How did the UK get to Brexit and what’s been the reaction there and abroad? Those are the questions considered by our panel of leading analysts in this latest addition to our multi-part video series exploring Brexit’s potential challenges and opportunities for businesses on either side of the Atlantic. This clip features insights from Wells Fargo economist Jay Bryson, Domtar Corp. CEO John Williams, British Consul General Pilmore-Bedford, and Bond Dickinson attorneys Jonathan Blair and Francesco Lamana.
This video series features clips from the Brexit panel discussion sponsored by Womble Carlyle and the British-American Business Council held in Charlotte on Aug. 24. The panel also featured Womble Carlyle attorneys Jeff Hay and Ted Claypoole, as well as Doug Wood, a partner at global accounting firm Grant Thornton.
Ted Claypoole is a senior member of Womble Carlyle’s Intellectual Property Practice Group and leads the firm's Privacy and Data Protection Industry Team. He negotiates and prepares data management, business process outsourcing and e-commerce agreements for his clients. Claypoole routinely talks to business and legal associations across the country on data security issues and writes frequently on the topic.
Jeff Hay has more than 30 years of experience and is based in Womble Carlyle’s Charlotte office where he represents both private equity investors and US and foreign corporate clients. Hay has also served as in-house general counsel and a member of the board of a privately held consumer products company. This combination of legal and business experience has given him an understanding of corporate operational needs that allows him to help clients make informed business decisions.