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FEATURE Fenwick was given an opportunity to be a part of the office. While Japan was already the second-largest economy in the world, many of its companies were only starting to establish a physical presence abroad and relatively few were familiar with the expectations and standards of international securities offerings. “For two years, I travelled throughout the country and other parts of Asia explaining the intricacies and potential liabilities associated with cross-border offerings,” says Fenwick. Demand was increasing within Linklaters for capital markets lawyers experienced in new or undeveloped markets. For the first time since Latin America’s debt restructuring in the mid eighties, Brazilian sovereign and corporate borrowers were looking abroad for capital. “At that time, no firms had offices in Latin America so the work was serviced mainly from London and New York. Between 1993 and 1998, I traveled back and forth between New York and Latin America on what was at times a weekly basis,” says Fenwick. In March 1997, Fenwick became a member of the partnership at Linklaters, joining a group that was then composed almost exclusively of Oxbridge graduates. “When the firm opened an office in Brazil, I was asked to head up the operation. It became one of the first international law firms to open in South America, with São Paulo as its base.” Within a few years, Linklaters associated with a Brazilian law firm, reaching a size of over 75 attorneys. “My professional life quickly changed from spending all my time practicing law to dividing my time between my roles as co-head of the office and head of the international practice.” In the mid to late 1990s, what had been a small club of international firms in São Paulo began to expand rapidly. “Although I had not really anticipated practicing at another firm, that expansion brought about new opportunities. I was particularly interested in spending less time on management issues.” In 2009, Fenwick decided to join Proskauer Rose, a traditional New York-based firm that was undergoing a major transformation. Proskauer, long known for its leading labour, sports, and entertainment practices, was in the process of developing its corporate and finance capabilities and internationalizing its platform. While best known for representing professional sporting organizations like the National Basketball Association, Proskauer also represents major financial institutions like JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank, a broad range of companies such as Exxon, Metlife, and UPS, as well as entertainment-industry clients such as Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Bono. In São Paulo for 14 years, Fenwick and his partner André Ferreira have established a richly textured life. “We own Teatro Augusta, an independent theatre in São Paulo, and we also have a farm nearby where we spend every weekend. Coming from northern Manitoba and its two- to three-month growing season, I love that the state of São Paulo is sub-tropical and extremely fertile.” Fenwick reflects that, despite the fact that he has come a long way since the start of his career, most of the basics remain the same. “I still listen more than I speak, and read more than I write. The practice of law remains mostly about bringing people together, and the critical element in that is carefully building trust and confidence, which takes time.” 43 ROBSON HALL ALUMNI REPORT
FEATURE World travel revealed her path Lori Ann Wanlin - Class of 2007 While placing one deliberate step in front of the other seems the most logical way to arrive at one’s destination, a wise adage also cautions, “one shouldn’t mistake the map for the journey.” At least on the surface, Lori Ann Wanlin’s path certainly didn’t follow a logical trajectory. After earning her degree in Physical Education, she traveled the world before returning to Winnipeg, where she set up The Sedentary Nomad, an import fair-trade art business and storefront in Osborne Village. After running this business for six years, she returned to school and earned her law degree. She has now attained what she considers her ultimate goal, that of Associate Legal Officer in the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, The Netherlands. “I wouldn’t say that my path is easily duplicated,” she admits. When Wanlin graduated from Grade 12, law school was already on her career short list. “I did well in school, particularly in the sciences. I decided to take a Physical Education degree since I had done sports all my life. I figured that it would give me the science prerequisites along with arts-related writing skills if I did decide to enter law later on.” Even though the law interested her, Wanlin was unclear on a specific direction. “When I finished my Phys. Ed. degree in 1995, and being a rather competitive person, I knew that if I embarked on a legal career at that point, I’d probably wake up when I was forty, doing well, but not living life in a way that was perhaps most healthy for me.” That’s when Wanlin embarked on an overseas travel odyssey. “I figured I’d go see the world and that would give me some ideas. I’d always been interested in international work, but this was 1995 and a career in international criminal law did not exist then as it does now.” Wanlin explains that the ad hoc international criminal tribunals established to prosecute persons responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law in the former Yugoslavia and in Rwanda were then only in their infancy; the Rome Statute that established the first UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, FACULTY OF LAW robsonhall.ca 44
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