PRESS RELEASE On June 27, 2019, the 12th edition of the International Le- gal Alliance Summit & Awards brought together more than 450 senior representatives from leading law firms as well as general counsel from all around the world at the prestigious Marriott Essex House Hotel in New York. Organized by Leaders League, the highly interactive one- day program provided participants with unique networking opportunities, thanks to 600 pre-scheduled One-to-One meetings, networking during seated lunch and gala din- ner, and 17 panels chaired by world-class speakers. The General Counsel Awards recognized the best legal and intellectual property in-house departments, while the Law Firm Awards celebrated the best-performing law firms in over 40 countries. For 12 years now, the International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards has supported the members of the legal field in their quest for expertise, networking and achievements. MORE AND MORE CONFERENCES The International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards was proud to host the 12th edition of our Expert Insights panels. Over 90 outstanding international speakers shared their experience, knowledge, expertise, and discussed the latest issues in the relevant industry and provided solutions to challenges. Throughout the day, our participants got an overview of the market trends of 2018-19 in Corporate, IP, Dispute Resolu- tion & litigation. 17 panels included well-known speakers such Meeka Bondy , Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, Business Affairs and Legal EC, HBO, Alejandra Castro, Head of Law, Patents & Compliance, Bayer - Jennifer Chung, Associate Gene- ral Counsel, AccuWeather - Mike Greenman Senior Vice President, Chief Counsel, Financial Crimes Legal, U.S. Bank Leah Montesano, VP Global Head of Litigation, Discovery Amy Chipperson, General Counsel North America, Atos Amanda Schaffer , Senior Counsel, Macy’s, Nemer Farjart, General Legal Director, Telecommunications Division, Grupo Televisa, Manny W. Schecter , Chief Patent Counsel and As- sociate General Counsel, IBM - Bradley Silver, Chief Intellec- tual Property Counsel, WarnerMedia - Stephan Wolke, Head of IP, Thyssenkrupp IP NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES The One-to-One platform, designed to connect each parti- cipant to their peers, prospective clients and others in the international legal community was a unique opportunity for attendees to enhance their international legal network and build new alliances. In just one day and without having to go on a world tour, they were able to meet peers and clients from more than 40 different countries. This year, around 600 meetings were held. THE AWARDS CEREMONIES The International General Counsel Awards took place over lunch rewarded the best legal and intellectual property departments worldwide. In order to elect the Gold Award winner in each category, an independent jury-panel of high-performing general counsel and chief IP counsel voted based on their personal experience as well as on the application forms provided by the distinguished in-house departments. The International Law Firm Awards took place during the gala dinner recognized the best law firms in their domes- tic market for their excellent annual track record, growth performance and leadership. The Gold Award winner in each category were elected by an independent jury-panels, made up of more than 140 general counsel. In order to elect each Gold Award winner, the nominated firms also filled out an application form which was then presented to our jury. We congratulate the 2019 Gold Award winners and all our nominees, for their hard work and expertise. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our jury members, partners and sponsors. To find out more about the International Legal Alliance Sum- mit & Awards, please visit our website (www.ilasummit.com) or contact us directly. We would be pleased to answer any questions you may have. 2019 A great opportunity to meet in house, lawyers and institutional from all over the world. A renowned event in an intimate place. Based in Paris, Leaders League is an independent information provider. A long-standing French reference and the publisher of Decideurs Magazine, it operates internationally through intelligence reports and prestigious international events, focusing on strategy, finance and law.
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PRESS RELEASE
On June 27, 2019, the 12th edition of the International Le-gal Alliance Summit & Awards brought together more than 450 senior representatives from leading law firms as well as general counsel from all around the world at the prestigious Marriott Essex House Hotel in New York.Organized by Leaders League, the highly interactive one-day program provided participants with unique networking opportunities, thanks to 600 pre-scheduled One-to-One meetings, networking during seated lunch and gala din-ner, and 17 panels chaired by world-class speakers. The General Counsel Awards recognized the best legal and intellectual property in-house departments, while the Law Firm Awards celebrated the best-performing law firms in over 40 countries. For 12 years now, the International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards has supported the members of the legal field in their quest for expertise, networking and achievements.
