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Chairman and CEO,
DEALTEK Ltd. (founder)
Refer to the DEALTEK website for the current statement of
qualifications.
He specializes in development, expansion, and location
strategies for headquarters and other operating facilities, and clients have
included many Global 500 companies. Companies of all sizes frequently
call upon Rhett to identify, craft, and execute novel cost-savings and
time-savings opportunities for their business initiatives. He takes an
active role in guiding projects, rather than simply delegating the work to
junior staff.
Prior Experience Before founding DEALTEK, Rhett
- directed an expansion and relocation consulting
practice at a "Big 4" firm
- served as a bank COO
- practiced law at a major international law firm
His law practice concentrated on
- industrial and economic development
- business, finance, and real estate deals
- import, export, and related trade matters
Publications and Lectures
- The Negotiating Process : Optimizing Give and Take
- Doing Global Business in a United States
Foreign-Trade Zone
- Sales and Use Tax-Exempt Construction: An
Innovative Economic Development Technique to Help Land the Deal
- Portfolio Transactions : The Anatomy of a Deal
- Doing a Deal in the U.S. : Incentives and the
Project Negotiation Process
Professional Affiliations
Licensed to practice law in Virginia, Washington DC, and New
York
Past Chairman of the D.C. Bar's Real Estate Transactions
Committee
Memberships in various international, national, and regional
economic development and bar associations
Academic Background
Tulane University, BS Management (Finance)
College of William and Mary, Doctor of Jurisprudence
Georgetown University, Executive Certificate in International
Business
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Economic
Development Course
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Contact Information:
Rhett L. Weiss
Chairman and CEO
DEALTEK, Ltd.
PO Box 3214
Los Altos, CA 94024
TEL :
650-965-4190
Toll-Free US:
(866)DEALTEK
Fax:
e-mail :
rweiss@dealtek.com
Website :
www.dealtek.com
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Examples of assistance to major projects
The facility deals have totaled more than $15 billion, with
millions of dollars in cost savings and incentives received.
- Advice throughout the planning process for U.S.
and cross-border initiatives
- forming joint ventures and strategic alliances
- building and acquiring facilities, and
structuring their financing
- securing pro-business legislative changes
- helping companies to establish, and qualify
operations in, enterprise zones and foreign-trade zones
Rhett brings a business, real estate, and tax perspective to
client engagements, supported by unique technology products for project
planning and negotiations
His work addresses many aspects of the project development
process :
- entity formation
- strategic planning
- feasibility analysis
- transaction structuring and negotiations
- permitting and zoning
- facility construction and operations
- capital investment and finance
- infrastructure installation
- company-community relations
- project information management and disclosure
- incentive package design and negotiation
- public hearings and executive sessions
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