BABCOC Patriot Newsletter - Fall 2012

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2012 Business Awards

BABC OC's British Christmas Lunch Friday, December 14.

Hilton Anaheim Convention Way, Anaheim, CA 92802 Champagne Reception, Bag Pipes, Christmas Lunch & Pudding, Crackers & Complimentary Wine Plus ...Holiday Fun with DJ Blair Silver, Musical Entertainment by Stonebridge, and...SANTA Sponsoring Airline Tickets to London Six Orange County companies were honored as finalists in the 2012 British American Business Awards (BABA's) program founded and hosted by the British-American Business Council Orange County. The finalists were honored at a gala dinner event at the Island Hotel, Newport Beach.

The event was co-sponsored by UK Trade & Investment.

The finalists were announced by John Miller, 2012 President of the BABC OC (l-r).

Kirsten Mangers, CEO of Treehouse Corporation, William Wang, CEO of VIZIO, David Perry, CEO & Co-Founder of Gaikai, Jim McCluney, CEO of Emulex, Reynolds Bish, CEO of Kofax, Adam Markman, Managing Director of Green Street Advisors.

Former winners and BABC OC members David Pyott, CBE, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, of Allergan and Joey Benadretti Co-Founder, Co-Owner and President of Syspro, USA were featured speakers at the dinner event.

Rick Reiff, Executive Editor of the Orange County Business Journal and host and executive producer of "SoCal Insider with Rick Reiff" on PBS SoCal, was the charismatic guest host of the event. Additional photos of the event can be found on the back page of the Patriot and online www.babcoc.org click 'About' tab – or visit

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Fiona Francois, HM Consul and Regional Director UKTI presented the BABA Awards.

Adam Markman – Green Street Advisors

David Perry – Gaikai

BABA Awardees listen to what emcee Rick Reiff has to say

Darlene McGrath, UKTI (event sponsor) and a guest.

Renolds Bish – Kofax

Jim McCluney – Emulex

William Wang - Vizio

Kirsten Mangers - Treehouse

John Miller

Shaun Robinson

The theme for this issue is 'Keep As the incoming President of Calm and Carry On' from that BABC OC, I would first like to quintessentially British poster thank my great friend John Miller that was designed in 1939 at the for the enormous energy and his brink of World War II– a great dedication to our group message to pull through difficult over the past two years. BABC times during the blitz. Perhaps OC has benefited greatly from one could say we ourselves John's terrific leadership and I have experienced something of feel very good about our prosan economic blitz these past pects for the future. years! However, it does appear the economy is finally on the I will certainly do my best to mend, with housing in particular 'Keep Calm and Carry On' – and consumer confidence on the although I hope the year will not up. But as this year winds down be too calm as we have some to its illustrious end, it is also the exciting events in store for you in end of my term as your BABC 2013.

OC President. It has been a truly 2012 BABC OC President John Miller congratulates rewarding experience for me We are planning a spectacular Shaun Robinson, incoming BABC OC President. and jolly good fun to boot! But Culinary Gala event in the as sad as I am to see it end, I Spring that we know will not only am thrilled to be handing over the presidency to the be the talk of the town, but it will position the BABC amongst exceptionally capable Shaun Robinson.

