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Christoph A. Pereira

Christoph A. Pereira

General Electric Company
Chief Corporate, Securities & Finance Counsel
Fairfield, CT, USA


Christoph A. Pereira

Mr. Pereira serves as General Electric Company's Chief Corporate, Securities & Finance Counsel. He oversees all legal matters for GE and its businesses relating to global securities law, corporate governance, corporate finance and corporate law. Mr. Pereira joined GE in March of 2007. 

From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Pereira served as Vice President of Legal Affairs & Secretary of Exelixis, a NASDAQ-listed biotechnology company based in South San Francisco. He reported to the CEO and was a member of the Company's executive management committee with responsibility for a wide range of general counsel duties.

Before joining Exelixis, Mr. Pereira practiced law at Sullivan & Cromwell's New York and Silicon Valley offices from 1998 to 2004. He specialized in mergers and acquisitions, securities law and private equity.

From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Pereira clerked at the Federal Courts in Austria.

Mr. Pereira received his law degrees from the University of Chicago Law School and the University of Vienna Law School, and is a CFA charterholder.

Mr. Pereira is a frequent speaker on securities, finance and board related matters.

Christoph A. Pereira is associated with the following items:
Web Segment  Web Segment Disclosure Developments and Challenges - Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Annual Reporting Practices and Shareholder Meeting - Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Corporate Governance and Shareholder Proposals - Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Say-on-Pay - The 2012 Experience and Preparing for 2013 - Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Developments and Best Practices in Executive Compensation - Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments , Thursday, December 06, 2012
MP3 Audio  MP3 Audio Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments - Say-on-Pay - The 2012 Experience and Preparing for 2013 - Say-on-Pay - The 2012 Experience and Preparing for 2013 , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments - Developments and Best Practices in Executive Compensation - Developments and Best Practices in Executive Compensation , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments - Disclosure Developments and Challenges - Disclosure Developments and Challenges , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments - Annual Reporting Practices and Shareholder Meeting - Annual Reporting Practices and Shareholder Meeting , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments - Corporate Governance and Shareholder Proposals - Corporate Governance and Shareholder Proposals , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Transcripts  Transcripts Corporate Governance and Shareholder Proposals - Corporate Governance and Shareholder Proposals , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Developments and Best Practices in Executive Compensation - Developments and Best Practices in Executive Compensation , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Annual Reporting Practices and Shareholder Meeting - Annual Reporting Practices and Shareholder Meeting , Thursday, December 06, 2012
MP4 - Mobile Video Seg  MP4 - Mobile Video Seg Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments - Annual Reporting Practices and Shareholder Meeting - Annual Reporting Practices and Shareholder Meeting , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments - Corporate Governance and Shareholder Proposals - Corporate Governance and Shareholder Proposals , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments - Disclosure Developments and Challenges - Disclosure Developments and Challenges , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments - Say-on-Pay - The 2012 Experience and Preparing for 2013 - Say-on-Pay - The 2012 Experience and Preparing for 2013 , Thursday, December 06, 2012
Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments - Developments and Best Practices in Executive Compensation - Developments and Best Practices in Executive Compensation , Thursday, December 06, 2012
On-Demand Web Programs  On-Demand Web Programs Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments , Tuesday, December 18, 2012 , New York, NY
Audio CD  Audio CD Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments , Tuesday, January 01, 2013 , New York, NY
DVD Video  DVD Video Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments , Tuesday, January 15, 2013 , New York, NY
LiveSeminar  Live Seminar Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments , Monday, December 03, 2012 , New York, NY
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