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Ajay Bhargava

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Ajay Bhargava is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Group in Khaitan & Co. He specializes in Civil, Criminal & Corporate Litigation with 25 years of experience. Ajay’s fora of practice includes Supreme Court, High Courts, Arbitration (International and Domestic), Quasi Judicial Tribunals (National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and National Green Tribunal etc.). He advises on Constitutional matters, Civil & Criminal matters, IPR laws, Employment Laws and on corporate – commercial disputes. He also advises on matters before the Police Investigation Wings relating to corporate criminal investigations and quasi criminal prosecutions (white collar crimes). Ajay is often consulted on M&A transactions to provide tactical and advisory support. He advises on preventive measures in commercial contracts.

Hemant Kumar

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Mr. Hemant Kumar is the Group Legal Advisor of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T), an Indian multinational conglomerate. He heads the legal departments of the entire L&T Group’s India and Global Businesses. A seasoned legal professional with over 35 years of experience, Mr. Kumar comes from a family of lawyers, corporate counsels, and judges. An expert in litigation and arbitrations under both Indian and International Laws, Mr. Kumar has dealt with cases in UK, US, France, Australia, Singapore, Middle East and Africa. He also has considerable expertise in foreign investment and FEMA regulations both for in-bound and out-bound investments. He has also previously held senior positions at State Bank of India; Steel Authority of India; JSW Steel (formerly known as Ispat Industries); President (Legal) – Reliance ADAG and Group General Counsel - Essar Group and is widely recognized as a veteran In-house Counsel in Litigations and Arbitrations. He was also empaneled as a faculty with distinguished MBA & Engineering colleges. Interestingly, Mr. Kumar was also a Paper Setter and Examiner for the diploma course in Safety Engineering Examinations. He has been awarded as “Chambers GC Influencers Award: India (2019)” by Chambers and Partners, London UK and “Legal Icon of India” (2020) by Legal Era Magazine. Under the leadership of Mr. Kumar, RSG London awarded Corporate Legal Department of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. as “Best Legal Department of India 2019”. He has also been a recipient of many prestigious awards including “Jawahar Award”, one of BSP-SAIL’s highest individual honors, “Business Excellence Award” by Legal League Counsel, “General Counsel of the Year 2013” by Legal Era magazine and also by Corporate Counsel India. The Amity University has conferred Mr. Kumar with “Honorary Professorship” in a prestigious ceremony held during the University’s Annual Convocation in February 2023. The honour was bestowed on Mr. Kumar in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of law. The BW Legal World honoured Mr. Kumar, with the prestigious “Hall of Fame” award at the BW Legal World General Counsel Conclave held in July 2023. Mr. Kumar has been conferred with “Top General Counsel” award by The Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2022 in September 2023. The Economic Times (a Times Group enterprise) has honoured Mr. Kumar with the prestigious "General Counsel of the Year" award at the Global Legal Convention & Awards in December 2023. Mr. Kumar has also been decorated and awarded by India Business Law Journal in March 2024, in their multinational conglomerate category and published his absorbing biography. Asian Legal Business (ALB) has recently honoured Mr. Kumar with the “In-house Lawyer of the Year 2024’’ award at their ALB India Law Awards, 2024.

Juliana Bastianello Baldin Martins

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Juliana Bastianello Baldin Martins joined GTIS Partners on May 2011 and is currently a Managing Director at the firm. Mrs. Baldin Martins is responsible for overseeing legal activities in Brazil. Prior to joining GTIS Partners in 2011, Mrs. Baldin Martins was a lawyer at Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, one of the largest law firms in Brazil. Mrs. Baldin Martins graduated from São Paulo University Law School (USP) in 2007, completed her Master’s of Business Administration at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in 2011 and her Master’s in Corporate Law at São Paulo University Law School (USP) in 2022.

Nicholas Minoru Fernandes Yoshino

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Nicholas Minoru Fernandes Yoshino joined GTIS Partners on December 2021 and is currently an Associate to the legal department. Prior to joining GTIS Partners in 2021, Mr. Yoshino was a lawyer at Negrão e Ferrari Advogados (NFA) and, before that, at Stocche Forbes Advogados, where he specialized in real estate transactions. Mr. Yoshino graduated from Fundação Getúlio Vargas’s Law School (FGV) in 2018.

