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Mr.
Lenard is a Partner, member of the Board of Directors
and a senior investment professional of Craton. In 1993
Michael joined WES&S as Counselor, shortly thereafter
becoming a Managing Director. Previously, Michael had
been a Partner in the international law firm of Latham
& Watkins, where he specialized in private investment
funds, international and domestic joint ventures, entertainment
transactions and other private and closely held transactions
and structures. |
Michael
has served in a variety of senior leadership positions
in Olympic and international sport for over twenty years.
He remains actively involved with senior USOC executives
on a number of discrete projects and strategy. Michael
is one of twenty worldwide members of the Swiss-based
international body that oversees and operates the Court
that adjudicates Olympic and international sports disputes.
Michael was a 1984 Olympian in Team Handball.
Michael attended the New York University and University
of Southern California Law Schools, and was graduated
from the latter with a Juris Doctor Degree and was a
member of the Order of the Coif and Law Review. Michael
was graduated with distinction with a Bachelor’s
Degree in Business Administration in both Accounting
and Finance from the University of Wisconsin, where
he was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma
and Beta Alpha Psi national scholastic honor societies
and was named a semi-finalist for the Outstanding Undergraduate
Achievement Award. |