Orange County's most premier organizations, and most importantly benefit a carefully chosen and most worthy With the Keep Calm topic in mind though, all of us no doubt charitable cause. Our Commerce Committee has been acknowledge that the road we travel as businessmen and lauded recently for their very successful British American women can occasionally provide a few bumps. So when we Business Awards (BABA’s) event and we hope to continue get in a pickle that calls for some legal help, who better to this popular and noted event again next year along with other turn to than some of our BAGOL’s, (British American Group of favorites and some new events and re-styled business mixers Lawyers) to give advice and help us out of trouble. Check out to keep things interesting. the informative articles in this issue by some of our trusted BAGOL's; it will keep you calm and enable you to carry on As John has noted, you our members are the lifeblood of this regardless! organization and it is important to us that we continue to provide you value for your investment. If you have colThank all of you BABC members for your support and leagues, friends or family who you feel would benefit from involvement this past year. We've had some truly impressive being involved with the BABC, please bring them to an event events including the Reception for the Olympians at South and encourage them to join – not only will they thank-you for Coast Plaza, BritWeek itself, our Garden Party at The introducing them to this fine organization, but you'll benefit Montage and our particularly outstanding BA Business too with a $50 credit against your membership renewal for Awards dinner – and our recent Debate on Education; we've every new member that joins – how great is that! indeed run the gamut of remarkable business, social and philanthropic events. I'd also like to thank those of you who I'm particularly looking forward to seeing you all at the have supported the Patriot either by advertising or as a Christmas lunch on December 14th – Mi casa es su casa – contributing writer. Good work! literally, as this event is being held at the Hilton Anaheim this year (so don't drive to the Hilton Costa Mesa). Until then, Finally, thank you, all of you, for affording me the honor and 'Keep Calm and Carry On' see you on the 14th! privilege of serving as your BABC OC President these past two years – it's been a blast – and is both stimulating and Shaun Robinson, 2013-2015 BABC OC President & refreshing to belong to such an engaging and supportive General Manager, Hilton Anaheim. group of intelligent and diverse people, as well as making 714 740-4440 shaun.robinson@hilton.com such terrific connections and true friends.

I certainly look forward to seeing you at the Christmas Lunch on December 14th and..... 'Keep Calm and Carry On!’ John Miller, 2012 BABC OC President & Broker Associate, Prudential California Realty.

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Negotiating a New Lease

By Claudia Kihano Parker, Esq. Parker Law Group, Inc. You've outgrown your home office; you need office space. You will want to: 1) engage an experienced commercial (not residential) real estate broker; 2) discuss your current and future needs and finances; 3) visit sites after your broker has previewed to narrow possibilities and make your selection; 4) formulate a non-binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”-- more on LOIs below); 5) settle on final/best offer; and 6) negotiate/enter into the lease.

Your team should include your broker, lawyer and insurance agent. A good commercial broker experienced in representing tenants is key to saving time, money and attorneys' fees.

Tenant/user clients will want to engage a commercial broker who represents only tenants/users to avoid conflict of interest issues. An experienced real estate attorney should review and negotiate the LOI and lease documents. Real estate law has specific pitfalls which may not be evident to a non-real estate attorney or lay persons.

Most office leases in multi-tenant buildings are called "gross" or “Full Service Gross,” which means that stated base rent is all-inclusive. You will find that landlords and their brokers often use those terms incorrectly and really mean "Modified Gross" which means that operating expenses for the building/project are passed through to tenants. If the building is a single-tenant building, the lease is usually "triple net" (meaning that tenant pays taxes, insurance, and maintenance expenses, in addition to rent). Single-tenant building leases are unlikely to be considered by new businesses and are not discussed here.

Letter of Intent Your broker begins drafting the LOI, which should identify: parties; property; leased premises and size; rent (any escalations); term (extension/early termination rights); expansion options; if applicable, tenant's proportionate share of operating or common area expenses (“CAM”) and any "cap" or exclusions from CAM; tenant improvements (“TIs”); scope/responsibility for TIs and TI allowance; permitted uses (broader is better); exceptions to usual assignment/subletting prohibitions; parking; heating/ventilation/air conditioning (“HVAC”) hours and after-hours charges; early occupancy rights; and site-specific issues. LOI negotiations usually occur at the broker/tenant-to-landlord level, but your attorney's review and input are essential. Unfortunate choices of LOI language often result in later landlord intractability during lease negotiations.

Today's excess of office space is an opportune time for credit-worthy tenants to go office shopping. Do not be surprised if a landlord seeks protection by requiring a personal guarantee. If landlord requires a guarantee, try to delete it then, rather than waiting for the lease draft-

ing/negotiation stage when you are unlikely to prevail.

Ultimately, if you are a non-credit worthy fledgling business, you will likely have to provide a guarantor.

Lease Often, LOIs are not signed but become “roadmaps” for lease drafting. Landlords typically draft the lease for tenant's review. Leases can vary from fully customized to a “standard” AIR© (Commercial Real Estate Association) form with interlineations/addenda. You and your broker will review the draft to ensure that your LOI terms are included. Your real estate lawyer should review, discuss potential issues and prepare a response.

