21,000 100+ 600 160 2018 Directory of Members - Premier Member Firms Lawyers Countries - Lex Mundi
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
2018 Directory of Members 160 Premier Member Firms 21,000 Lawyers 100+ Countries 600 Offices
2018 Directory of Members
Table of Contents Your Global Legal Service Platform
Your Global Legal Service Platform 3 Global Reach. Local Edge.
Seamless Client Solutions 6 To perform globally, you need to have an edge locally. Succeeding
in today's ever-changing global marketplace requires an in-depth
Our Leadership 8 understanding of local cultures, economies, laws, governments,
trends and business climates. This kind of edge not only enhances
Our Client Advisory Council 9 your competitive position, but also allows you to anticipate - and even
influence - changes in the market and to react quickly and effectively.
Our World Ready Member Firms 10
With 160 premier member firms in 100+ countries, you have at your
Listing by Region 11 fingertips an unmatched global service platform.
Contacts by Jurisdiction 15
Indigenous Insight. Innovative Solutions.
Membership Criteria 111 Smart Resourcing.
Our member firms are territory experts and leaders in their jurisdictions.
Service Standards 112
Each has broad knowledge and understanding of their respective markets
Free Advice Policy 114 – how those markets were developed, their peculiarities, their drivers
and their rules and regulations. Through close collaboration, Lex Mundi
Membership Review 117 member firms deliver new perspectives, fresh thinking and rigorous
questioning that are key to innovation in today’s markets. It’s the smart
Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation 118 resourcing that today’s cross-border business environment demands.
Practice Group and Committee Overview 119
Cross-Border Connectivity.
Conference Calendar 120 Ready to Collaborate.
Our member firms work together fluidly and efficiently across borders,
Staff Contact Information 121
often in tight time frames. When the call comes in, they can mobilize
Lex Mundi Sponsors 123 cross-border teams with the combined local perspectives needed to
quickly interpret your opportunities and challenges.
Lex Mundi is World Ready, providing the insight, innovation, resources
and cross-border connections you need to meet the challenges of doing
business in virtually any market, virtually anywhere in the world.
Lex Mundi – The Law Firms that Know Your Markets.
2 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 3
Your Global Legal Service Platform Your Global Legal Service Platform
Experienced. Knowledgeable. Committed. High Quality Representation.
Lex Mundi member firms are among the most experienced and knowledgeable High Service Standards.
in their jurisdictions. They deliver indigenous insight, a market-specific focus Lawyers at Lex Mundi member firms are among the best in their fields. We employ
and global connections to a diverse range of domestic and international clients. a rigorous method of selecting and admitting new member firms. Potential
Each member firm is selected on the basis of its leadership in – and continued members of our global network are evaluated on criteria that include quality,
commitment to – its local market and is pledged to uphold the highest service responsiveness, ability to provide a full range of legal services, reputation, use of
quality standards. technology, management structure, training programs and ethical standards.
Our member firms deliver unmatched “on-the-ground” expertise to clients. While we apply high standards when approving membership, we also
Through their local knowledge built from hands-on, accrued experience of how acknowledge that changes can occur in firms over time. To assure that our
markets develop and the forces and factors that affect them, Lex Mundi member members continue to be the most highly regarded firms in their jurisdictions
– and that they remain committed to providing responsive, exceptional legal
firms and lawyers have the connections and capabilities to help shape innovative
services – we regularly review each firm. If a firm does not meet our established
strategies in any industry, at any level, virtually any place in the world.
criteria, membership is not renewed.
Each member firm adheres to a general service philosophy as well as to specific
Solving Complex Challenges. standards, such as responding to a request the next business day or sooner. This
Spotting New Opportunities. provides clients (as well as referring members) with the assurance and confidence
of knowing they will receive consistently high levels of skills and service.
Lex Mundi member firms collaborate to deliver cost-effective, seamless
solutions designed to complement your strategic vision and multijurisdictional
business objectives. Distinguished Guidance.
They offer expertise across a broad practice spectrum, including mergers and
Continuous Improvement.
acquisitions; private equity; project finance; capital markets (debt and equity); Lex Mundi’s Client Advisory Council, a distinguished panel of senior in-house
litigation and dispute resolution; corporate governance; intellectual property; real counsel from leading multinational companies, provides expert advice and
estate; and labor and workforce law. guidance to Lex Mundi and our member firms. Council members also help
identify best practices for strengthening the working relationship between
in-house and outside counsel.
Seamless Client Service. Through our ongoing professional development support, we are also committed
Efficient Client Solutions. to assisting our member firms in acquiring, developing and continuously
improving the knowledge and professional skills of their lawyers.
Our global network is an unrivaled resource for clients seeking solutions for
cross-border transactions, matters and disputes across multiple jurisdictions.
Member firms are accustomed to working together according to our seamless
service protocols, which provide basic guidelines, procedures and best practices
for how members collaborate on behalf of a common client. This assures that Diversity Vision Statement
you benefit from the deep local expertise, talent and connections of multiple Lex Lex Mundi and its member firms value diversity. We respect and embrace all people,
Mundi member firms while experiencing the ease and efficiencies of working including those of different ages, cultures, ethnicities, genders, nationalities, physical
with a single firm. abilities, races, religious beliefs and sexual orientations. We value the experiences,
knowledge and talents of all individuals in our firms and in our communities. We
support and promote nondiscriminatory practices that advance equal treatment of,
and opportunity for, all people and encourage meaningful participation by a broad
cross-section of people in our firms and in our communities.