David Orozco

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Professor Orozco lectures to and collaborates with innovators in the legal, technology, and publishing sectors. His award-winning college textbook Business Law and Strategy (2nd Edition) has been adopted by more than 100 universities in the U.S. and internationally.

Pakhi Garg

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Ms Pakhi Garg is a dynamic and experienced technology lawyer who co-founded the World Cyber Security Forum and her female counterpart. She has served in legal positions in Gartner (India) and PwC. She is also an accomplished corporate career executive coach. With over six years of experience, she has assisted and handled major international tech clients. Pakhi holds a PG Diploma in Cyber Laws from the Indian Law Institute, Delhi, and an LLB (H) majoring in Intellectual Property Rights from Amity Law School, Noida. She's also a prolific researcher and writer, having judged moot courts and acted as a keynote speaker in various events & sessions. With her deep knowledge of Data Privacy Laws and Contract Management, Pakhi is truly a powerhouse of legal talent.

Xiaoguang Michelle Gao

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Dr. Gao is Assistant General Patent Counsel at Eli Lilly and Company, supporting biologics and genetic medicine assets. She obtained her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Northwestern University, and J.D. from the University of Illinois. Prior to joining Eli Lilly, she was a Patent Attorney at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, where she supported ImmunoOncology and Neuroscience programs. She also worked for Fish & Richardson as an associate, focusing her practice on biopharma-related patent prosecution and litigation there.

Michelle E. O'Brien

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Michelle E. O’Brien has more than 20 years of experience representing both domestic and foreign clients of all sizes in the areas of patent procurement, litigation, and client counseling, with a particular emphasis on chemical, biochemical, and pharmaceutical technologies. Exemplary areas of Ms. O’Brien’s technical expertise include polymer chemistry; ceramics; glass; food chemistry; cosmetics; paper products; adhesives; and pharmaceutical products including new chemical entities and formulations, as well as novel solid forms including polymorphs, cocrystals, and amorphous forms of compounds. Ms. O’Brien’s expertise includes all aspects of preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications, such as patent drafting and prosecution, as well as more complex matters such as reissue and reexamination proceedings, appeals hearings, Post-Grant Reviews (PGR), and Inter Partes Reviews (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Her litigation expertise focuses on patent infringement cases including, for example, Hatch-Waxman litigation involving Abbreviated New Drug Applications, and includes all stages from pre-discovery through trial. Ms. O’Brien’s current practice includes building and maintaining clients’ patent portfolios, as well as analyzing competitors’ patent portfolios, preparing patentability, validity, and infringement opinions, conducting pre-litigation and product-clearance analyses, challenging and defending patents in post-grant proceedings before the PTAB (PGRs and IPRs), and litigating patent infringement lawsuits. Ms. O’Brien also provides pre-litigation counseling to clients in order to maximize the value of their patent portfolios and avoid the valid rights of others, relying on her broad background and extensive experience. Ms. O’Brien also lectures both domestically and abroad on various patent law topics, such as inventorship, inequitable conduct, Patent Term Extension (PTE) and Patent Term Adjustment (PTA), and patenting and litigating solid forms of compounds.

Tom Irving

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Tom Irving has some 48 years of experience in intellectual property law. His U.S. pharma practice includes America Invents Act (AIA) post-grant proceedings, due diligence, counseling, patent prosecution, reissue, and reexamination. In addition to advising on procuring strong U.S. patents, Tom counsels clients on a wide range of mainly pharmaceutical matters, including pre-litigation, Orange Book listings of patents covering FDA-approved drugs, infringement issues, enforceability, supplemental examination, and validity analysis, including Obviousness-Type Double Patenting and Safe Harbor protection under 35 U.S.C. section 121.. He has served as lead counsel in numerous patent interferences, reissues, and reexaminations; as lead counsel in numerous AIA post-grant proceedings; and as an expert witness in patent litigation and patent procurement.

Ian McDougall

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Ian McDougall is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for LexisNexis, Legal & Professional. Mr. McDougall is also President of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation; A non-profit charitable organization registered in the US and established to advance the Rule of Law. Since 2023 he has been a Trustee and Board member of the Civil Liberties Trust in the UK and an Adjunct Professor at IE University in Madrid, Spain, teaching the Rule of Law and Artificial Intelligence & the legal profession. At LexisNexis, Mr. McDougall has stepped into varying roles, including Interim CEO – AsiaPac, Interim HR Director and Interim Managing Director for LexisNexis New Zealand. Mr. McDougall was a founder member of the United Nations Rule of Law Steering Committee and was a member of the UN General Counsel Advisory Board.

