U.S. Ambassador to World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier Joins C&M International

U.S. Ambassador to World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier Joins C&M
International

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Ambassador to the World
Trade Organization (WTO) and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Peter Allgeier
is joining C&M International, Ltd. (CMI), the international trade and
investment consulting firm affiliated with Crowell & Moring LLP. Allgeier will
become President of CMI effective September 8, 2009, working with longstanding
Chairman & CEO Doral Cooper. Allgeier joins CMI after nearly three decades at
the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), where he was a negotiator
on nearly every major U.S. trade initiative since the Carter Administration.

"Peter brings unrivaled experience and skill on every trade topic and in every
geographic region. In the current global economic climate, his vast experience
will help clients navigate the international trade arena with insight and
authority. He'll be an important part of C&M International's work to help
clients achieve their market access and policy objectives around the world,"
Cooper said.

Allgeier has broad experience on a range of trade matters, including complex
international negotiations, trade and investment laws and regulations, WTO
agreements, bilateral investment treaties, free trade agreements (FTAs),
patents, trademarks and copyrights, government procurement, export subsidies,
and more. Since beginning his career at USTR in 1980, Allgeier has negotiated
more than 100 trade, investment, and intellectual property agreements with
countries throughout Asia, Europe (including the former Soviet Union), the
Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean. He has also led multilateral
negotiations in the WTO, its predecessor organization, the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and the United Nations.

"Peter will be a tremendous asset to clients who need sophisticated and
effective counsel at a time of great economic uncertainty," Crowell & Moring
chairman Kent Gardiner said. "Crowell & Moring's International Trade Group and
other practices work closely with C&M International to provide high-level
counsel and market access success worldwide. Peter strengthens our team with
his deep knowledge of all geographic regions of the world and his vast
negotiating experience."

Allgeier was appointed to the position of Deputy USTR in 2001. In this role,
he led the critical U.S. negotiations that resulted in agreement by 146
countries to launch the current Doha round of global trade negotiations. Since
2005, Allgeier has served as U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to
the WTO in Geneva. Under the Obama Administration, Allgeier served as Acting
USTR from January to March 2009. Allgeier also served previously as Assistant
USTR for Asia and the Pacific (1985-1989), Assistant USTR for Europe and the
Middle East (1989-1995), and Assistant USTR for the Western Hemisphere
(1995-2001). Prior to joining USTR, Allgeier was an international economist
with the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID).

Allgeier graduated cum laude from Brown University, with an A.B. in
international relations. He earned a Masters Degree in international relations
from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
(SAIS), and a Ph.D. in international economics from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.

CMI provides strategic policy analysis and advocacy, risk mitigation and
negotiations management counsel on trade, investment and regulatory matters
worldwide. CMI represents a broad range of clients in the information
technology, financial services, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and publishing
industries.

Crowell & Moring LLP is an international law firm with more than 450 lawyers
practicing in litigation, antitrust, government contracts, health care,
corporate, intellectual property and a variety of other practice areas. The
firm's International Trade Group and lawyers are regularly recognized by
Chambers, The Legal 500, and other industry peer-reviewed guides for their
international work in areas including anti-dumping, export controls, customs,
trade remedies, and WTO proceedings. Based in Washington, D.C., the firm also
has offices in New York, London, Brussels, Los Angeles, and Orange County, CA.
Visit Crowell & Moring online at http://www.crowell.com.

Contact: Jessica O'Neil
(202) 508-8750
joneil@crowell.com

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