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	Enrique Bruchou Bruchou, Fernández Madero, Lombardi & Mitrani, Buenos Aires Mr. Bruchou, founding partner of Bruchou, Fernández Madero, Lombardi & Mitrani, acted as the sole Argentine counsel to the Dealer Managers in the $88 billion Sovereign Debt Restructuring of the Republic of Argentina, the biggest financial restructuring in the history of the financial markets (2005). Since 2001, he has been the permanent advisor to the Argentine Bank Association.
	Juan Javier Negri Negri & Teijeiro Abogados, Buenos Aires Mr. Negri is a partner of Negri & Teijeiro, a major Argentine law firm, where he practices in the areas of Domestic and International Banking, Financial Transactions, Privatization, and International Mergers and Acquisitions. He received the Argentine Legal Profession Award granted by the Argentine Press Association and the Argentine Federation of Bar Associations in 1990.
	Uriel Federico O'Farrell Estudio O'Farrell, Buenos Aires Mr. O'Farrell is the Senior Partner of Estudio O'Farrell, a major Argentine Firm with over 100 professionals. He specializes in the fields of Public Law and Economy Regulation and Corporate Law.
	Guido Santiago Tawil M. & M. Bomchil, Buenos Aires Guido Santiago Tawil is a senior partner in the firm of M. & M. Bomchil a leading Argentine firm, where he heads the Administrative Law & Economic Regulation and Arbitration Departments. He has also served as Commissioner of Argentina's Securities & Exchange Commission and as Secretary of Argentina's Federal Supreme Court of Justice (a position equivalent to federal judge).
Australia Top of Page
	John Atkin Blake Dawson, Sydney Mr. John Atkin is the Managing Partner of Blake Dawson, a leading law firm with offices across Australia and international offices in Shanghai, Port Moresby, and Jakarta. He is a member of the Business Council of Australia and is also internationally recognized for his work in Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets.
	Gavin Bell Freehills, Sydney Gavin Bell is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Freehills, one of Australia’s leading firms with around 1,000 lawyers and offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, and Singapore and correspondent offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Jakarta. He is a member of the Australian Graduate School of Management Advisory Council and the Business Council of Australia.
	David Bennett QC Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra/Sydney Dr. David Michael John Bennett is the Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, the second law officer to the Attorney-General of that nation. He appears in the Commonwealth's interest in important legal proceedings, particularly in the High Court. He also served as President of the Australian Bar Association from 1995 to 1997.
Austria Top of Page
	Dr. Bernt Elsner CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz, Vienna Dr. Bernt Elsner is the Managing Partner of CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz, one of Austria's leading law firms. He practices in the fields of Public Procurement Law, Cartel Law, State Aid, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, EU-Law, Environmental Law, Tax Law, and Arbitration.
Azerbaijan Top of Page
	Nariman Ramazanov Fina, Baku Mr. Ramazanov is Founder and Managing Partner of FINA LLP, a major Azerbaijan law firm which was founded in 2002 in Baku. He specializes in the fields of Foreign Trade Management, Taxation, Banking, Energy and Natural Resources, Commercial and Labor Law, Incorporation, and Real Estate.
Bahrain Top of Page
	Hatim Sharif Zu'bi Hatim S. Zu'bi & Partners, Manama Mr. Zu'bi is the founder and Senior Partner of the Hatim S. Zu'bi & Partners, which was first established in 1971 and which has been one of the leading firms in Bahrain and other GCC States in the fields of Corporate Law, Banking & Finance, Construction, Arbitration, and Litigation. Mr. Zu'bi was called to the English Bar by Lincoln's Inn, London in 1950 and has been licensed to practice as an Advocate in Jordan, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar, and the Sultanate of Oman as well as in Bahrain.
Belgium Top of Page
	Jean-Pierre Blumberg Linklaters, Antwerp Mr. Blumberg is the Managing Partner for Europe of Linklaters, one of the world's preeminent firms with 30 offices in 23 countries. He specializes in Corporate Law, particularly Private and Public Mergers and Acquisitions, Take-Over Bids, Reorganizations, and Joint Ventures as well as Equity Offerings (IPOs and secondary transactions).
	Patrick Hofströssler Eubelius, Brussels Patrick Hofströssler is the Managing Partner of Eubelius, a leading Belgian law firm with 90 lawyers and offices in Brussels, Kortrijk, and Antwerp. Mr. Hofströssler, who focuses his practice on Estate Law and Succession Planning, Procedural Law, Commercial Law, Property Law, and Administrative Procedural Law, frequently acts for the Belgian government.
