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I N T R O D U C T I O NWomen in Law Awards 2015

Welcome to the 2015 edition of the Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards.

Following the success of our long established Legal Awards and Leading Lawyer 250,

and in response to readership feedback, Lawyer Monthly is pleased to present its

annual Women in Law Awards. The Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards celebrate

and highlight the achievements of women in the legal profession across the globe.

As a result of several months of research and preparation, the Lawyer Monthly Women

in Law Awards recognise female legal experts that have influenced the wider legal

profession in their jurisdiction. The winners include all areas of the legal profession from

high achieving junior associates to long serving barristers.

After much hard work and many hours spent sifting through the votes and the voting

criteria data, Lawyer Monthly is proud to officially announce the winners of the Lawyer

Monthly Women in Law Awards 2015.

We hope you enjoy this special Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards publication.

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I N D E X Women in Law Awards 2015

EUROPE

AUSTRIA

Amelie Pohl Zumtobel + Kronberger + Rechtsanwälte Franchise

BELGIUM

Miriam Driessen-Reilly Driessen Reilly Antitrust and Competition Law

Gabrielle H. Williamson Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Environmental Law

Natalie Reypens Loyens & Loeff Transfer Pricing

FINLAND

Katia Duncker Bird & Bird Antitrust and Competition Law

FRANCE

Nathalie Dreyfus Dreyfus & associés Intellectual Property

GERMANY

Anne-Marie Wenger Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Antitrust and Competition Law

Nicole Elert PwC Corporate Immigration

Barbara Mayer Friedrich Graf von Westphalen Corporate Law

Dorothee Thum DTS Law Intellectual Property

Theresia Gondro Graf von Westphalen Mergers & Acquisitions 18

Astrid Nowakowski Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz Rechtsanwalts Tax

Alexandra Dellmeier LexDellmeier Trade Marks 19

HUNGARY

Ágnes Szent-Ivány Eversheds Franchise

Dr. Gabriella Sasvári SBGK Patents

IRELAND

Thérèse Rochford WhitneyMoore Alternative Investment Markets 20

Claire Callanan Beauchamps Solicitors Insolvency and Restructuring

Kate Colleary Eversheds Intellectual Property

Caroline Rowley Hayes Solicitors Mediation

Patricia McGovern DFMG Solicitors Trade Marks

ITALY

Lisa Masterman d’Urso Gatti e Bianchi Mergers & Acquisitions

LUXEMBOURG

Isabelle Lebbe Arendt Investment Management


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MALTA

Rosanne Bonnici Fenech & Fenech Advocates Tax

POLAND

Paulina Kieszkowska-Knapik Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasiński Life Sciences

PORTUGAL

Amanda VdA Regulation

Margarida Couto VdA Technology

Patricia Matos Deloitte Transfer Pricing

Alexandra Mota Gomes PLMJ – Sociedade de Advogados White Collar Crime 21

ROMANIA

Alina Radu Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen Banking and Finance

SPAIN

Raquel Mendes Csc Abogados Company and Commercial

Laura Martínez-Sanz Oliva - Ayala abogados White Collar Crime 22

SWEDEN

Eva Fredrikson Vinge Internet & E-Commerce

SWITZERLAND

Monika McQuillen Eversheds Ltd. Data Protection

Magda Streuli-Youssef Walder Wyss Ltd. Trade Marks 23

UNITED KINGDOM

Jennifer Bartram Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors LLP Agricultural Law

Susan Hankey CMS Cameron McKenna Antitrust and Competition Law

Jessica Franses 36 Bedford Row Art Law 24

Mary Joseph McGlinchey Collections Law

Melanie Willems Andrews Kurth LLP Commercial Arbitration

Sophie Nappert Three Verulam Buildings Commercial Arbitration 25

Laura Jones FBC Manby Bowdler Commercial Property

Elaine Palser 9 Stone Buildings Contentious Trusts and Probate

Rosalind Webster Dodd Lewis Contentious Trusts and Probate

Lynne McCafferty 4 Pump Court Data Protection

Annabelle Gauberti Crefovi Entertainment Law

Catherine Polli Pinney Talfourd LLP Family Law



Helen Ward Stewarts Law Family Law 26

Joanne Houston Just Family Law Family Law 27

Lisa Girdwood Simpson & Marwick Family Law

Michelle Fitzpatrick Crelins Carter Solicitors Family Law 28

Sara Mounsey Mowll & Mowll Family Law

Kate McMahon Edmonds Marshall McMahon Fraud 29

Siobhain Egan Lewis Nedas Law Fraud & Deceit 30

Susan Biddle Pinsent Masons Gaming Law

Julia Onslow-Cole PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP Immigration 31

Claire Hutchinson HGF Limited Intellectual Property 32

Rebecca Steer Steer and Co Intellectual Property

Janice Trigg Hempsons Labour & Employment

Rachel Harrap Edwin Coe LLP Labour & Employment

Victoria Bevis Sherrards Employment Law Solicitors Labour & Employment

Dr Penny Gilbert Powell Gilbert LLP Life Sciences 33

Siobhan Kelly BLM Law Matrimonial Law

Jane Player King & Spalding Mediation

Patricia Barclay Bonaccord Mediation

Rosalind Dunlop Herbert Smith Freehills Mediation

Alice Palmer Payne Hicks Beach Private Client

Katrina Vollentine Wollen Michelmore Private Client 34

Caroline Chan Ogier Private Investment Funds

Caroline Hume Neves Solicitors LLP Real Estate 35

Ann Humphrey Ann L Humphrey Tax 36

Lisa King Barker Brettell LLP Trade Marks

Natalie Charlick RBS Legal Trade Marks

Michelle Gavin Band Hatton Button LLP Trusts and Estates

Amy Paxton Berry & Lamberts Solicitors Wills and Probate

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA

Barbara R.C. Doherty Miller Thomson LLP Energy & Natural Resources 38



JoAnn P. Jamieson Lawson Lundell LLP Energy and Natural Resources

Lindsay Neidrauer Belmore Neidrauer LLP Intellectual Property 39

Angela Furlanetto DIMOCK STRATTON LLP Life Sciences 40

Natalie Raffoul Clancy + Brion Raffoul Patents 41

Anne Stewart Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Public Procurement

USA

Anita Mosner Holland & Knight Aviation

Deborah Sterlin Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Biotechnology

Joan Neri Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Commercial Law

Michelle Schaap Wolff Samson Commercial Law

Melanie Aitken Bennett Jones Competition Law

Mary Salamone Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo Construction

Heather R. Pruger Saul Ewing LLP Corporate Law 42

Scheherazade B. Rastegar MAC Services Group Divorce 43

Karin Jenson BakerHostetler E-Discovery

Debbie Blackwell Conner & Winters Employee Benefits

Mary Ryan Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP Environmental Law

Jacquelyn Quinn Senior Planning Services Fiduciary

Katie Lever Scientific Games Corporation Gaming Law

Amanda Hayes Hooper, Lundy and Bookman Healthcare

Susan Goff GoffWilson Immigration Law

Suzanne Bell Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati Information Technology

Catherine Holland Knobbe Martens Intellectual Property

Diana Muller Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman, P.C Intellectual Property 44

Emily Campbell Dunlap Codding Intellectual Property 45

Mary Ellen Roy Phelps Dunbar LLP Intellectual Property

Miriam Beezy BakerHostetler Intellectual Property

Sarah Columbia McDermott Will & Emery Intellectual Property

Stacey Halpern Knobbe Martens Intellectual Property

Amanda Persaud Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Investment Funds

Jennifer Dunn Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Investment Funds



Sibylle Grebe Conover & Grebe, LLP Legal Profession 46

Sandra Joan Morris Seltzer, Caplan, McMahon, Vitek Matrimonial Law

Eva Cantarella Hertz Schram Property Tax Appeals

Joan Larkin Seyfarth Shaw LLP Trade Marks

Lynda Zadra-Symes Knobbe Martens Trade Marks

Monica Talley Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Trade Marks

Susan Douglass Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu Trade Marks

Betty Santangelo Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP White Collar Crime

Martha Boersch Boersch Shapiro LLP White Collar Crime

Sheila Kuehl County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Women in Law

LATIN AMERICA

ARGENTINA

Julia Tellechea FRTB Intellectual Property

Maria Ines Corra M. & M. BOMCHIL ABOGADOS Public Procurement

Elizabeth Mireya Freidenberg Freidenberg, Freidenberg & Lifsic Transportation Law

BRAZIL

Sandra Terepins BM&A Law Antitrust and Competition Law

Ana Tereza Basilio Basilio Advogados Commercial Arbitration 48

Camila Camargo ANDERSEN BALLÃO ADVOCACIA Corporate Law

Adriana Baptista Tozzini Freire Environmental Law

Claudia Zeraik Montaury Pimenta Intellectual Property

Ana Gerdau de Borja Wald International Trade Law

Karina Goldberg FCDG Litigation

Cinthia Nelken Setera Lima Goncalves Real Estate

CHILE

Paulina Riquelme EeLaw Energy & Environmental Legal Advice Environmental Law 49

COLOMBIA

Laura Michelsen Triana, Uribe & Michelsen Trade Marks

ECUADOR

Sandra Reed-Serrano Pérez Bustamante & Ponce Telecommunications



EL SALVADOR

Carolina Lazo Arias & Munoz Corporate Law

GUATEMALA

Sandra Castillo Mayora & Mayora, SC Corporate Law

Sandra Iriarte Palomo & Porras Intellectual Property

MEXICO

Gabriela Merla Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow, S.C. Environmental Law

Laura Collada DUMONT BERGMAN BIDER & CO., S.C. Intellectual Property 50

VENEZUELA

Dianne Phoebus Baker & McKenzie Intellectual Property

ASIA

HONG KONG

Jeanette Chan Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Communications Law

Judy Lee Appleby Corporate Law

ISRAEL

Lillian Safran Shaked Shaked & Company Corporate Law

Rachel Teitelbaum Wolff, Bregman and Goller Patents

KAZAKHSTAN

Marla Valdez Dentons & Co Energy and Natural Resources

MALAYSIA

Grace Yeoh Shearn Delamore & Co. Mergers and Acquisitions

Patricia David Shook Lin and Bok Mergers and Acquisitions

SINGAPORE

Susan Wong WongPartnership Banking and Finance

Valerie Kwok Drew & Napier LLC Banking and Finance

Grace Ong Rodyk & Davidson LLP Corporate Law

Lisa Theng Colin NG & Partners LLP Corporate Law

SOUTH KOREA

Ann Nam Yeon Kwon KIM & CHANG Trade Marks



AFRICA

MOZAMBIQUE

Margarida Silva Msilva - Advogados & Consultores Commercial Law 54

Marta Paiva Caiado Guerreiro Corporate Tax

Fernanda Lopes Fernanda Lopes & Associados-Advogados Project Finance 55

SOUTH AFRICA

Fiona Leppan DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Labour & Employment

AUSTRALASIA

AUSTRALIA

Ruth Higgins Banco Chambers Competition Law 58

Anne-Marie Allgrove Baker & McKenzie Data Protection

Wendy Jacobs Russells Insolvency & Restructuring 59

Dr. Elizabeth E. Houlihan Houlihan2 Intellectual Property 60

Sue Gilchrist Herbert Smith Freehills Intellectual Property

Betsy-Ann Howe K&L Gates Tax

Emma Senior Baldwins Intellectual Property Trade Marks

NEW ZEALAND

Sarah Keene Russell McVeagh Antitrust & Competition Law 61

Sarah Armstrong Russell McVeagh Litigation

OFFSHORE

BARBADOS

Heather Tull David King & Co Tax

CAYMAN ISLANDS

Laura Hatfield Solomon Harris Insolvency & Restructuring 64


Europe


G E R M A N Y Women in Law Awards 2015

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Dr. Theresia GondroAttorney at GvW Graf von Westphalen

Graf von Westphalen , Maximiliansplatz 10, Im Luitpoldblock, 80333 Munich/GermanyTel: +49 89 689077-231 | Fax: +49 89 689077-100 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.gvw.com

Firm ProfileGvW Graf von Westphalen is a general partnership of lawyers and tax advisors founded in Hamburg in 1948. As one of

Germany’s major independent law firms, we operate nationally and internationally, with more than 130 professionals

and approximately 300 employees (including lawyers) based in our offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and

Munich, as well as Brussels, Istanbul and Shanghai.

GvW Graf von Westphalen is a full-service law firm offering its clients one-stop legal solutions for all kind of legal issues.

Clients will always have one single point of contact even in complex matters requiring several experts from our firm. We

are dedicated to the highest professional standards and a work culture that is characterized by flexibility and service

excellence.

GvW Graf von Westphalen’s independence is the key feature that sets the firm apart from competing law firms. We

are not a “legal assembly line” – at our firm, you will work with and continue to work with the partners you know

and respect. We offer advice on every aspect of business. Our clients include small and mid-sized enterprises, major

corporations and government agencies.

About Dr. Theresia GondroDr. Theresia Gondro is an attorney at GvW Graf von Westphalen’s Munich office since 2008. She was admitted to

the bar in 2008 and is a member of the practice group Corporate/M&A. She received her PhD from the University of

Bayreuth. She regularly advises companies, entrepreneurs and investors with all issues relating to business law including

litigation.

Notable Legal WorkDr. Theresia Gondro assists multinational clients with regard to their business needs in Germany. She recently worked

on AAR Corporation’s sale of the Telair Cargo Group for a consideration of USD 725 million subject to adjustments.

She furthermore worked on Blackhawk International Inc’s acquisition of Retailo AG. Theresia typically also advises

companies in all corporate and commercial issues.

Dr. Theresia Gondro’s primary area of expertise is:

• Corporate and Commercial Law

• Restructuring

• Litigation

• Mergers & Acquisitions / Cross-Border Transactions


G E R M A N YWomen in Law Awards 2015

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About Alexandra Dellmeier

Alexandra DellmeierFounder and Managing PartnerLexDellmeier IP Law Firm

Tel: +49 89 55 87 987 0 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.lexdellmeier.com

Alexandra Dellmeier, LexDellmeier IP Law Firm founder and managing partner, stated: “Our firm takes a fresh

approach when it comes to our clients’ IP needs. We go beyond merely offering ‘dry academic expertise’.

We strive to understand our clients’ business so we can be our clients’ ‘strategic partners’. We combine ‘out-

of-the-box’ thinking with technical excellence, proactive strategies and clear communication to maximise our

clients’ IP protection.”

The range of the firm’s activities reaches from prosecution, appeals, and revocation/nullity proceedings to

litigation before the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO), the Community Trademark and Design

Office (OHIM), the European Patent Office (EPO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the

European General Court (GC), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and all German courts.

The firm represents large and medium sized corporations, as well as individuals based in Europe, the Americas

and Asia. It has thus developed an international network of associates with whom it cooperates on a worldwide

basis in the field of IP prosecution and litigation. Strategic thinking, planning and protecting IP rights beyond

country borders are of major importance in this globalized world and are the basis of its clients’ success.