Ann Turi

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Ann Turi is a licensed and experienced legal & compliance professional with extensive experience in legal and regulatory risk in the healthcare arena. Effective in simplifying complex legal issues thereby increasing knowledge and driving compliance with corporate policies and legal regulations.

Pujarini Maulik

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Pujarini Guha Maulik – has about 19+ years of experience as an in-house counsel and is currently engaged with InMobi as Senior Vice President-Legal & Privacy heading a team of 22+ in-house lawyers and privacy practitioners (and managing a network of external counsels). InMobi is present in about 13+ countries with business in 100+ countries, Pujarini oversees the legal and privacy portfolios across the board. Pujarini'sexposure in InMobi has been diverse starting from setting up a team from scratch to establishing robust processes towards Corporate Governance. Currently, Pujarini is also the presiding member of its Privacy Committee (CIPM certified).

Jatin Jalundhwala

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Jatin Jalundhwala is the Joint President Legal and Company Secretary of the Adani Group in India.

Carmel King

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Carmel King is an insolvency practitioner in Grant Thornton UK’s Insolvency and Asset Recovery team, specialising in investigations, asset tracing and recovery actions for clients who have suffered a financial loss as a result of fraud. Carmel leads the Crypto and Digital Asset Recovery Practice, which combines blockchain analytics with corporate intelligence and digital forensic techniques to conduct investigations, alongside insolvency proceedings, court-appointed receiverships, other civil procedures and litigation funding to formulate legal claims and enforce judgements. She regularly presents on the topic and is widely published in this subject matter. Carmel is the Vice-Chair of CFAAR, the Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery network, and the Co-Chair of INSOL Europe’s Anti-Fraud Forum.

Andrew Maguire

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Garry Taylor

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Dimitrios Athanasakis

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Dr. Dimitrios Athanasakis is a highly accomplished legal professional with a wealth of experience in corporate legal affairs, client relations, risk management, business development, and advocacy across various industries including EPC, Marine & Offshore Engineering, Energy, Heavy Civil, and PMCM. Known for his versatility and drive, Dr. Athanasakis has made significant contributions to the companies he has served. Currently serving as the Vice President Corporate Counsel (EMEA) at Hill International, Inc. in Amsterdam, Dr. Athanasakis oversees corporate governance matters and regulatory compliance, resolving concerns promptly to meet regulatory demands. He has played a pivotal role in implementing policy development processes and compliance auditing programs, aligning with US Federal and EU regulations to enhance internal compliance and manage third-party risk effectively. With a keen focus on relationship management, Dr. Athanasakis has established strong alliances with regulators, government agencies, and various stakeholders, fostering enduring business partnerships. His expertise extends to strategic legal initiatives such as cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and divestments, ensuring compliance and integration into company networks. Prior to his current role, Dr. Athanasakis served as the MENA Regional Legal Counsel at Archirodon Group N.V. in Cairo, Egypt. During his tenure, he excelled in resolving legal issues related to project operations, participating in bidding phases, managing contract implementation processes, and defending claims for a variety of projects in the Middle East. Dr. Athanasakis is recognised for his leadership in establishing regional legal operations, instituting claims management divisions, and maximising utilisation of resources to achieve successful outcomes. With a commitment to excellence and a proven track record of delivering results, Dr. Athanasakis continues to make significant contributions to the legal landscape in the corporate sector.

Camelia Gardot

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Camelia Gardot is Senior Compliance Partner at Airbus Defense and Space, heading the Connected Intelligence Programme Line Compliance. She has two decades of experience in advising international companies for large projects, strategic partnerships, M&A and Ethic and Compliance matters . Camelia completed a Master’s degree in International Business Law from the University of Toulouse (France) and is a qualified attorney, holding a Bar Practice Diploma in International Mergers and Acquisitions.