Brazil Top of Page
	Rogério Cruz Themudo Lessa Demarest e Almedia, Sao Paulo Mr. Rogério Lessa is the Managing Partner of Demarest e Almedia Advogados, one of the most highly respected law firms in Brazil and one of the largest in Latin America, with more than 320 lawyers throughout Brazil and in New York. He specializes in the fields of Corporate Law and Capital Markets.
Canada Top of Page
	Jean-Paul (J-P.) Bisnaire Senior Executive Vice President, Business Development and General Counsel, Manulife Financial, Toronto Before Mr. Bisnaire began serving as General Counsel of Manulife Financial, where he is also a member of the Company's Executive Committee and Management Committee, he was one of Canada's leading securities lawyers practicing in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.
	Clay M. Horner Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto Mr. Horner has acted as counsel in the largest merger transaction ever involving a Canadian company and a significant number of other leading Canadian transactions. He also acted as lead counsel to the "Wise Persons' Committee" to recommend the best securities regulatory system for Canada.
	Sean Weir Borden Ladner Gervais, Toronto Sean Weir is the National Managing Partner of Borden Ladner Gervais, one of the most respected Canadian firms, with more than 700 lawyers, intellectual property agents, and other professionals in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Waterloo Region, Ottawa, and Montreal. He is a Member of the legal committee of the Canadian Finance and Leasing Association.
Chile Top of Page
	Jaime Carey Carey y Cía, Santiago Jaime Carey is Managing Partner of Carey y Cía, the largest law firm in Chile. He was also Chair of the World Services Group 2004-2005. Mr. Carey practices in the areas of corporate law, leases and leasing, banks and banking, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation.
	José María Eyzaguirre Garcia Claro y Cía, Santiago José María Eyzaguirre G. de la H. is the senior partner and the head of the litigation practice at Claro y Cía, one of the most respected law firms in Chile. He was Chairman of the commission which drafted the “Property Section” of the Chilean Constitution (1974-1977) and a member of the commissions which studied the amendment to the Chilean Civil Code on family law matters (1986-1989) and a Uniform Civil and Commercial Code (1996-1998).
China Top of Page
	Richard Thornhill Slaughter and May, Hong Kong Richard Thornhill is the senior partner in Slaughter and May's Hong Kong office, which leads the major international law firm’s transactions in Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China, and the rest of the Asia Pacific region. He has considerable experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general commercial work, as well as debt raising and infrastructure project work in the region, including the first privatization in Hong Kong.
Finland Top of Page
	Johan Aalto Hannes Snellman, Helsinki Mr. Aalto is Managing Partner of Hannes Snellman, which was established in 1909 and is the largest law firm in Finland and the biggest Nordic law firm in Russia. He specializes in M&A, Corporate Finance, and Capital Markets with a special emphasis on public takeovers.
	Lennart Simonsen Roschier, Helsinki Lennart Simonsen is the Managing Partner of Roschier, a leading law firm in Northern Europe, with 160 lawyers and main offices in Helsinki and Stockholm and a regional office in Vaasa. He specializes in the fields of M&A, Private Equity, and Restructuring & Insolvency.
France Top of Page
	Xavier de Kergommeaux Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris Xavier de Kergommeaux is the Managing Partner of Gide Loyrette Nouel, a major international firm with some 650 lawyer and legal consultants and offices in Algiers, Beijing, Belgrade, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Casablanca, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kiev, London, Moscow, New York, Paris, Prague, Riyadh, Shanghai,Tunis, and Warsaw. Mr. de Kergommeaux is a partner in the Finance/Project Finance Department. He specializes in domestic and cross-border securitizations.
Georgia Top of Page
	Lasha Gogiberidze BGI Advisory Services, TbilisiBGI Advisory Services, Tbilisi Lasha Gogiberidze is a founding partner of BGI Advisory Services Georgia and the director of BGI Legal. Earlier, he served as a director of corporate practice in Ernst & Young's Georgian office, as well as was a leading attorney in the Georgian Consulting Group. Together with his colleagues at BGI, he has been involved in nearly every major transaction in Georgia over the past decade.
Germany Top of Page
	Jack Schiffer Beiten Burkhardt, Munich Dr. Jack Schiffer is a founding and equity partner and a member of the Management Committee of the international commercial law firm Beiten Burkhardt, with offices in Munich, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Brussels, Beijing, Hong Kong, Kiev, Moscow, Shanghai, St. Petersburg, and Warsaw.
	Gerhard Wegen Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wegen is a senior lawyer with Gleiss Lutz, a leading German law firm with more than 200 lawyers and with offices in Stuttgart, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels, Prague, and Warsaw. His practice focuses on Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Financial Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Securities, and related Public, Private, and International Arbitration.
