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To: Snowshoe who wrote (101550)	6/24/2013 11:55:55 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219609

direct negotiations.... har har.. u think anyone really trusts the US still É Damn French keyboard.. (PMs) É=?

To: Snowshoe who wrote (101550)	6/25/2013 11:18:16 AM
From: Amelia Carhartt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219609

The law of unintended consequences?

To: Snowshoe who wrote (101550)	6/25/2013 8:06:57 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219609

i generally favor informal dialogue had in my consulting days cut two deals with counterparties of two unrelated clients in sac case i was reporting directly to top boss of client all along the way, even while keeping client's own team and the counterparty's work team in the dark i had held 'official' discussions with client's boss+team, and with client's team and counter-party's team and i held one-on-one meeting w/ boss of counter-party, telling him what is what and what could happen if ... a, b, c in both episodes teams on both sides were shocked at the resolution deal when at the end of the end their boss and i left the room for about 1 minute and returned w/ a done deal worked out over several months even as the across-the-table negotiations and papering were hopelessly gridlocked by various internal issues on both sides the deals were otherwise acrimonious strategic divestment moves on deals and partners gone seriously bad in both cases client got money back 100 cents on the dollar the legal route would have ended in hollow victory even if 'victory'