4 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For
Forup-to-date
up-to-datemembership
membershipinformation,
information visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 5
Seamless Client Solutions Seamless Client Solutions
With 160 member law firms in more than 100 countries, Lex Mundi’s global network Guided by our seamless service protocols – which provide guidelines, procedures
is an unrivalled resource for clients seeking cross-border solutions. Our member and best practices for how members work together for a common client – the firms
firms understand the importance of collaboration, and frequently work together to in our network can assemble experienced client teams to deliver streamlined
seamlessly coordinate cross-border matters, transactions and disputes across multijurisdictional solutions. These teams allow you to work with a single member
multiple jurisdictions. law firm while benefiting from the broad, deep local expertise, know-how and
connections of multiple Lex Mundi member firms.
Fifteen Lex Mundi Member Lex Mundi Member Firms Work Sixteen Lex Mundi Member Lex Mundi Member Firms
Firms Work Together Together to Provide Seamless Firms Help U.S. Client Assist Client in Cross-
to Assist Global Charity Legal Assistance for Largest Complete Acquisition of Border Merger to Create
Organization with its Israeli M&A Transaction Worldwide Business Telecommunications Company
Multijurisdictional Compliance in Latin America
When a global charity promoting The cohesive work of Lex Mundi member Seeking one-stop coordination of a A Luxembourg-based international
sponsorship of impoverished children firms played a key role in successfully multifaceted M&A transaction a family- telecommunications and media company
needed legal assistance with compliance completing one of the largest M&A owned, Texas-based company contacted enlisted the Lex Mundi member firm for
matters in 26 countries around the world, transactions in Israel in 2015. A complex the Lex Mundi member firm for USA, Texas. Colombia to act as co-lead counsel in a
it turned to the Lex Mundi member firm for securitized lending facility, structured by a The transaction involved the acquisition Latin America cross-border merger that
USA, Indiana. The charity sought jurisdiction- group of banks and financial institutions of several subsidiaries of a nutritional gel would create one of the largest and most
specific advice regarding complex corporate, from Israel and other countries, was supplement company that operates in more important companies in its industry. The
labor and employment, employee benefits developed to finance the US$500 than 55 countries. Knowing the client’s multifaceted transaction, which involved
and pensions, government regulatory and million acquisition of an Israeli health goal was to close the deal in a short time merging a Colombian state-owned
privacy matters. care company by a Hong Kong-based frame, the Texas member firm turned to telecommunications company with a Spanish
investment firm. The facility involved the Lex Mundi World Ready network to affiliate of the Luxembourg client, required
Knowing the matter required on-the-ground
securities granted by subsidiaries located in engage member firms in 12 countries that a deep understanding of the legal, business
insight and experience in navigating a
jurisdictions around the world. could provide local advice, draft local share and political landscape, especially regarding
broad spectrum of local laws and business
transfer documents and transfer registrations compliance with Colombia’s strict regulations
regulations, the Indiana member firm Because of the complex nature of the
for each regional operation. Acting as a regarding state-owned and private
tapped into the Lex Mundi World Ready cross-border transaction, the lenders
single point of contact for the client, the companies.
network. Member firms from Bangladesh, contacted the Lex Mundi member firm for
Texas member firm oversaw the collective
Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Israel to serve as lead counsel. The firm The Colombia member firm and the major
effort by seamlessly coordinating the work
Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, engaged fellow Lex Mundi member firms in U.S. law firm co-leading the deal joined
among the various firms and handling the
Nicaragua, Peru, the Philippines, Thailand Italy, Singapore and India to provide local forces with the Lex Mundi member firm for
billing for all legal services rendered. The
and Uganda quickly mobilized to meet expertise and assistance for the facility Spain to plan and implement the complex
acquisition, successfully completed across
the client’s needs. The Indiana member agreement and related security documents. transaction. The three firms seamlessly
the multiple jurisdictions within a tight time
firm led the representation, coordinating The clients were extremely pleased with advised on the deal’s structure, documented
frame, showcased the efficiency and value of
all communications with the client and the seamless service provided by all and executed agreements, and provided
Lex Mundi’s global network of member law
ensuring each member firm provided member firms and the expedited manner critical legal advice regarding corporate
firms. Impressed with member firms’ ability
prompt advice for its respective jurisdiction. in which tailor-made security packages for reorganization and governance matters. The
to mobilize an international network on such
Because of the efficiency, precision and each jurisdiction were developed. As lead client praised the firms’ close collaboration
short notice, the client established ongoing
attention to detail provided to the global firm for the lending group, the member as a key factor in the merger’s success and
relationships with Lex Mundi member firms
charity during this important engagement, firm for Israel coordinated the transfer for helping it strengthen its presence in the
involved in the matter.
the organization continues to rely on Lex of all relevant information as well as all Colombian market.
Mundi member firms to provide ongoing billing arrangements.
legal counsel regarding its worldwide
charitable operations.
6 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 7
Our Leadership Our Client Advisory Council
Lex Mundi Officers and Executive Committee Members Lex Mundi’s Client Advisory Council serves as a forum to obtain feedback directly from client
organizations. This group of senior in-house counsel from some of the world’s leading companies
(through April 2018) provides guidance on the best ways to serve clients and offers advice on policies and projects. The
current Lex Mundi Client Advisory Council members are:
Sebastián Iribarne, Chair Ben Haglund, Secretary
John Matson, Chair-Emeritus David Greenwald, Treasurer Martin Cooke Shuva Mandal Nicola Verdicchio
Tiziana Sucharitkul, Chair-Elect Carl Anduri, President General Counsel and Group General Counsel Chief Legal Officer
Group Company Secretary Tata Sons Limited Pirelli & C. S.p.A.