MORE AND MORE CONFERENCES
The International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards was proud to host the 12th edition of our Expert Insights panels. Over 90 outstanding international speakers shared their experience, knowledge, expertise, and discussed the latest issues in the relevant industry and provided solutions to challenges. Throughout the day, our participants got an overview of the market trends of 2018-19 in Corporate, IP, Dispute Resolu-tion & litigation.
17 panels included well-known speakers such Meeka Bondy, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, Business Affairs and Legal EC, HBO, Alejandra Castro, Head of Law, Patents & Compliance, Bayer - Jennifer Chung, Associate Gene-ral Counsel, AccuWeather - Mike Greenman Senior Vice President, Chief Counsel, Financial Crimes Legal, U.S. Bank Leah Montesano, VP Global Head of Litigation, Discovery Amy Chipperson, General Counsel North America, Atos Amanda Schaffer, Senior Counsel, Macy’s, Nemer Farjart, General Legal Director, Telecommunications Division, Grupo Televisa, Manny W. Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel and As-sociate General Counsel, IBM - Bradley Silver, Chief Intellec-tual Property Counsel, WarnerMedia - Stephan Wolke, Head of IP, Thyssenkrupp IP
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
The One-to-One platform, designed to connect each parti-cipant to their peers, prospective clients and others in the international legal community was a unique opportunity for attendees to enhance their international legal network and build new alliances. In just one day and without having to go on a world tour, they were able to meet peers and clients from more than 40 different countries. This year, around 600 meetings were held.
THE AWARDS CEREMONIES
The International General Counsel Awards took place over lunch rewarded the best legal and intellectual property departments worldwide. In order to elect the Gold Award winner in each category, an independent jury-panel of high-performing general counsel and chief IP counsel voted based on their personal experience as well as on the application forms provided by the distinguished in-house departments.
The International Law Firm Awards took place during the gala dinner recognized the best law firms in their domes-tic market for their excellent annual track record, growth performance and leadership. The Gold Award winner in each category were elected by an independent jury-panels, made up of more than 140 general counsel. In order to elect each Gold Award winner, the nominated firms also filled out an application form which was then presented to our jury. We congratulate the 2019 Gold Award winners and all our nominees, for their hard work and expertise. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our jury members, partners and sponsors.
To find out more about the International Legal Alliance Sum-mit & Awards, please visit our website (www.ilasummit.com) or contact us directly. We would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
2019 A great opportunity to meet in house, lawyers and institutional from all over the world. A renowned event in an intimate place.
Based in Paris, Leaders League is an independent information provider. A long-standing French reference and the publisher of Decideurs Magazine, it operates internationally through intelligence reports and prestigious international events, focusing on strategy, finance and law.
Florence Carterot, Legal Director and Compliance Program Officer, Nexans
Patrick Carty, General Counsel, Zurich Global Life North America
Alejandra Castro, Head of Legal, Patents and Compliance, Bayer
Olivier Catherine, Group General Counsel, Sonepar
Miroslav Cerny, Coordinator of IP Department, Skoda Auto
We would like to express our deep gratitude to the following jury members who were involved in the pre-selection process and in choosing the Silver and Gold Award winners in our thirty-nine categories.
