• U.S. representation for leading aerospace company in production joint venture.



• Representation of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) companies engaged in manufacturing and distribution in the fields of speciality chemicals, rubber, and plastics; home heating oil and bottled gas; and telecommunications equipment and energy systems.



• Representation of Dutch company in the food and beverage business in connection with the purchase of a majority interest in a U.S.-based beverage company.



• Representation of Nasdaq-listed developer and manufacturer of high-efficiency distributed electric power generation.



• Representation of U.S. subsidiary of a Scandinavian steel manufacturer in a technology joint venture with a $1 billion-plus agricultural equipment company.

• "Legal Issues of Exporting" (4/2008) presented at Biomedical Engineering Alliance & Consortium program



• "How to Grow Your Business Internationally" (4/2008) presented at U.S. Department of Commerce District Export Council program



• Concept author of Intellectual Property Deskbook for the Business Lawyer, a Transactions-Based Guide to Intellectual Property Law, a book published by the American Bar Association's Section of Business Law (2007)



• Coauthored a feature article published in The Litigator entitled "Contracting to Avoid Cross-Border Litigation, a US Perspective" (11/2007)



• Presentation entitled "China - Strategies for Middle Market Businesses" at the Spring Meeting of the Connecticut Society of CPA's (5/2007)


Additional Publications and Presentations

• New York, DC, and Connecticut Bar Associations
• International Bar Association
• Immediate Past Chair, American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Committee of the Business Law Section
• Executive Committee Member and former Chair, Connecticut Bar Association, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section
• Advisory Committee, Information Technology Conflict Management of the International Institute of Conflict Prevention & Resolution
• U.S. Department of Commerce District Export Council
• Former Advisory Board Member, Connecticut Innovation, Inc.
• Chair of International Committee, State Capital Global Law Firm Group
• Former Advisory Board Member, Clean Energy Fund, which invests in enterprises involved in the development, production, and use of energy from renewable sources
• Board of Directors, Biomedical Engineering Alliance & Consortium
• British American Business Council in the Midlands
• Connecticut Technology Council
• German American Chamber of Commerce
• The Best Lawyers in America, listed
• Licensing Executives Society (LES)
• Chair, International Committee of U.S. Law Firm Group

• J.D., University of Michigan
• B.S., with honors, Michigan State University, electrical engineering

Mr. Sellay is immediate past Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section. He is a member of the International Bar Association and the Licensing Executives Society. He is also past Chair of the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. He has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2006.

He is a former member of the Advisory Board of the Clean Energy Fund, which invests in enterprises involved in the development, production, and use of energy from renewable sources. Mr. Sellay was appointed by the United States Secretary of Commerce to the Department of Commerce District Export Council. He is a member of the British American Business Council in the Midlands, UK, and the German American Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Sellay was interviewed and quoted in a cover article of the August 2005 issue of Director magazine, a monthly publication for business leaders published in the UK by the Institute of Directors.

Mr. Sellay received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering at Michigan State University, where he was a member of the Honors College and was elected to membership in the Tau Beta Pi honorary society. He held engineering positions with both IBM and Honeywell Corporation. He earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School.

Mr. Sellay is a member of the bars of New York, the District of Columbia, and Connecticut.