In addition to the above, Alexander Ritvay is also a member of Lex Mundi’s Executive The Edrington Group Limited Mumbai, India Milan, Italy
Committee. Glasgow, Scotland
Jeffrey Melucci Arne Wittig
Felix R. Ehrat Senior Vice President Group General Counsel
Board of Directors Group General Counsel and General Counsel and Head of Legal
Barbara Alexander Michelle Liberman and Member of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation thyssenkrupp AG
Partner, Meyers, Fletcher & Gordon Partner, S. Horowitz & Co. Executive Committee Irving, Texas, USA Essen, Germany
Jamaica Israel Novartis International AG
michellel@s-horowitz.com Clovis Torres Loretta Yuen
barbara.alexander@mfg.com.jm Basel, Switzerland
Executive Officer Executive Vice President,
Ricardo Arango John Matson Paul Kaleta and General Counsel General Counsel and Head
Partner, Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega Partner, Arthur Cox Executive Vice President Vale S.A. of Group Legal & Regulatory
Panama Ireland and Northern Ireland and General Counsel Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Compliance
rarango@arifa.com john.matson@arthurcox.com First Solar, Inc. Oversea-Chinese Banking
Andrew Thorson
Michiel Pannekoek Tempe, Arizona, USA Corporation Limited
James A. Baker Vice President and
Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P. Managing Partner, Houthoff Singapore
Dyann L. Kostello Global General Counsel,
USA, Texas Netherlands
Group Vice-President, Asia/Europe & Africa Center
jamie.baker@bakerbotts.com m.pannekoek@houthoff.com
General Counsel and of Excellence
Angella Castille Alexander Ritvay Chief Compliance Officer Johnson Controls (China)
Partner, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Co-Speaker, Noerr LLP Techtronic Industries Co.Ltd. Investment Co., Ltd.
USA, Indiana and Minnesota Germany Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA Milwaukee, Wisconsin
angella.castille@FaegreBD.com alexander.ritvay@noerr.com
Donald Douglas Jonathan Schlosberg General counsel from these organizations have completed terms on the Client Advisory Council:
Partner, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP Partner, Bowmans
Canada, Manitoba South Africa • Akzo Nobel NV • ilton Hotel Corporation
H • PepsiCo
dgd@tdslaw.com j.schlosberg@bowmanslaw.com • AngloGold Ashanti • LexisNexis • Pfizer Inc.
• Audi • Macquarie Group Limited • Robert Bosch GmbH
David Greenwald Tiziana Sucharitkul • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya • Magneti Marelli S.p.A. • Rio Tinto
Partner, Jenner & Block LLP Co-Managing Partner, Tilleke & Gibbins Argentaria S.A. • Mars, Inc. • Royal Dutch Shell plc
USA, Illinois Thailand • Banco Santander, S.A. • McCain Foods • SABMiller plc
dgreenwald@jenner.com tiziana.s@tilleke.com • Cisco Systems Inc. • McDonald’s Corporation • Sara Lee Corp.
• Clorox Company • Michelin • Starbucks Coffee
Benjamin Haglund Katsuyuki Yamaguchi
• Deere & Co. • Milliken & Company Company
Partner, Day Pitney LLP Partner, Nishimura & Asahi
• DISH Network • Mitsubishi Corporation • Taiwan Semiconductor
USA, New Jersey Japan
k_yanaguchi@jurists.co.jp • Grupo Bimbo, S.A. de C.V. • Nestlé SA • Teva Pharmaceutical
bhaglund@daypitney.com Industries Ltd.
• HanesBrands Inc. • New York Times
Carl Anduri • Tyco International
Guy Harles • H.J. Heinz Company • Office Depot
Co-Chairman, Arendt & Medernach President, Lex Mundi • Votorantim Industrial
Luxembourg canduri@lexmundi.com
guy.harles@arendt.com Board Liaison to the Client Advisory Council
Sebastián Iribarne Benjamin Haglund
Partner, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal Partner, Day Pitney LLP
Argentina
USA, New Jersey
smi@marval.com
bhaglund@daypitney.com
8 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 9
Our World Ready Member Firms
By Region
Africa
Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, Ghana...............................................................................................42
Bowmans, South Africa........................................................................................................................72
Koep & Partners, Namibia.....................................................................................................................59
Shalakany Law Office, Egypt.................................................................................................................36
Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, Nigeria......................................................................................................61
Asia and the Pacific
Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro, Indonesia..................................................................................47
Clayton Utz, Australia...........................................................................................................................18
Deacons, Hong Kong............................................................................................................................45
D.L.&F. De Saram, Sri Lanka...............................................................................................................109
JunHe LLP, China....................................................................................................................................31
Lee & Ko, Korea....................................................................................................................................51
MdME I Lawyers I Private Notary, Macau...............................................................................................55
Nishimura & Asahi, Japan.....................................................................................................................50
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, Singapore.................................................................................................70
Our World Ready Member Firms RIAA Barker Gillette, Pakistan...............................................................................................................63
Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles, Philippines....................................................65
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., India.........................................................................................46
Simpson Grierson, New Zealand...........................................................................................................60
Skrine, Malaysia....................................................................................................................................56
Tilleke & Gibbins, Thailand....................................................................................................................75
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm, Taiwan.................................................................................................................74
Canada and the Atlantic
Appleby, Bermuda................................................................................................................................22
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Canada, Alberta.....................................................................................25
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Canada, Ontario....................................................................................28
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Canada, Quebec....................................................................................29
Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Canada, British Columbia............................................................26
McInnes Cooper, Canada, New Brunswick............................................................................................27
McInnes Cooper, Canada, Newfoundland.............................................................................................27
McInnes Cooper, Canada, Nova Scotia.................................................................................................28
McInnes Cooper, Canada, Prince Edward Island....................................................................................29
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, Canada, Manitoba........................................................................26
Lex Mundi members are not affiliated in the joint practice of law; each member firm is an independent law firm and renders professional
services on an individual and separate basis.
