Our Professionals: Philip A. Hewes

Philip A. Hewes

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Practice Areas

Mr. Hewes is an experienced business lawyer/executive and former chief legal counsel of global organizations within the telecommunication-manufacturing sector, and the technology services/leasing industry.

He currently advises venture-financing, multi-media, leasing/financial services, technology-consulting, telecommunications, and other emerging and established technology organizations. Mr. Hewes tenure as general counsel to major corporations has enabled him to understand and anticipate the dynamic and complex business and legal issues facing corporate leadership. He has experience...

Assisting companies and their personnel with business transactional matters and dispute management, locally and globally;

Counseling corporations and their senior management with regard to corporate governance, and interfacing with external constituencies including regulatory agencies (SEC, IRS, Justice, and stock exchanges) and private constituencies (Wall Street, shareholders, and financial institutions);

Counseling management and Human Resource personnel in the complicated employment policies, labor and benefits matters facing organizations;

Providing effective, but low cost legal and professional services, focusing on the development of business through negotiations, advice, compliance and supervision.

Experience

Fitzgerald & Hewes LLP, Chicago, IL

Partner 2005 to Present

Krone Group, Denver (Centennial), Colorado & Berlin, Germany

Vice President, General Counsel & Director of HR (2001 – 2004)

Member Board of Directors KRONE India (2002 – 2004)

Comdisco, Inc., Chicago (Rosemont), Illinois

Interim President and CEO, Transition Consultant (2000 – 2001)

Member of the Board of Directors (1992 – 2001)

Senior Vice President – International and Administration & Secretary (1999 – 2000)

Senior Vice President/Chief Legal Officer & Secretary (1991 – 1999)

Vice President/ General Counsel & Assistant Secretary (1990 – 1991)

Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary (1987 – 1990)

Assistant Corporate Counsel & Assistant Secretary (1980 – 1987)

Staff Counsel (1977 – 1980)

Education

JD, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, 1977
(Admitted to Illinois Bar 1977)

BA, Social Sciences/ History, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO., 1974

MA, Liberal Studies/History, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2001

Board Memberships and Affiliations

Member, American, Illinois State & Chicago Bar Associations, 1977 to Present
Member, Business Law Section ABA
Partner, International Law Section ABA

Member of the Board of Directors, KRONE Communications LTD. (Bangalore, India) 2002 to 2004
Publicly traded on BSE - Mumbai Exchange (Scrip ID: 523411)

Member of the Board of Directors, Comdisco, Inc., 1992 to 2001
Member, Executive Committee and Member, Offering Committee

Visiting Committee Member, Council for the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 2000 to 2003