Nicolette Martz, senior counsel at Yelp, was promoted to deputy director of legal affairs and head of privacy legal services for the company last month. Steve Wilson advises clients on acquisitions, joint ventures, tax, economic development and financial transactions. Steve has over 25 years of experience managing corporate transactions and national and local tax matters, including over 100 separate business acquisitions, over 30 separate joint ventures and strategic alliances, tax planning and state and local dispute resolution, industrial development, economic incentives and financial transactions. He is a corporate transaction lawyer in the firm`s Jackson office. He represents buyers and sellers in connection with asset purchases, share purchases and mergers; companies seeking to invest in joint ventures and enter into strategic alliances with partners; businesses with ongoing contractual, tax and business planning needs; companies with national and local tax problems; Companies seeking tax incentive financing, real estate and environmental advice on legal issues arising from establishing or expanding operations in Mississippi; owners, contractors and lenders of construction and related joint ventures; borrowers and lenders in trade credit transactions; and dealing with article 363 Sale of assets of transactions arising from insolvency proceedings under Chapter 11. Scott is Co-Chair of DLA Piper`s State Attorneys General Practice and Co-Head of the firm`s Global Private Funds Disputes practice. US News & World Report, 5. November 2007 – Partner Bill Wilson was cited as a legal source in the article «How to Avoid a Death Trap» on the importance of good estate planning. In addition to his role as General Counsel, Wilson also served as Yelp`s Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary. Like other senior executives at the company, he made a temporary cut to his base salary of $400,000 for this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than 30 years ago, Bill Wilson began his legal career alongside his father, James T. Wilson, practicing with him until his death in 2008. Bill continues the legacy of a compassionate and knowledgeable legal counsel focused on the areas of elder law, estate planning, business succession, Medicaid planning and estate planning for families with children with disabilities.
Mississippi Secretary of State`s Business Law Advisory Group (working with the business community, academia, and legislators to review proposed and existing laws affecting the business climate in Mississippi to improve the legal structure under which businesses operate in the state) Yelp`s legal group is taking further action. The firm this month hired Reed Lyon, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff Litigation Associate as legal counsel for products and litigation. As head of the firm`s Middle East practice, Bruce is also a key transaction advisor to international companies, government agencies and project promoters operating in the Middle East and North Africa. Bruce is also a long-time acquisition and financing advisor to the professional sports industry, advising leagues, teams and investors in sports businesses and facilities development, including the National Football League, NASCAR, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association. Yelp hired Wilson in 2007, three years after former senior engineers from PayPal Holdings Inc. founded the company, and five years before Yelp approached Cooley to advise on an IPO that raised more than $107 million. Schur, a former employee of Bingham McCutchen and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, joined Yelp in 2010. He received more than $2.8 million in total compensation in fiscal 2020, according to Yelp`s latest proxy circular. Wilson has had an unusual career at the helm of Yelp`s legal department, having never worked at a law firm.
To contact the reporter of this article: Brian Baxter in New York at bbaxter@bloomberglaw.com He worked with Wilson to help the company fend off lawsuits filed by small businesses angered by online reviews that they said were affecting their bottom line. Yelp paid $150,000 to Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck for the law firm in the first three quarters of last year to defend «competition issues affecting the internet,» as well as tax issues related to Covid-19, according to documents filed by the U.S. Senate. Wilson will continue to receive his current base salary and $450,000 benefits at Yelp until February 21. He will then stay until 20 years. Can play an advisory role in the business and will be paid at an hourly rate of $216.35, according to a copy of a transition agreement between Wilson and Yelp. In addition to his government-focused practice, Scott represents clients in complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts as well as domestic and international arbitrations. He has extensive experience representing global financial institutions in credit derivatives and structured finance products. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, which represents Yelp in derivative disputes over online advertising churn rates, has handled nearly 7 percent of the company`s U.S. federal courts since 2007, according to Bloomberg Law data.
The Doings Hinsdale, 24. September 2009 – «Making POA`s Work for You». Schur hired an outside attorney led by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to defend Yelp in class-action lawsuits filed by plaintiffs who accused the company of using its online power to reward companies that advertise on its platform. The change in law comes after San Francisco-based Yelp has been increasingly willing to take on tech titans like Google`s parent company, Alphabet Inc., in recent years. He received his B.A.in in history from the University of Texas at Austin, magna laude, and is a graduate of Northwestern School of Law. He continues to host seminars on elder law, estate planning, asset protection and special needs planning throughout the Chicago area. He has also written several articles on these topics and has been quoted in US News and World Report, and was named one of Chicago`s top asset managers in 2011, listed by Chicago Magazine. Laurence Wilson, Yelp Inc.`s senior in-house counsel and general counsel, retired Friday from a company he helped publicize and become a major target for online business critics.
Bill lives in La Grange, Illinois with his wife Julie and son Glenn. He enjoys coaching basketball, training hunting dogs, and is a member of the Civil War Roundtable and a member of the Union League Club. Over the past decade, Yelp has also developed a growing rivalry with Google. In a 2018 interview with «60 Minutes,» Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman accused Google of trying to «weed you out» when a company invades its lawn in the online review space. Bill feels «deeply committed to providing advice that keeps families` hard-earned assets safe.» That`s right behind intellectual property store Durie Tangri, which was involved in more than 18 percent of the company`s federal court cases during that time, followed by Cooley and Delaware Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell with about 5 percent each. Bill is a founding member of the Academy of Special Needs Planners and also a guardian and trustee of an adult with a disability. To contact the editors responsible for this article: Chris Opfer at copfer@bloomberglaw.com; John Hughes at jhughes@bloombergindustry.com After leaving Yelp, Wilson will remain closely associated with the company. His wife, Miriam Warren, will continue to serve as the company`s Chief Diversity Officer. He owns nearly $1.2 million in Yelp stock, according to Bloomberg data. Corporations, directors and officers rely on Scott for sensitive and multi-dimensional matters involving government, courts and the media.
He has represented some of the world`s most successful multinationals as a senior advisor in various economic and regulatory investigations before the DOJ, ECC, CFTC, OFAC and attorneys general. He regularly advises clients on bribery and corruption, fraud and extortion. Steve is part of a select group of lawyers recognized by Chambers USA as one of the best corporate lawyers in the State of Mississippi in the Corporate and Commercial category. Chambers` selection of lawyers is based on in-depth interviews with clients and lawyers with whom the selected lawyer has worked in the particular market being evaluated. He has also been selected by his peers to be recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of corporate, bankruptcy and reorganization law, and tax law, and is listed as a Mid-South super lawyer in business/corporate practice. Scott Wilson advises clients on government and internal investigations, white-collar crimes and complex litigation, often with an international component. It extends this obligation beyond its practice. He is currently Chair of the Aging Care Connections Board, a non-profit agency in La Grange, Illinois that serves the needs of seniors, and serves on economic development and strategic planning committees.
He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Chicago Bar Association`s committees on trust law, asset protection and elder law. Er ist auch Mitglied des Illinois State Bar Association Standing Committee on Law Office Management and Economics.
