profile
Taking a global and
local perspective
When working on deals abroad, Grant Borbridge looks to local
counsel to get the deal done efficiently.
By Vawn Himmelsbach
The new chairman
of the Canadian Corporate Counsel
Association is looking ahead at the
changing, evolving role of in-house
counsel. And it���s his diverse background ����� in law and business, in
Canada and abroad �����that gives him a
unique perspective on the topic.
After nine years in private practice
working as a corporate and securities
lawyer in Calgary, Grant Borbridge
returned to school to get his MBA in
finance from Penn State University.
This led to a job as a senior equity
analyst for Prudential Equity Group in
New York with the oil and gas services
and equipment division.
When he returned to Calgary in
2004 to work for venture capital firm
Emergo Group of Companies (a former client from his earlier practice),
his role was two-fold: to be the company���s chief counsel and its executive vice
president of investments, responsible
for worldwide legal and compliance
activities.
Having people on the ground makes a massive
difference. I don���t speak Romanian ��� we could really be taken for a ride if I were the one we were relying on (in Romania). The local people ��� whether it���s
the business people, the lawyers, the accountants
��� those relationships are key to making it happen.
GRANT BORBRIDGE, Emergo Group of Companies.
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