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Gastón de los Reyes, Jr.
Strategic Management & Public Policy Department ● The George Washington University School of Business
gdlr@gwu.edu ● http://business.gwu.edu/profiles/gaston-de-los-reyes-jr ● 202-994-5189 (w) ● 413-687-2013 (c)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS · 2014-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy
EDUCATION
THE WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2014
Ph.D. in Ethics & Legal Studies with sub-concentration in Management
Dissertation: “No Contractual Rights without Perfection Rites”
Reinventing the Freedom of Contract with Formality
Committee: Alan Strudler (Chair & Advisor), Thomas Donaldson, G. Richard Shell
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW · 2003
J.D. magna cum laude
BOSTON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES · 2003
M.A. in Philosophy
HARVARD COLLEGE · 1996
A.B. cum laude in Philosophy
Honors thesis titled Consciousness and Revolution in Marx’s Theory of History
RESEARCH AND TEACHING SPECIALTIES
Business Ethics & Law; Corporate Responsibility & Strategy; Contracting & Transactional Governance
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Publications under Review
de los Reyes, G. & Kim, T. W. Oil and Water or Peas in a Pod? Making Sense of Behavioral and
Normative Approaches to Business Ethics (R&R Academy of Management Learning &
Education)
de los Reyes, G., Scholz, M. & Smith, N. C. Beyond the “Win-Win”: Creating Shared Value Requires
Ethical Frameworks (under review California Management Review)
Scholz, M., de los Reyes, G. & Smith, N. C. Evaluating the Monological Critique of ISCT, Realizing the
Promise of Donaldsonian Pelican Gambits (R&R Business Ethics Quarterly)
Book Chapters
de los Reyes, G. & Scholz, M. 2015. Responsibility for Realizing the Promise of Shared Value in: Smith,
N. Craig and Lenssen, Gilbert: Managing the Sustainable Enterprise (Springer) (forthcoming)
Scholz, M. & de los Reyes, G. 2015. Management von Shared Value – eine legitime Corporate Strategy
in: Schneider, Andreas and Schmidpeter, Rene (Eds.): Corporate Social Responsibility:
Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung in Theorie und Praxis, Berlin et al. (Springer): 543555.
Law Reviews
Appearance of Impartiality in the Repub. Party v. White Court’s Opinion, 83 B. U. L. REV. 465 (2003)
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INVITED TALKS
Presentation of the Scholar-in-Residence (June 2015). Center for Corporate Governance & Business
Ethics, FHWien University of Applied Sciences, Vienna Austria.
“We can, so I will”: The Tenability of Decency in Corporate Contracting (February 2015). Georgetown
Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics
Who’s Responsible? Sustainability, Purpose and Organizational Character (April 2012)
MBA workshop, Boston University School of Management sponsored by Net Impact chapter
Of Pinto Fires and HIV Cures, Do you think corporate counsel can do better for the public?