A tenant's business/legal issues in most leases of limited size and term involve: (1) cost control, (2) building control, and (3) risk allocation. Relative bargaining strength between tenant and landlord will be determinative. a. Cost Control Tenant Improvements. If landlord is performing TIs using a TI allowance, include a substantial completion date; eliminate/limit construction management/oversight fees; require competitively bid contracts; specify guaranteed maximum sum/stipulated sum construction contracts; and prohibit continued on page 5...

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amendment of plans/specifications without tenant's consent.

Common Area Maintenance Costs ("CAM"). This is the fastest way to get into trouble. You and your broker should review the building's CAM charge history. Most tenants and unsophisticated brokers do not carefully review CAM provisions or the building's prior history. Requesting a CAM cap is the easiest way to limit exposure. If landlord balks, respond with a “laundry list” of CAM exclusions and obtain audit rights of landlord's books/records. b. Building Control Alterations. If asked, landlords typically allow tenants to make cosmetic, non-structural alterations costing less than a specified amount individually/in the aggregate per lease year. Related is tenant's obligation to remove alterations at termination. At a minimum, tenant should not be required to remove initial tenant improvements.

Relocation. Try to avoid landlord's right to relocate tenant which is expensive and interferes with operations.

After-Hours Use. Landlords typically limit HVAC use to specified business hours, so specify an hourly rate for after-hours HVAC use.

interruption. Landlords are typically not so obligated.

Carefully review with your insurance agent and lawyer the insurance and indemnity provisions. Your insurance agent will determine whether existing policies are sufficient, additional coverage is needed or will suggest other required changes.

Claudia Kihano Parker, Esq. of Parker Law Group, Inc. is located in Laguna Hills, California, www.parkerlawgroup.com. Ms. Parker's experience includes commercial real estate, finance and general business law. She has extensive experience representing business and non-profit organizations regarding their business, finance and real estate matters as well as various private and publicly traded clients with business interests and facilities world-wide in the technology, manufacturing and business process outsourcing fields.

Executive Editor: Josh Teeple, Crowe Horwath LLP. (714) 668-1234 josh.teeple@crowehorwath.com Managing Editor/Contributing Writer: Debra Shrider.

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Welcome New Please say hello and introduce yourself Christine O' Connor, Independent Distributor, Neways Healthy Homes 949 293-2078 Email: csoconnor@ca.rr.com URL: http://healthyoptions.ineways.com Long before “Safe” and “Toxin – free” were words that consumers cared about, the US based Neways developed a range of personal care, household and nutritional supplements that are free from over 3000 chemically controversial ingredients still used by our competitors. Neways' sales top $750 million, with the biggest market share in Japan, Australia, Europe and the UK, where health and safety regulations are far more stringent. Contact Christine to find out how you can enjoy a healthier personal lifestyle or develop your own business opportunity in a rapidly expanding market.

Martyn Christian, Chief Marketing Officer, Kofax Email: martyn.christian@kofax.com

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Martyn serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Kofax. He is responsible for all marketing initiatives and oversees the brand, product, industry and field marketing functions. Kofax® automates informationintensive processes to help enterprises streamline operations, increase productivity and better engage with their customers for competitive advantage and growth. Kofax serves banking, insurance, government, healthcare and other industries via its direct sales force and a global network of more than 800 authorized partners in 75 countries.

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Deirdre O Neill Machin is the principal of the O'Neill Group, a full-service event, conference, meeting and incentive company specializing in producing high-quality, world class events for corporations and non-profits. Originally from Dublin, Ireland Deirdre has been based in the US for 20 years. She has extensive international experience in the event, incentive and travel industry, and is a member of several professional industry groups. Contact Deirdre to take your next event to a higher level.

John Stacey, President/Owner - Copy U.S. Inc/The Label Alliance 949 463-3872 Email: jastacey360@yahoo.com

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As the owner of two companies – Copy U.S. Inc. and The Label Alliance Inc., John provides one–stop print shopping for businesses of all sizes. Copy U.S. Inc. utilizes a high volume digital printing equipment, capable of producing a everything from the simplest one piece black and white piece, to business forms, to full-color, multi-page bound catalogs, media guides, seminar/instruction manuals or similar publications. The Label Alliance uses a continuous web process (flexography) and produces custom labels, tags and hang-tags, for an infinite variety of industries and applications.