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JURY MEMBERS
Renaud Champetier de Ribes, VP Global Projets Legal Manager, Schneider Electric
Elsa Chantereau, Head of Public Affairs and CSR, Coca Cola
Jacobo Cohen Imach, SVP - General Counsel, Legal and Public Affairs, Mercado Libre
Susan Coles, General Counsel & Finance Director, Vivet Therapeutics
Timothy Collins, Director Intellectual Property, Bombardier
Joseph Conklin, SVP, Global Deputy General Counsel, Coty
Gabriel Costa, Managing Counsel Litigation Latin America, Shell Brasil
Ann Critchell-Ward, Vice President IP Operations, TomTom
Furio Curri, Head of Group General Legal Affairs, Assicurazioni Generali
Panagiota Dafnitos, Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Sponsorship & Marketing, Royal Bank of Canada
Alexandre de Tourtier, General Counsel, Solocal
Berengere Demoulin, Group Legal Director, Orpea
Kathleen Denoodt, Managing Consultant, Kdenoodt International Consult BVBA
Daniel Desjardins, Senior VP Legal Affairs & Corporate Secretary, Bombardier
Sylvestre Dhombres, General Counsel, Pylones
Jay Diamond, Adjunct Professor of Law, Pace University of Law
Benjamin Dornic, General Counsel, Louvre Hotels Group
Valérie Dussaussois, Head of Trademarks & Copyrights, Alstom
Stephane Faucher, General Counsel, Spie Batignolles
Inaiê Ferraz Mendes Reis, Regional General Counsel Latam, Andritz
Favio Luciano Flores, Director of Legal Affairs, Ficohsa
Chek Tsang Foo, General Counsel, Asia Pacific, Dimension Data
Simone Frattasi, Senior IP Manager, Sony Mobile Communications
Michel Friocourt, Group CEO Advisor, Kering
Sophie Gelbert, General Counsel, Air France
Dominikus Golsong, Vice President Legal & Compliance EMEA General Counsel, Goodyear Corporation
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We would like to express our deep gratitude to the following jury members who were involved in the pre-selection process and in choosing the Silver and Gold Award winners in our thirty-nine categories.
JURY MEMBERS
Ilba Lucia Gonzalez, Intellectual Property Advisory and Management of Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Mechanisms, Ecopetrol
Jalila Gouich, Head of Legal, Synlab
Rekha Hanu, Executive Director, Chief IP Counsel, Akorn
Carmen Hunt, Director, Trademark Enforcement, MLB Properties
Buse Pinar Kacar, General Counsel, Yorsan
Craig Katerberg, Head of M&A and Corporate Development, Asia Pacific, Anheuser-Busch InBev
Helena Kazamaki, General Counsel Europe & France, Group SVP, Head of Legal and Integrity Robotics and Discrete Automation, ABB
Gildas Kettanjian, Legal Director, Messer
Brian Klein, Director of IP Portfolio Strategy and Development, Boeing
Richard Krzyzanowski, Consultant, Crown Holdings
Rohit Kumar, General Counsel, United Phosphorus
Amitabh Lal Das, Director & Head Legal Compliance & Regulatory, Max Life Insurance Company Limited
We would like to express our deep gratitude to the following jury members who were involved in the pre-selection process and in choosing the Silver and Gold Award winners in our thirty-nine categories.
JURY MEMBERS
Ronald Peppe, Vice President Legal & Human Resources, Canam Steel Corporation
Florence Peysson, Head of Legal Transverse & Corporate Activities, Servier
Jennifer Picenoni, Group General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Lindt & Sprüngli
Valeria Plastino, VP, General Counsel LATAM, Century Link
Helena Pons-Charle, Head of Legal Digital Crimes Unit, Microsoft
Ronald Prague, Chief Legal Officer, Synchronoss
Franck Raimbault, SVP HR Legal, Air France
Edgar Nicolas Ramirez, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Ecopetrol
Henrik Ramussen, General Counsel, VKR Holdings
Olga Ribeiro Spencer, General Counsel, Spie Batignolles
David Mace Roberts, General Counsel, Electronic Transaction Consultants
Franck Rohard, General Secretary, Europcar
Daniel Roslokken, VP & General Counsel, Insurance Design Administrators
Delphine Rullier, Head of Intellectual Property, Groupe Canal +
Ivan Sandoval, Vice President Chief of Legal Affairs Latin America, Colgate Palmolive
Anne-Sophie Schaefer, Head of Intellectual Proerty, Arkema
Bruce Schelkopf, Group SVP - Legal & Global Chief IP Officer, ABB
Valeria Schmitke, Latam Regional General Counsel, Zurich Insurance Brazil
Marcus Senna, General Counsel, Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias
Guido Silveira, Legal General Counsel, Companhia Brasileira de Petroleo Ipiranga
Jared Sine, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, Match Group
We would like to express our deep gratitude to the following jury members who were involved in the pre-selection process and in choosing the Silver and Gold Award winners in our thirty-nine categories.
Leaders League is an independent information provider based in Paris. A long lasting French reference with the Decideurs magazine, it operates internationally through intelligence reports and prestigious international events, focusing on Strategy, Finance and Law.