Ms Dellmeier stated: “We very much enjoy tackling such daily challenges and perform our work with

passion. Being actively involved at the ‘birth’ of an idea, product and cutting-edge technology and working

internationally with people of different cultural backgrounds and different laws makes our work and profession

exciting and challenging. And, being elected “Trade Marks Lawyer of the Year 2015 in Germany” makes all the

hard work for clients even more rewarding.”

In recent years, LexDellmeier IP law firm itself – incl. the whole IP team - has received several awards, including:

• Trademark Law Firm of the Year in Germany (Finance Monthly Law Awards 2014),

• Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year (Finance Monthly Global Awards 2013).

The firm takes pride in planning, creating, maintaining and reviewing its clients’ IP portfolio. And if IP rights are

ever violated or challenged, the client has with LexDellmeier a coordinated team of experts that can handle

complex litigation to defend and enforce a company’s valuable IP rights.

Knowledge - Power - Success - LexDellmeier believes that knowledge is power – the basis of its clients’ success.

Experienced - Innovative - Client-oriented - LexDellmeier offers innovative and creative in-depth IP counseling

in Germany and throughout Europe. The attorneys-at-law at LexDellmeier IP Law Firm offer first-class expertise in

the fields of trademark, design, IT and copyright law, as well as licensing and IP related unfair competition law.


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sThérèse RochfordPartner at WhitneyMoore

Wilton Park House, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland

T: +353 1 611 0000 | F: +353 1 611 0090 | W: www.whitneymoore.ie

Thérèse is Head of the firm’s corporate department where she manages a broad-based corporate and commercial

practice. She has extensive experience of public company stock exchange admissions, placings and stock exchange

rules compliance.

Thérèse has advised on the admission of a number of high registered companies to AIM and advised on the Irish

take-over rules from both the bidder (offeror) and the target (offeree). She also advises on private placing and other

public company fund raisings including limited open offers. She also advises private companies in many other sectors

– including technology, resources, manufacturing, renewable energy, medical devises, food and biotechnology – on

a wide range of issues such as mergers and acquisitions, MBO’s, MBI’s, raising finance and corporate governance.

She also represents venture capital companies and private investment ‘business angel’ funds.Thérèse qualified as a

solicitor in 1988 and became a partner in the firm in 1997, having practised in the City of London for a number of years.

Thérèse is a member of the Executive Council of the Irish Software Association.

About Thérèse Rochford

Firm ProfileWhitneyMoore is a well-established Irish law firm based in Dublin with a culture of providing consistently high quality

legal advice promptly, efficiently and cost effectively. We advise small and medium sized Irish enterprises as well as

international companies looking to establish or expand their presence in Ireland. Clients also include public bodies,

listed companies and private clients. Our value to them, and perhaps to you, lies in the quality of our expertise, the

business focused manner in which we deliver our service and the cost effectiveness we see as central to everything

we do.Founded in 1882, WhitneyMoore comprises over 30 lawyers, including ten partners and one full-time consultant.

The firm is large enough to have the experience and resources necessary to provide our clients with comprehensive,

effective legal advice yet small enough to retain direct partner involvement in all matters. The lawyer you meet at any

initial instruction will be the lawyer who advises you through to conclusion. In addition to our three core practice areas;

namely, corporate, litigation and property, we are recognised experts in a number of key areas of specialisation such

as employment, intellectual property and insolvency and corporate recovery. WhitneyMoore is the sole Irish member

of the prestigious Meritas global network of independent law firms, giving our clients access to quality assured legal ex-

pertise worldwide. Meritas is a worldwide group of law firms whose membership includes more than 170 independent

commercial law firms located in over 60 countries. It is differentiated from other legal alliances by its referral, reporting

and evaluation system. A Meritas firm is invited to join the alliance not only for its high level of legal expertise, but also

because of its business acumen, with each law firm evaluated regularly to assure a uniform degree of quality and

on-going client satisfaction from pre-screened, reliable legal expertise worldwide. WhitneyMoore is also a member of

the European American Lawyers Group (EALG) which comprises over 400 lawyers working in 28 different jurisdictions.


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About Alexandra Mota Gomes

Alexandra Mota GomesSenior associate in PLMJ’s criminal law, white collar defence and compliance practice

Av. da Liberdade, 224 Edificio Eurolex, 1250-148 Lisboa

T.: +351 213 197 530 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.plmj.com

Alexandra Mota Gomes is a senior associate in PLMJ’s criminal law, white collar defence and compliance practice. She

graduated in law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in 2000 and has attended postgraduate courses

in Economic-Financial Criminal Law and International and European Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters. As a

highly specialised lawyer who is recognised for her experience in advising on and handling complex cases, Alexandra

focuses above all on economic and organised crime and administrative offences. She also handles administrative cases,

particularly in the areas of corporate, banking, pharmaceutical and, telecommunications and environmental crimes, the

last of which she specialised in. She has followed a consistent and successful career path involving the most sophisticated

and high profile cases in Portugal. Alexandra is part of a team of renowned lawyers at PLMJ, who are praised by their

clients for their experience and know-how in advising on and handling complex criminal cases that have received

extensive media coverage in Portugal. Alexandra is also a member of Fórum Penal, an association of criminal lawyers

whose main objective is to put issues of criminal advocacy, criminal law and procedure and the phenomenon of crime

in general on the agenda.

The White Collar Crime TeamThe criminal law, white collar defence and compliance practice is staffed by a very mature and highly specialised team

that is recognised for its experience in advising on and handling all types of cases in these areas. For many years now,

PLMJ’s criminal law, white collar defence and compliance team has handled the most complex and high profile cases

in Portugal. It has worked in every area of criminal law from the more traditional crimes covered by the Criminal Code to

new areas such as tax and social security crimes, money laundering, the phenomenon of corruption in sports, medical

negligence, the protection of markets and IT law. Whenever possible, the team focuses its attention on prevention. It

works in close cooperation with clients on compliance issues, offering auditing services to detect potential problems and

providing any necessary corrective advice as well as advice on achieving best practice standards.

PLMJ, Law FirmPLMJ is Portugal’s largest firm. It is a full-service and multidisciplinary firm, with 48 years’ of experience and an unparalleled

track record of advising complex domestic and cross border transactions. PLMJ’s more than 250 lawyers, including 47

partners, offer 24/7 reliable and expert legal advice, placing great emphasis on exceeding clients’ expectations and

keeping to clients’ budgets. PLMJ has built up a strong network - PLMJ International Legal Network - of joint ventures across

the Portuguese-speaking countries where synergies are generated by a common language and culture, especially in

Angola, Mozambique, Brazil, Macao and Cape Verde, but also across the markets for outbound and inbound investment

in Portuguese speaking countries mainly China and the countries of North, Central and Eastern Europe.


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Laura Martínez-Sanz Oliva-Ayala

Address: c/ Miguel Ángel, 14 – 3º, 28010, Madrid – SpainPhone: +34 913 911 290 | Fax: +34 913 103 455 | Email: [email protected]

About Laura Martinez-SanzLaura Martínez-Sanz has been a member of the Madrid Bar Association since 1995. She specialized in Criminal Law from the very beginning

and spent the first years of her career at Oliva-Ayala law firm, which she rejoined after managing for eight years the Criminal Law

Department of Baker & McKenzie international law firm, where she acquired broad experience in advisory services and defense provided

to large Spanish and international companies. She has a command of all areas of Criminal Law, and her training and practice led her to

engage particularly intensely in business or economic, patrimonial and company Criminal Law.

She has been teaching as a Professor of Criminal Law at the Carlos III University and also, at the Complutense University of Madrid. With

twenty years of experience in criminal litigation, Laura Martínez-Sanz was selected by the prestigious “Best Lawyers” as well as “Chambers

and Partners” publication among the most relevant lawyers in her practice area (Dispute Resolution: Corporate Crime).

Languages: Spanish, English and a basic knowledge of French.

Firm ProfileOliva-Ayala provides legal advisory and defense services in special criminal cases, in what is known as “Business Criminal Law” or

“Economic Criminal Law”.

The exclusively criminal focus of the law firm provides the output clients require for complex situations, with full and personalized dedication.

Regular participation by staff members in national and international congresses and symposiums ensures that they are up-to-date with

the problems posed by an increasingly diverse practice. In turn, the abundant scientific publications of our lawyers bear witness to their

capacity to seek innovative solutions to the specific problems raised by clients.

The international procedural experience of our lawyers extends to proceedings in the USA, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy,

Portugal and others, and also to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the European Court of Human Rights and other international

jurisdictional bodies. This experience surpasses the barriers of Spanish Criminal Law, and opts for qualified advice with a clearly international

vocation.

The firm and its lawyers have been selected by the world’s most reputed directories, Best Lawyers and Chambers and Partners, as

recommended law firm and professionals in the ranking of prestigious law firms specialized in Economic and Business Criminal Law. They

are also included among the most relevant lawyers in each specialization by the magazine Corporate Counsel and others published in

the United Kingdom and the United States.

Oliva-Ayala Abogados opts for social commitment as one of the fundamental values of our law firm, and offers pro bono advisory services

to individuals and non-profit-making organisations with limited access to legal services.

Areas of expertise The firm specializes in the defense of procedural or pre-procedural interests (defense or, as the case may be, complainant) in all areas of

Traditional Criminal Law, and has a substantial specialization in Business Criminal Law. Accordingly, by way of example:

Economic and company Criminal Law: • Patrimonial • Insolvency • Corporate • Fiscal • Intellectual and industrial property • Securities Market • Civil Service crime – bribery,

corruption, embezzlement of public funds, influence peddling – • Environmental and town planning Criminal Law • Professional negligence

or others, including work accidents • Misrepresentation (public, official, business and private documents) • Criminal and civil protection

of honour and other personal rights • Procedural criminal protection of fundamental rights • Reports and opinions on any area of Criminal

Law • International criminal law • Extradition • European arrest and handover warrant • International penitentiary law

Problems with criminal legality usually extend beyond national borders and require a multi-jurisdictional specialization with an in-depth

knowledge of the increasingly exhaustive international criminal legislation as well as legislation of the various European Union Member

States and Community regulations.

• Corporate liability: Preventive criminal defence, compliance policies.

The firm helps Spanish and international clients develop and implement what has traditionally been called a preventive criminal defense

policy. The current evolution of criminal law imposes the need to introduce programs for legal compliance and the preservation of

corporate criminal liability (Criminal Compliance). Prevention, detection and action are the three basic pillars that can limit the criminal

liability of legal persons, their directors and employees.


S W I T Z E R L A N DWomen in Law Awards 2015

Trade MarksAbout Magda Streuli-Youssef

Magda Streuli-YoussefHead of the Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Competition Team of Walder Wyss Ltd

Walder Wyss Ltd., Seefeldstrasse 123, P.O. Box , 8034 Zurich , Switzerland

Tel: +41 58 658 58 58 | Fax: +41 58 658 59 59

Email: [email protected] | Website: www.walderwyss.com

Notable Legal WorkNESPRESSO vs. DENNER

Magda Streuli represented Denner AG in a legal dispute with Nespresso. Denner AG is Switzerland’s leading discount

supermarket chain with over 3,600 employees. Nespresso is part of the Nestlé Group and a leading producer of

premium coffee products with global sales of CHF 3 billion in 2010. Magda Streuli-Youssef successfully represented

Denner AG in the preliminary injunction proceedings. The court finally dismissed Nespresso’s request to prohibit Denner

AG to produce and distribute coffee capsules fitting in the Nespresso coffee system. The case involved highly complex

trademark issues on a global scope and is a landmark case which received a great deal of media coverage. The

matter was one of the most important trademark infringement cases in Switzerland.

MEGA BRANDS INC vs. LEGO

Together with Lucas David, Magda Streuli-Youssef successfully represented Mega Brands Inc, a Canada based com-

pany and competitor of LEGO and filed a claim to invalidate LEGO’s three-dimensional trademarks (shape of the

LEGO brick). LEGO’s trademarks were finally declared null and void after a 12 year fight in court. The case was subject

to a large number of court cases in different jurisdictions, including a case before the European courts.

COMPANY XY vs. SUTER INOX

Magda Streuli-Youssef successfully represented Suter Inox before the Court of Commerce of the Canton of Aargau in

a litigation where a competitor claimed an infringement of his protected design and an unfair competition act. The

Court entirely dismissed the claim of the counterparty.

Magda Streuli-Youssef is head of the Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Competition Team of Walder

Wyss Ltd.. She represents parties before courts and state authorities in all kind of intellectual property, media and unfair

competition law matters. She was involved in landmark IP litigation cases and in complex IP litigations. Her practice

areas also include advising clients on IP strategies, IP audits and licensing and other IP related contracts. She has a

long standing experience in trademark filing and prosecution. She was a member of the Federal Commission for the

Exploitation of Copyrights and Neighbouring Rights and former Vice President of the Federal Appeals Commission for

Intellectual Property.

Born in 1953, Magda Streuli-Youssef was educated at the University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1975, Dr. iur. 1978). She has working

experience as attorney since 1980 and was a lecturer at Zurich University and at various institutions such as SAWI in

Bienne and the EMBA of the University of St. Gall.

Magda Streuli-Youssef speaks German, English and French. She is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted

to practice in all Switzerland.

Professional Memberships: AIPPI, INTA, INGRES, ECTA, GRUR, asas


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awJessica Franses

36 Bedford Row

Chambers of Richard Wilson QC and William Harbage QC, 36 Bedford Row Chambers, 36 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4JH. www.36bedfordrow.co.uk

Chris Lane – Civil Practice Manager, [email protected], 0207 421 8000Jessica Franses – [email protected]

36 Bedford Row Chambers is a leading set of barristers. Our team is headed by Commercial Silk and joint Head of Chambers Richard Wilson QC. Our strength is that we draw on the cross range of disciplines within our Chambers and have developed a real understanding of the art market and its particular legal issues.

With over 100 barristers, we can provide specialist knowledge in relevant areas that affect the art market from commercial law, consumer law, property, trusts, wills and estates, to intellectual property and criminal law.

We have developed a small but significant Art Law team, with Simon Harding, Ben Amunwa, Jessica Franses and her pupil Chris Hanges currently working on Art Law cases and have attracted interesting work from public access clients and solicitors.

We are currently handling cases involving disputes over ownership of major artworks, auctioneer negligence, misrepresentation, fraud and breach of contract claims, destruction and loss of artwork, claims in conversion, theft of artwork, breaches of CITES and export licence regulations and cultural heritage matters.

We have the specialists to deal with specific complex issues that arise in art cases and when we need to we bring in other legal experts or professional advisors, such as valuers, appraisers, art dealers, art historians, forensic scientists and shippers.

Our team has practical experience of all the main issues that arise in art law and our success is drawn from our team’s passion for this developing area of law.

Firm Profile

About Jessica FransesJessica Franses is a commercial lawyer who advises and assists art collectors, art dealers, agents, international lawyers and professional advisers with high value sales. Her work involves contract drafting (from sales contracts, agent agreements, artist-agent agreements to exhibition loan agreements), advising and negotiating transactions, advice on provenance, good title and due diligence and litigation advice.