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Email: scott.sparks@proximagroup.com URL: www.proximagroup.com Scott is President of Proxima’s North America business. He works closely with large organizations helping them to dramatically reduce their cost base and improve business performance. Proxima brings a different approach to cost take out through optimizing supplier relationships and improving business operations at the same time. The end result is greater shareholder value, achieved by aligning the full power of the broader supply market with their clients’ business objectives.

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DocuSource helps companies achieve higher profits via improvements in all aspects concerning documents. This includes software to reduce paper and utilize automated workflow software to create significant efficiencies. DocusSource also provides Ricoh copiers, printers and scanners and are a HP authorized servicing dealer. Contact them for printer and copier fleets.

Sarah Fedecky, Sales Event Manager, Hornblower Cruises & Events 949 650- 2412 Ext 3305 Email: sfedecky@hornblower.com URL: www.hornblower.com Hornblower Cruises & Events has been California's leading charter yacht and public dining cruise company for 30 years. With 35 distinct vessels, ranging from cozy, custom-designed catamarans to the 3 largest dining yachts on the West Coast, Hornblower welcomes guests for classic sightseeing and dining cruises, corporate outings, weddings, special events, environmental tours and film shoots.

Brad Larsen, President, Rover Doctor 949 462-0648 Email: brad@roverdoctor.com

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Brad is the owner of the Rover Doctor a company that has been in continuous operation in the Irvine Auto Center since 1999. The staff has been trained in Land Rover/Jaguar dealerships, professional technical schools and state of the art college technical training courses. They are a proud member of the Automotive Service Councils of California (ASCCA) which requires the highest standards of ethics for its members. According to Brad, they strive to keep as much of your money in your pocket as possible. Service anyone?

Linda Sellheim, Consultant/Educator Email: lindasellheim@gmail.com

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Linda is an Artist/Educator who teaches at the Laguna College of Art & Design. Combining her years of experience in management, creative direction and new technology her consulting business creates unique eLearning and instructional design solutions for industry and education.

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Glen is a seasoned investment banking professional with over 14 years in the financial investment industry with a proven track record of identifying and capturing market opportunities. As Chairman and CEO he will be responsible to facilitate long-term company growth through an extensive acquisition strategy developed to acquire reliable, growth oriented and environmentally responsible companies.

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Immigration implications of personnel actions A more subtle personnel action that could impact foreign

By Mitch Wexler, Esq. nationals on visas is certain job changes. Most work visas Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP are not only employer specific but job specific as well.

Therefore, some promotions or job changes, if “material”, Those in the US on one type of working can affect the visa status of the foreign national. In some visa or another have things to worry cases an “amended visa petition” must be filed in order to about in addition to the particular personmaintain valid visa status. nel action they are impacted by. It is bad enough being made redundant. It is worse to learn that you are out of lawful visa status upon being terminated!

Reductions in Force (RIF) are the most common personnel actions impacting foreign nationals working in the US. It is critical for foreign nationals to be aware that in most employment authorized visa categories, there is no grace period when laid off. Most work visas are tied to a particular job, with a particular company. At the stroke of midnight on the date of termination, the foreign national is considered “out of lawful immigration status”. This is so even though his or her entry card is still valid to a future date. In some cases it may be appropriate to make an application for “change of visa status” to another visa category, if eligible or to apply for a “change of employer” in the same visa category if fortunate enough to secure subsequent employment. Interestingly, in the H-1B and O-1 work visa categories, there is an employer requirement to pay for the reasonable cost of transportation home for the terminated foreign national. The obligation does not extend to household goods or family members.

A RIF by a company may also adversely impact a foreign national's “green card” process. In most cases, a green card application process cannot be commenced if the employer laid off even 1 worker in the same or similar occupation as the foreign national, in the same location for 6 months. There are some exceptions but for the most part, this will delay the filing of an application which may be an issue if the applicant is edging towards the end of his or her period as a work authorized nonimmigrant.

Foreign nationals must be super vigilant in maintaining valid visa status. A violation may later rear its ugly head and cause problems during the green card application process.

Mitch Wexler has been practicing immigration law for 27 years.

He is certified as a Specialist by the State Bar of California in immigration & nationality law. Mitch is a Partner of the worlds' largest immigration law firm and is resident in its Irvine, CA office.