For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 11
Our World Ready Member Firms Our World Ready Member Firms
By Region By Region
Europe Latin America and the Caribbean
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS, Norway............................................................................................62 Alvarado y Asociados, Nicaragua..........................................................................................................61
Advokatfirman Vinge KB, Sweden........................................................................................................73 Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega, Panama.......................................................................................................63
Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg.......................................................................................................55 Barrow & Williams LLP, Belize...............................................................................................................21
Arthur Cox, Ireland...............................................................................................................................47 Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C., Mexico..................................................................................................57
Arthur Cox, Northern Ireland................................................................................................................62 Brigard Urrutia, Colombia....................................................................................................................31
Burness Paull LLP, Scotland....................................................................................................................69 C.R. & F. Rojas - Abogados, Bolivia.......................................................................................................22
š
Cechová & Partners s.r.o., Slovak Republic............................................................................................71 Clarke Gittens Farmer, Barbados..........................................................................................................20
Chiomenti, Italy....................................................................................................................................49 Claro & Cia., Abogados, Chile..............................................................................................................30
CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Austria..............................................18 Demarest Advogados, Brazil.................................................................................................................23
COBALT, Estonia...................................................................................................................................40 Estudio Olaechea, Peru.........................................................................................................................64
Dr. K. Chrysostomides & Co LLC, Cyprus..............................................................................................33 Facio & Cañas, Costa Rica....................................................................................................................32
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Russia.......................................................................................67 Grant, Joseph & Co., Grenada..............................................................................................................43
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Ukraine.....................................................................................78 GUFA Law, Honduras...........................................................................................................................44
Ellex Klavins, Latvia...............................................................................................................................53 Guyer & Regules, Uruguay.................................................................................................................107
Ellex Valiunas, Lithuania........................................................................................................................54 Hamel-Smith, Trinidad and Tobago.......................................................................................................75
GANADO Advocates, Malta..................................................................................................................56 LEGA Abogados, Venezuela...............................................................................................................107
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I., France...................................................................................................41 Kelsick, Wilkin & Ferdinand, St. Kitts and Nevis....................................................................................67
Houthoff, Netherlands..........................................................................................................................60 Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, Argentina...................................................................................................17
JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic, Serbia.......................................................................................................69 Mayora & Mayora, S.C., Guatemala.....................................................................................................43
Kromann Reumert, Denmark................................................................................................................35 McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes, Bahamas..............................................................................................19
Law Firm Hanzekovic & Partners Ltd., Croatia.......................................................................................32 Misick & Stanbrook, Turks and Caicos Islands.......................................................................................77
Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick, Belgium............................................................................21 Myers, Fletcher & Gordon, Jamaica......................................................................................................49
LOGOS Legal Services, Iceland..............................................................................................................46 O’Neal Webster, British Virgin Islands...................................................................................................24
Marxer & Partner, Liechtenstein............................................................................................................54 Pellerano & Herrera, Dominican Republic.............................................................................................35
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados, Portugal......................................................66 Pérez Bustamante & Ponce, Ecuador....................................................................................................36
Mourant, Guernsey..............................................................................................................................44 Peroni Sosa Tellechea Burt & Narvaja, Paraguay....................................................................................64
Mourant, Jersey....................................................................................................................................50 Romero Pineda & Asociados, El Salvador..............................................................................................37
Nagy és Trócsányi, Hungary..................................................................................................................45 VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne, Curacao..............................................................................................33
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, Romania............................................................................66 Walkers, Cayman Islands......................................................................................................................30
Noerr LLP, Germany..............................................................................................................................41 WEBSTER, Anguilla...............................................................................................................................16
Odvetniki Šelih & partnerji, Slovenia......................................................................................................71
Pekin & Pekin, Turkey............................................................................................................................76
Middle East
Abdullah Kh. Al-Ayoub & Associates, Kuwait........................................................................................52
Penkov, Markov & Partners, Bulgaria.....................................................................................................24
Afridi & Angell, United Arab Emirates...................................................................................................78
Pestalozzi, Switzerland..........................................................................................................................73