Jessica in particular deals with private collections in the UK and internationally as well as assists several top art dealers and agents with multi-million pound deals.

Most of Jessica’s work comes from the public access sector. She is uniquely placed having come from a long family line of art dealers, has worked at gallery exhibitions and major fairs since her youth.

Jessica has won two other awards: Global Law Experts award for Art Law in England 2015 and the Lawyer Monthly’s 2014 Award for Art Litigation Barrister of the Year.

She writes her own art law blog – www.jessicafranses.com. She is a member of the Professional Advisors to the International Art Market PAIAM and is a member of Art Resolve, UK Arts Mediation Group.

Since 2013 Jessica has been running her own art consultancy business called Vitruvian Arts Consultancy Ltd that provides creative consultant services such as branding and web services and promotes emerging artists and galleries through collaborative exhibitions and events.

• Commercial transactions / sale of goods

• Breaches of contract

• Disputes over ownership or value of artworks

• Museum & gallery loan agreements

• Damage to goods

• Auctioneer’s negligence –

negligent misstatement/misrepresentation

• Claims in conversion / liens over property

• Restitution & Cultural heritage issues

• Issues concerning the export or import of goods

• Artist Resale Rights

• Intellectual property, branding and copyright

• Criminal law – theft, damage, fakes & forgeries

• Wills, trusts & probate issues

Areas of Expertise Notable legal work • Advised an Action Group in their potential judicial review claim against a Council for seeking to sell their ancient treasure in an auction. Case concerned local government policies and museum ethics.

• Currently advising a client in relation to a potential breach of contract, misrepresentation and fraud case in which a buyer has bought several alleged fake artwork prints of works by famous artists such as Banksy.

• Ongoing advice in a disputed ownership case involving a gift made outside of a will that concerns a painting by an alleged famous English Romantic landscape painter. Issues raised by the claimant are undue influence, conversion and fraud.

• Case pending before UK First-Tier Tribunal (Tax), representing an art dealer against UK Border Force, for refusing to restore rare ivory antiques. Issues concern export licence, CITES, public interest considerations and right to peaceful enjoyment of property.

• Ongoing advisory work concerning the sale of an important private collection (value over $100 million dollars.)


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Sophie is a dual-qualified lawyer in Canada and in the UK. She is an arbitrator in independent practice, at 3

Verulam Buildings in Gray’s Inn, London. She is a specialist in international disputes, notably related to energy,

infrastructure, natural resources and cross-border investment. Before becoming a full-time arbitrator, she was

Head of International Arbitration at a global law firm.

Sophie is trained and has practised in both civil law and common law jurisdictions. Her portfolio of cases includes

appointments as Chair, in addition to her party- and sole arbitrator appointments, particularly in cases requiring

fluency in both civil and common law, and in complex energy-related and gas price review cases.

Sophie is commended in the legal press and directories as “incredibly gifted”, “a leading light in international ar-

bitration”, “one of the top new generation arbitrators”, and “the brains and the brilliance behind OGEMID”. She

is a guest lecturer at Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School and McGill University Faculty of Law.

In recognition of her expertise and standing in international arbitration, Sophie was peer-nominated as a Mod-

erator of the widely-followed OGEMID listserv, an online forum for discussion and information on topical issues of

investment arbitration and international dispute resolution, with a worldwide membership.

Sophie is the author of a Commentary on the UNCITRAL Rules 2010 and regularly publishes on topical issues in

international arbitration. Most recently she published on the analysis and impact of the July 2014 Awards in the

matter between the Yukos shareholders and the Russian Federation.

Sophie takes great interest and is active in capacity-building projects. She provided a training course for advo-

cates and arbitrators at the Haitian Chambre de Commerce et d’Arbitrage as part of a project organized by the

ISLP New York. She assisted in the training of the first Iranian team of students to compete in the Vis Moot.

Sophie is the acting Chair of the International Arbitration Club, a Member of the Executive Board of the Swedish

Arbitration Association, and a member of the UNCITRAL Working Group on International Arbitration and Concili-

ation. She co-chairs the ICC Working Group on Trusts and Arbitration.

Sophie has created and endowed the Nappert Prize in International Arbitration, open to students and young

practitioners worldwide, administered by McGill University.

Sophie features in the current edition of the Who’s Who Legal – UK Bar 2015, compiled on the basis of arbitration

users and peer review, and is ranked in Global Arbitration Review’s Top 30 Female Arbitrators.

Sophie NappertArbitrator at 3 Verulam Buildings

Email: [email protected] | Tel: 020 7831 8441 | Mobile: 07894 542 676

About Sophie Nappert



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About Helen Ward

Helen WardDivorce and Family Law Partner at Stewarts Law LLP

5 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3BF

Website: www.stewartslaw.com

Areas of Expertise

Recent Legal Work and Recognition

Helen joined Stewarts Law in October 2012, before which she was a Partner in the Family department at Manches LLP. Her

reputation for protecting her clients’ interests is second to none and she does so with sensitivity and discretion.

Helen is generally regarded as the leading star in the family law field. Her expertise in complex, high value cases, often

with an international element is unrivalled. Helen specialises in divorce and its financial consequences, as well as intricate

pre and post-nuptial agreements. She has vast experience of dealing with cases involving trust and corporate structures,

including those held offshore. Helen has been involved in many reported cases during her career, dealing with a range

of issues mostly related to inherited wealth, exceptional contributions, valuations, trust issues and wealth acquired prior to

marriage. Helen is focussed on protecting the interests of the family as a whole, particularly the children, by approaching

each case imaginatively and creatively with a view to arriving at a consensual solution. Helen is a Fellow of the International

Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is widely known (in the words of Lewis Marks QC) as “not merely the best, but the best

family lawyer in London.”

Helen regularly works on highly confidential matters and is insistent on protecting the client and his or her case from publicity.

Helen has acted for numerous public figures from the film, arts, sports and business world. Many of these clients were attracted

to Helen not only because of her expertise, but also because of her reputation for discretion and avoidance of publicity. Her

talent for achieving successful settlements has earned her the respect not only of her clients, but also her peers.

Helen is recognised by numerous sources across the industry, including the leading legal directories. Chambers & Partners

2015 identify Helen as a ‘Star Individual’ who is a “keen strategist” with an admirable ability to “outmanoeuvre her

opponents”; whilst Legal 500 list her as a ‘Leading Individual’ and describe her as a “formidable opponent.” Helen is also

featured by Super Lawyers, limited to the top 5% of solicitors; Spear’s Top 50 Family Law Index of leading family solicitors; and

Citywealth Leaders List’s Top 10 Power Women.

Stewarts Law is the UK’s largest litigation-only law firm specialising in high-value and complex disputes. Stewarts

Law acts for both corporate and individual clients. Their lawyers are renowned for offering clients innovative and

ground-breaking solutions. Each department has an international reputation for excellence, enabling clients to

take a global approach to litigation.

About Stewarts Law



Family Law

Joanne HoustonJust Family Law

International House, Southampton International Business Park, George Curl Way, Southampton, SO18 2RZ

Email: [email protected] | Tel: +44 (0) 23 81 290590

About Joanne HoustonJoanne Houston Just Family law is a bespoke family law practice based in Hampshire offering workable legal

solutions to clients and their families.

Joanne Houston is a committed divorce solicitor who has practised in the Hampshire area since 1991 and a

Resolution accredited specialist in ancillary relief and international family law. Joanne is also a fully trained and

practising collaborative lawyer.

We provide a full range of family law services when new relationships begin, break down and beyond. We act

for married individuals, engaged couples, cohabitants, civil partners, ex pats, grandparents and extended

family members.

Our network of trusted advisers allows us to offer an integrated divorce and separation service including

support through specialist coaching, financial planning and counselling. We consider your legal, financial and

personal needs, aims and objectives to support you through your divorce, separation and beyond.

Although we primarily serve the Southampton, Winchester and Hampshire area, our services are not

geographically restricted and we represent clients nationwide and indeed worldwide. Our offices are in

Southampton and Basingstoke and we have office access for appointments in London.

What we doRelationship Agreements

Relationship Breakdown

Domestic Abuse

Divorce and Ex-pat divorce

Divorce and Finances

Holistic divorce services

Children

International family law and enforcement

Moving abroad with children and child abduction



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About Michelle Fitzpatrick

Michelle Fitzpatrick Tel: 01932-833902 | Email [email protected]

Michelle Fitzpatrick is a Director of Bates solicitors, incorporating Crellins Carter solicitors, and she is head of the

Family Law team for the firm. Michelle is a specialist Family Lawyer, a trained Mediator and a Collaborative

lawyer.

Michelle works with mid to high net worth clients often with complex financial arrangements including family

businesses, trusts and assets held in more than one jurisdiction. As a Family lawyer she acts for married and

unmarried couples, dealing with Divorce and Separation and the financial implications that follow. Michelle

strives for negotiated cost effective settlements by agreement but will involve the Court where necessary,

particularly where there are issues of non-disclosure. She also advises clients who are planning to marry on pre-

nuptial and post-nuptial agreements.

She advises on arrangements for children often where there are difficult or sensitive contact issues or where

international relocation is involved.

For unmarried couples she advises on Trusts of Land applications to determine property rights and Schedule 1

applications to secure financial support for children.

She regularly instructs Counsel from the best London chambers and has an excellent relationship with expert

forensic accountants, actuaries and other professionals to support her clients.

As a professional family Mediator, Michelle promotes alternative dispute resolution. In Mediation, Michelle meets

with the couple together to consider practical solutions to settling financial and children disputes. Financial

disclosure is still essential but Mediation reduces conflict and aims to improve communications between the

couple, which must be a priority when there are children of the family.

Recent cases have involved:Advising a husband who was resident in the U.S, with substantial matrimonial assets in both U.S and England to

achieve the most tax efficient transfer of assets by agreement with the wife, including the transfer of the wife’s

shareholding in the husband’s business which took place following advice from tax advisers in both jurisdictions.

Success in including substantial post separation assets accrued by the Husband as part of the settlement for the

wife.

Successfully ring-fencing from the matrimonial assets ‘family’ money held in Trust

Advising a Russian parent who had returned to live in Russia with the children and agreeing a parenting plan and

financial settlement.

Michelle is a member of Surrey resolution, part of a National organization that promotes minimizing conflict in

divorce. She regularly writes articles on topical family law issues.

Director of Bates solicitors, incorporating Crellins Carter solicitors



FraudKate McMahon Director, Edmonds Marshall McMahon

Edmonds Marshall McMahon, 5/6 Crane Court, London, EC4A 2EJ

Tel: +44 (0)207 583 8392 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.emmlegal.com

About Kate McMahonKate is a specialist, dual-qualified prosecutor. In 2012, with Tamlyn Edmonds and Andrew Marshall, Kate founded the UK’s first

and leading private prosecution firm, Edmonds Marshall McMahon. This specialist firm is staffed by senior prosecutors who

previously worked for the UK Government, prosecuting some of the most complex fraud cases ever prosecuted in this Country.

The firm aims to address the lack of resource in Government to deal with complex, financial crime. Obviously, the firm was a

welcome addition to the legal market; In 2014 it won “Boutique Law Firm of the Year- London” at “The Lawyer Awards.”

Kate specialises in cases involving serious fraud, serious and violent crime, international crime and perverting the course of

justice.

Prior to founding Edmonds Marshall McMahon, Kate prosecuted for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) where she worked as a senior

lawyer on some of the UK’s largest criminal prosecutions, including the “Innospec” case. This was the first global settlement in the

UK and involved systemic corruption by a UK/USA company in Iraq and Indonesia. The case resulted in a US$12.7 million fine in

the UK and a US$14.1 million fine in the USA and successful prosecutions of the Company Directors and employees.

Kate has also prosecuted a number of high-profile, high-value international “boiler room” frauds operating across a number

of countries, involving thousands of victims. She also has significant experience in the area of confiscation, having obtained

confiscation orders in excess of £1m. Kate has also successfully conducted many large-scale fraud trials, including the famous

“transit thefts” of pharmaceuticals in transit from EU factories to wholesale dealers in the UK.

Kate is known for her incisive analysis and strategic vision, having had conduct of large fraud, corruption and trademark cases.

She is highly regarded by her clients and has a reputation for being extremely determined and driven in all her cases. She has

been described as an “outstanding prosecutor” who provides “intellectual leadership”. She is praised for her “high intelligence,

tactical acumen and great client care skills.”

Legal 500 (2013) describes Kate as “highly commercial”. Legal 500 (2014) describes her as a “formidable adversary“. Since 2013,

she has been a recommended individual in the area of white-collar crime, one year after she set up the firm.

Some of Kate’s Most Recent Cases:• Successfully acting for a Middle Eastern Company and Company Director in relation to a $USD175.5 million infrastructure

contract fraud (including recouping legal costs);

• Successfully acting for a US hedge fund in relation to a $USD30 million fraud committed by a financial institution

(including recouping legal costs);

• Successfully acting for a Canadian victim in a €500k trading fraud (including recouping legal costs);

• Successfully acting for a high profile, international airline company defrauded by employees (including recouping legal

costs and compensation for the Company).

• Successfully acted for the victim of a false adverse possession claim in a private prosecution for perverting the course

of justice (value approximately £750k);

• Currently acting for a wife who is involved in a high-value and high-profile divorce, where the husband has lied

about ownership of assets to defraud his wife (approximately €40m)

• Currently acting for an international firm who have become involved in a multi-jurisdictional fraud (approximately

£100m)

• Currently acting for a former partner of a city law firm where there are allegations of fraud and money laundering

coupled with regulatory involvement.

• Currently acting for a number of individuals in relation to investment frauds, such as gold investment, carbon credits

scheme, hotel development and international land ownership schemes.

Kate is also an active member of various professional societies including: the Law Society, Proceeds of Crime Lawyers

Association, Fraud Lawyers Association, the Female Fraud Forum, the Fraud Women’s Network, Fraud Advisory Panel and AIJA

(International Association of Young Lawyers).


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About Siobhain Egan

Siobhain EganLawyer at Lewis Nedas Law

Web: www.lewisnedas.co.uk

Reputation of high profile cases; high rate of acquittals and overall success rate, see www.lewisnedas.co.uk.

Expertise: Disclosure; use of informants; S.2 interviews; insider dealing; money laundering; SAR reports; tax and VAT investigations;

bribery and corruption; serious crime; cybercrime; AML; AB&C; investigations, tribunals and prosecutions brought by HMRC,

SFO, BIS, FCA, NCA, CMA, Trading Standards and City of London Fraud Squad; FCA regulatory enforcement and professional

disciplinary; corporate and white collar crime; Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs); civil settlements; business (internal)

investigations; regulatory matters; due diligence; dawn raids and emergency response; privileged/protected documentation/

information; extradition; civil forfeiture and recovery; asset restraint/confiscation; POCA.

Good working knowledge of FCPA (1977), BA (2010), FATCA (2010).

