ALBERT KATSUAKI GUSTAFSON
Office: New
York - 600 Main Street, P.O. Box 12, Cobleskill, New York 12043
- 110 Wall Street, 11th
Floor, New York, NY 10005
Phone: New
York - (518) 231-5040; (518)
234-0266 (fax)
E-mail: ananda@gol.com
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Admitted to Practice Law in Washington
State (1981) and New York (1993)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Attorney
Albert K. Gustafson (New York)
2002 - present
Private
practice - commercial litigation, criminal defense, personal injury, real
estate and matrimonial
Director and Legal Counsel
IP
Telcom/Zinza K.K. (Tokyo)
1998-present
Manage Internet e-commerce start-up company, including corporate management, employee hiring packages,
share transfer/stock options, and human resources issues.
Principal Albert K. Gustafson (Tokyo) 1998-present
Adecco
Career Staff
Merger
windup regarding Saipan assets
SSH
Communications Security Management
agreement- computer
security
Immigration Permanent
resident, H-1, E-2, L-1-A, F-1, B-2
Maritime
NYK
Lines - COGSA Cargo Claim in Panama
Dalavia Far East Airways Khabarovsk
Registration with Ministry of Transport
of airline
Senior Associate Barkats & Associates (Washington,
D.C.) 1997-1998
Mergers
and Acquisitions
Quantel S.A./Big Sky Laser Technology International - $15 million share and cash acquisition
merger by French
laser technology firm with U.S. company
- extensive tax implications
Euriware – 10K due diligence,
research/negotiations - systems integration company acquisition
Credit Foncier France (CFF) – asset acquisition of French
government-owned bank
Electricity Deregulation
Electricite du France (EDF) – wrote monthly review briefing for French consortium on U.S. electricity
deregulation,
including Federal Energy Commission (FERC) rulings under Order 888-A.
International
Contracts
Credit
Card Payment/Settlement (Christophle/VISA)
Credit
card settlement agreement
Brand
Licensing (Stypen/Harley Davidson) Licensing
agreement - H-D logo
Defense
Contracting (Aerospatiale/CoSyDe)
Missile
avionics systems integration
Vice-President BND Sea & Airlines Corporation (D.C)
1997-1998
Managed
distribution of daily "speed newspaper" to passengers on
international flights to Europe
of
approximately 30,000 copies per day at six major international airports.
Pacific Housing Materials Design v.
Drennan Contract
dispute settled -summary judgment
Fisheries Joint Venture (Northwest
Fisheries) Vladivostok,
Sakhalin, Kamchatka
Joint
Venture (Yamamura Glass/Coca-Cola) Aluminum
can manufacturing plant
Corporate Formation
Japanese
corporations for foreign investors
Ministry
of Health & Welfare
Chemical/fertilizer
market entry regulations
Ministry of International Trade and
Industry
Franchise
distributor regulations
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
Internet
regulation-Telecommunications Law
Tokyo Diamond (Universal/Dentsu Prox)
Film
investment-"Mr. Baseball" /Tom Selleck
Texas Oil Lease Advised
investors on fraud/FBI investigation
CNN/Cinematographer
$25,000
“pay or play" termination settlement
Marriott Corporation/New Tokyo Int'l
Airport
Retail
concessions at Terminal 2 Narita
Kurosawa Productions/Toho Film
Dispute
over video rights to prior films
Japan ExClone, Tangent Computing
Software
distribution/localization agreements
Labor Termination
$80,000 and $240,000 settlements
Trademark/Copyright
Trademark,
software, design, screenplays
Idemitsu Kosan
Taught patent and trademark law
Counsel Endo and Mamba (Tokyo)
1989-1993
International
Real Estate and Film Investment
Chicago Hyatt Regency (Kato Chemical)
$255
million - Financing by Orix Corporation
Bush House - London (Kato Chemical) £130
million - currency swap (Tokai Bank)
Mitsui Real Estate/Rehouse Hawaii,
Guam, Saipan, Australia, and Asia
Belenko (Kikuchi)
$12
million film /$10.7 million client recovery
International Contracts
Media (Harrison Ford/Sanyo) Film
star advertising agreement
Joint Venture (PHMD/Kokuho)
Building
materials distribution agreement
Litigation/Dispute
Resolution
Emirates Bank of Dubai v. Gajria 550
million appeal in Tokyo High Court
Penseur No. 8 (Ryoichi Saitoh)
Dispute
over Rodin's "Penseur
No.8" ($11.5 million)
Sotheby's/Maruzen Dispute
re $250,000 rare book by William Harvey
Expert Witness, Tokyo High Court US/UK
law on press freedom/criminal liability
Japanese
Narcotics Law
Three
cases, inc..first foreigner bail in Japan
Extradition Law European
human rights law for "Chinese hijacker”
Consultant
Nippon Telephone & Telegraph (Tokyo)
1989-1990
Distributorship (NTT/Contel) NTT
distribution of Contel TRADENET trading system
Technology Transfer, OEM, Sales PRC
(Tianjin), Turkey PTT, various
Joint Venture (NTT/Schlumberger)
ASIC
verification equipment manufacturing plant
Directorships
and Management (Tokyo)
Director and Counsel Multipro
(Japan) Ltd. (1999-present) Real
estate management
Director and Counsel IP
TelCom, Inc./Zinza K.K.
(1998-present)
Internet e-commerce
Representative
Director
Shomei Kokusai K.K. (1991-1997) Translation and consulting
Representative
Director
Akihabara Electric K.K. (1993-present)
Electronics
OEM manufacturer
Vice-President
(Japan)
Sierra Capital Management
(1993) Wall
Street futures fund
OTHER EXPERIENCE
International Business Law School
of International Studies, Nichibei Kaiwa Gakuen
Conference Interpreting
Nichibei
Kaiwa Gakuen
Negotiations
University
of Washington
U.S. Business Law
Waseda
Management Academy
Patents, Sex Discrimination Institute
for Legal Communication
U.S. Securities Regulation
Nikko
Securities
Intellectual Property Idemitsu
Intellectual Property Research Center
Reporter, Report of the Delegation to
Tokyo and Singapore - New Asian Capital Markets -
ABA
International Law and Practice Section (ILEX Briefing Monograph Series #4,
1992)
Judge
pro tempore, Seattle District Court (1983-85)
Boeing Company (747 Division) Engineering
computer analysis/materiel purchasing, 1972-74