Hassan Radhi & Associates, Bahrain......................................................................................................19
PRK Partners, Czech Republic...............................................................................................................34
Moghaizel Law Office, Lebanon............................................................................................................53
Roschier, Attorneys Ltd., Finland...........................................................................................................40
S. Horowitz & Co., Israel.......................................................................................................................48
Uría Menéndez, Spain..........................................................................................................................72
Wardyński & Partners, Poland...............................................................................................................65
Zepos & Yannopoulos, Greece..............................................................................................................42
12 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 13
Our World Ready Member Firms Afghanistan Algeria
Member Law Firm with Member Law Firm with
By Region Office in Afghanistan Office in Algeria
United States RIAA Barker Gillette | Pakistan Gide Loyrette Nouel | France
Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., USA, Rhode Island...............................................................................101 Page 63 Page 41
Akerman LLP, USA, Florida....................................................................................................................83 Mr. Steven Barker, President Samy Laghouati, Resident Partner
Alston & Bird LLP, USA, Georgia...........................................................................................................83 afg@riaabg.com laghouati@gide.com
Armstrong Teasdale LLP, USA, Missouri................................................................................................91
Suite No. B24 & B25, Rym Loucif, Resident Partner
Baird Holm LLP, USA, Nebraska............................................................................................................92
2nd Floor, Muslim Business Center rym.loucif@gide.com
Baker Botts L.L.P., USA, Texas.............................................................................................................103
Haji Yaqob Square Shahr-e-Naw
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, USA, Tennessee.............................................................................................102 6&8, rue Laroussi Amroune, Les Glycines - El Biar
Kabul, Afghanistan
Bernstein Shur, USA, Maine..................................................................................................................88 16406 Algiers, Algeria
Blair Sterling Johnson & Martinez P.C., USA, Guam..............................................................................84 Tel 93.752.071.987
Tel 213.21.23.94.94 Fax 213.21.68.17.99
Butler Snow LLP, USA, Mississippi.........................................................................................................91 AFG@riaabg.com
algeria@gide.com
Butzel Long, USA, Michigan.................................................................................................................90 www.riaabarkergillette.com
www.gide.com
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, USA, Ohio.............................................................................................99
Case Lombardi & Pettit, USA, Hawaii...................................................................................................84
Crowe & Dunlevy, USA, Oklahoma.......................................................................................................99
Crowley Fleck PLLP, USA, Montana.......................................................................................................92
Davis Brown Law Firm, USA, Iowa........................................................................................................86
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, USA, Colorado.........................................................................................81
Day Pitney LLP, USA, New Jersey...........................................................................................................94
Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, USA, Vermont.......................................................................................104
Dudley, Topper and Feuerzeig, LLP, USA, Virgin Islands.......................................................................104
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, USA, Indiana................................................................................................86
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, USA, Minnesota...........................................................................................90
Foley Hoag LLP, USA, Massachusetts....................................................................................................89
Foulston Siefkin LLP, USA, Kansas.........................................................................................................87
Hawley Troxell, USA, Idaho...................................................................................................................85
Jenner & Block LLP, USA, Illinois............................................................................................................85
Jones Walker LLP, USA, Louisiana.........................................................................................................88
Maynard, Cooper & Gale P.C., USA, Alabama......................................................................................79
McConnell Valdés LLC, USA, Puerto Rico...........................................................................................100
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, USA, Wisconsin.....................................................................................106
Morrison & Foerster LLP, USA, California..............................................................................................80
Murtha Cullina LLP, USA, Connecticut..................................................................................................81
Pepper Hamilton LLP, USA, Pennsylvania.............................................................................................100
Ray Quinney & Nebeker P.C., USA, Utah.............................................................................................103
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., USA, Delaware....................................................................................82
Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., USA, New Mexico.............................................................94
Rose Law Firm, a Professional Association, USA, Arkansas...................................................................80
Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA, USA, New Hampshire....................................................................93
Snell & Wilmer, USA, Arizona...............................................................................................................79
Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, USA, West Virginia..........................................................................105
Steptoe & Johnson LLP, USA, District of Columbia................................................................................82
Stites & Harbison, PLLC, USA, Kentucky...............................................................................................87
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, USA, North Carolina.......................................................................98
Wyche, P.A., USA, South Carolina......................................................................................................101
14 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 15
Angola Anguilla Argentina Aruba
Member Law Firm with Member Law Firms with
WEBSTER Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal
Associated Office in Angola Offices in Aruba
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva Pam Webster, Managing Partner Alfredo M. O’Farrell, Partner VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne | Curacao
& Associados | Portugal pwebster@websterlawbwi.com amof@marval.com Page 33
Page 66
Harry Wiggin, Senior Consultant Sebastián Iribarne, Partner Tom Peeters, Partner
ALC Advogados hwiggin@websterlawbwi.com smi@marval.com peeters@ekvandoorne.com
Tel 297.583.8464
Catarina Levy Osório, Partner The Valley Office Roberto E. Silva Jr., Partner
catarinaosorio@alcadvogados.com res@marval.com Molly Steward, Partner
Victoria House
steward@ekvandoorne.com
Masuika Office Plaza P.O. Box 58 Buenos Aires Office
Tel 599.9.461.3400 ext. 231
Edifício MKO A The Valley
Av. Leandro N. Alem 882
Piso 5, Escritório A, AI-2640 Anguilla L.G. Smith Boulevard 64
C1001AAQ Buenos Aires, Argentina
Talatona – Luanda British West Indies P.O. Box 5152
Angola Tel 54.11.4310.0100 Fax 54.11.4310.0200 Oranjestad, Aruba
Tel 1.264.461.2060 Fax 1.264.461.3096
www.marval.com
Tel 244.926.877.476/8/9 information@websterlawbwi.com Tel 297.583.8464 Fax 297.583.8442
www.mlgts.pt www.websterlawbwi.com info@ekvandoorne.com
Office Outside Argentina www.ekvandoorne.com
New York City (page 96).