Greece Top of Page
	Panayotis M. Bernitsas M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices, Athens Panayotis M. Bernitsas is the Managing Partner of M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices, one of the largest and most respected firms in Greece. He has served as Counsel to the Hellenic Banking Association from 1980 to 1990; as Counsel to the Prime Minister on EC matters from 1989 to1990; as Counsel to the Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1989 and 1990; and as Advisor to the Ministry of National Economy during the negotiations for Greece's Accession to the European Community.
	Catherine-Marie Karatzas Karatzas & Partners, Athens Ms. Catherine-Marie Karatzas is the Managing Partner of Karatzas & Partners, one of the most respected law firms in Greece, with a particular emphasis on Capital Markets.
Iceland Top of Page
	Gunnar Sturluson Reykjavík, Iceland Mr. Sturluson has been the Managing Partner of LOGOS, a major Icelandic firm with offices in Reykjavík, London, and Copenhagen, since 2001. He practices in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Contract Law and Competition Law.
India Top of Page
	Fali Sam Nariman Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi Fali Sam Nariman has been President of the Bar Association of India since 1991. He was President of ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration) from 1994 to 2002. He has served as Vice-Chairman of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris (1989-2005) and as a member of the London Court of International Arbitration (1988-2005). He was nominated by the President of India as Member of Parliament in 1999 and served for a full term of six years.
	Ravi Nath Rajinder Narain & Co., New Delhi Mr. Ravi Nath is a Senior Partner with Rajinder Narain & Co., one of the most respected law firms in India and the first to be established in New Delhi soon after Independence. He was President of the Inter Pacific Bar Association in Tokyo from 2003 to 2004. He is the Chair of a Committee of the International Bar Association in London and Vice President of the Society of Indian Law Firms.
	Soli Jehangir Sorabjee Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India & Former Attorney General for India, New Delhi Mr. Sorabjee was designated Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India in 1971. He was the Attorney General for India 1989-90 and 1998-2004. He also serves as Vice-President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association and as a Member of the Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament Law of International Law Association. He was appointed in 2000 as a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague for six years.
Ireland Top of Page
	Paul Carroll A&L Goodbody, Dublin Paul Carroll is the Managing Partner of A&L Goodbody, a major Irish law firm with 66 partners and an additional 250 legal staff and with offices in Dublin, Belfast, London and the US. A corporate finance specialist, Mr. Carroll has advised Irish and international clients on a wide range of significant transactions. In particular, he focuses on mergers and acquisitions, flotations, foreign investment, and general corporate matters.
	John Cronin McCann FitzGerald, Dublin John Cronin will become Chairman and Managing Partner of McCann FitzGerald in May 2008. The firm is one of Ireland's pre-eminent and largest with more than 500 people, including over 275 lawyers, and with offices in Dublin, London, and Brussels. Mr. Cronin became a partner in the firm's Banking & Financial Services Department in 1991. From 1991 until August 2002, he led the firm's London office.
	Liam Quirke Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Dublin Liam Quirke is the Managing Partner at Matheson Ormsby Prentice, one of Ireland's leading corporate law firms with 72 partners and tax principals, more than 350 legal and tax professionals and a total staff of 560. The firm has offices in Dublin, London, New York, and Palo Alto, California. He is a member of the Irish Prime Minister's Committee on International Banking and Treasury and was at the forefront in the construction of the statutory framework to facilitate international securitization and repackaging transactions in Ireland.
Israel Top of Page
	Shlomo Cohen Dr. Shlomo Cohen & Co., Tel Aviv Dr. Shlomo Cohen heads Dr. Shlomo Cohen & Co., one of the most respected boutique intellectual property firms in Israel. Since 1999, he has also been President of the Israel Bar, both the statutory professional trade union for Israeli lawyers and the organization that certifies lawyers to practice law in Israel.
Italy Top of Page
	Giuseppe Bisconti Studio Legale Bisconti, Rome Dr. Giuseppe Bisconti is the principal of Studio Legale Bisconti, with offices in Rome, Milan, London, and New York. He was the President of the International Bar Association from 1990 to 1992. He is also a Founding Member and Honorary Life President of the Pan African Lawyers Union, a Permanent Senate Member of the European Bar Presidents' Conference, and Chair of the International Foundation for the Rule of Law and the Independence of Lawyers and Judges.
	Bruno Cova Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Milan Bruno Cova is Co-Chair of the Milan office of Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP. Prior to joining the firm, he was Group General Counsel of Fiat SpA. He was also the chief legal adviser to the Commissioner appointed by the Italian government to investigate Europe’s largest financial fraud at Parmalat, and deal with the restructuring of the company.