Tejus Chauhan

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Tejus Chauhan is the Director of Arbitration and ADR for South Asia and Pacific at ICC Dispute Resolution Services. As such, Tejus is responsible for structuring and implementing ICC’s strategy, overseeing operations and promotion of ICC Dispute Resolution Services in over 20 countries covering South, Southeast Asia and Pacific. Tejus is also an avid promoter of opportunities for young practitioners and leads ICC’s Young Arbitration and ADR Forum (YAAF) for South Asia. Working alongside the case management team in Singapore and overseeing a team of deputy directors in the region, Tejus focuses on assisting companies, counsels, and investors in the region understand how they can resolve commercial disputes by raising their awareness about ICC dispute resolution services and advising on ICC arbitration proceeding protocol. Tejus earned his law degree in India. Upon graduation, Tejus started as an associate with a law firm. Prior to joining ICC in Singapore as Director, Tejus also worked with the ICC in India and with the forensic and dispute advisory services at a Big Four audit firm.

Vera HE

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Vera He is the Deputy Director of Arbitration and ADR for North Asia at ICC Dispute Resolution Services. The North Asia office is responsible for business development of ICC dispute resolution services in the North Asia region. Prior to joining the ICC, she developed her experiences in law firms and international organizations. She read law at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law. She is admitted to the Chinese Bar and speaks Chinese and English.

Andreas Schöpperle

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A legal professional with over 20 years of experience, including 9 years with Boston Consulting Group and nearly 5 years as General Counsel for BearingPoint. He is passionate about his role as General Counsel and considers himself part of the new generation of general counsels, driven by purpose, impact, and caring about people. He is always looking for opportunities to share with other GCs and CLOs about the development of the legal profession, legal ops, C-suite exposure, leadership, legal technology, and other topics related to the in-house legal function, so please do not hesitate to reach out!

Henri Tcheng

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A management consulting services professional with over 30 years of experience, including 13 years as a Partner with Arther Andersen Consulting and the remainder of his career as a Partner with BearingPoint. Within BearingPoint, he has been a member and Chairman of the Partnership Board (2009-2014) and a member of the Management Committee in charge of Consumer Industries (2014 -2019). His current focus is to build and execute BearingPoint’s investment strategy. He also serves clients in the tech world in their digital transformation, specifically in their M&A activities based on BearingPoint’s key differentiator in this market: Technology Due Diligence.

David Russell

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David Russell - A PMI-certified project and management consultant with over 25 years of experience in successful client delivery, from strategy to design and implementation. He has specialised in project management and business transformation. His current focus is on delivering BearingPoint’s investment strategy. He has multi-sectoral experience in Ireland and the UK and on international projects, particularly in healthcare, telecoms, financial services, and the public sector.

Abbey Hawthorne

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Abbey Hawthorne is Deputy Director of Arbitration & ADR for North America at the ICC International Court of Arbitration (SICANA, Inc.) in New York. She has been in this role since 2022. Abbey oversees educational services for in-house counsel teams, law firms, and arbitrators utilizing ICC dispute resolution services throughout the United States and Canada. Abbey has authored several internal and external pieces including "Ten Tips on How to Make an Arbitration Award Work." Prior to her role as Deputy Director, Abbey was an adjunct professor at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law where she taught U.S. Law & Legal Analysis and worked at firms specializing in business immigration law and litigation in Arizona. Abbey holds a J.D. focused on international commercial arbitration & alternative dispute resolution from Arizona State University, where she also earned dual bachelor's degrees and was a three-time U.S. Department of State Title VIII Fellow.

Ulrich Kopetzki

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Ulrich Kopetzki is an Austrian lawyer specialising in conflict resolution and dispute prevention, with a particular focus on international arbitration. Ulrich currently acts as the Director for Europe for ICC Dispute Resolution Services. Ulrich graduated from the law school of the University of Vienna (2012). He worked in the arbitration department of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP before starting his first position at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. At the ICC, he worked as Deputy Counsel (2014-2016) and as Counsel of the German-speaking case management team and the Eastern European case management team (2017-2018). He re-joined the ICC in his current role in 2022. As Counsel at the ICC, Ulrich mainly dealt with cases from Eastern Europe, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Nordic countries. He gained extensive experience in international arbitration proceedings, in particular in post-M&A disputes, joint venture, licensing and distribution agreements as well as in engineering and construction disputes, including especially FIDIC disputes. He supervised over 500 arbitrations, including several investment treaty and emergency arbitrator cases and was involved in the review of some 100 awards as part of the ICC Court's scrutiny process. As an arbitration practitioner since 2018, Ulrich has acted as counsel and independent arbitrator under various institutional rules. His track record includes cases under the ICC, DIS, VIAC and KCAB Rules. Ulrich has been described as a "rising star among Austrian arbitration practitioners" and is recommended for bringing "a wealth of experience from his tenure at the ICC Secretariat" and being "very knowledgeable" (LEGAL 500). Furthermore, he is listed as a "Future Leader" in Arbitration by Who's Who Legal. Finally, Ulrich teaches at various European universities and was a Visiting Scholar at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago (2016), where he conducted negotiation research and completed the DRRC Negotiation and Mediation Research and Teaching Certificate Program.

