Committee Members

Edwin S. Maynard

Mr. Maynard is a partner in the Corporate Department of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he specializes in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, both domestic and cross-border. He is co-head of the Securities Group, head of the firm's Canadian Practice and founder and director of a program in which the firm provides legal advice to microentrepreneurs in Harlem and other neighborhoods in upper Manhattan. Mr. Maynard speaks frequently on a range of capital markets and other securities law topics and has previously served as the sole American representative on the Securities Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission. The Legal Aid Society presented him with its 2001 Public Interest Leadership Award and its 2001 and 2003 Pro Bono Awards. Mr. Maynard is a member of the board of directors of Volunteers of Legal Service, The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice Initiatives Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Classic Stage Company and a trustee of the Gateway School. Mr. Maynard received a B.A. from Princeton University and his law degree from New York University School of Law.

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