THOMAS H. BOTTINI

	One Metropolitan Square, Suite 2600 211 North Broadway St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2740 Telephone: 314.342.8054 Facsimile: 314.612.2228 tbottini@armstrongteasdale.com

LAW PRACTICE
Tom Bottini is a Partner and is a member of the firm’s International Practice Group. He has extensive experience in advising clients on manufacturing and high technology investments in other countries, establishing representations and distributorships abroad and in the legal and business details of international trade.

Mr. Bottini has practiced in the legal departments of Monsanto Company (Assistant International Counsel) and McDonnell Douglas Corporation (Chief Counsel - International) where he was involved  in a broad array of international projects and transactions in Latin America, Asia and Europe.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
The Missouri Bar
Virginia State Bar
U.S. Federal Court
U.S. Court of International Trade
American Bar Association (Past Chair, International Business Law Committee/Business Law Section)
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Ethics and Methods of Practice Committee)
American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators (Appointed)
International Bar Association
International Business Transactions (Co-Chairman) (3 day program held each fall in Chicago)
Saint Louis University’s Executive Masters in International Business (Lecturer)
Washington University’s Graduate International Relations Program (Lecturer)

EDUCATION
University of London (LL.M., International and EC law, 1972)
University of Virginia Law School (J.D., 1971)
Saint Louis University (B.S., 1964)

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Author, International Sales: Some Contract And Financing Considerations, St. Louis Bar Journal (Fall 1980)
Author, A 1992 Case Study: Defense and Aerospace Products, The Business Lawyer Update (Nov./Dec. 1989)
Author, The Grey Line for Gray Market Goods, The St. Louis Countian (March 8, 1991)
Author, Ownership of Property and Land Use Rights, Doing Business in China and Hong Kong (Nov. 1997)
Author, Establishing International Operations, Insight Publications (Oct. 1999)

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