Has successfully defended serious fraud allegations since 1992 and holds a reputation for ‘nipping fraud investigations in the

bud’. One of the first woman lawyers to be a serious fraud supervisor on the Serious Fraud Panel 2000.

Has a niche practice defending women who find themselves facing serious crime, fraud, money laundering, tax and VAT

prosecutions.

Settled first SFO SOCPA agreement in 5 years (Feb 2015). Successfully represented NOTW journalist (Operation Elveden)

proceedings discontinued after representations. Successfully represented banker on high profile allegation of dishonesty, FCA

/criminal proceedings (Dec 2014).

Currently advising and assisting: company directors, GCs, charities, and offshore wealth management companies facing

corporate (internal) regulatory and criminal investigations regarding tax, fraud, money laundering, AML, and AB&C. IFAs,

traders, brokers, and bankers investigated for pension fraud, money laundering, FX, and Libor. Defending a number of SFO, FCA,

HMRC investigations, prosecutions, and tribunals. Advising investors on film tax partnership investigations and tax avoidance

issues, as well as the first Swiss HSBC tax prosecution.

UK PUBLIC APPOINTMENT: Member of The Sentencing Council for England and Wales (2010–2013), reporting to LJ Leveson,

advising Government regarding consultation sentencing guidelines on corporate crime, money laundering, bribery and

corruption, DPAs, and fraud.

Articles published in: Finance Monthly; Lawyer Monthly; Financier Worldwide; Defero Law; Lexology; the Society for Computers

and Law; Lexis Nexis.

Media assistance: Bloomberg; the Financial Times; the Mail on Sunday; Channel 4 (forthcoming series on tax); Corporate Live

Wire. Named the Times Lawyer of the Week in 2003 thanks to her work on the News of the World sting ‘The Beckham Kidnap’.

Appeared on BBC1 Panorama’s highly controversial programme on Mazher Mahmood AKA the Fake Sheikh (November 2014),

and currently advising individuals appealing against convictions based on evidence given by Mahmood.

Assisted Bill Browder and the Magnitsky campaign in 2013.

Ranked by leading legal directories since 2004; Chambers UK ranks her as one of the leading women in practice. Tier 1 ranking

in Crime; highly recommended in white collar and corporate crime in the Legal 500 2013 and 2014. Chambers UK 2015 ranks

her in fraud as a practitioner of note. Highly ranked by Super Lawyers UK for crime, fraud, and tax 2013 & 2014. Lawyer Monthly’s

Commercial Fraud Lawyer of the year 2014.



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About Julia Onslow-Cole

Julia Onslow-ColePartner - Immigration - PwC

Website: www.pwc.co.uk

Career SummaryJulia Onslow-Cole is a Partner, Legal Markets Leader & Head of Global Immigration of PwC Legal LLP. The immigration practice comprises more than 1,000 immigration experts working for PwC member firms in 128 countries providing a holistic global mobility offering with PwC expatriate tax and employment. Julia has over 25 years’ experience in providing specialist immigration advice and is ranked as a number-one practitioner in several legal directories. She has also been voted the UK’s “Experts Expert” by Legal Business. Julia was a recipient at the Law Society Excellence Awards in 2012 and was shortlisted for the Solicitor of the Year Private Practice Award in 2012 and was also a nominee at the Legal Business Awards in 2014. She has recently been voted Corporate Immigration Lawyer of the Year by Lawyer Monthly and selected for a Lawyer Monthly - Women in Law 2015 Award in recognition of “outstanding legal expertise and contribution within the practice area of Immigration Law”. PwC Legal has also recently been shortlisted for the Citywealth Magic Circle awards for Immigration Law Firm of the year.

Areas of expertiseJulia has extensive expertise in global immigration governance and risk management for international businesses. She has led a number of high-profile crisis management projects from an immigration standpoint, including the Arab Spring and Algeria Hostage Crisis. Julia advises businesses, the education sector and high net worth individuals on a range of complex and often high-profile and discretionary immigration matters.

Relevant experienceJulia represented business at the Prime Minister’s immigration stocktake meeting at no.10 Downing Street and most recently held the position as adviser to the Home Office on Business, Investment and Growth. Julia is also chair of London First’s working party on immigration representing business and the education sector. Julia represents the International Bar Association (IBA) on Immigration issues. She is chair of the IBA’s Human Rights Institute Charitable Trust and former director of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association. Julia has also been appointed vice chair of the IBA’s Global Employment Institute. Julia is a member of the UK Association for European Law, as well as fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies; an expert to the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner; associate member of the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association and former member of the Government’s Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration (2005-08). Julia is also a board member of the Permits Foundation, member of the Employability Forum, and an expert to the World Bank’s immigration project. Julia was recently appointed to the advisory boards of COMPAS, the University of Oxford and the Migration Matters Trust.

As well as regularly commenting in the media on global immigration and speaking at conferences worldwide, Julia is contributing co-editor to several leading textbooks on immigration law, including Butterworths’ Handbook on Immigration Law and Immigration Law Service, Macdonald’s Immigration Law and Practice, Sweet and Maxwell’s loose-leaf Immigration Service and Getting the Deal Through: Corporate Immigration 2015. Julia is also a general editor of Tottel’s Immigration Law and Practice.

Qualifications and membershipsSchool of Oriental and African Studies, London, England (1981)Faculty of LawLLB (Hons).

Law SocietyLondon, England (1982)Law Society Exams

Harvard Business SchoolLos Angeles, USA (2007)Leading Professional Services Firms

Professional memberships: • Law Society • International Bar Association • Immigration Practitioners Association • American Immigration Lawyers Association • UK Association for European Law • Society for Advanced Legal Studies • London First • Permits Foundation • Employability forum • Office of Immigration Services Commission • Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS), • Migration Matters trust

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About Claire Hutchinson

Claire HutchinsonPartner at HGF Limited

140 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5DN

Email: [email protected] | Website: www.hgf.com

Claire is a Trade Mark Attorney and Partner at HGF Limited, one of the largest IP practices in the UK. She has

extensive experience in all areas of trade mark and design protection, particularly those relating to conflict issues

and dispute resolution. She has wide experience in the field of trade mark portfolio management and strategic

advice.

Claire has worked in private practice since 1982 and gained experience “in-house” by a two year role in a multi-

national pharmaceutical business and also a period of secondment in a major multi-national confectionery, pet

care and foodstuffs business. Claire joined the highly regarded firm Grant Spencer Caisley and Porteous in 1994,

becoming a Partner in 1996 and the Firm’s Principal in 2002. When Grant Spencer was acquired by HGF in 2013

she became a partner in the firm, working in the London office with a team of trade mark attorneys to deliver

excellent services to the firm’s clients.

Claire is a highly proactive and imaginative practitioner, inspiring similar standards in her team and across our

trade mark practice as a whole. Her client base includes numerous blue chip companies who welcome her

friendly but strategic approach and the quality of the advice and support offered by Claire and her team.

Claire is a Member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, qualified by examination. She is also a European Trade

Mark Attorney, a Registered Trade Mark Agent, and a Professional Representative authorised to practice before

the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market. She holds a Trade Mark and Designs Litigator’s Certificate,

which entitles her to conduct litigation in the High Court and the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) with

rights of audience in the IPEC in respect of trade mark and design litigation.

Claire has served on several committees of the International Trade Mark Association’s leadership team, including

the non-traditional trade marks subcommittee for Europe and Central Asia, the OHIM office practices committee

and most recently on the Famous Marks committee.



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About Dr. Penny Gilbert

Dr. Penny GilbertCo-founder of Powell Gilbert LLP

85 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1AE, United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 3040 8000 | Fax: +44 (0)20 3040 8001

Dr Penny Gilbert is widely recognised as one of the top lawyers in Europe advising pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. She is a co-founder of, Powell Gilbert LLP (www.powellgilbert.co.uk) one of the UK’s leading law firms specialising in intellectual property (IP) litigation and advisory work. Founded in 2007, the firm is one of the largest and most highly regarded IP litigation teams in the UK, with a large proportion of the team working on life sciences cases at any one time. The team is also pre-eminent in telecoms, IT and electronics patent litigation.

Penny’s strong scientific background in the life sciences has led to her specialisation in advising clients in the bio pharma sector where she has developed particular experience in handling complex patent actions and in representing clients on SPC – related issues. She also specialises in multi-jurisdictional litigation, having a wealth of experience in coordinating litigation taking place simultaneously across Europe, North America and beyond.

In addition she represents clients in patent licence disputes before the UK courts and in arbitration proceedings. She is a qualified mediator and a solicitor advocate.

Penny is a member of the Editorial Board of BioScience Law Review and frequently lectures on aspects of IP law affecting the life sciences sector. She is a Vice President of the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW) and a member of AIPPI and LES. She is a tutor on the Oxford University Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice course, teaching patent litigation.

Powell Gilbert LLP has particular experience in handling complex patent and IP - related disputes. It represents clients before the UK patent courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, and regularly acts in European Patent Office opposition and appeal proceedings. Members of the firm have also represented clients in cases before the CJEU and the EFTA Court. The firm acts in cases ranging across diverse technical areas, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology products, medical devices, energy technologies, electronics and smartphones, as well as across the full range of IP rights including trade marks, copyright, design rights and confidential information as well as patents.

It has an in-depth understanding of the scientific and commercial concerns affecting its clients, supported by the fact that all of the firms’ lawyers have scientific backgrounds, including molecular biology, immunology, chemistry and biochemistry as well as in computer science and engineering disciplines.

Within the life sciences sector members of the firm bring to bear knowledge and experience of healthcare regulatory matters to advise clients on life cycle management, pharma patent litigation strategy, FTO and due diligence.

Dr Gilbert has acted in many key, precedent-setting life sciences patent cases in the UK and in Europe. These include Chiron v Murex (HCV), Chiron v Evans (protein stabilization), Pharmacia v Merck (Cox2 inhibitors), OGT v Affymetrix (DNA Microarrays), HGS v Eli Lilly (BLys monoclonal antibody), ratiopharm v Napp (controlled release opioids), Intervet v Pharmaq (Salmon vaccines) and currently is acting for the Defendant in Regeneron v Kymab (antibodies produced in transgenic mice).

More widely, the firm has been involved in a number of ground-breaking cases in other technical areas including Aerotel Ltd v Wavecrest (business methods), Nokia v Apple (smartphones), Sony v LG (BluRay technology), HTC v Gemalto (smartphones), Nichia v Seoul Semiconductors (LEDs) and HTC v Apple (Graphical User Interfaces) to name but a few.

In addition to being involved in EPO opposition or other registry proceedings the team at Powell Gilbert are renowned for their experience in co-ordinating multi-national patent litigation (one current case involves co-ordinating teams across 20 European countries as well as in jurisdictions elsewhere).

A number of the firm’s lawyers have been involved in consulting and commenting on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) proposals for centralised European Patent Litigation, with the Central Division for Life Sciences cases due to be based in London As a result, the firm is well placed to advise clients on the substantive and procedural laws of the UPC and consequent strategic planning. As a leading patent litigation firm, with proven legal and scientific expertise Powell Gilbert looks forward to representing clients in proceedings before the local and central divisions of the future UPC.

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About Katrina Vollentine

Katrina VollentinePartner at Wollen Michelmore

Email: [email protected] | Website: www.wollenmichelmore.co.uk

I joined Wollen Michelmore LLP (in its previous guise) in 2007 and became a partner in 2009. I am the head of the firm’s

Private Client department, which consists of a team of 16 lawyers across our six offices which are based across North

and South Devon. I work out of our Torquay office, but spend time supporting and managing the department in all our

locations. The firm has 16 partners and as well as offering the standard high street practice type work, we have built a

reputation for doing complex and less routine work, and we do it to a very high standard.

As head of the Private Client department, my role involves mentoring the lawyers in the department as well as dealing

with the day to day business of managing the clients and getting through the work. For a South West regional firm, we

are a good size which means that we have sufficient breadth across the department to deal with specialist matters. This

includes contested estates and trusts, tax planning, trust administration, mental capacity matters and foreign estates as

well as the more routine probate, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, deputyships etc. I am keen to make sure that the more

junior members in the department become confident in their competence and find their niche. Everybody works most

efficiently when they are doing something they enjoy and which drives them. I need to be available to manage the

department in all areas and I am well supported by my two other private client partners in this.

From the client’s perspective, I principally assist people who lack the mental capacity to manage their own affairs, either

through illness, disability or acquired brain injury. I am a specialist in all matters relating to the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

I have a team of four lawyers who directly support me in this work. I’ve been doing this type of work for over 20 years and

I’m still passionate about protecting the rights of some of the most vulnerable people in our society.

I am currently one of only 60 professionals in England and Wales to be appointed to the Office of the Public Guardian’s

panel of last resort deputies. As deputy I manage the property and financial affairs of those people who lack the mental

capacity to manage these matters themselves. I have also acted as deputy and as attorney in relation to health and

welfare matters. Being on the panel results in my appointment as deputy in complex matters including where there has

been a necessity to revoke a power of attorney, where there is no suitable person to act as a deputy and disputes about

who should be appointed as deputy. These sorts of disputes are difficult to deal with and are often fraught with emotion

and misunderstanding. I find that being a full member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists

is of immense benefit in these situations. Additionally, I advise clients and deal with a full range of Court of Protection

applications which include applying for gifts, statutory wills, welfare decisions - all of which may be contested.

My typical file includes Court of Protection and office of the Public Guardian work, powers of attorney and related matters,

and advising and assisting clients in relation to health care and welfare issues both in a care home setting and in their own

home. I support and encourage my clients to make their own choices about their lives where they are able to do so. You

might think that sounds obvious but I’ve been involved in many disputes where the best interests of a vulnerable person

have been ignored by a close family member or carer in favour of an “easier option.” I also give advice on state/local

authority support and funding including applications and appeals for NHS continuing care fees, and challenges to those

decisions where necessary.

I have a number of other professional memberships: I am a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and

of Solicitors for the Elderly, as well as being a full member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Practitioners.



Real EstateCaroline HumePartner, Head of Residential Property, SRO and COLPat Neves Solicitors LLP

Tel 0844 6300 012 | Email [email protected] | Website www.nevesllp.co.uk Offices in Harpenden, Luton, Milton Keynes and Northampton

About Caroline HumeHaving graduated from Keele University in 1996 with LLB Hons Caroline then went on to attend Nottingham Law School to complete the Legal Practice Course with Distinction.

Caroline commenced her training contract in 1997 with Luton firm Hopkins Reynolds & Co. and was admitted as a solicitor in August 1999. Joining the firm of Neves on its merger with Hopkins Reynolds in 2002 and originally based at Neves Luton office Caroline established a new office in the growing town of Milton Keynes in 2005. The Milton Keynes office has expanded rapidly since then increasing from a single room with one assistant in serviced office space to a stand alone premise employing over 30 staff including four partners. During this tremendous growth period Caroline became a Partner on the 1st June 2007 and at the same time took on the challenging but enjoyable role of Head of Residential Property.

