
Council board member,
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Wisconsin Venture Capital
Network;
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Wisconsin IT Leadership
Association.
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Wisconsin Business Man
of the Year- 2003 United states congress
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Nubacom International
1849 N
Dr. Martin Luther King Drive Suite 210, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. 53212 - 3639 USA
Phone: (414) 502 - 1671
- Office | Fax : (414) 264
- 6444
Email :
info@nubacom.com
Lagos Office : 26a Lewis Street, Ashiwaju
House, (via High Court) Lagos Island. Lagos
State,
Nigeria, West Africa.
Phone: +234 (0706) 260 -
9900- Office
Email :
info@nubacom.com
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