	Umberto Nicodano Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Milan Umberto Nicodano is the Managing Partner of Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, one of Italy’s finest law firms and one of the few that offer comprehensive legal advice in all sectors of the law, with more than 300 lawyers in Milan, Genoa, Rome, Brussels, and London. Mr. Nicodano is a specialist in M&A transactions whose clients are often English and American private equity funds.
	Alberto Piergrossi Piergrossi Bianchini Eversheds, Milan Professor Alberto Piergrossi is Co-Founder and Chairman of Piergrossi Bianchini Eversheds, with offices in Milan and Rome. He is also a Professor of Civil Procedure at the State University of Milan.
Japan Top of Page
	Takashi Ejiri Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo Mr. Takashi Ejiri was the head of Asahi Law Office which merged with Nishimura on July 1, 2007, to become Nishimura & Asahi. He is well known in the M&A circles in the Securities and Private Equity area. He was Vice Chairman of the International Relations Committee of Japan Federation of Bar Associations from 1986 to 1994, Chairperson of Financial Institutes and Transactions Committee from 1992 to 1994, and Secretary General of Inter-Pacific Bar Association from 1995 to 1999.
	Akira Kawamura Anderson Mori and Tomotsune, Tokyo Akira Kawamura in an influential member of the Japanese Bar, having served as Executive Vice President of the Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association, Executive Director of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Nichibenren), and Chairman of the JFPAs' Foreign Lawyers and International Legal Practice Committee. He is Secretary General of the International Bar Association.
	Mitsuhiro Moroishi Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners, Tokyo Mr. Moroishi is a Partner in the firm of Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners, a major Japanese law firm with offices in Tokyo, Osaka, and Shanghai. He served as Senior Managing Director of the Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., from 1998 to 2004. He is also a Member of the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice, where he also serves as a Member of the Corporate-Law Sub-Council, and a Member of the Intellectual Property Policy Council of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Kazakhstan Top of Page
	Olga Chentsova Aequitas, Almaty Dr. Chentsova is the Managing Partner of Aequitas, a leading law firm in the Republic of Kazkhstan, with offices in Almaty, Astana, Atyrau. In 1990-1991, she worked as an advisor at the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan. She has participated in governmental working groups for the development of important commercial legislative acts of the Republic including the RK Civil Code, Foreign Investment Law, and Petroleum Law.
Kenya Top of Page
	Karim S. Anjarwalla Anjarwalla & Khanna Advocates, Nairobi Karim S. Anjarwalla is a senior partner at Anjarwalla & Khanna Advocates, one of the largest law firms in Kenya, with offices in Nairobi and Mombassa. He is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales as well as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
Kuwait Top of Page
	Abdul Rahman R. Al Haroun International Counsel Bureau, Safat Mr. Al Haroun founded The International Counsel Bureau, the only Kuwaiti law firm specialized and exclusively devoted to dealing with international legal issues and offering multilingual intercontinental services, in 1994. He is the former Manager of the Corporate Legal Department of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company where he served during its most crucial years of expansion, modernization, and capacity augmentation.
	Kevin John Burke The Law Office of Bader Saud Al-Bader & Partners, Kuwait Mr. Burke, an Irish dual national, has worked in Kuwait since 1979 and has worked on some of the most important international transactions in several industries. He has served both as counsel and as an arbitrator at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris and in Kuwait and he was appointed by the Government of Canada to represent it on a committee in Geneva formed under the United Nations Compensation Commission dealing with claims arising out of the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait.
	Sam Habbas Al-Sarraf & Al-Ruwayeh, Safat Sam Habbas is a member of Al-Sarraf & Al-Ruwayeh, the largest law firm in Kuwait and one of the leading law firms in the Gulf region. Mr. Habbas is an expert in the fields of Finance, Islamic Finance, International Commercial Transactions, and Projects work in a variety of sectors including Oil and Gas. He also has significant experience in complex cross border transactions, providing consultancy to foreign firms seeking to conduct business in the Middle East on financing, commercial matters, and developing aspects of Kuwaiti law.
Luxembourg Top of Page
	Philippe Dupont Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg Philippe Dupont is co-head of the Financial Services Practice of Arendt and Medernach, a firm with more than 200 lawyers and offices in Luxembourg, Brussels, and New York. He is a member of three legal advisory committees, of the securitization committee, of the ad hoc interpretation group of the Prospectus Directive, of the ad hoc working group on the Market Abuse Directive, and of the ad hoc working group on takeover bids with the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, the regulatory authority of the financial sector in Luxembourg.