Caroline ensured that Neves successfully acquired Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation in 2014 and is the firm’s Senior Responsible Officer for the purposes of this accreditation.

Keen to ensure high quality and compliance standards across the practice as a whole Caroline is also the firm’s Compliance Officer for Legal Practice and works very closely with the firm’s Head of Risk and Compliance to ensure that Neves maintains its position in an ever changing compliance landscape. In addition Caroline sits on the firm’s Management Group and Marketing committee.

Caroline is married with a 5 year old son.

Areas of ExpertiseCaroline is a self confessed property and planning geek. Her passion for property ensures that she maintains a busy residential property caseload alongside her management and leadership responsibilities.

Caroline leads a large and experienced team in our Milton Keynes office dealing with all manner of property transactions including the more routine freehold and leasehold properties, shared equity, shared ownership, right to buy, transfers of equity, self build, equity release, investment work, portfolio acquisition, newbuild including Help to Buy 1, Help to Buy 2 and Armed Forces Help to Buy, acquisition of development sites, plot resales, Islamic financing products, unregistered land and escheat titles.

Caroline has always taken a proactive approach to her own and the department’s caseload. This ensures that matters are progressed expeditiously and minimises delay. Delays in property transactions cause stress and upset to clients and can result in transactions becoming abortive. At Neves our property team aim to eradicate unnecessary delays and assist clients in achieving exchange and completion with the minimum of stress and inconvenience.

Caroline and the Milton Keynes team are on the referral panel of more than 10 local independent estate agents. They trust Neves to provide a friendly and effective service to their clients and to ensure they are kept fully updated and informed throughout the process.

In addition to local agent work Neves are now working with major developers (including Barratts and Bloor Homes) on more than 15 development sites across the region ensuring that their purchasers are able to meet their reservation deadlines and secure their new home.

Caroline particularly enjoys assisting clients in the acquisition of development land and thereafter providing support and advice through the planning process, negotiation of the planning agreements and undertakings and following successful conclusion of this process, drafting the plot sale documentation and managing the plot sale process. These transactions are particularly rewarding when acting for novice developers who appreciate the detailed practical knowledge Caroline is able to share with them.

The firm Neves Solicitors is one of the longest established law firms in the Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes areas, with offices in Harpenden, Luton, Milton Keynes and Northampton. We offer a broad range of legal services for both private and business clients.

Neves provide legal expertise in both domestic and commercial property, dispute resolution, divorce and family law, wills, trusts and probate, lasting power of attorney, business law, company law and employment law.

Structured into departments serviced by staff across our four offices. Our regional offices enable clients to benefit from our local knowledge of courts, property, businesses and other professionals and our solicitors provide quality and cutting-edge legal advice in the area of law which you, your family and your business require.

Neves’ clients are happy well informed well advised clients as both our google reviews and website testimonials confirm.



Tax

About Ann Humphrey

Ann HumphreyEmail: [email protected] | Website: www.annlhumphrey.com | Blog: www.annlhumphrey.com/blog

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annlhumphrey | Twitter: @AnnHumphrey | Tel: + 44 0(20) 7378 9370

Ann was admitted as a solicitor in 1977 and worked for 16 years as a tax lawyer in the City of London, including time as a corporate tax partner with law firm Richards Butler (now Reed Smith LLP). In 1993 she set up her own legal practice, Ann L Humphrey, to specialise in business tax, property tax and VAT.

Ann has worked with a variety of clients (including other professionals) frequently dealing with complex tax situations. Ann will in all cases seek to achieve a pragmatic solution.

The Legal Experts Directory 2012 listed Ann as an expert in the field of VAT and indirect tax and she is also widely recognised as an authority on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT). In February 2015 she published a book titled ‘VAT and Property’ and she has co-written one of the leading books on SDLT which is due to be updated this year.

Ann studied law at Durham University and has a Master’s in law from King’s College London. In 1992 she gained an MBA from the Open University. As a Judge of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) she works on oral and paper appeals, mainly in relation to social security matters.

Ann is friendly, approachable and provides all the skills of a big firm delivered with a personal touch.

Areas of ExpertiseWorking with clients, being a member of professional bodies and regularly writing about tax matters makes Ann an authority on her areas of expertise. She writes about tax in her monthly blog and is active on social networks to keep abreast of all the latest news and trends.

Ann’s areas of expertise:Property TaxMost taxes impinge on property transactions, so a property tax adviser such as Ann is well versed in them all ensuring against nasty surprises or unintended consequences.

Business Tax Complicated tax issues can arise unexpectedly and, if not dealt with properly, can be costly and frustrate business decision-making. Ann will provide tax advice to facilitate the desired business outcome, not obstruct it.

Value Added TaxVAT can be an expensive tax to overlook, so talking to a specialist is always a good investment.

Legal Work• Stamp Duty Land Tax and VAT advice on the conversion of a building consisting of two floors of offices owned by the trustees of a small self-administered pension scheme into flats and a shop• Advice on tax consequences of proposed lease changes• Stamp Duty Land Tax advice on transfer of property to a pension fund • VAT advice to the solicitor acting for a lender on a sale by a Law of Property Act receiver• VAT advice on supply of dental nurses by an agency• Advice on entrepreneur’s relief on the sale of the goodwill of an accountancy business

For more, see the Case Studies tab on Ann’s website.

PublicationsAnn has authored the following:Books- VAT and Property (2015)- Stamp Duty Land Tax: A Practical Guide for Lawyers (2007) (Co-author)

Testimonial“Ann is one of the top lawyers in her field and we are all extremely grateful for her advice. She is a highly

professional, intelligent and experienced tax lawyer and a great person to work with.”

Memberships• Law Society of England and Wales• VAT Practitioners Group• Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group• Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers• UK Association of Women Judges

Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority No. 76681

North America


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Barbara R.C. DohertyPartner at Miller Thomson LLP

Miller Thomson LLP, Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street West, Suite 5800, Toronto, ON M5H 3S1, CANADA

Tel: +416.595.8621 | Fax: +416.595.8695 | Email: [email protected]

About Barbara R.C. DohertyAs a senior-level practitioner, Barbara has made outstanding contributions in practice, writing, leadership and mentoring roles within the large firm environment. She is the editor of the firm’s “Business Laws in Canada,” 2014 edition, and was co-author of a book selected as a finalist in a Best Business Book competition, co-sponsored by a national newspaper and international accounting firm.

She has led projects demanding large teams of lawyers in leading edge transactions from P3s to cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including under-regulated industries.

Her practice includes providing general counsel advice to local and international clients as a trusted adviser.

She is actively involved in advising foreign companies with their direct investment and establishing their businesses in Canada. She advises companies from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, England, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, and the United States on their Canadian operations, and in industries as diverse as agribusiness and food, biotech, broker-dealer and advisors, competition, computer security, construction and infrastructure, data management, digital media, energy and natural resources, environmental products and services, financial services, food and beverage, government registry, health care, investment funds, logistics, manufacturing, marketing and advertising, pharma, robotics, security simulation and training, specialty publishing and technology.

In firm management, Barbara has chaired and co-chaired national and local securities and business law groups. She is active in mentoring and developing business development tools designed to assist young lawyers in identifying, pursuing and servicing their best client relationships and opportunities.

Firm ProfileMiller Thomson enjoys a reputation as one of Canada’s leading national business law firms. With 500 lawyers across Canada, the firm offers a complete range of business, advocacy and personal legal services to help domestic and international decision makers with their Canadian legal needs. Firm offices are located in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Regina, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Markham and Montreal.

Areas of Expertise• Corporate/Commercial • Equity and Debt Finance • Mergers and Acquisitions • Investment Funds and Asset Management • Public-Private Partnerships

“Over the years as corporate and general counsel, I have retained dozens of external lawyers across Canada and the United States. I would include Barbara in my top three of all these outstanding lawyers. I looked for lawyers who took the time and trouble to learn and understand in detail my company’s business, its goals, market, challenges, opportunities and risks. I looked for counsel who could quickly grasp the nature of the task at hand, who listened carefully and who could be relied upon to give their frank assessment of the wisest way to proceed (if at all) and the impact of the decision. Barbara epitomised such counsel.”


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Intellectual Property

Lindsay NeidrauerPartner at Belmore Neidrauer LLP

Direct: (416) 863-3352 | Email: [email protected]

About Lindsay NeidrauerAn accomplished litigator with extensive experience in pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent litigation, Lindsay represents clients in all areas of intellectual property litigation including patents, trade-marks and copyright. She regularly appears in the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from Queen’s University, Lindsay went on to study at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 2003 after graduating with a JD. Lindsay also holds an MA in criminology and is a registered trade-mark agent.

Throughout her career, Lindsay’s practice has focused primarily in the areas of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. She has been fortunate to work with leading scientific experts – including a Nobel Prize winner – in scientifically complex cases. Her passion, commitment and drive give her an edge when it comes to providing clients with the best possible representation. She is adept at identifying key issues, devising and carrying out strategies, and advocating her clients’ positions. Lindsay prides herself on not only her advocacy skills, but also in working with clients to achieve the best possible outcome for their cases.

Lindsay’s interest in and enthusiasm for intellectual property law extends beyond client work. She is a member of the Litigation Committee of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and the Canadian Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section. She is also a co-author of the chapter on Canada in “Intellectual Property in the Life Sciences”.

Notable Legal Work• Bayer Inc. and Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft v. Apotex Inc. and the Minister of Health, 2014 FC 436

• Bayer Inc. and Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Company and the Minister of Health, 2013 FC 1061

• Alcon Canada Inc., Alcon Research Ltd., Alcon Pharmaceuticals Company and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Company and the Minister of Health, 2014 FC 149

• Alcon Canada Inc., Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. and Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Company and the Minister of Health, 2014 FC 462

• Apotex Inc. v. Takeda Canada Inc., 2013 FC 1237

• Alcon Canada Inc., Alcon Research Ltd. and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. v. Apotex Inc. and the Minister of Health, 2012 FC 410

About Belmore Neidrauer LLPBelmore Neidrauer LLP is a dynamic intellectual property law firm located in Toronto, Ontario, which excels at close working relationships with North American and international clients. The firm has a breadth of experience regarding all aspects of intellectual property law including patents, trademarks, copyright and misuse of confidential information. Belmore Neidrauer LLP’s practice has a particular emphasis on sophisticated large-scale pharmaceutical patent litigation for the ethical industry, often coordinating multi-jurisdiction litigation.

With appearances, actions and applications before the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Ontario Superior Court, the Ontario Divisional Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada, the vibrant team of professionals at Belmore Neidrauer LLP have the experience, skills and creative thinking to engage in highly intricate legal matters involving intellectual property. The firm prides themselves on their quality of service and in achieving positive results.

Belmore Neidrauer LLP also offers guidance and opinions in non-contentious areas of intellectual property including assisting companies in developing their technologies, in-licensing and in due diligence issues.

TD South Tower | 79 Wellington Street West | Suite 2401PO Box 16, TD Centre | Toronto, Ontario | M5K 1A1

Tel: (416) 863-1771


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About Angela M. Furlanetto

Angela M. Furlanetto Partner at Dimock Stratton LLP

20 Queen St. West, 32nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 3R3

Tel: 416-971-7202 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.dimock.com

Angela’s practice focuses on all areas of intellectual property litigation with an emphasis on patent litigation, particularly

in the pharmaceutical, chemical and biotech fields, including matters relating to the Patented Medicines (Notice of

Compliance) Regulations. She has significant experience in all aspects of intellectual property litigation, ranging from pre-

litigation opinions to conduct of matters through trial and appeal. She has worked with counsel in various jurisdictions to

co-ordinate the Canadian part of multi-jurisdictional lawsuits.

Angela is a regular speaker at conferences and a frequent contributor to intellectual property publications. She is a member

of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and Chair of the Harold G. Fox Moot on intellectual property law.

Angela is also active in committees on intellectual property law: she is past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA)

National IP Section, a member of the CBA’s Court Practice Committee, the CBA IP Section Representative on the Federal

Court Bench and Bar Committee, and a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Angela is also one of a

select few IP litigators who have served on the Federal Court IP Users’ Committee, a Committee acting as liaison between

judiciary and the IP Bar. Angela is described as “a top-drawer litigator in her own right” by IAM Patent 1000 and is ranked

for litigation. She is described as being “particularly proficient in the pharmaceutical, chemical and biotech fields” with

a “very active litigation practice” by the International Who’s Who of Life Sciences Lawyers where she is ranked and also

ranked in the International Who’s Who of Patent Law Lawyers. She was named as a Future Star - Ontario by Benchmark

Canada and to the Best Lawyers of Canada in IP Law.

Angela obtained a M.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of Western Ontario in 1993 and a B.Sc. in Biochemistry (Summa

cum laude) from McMaster University in 1991. She is a registered patent and trademark agent. She was called to the

Ontario Bar in 1998.

Dimock Stratton practises exclusively in the area of intellectual property, in both litigation and agency matters. The firm

includes lawyers who have been certified as specialists by the Law Society of Upper Canada in all facets of IP law and

civil litigation, admitted to the American College of Trial Lawyers and rated as leading practitioners in the intellectual

property field.

Dimock Stratton lawyers have been counsel in more than 50 trademark, patent and copyright trials over the past thirty

years. Our lawyers have argued more than thirty appeals in the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal

and the Supreme Court of Canada. The lawyers at Dimock Stratton have appeared as appellate counsel in five different

leading IP cases in the Supreme Court of Canada, namely Whirlpool v General Electric (patents), Free World Trust v Electro

Santé (patents), Lego v Ritvik (trademarks), Robertson v Thomson Corp. and Globe & Mail (copyright), and SOCAN v. Apple,

Intervener: Federation of Law Societies of Canada (copyright). Their litigation clients have included such recognizable

names as Procter & Gamble, IBM, BlackBerry, Dow Chemical, General Electric, BMW, TD Bank, Black & Decker, Thomson-

Reuters, Bank of Montreal, DuPont, Boston Scientific and Cisco Systems. Dimock Stratton’s client list includes businesses in

the following industries: pharmaceuticals, chemical, computer, high tech, biotechnology, telecommunications, consumer

goods, consumer electronics, industrial machinery, robotics, recreational vehicles, toys and food products.

About Dimock Stratton


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Patents

Natalie Raffoul Managing Partner and Clancy PC + Brion Raffoul

289 Cyr Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1L 7N6, Canada

Tel: 613.521.8844 x 102 | Website: www.cbrcanada.com

Natalie Raffoul is a managing partner with recognized expertise in the patenting of business methods and software, and the legal issues

surrounding such subject matter. She also has extensive experience in drafting patent applications for technologies including: electron-

ics, wireless and optical communications and networking, telecommunications switching, optical components and manufacturing pro-

cesses, optical fibre manufacturing processes, satellite components, fuel cell technologies, security devices, software processes for supply

chain management, and mobile applications.