16 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 17Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain
CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld
Clayton Utz McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes Hassan Radhi & Associates
Hlawati Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Emma Covacevich, Partner Dr. Benedikt Spiegelfeld, Partner Brian M. Moree, QC, Senior Partner Hassan Ali Radhi, Ph.D., Senior Partner
Corporate Advisory, Mergers and Acquisitions, benedikt.spiegelfeld@chsh.com bmmoree@mckinney.com.bs hassan.radhi@hassanradhi.com
Energy and Resources Tel 43.1.514.35.111
Lourey C. Smith, Partner Noor Radhi, Partner
ecovacevich@claytonutz.com
Dr. Edith Hlawati, Partner lcsmith@mckinney.com.bs noor.radhi@hassanradhi.com
Tel 61.7.3292.7304
edith.hlawati@chsh.com
Nassau Office A. Jalil Hassan Al Aradi, Partner
Ross McInnes, Partner Tel 43.1.514.35.161
jalil.alaradi@hassanradhi.com
Litigation/Dispute Resolution Mareva House, 4 George Street
Hon.-Prof. Dr. Irene Welser, Partner
rmcinnes@claytonutz.com P.O. Box N-3937 Noora Janahi, Partner
irene.welser@chsh.com
Tel 61.2.9353.4371 Nassau, Bahamas noora.janahi@hassanradhi.com
Tel 43.1.514.35.121
Robert Cutler, Chief Executive Partner Tel 1.242.322.4195 Fax 1.242.328.2520 Mohsin Al-Alawi, Partner
Vienna Office
rcutler@claytonutz.com www.mckinney.com.bs mohsin.alalawi@hassanradhi.com
Tel 61.2.9353.4104 Parkring 2
Fatima AlAli, Partner
A-1010 Vienna, Austria
Bruce Cooper, Deputy Chief Executive Partner Freeport Office fatima.alali@hassanradhi.com
bcooper@claytonutz.com Tel 43.1.514.35.0 Fax 43.1.514.35.35
Aisha Z. Stuart-Smith, Resident Partner Hassan Al-Nawah, Partner
Tel 61.2.9353.4103 office@chsh.com
azsmith@mckinney.com.bs hassan.nawah@hassanradhi.com
www.chsh.com
Sydney Office Tel 1.242.352.7425 Fax 1.242.352.7214 Sayed Jaffer Mohammad, CEO
Level 15, 1 Bligh Street Lyford Cay Office alsayed.jaffer@hassanradhi.com
Offices Outside Austria
Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia
Lourey C. Smith, Partner Manama Office
Bratislava, Slovakia; Bucharest and Timisoara,
Tel 61.2.9353.4000 Fax 61.2.8220.6700 lcsmith@mckinney.com.bs
Romania; Budapest, Hungary; Minsk, Belarus ERA Business Centre
www.claytonutz.com Tel 1.242.362.7723/4 Fax 1.242.362.6014
(page 20); Prague; and Sofia, Bulgaria. 18th and 19th Floors
Building 361, Road 1705, Block 317
Bisbane Outside P.O. Box 5366
Kingdom of Bahrain
Barry Dunphy, Partner in Charge
bdunphy@claytonutz.com Tel 973.17535252 Fax 973.17533358
Tel 61.7.3292.7020 info@hassanradhi.com
www.hassanradhi.com
Canberra Office
Caroline Bush, Partner in Charge
cbush@claytonutz.com
Tel 61.2.6279.3029
Darwin Office
Mark Spain, Partner in Charge
mspain@claytonutz.com
Tel 61.8.8943.2512
Melbourne Office
Paul James, Partner in Charge
pjames@claytonutz.com
Tel 61.3.9286.6927
Perth Office
Nick Cooper, Partner in Charge
ncooper@claytonutz.com
Tel 61.8.9426.8228
18 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 19Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize
Member Law Firms with Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck
Clarke Gittens Farmer Barrow & Williams LLP
Offices in Belarus Kirkpatrick
Ramon O. Alleyne, LL.B., MBA, Managing Partner CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati Christel Van den Eynden, Partner Dean O. Barrow, S.C.
ramon.alleyne@clarkes.com.bb Rechtsanwälte GmbH | Austria c.vandeneynden@liedekerke.com (On leave of absence from the firm, serving
Tel 1.246.436.6287 Page 18 Tel 32.2.551.15.35/32.476.34.99.90 as Prime Minister of Belize)
dean@barrowandwilliams.com
Gillian M.H. Clarke, BsC., LL.B., Partner Sergei Makarchuk, Managing Partner Belarus Aimery de Schoutheete, Partner
gillian.clarke@clarkes.com.bb sergei.makarchuk@chsh.com a.deschoutheete@liedekerke.com Rodwell R.A. Williams, S.C., C.B.E.
Tel 1.246.436.6287 Tel 32.2.551.14.57 Fax 32.2.551.14.53 rodwell@barrowandwilliams.com
Surganova Str. 29
Debbie A.P. Fraser, LL.B., Partner Accomodation 3, Office 16 Brussels Office Associates:
debbie.fraser@clarkes.com.bb Minsk 220012, Belarus Tania M. Moody BBA., LL.B. (Hons), C.L.E.
Boulevard de l’Empereur 3 Keizerslaan
Tel 1.246.436.6287 Nigel O. Ebanks B.A (Hons), LL.B. (Hons), C.L.E.
Tel 375.17.266.3417 Mobile 375.44.741.3961 B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Stevanni L. Duncan, LL.B. (Hons), C.L.E.
St. Michael Office Tel 32.2.551.15.15 Fax 32.2.551.14.14 Lissette V. Staine, B.A (Hons) LL.B (Hons), C.L.E.