Malaysia Top of Page
	Dato' Param Cumaraswamy Dato' Param Cumaraswamy, Kuala Lumpur Mr. Cumaraswamy served as Chair of the Malaysian Bar Council from 1986 to1988. From 1986 to 1989, he was chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the International Bar Association. He has been a commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists since 1990 and served as its Vice-President from 2004 to 2005. Appointed the UN Special Rapporteur in 1994, he intervened in more than 100 countries and conducted numerous fact-finding missions to investigate attacks on the independence of judges and lawyers and the rule of law.
Mexico Top of Page
	Manuel Galicia Romero Galicia y Robles, Mexico City Manuel Galicia Romero is a founding partner of Galicia y Robles, a leading Mexican law firm. Mr. Galicia participated as legal advisor to the Coordinating Office of Foreign Trade Organizations (Coordinadora de Organizaciones Empresariales de Comercio Exterior - "COECE") in the negotiation of NAFTA and the Treaty with the European Union.
	Thomas S. Heather White & Case, Mexico City Prior to joining White & Case, Thomas S. Heather was a partner at a leading law firm, where he led the Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking, and Corporate Governance practice. He is regarded as one of the leading lawyers in Mexico and has represented a number of significant Mexican and foreign companies and banks in its transactions in Mexico and abroad. As a financial law expert he has advised a number of governmental entities related with the financial services industry in Mexico.
	Carlos Loperena R. Loperena, Lerch y Martin Del Campo, Mexico City Mr. Loperena is currently a partner in the law firm of Loperena, Lerch y Martin del Campo, in Mexico City, with special emphasis on corporate law, mercantile contracts, arbitration, and litigation. He served as Advisor of the Mexican negotiating team for the North-American Free Trade Agreement on the subject of dispute resolution (1992-1993) and is President-Elect of the Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados (Mexican Bar Association) for the period of 2009-2011.
New Zealand Top of Page
	Peter Chemis Buddle Findlay, Wellington Mr. Chemis is National Chairman of Buddle Findlay, one of New Zealand's leading Corporate, Commercial Law, and Public Law firms, with offices in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch and with 37 partners and a total workforce of around 280 people. He has advised successive New Zealand governments on changes to Employment Law and related legislation.
Poland Top of Page
	Stanisław Sołtysinski Sołtysinski Kawecki & Szlęzak, Warsaw Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak (SK&S) is one of the leading law firms in Poland. The firm has 85 attorneys, and employs a total of 180 people including 20 paralegals and a support staff of 80, with principal offices are in Warsaw and branch offices in Poznań, Katowice, and Wrocław. In the years 1991 and 1992, Professor Sołtysiński represented the Polish Government during negotiations leading to Poland's association with the European Community.
	Krzysztof A. Zakrzewski Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka, Warsaw Krzysztof A. Zakrzewski is a Founder and the Managing Partner of Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka, the largest law firm in Poland, with offices in Warsaw, Poznan, Wroclaw, and Torun. After the 1989 political changes, he was a participant in the legislative work carried out by the Ministry of Privatisation on the Act on the Privatisation of State-owned Enterprises and the Act on Companies with Foreign Participation and was also an advisor and attorney to the Minister of Privatisation.
Portugal Top of Page
	Manuel Castelo Branco Gonçalves Pereira, Castelo Branco e Associados, Lisbon Mr. Branco is a Founding Partner of Gonçalves Pereira, Castelo Branco e Associados, a leading Portuguese law firm with 160 lawyers and with offices in Lisbon, Porto, and Maputo, Mozambique. Mr. Branco's main areas of practice include Arbitration, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate and Commercial Law, Finance Law. He is a Visiting Professor at "Universidade Nova" of Lisbon and a member of the High Council of the Portuguese Bar Association.
Qatar Top of Page
	Hassan Al Khater Hassan A. Al Khater Law Office, Doha Hassan Al Khater established the Hassan A. Al Khater Law Office in 1991. A. registered Qatari advocate, he is the only Qatari lawyer who has worked in two international law firms, having previously worked with the law firms of Trowers and Hamlins in Oman and then Clyde and Co in Dubai. Prior to joining Trowers and Hamlins, he was the senior legal advisor and company secretary of Gulf Air at its headquarters in Bahrain.
Russia Top of Page
	Dimitry Afanasiev Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners, Moscow Dimitry Afanasiev is the Chairman of Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners, the largest domestic law firm in Russia, with over 100 professionals and offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and London. Mr. Afanasiev is also actively involved in pro-bono work for the Russian Government, including the drafting of the new Law on Foreign Investment in Strategic Industries and the Antimonopoly Law.
