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Practice
Currently of counsel to the Firm, Mr. Francke became a partner in 1968. He has served in various management positions, including as chairman of the Management Committee, chairman of the Corporate Department and head of the European practice group. His practice areas include investment management and international corporate transactions.
Publications
Co-author with Mark H. Barth, Limited Partnerships Maximize Investment, International Corporate Law, May 23, 1994 at S2
International Mutual Funds, 2nd ed., International Financial Law
Threats to Reciprocal Sales of U.S. and United Kingdom Investment Companies, International Financial Law Review, vol. V, no. 6
U.S. Securities Laws Applicable to the Sale of Foreign Mutual Funds in the United States, Business Law Review, vol. IV, nos. 1 and 2
Capital Flows Between Developed Countries, Columbia Business Law Review, vol. II
Conflicts of Interest in United States Investment Company Industry, Committee I, Section on Business Law, International Bar Association, New York Biennial Conference
SEC Regulations on Foreign Fund Managers, Global Investor, no. 63
Co-author, Limited Partnerships in Cross-Border Transactions, International Corporate Law no. 63
Co-author, The Impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on U.S. Investment in Foreign Investment Companies, International Financial Law Review
Co-author, Irish Limited Partnerships, International Corporate Law no. 40
Co-author with Alexander C. Hoagland, Modification of Mexican Arbitration Law, 7 Journal of International Arbitration 90 (1990)
Co-author, U.S. Shareholders in Foreign Investment Companies, 6 International Financial Law Review 22-23 19 (July 1987)
Associations
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Professional Activities
Director and Chairman, Audit Committee, The Foreign & Colonial Emerging Middle East Fund, Inc.
Director, Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company
Director, Fidelity European Values PLC
Council on Foreign Relations
Trustee, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
Trustee, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME
Education
J.D., Stanford University School of Law, 1961
B.A., Yale University, 1956
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