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Manufacturing

As trusted business advisers, we provide support at every stage of a company's growth.

In the current climate, the Manufacturing Industry will likely experience a high degree of innovation in a very short space of time. When innovating and growing, each of our clients must have the right experts on hand to consult and advise them when they need it. FLI's experienced network of law firms bring deep market insight and work with Clients across all sectors.

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Carol Creel

Carol Creel

As an in-house General Counsel for more than 20 years with three international companies, Carol has extensive experience in delivering innovative legal and business solutions to diverse domestic and international client groups in both manufacturing and service industries.

Most recently, Carol represented a multi-billion dollar publicly-traded company through a very successful IPO.

Phone: (+1) 248 790 5800

Email: ccreel@first-law.com

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Qualifications

  • Michigan State University, Juris Doctor
  • University of Michigan, BSA

Christian Erik Casares-Lauritsen

Christian Erik Casares-Lauritsen

Christian sits on FLI’s ‘Global Projects Team’. He has a wealth of experience in dealing with and managing complex multi-jurisdictional cross-border matters and has led projects spanning over 60+ jurisdictions.

Most notably, Christian is known for his contributions in a variety of multi-jurisdictional regulatory and licensing projects involving novel technologies, cross-border M&A transactions, real-estate audits/acquisitions, large-scale complex EU-immigration support, cross-border debt-collections, FCPA compliance investigations, foreign litigation and hotels/hospitality tax optimization projects in Central and Latin America.

With both a science and legal background, Christian’s eye for detail and focus on quality enables him to provide Client’s with top-end support and service across the board.

Phone: +32 478 70 01 38

Email: christiancasares@first-law.com

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Qualifications

  • BPP University, London - Legal Studies
  • Exeter University - BA, Geography

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Danish

Industries & Practices

  • Hospitality
  • Immigration
  • Real Estate
  • M&A
  • Regulatory
  • FPCA, Anti-Corruption & Anti-Bribery
  • Litigation, Arbitration & ADR

Manufacturing insights


Post COVID-19: Supply Chains & More
Manufacturing

Post COVID-19: Supply Chains & More

Over the past forty years digitalisation coupled with the overpowering forces of globalisation have redefined virtually all aspects of our life, from how we communicate to how we consume. Adapting to these changes, worldwide manufacturing production has been reorganised into global value chains (GVCs) to satisfy the growing demand at any time, any place. Thus, supply chains have become inseparably interconnected, whereby raw materials and intermediate goods are shipped around the globe multiple times and then assembled in yet another location to be reexported to the final consumers in both developed and developing markets. As such, about 70% of international trade today involves GVCs, making them a true backbone of our global economy.

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