	Konstantin Anatolievich Chuichenko Head of the Legal Department and a Member of the Management Committee, Gazprom, Moscow Mr. Chuichenko is Head of the Legal Department and a Member of the Management Committee of Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom, a global energy leader.
	Igor Maydannik Executive Vice-President, Legal Support, TNK-BP, Moscow Igor Maydannik is Executive Vice-President for Legal Support of TNK-BP, a leading Russian oil company and one of the top ten privately-owned oil companies in the world in terms of crude oil production. TNK-BP’s major producing assets are located in West Siberia, the Volga-Urals, and East Siberia. It owns and operates five refineries (four in Russia and one in Ukraine) and has a retail network of approximately 1,600 sites spread across Central Russia and Ukraine.
	Andrey Novakovskiy Liniya Prava, Moscow Mr. Novakovskiy is the Managing Partner of Liniya Prava, a major Russian firm with offices in Moscow, Kyiv, and London. He specializes in Privatization, Project Finance, Currency Regulation, Foreign-Economic Activity, Foreign Investment, Competition Law, Antitrust, Legal Regulation of Stock Markets, and Corporate Law. Prior to this, he was director of the in-house legal department of OAO Federal Stock Corporation.
	Alexander I. Zyuba Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners, Moscow Alexander I. Zyuba is Managing Partner of Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners, a firm founded in Moscow in January 1991 by postgraduate students of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Institute of International Relations. His principal areas of specialization include Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Law, Finance Law, Securities Law, Insolvency Law, and Telecommunications Law.
Saudi Arabia Top of Page
	Mohammed Al-Jadaan The Law Firm of Yousef & Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Riyadh Mohammed Al-Jadaan is a Founding Partners of the Al-Jadaan Law Firm, one of the largest firms in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Operating in cooperation with the international firm of Clifford Chance, it has more than 19 lawyers in Riyadh and has engaged in many of the largest matters in the Kingdom, including work on the largest Islamic financing transaction ever consummated.
	Stephen Matthews Law Office of Mohanned bin Saud Al-Rasheed, in Association with Baker Botts, Riyadh and Dubai Mr. Matthews is one of the most distinguished lawyers working in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries. His practice centers on banking and finance, technology transfer, telecommunications, construction, dispute resolution, and international investment, especially business ventures. He has worked on contracts and financing for many infrastructure projects in the region, including oil refineries, petrochemical plants, pipelines, manufacturing plants, defense projects, and telecommunications networks.
Singapore Top of Page
	Philip N. Pillai Shook Lin & Bok LLP, Singapore Philip Pillai is the Senior Partner of Shook Lin & Bok, one of the most respected law firms in Singapore. Dr. Pillai served as a Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, 2000-2005 and as Chairman of the Singapore Company Legislation and Regulatory Framework Committee, 2000-2002.
	Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara WongPartnership, Singapore Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara is the Managing Partner of WongPartnership, one of the largest law firms in Singapore, with around 150 lawyers, and with an office in China and a regional practice encompassing China, India, and Southeast Asia. Mr. Pillay's main areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, debt capital market transactions, and general corporate law.
	Lucien Wong Allen & Gledhill, Singapore Lucien Wong is the Managing Partner of Allen & Gledhill, the largest law firm in Singapore with over 250 lawyers. He is also a board member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and a member of the Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance, a body responsible for setting the accounting and corporate governance standards in Singapore.
South Africa Top of Page
	Kevin Cron Deneys Reitz, Johannesburg Kevin Cron heads the commercial division of the Johannesburg office of Deneys Reitz Inc. He is one of the most respected corporate lawyers in South Africa, having acted for well-known South African mining and industrial groups and for various South African and International Banks.
	Jonathan Schlosberg Bowman Gilfillan, Johannesburg Jonathan Schlosberg is Chairman of Bowman Gilfillan, one of the premier corporate law firms in South Africa with more than 250 lawyers and offices in Johannesburg (Sandton), Cape Town, and London. Mr. Schlosberg specializes in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate law, banking and finance, corporate governance, capital markets, and securities law.
	Des Williams Werksmans, Johannesburg Des Williams is the Chairman of Werksmans, one of the most respected corporate law firms in South Africa. He is also Co-Chairman of the Litigation Committee of the International Bar Association and a Director of the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa ("AFSA").
South Korea Top of Page
	Kye Sung Chung Kim & Chang, Seoul Mr. Kye Sung Chung is a senior Partner of Kim & Chang, the largest and the most specialized law firm in Korea. He has served as a Member of the Council on Financial Industry Development of the Korean Ministry of Finance and Economy from 1996 to 2007 and a Member of the Industrial Deregulation Review Committee of the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy from 1993 to 1997.
