LAWRENCE E. KOSLOW

Lawrence E. Koslow has devoted his entire professional life to the pursuit of international business law.  He has worked for the international division of two Fortune 500 companies and was a vice President and Co-Chair of the International Practice Group at Fredrikson & Byron P.A. in Minneapolis Minnesota.  In 1998, he returned to private practice and global business consulting and is currently serving selected clients needs from a strong background of expertise in Asia Australia/New Zealand, Europe and Mexico/Latin America.  Koslow was one of the authors of the Minnesota Principles for global business behavior that are now The Caux Roundtable Principles For Business.

Dr. Koslow holds a B.A. and M.A. from California State University, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside.  His J.D. is from Arizona State University.  Koslow has lived abroad on a number of occasions and is fluent in Spanish and has some speaking and reading ability in Portuguese.  He has been a Professor at Arizona State University, the Thunderbird School of Global Management and the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) where he was one of the founders of its Master of International Management (MIM) Program.  He is currently an Adjunct Professor in International Commercial Law at the University of Arizona College of Law.

Koslow is the author of numerous articles and of four books, The Future of Mexico (1977), Business Abroad (1996); Global Business: 308 Tips to Take Your Company Worldwide (1999); and, Doing Business in the United States of America (2007), that is available in PDF format for download at www.gbcgroup.com.

ELEAZAR JIMÉNEZ ZAMARANO

Mr. Jiménez is a law graduate of the University of Sonora, Mexico, and has a Masters of Law in International Trade from the University of Arizona.  He has been a Professor of both Public and Private International Law at the University of Sonora and has served as the Vice-President of the State of Sonora Bar Association (2001-2002) and President from 2003-2005.  Mr. Jiménez is fluent in the English language.

TERESA HERNANDEZ KOSLOW

Ms. Hernandez Koslow has a Master of International Management from the University of St.Thomas (Minnesota).  She has taught at the University of St. Thomas and at the Catholic University of Uruguay.  Ms. Koslow specializes in intercultural communications and in working with foreign investors.  She is bilingual in English and Spanish.