Mensah Cone's Resume

Mensah Cone

Executive Legal Consultant

Male

40 y/o

Legal Director/Legal Manager/Supervisor/Legal Specialist/Assistant/Lawyer/Legal Advisor

Live in China

Nationality United States

Summary

Founding Director of a foreign direct investment American and international law consultancy registered in Kunming China (2015): Kunming Black Hawk Business Services - providing strategic legal solutions for China enterprises and international governments for mitigating risk and protecting assets in the United States and British Commonwealth jurisdictions; Key Presentations: Legal Strategies for Mitigating Risks for Chinese Enterprises' U.S. Investments, Introduction to the Foreign State Immunity Law (PRC & U.S.) – A Case Study, Legal Analysis of the Meng Wanzhou Incident (Huawei); Personal Accomplishments: 2014 - 2021 Litigation at the Superior Court of New Jersey defending $1,690,469.05 against, Order to Show Cause for Charging Lien alleging attorney's fees owed and money demands for the Case files FM-07 2157-14 and, FM-07 2157-14E: TOWNSEND, TOMAIO & NEWMARK, L.L.C., LAURIE L., NEWMARK, ESQ., ATTORNEY ID: 0038321998, GREGORY A. PASLER, ESQ., ATTORNEY ID: 020442009 Attorneys at Law, 100 South Jefferson Road, Suite 200, Whippany, New Jersey 07981 v. MENSAH CONE (details available upon request); Successfully asserted Order to Show Cause (inter alia. Equitable Fraud) in the Superior Court of New Jersey: (issued 17 July 2020 by HONORABLE RUSSELL J. PASSAMANO, Judge Superior Court of New Jersey); Successfully asserted legal estoppel in the United States’ Courts: 2020 State (Superior Court of New Jersey) and 2021 Federal Courts (U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri) and, 2025 at International Government Agency(s); Successfully asserted Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violations (2021) before the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri; 2025 Among the first to develop case brief and evidence, pursuant to the Foreign State Immunity Law of the People’s Republic of China for, protecting commercial interest in the territory of the People’s Republic of China at the High Court, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China; Corporate America Experience: 1996 – 2013 Fortune 500 Companies (Prudential Financial, MetLife Insurance and Financial Services): IT Portfolio Strategist, Program and Project Management, Director Level-Project Management Office, IT Governance, IT Finance, Technology Account Executive to the Individual Insurance Business Executives, Systems Engineer; Law Experience: Litigation and Court experience: 2014 – 2023 U.S. Courts: State courts (State of New Jersey), Federal District and Appellate courts (State of Missouri); 2023 – 2025 Research and Preparation for the Foreign State Immunity Law People’s Republic of China - Application; 2025 Submission of the Foreign State Immunity Law Application at the Hong Kong High Court;

Work experience

Executive - International Law Consultant
Kunming Black Hawk Business Services (American and International Law Consultancy)
2015.07-Current
(10 years)
Strategy Consultant / Education – providing risk management and strategic planning for China enterprises and international governments for protecting assets in United States and British Commonwealth jurisdictions: (1) Assess and report the services of top U.S. law firms for the advantage of China Enterprises (negotiations and contract review), (2) Manage the relationship between U.S. law firms for the benefit of China enterprises, (3) Provide legal consultation of the legal services and lawsuit status through executive presentations for China individuals, executives and board of directors being represented by U.S. law firms; Education and Training for our Clients: United States Constitution and Laws, Rules of Procedures and Evidence, Case Law, Foreign State Immunity Law of the People’s Republic of China, Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act of the United States, Global Injunctions, Applications for freezing Orders and Global Internet Content Removal, Legal Estoppel, Protecting Criminal Defendants (fraud, money laundering, foreign corrupt practices act - bribery), Anti-dumping, countervailing duties, Safeguarding National Security Ordinance Instrument A305 Hong Kong, SAR of the People’s Republic of China “HKSAR”, Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance Cap 455 HKSAR, Immigration Ordinance Cap 115 HKSAR, Marriage Ordinance Cap 181 HKSAR, International Conventions, Customary International Law; Legal Portfolio, Program and Project Management: Prioritizing, Strategy, Planning, Program and Project Management for internal, corporate and government (client) legal initiatives; Business Development: Individual, and corporate client acquisition and, relationship management; Consultation: Legal Portfolio, Program and Project Strategic Planning, Risk Assessment and Risk Analysis for individual, corporate and government clients; China Law Firm Engagements: Providing of private consultations, lectures, and cross-border legal service training at Zhong yin (affiliated office), a top-tier law firm in Beijing; Conducted private consultation at De he Heng (affiliated office), a top-tier law firm in Beijing; Hosting of weekly and bi-weekly status and strategy meetings serving Black Hawk’s corporate and government clients; Implementation of legally binding instruments for Protection of China Enterprise’s Assets in America (also used for individual clients);

Projects

Foreign State Immunity Law of the People's Republic of China
Executive Sponsor
2023.11-Current
(2 years)
Protection of China Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise using the Foreign State Immunity Law of the People's Republic of China

Educational experience

Project Management Institute
Project Management
2005.09-2015.09
(10 years)
PMP-Project Management Institute Certification ongoing training for maintaining certification;
Stanford University
Masters Degree Level - Executive Project Management Certification
2007.01-2009.06
(2 years)
The program blended academic theory with proven project management techniques from leading companies to provide crucial insights and practical tools for managing projects, portfolios and complex systems. The program was created by Stanford Professor Raymond Levitt and was extended as a partnership of the Stanford Center for Professional Development and IPS Learning. Across the 15 years the program was delivered, more than 8,000 professionals from across the world completed the program.