He sits on the firm's Executive Committee. Mitch has also been a member and Board member of the BABCOC for over 15 years.

He can be reached at mwexler@fragomen.com

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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS… Congratulations to BABC member Diane Mondini, Founder and CEO of Caring Companions At Home who was named Orange County's Visionary Women of the Year by the Alzheimer's Association of Orange County and was honored at a luncheon held at the Marriott Hotel, Newport Beach on September 28th.

Congrats also to BABC member Island Hotel for receiving its 21st AAA (Automobile Association of America) Five Diamond Award for the 21st consecutive year, recognizing the luxury Orange County resort as one of the nation's top lodging destinations for 2012.

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Keep Calm and Carry On...

I don't know about you, but the iconic image associated with these words seems to be everywhere I look these days. So I my interest was piqued enough to look up the origin of this meme... According to Wikipedia, the poster was initially produced by the Ministry of Information at the beginning of the Second World War. It was intended to be distributed in order to strengthen morale in the event of a wartime disaster.

Over 2,500,000 copies were printed, although the poster was distributed only in limited numbers. In 2000, a copy of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster was rediscovered in Barter Books a second-hand bookshop in Northumberland.

Since Crown Copyright expires on artistic works created by the UK government after 50 years, the image is now in the public domain.

The poster has appeared on the walls of places as diverse as the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit at 10 Downing Street, the Lord Chamberlain's office at Buckingham Palace, and the United States embassy in Belgium and now on the pages of the Patriot, so Keep Calm and Carry On...

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Important Considerations in International Contracts

By Thomas A. Fasel, Fasel & Fasel LLP If a business deals in goods or services internationally, certain contractual terms become of heightened importance and should be given special attention in drafting the international contract.

Although most businesses do not wish to consider the possibility that a party may not perform as required, a lawsuit may ultimately be the only means by which a business may recover damages or obtain performance from a breaching party. In view of such circumstances, domestic and international businesses should be cognizant of their rights in drafting, analyzing or agreeing to an international contract and the means by which to minimize their costs in pursuing appropriate remedies. Specifically, if a dispute arises between the contracting parties, questions relating to which court or tribunal will hear the matter, which location is appropriate, which body of law will apply and the payment of legal fees are of great importance and often provide significant cost-saving advantages to the party that negotiates friendly or self-serving contractual terms.

Generally, at the time of contract formation, parties are permitted to privately agree to which court has jurisdiction over the dispute, the location the dispute will be heard and which body of law will apply to govern the dispute. For instance, if a California manufacturer is selling goods to a European buyer, the California manufacturer may draft its contract for the sale of goods to require that all disputes be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of California, that California law will apply and that all disputes be determined through binding arbitration in Orange County, California. Some possible advantages in requiring such clauses often include (1) deterring the likelihood of a lawsuit, (2) reduction of legal fees, (3) predictability as to

the outcome of any breach, (4) insuring the dispute is governed by a fair and just legal system, (5) requiring that the dispute be litigated in a party's native language and (6) the reduction of travel costs and time barriers. As a general measure, it is typically a strategic advantage to a business involved in an international dispute to require litigation be performed in its own jurisdiction, with the application of domestic law.

Additionally, the payment of legal fees in an international dispute often comes as an unwelcome surprise to unprepared litigants. Although most American law stems from and is largely based on English law, a major difference is that in the United States, litigants are required to bear their own legal fees and costs, regardless of which party is ultimately successful. This is known as the 'American Rule' and is in conflict with the 'English Rule' which generally requires the non-prevailing party to pay the prevailing party's legal fees.

One exception to the American Rule, which allows for the prevailing party to recover legal fees, is if the parties have privately agreed to the recovery of legal fees in their contractual agreement. Thus, it is often imperative for a business to include a clause in its international contracts requiring the non-prevailing party in a dispute to pay the prevailing party's legal fees in order to reduce costly litigation-related legal fees and deter frivolous lawsuits altogether.

A qualified international attorney can assist a business operating internationally in drafting enforceable contractual clauses to substantially limit liability, reduce legal fees, provide predictability and deter meritless actions.

Contributing writer Thomas A. Fasel, Fasel & Fasel LLP (California Attorney & Solicitor England & Wales) is a BABC member. www.fasellawyers.com 714-966-2008 taf@fasellaw.com

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