Kisha Lyons

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Kisha Lyons is an attorney who concurrently supports global theatrical distribution and motion picture rights at Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Kisha has worked for the Walt Disney Company for sixteen years. Prior to becoming an attorney, Kisha had a twenty-year marketing career that included managing cross platform marketing campaigns for Disneyland Resort, Disney Cruise Line, and other Disney brands. Prior to Disney, Kisha worked as an advertising executive buying media across digital, radio, television, print, and out-of-home. Outside of her professional career, Kisha helps underserved communities having mentored young single mothers for the Gramercy Housing Group in Los Angeles and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity. While earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology and history at UCLA, Kisha focused her coursework on raising awareness of societal injustice issues including radiation impact on Diné communities and the effects of the Cambodian humanitarian crisis. Kisha achieved her JD focused on entertainment & media law from Southwestern Law School and holds a yoga teacher certification in Kundalini studies. She is the mother of one son, and while having lived various places around the world, she is happy to call Los Angeles home.

Rey Rodriguez

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Rey M. Rodríguez is a twenty seven year veteran of The Walt Disney Company. As an attorney, Rey serves the global theatrical distribution arm of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, covering the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America and Asia. He is fluent in Spanish, which has played an important role in managing issues and developing relationships in Latin America and Spain. Previous to his work at Disney, Rey was an attorney at Paul Hastings. In addition to his professional career, Rey feels an important obligation to give back to his community. He is a 20 plus year board member of Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission, a non-profit organization in East Los Angeles serving the needs of Boyle Heights. He is a board member of the Western Center on Law and Poverty, dedicated to advocating in the courts and through legislation for California’s poor. He is a member of the board of Family Foothill Services, which is a nonprofit that provides mental health services to needy families throughout the San Gabriel Valley. He was a member of Grupo Educa, one of the few Spanish language heritage schools in Los Angeles, dedicated to ensuring that subsequent generations of Spanish speakers retain their ability to speak, write and read Spanish. He has written extensively on the need for more Spanish language heritage schools to be established in Los Angeles and across the country. He has been published in UCLA’s Heritage Language Journal. Through the Disney Legal Department Pro Bono Program, Rey has provided legal services to two unaccompanied minors who ultimately received their permanent residency to study, work and live in the United States. Rey has achieved a bachelor of arts in economics from Cornell University, a master’s in public affairs from Princeton University and JD from University of California at Berkeley. He has climbed Mt. Whitney five times, each time in one day. He is a black belt in Aikido. He is blessed to be married to Vivian Rodríguez Godoy and has two boys, Diego and Pablo. He was born in El Paso, Texas, but grew up in Durango, Colorado.

Sancho Guibert

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Sancho Guibert is a is a dual qualified lawyer (as solicitor in England and Wales and abogado in Spain), working at Citibank for more than 25 years under different roles and currently is a regional counsel for Citi's Legacy Franchises operating segment that primarily consists of the 14 international consumer businesses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Mexico that Citi chose to exit as part of its simplification strategy.

Constance E. Bagley

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Currently CEO, Founder, and General Counsel, Bagley Strategic Advisors LLC, and Visiting Professor of Law, Copenhagen Business School. Professor Bagley taught for multiple years in graduate and executive programs for managers, directors, and lawyers at Stanford, Harvard, and Yale universities. She is a popular public speaker and the author of multiple articles and books, including Winning Legally: How to Use the Law to Increase Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk (Harvard Business Review Press), The Entrepreneur's Guide to Law and Strategy, 5th ed. (co-authored with Craig E. Dauchy), and Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for Business, 10th ed.