Parker House Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | www.liedekerke.com Adler G.L. Waight, L.L.B. (Hons), C.L.E
Wildey Business Park, Wildey Road Russia and Ukraine Belize City Office
St. Michael BB14006, Barbados Pages 67, 78 Offices Outside Belgium
Equity House
Tel 1.246.436.6287 Fax 1.246.436.9812 Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner London (page 38). Its subsidiary, Liedekerke Africa 84 Albert Street
www.clarkegittensfarmer.com/ Lex Mundi Contact SAS, has an office in Kinshasa, the Democratic P.O. Box 617
ilya.nikiforov@epam.ru Republic of Congo (page 34). Belize City, Belize
Dennis Turovets, Managing Partner Minsk Tel 501.227.5280 Fax 501.227.5278
belarus@epam.ru attorneys@barrowandwilliams.com
11Z. Biaduli Street www.barrowandwilliams.com
Minsk 220034, Belarus
Tel 375.17.268.8282 Fax 375.17.268.8272
20 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 21Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire Brazil
Member Law Firm with
Appleby C.R. & F. Rojas - Abogados Demarest Advogados
Office in Bonaire
Timothy Faries, Bermuda Managing Partner Fernando Rojas, Senior Partner VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne | Curacao Paulo Frank Coelho da Rocha, Partner
Bermuda Group Head | Corporate fernando@rojas-lawfirm.com Page 33 procha@demarest.com.br
Group Team Leader | Insurance
María del Carmen Ballivián, Attorney Tom Peeters, Partner Altamiro Boscoli, Partner
tfaries@applebyglobal.com
mariac@rojas-lawfirm.com peeters@ekvandoorne.com aboscoli@demarest.com.br
Tel 1.441.298.3216
Tel 599.717.7557
Pablo Rojas, Managing Partner Luiz Fernando Henry Sant’Anna, Partner
Hamilton Office
pablo@rojas-lawfirm.com Frank Kunneman, Partner lfsantanna@demarest.com.br
Canon’s Court kunneman@ekvandoorne.com
La Paz Office São Paulo Office
22 Victoria Street Tel 599.9.461.3400 ext. 254
P.O. Box HM 1179 Calle Federico Zuazo 1598 Av. Pedroso de Moraes, 1201
Bulevar Gobernador N. Debrot 31
Hamilton HM EX Edif. Park Inn, Piso 11 São Paulo, 05419-001, Brazil
Kralendijk, Bonaire
P.O. Box 662
Tel 1.441.295.2244 Fax 1.441.292.8666 Tel 55.11.3356.1800 Fax 55.11.3356.1700
La Paz, Bolivia Tel 599.717.7557 Fax 599.717.5115
www.applebyglobal.com www.demarest.com.br
info@ekvandoorne.com
Tel 591.2.231.3737 Fax 591.2.211.2775
www.ekvandoorne.com
www.rojas-lawfirm.com
Offices Outside Bermuda Brasília Office
Douglas, Isle of Man (page 48); George Town, Tel 55.61.3243.1150 Fax 55.61.3243.1153
Santa Cruz Office
Cayman Islands; Hong Kong; Mahe, Seychelles
Campinas Office
(page 70); Port Louis, Mauritius (page 57); Road Diego Rojas, Attorney
Town, British Virgin Islands; St. Helier, Jersey; St. diego@rojas-lawfirm.com Tel 55.19.3123.4300 Fax 55.19.3123.4302
Peter Port, Guernsey; and Shanghai. Rio de Janeiro Office
Manfredo Kempff, Attorney
manfredo@rojas-lawfirm.com
Tel 55.21.3723.9800 Fax 55.21.3723.9822
Tel 591.3.377.474 Fax 591.3.377.477
Office Outside Brazil
New York City (page 96).
22 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 23British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cambodia Canada, Alberta
Member Law Firms with
O’Neal Webster Penkov, Markov & Partners Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Offices in Cambodia
Paul Dennis, Q.C., Partner Vladimir Penkov, Chairman and Senior Partner Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP | Singapore Ben Rogers, Office Managing Partner
pdennis@onealwebster.com vladimir.penkov@penkov-markov.eu Page 70 ben.rogers@blakes.com
Tel 1.403.260.9702
Vanessa King, Partner Svetlin Adrianov, Partner Heng Chhay, Managing Partner
vking@onealwebster.com svetlin.adrianov@penkov-markov.eu R&T Sok & Heng Law Office Brock W. Gibson, Q.C., Chair
heng.chhay@rajahtann.com brock.gibson@blakes.com
Kerry Anderson, Managing Partner Sofia Office
Tel 1.403.260.9610
kanderson@onealwebster.com Tiv Sophonnora, Partner
13B, Tintyava Str., Floor 6
R&T Sok & Heng Law Office Calgary Office
Willa Tavernier, Partner 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
tiv.sophonnora@rajahtann.com
wtavernier@onealwebster.com 855-2nd Street S.W.