She has been invited to speak at the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) on such noteworthy cases as the Amazon decision

issued by the Federal Court of Appeal, and her numerous publications include “The Patentability of Electromagnetic and Acoustic Signals

in Canada” in the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology. She is on the faculty of the joint IPIC/McGill Understanding Patents Course,

teaching software and business method patenting, and was recently recruited to become Assistant Course Director in 2016. Natalie is

also ranked among the world’s leading patent practitioners by The World Leading Patent Professional’s IAM Patent 1000 publication for

2014.

She holds a degree in electrical engineering from Western University (London, Canada) and a Juris Doctor in law from Queen’s University

(Kingston, Canada). She is also a registered Canadian patent agent.

As an active member of the Ottawa start-up community, Ms. Raffoul works closely with new and growing companies to develop compre-

hensive IP procurement strategies. She is a regular lecturer at the Sprott School of Business (Carleton University) for the entrepreneurship

programme and is a faculty member for the Ottawa Lead To Win entrepreneurship programme.

Natalie is also experienced in filing and prosecuting Canadian, U.S., and PCT international patent applications. She provides advice

to her clients, in English and in French, on worldwide patent filing strategies and portfolio management. In addition to her patent work,

Natalie represents clients before the Canadian Industrial Design Office and has extensive experience filing industrial design applications

for a wide variety of designs.

Her community involvement includes volunteer positions with a variety of charities, such as the Caring and Sharing Exchange, and she

serves as a director on numerous boards, including the Western University Alumni Association.

In 2015, Natalie was awarded the Ottawa Business Journal’s Top Forty Under 40 award, which recognizes an elite group of business leaders

under the age of 40 who have achieved business excellence and professional expertise and have a strong track record of community

giving.

About Natalie Raffoul

Clancy PC + Brion Raffoul is a premier Canadian IP boutique firm providing clients with a full range of patent, design and trademark

procurement services. From start-ups, to universities and government agencies, to both private and publicly-traded companies, Clancy

PC + Brion Raffoul is committed to providing excellent quality service in a timely manner to meet all the intellectual property needs of our

clients worldwide.

Through a robust international network of associates, we are able to protect our clients’ intellectual property assets throughout the world.

In addition to our Canadian clients, we represent a broad array of foreign clients seeking to protect their IP in Canada. Using a results-

based approach that has provided us with an enviable track record of success for our clients, we have developed a solid reputation with

our foreign associates. We pride ourselves in providing timely, effective, and practical advice at reasonable rates. Our competitive and

transparent pricing model, based on fixed fees, rather than billable hours for most services, sets us apart from other firms. We firmly believe

in adding value for our clients and, since we are not on a time-based billing model, we take as much time as necessary to address our

clients’ needs. As a testament to our high rate of client satisfaction and loyalty, our firm has grown exponentially through referrals and

word of mouth.

We are an energetic group of professionals and staff that work closely together to deliver the best service to all of our clients. As a very

active firm, we were recognized in 2013 as one of the Top 40 Most Active Patent Filers in Canada. Our partners and firm are ranked as

leading patent and trademark professionals and as a firm by the IAM Patent 1000 and the WTR 1000 based on peer rankings. This was

achieved by building a solid team and recruiting only the best and the brightest professionals, administrators and support staff.

Clancy PC + Brion Raffoul


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Heather R. Pruger Saul Ewing LLP

Saul Ewing LLP, Baltimore, 500 E. Pratt Street, Suite 900, Baltimore MD, 21202-3133

T: (410) 332-8635 | F: (410) 332-8108

About Heather R. PrugerHeather Pruger’s practice consists of a broad range of corporate, business, and commercial transactions, as well

as employment law matters. Her clients range from middle market companies and owner-managed businesses

to international companies and include technology companies, government contractors, medical practices,

manufacturers, and professional services companies.

Heather’s experience includes buyer-side and seller-side mergers and acquisitions, commercial finance transactions,

business formation, and other commercial transactions. She assists companies with a wide array of commercial

agreements and transactional issues as well as licensing and regulatory compliance and general corporate

governance issues. Heather also counsels companies and executives on a wide variety of employment matters,

providing advice on general employment issues, conducting internal investigations on sensitive workplace matters,

and drafting and negotiating employment agreements and developing and implementing restrictive covenants and

confidentiality agreements, employment policies, and technology and data management policies including data

retention and protection, social media, and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies.

In addition to her corporate and counseling practice, Heather has represented companies in negotiations with and

administrative proceedings before federal and state administrative agencies, has litigated discrimination and wage

payment claims and restrictive covenant and contract disputes in federal and state courts throughout the United

States, and has extensive experience handling disputes involving electronically stored information and information

subject to security clearance requirements.

Prior to joining Saul Ewing, Heather was a law clerk for U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan K. Gauvey in the U.S. District Court

for the District of Maryland. She previously worked as a paralegal for nearly a decade in multiple firms in Maryland and

the District of Columbia, where she worked with Section 8(a) companies to obtain funding through both the federal

procurement process and lobbying efforts, and worked with telecommunications providers and wireless handset

manufacturers on a broad range of licensing and certification issues and in federal and state regulatory and litigation

proceedings concerning spectrum policy, regulation of IP-based services, and other technical and regulatory issues.

Heather is a frequent speaker at local and national bar association conferences, contributes to a number of legal and

industry publications, and is a regular blogger for the Maryland Daily Record’s Generation J.D. blog. She is also co-

editor of the Maryland State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section’s quarterly publication,The Advocate.

In addition to her admission to the Maryland Bar, Heather is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.


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Divorce

Scheherazade (Shazi) Rastegar is an attorney, mediator, and founder of MAC Services Group. Specializing in divorce, family

law, and alternative dispute resolution, Mrs. Rastegar is known for her skill in resolving complex legal issues. She assists couples

and families overcome communication barriers in order to complete the divorce process respectfully. Her reputation has led

to her services being sought by clients both locally and abroad. Mrs. Rastegar has clients based in Los Angeles, New Orleans,

London, Cape Town, Vancouver, and Berlin. Her peers have sought her expertise to resolve cases just days short of trial, saving

their clients the uncertainty and expense of trial.

Mrs. Rastegar’s success stems from her belief that the manner in which the divorce process is handled sets the stage for the

next chapter of the family relationship. Instead of viewing divorce as an end to the family unit, Mrs. Rastegar believes that

divorce is a life transition that requires the skilled assistance and expertise of an attentive divorce attorney and mediator. Mrs.

Rastegar guides families through this often stressful, emotional, and difficult time by mediating creative and innovative solutions

to complicated legal issues. Her focus in both litigated and mediated divorce cases is determining the underlying needs of

both parties, and aligning those needs with what is in the best interest of the children. In an effort to reduce parental conflict,

and thereby lessen potential adjustment problems in children, Mrs. Rastegar strives to ensure that her clients resolve underlying

disagreements with a focus on the future.

Mrs. Rastegar attended Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and has received over 300 hours of intensive Mediation

training from prestigious institutions such as the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law,

and the University of California, Berkeley. She has served as a panel mediator for the Los Angeles Superior Court Alternative

Dispute Resolution Program, the Ventura Superior Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, the Los Angeles County Bar

Association’s Attorney Client Mediation and Arbitration Services, the Dispute Resolution Program of the Los Angeles City

Attorney’s Office, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Center for Civic Mediation. In 2012, Mrs. Rastegar was awarded

a Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles and recognized for her success in The Mediator. Shortly after, Mrs.

Rastegar was asked to return to Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution to serve as a panelist on mediation. In 2014, Mrs. Rastegar

was recognized as a Top Divorce Contributor for Avvo. Mrs. Rastegar has published numerous articles, which has led to her

recognition by The Huffington Post, Fox News Magazine, eHarmony, L.A. Family, L.A. Parent and YourTango.com.

Mrs. Rastegar obtained her B.A. and M.A. in International Relations and Psychology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland

and the University of Toronto, where she received Distinguished Honors and served on the Faculty of Law Review. Upon earning

her Masters degree, Mrs. Rastegar returned to the United States to earn her J.D. from the University of California, Davis School

of Law, where she was awarded the Sacramento County Bar Association Fellowship. As a litigator, Mrs. Rastegar worked for

prominent law firms throughout California before founding MAC Services Group in 2012. Mrs. Rastegar is also actively involved

in the legal and mediation community. She is a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the Los Angeles

County Bar Association, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern California Mediation Association.

Partner and Founder of MAC Services Group

1055 West 7th Street, Suite 3300, Los Angeles, California 90017

Tel: 310-279-6102 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.mac-sg.com

About Scheherazade B. Rastegar, Esq.

Scheherazade B. Rastegar, Esq.

Areas of Expertise• Divorce • Legal Separation • Child Support • Child Custody and Visitation

• International Child Custody Mediation • Spousal Support • Property Division

• Prenuptial Agreements • Postnuptial Agreements

• Mediation of all Family Law Matters



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Diana MullerCounsel GOTTLIEB, RACKMAN & REISMAN, P.C.

270 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016-0601

Phone (212) 684-3900 | Fax: (212) 684-3999 | Email: [email protected]

Diana Muller is a recognized expert in international trademark and copyright law, worldwide licensing, security interest agreements,

software licensing and the transfer of technology contracts. Her work with sports marketing firms, sports agents, and professional athletes

has made her a driving force behind the creation of programs for the protection of sports brands and the names and likenesses of famous

sports figures and entertainers. She has also done substantial trademark protection and intellectual property rights enforcement work for

various clients in the People’s Republic of China.

Ms. Muller has achieved innumerable successful results for her clients, but one of the most memorable instances was when she represented

a well-known professional basketball player in an action sought to stop the manufacture and sale of infringing athletic footwear bearing

the player’s name. With the assistance of the Chinese Administration for Industry & Commerce, two raids were successfully conducted

at a manufacturing site in the Dalian Municipality and 48,000 pairs of unauthorized shoes bearing the name of the famous athlete were

confiscated.

Ms. Muller has written and lectured extensively on such topics as licensing, trademark law and the protection of intellectual property rights

in developing countries. She has spoken at the New York Women’s Bar Association and the National Conference for Women in Business in

New York City on the subject of careers in entertainment and fashion licensing. Ms. Muller has been a guest lecturer on intellectual property

at New York University and at the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) Conventions where she has given talks on sports

licensing, IP licensing, and the protection of images in Costa Rica, Mexico and Colombia. She is currently a member of ASIPI’s Sports and

Entertainment Committee, is actively involved with ASIPI’s Trademark and Administrative Committees and was previously the U.S. delegate

to ASIPI. Ms. Muller has taken part in panel discussions for many institutions and publications such as the inaugural Women’s Wear Daily

Legal Roundtable on Protecting Intellectual Property, where she spoke about the financial losses companies face when they fail to see

global counterfeiting as a serious threat. Ms. Muller has been a guest speaker to fashion designers on intellectual property matters during

Fashion Week in New York City.

Ms. Muller is known for devising individualized legal strategies for the protection and enforcement of clients’ intellectual property rights on

a worldwide basis.

Professional AffiliationsInternational Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property, U.S. delegate, 2005 (ASIPI)

Education and Admissions

University of Buenos Aires, Procurador, 1972

University of Buenos Aires, Attorney at Law, 1972

University of San Francisco, graduate courses, International Law, 1974

Selected Speaking Engagements• “Navigating the Challenges of Joint China – U.S. Business,” Joint Seminar, Cornell Club, June 3, 2014.

• “Business and Legal Aspects of Contractual Transactions Related to Mega Events in the Sports Arena,” ASIPI Convention, Porto Alegre,

Brazil, March 2014.

• “Intellectual Property Protection: Why It Is Important to Any Business Trademarks & Patents,” Endeavor Global Event, San Francisco,

June 2013.

• “Proteccion de los Derechos de Imagen de Los Atletas,” World Intellectual Property Organization Seminar, Costa Rica, July 10, 2012.

• “Crear Valor Mejorando la Imagen de la Marca: ‘Branding.’ La Importancia de la P.I. para Lograr la Imagen Internacional de la Marca

en Deportes,” World Intellectual Property Organization Seminar, Costa Rica, July 9, 2012.

• “Strategies and Legal Aspects of Doing Business with India,” Joint Seminar, The University Club, New York, June 11, 2012.

• “Intellectual Property and Its Application to the Real Estate Industry,” Lawline.com CLE presentation, February 10, 2009.

• “ADR for Intellectual Property Disputes,” New York State Bar Association – Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section – Committee on

Alternative Dispute Resolution (April 2007).

Selected Publications

• “Sports Brands, Protection and Enforcement: Are Manufacturers and Distributors Playing by the Rules?” ASIPI (2015).

• “Color Me Interested: Color Can be Protected as a Trademark,” GRR Intellectual Property News (June 2011).

• “Sportswear Counterfeits Are Bad Sportsmanship,” Intellectual Property Magazine (November 2010).

• “Fakes and Counterfeits in Latin America,” Intellectual Property Magazine (September 2010).

• “Combatting Counterfeiting and Piracy in Latin America,” New York Law Journal (April 21, 2008).


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About Emily E. Campbell

Emily E. Campbellshareholder and practice group leader at Dunlap Codding

www.dunlapcodding.com

Emily E. Campbell is a shareholder and practice group leader at Dunlap Codding, providing strategic counsel to clients on trademarks, copyrights, Internet law, and licensing. Emily was selected by attorney peers for inclusion in Oklahoma Super Lawyers–Rising Stars Edition (2010, 2013-2014). She was recently named to the University of Oklahoma’s College of Engineering Industrial & Systems Engineering Advisory Board and the Oklahoma City Geological Society Board of Directors. Emily received her J.D. from the Oklahoma City University School of Law and received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. She is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Emily assists a variety of clients of all sizes in filing, maintenance, and policing of their trademarks in the U.S. and abroad. In addition to traditional transactional IP work associated with the filing and maintenance of trademarks and copyrights, Emily has worked on a variety of legal matters including:

• Complex copyright filing strategies for group registrations of musical compositions and sound recordings for a record company, as well as works of the visual arts, including mass photograph filing strategy and recommendations for a national aerial imagery company.

• Pre-Litigation and settlement of Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act claims.

• Settlement of claims against individuals targeted by mass copyright infringement lawsuits.

• Strategic analysis and counseling regarding collaborative entertainment and technology projects involving authors, musicians, and corporations, as well as individuals starting new businesses.

• Preparation of opinion letters and memos regarding complex intellectual property ownership issues, including issues pertaining to derivative works of software and sound recordings, as well as chain of title disputes regarding trademark ownership and validation of trademark registrations.

• Trademark and copyright audit for an interactive company providing state of the market analysis as it pertains to soft IP, as well as analysis regarding the state of the company’s current trademark and copyright portfolio. Final analysis and recommendations included high risk initiatives and market areas, as well as identification of gaps in protection and potential infringers in the market place.

• Drafting of key intellectual property agreements including, right of publicity, license agreements, assignments, consent agreements, non-disclosure agreements, employment and termination agreements, terms of service, privacy policies, and work for hire agreements.

• Comprehensive strategic management of international trademark portfolios for several multi-national companies.

