Craig Stoehr

Title: Partner and chair, International Transactional Practice Group, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee

Expertise: International business transactions, securities law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital

Experience: General counsel and head of M&A, Thomas Cook Group plc, London; general counsel and executive committee member, Eastgate Capital, Dubai; partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, Qatar/Dubai/New York; CEO, Class 1 World Powerboat Championship, Istanbul/Milan; chairman, Milwaukee Mile; director, Marquette University National Sports Law Institute; director, Wisconsin Sports Development Corp.; director, Metro Milwaukee American Heart Association

Education: J.D., Northwestern University School of Law; one year, Marquette University Law School; B.A., political science, University of Minnesota

Family: Wife, Lama Hasan, an Emmy-awardwinning former ABC News foreign correspondent; son, Samer

Best advice ever received: “No matter what happens, tomorrow, the sun will rise in the east.”

Favorite movie: “Lawrence of Arabia”

Favorite Wisconsin restaurant: Golden Mast Inn on Okauchee Lake. “Friday night fish fries at the Mast are an institution.”

Personal: “I attended the Roger Waters ‘The Wall Live in Berlin’ concert in 1990.”