Pernille Steen Pedersen

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Dr. Pernille Steen Pedersen is an assistant professor at Copenhagen Business School (CBS). Her research focuses on identifying and understanding triggers of work-related stress and how leadership can address stress-mitigation in a day-to-day practice. She has developed research-based tools for management and employees that outline how stress may be handled and prevented, by focusing on social relations and the reduction of shame in cooperative dialogues between management and the employees. Her coauthor Professor Constance E. Bagley is a Visiting Professor at CBS and a former professor at Yale and Harvard Universities and senior lecturer at Stanford University. She is also Founder and CEO of the boutique consulting firm Bagley Strategic Advisors LLC.

Mary Kennard

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Ms. Mary E. Kennard served for 23 years as the Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel for American University in Washington, DC. She has over 40 years of experience in university administration and legal affairs. Ms. Kennard has served as a senior administrator at both public and private colleges and universities. In addition, Ms. Kennard has served as the Chief Development Officer for both the University of Rhode Island and American University, planning and kicking off two successful capital campaigns. Ms. Kennard also served as the head of the Human Resources departments at AU and URI. She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the University of Pittsburgh – College of General Studies, the University of Rhode Island – College of Business Administration, and the Washington College of Law at American University. Ms. Kennard is a frequent lecturer at national conferences on law, higher education administration, and board governance. She co-anchored and produced a Telly Award-winning video in conjunction with the College and University Personnel Association (CUPA-HR). Ms. Kennard also coauthored a Legal Primer for Board Operations published by the Association of Governing Boards. Ms. Kennard is a past Commissioner for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. She also served on the Board of Directors of the National Student Clearinghouse, as well as a director of its Research Board. She has served on the Boston University, Metropolitan College Dean’s Advisory Council, the Advisory Board of the Georgetown University Law Center – Corporate Counsel Institute and was a 15-year member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Trust Company, (NASDAQ: Wash), the oldest community bank in the United States (founded in 1800). Ms. Kennard received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Rhode Island in recognition of her commitment to diversity in US higher education. She was the first African American Vice President of the University of Rhode Island, and the first African American to serve as legal counsel for an entire state system of higher education in the United States. She was honored by Boston University with its Alumni Distinguished Service Award. Ms. Kennard attended Boston University and received her undergraduate degree in applied science. After earning her Juris Doctorate from Temple University, Beasley School of Law, and Master of Laws in international and comparative law from The George Washington University, National Law Center, she served as counsel to the University of Pittsburgh, Howard University, the University of Rhode Island, the Community College of Rhode Island, and Rhode Island College, before joining American University as Vice President, General Counsel and Board Secretary.

Joseph Lovell

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Joseph Lovell is the Managing Director of IAO Asia. His areas of practice include corporate & project finance, M&A, and cross-border investment. Joseph is a member of the US state Bars of New York, Texas, and Hawaii. He has a BS degree from Georgetown University and MA and JD degrees from the University of Hawaii. In Cambodia for over a decade, Joseph has over that time advised on some the most significant M&A and finance transactions in the Kingdom. Joseph is a native English speaker with Mandarin as a second language. He also speaks basic Khmer, Hokkien and French.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Chief Sustainability Officer, Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 30 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and is an Advisor to the Sustainability Panel of the Singapore Stock Exchange’s SGListco Association.

Anne Kershaw

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https://reasonablediscovery.com/article/anne-kershaw-bio/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/annekershaw/ As an attorney and a nationally recognized data, litigation, and business information consultant, Anne Kershaw provides independent analysis and innovative recommendations for the management and e-discovery of legacy and active data, including backup tapes, file shares, email and archives. Her practice includes the design and implementation of protocols for the preservation and collection of data for discovery and the execution of data management and disposition recommendations. Anne also serves as a testifying and consulting expert, defending or challenging e-discovery processes and dispositions of accumulated legacy data.

Jesse Mudaliyar

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Jesse is a General Counsel with over 20 years of proven success in providing interdisciplinary approach to legal and corporate consultancy across diverse businesses and sectors. Her experience spans private practice, manufacturing, technology, financial services and payments across the Middle East and Africa and Eastern Europe regions. Her specialties span across legal compliance, contract negotiation, regulatory assessments, risk management, and mitigation and commercial agility. She currently manages innovative, large-scale projects, including pioneering first-in-region use cases. She excels at supporting cross functional teams and establishing strategic partnerships both internally, and within industry ecosystems. Her qualifications include being a non-practicing lawyer with a masters in commercial and banking laws and anti-trust and competition laws. She is also a qualified life coach.

