The FairWinds Advisory Board

FairWinds Partners benefits from the strategic guidance of proven experts from diverse fields.

Naotaka Matsukata
Managing Director, Six Trees Partners, LLC

As Managing Director for Six Trees Partners, Naotaka Matsukata advises multinational corporate and international public sector clients on global trade, investment and regulatory issues in Asia and Europe. He advises sovereign governments on economic, trade and investment policies, as well as economic policy planning. For private sector clients, he develops strategies addressing the complex regulatory and political challenges confronting organizations of global scope. Prior to Six Trees, Dr. Matsukata was Senior Vice President for Global Policy for Mylan Corp., one of the world’s largest generic pharmaceutical companies. Before joining Mylan, he was a Senior Policy Advisor at the law firm Alston & Bird, LLP for five years where he led the International Strategic Business Practice. Previously, Dr. Matsukata was director of policy planning for U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick and served as advisor to the USTR, where he currently serves as a member of the private sector Trade and Environmental Policy Advisory Committee. From 1995 to 2000, he served as senior policy advisor to United States Senator Joseph I. Lieberman. Dr. Matsukata has a B.F.A. from New York University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Japanese history from Harvard University, where he also served on the faculty. He is currently an adjunct professor of Japanese history at SAIS, the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

Nils Montan
Trademark Consultant

Nils Victor Montan has over 30 years of experience as an intellectual property lawyer and consultant in various settings, including private practice with law firms, 14 years as Vice President and Senior Intellectual Property Counsel with Warner Bros., and 2 years as the President of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coaliton (the "IACC"). During the time he was at Warner Bros., Nils was also a Member of the Board of Directors, an Officer and a President of the International Trademark Association (the "INTA"). Mr. Montan is the author of the book "Trademark Counterfeiting In Asia And the Pacific Rim" (2000) and the chapter on AntiCounterfeiting in the book "Famous And Well-Known Trademarks." He also co-authored a chapter entitled "How To Build An Effective Anti-Counterfeiting Program," in the book "Trademark Counterfeiting," as well as many articles concerning intellectual property published in journals and magazines. In recent years, Mr. Montan has devoted much of his attention to the intersection of law and Social Media. He is the owner of two well-known membership websites, IPAlly and Law & Social Media.

Caroline Pearlstein
Consultant

Caroline Pearlstein, an attorney with nearly 20 years of intellectual property experience, will now be assisting FairWinds as a Consultant and Advisory Board Member. In 2008, Ms. Pearlstein served as Marketing, Trademarks and Operations Counsel for the Glaceau International Business Unit of The Coca-Cola Company. Prior to accepting the position with Glaceau International, Ms. Pearlstein worked for 12 years as Trademark Counsel for The Coca-Cola Company, where she handled all aspects of trademark law for North America and various foreign jurisdictions of Coke. Ms. Pearlstein’s duties as Trademark Counsel included the clearance and prosecution of trademarks, the prevention of and defense against third-party conflicts and the handling of multi-billion dollar acquisitions of intellectual property. In 1996, Ms. Pearlstein authored The Coca-Cola Company's first and subsequently long-standing Internet enforcement policy and implementation guidelines and procedures. Ms. Pearlstein has served as past President of the Corporate Counsel Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and as a Board Member and Vice President of Advocacy and Communications for the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. Ms. Pearlstein received her JD from UCLA School of Law and is a member of the State Bars of California, Georgia, and Washington, D.C.

Katie Kendal Richards
Consultant

Prior to working as Director, Europe for FairWinds Partners and European Liaison for the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse from 2009 to 2010, Ms. Richards served on FairWinds’ Advisory board. Katie worked at Credit Suisse from 2000 to 2009, and served in a number of roles across bank divisions, most recently as Director responsible for Innovation and Implementation with in Global Research. Previous positions in the bank include Business Risk Manager for Marketing Corporate Center for CS Private and Retail Banking; Risk Manager, Controls and Compliance for on-line e-trading; Head of Web Identity and Usability at CS Group; and as a Senior Investment Manager for CS Private Banking. In addition to her wealth of experience, Ms. Richards is a certified financial risk manager by the Global Association of Risk Practitioners (GARP) and a certified Lean Sigma Black Belt in Operational Excellence. Before Credit Suisse, Ms. Richards was a financial risk management consultant for IBM Switzerland and worked in derivatives sales for Salomon Brothers in New York, London and Zurich. Ms. Richards has a Masters of Philosophy in International Relations from King’s College in Cambridge, United Kingdom and a Masters of Science in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School in London. She completed her Bachelor of Commerce degree at McGill University and her Diploma of Collegial Studies at John Abbott College, both in Montreal, Canada.

Arthur Silverstein
Trademark Consultant

Arthur Silverstein has been a corporate trademark attorney throughout his career, working in the law departments of J. C. Penney Company and Nabisco Brands, Inc. before joining Pfizer Inc. in 1990. He became the head of Pfizer's Trademark Department in 1995 and retired from Pfizer as Assistant General Counsel in January 2008. Mr. Silverstein has been an active member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) for many years, having served on the Board of Directors, the Editorial Board of the Trademark Reporter and the U.S. Legislation Committee. He also represented Pfizer in the Pharmaceuticals Trade Marks Group (PTMG) and chaired the U.S. Trademark Law Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) from 2002-04. Art is currently Deputy Publisher of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, a monthly print and online publication serving the corporate legal community.