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US Ex-Im and TARP officer joins Cozen O’Connor

20 January 2010

TARP chief operating officer, and former US Ex-Im officer joins DC office of law firm Cozen O’Connor.

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Law firm Cozen O’Connor has welcomed a key player in the federal government’s financial crisis response as chief operating officer of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Programme (TARP), and former Export-Import Bank of the United States official, Howard Schweitzer, as a member of its Washington, DC, office.

Schweitzer will provide strategic advisory services to...


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Credit insurers have withstood the crisis admirably settling a high number of claims during 2009. If you are actively involved in trade transactions what percentage of your deal book now enjoys some political or credit risk cover from private insurers?

75% to 100%
33%
50% to 75%
30%
25% to 50%
9%
25% or less
10%
I don’t use private credit insurers
18%

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You ignore LCs at your peril as a trade bank.

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