(March 2012) Student presentation Boston University School of Law
Before and After: The Evolution of Commercial Legal Practice Since 2007 (October 2011)
Cleary Gottlieb 2011 Alumni CLE day. Invited member of professional responsibility panel
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
How Pelican Gambits Bolster the Resiliency of ISCT to the Monological Critique (October 2014) (with
Markus Scholz and N. Craig Smith). Invited presentation for Thomas Donaldson Festschrift
Oil and Water or Peas in a Pod? Making Sense of Behavioral and Normative Approaches to Business
Ethics (August 2014) (with Tae Wan Kim). Panel, Society for Business Ethics, Philadelphia
Fulfilling the Promise of CSV with SWONT (with Markus Scholz). (August 2014) Academy of
Management, Philadelphia PA
Creating Shared Value and Legitimacy with SWONT (September 2013) (with Markus Scholz)
Corporate Responsibility Research Conference, Graz Austria
Business Ethics: Field, Sub-Field or Flavor of the Day? (August 2013) (with Smita Trivedi and Alberto
Willi) Professional Development Workshop. Academy of Management, Orlando FL
Be Still My Fear for Loss: Perfectionism as Moral Strategy in Business Contracting (August 2013)
Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Boston MA
Why Perfectionism Disarms Opportunism in Contractual Relations (April 2013)
North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association, Boston MA
Disarming Opportunism: The Virtue of Forbearance in the Enforcement of Contracts (February 2013)
Eighth International Conference on Contracts, Fort Worth, TX
Cutting through Managerial Isolationism (August 2012) Society for Business Ethics Conference, Boston
Re-Thinking Teaching of Business and Society Courses in Business Schools (June 2012)
Co-leader of workshop at the Int’l Association for Business & Society Conference, Asheville, NC
The Pragmatics of Managerial Discourse and the Political Imperative to Provide Goods
(March 2012) Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism
The Buckner Method and the Group Practice of Pro Bono (December 2011)
Presentation to Wharton Legal Studies & Business Ethics faculty
The Concept of Strategy 40 Years Later: What Happened to Andrews’s Vision for Business Policy?
(August 2011) Panel organizer for Academy of Management, San Antonio, selected by Business
Policy & Strategy and Social Issues in Management Divisions as Showcase Symposium
Do we need academic ethics? Business Consulting and the Integrity of Academic Research (August 2011)
Workshop presentation for Society for Business Ethics conference, San Antonio.
Pro Bono as a Virtue of the Law Firm. A qualitative study (June & January 2011)
Law & Society conference, San Francisco; Wharton Legal Studies & Business Ethics
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Corporate Capabilities and the Global AIDS Epidemic (August & April 2010)
Society for Business Ethics Conference, Montreal; Wharton Legal Studies & Business Ethics
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor · Business Law and Ethics (Fall 2014; Spring 2015) GWUSB (undergraduate)
Lecturer · Introduction to Law and the Legal Process (Summers 2014, 2012)
The Wharton School (undergraduate)
Lecturer · Corporate Responsibility and Ethics (Summer 2013; Summer 2011)
The Wharton School (undergraduate).
Teaching Assistant · Responsibility in Global Management (Spring 2014, 2013)
The Wharton School (MBA). Profs. Strudler, Donaldson
Teaching Assistant · Corporate Responsibility and Ethics (Fall 2013, Spring 2012; Spring 2011)
The Wharton School (undergraduate). Profs. Robertson, Donaldson, Laufer
Teaching Assistant · International Business Ethics (Fall 2011)
The Wharton School (undergraduate, MBA, JD elective). Prof. Diana Robertson
Subject Matter Expert · LawWithoutWalls.org (Springs 2013, 2014)
Teaching Assistant · Introduction to the Judicial Process (Spring 2003)
Boston University Political Science. Taught two 20-student recitals
Teacher · Critical Thinking (Spring 1999), UMass Boston Urban Scholars (high school)
Teacher · Business & Economics (Fall 1998), St. Andrew’s, Buenos Aires (high school)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP · New York, NY (2007-2009)
Associate · Latin America corporate practice; pro bono (sample deals on Exhibit A hereto)
Practice Highlight: Lead associate representing Mexican firm in negotiations with bank syndicate
funding $2.3 billion M&A loan during aftermath of financial crisis*
BULKLEY, RICHARDSON & GELINAS LLP · Springfield, MA (2004-2006)
Associate · General commercial litigation
Practice Highlight: Lead associate in successful appeal before Supreme Judicial Court (448
Mass. 425) on behalf of regional hospital in employment dispute
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, FIRST CIRCUIT · San Juan, PR (2003-2004)
Law Clerk for Judge Juan R. Torruella
BIRD STREET COMMUNITY CENTER· Boston, MA (1999-2000)
Site Coordinator and Literacy Program Coordinator. School-age child-care program.
JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS & BARING ASSET MANAGEMENT· Boston, MA (1996-1998)
Investment Analyst with money management team (global equities)
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW, Executive Editor (2002-2003)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW, Editorial Staff (2001-2002)
HARVARD CRIMSON, Editor (1993-1996) (From the Archives series at http://goo.gl/kROA0) *
Deal named 2009 “Best Syndicated Loan of the Year” by LatinFinance and “Latin American Loan of the Year” by International
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DOCTORAL COURSEWORK
Management Theory: Economic Foundations of Management Theory, Psychological and Sociological
Foundations, Corporate Strategy, Organization Theory, Classical Sociological Theory
Legal & Ethical Theory: Foundations of Business Law, Ethics in Economics and Business,
Proseminar in Business Ethics, Aristotle’s Ethics, Topics in Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Research Methods: Research Methods in Management, Qualitative Modes of Inquiry, Advanced Case
Studies & Qualitative Research, Multivariate Regression, Nonparametrics & Log-Linear Models
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Academic Committees: GWSB Senior Awards Committee (2015); University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Research Library Committee (2010-2014); University of Pennsylvania Committee on Open
Expression (2010-2011); Wharton Doctoral Executive Committee (2010-2011)
Reviewer: Honored in 2011 as “Outstanding Reviewer” by Business Strategy & Policy Division,
Academy of Management; Academy of Legal Studies in Business Conference 2013; International
Association of Business and Society 2012; Academy of Management 2010-present: Business Policy
& Strategy and Social Issues in Management Divisions; American Business Law Journal;
International Journal of Case Studies in Management “Dark Side” Case Competitions 2010-11
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / BAR ADMISSIONS
Society for Business Ethics, Academy of Management (SIM, BPS, CMS), Academy of Legal Studies
in Business, Ph.D. Project Management Doctoral Students’ Association, Admitted to New York and
Massachusetts Bars
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REFERENCES
Thomas Donaldson
Mark O. Winkelman Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
644 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-6859
donaldst@wharton.upenn.edu
Diana Robertson
Joseph Kolodny Professor of Social Responsibility in Business
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
671 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-5919
robertsd@wharton.upenn.edu
G. Richard Shell
Thomas Gerrity Professor and Chair, Legal Studies & Business Ethics Department
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
643 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-9525
shellric@wharton.upenn.edu
Alan Strudler
Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
663 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-1221
strudler@wharton.upenn
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EXHIBIT A
REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS WITH CLEARY GOTTLIEB
Ø Represented Grupo Bimbo, a Mexican baked goods company, in $2.3 billion syndicated loan to
fund its acquisition of Weston Foods
Ø Represented Tiendas Soriana, a supermarket chain in Mexico, in $440 million bank loan related
to its purchase of stores from Grupo Gigante
Ø Represented BiCapital, a Guatemalan bank holding company, in $150 million syndicated loan to
fund acquisition of a Honduran bank
Ø Represented lenders in $500 million high yield bond issue (Rule 144A/Reg. S) to refinance debt
of cement conglomerate Cemex (deal failed in the market, March 2009)
Ø Represented Mexican affordable homebuilder, Servicios Corporativos Javer, in $30 million high
yield bond issue (Rule 144A/Reg. S)
Ø Represented Pampa Holding, a holding company for power assets, in $80 million syndicated loan
to expand capacity at an Argentine electricity plant
Ø Counseled Mexican airport, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, in preparation of its annual foreign
private issuer disclosures (Form 20-F) and related matters
Ø In connection with representation of ING in the sale of its Mexican insurance business to AXA,
brought into deal team to manage the development of a deal and post-deal action plan to handle
various sets of high risk insurance policies
Ø In connection with representation of Morgan Stanley in the formation of Morgan Stanley Smith
Barney, brought into deal team to draft and negotiate policies concerning the relationship between
the legacy firms and the advisers in the new firm
Lead or sole associate on all listed assignments
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