Daniel E. Uyesato joins Hunton & Williams' environmental practice group
Posted: 09-20-2006 :

RALEIGH, N.C. – Hunton & Williams LLP announced that Daniel E. Uyesato has joined the firm’s environmental practice group. Uyesato brings more than two decades of industry-specific experience to the practice area with a particular focus on environmental and transactional matters. He will be based out of the firm’s Raleigh office.

Prior to joining Hunton & Williams, Uyesato spent 16 years at Reichhold Investments, a $1.2 billion global chemical manufacturer, where he most recently served as general counsel. Before joining Reichhold, Uyesato had an 11-year tenure at General Electric Company, where he served as counsel in various GE businesses as well in GE’s Corporate Environmental Programs.

“Daniel Uyesato is an invaluable addition to the Hunton & Williams team,” says William S. Patterson, managing partner of the Raleigh office of Hunton & Williams. “With a rich background of international experience, Dan will be able to serve a wide variety of clients with their environmental and transactional issues throughout the world. His experience will help clients navigate ever-changing environmental, trade and other regulatory issues. His counsel areas include oversight of mergers and acquisitions, litigation, financing, property transfers, and licensing and other business agreements, all in the challenging environment of an international chemical company.”

A graduate of the University of Kansas, Uyesato received his Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School. He is admitted to the Connecticut and North Carolina bars.

The Raleigh office of Hunton & Williams was established in 1980 and is home to 75 attorneys and staff serving the regional and global needs of its clients. In addition to its environmental work, the firm’s Raleigh practices include banking and finance, biotech and life sciences, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, patent and intellectual property, labor disputes, taxation, legislative and regulatory issues and corporate and securities law.

About Hunton & Williams
Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to 850 attorneys serving clients in 100 countries from 18 offices around the world. While our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services and life sciences, the depth and breadth of our experience extends to more than 60 separate practice areas, including bankruptcy and creditors rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and information management.

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