Charleston, SC – Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP is pleased to announce that the Charleston Regional Business Journal has selected Elizabeth Gibbes among its Women of Influence honorees. The award recognizes women for their career accomplishments, community involvement, and dedication to mentoring. Honorees are chosen by a panel of previous award recipients and the publication’s editorial staff.
A partner in the firm’s Charleston office, Elizabeth leads Parker Poe’s International Business Practice, helping to coordinate how the firm serves clients around the world. In 2019, she was appointed honorary consul for Germany for South Carolina and Georgia. In this role, she helps represent the interests of German businesses and citizens in designated counties in eastern South Carolina and eastern Georgia. She is a dual-national of German descent. Elizabeth focuses her legal practice on advising foreign-owned companies on issues such as corporate formation, shareholder agreements, employment agreements, as well as negotiating stock and asset acquisitions. She also advises clients on commercial transactions involving the purchase, sale, and financing of equipment, inventory, and other commercial goods, and on business immigration.
Elizabeth has served on the Charleston Regional Development Alliance board since 2016 and on the Global Fluency Advisory Committee for Global Charleston since its inception. The Global Fluency initiative works to ensure that Charleston is a globally friendly community that understands different cultures and offers resources to global companies and international residents. She is also active with the German American Chamber of Commerce (GACC-South) and previously served on the board of Upstate International.
Elizabeth will be honored during an event on October 10 in Charleston and in a special print edition of the Charleston Regional Business Journal.
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