ConocoPhillips appoints eLong GC as China head
US oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips has appointed its first-ever legal director for China, hiring eLong general counsel Hal Fiske for the role. Fiske left eLong in mid-December after two years at the online travel service provider, a partially-owned subsidiary of US online travel giant Expedia. He joined eLong from US firm Baker & McKenzie and is yet to be replaced.
February 06, 2008 at 11:05 PM
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US oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips has appointed its first-ever legal director for China, hiring eLong general counsel Hal Fiske for the role.
Fiske left eLong in mid-December after two years at the online travel service provider, a partially-owned subsidiary of US online travel giant Expedia. He joined eLong from US firm Baker & McKenzie and is yet to be replaced.
He joins the company this week and will be ConocoPhillips' first-ever lawyer in China. He will report in
to ConocoPhillips' new president for China, George Storraker, and the company's Asia-Pacific general counsel.
It is understood that Fiske's new role at the company, which is one of the largest overseas spenders in China, will see him play a key part in negotiating deals with the Chinese Government.
ConocoPhillips' global legal team of 130 lawyers worldwide is headed by general counsel Janet Kelly, who took over the role when outgoing incumbent Steve Gates retired last September. The company uses a raft of US firms including Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Kirkland & Ellis, Williams & Connolly, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, Zelle Hofmann, Beirne Maynard & Parsons and GableGotwals.
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