So generally it is the chiefs who have been managing these lands and entering into negotiations with the investors who area acquiring land for biofuel production."
VOA: standard.2009.08.23
Bypassing his investment bankers, Mittal, along with Akhil Gupta, Bharti's joint managing director, led the negotiations with Vodafone over several months.
In both negotiations, strong pressure was brought to bear by those in the State and Defense Departments responsible for managing the U.S.-Japanese bilateral relationship not to push Japan beyond where its negotiators said they could go.