	Doo-Sik Kim Shin & Kim, Seoul Mr. Kim is the Managing Partner of Kim & Shim, long recognized as a premier international law firm in Korea, with over 150 Korean and foreign lawyers and other professionals. Mr. Kim served as Legal Counsel to the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy from 1991 to 1997.
	Yong Suk Yoon Lee & Ko, Seoul Mr. Yoon is a senior partner with the firm of Lee & Ko. He has also been an arbitrator with the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board since 1992.
Spain Top of Page
	José María Alonso Garrigues, Madrid Mr. José María Alonso is the Managing Partner of Garrigues, the largest law firm in continental Europe by number of professionals. He is recognized internationally for his high-profile work in the fields of litigation and arbitration.
	Fernando de las Cuevas Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid Mr. de las Cuevas was Managing Partner of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados from 1998 to 2000 and is currently a member of the firm's Management Committee. He is Head of the firm's Corporate Practice and is a specialist in Banking Law, Securities Market Law, Collective Investment Institutions, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Family and Private Equity Businesses.
	Rafael Fontana García Cuatrecasas, Barcelona Mr. Rafael Fontana García is the Deputy General Director of Cuatrecasas, one of the leading firms on the Iberian Peninsula, with more than 800 lawyers and with offices in major Spanish and Portuguese cities as well as in Casablanca, Brussels, London, New York, Paris, and Sao Paulo.
Sweden Top of Page
	Stefan Brocker Mannheimer Swartling, Gothenburg Stefan Brocker is Executive Partner of Mannheimer Swartling, one of Sweden’s largest law firms with 300 lawyer and with offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Helsingborg, New York, Frankfurt, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Brussels, Moscow, and Hong Kong. He practices in the fields of Maritime and Transport Law, Shipbuilding and Financing Law, Administrative Law, and Constitutional Law, although he now devotes most of his time to Domestic and International Arbitration and Litigation.
	Johan Gernandt Gernandt & Danielsson, Stockholm Johan Gernandt is a Founding and Senior Partner of Gernandt & Danielsson, a leading independent Swedish law firm with broad international legal expertise. He practices in the fields of Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation, and Arbitration.
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	Benoît Chappuis Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva Mr. Benoît Chappuis is the Managing Partner of the Geneva office of Lenz & Staehelin, the largest law firm in Switzerland with more than 130 lawyers. He is the Former Chairman of the Geneva Bar Association, a Former Substitute Judge at the Court of Appeal of the Canton of Geneva, and a Former Member of the Superior Council of the Magistrature of the Canton of Geneva. He is a Lecturer on the law of contracts at the University of Fribourg.
	Dr. Felix R. Ehrat Bär & Karrer, Zurich Dr. Ehrat is the Senior Partner of Bär & Karrer, a nationally and internationally recognized Swiss law firm with more than 100 lawyers and offices in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano, Zug, and London. He is Co-Chair of the Section on Business Organizations of the International Bar Association was President of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA) from 1998 to 1999.
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	Armen Khachaturyan Asters, Kyiv Mr. Khachaturyan is Senior Partner and Chair of Banking, Finance and Securities of Asters, one of the leading Ukrainian law firms. He has worked as a coordinator of the advisory group at the State Commission of Ukraine on Securities and Stock Market for improvement of capital market regulations and is a member of the National IPO Committee of Ukraine.
	Irina Paliashvili RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, Washington, DC, and Kiev Dr. Paliashvili is President and Senior Counsel of The RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group in Washington, DC, which, along with its affiliate, the Ukrainian Legal Group in Kiev, provide comprehensive legal support to large and medium international corporate clients contemplating or engaged in business and investment activity in Ukraine, Russia, and other CIS countries. She has special expertise in the area of Oil and Gas, Intellectual Property Protection, Commercial Dispute Settlement, and Mediation.
	Oleg Riabokon Magisters, Kyiv Mr. Riabokon is the Managing Partner of Magisters, a major law firm in the CIS. He has served as an adviser to the first Deputy Minister of Finance, the State Secretary on Trade of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Ukraine, and the Minister of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety of Ukraine and as a member of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Ukraine's Accession to the WTO.
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	Essam Al Tamimi Al Tamimi & Company, Dubai Mr. Al Tamimi is the Founder and Senior Partner of Al Tamimi & Company. Established in 1989, the firm is the largest in the Middle East, with offices throughout the UAE in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah, as well as in Qatar, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Mr. Al Tamimi has been practicing commercial law and related litigation in the UAE and other GCC countries for over twenty years.
