Gordon G. Kaplan

Location:

Solana Beach, California

Phone:

(858) 259-8835

Fax:

(858) 259-9091

E-mail:

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Gordon G. Kaplan is an international corporate and business law attorney with over 30 years of experience in private practice and as senior legal executive for major international companies. A member of the bar in California, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., he received his B.A. and law degrees from the University of Illinois and continued his post-graduate legal education at George Washington University and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University College London. Kaplan was formerly a Foreign Service officer with the State Department representing U.S. interests at our embassies in Senegal, Mauritania, and Belgium. In Washington, D.C., he advised on negotiating international agreements for world trade in agricultural commodities. Kaplan has written widely in leading newspapers and law journals and is a columnist on corporate law for the San Diego business newspaper The Daily Transcript.

Areas of Practice

Business & Commercial Law
International Law

Bar Admissions

California
Illinois
District of Columbia

Education

University College of London, Faculty of Laws, London, England
- Major: International Law
George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
- Major: International Business Transactions
University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois
- LL.B.
University of Illinois
- B.A.

Published Works

"Clean-tech deals: solar power purchase agreements", San Diego Daily Transcript, April, 2009
"On pragmatism in U.S. foreign policy", The San Diego Union Tribune, March, 2009
"The long arm of U.S. anti-bribery law in international business", San Diego Daily Transcript, January, 2009
"California moves ahead with 'green' economic development agenda", San Diego Daily Transcript, November, 2008
"Homelessness in San Diego: Fighting the problem effectively", The San Diego Union Tribune, August, 2007
"Homeless court in San Diego: beacon of excellence", San Diego Daily Transcript, March, 2007
"Global Warming, Kyoto, and Cap-and-Trade Systems to Cut Greenhouse Gases", San Diego Daily Transcript, June, 2006
"Funding Growth on London's International Market for Small-Cap Companies", San Diego Daily Transcript, November, 2005
"Beware of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act", San Diego Daily Transcript, June, 2005
"Corporate Social Responsibility Is No Oxymoron", San Diego Daily Transcript, March, 2005
"Listing on London's International Small-Cap Market", San Diego Daily Transcript, July, 2003
"Going Public in Reverse: A Strategy for Today's Market?", San Diego Daily Transcript, May, 2003
"Stock Option Nightmare", San Diego Daily Transcript, May, 2002
"A New Way to Pay for Aircraft", Financial Times (London), September, 1980
"Bigger Role for NAFTA's Development Bank", (Co-Author), San Diego Daily Transcript Law Journal, November, 2000
"International Economic Organizations: Oil and Money", Harvard International Law Journal, 1976
"Legal Aspects of Aircraft Finance in Europe", Journal of World Trade Law, 1975
"Equality and Discrimination in International Economic Law", The Year Book of World Affairs, The London Institute of World Affairs, 1972

Past Employment Positions

Tracker Network PLC, General Counsel, Co-founder
Gottesman Jones & Partners, Partner
Halco Mining, Vice President & General Counsel
Citicorp Leasing International, Vice President & General Counsel
U.S. State Department, Foreign Service Officer