Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Oconomowoc High School

Marquette University Law School

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

SWF + Private Equity + Listed Company General Counsel  -  Latham & Watkins Partner  -  Entrepreneur

General Counsel and Investment Committee Member at this subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority (Qatar's sovereign wealth fund), responsible for global food and agribusiness investments.

Hassad Food

General Counsel + Investment Committee Member

Partner and Chair of the International Transactions practice group at this US law firm based in my hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Partner + Chair of International Transactions Practice Group

Chief Corporate Officer, General Counsel & Head of M&A at what was then the world’s oldest travel company, a FTSE 250 member with $12 billion in annual revenues and 25,000 employees.

Thomas Cook

Chief Corporate Officer, General Counsel & Head of M&A

General Counsel and Executive Committee Member at a private equity arm of Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank, originally established as Eastgate Capital Group.

NCB Capital

General Counsel + Executive Committee Member

Founder of a real estate investment and development company, also serving as Chairman of The Milwaukee Mile, the world's oldest motor speedway hosting NASCAR, IndyCar and Champ Car races.

Milwaukee Mile Speedway

Chairman

Chief executive of the world's premier powerboat racing championship, with events conducted throughout Europe and the Middle East, attracting 50,000 to 1 million spectators per event.

Class 1 World Powerboat Championship

Managing Director

Founded and led this global digital media and retailing company focused on international soccer, ultimately entering into an agreement to sell the company to a UK listed company. The company was a successor to World Football Cafe, a soccer-themed, location-based entertainment start-up based in Paris and focused on the 1998 FIFA World Cup, with shareholders including Pele, Roberto Baggio, Paulo Maldini, Alan Shearer, Lothar Matthaus, David Ginola and a number of other international footballers.

Goal Media Group

Founder + CEO

Beginning in the New York office, and ultimately opening and leading the Qatar office, advised clients on over $40 billion in debt and equity capital markets, M&A, private equity, venture capital, finance, restructuring and commercial transactions, also serving as Chair of the Middle East Recruiting Committee, and a member of the Global Recruiting Committee and Middle East Public Relations Committee; left the firm (and ultimately returned) on two occasions to found and lead small companies in the global sports and entertainment sector (international football and motorsport). In the global sports sector, advised clients on matters relating to the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Major League Soccer, 2010 FIFA World Cup, and 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Latham & Watkins

Partner

Began my career at Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts (a predecessor to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman), working on project finance, securities, and M&A transactions.

Craig Stoehr