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	Peter Bevan Group General Counsel and Executive Vice President, British Petroleum, London Peter Bevan is Group General Counsel and Executive Vice President of BP p.l.c., one of the largest corporations in the world and a global energy group employing over 96,000 people and operating in over 100 countries worldwide. He is also a member of the BP group chief executive's meeting.
	Lord Daniel Brennan QC Matrix Chambers, London During 1999, Lord Brennan was Chairman of the Bar of England and Wales, and in 2000, British lawyers voted him Barrister of the Year. In May 2000, the Queen, on the recommendation of the U.K. Government, appointed him a life peer and member of the House of Lords.
	Lord Anthony Grabiner QC One Essex Court, London Lord Grabiner is a commercial lawyer with a substantial court and advisory practice dealing with the major commercial issues of the day. Highly experienced both as an advocate and an arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations, he is a director of the London Court of International Arbitration. He sits as a Deputy High Court Judge of the Chancery and Queen's Bench Divisions.
	Geoffrey Green Ashurst, London Geoffrey Green is Ashurst's senior partner and a member of the firm's corporate department in London, with extensive experience of major corporate transactions in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
	Alan Jenkins Eversheds, London Alan Jenkins is Chairman of Eversheds, one of the largest full-service law firms in the world with 29 offices in major cities across the U.K. Europe, Middle East and Asia. He has been a partner at the firm since 1998, when he led Frere Cholmeley into a merger with the firm’s London office.
	Geoffrey Charles Vos QC 3 Stone Buildings, London Geoffrey Charles Vos QC is Chairman of the Bar Council of England and Wales and has been Chairman of the Professional Standards Committee and a Member of the General Management Committee of the Bar Council since 2007. He was Chairman of the Chancery Bar Association from 1994-1997.
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	David Boies Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Armonk, New York When Mr. Boies, Chairman of Boies, Schiller and Flexner, received the Milton Gould Award in 1996, the citation read in part, "No lawyer in America has tried and argued on appeal as many landmark cases in as many different areas as Mr. Boies."
	Louis J. Briskman Executive Vice President and General Counsel CBS Corporation, New York Beginning in 1993, Mr. Briskman has served as General Counsel to several prominent public corporations. He has served as General Counsel to Westinghouse Electric Corporation, CBS, Aetna Inc. and more recently returned to CBS Corporation as its Executive Vice President and General Counsel.
	Morgan Chu Irell & Manella, Los Angeles Co-Managing Partner of the firm from 1997 to 2003, Mr. Chu was named one of the "Top Ten Trial Lawyers" in the nation by the National Law Journal. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Public Counsel, the largest pro bono law office in the United States.
	Daniel Cooperman Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary Apple, Cupertino, California Mr. Cooperman serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Software & Information Industry Association, the largest trade association in the software industry. He is a member of the American Bar Association's Committee of Corporate General Counsel and is on the Advisory Council for the Law, Science and Technology Program at Stanford Law School.
	Jamie Gorelick Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Washington, DC Ms. Gorelick was one of the longest serving Deputy Attorneys General of the United States, the second highest position in the Department of Justice. She was also a member of the bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the "9/11 Commission").
	Shirley Mount Hufstedler Senior Counsel, Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles Shirley Mount Hufstedler has had a distinguished career at the highest levels of legal and public service. A senior of counsel lawyer at Morrison & Foerster in Los Angeles, Mrs. Hufstedler served as Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for eleven years before President Jimmy Carter appointed her U.S. Secretary of Education.
	Roberta D. Liebenberg Fine, Kaplan and Black, Philadelphia A partner at Fine, Kaplan and Black, Ms. Liebenberg is the Chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary. She is the former Vice Chair of the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession and also served as its Special Advisor. She has received numerous awards for her efforts to combat bias in the justice system and for mentoring of female attorneys.
	Jiro Murase Bingham McCutchen, New York In 1989, the Emperor of Japan conferred upon Mr. Murase the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to increased understanding and friendship between the United States and Japan.
	John F. Olson Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, D.C. A founding partner of the firm's Washington, D.C. office, Mr. Olson has been Chairman for the past five years of the ABA Business Law Section's Committee on Corporate Governance.
	Harry M. Reasoner Vinson & Elkins, Houston Mr. Reasoner is one of the leading trial lawyers in the country, former Chair of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, and recipient of many awards for his civic and professional contributions, including the American Inns of Court Award for the Fifth Circuit.
	Jerome J. Shestack WolfBlock, Philadelphia Mr. Shestack was President of the American Bar Association, 1997-1998. A world leader in the international human rights movement, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights under President Jimmy Carter. He is regularly named by the National Law Journal as one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in the U.S. In 2006, Mr. Shestack was awarded the ABA’s highest Medal for contributions to American jurisprudence.

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