Tel 359.2.971.3935 Fax 359.2.971.1191
Vattanac Capital Office Tower Suite 3500, Bankers Hall East Tower
Christopher McKenzie, Partner (London office) lawyers@penkov-markov.eu
Level 17, No. 66, Preah Monivong Boulevard Calgary, Alberta T2P 4J8, Canada
cmckenzie@onealwebster.com www.penkov-markov.eu
Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, 12202
Tel 1.403.260.9600 Fax 1.403.260.9700
Christopher Simpson, Partner Phnom Penh, Cambodia
www.blakes.com
csimpson@onealwebster.com Bourgas Office
Tel 855.23.963.112 Fax 855.23.963.116
Nadine Whyte, Partner Krastyo Georgiev, Associate kh.rajahtannasia.com
Offices Outside Alberta
nwhyte@onealwebster.com krastyo.georgiev@penkov-markov.eu www.rajahtannasia.com
Associated offices in Al-Khobar and Riyadh,
Tortola Office Lovech Office
Saudi Arabia (page 68); Beijing; London (page 37);
2nd Floor, Commerce House Emil Peev, Associate Tilleke & Gibbins | Thailand
Manama, Bahrain; Montréal (page 29); New York
P.O. Box 961 emil.peev@penkov-markov.eu Page 75
City (page 95); Ottawa and Toronto, Ontario
Road Town, Tortola John E. King, Partner (page 28); and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Pleven Office
British Virgin Islands john.k@tilleke.com
VG1110 Plamen Asparuhov, Associate
plamen.asparuhov@penkov-markov.eu 16th Floor, Phnom Penh Tower
Tel 1.284.494.5808 Fax 1.284.494.5811 #445, Monivong Blvd., Sangkat Boeung Pralit,
kanderson@onealwebster.com Rousse Office Khan 7 Makara
www.onealwebster.com Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Ralitsa Barashka, Associate
ralitsa.barashka@penkov-markov.eu Tel 855.23.964.210 Fax 855.23.964.215
Office Outside the British Virgin Islands cambodia@tilleke.com
Stara Zagora Office
London (page 39). www.tilleke.com
Magdalena Ovcharova, Associate
magdalena.ovcharova@penkov-markov.eu
24 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 25Canada, British Columbia Canada, Manitoba Canada, New Brunswick Canada, Newfoundland
Farris, Vaughan, Thompson Dorfman
McInnes Cooper McInnes Cooper
Wills & Murphy LLP Sweatman LLP
Jeffrey J. Kay, Q.C., Managing Partner Donald G. Douglas, Partner Cheryl Hodder, QC, Lex Mundi Partner Cheryl Hodder, QC, Lex Mundi Partner
jkay@farris.com dgd@tdslaw.com cheryl.hodder@mcinnescooper.com cheryl.hodder@mcinnescooper.com
Tel 1.204.934.2466 Tel 1.902.444.8552 Fax 1.902.425.6350 Tel 1.902.444.8552 Fax 1.902.425.6350
Vancouver Office
Keith LaBossiere, CEO and Managing Partner Jeffrey Hoyt, Partner Neil Pittman Partner
Suite 2500, 700 West Georgia Street
kdl@tdslaw.com New Brunswick Regional Lead Partner Newfoundland & Labrador Regional Lead Partner
Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y 1B3, Canada
Tel 1.204.934.2587 jeffrey.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com neil.pittman@mcinnescooper.com
Tel 1.604.684.9151 Fax 1.604.661.9349 Tel 1.506.643.6535 Fax 1.506.643.6505 Tel 1.709.570.7358 Fax 1.709.722.1763
Douglas J. Forbes, Partner
info@farris.com
djf@tdslaw.com Sandra Goodwin, Managing Director Sandra Goodwin, Managing Director
www.farris.com
Tel 1.204.934.2426 Client Development & Service Client Development & Service
Winnipeg Office sandra.goodwin@mcinnescooper.com sandra.goodwin@mcinnescooper.com
Kelowna Office
201 Portage Avenue, Suite 2200 Saint John Office St. John’s Office
Dominic Petraroia, Q.C., Managing Partner
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 3L3, Canada 1700-1, Germain Street 10 Fort William Place, 5th Floor
dpetraroia@farris.com
Tel 1.855.483.7529 Fax 1.204.934.0570 Brunswick Square Baine Johnston Centre
Tel 1.250.861.5332 Fax 1.250.861.8772
ClientServices@tdslaw.com P.O. Box 6370, Station A P.O. Box 5939
Victoria Office Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4R8, Canada St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
www.tdslaw.com
A1C 5X4, Canada
Sean Hern, Partner Tel 1.506.643.6500 Fax 1.506.643.6505
shern@farris.com www.mcinnescooper.com Tel 1.709.722.8735 Fax 1.709.722.1763
Brandon Office
Tel 1.250.382.1100 Fax 1.250.405.1984 www.mcinnescooper.com
Paul Roy, Office Managing Partner
per@tdslaw.com Fredericton Office
Tel 1.204.727.0761 Fax 1.204.726.1339 Offices Outside Newfoundland
Steven Christie, Office Lead Partner
Portage la Prairie Office steven.christie@mcinnescooper.com Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (page 29);
Tel 1.506.458.1521 Fax 1.506.458.9903 Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John,
Bjorn Christianson, Q.C., Office Managing Partner New Brunswick (page 27); and Halifax,
bc@tdslaw.com Moncton Office
Nova Scotia (page 28).
Tel 1.204.857.7851 Fax 1.204.857.3335 Donna MacEwen, Office Lead Partner
donna.macewen@mcinnescooper.com
Tel 1.506.877.0874 Fax 1.506.857.4095
Offices Outside New Brunswick
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (page 29);
Halifax, Nova Scotia (page 28); and St. John’s,
Newfoundland and Labrador (page 27).
26 | Lex Mundi – The law firms that know your markets. For up-to-date membership information, visit www.lexmundi.com/lexsearch. | 27You can also read