• Preparation of web and software development agreements, terms of service, confidentiality policies, employee and third-party use agreements, and privacy policies.

• Strategic analysis and recommendations regarding copyright infringement of computer gaming concepts.

Recent and notable representation includes work on behalf of Pictometry International Corp. Emily drafted documents in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) proceeding calling into question certain of the company’s trade secrets, copyrighted images, and copyrighted software used in its business.

Emily assisted Pictometry in winning this precedent-setting case. As a result of this litigation, copyright holders may license their intellectual property to governmental agencies knowing their federal intellectual property rights supersede the copying and distribution requirements of FOIA.

Presentations• ALI-CLE webinar, “10 Things Every Business Should Know to Minimize Trademark Liability.”• Practice What You Preach—Don’t Cheat! Copyright Law for Educators.

Organizations• Member, University of Oklahoma’s College of Engineering Industrial & Systems Engineering Advisory Board.

• Member, Oklahoma City Geological Society Board of Directors.

• Member, International Trademark Association (INTA).

• Author of Dunlap Codding’s award winning and innovative intellectual property legal blog and resource center, PHOSITA.

• Member, Junior League of Oklahoma City. During this past year Emily contributed more than 40 hours of volunteer service as a member of the League.

• Founding Member, IgniteOKC—a community-driven networking event that connects people of diverse backgrounds and knowledge through a series of entertaining, rapid-fire presentations. Emily spearheaded the formation of a steering committee to plan and execute the first IgniteOKC event in less than four months and continues to be actively involved in the event as a committee member



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Sibylle GrebePartner at Conover & Grebe, LLP

3424 W. Carson Street, Suite 320, Torrance, CA 90503

Tel: (310) 542-9888 | Fax: (310) 542-1588 | Email: [email protected]

Sibylle Grebe is an attorney licensed to practice law in all courts in the State of California. She is the managing partner in the law firm of Conover & Grebe, LLP. The firm practices extensively in the fields of probate, conservatorships (limited and general), estate planning, trust administration, guardianships, trust and probate litigation, and elder law. It is dedicated to providing expert cost-effective service while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism.

Ms. Grebe has enlisted her leadership skills and experience in the service of many professional and community organizations. She participates in the Guardianship Volunteer Project, and serves on the Probate Volunteer Panel of attorneys for the Los Angeles Superior Court. Ms. Grebe is a former chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Elder Law Committee. The Committee participates in various pro-bono activities including counseling older adults and providing public information throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Ms. Grebe is a member and past president of (SCCELA), the Southern California Council of Elder Law Attorneys. She is the past Co-Chair of the Lawyer Referral and Information Service Advisory Committee and has served as a Committee member for many years, and is a member of the Trusts and Estates Executive Committee both of which are under the aegis of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Ms. Grebe serves on the South Bay Bar Association Board of Directors for many years and is the current Vice President. She formerly served on the Board of Directors of OPICA, a non–profit state-licensed adult care center dedicated to helping memory-impaired adults and their families. She is the former Chair of the Board of Directors of H.E.L.P, Healthcare and Elder Law Programs Corporation, a nonprofit organization. Ms. Grebe’s speaking engagements include the Los Angeles County Bar, Morgan Stanley, The City of Los Angeles, Pepperdine University School of Law’s Elder Care Mediation, The Women Lawyers Association of LA, the Comcast Community Access Cable TV productions “Senior Living” and “Senior Scene” on CitiCable in Torrance. Additionally, she has presented topics at the State Board of Equalization’s Connecting Women to Business Conference as well as to the International Guardianship Second World Congress in Berlin, Germany. Ms. Grebe serves on the Center for Guardianship (CGC)’s California Exam Development Committee.

Ms. Grebe received a Bachelor Degree in Economics from California State University Long Beach and her Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law. She also received an Estate Planning Certificate of Achievement from Emory University. Ms. Grebe has also been honored with the Legacy Award by H.E.L.P, Healthcare and Elder Law Programs Corporation, for her dedication to the senior community for which she also received a Commendation from the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors.

Ms. Grebe is a member of the State Bar of California, United States Supreme Court, American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Bar Association, South Bay Bar Association, National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, Southern California Chapter of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, Southern California Council of Elder Law Attorneys, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, and the Elder Law Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar. She is a member of the International Guardianship Network and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

• Estate Planning (Trusts/Wills)• Trust Administration• Decedent’s Estate Administration (Probate/Beneficiary Representation/Will Contests)• Conservatorships (including Limited Conservatorships for Developmentally Disabled Adults)• Guardianships• Durable Powers of Attorney (Health Care & Financial Management)

Professional Memberships

Areas of Expertise

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Ana Tereza Basilio is a partner at Basilio Advogados. She holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Universidade Cândido

and has accumulated experience in law offices in Brazil, including Sergio Bermudes’ firm, where she worked for 11

years.

She is a post graduate in North American Law from Wisconsin University, and is a specialist in civil and commercial

litigation as well as in arbitration. She taught Civil Law in the Post Graduation Course of the Escola Superior de Ad-

vocacia (Lawyer’s Superior School), from 1993 to 2001, and she is the author of several books about corporate law.

From 2004 to 2006, she was the President of the Mediation and Arbitration Chamber of the Brazilian Bar Association,

in which she also acted as President of the Lawyer’s Association Committee, from October 2003 to December 2006,

Vice-President of the Arbitration Committee, during the same period, besides being elected as Chief Counsellor of

the Brazilian Bar Association during the three-year periods from 2000 to 2003 and 2003 to 2006. Additionally, she was

appointed as member of the Committee to Fight Piracy and Unfair Competition of the Federal Committee of the Bra-

zilian Bar Association during period of July 2005 to December 2006, and of the Special Committee to Fight Piracy and

Unfair Competition of the Federal Committee of the Brazilian Lawyers Association, which she is still a member of. She is

also a member of the Editorial Committee of the Arbitration and Mediation Magazine, and member of the Corporate

law Committee from the Escola da Magistratura (Judge’s School) of the High Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

She is a professor in Fundação Getúlio Vargas, in the Arbitration post graduation course. In December 2010, she was

elected a member of the TRE – Tribunal Regional Eleitoral.

Ms Basilio noted that Brazil’s economic situation has consistently improved over the last few years and is now seen as

a secure choice for foreign investments. She believes that the fortification of the economy will increase the need for

legal assistance in diverse areas, ranging from commercial to fiscal law.

“The Brazilian judicial system is aware that the upcoming years will surely come with a significant increase in litigation

and that parties will seek to have their problems being solved with agility,” she observed. “Due to overall swiftness of

the procedures involved in its development, arbitration arises as an efficient method for conflict resolution during the

promising years to come.

“This is because there are several advantages in the use of arbitration, as well as being rapid, sensitive and judicial

economy, allows parties greater freedom and flexibility in setting rules that will govern the process, as well as the

choice of arbitrators for the case.

“Based on these existing benefits in the arbitration, our company is aware of the increase of this procedure brought

by positive current status of countries and, due to a team that specialises in this subject, fully trust that it will meet the

expectations of our current customers,” she concluded.

Ana Tereza BasilioPartner at Basilio Advogados

Tel: +55 (21) 2277 4200 | Email: [email protected]

Website: www.basilioadvogados.com.br

About Ana Tereza Basilio


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Paulina RiquelmeFounding partner at EeLaw Energy and Environment Legal Advice

Limitada, Av. Apoquindo 5.555 of. 605, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile cp 7580012

Tel (56 2)229-9567 /(56 2)202-1194 | Email: [email protected]

About Paulina RiquelmeAttorney | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Energy & Environment LL.M., Tulane University, New Orleans, USA. Fulbright Scholar.

Bar Admission - Chilean Supreme Court, January 1999. Founding partner at EeLaw Energy and Environment Legal

Advice.

Founding partner at EeLaw Energy and Environment Legal Advice. Her legal practice concentrates on environmental

law, natural resources, energy & mining, and national and international environmental regulations. She serves as

counsel to a wide variety of industries, including mining, energy and aquaculture industries.

Environmental Law

Natural Resources and Mining

Environmental Compliance

Environmental Due Diligence

Environmental Regulatory Permitting

International and Comparative Environmental Law

Administrative and Enforcement Proceedings

Spanish native and English fluent

EeLaw is a law firm dedicated to provide legal services in the areas of environment and energy. The firm initiated its

practice in the beginning of 2008 as a response to the growing need for strategic consultancy focused exclusively on

issues of environmental law, natural resources, pollution control, and energy, among others.

The philosophy inspiring our firm is to provide our clients with excellence, quality and modern services, orienting our

efforts to the implementation and improvement of work standards in order to add value to our clients businesses.

Our practice has been distinguished by the special motivation to study and analyze national and international

environmental regulations, technical standards used for the regulatory making process and by our interest in

participating in the development of these regulations at its earliest stage

Practice Areas

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Laura Collada Managing PartnerDUMONT BERGMAN BIDER & CO., S.C.

Avenida Insurgentes Sur 1898 Pent Office 21 Floor, Colonia Florida C.P. 01030, Del. Álvaro Obregón. Mexico City, MEXICO.

T: (52) (55) 5322-6230 | F: (52) (55) 5661-3056 | E: [email protected] | W: www.dumont.com.mx

Laura Collada obtained her Juris Doctor with honours in 1986, from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico City. Furthermore she obtained her Specialisation in Intellectual Property 1999; Amparo (Constitutional Appeal) 2000 and Environmental 2001; Civil, 2002; Corporate 2003, from the Universidad Panamericana (UP) as well as a Specialisation in Contracts, from the ITAM, 2009.

Laura has over 25 years’ of experience in Intellectual Property and started in the field in a renowned IP firm and then moved to work at the Mexican Trademark Office (IMPI) where she was the Sub-director for the Prevention of Unfair Competition in charge of all administrative infractions. She returned to private practice in 2000, joining the Mexican firm Dumont Bergman Bider & Co (DBB) in which she was in charge of the litigation department and she has been Managing Partner since 2008. The firm is an Intellectual Property boutique established 75 years ago and is a traditional key player on IP issues.

Laura has been teaching at several colleges and universities including the ITAM, the Universidad Panamericana and the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM); in Mexico City, Veracruz and Aguascalientes; on IP litigation as well as copyrights. She has also written about IP for national newspapers and national and international IP magazines. Laura is a speaker at conferences on this subject.

Laura’s practice includes the complete lifecycle of IP rights, from consultancy, strategies, filing and prosecution, to resolving disputes involving these rights through litigation as well as negotiating settlements. She always tries to understand her client’s needs to tailor personal and adequate strategies for each and every case.

In the past three years, Laura has been ranked by Chambers & Partners as leading lawyer for her outstanding work and participation in matters of great importance.

She has been recognised two years in a row (2013 & 2014) as Best IP Lawyer in Latin America by Euromoney’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards.

She has been recognised for her contribution and success in intellectual property law by the IP Stars World IP Survey 2014.

Laura has been ranked by World Trademark Review 2014 as The World’s Leading Trademark Professional.

She is an active member of national and international professional organisations, including: AMPPI (Former Chair of the Trademark Committee, Mexican Chapter of AIPPI), Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados (Mexican Bar), INTA, AIPPI (Co-Chair of Geographical Indications Committee), MARQUES (Chair of the Madrid Protocol Committee), APLF (member of the board), ASIPI (National Delegate), AIPLA, ECTA and PTMG.

As managing partner she has modernised the image of DBB as well as developing it in different areas to achieve complete client satisfaction. Under her supervision, DBB achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification (by TUV Rheinland®) for having a quality management system. DBB is the first IP firm in Mexico that has been certified in all areas.

Laura has also achieved the complete digitalisation of DBB’s archives and can render a paperless service if clients so wish.

Laura has recruited several lawyers and engineering leaders in the field to support and enhance her team and in order to provide legal services related to IP such as regulatory, corporate, IT, data protection, and valuation of IP assets.

Laura is also in charge of client relations and travels worldwide attending conferences and/or visiting clients. She is fluent in English and Spanish.

Areas of expertiseCopyright, Litigation, Media and Entertainment, Patent, Trademark.

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Tel: +258 823086980 | Email: [email protected]

Academic background

Bachelor in Legal Sciences, Higher Polytechnic and University Institute (ISPU), Maputo, 1999.

Legal Sciences Degree, Higher Polytechnic and University Institute (ISPU), Maputo, 2001.

Postgraduate Studies in Companies Law, Postgraduate Studies and Applied Research Centre (CEPPA), 2002.

Professional Experience

Margarida Silva is partner at MSilva – Advogados & Consultores

Other professional background

Margarida Silva was a founding partner of SCAN – Advogados e Consultores, Lda, a company incorporated

in 2009. She collaborated with this firm until the beginning of 2015, after which she opened a new firm MSilva –

Advogados & Consultores, Lda.

Prior to joining Scan – Advogados e Consultores, and for ten years, she worked with MGA – Advogados e

Consultores, Lda

Margarida Silva has attended several conferences and seminars in a number of areas, namely, Corporate, Oil

& Gas, Banking, Labour, Environment, Tourism and Tax.

Member of Mozambique Bar Association, 2004

Areas of Practice• Corporate and Commercial

• Oil & Gas

• Banking and Finance

• Family and Inheritance Law

• Foreign Investment

• Labour

• Land Law

• Litigation

• Notary and Public Records

• Tourism

Margarida SilvaPartner at MSilva – Advogados e Consultores


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About Fernanda Lopes

Fernanda Lopes

Website: www.fla.co.mz

Education:Graduated at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, in 1986.Registered at the Portuguese Bar Association since 1986 Registered at the Mozambican Bar Association since 1998

Work Experience:1986 – 1988 Trainee Attorney, with a Senior Attorney and retired Judge of the Appeal Court; 1986 – 1988 Central Reserve Bank of Portugal, analysis of exportation of goods and services with credit terms associated, as well as foreign investment projects through corporate investment Portugal; 1988 – 1995 Attorney and Partner of the law office JHSA, Lisbon; 1995 to date Attorney and Partner of the law office FL&A, Maputo and Lisbon

Initially practiced in Lisbon (1988-1995), subsequently in Maputo (1995-2007) and from 2007 up until now, in both jurisdictions.

Experience Statement:Incorporation of companies, as well as drafting the respective articles of association, with or without application to CPI (Mozambique Foreign Investment Department) increase/diminishing of share capital, entry of new partners, exclusion of partners, partner´s loans, call of supplementary share capital, assignment of shares, changes of articles of association

Indirect structuring companies:Re-evaluation of assets of companies, for accounts purposes and respective tax implications; selling of assets of companies, and respective tax implications; purchasing of assets for companies as well as respective tax implications; joint venture agreements as well as other type of agreements to associate companies in a common project; renegotiation of debits of companies and payment terms.

Application to court for the bankruptcy of companies, acting both as attorney of a creditor and as attorney of the company; preparation of the terms of repayment of the debts of the bankrupt company, as well as negotiations with creditors on behalf of the bankrupt company in order to obtain agreement and voting of creditors and thus avoid court declaration of bankruptcy.

