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In-House Counsel

Aug. 13, 2009

Merger Maestro

James Strother, General Counsel, Wells Fargo & Co.

By Sara Randazzo
Daily Journal Staff Writer

On a Friday afternoon last September, James Strother was approached with a tremendous task: Work on an offer to acquire Wachovia Corp.

The executive vice president and general counsel of Wells Fargo & Co. got down to work, and by the following Thursday the task was done. Wachovia had accepted Wells Fargo's offer to merge the companies' operations.

"Everything happened very very f...

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