Due diligence reportsApplication to court for the collection of debts of companies, breach of contracts, both as attorney of the applicant and as attorney of the defendant

Preparing, discussing and assisting signature of several types of commercial contracts (lease, sale and purchase, franchising, transport, etc as well as related termination of contacts)

Dismissal and appointment of managers, with preparation of the relevant draft of contractDismissal and appointment of employees, with preparation of the relevant draft of contractApplication to court for the dismissal of either employees and managers/administrators of companies, acting both as attorney of the employee and as attorney of the employer company

Fulfillment of all the legal obligations, for individual clients or managers/administrators/mandates of corporate clients, either of Ministry of Labor authorizations or of Immigration requirements for obtaining of the residency permit, as well as information on the withholding tax for Social Security and Income Tax

Litigation mostly related to company and commercial contracts.

Dispute Resolution• Acts as Attorney of one of the parties.• Acts as arbitral judge nominated by one of the parties as well as member of the arbitral court appointed by the Arbitral Chamber of Mozambique. • On most of the cases in relation to contractual obligations in breach by one of the parties, respective right of indemnity and quantification of the indemnity.

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Ruth Higgins appears in proceedings across Australia in competition, public, commercial, energy, media and corpo-

rate criminal law matters. She acts for energy companies (AGL, BP, Origin, Energy Australia), media companies, (Today

FM, Seven), listed companies (Apple, Qantas, Tabcorp, CBA), and government instrumentalities, including the ACCC.

Ruth won the Glasgow University medal in law, after which she completed a doctorate in legal philosophy at Balliol

College, Oxford, lectured at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and was a visiting scholar at Columbia University.

In competition law matters, she has recently year appeared for: Apple Inc in its antitrust and patent dispute with Sam-

sung; AGL Energy Limited in its application to the Australian Competition Tribunal for authorisation of the acquisition of

the assets of Macquarie Generation; Cement Australia Limited, defending proceedings brought by the ACCC; Origin

Energy Limited, in two different sets of proceedings brought by the ACCC; the Australian Jockey Club and Victorian

Racing Club in proceedings brought concerning the ineligibility for registration of thoroughbreds bred by artificial in-

semination in the Australian Stud Book, and the ACCC in proceedings concerning alleged anti-competitive conduct

in the Australian laundry detergent market.

In public law matters, she has appeared, including in the High Court, for Today FM (Sydney) Pty Ltd in a dispute with

the Australian Communications and Media Authority arising out of the telephone call made by 2Day FM to the King

Edward VII’s Hospital Sister Agnes in London.

In general commercial matters she has recently appeared for Tabcorp Holdings Limited in a multi-million dollar dispute

with the State of Victoria, concerning the re-grant of wagering and gaming licences in Victoria.

Her publications include: The Moral Limits of Law: Obedience, Respect, and Legitimacy (Oxford University Press, Oxford

and New York, 2004); Rediscovering Rhetoric: Law, Language, and the Practice of Persuasion (Federation Press, 2008)

Co-editor, with Justin T Gleeson SC, and author; Constituting Law: Legal Argument and Social Values (Federation Press,

2011) Co-editor, with JT Gleeson SC, and author; Historical Foundations of Australian Law Part I (Federation Press, 2013),

co-editor with Justin T Gleeson SC, Solicitor General of the Commonwealth and James Watson.

She has been included in Best Lawyers Australia since 2008 and Chambers Global since 2011.

In 2013, she won the inaugural Sheahan Lock Partners Junior Barrister Award, at the Lawyers Weekly, Women in Law

Awards, and has since won several related awards through Lawyer Monthly UK.

Ruth is Assistant General Editor of the Australian Law Journal.

In 2013, she was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.

Ruth Higgins Banco Chambers

Banco Chambers, 9/2 Chifley Square, NSW 2000, DX 292 Sydney

Tel: +61 2 9376 0602 | Fax: +61 2 9335 3542

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About Wendy Jacobs

Wendy JacobsPartner at Russells

Russells-Sydney, Level 3, 32 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000

Email: [email protected] | Tel: (02) 92165602

Areas of PracticeMs Jacobs is a Partner of Russells, a specialised corporate and commercial law firm practising in Brisbane and Sydney. An experienced

adviser with a reputation in traditional insolvency practice and commercial reconstruction, she has a high profile in the industry.

From 2006 to date, Ms Jacobs has represented the insolvency profession in the consultation, implementation and monitoring of the new

national law governing personal property security.

She is currently one of two IPA representatives on the PPSA Operations Forum convened by ITSA, and will present to the profession on

aspects of the reform in a series of seminars around Australia.

Ms Jacobs has particular experience in retail building and construction.

RetailMs Jacobs acted for the new owner of the Go Lo and Crazy Clark’s businesses. She was involved in all aspects including the negotiation

and implementation of a licence to permit trading to continue during the voluntary administration of the former owner and the purchase.

Her hands on approach in assisting the in house team on day to day security, employment, commercial and lease issues has ensured the

continuing employment of approximately 4500 staff.

Ms Jacobs acted for the parent of a fashion retail group, undergoing a restructure involving a voluntary administration of one of the two

businesses, and several special-purpose leasing companies.

Building and ConstructionMs Jacobs advised the receivers of a partially sold completed residential property development at Rhodes in relation to the complex

security structure, body corporate and environmental issues. She also advised the administrators of the Raptis group of companies and

the financier to the Satellite group of companies in Sydney.

Financial Services and InsuranceMs Jacobs has acted as sole Australian counsel for the Hong Kong based liquidators of Lehman Brothers Asia Holdings Limited (LBAHL)

since early 2009. LBAHL played an important role in the High Court decision on the extent to which creditors rights can be affected by

deeds of company arrangement. Ms Jacobs has been involved in representative proceedings commenced by former clients of Lehman

Brothers Australia Limited (LBA) and was heavily involved in negotiations with the major stakeholders in the liquidation culminating in a

proposed scheme of arrangement to deal with the remaining claims in the liquidation.

Ms Jacobs also acted for an HIH executive throughout the HIH Royal Commission, in civil penalty proceedings commenced by ASIC and

in two separate criminal proceedings relating respectively to the issue of a prospectus and the issue of ‘smoothing cover’. She successfully

defended the former deputy managing director of New Cap Re against claims brought by the liquidators and also by investors and arising

out of the issue of a prospectus four months before the appointment of administrators.

Qualifications• Bachelor of Applied Science (Biomedical Science), University of

Technology, Sydney, 1982

• Bachelor of Laws, University of Sydney, 1990

Professional Admissions• Admitted as solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales,

1990

• Admitted to practise in the High Court of Australia, 1991

• Admitted as solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, 1993

Professional Publications and Committees• IPA Representative on ITSA’s PPSA Operations Forum

• Member, Insolvency Practitioners Australia

• Member, Insol International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency

and Bankruptcy Professionals

• Member, Insolvency and Reconstruction Committee Law

Council of Australia

• Former NSW Chair Insolvency and Reconstruction Committee

Law Council of Australia

• Former Insolvency Committee Chair IPBA, 2008-10

• Ranked by Chambers (Asia Pacific) and Legal 500 in Insolvency

and Restructuring, 2011-14

Professional Experience• Partner, Russells, February 2013 to present

• Partner, Dibbs Crowther & Osborne (now Dibbs Barker),

1998-2013

• Senior Associate, Dibbs Crowther & Osborne, 1996-1998

• Associate, Tress Cocks & Maddox, 1993-96

• Solicitor, Tress Cocks & Maddox, 1991-93

• Solicitor, Dunhill Madden Butler, 1990-91


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Dr. Elizabeth E. Houlihan Principal and Co-founder of Houlihan2

Website: www.houlihan2.com

Elizabeth is a Principal and Co-founder of Houlihan2, which is a full-service IP Firm operating in Australia, Malaysia,

New Zealand and Singapore. Elizabeth is a Registered Patent & Trade Mark Attorney in both Australia and New

Zealand. She holds a B.Sc. with a dual major in Chemistry and Biochemistry, a B.Sc.(Hons) in Pharmaceutical

Chemistry and Bioinorganic Chemistry, a Masters Degree in Industrial Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Organometallic

Chemistry and X-Ray Crystallography. Elizabeth was awarded a Post-Doctoral Research fellowship by the

University of Melbourne, where she worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for five years in the field of

Molecular Frameworks and Crystal Engineering. Elizabeth has a Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education and

was a University Chemistry Lecturer for a number of years before entering the Intellectual Property field in 1994

when she obtained a Masters in Intellectual and Industrial Property Law.

Elizabeth’s professional practice specializes in drafting, prosecution and litigation of Chemical, Biochemical

and Pharmaceutical matters before the Australian and New Zealand Patent Offices. Elizabeth also practises

in the field of Trade Marks before both the Australian and New Zealand Trade Marks Offices and in the field of

Registered Designs before the Australian and New Zealand Designs Office.

Elizabeth is the Firm’s Chemical Patent Litigator and has been involved in numerous Patent litigation

Proceedings before the Federal, Full Federal and High Courts of Australia and in Copyright Proceedings

before the High Court of New Zealand. She has also provided numerous validity and infringement opinions on

Chemical and Pharmaceutical patent matters. Representing major US International Corporations, her recent

litigation successes have been in relation to lubricants, pesticides, HFC refrigerants and immunodiagnostic

assays and fertility devices. In Australia, Elizabeth has been involved in several pivotal Patent cases, including

those which decided the process by which “whole of contents novelty” can be determined and the liability

of sole Directors of a company. In addition, Elizabeth successfully utilized the drawings included in a Patent

Specification to support a claim of Copyright Infringement in New Zealand.

Based in Melbourne, Australia, Elizabeth is the only Australia and New Zealand Patent & Trade Mark Attorney

who is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. She is a Member of FICPI, AIPLA, The Asian Patent

Attorneys Association, The Institute of Patent Attorneys of New Zealand, The Licensing Executives Society and

The Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand. Elizabeth also serves as the Vice-Chair of the

International Trade Marks and Anti-Counterfeiting Committee of the IPO Association and has collated and

published several White Papers on Single Colour Marks, Famous Marks and Bad Faith Filings from an International

Perspective with the very able assistance of her Associates world-wide.


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Antitrust & Competition Law

Sarah KeenePartner at Russell McVeagh

Phone: +64 9 367 8133 | Email: [email protected]

Website: www.russellmcveagh.com/sarahkeene

Sarah is the pre-eminent competition law practitioner in the New Zealand market, and one of the leading practitioners of competition law in the Asia Pacific region.

She specialises in competition, consumer and regulatory law and litigation, advising on high-value domestic and international competition matters. Sarah specialises in advising on:• Commerce Commission investigations, prosecutions and appeals• the legality of behavioural arrangements and conduct (including cartels)• clearances and authorisations of mergers and acquisitions• general competition law advice, appeals and judicial reviews.

Sarah publishes, and presents regularly at conferences on matters of interest to the antitrust community.

In March 2015 her article, “Creating a monster? The pitfalls of a “hybrid” test for abuse of market power” appeared in the New Zealand Law Journal. In 2014, she spoke in a panel at the New Zealand Productive Markets Forum on the proposed reform of the misuse of market power prohibitions in Australia and New Zealand, and at the Law and Economics Association of NZ’s 20th Anniversary Symposium on “Reflections on the past, present and future of s36 – the intersection of law, economics and policy”.

In 2013 Sarah presented the New Zealand section of the American Bar Association’s ‘World of Monopolies’ series, The Basics of Abuse of Dominance. In 2012, she was the private practitioner representative invited to speak with the Chair of the Commerce Commission, Dr Berry, and Professor Kovacic on the subject of the proposed New Zealand defence to cartel conduct allegations, the “collaborative activities” exemption.

Sarah began her career with Russell McVeagh and became a partner at the firm in 2006. Her experience also includes working in the European Competition and Regulatory team at a magic circle firm in London.

Recent WorkSarah’s recent work includes advising GlaxoSmithKline on its US$23 billion three-part inter-conditional transaction with Novartis AG, Eli Lilly and Company on its global acquisition of Novartis Animal Health for approximately US$5.4 billion, and Staples’ US$6 billion acquisition of Office Depot.

She was appointed by Progressive Enterprises to advise on the Commerce Commission investigation into anti-competitive behaviour in the supermarket industry, an extremely high profile matter that has attracted a significant amount of mainstream and social media and political attention in New Zealand. She is also a regular anti-trust advisor to significant New Zealand and multi-national companies such as Spark, Fonterra, Meridian Energy, NBC Universal, Westpac, Auckland Airport and Woolworths Pty.

RecognitionSarah contributes to the American Bar Association’s Year in Review Publication and the Global Competition Review Merger Enforcement and Cartel Enforcement publications, the latter jointly with the Auckland Crown warrant holder Meredith Connell.

Sarah won the New Zealand Competition Lawyer of the Year at the 2014 International Law Office Client Choice Awards. Her clients say, “Sarah’s expertise and the value she provides are underpinned by a strong understanding of New Zealand’s political and economic environment.” She is valued for her pragmatic, client-focussed, and strategic-minded approach and ability to pro-actively assist across a wide range of competition law issues.

Sarah is ranked as a leading lawyer by a number of independent guides - as well as Chambers, she is recognised by Euromoney’s Expert Guides, the Global Competition Review’s ‘Global Top 100’ and ‘100 Women in Anti-Trust’, and by Asialaw Profiles as a leading lawyer.

About Sarah Keene

Russell McVeagh is New Zealand’s premier commercial law firm.

Russell McVeagh has nearly 400 staff and partners across our Auckland and Wellington offices. Our lawyers are highly regarded in their fields and are recognised internationally for their expertise.

We represent leading corporations, financial institutions, state-owned enterprises, Government entities and multi-national companies on their most complex, challenging and high-profile transactions.

Our solicitors advise across nine key practice groups: Competition, Corporate Advisory, Employment, Finance, Litigation, Property, Public Law & Policy, Environment, Planning & Natural Resources, and Tax.

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Laura HatfieldPartner at Solomon Harris

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Laura graduated with a B.Sc from Exeter University and qualified as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of

England and Wales in 1989. She worked with the niche London law firm of Glovers until 2001 becoming

a partner in 1999. Laura joined Solomon Harris and was admitted as a Cayman Islands, Attorney-at-

Law in 2001 and in 2007 became a partner with the firm. She is head of the Dispute Resolution and

Corporate Restructuring practice. She is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales, Cayman

Islands Law Society, ABI, INSOL, RISA Cayman,!00WHF and Board member IWIRC ( Cayman).

Regular contributor to various financial services, hedge fund and insurance publications.

As well as litigation up to Appeal Court level, Laura has used Alternative Dispute Resolution methods

to conclude disputes and has been involved in several mediated settlements. Laura’s extensive

experience in dealing with restructuring and meeting commercial clients’ needs and concerns allows

her to adopt an imaginative and pro-active approach to restructuring and dispute resolution.

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