Clive Davies

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Clive is a senior counsel with Fujitsu in the UK advising in particular on major IT service contracts with customers in the public and private sectors. Prior to joining Fujitsu Clive was the lead IT and outsourcing partner in London at two leading city law firms. Clive specialises in advising on large outsourcing agreements. He has a particular interest in improving the contracting process, believing that a successful contract supports effective delivery. He is also the professional development manager for the legal and commercial function in Fujitsu UK seeking to improve training and individual capability. Clive lectures and writes regularly on IT subjects. Clive is past chair and Fellow of SCL, a past chair of ITechLaw's In-House Committee and an editor of Communications Law.

Michael Stamp

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Mike Stamp was appointed Director of Legal Services for Devon and Cornwall Police in September 2006, with his role developing into the Director of Legal, Reputation and Risk in 2015. In 2015 he also became Director of Legal Services in Dorset who are in a Strategic Alliance with Devon and Cornwall Police. His portfolio includes Legal Services in Devon and Cornwall and Dorset, and Information Management in Devon and Cornwall and Dorset and Corporate Communications in Devon and Cornwall. He is a Chief Officer/Executive member in both forces. Mike and his team regularly sit on Gold and Silver groups, which are responsible for the management of critical incidents. As the member of the Executive with portfolio responsibility for Information Management, Mike holds the position of the Senior Information Risk Officer (SIRO) on behalf of Devon and Cornwall and Dorset. Mike Chairs the South West SIRO's meeting. In addition, the Information Management department is responsible for Data Protection, Freedom of Information, Disclosure, Information Assurance and information sharing with partner agencies for both Devon and Cornwall and Dorset. The Alliance Information Management Department is also responsible for Records Management and Data Quality within Devon and Cornwall. The Corporate Communications department covers internal and external communications including reputation management and digital media. Mike currently chairs the national committee for the Association of Police Lawyers and chairs the Devon and Cornwall Police Ethics Committee and was (during the pandemic) the Vice Chair of the National Operation Talla (Police response to Covid pandemic) Ethics Committee. Mike is the chair of the Devon and Cornwall Force Sports Association and is an active member of a number of Force Sporting Sections. Mike holds the National Police Chief Council (NPCC) Portfolio for Human Rights and in that capacity sits on the NPCC Diversity, Ethnicity and Inclusivity Coordination Committee. Mike is a qualified Solicitor and lives in Devon.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Chief Sustainability Officer, Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 30 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and is an Advisor to the Sustainability Panel of the Singapore Stock Exchange’s SGListco Association.

Amit Sindhwani

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Amit Sindhwani is a Law graduate from the University of Delhi. As an independent IP Attorney prior to his current in-house position, he had been handling IP matters at all level levels of the judiciary as well as before other authorities involved in customs recordations, opposition/cancellation actions before before the Trade Marks Registry and Appellate Courts, domain name disputes and other cross-border matters including criminal enforcement by way of search and seizure operations . Over the years, he has been involved in several high profile and path breaking cases in the field of trademark, copyright, design, patents and anti-counterfeiting actions. At present, he is working as HEAD (IPR) with the Shriram group of companies, mainly comprising of Usha International Ltd., Mawana Foods Ltd and Mawana Sugars Ltd. Shriram group is a diversified conglomerate with the business spread in the areas of consumer durable such as fans, sewing machine, appliances, edible oils, sugars etc., owning the well-known and reputed brands like USHA, MAWANA, etc. As IP Head, he has had the privilege of filing and prosecuting of trade mark applications in more than 120 countries across the globe and enforcing the rights by way of diverse oppositions/cancellations and court actions in various Middle East and South Asian countries. He has 20 years of rich experience in the field of IP starting from conceptualization, prosecution of IP, included but not limited to strategizing complex IPR litigation.

Aishwarya Menon

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Ms. Menon is a partner at K&S Partners and has worked for over a decade on formulating strategies for protection of trademark portfolios and geographical indications in India and the sub-continent. She holds an LL.M in intellectual property law from Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.

Rajendra Kumar

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Mr. Kumar is founder of the IP law firm, RKR & Partners. He has been practicing intellectual property laws for the past almost 40 years, of which the last 29 years as a co-founding member of the IP law firm, K&S Partners where he chaired the litigation practice of the firm relating to trademarks, copyrights and geographical indication disputes. He holds a PG diploma in UK, US and European Laws of Copyrights and Related Rights from King's College, London, United Kingdom.

Severine Chaudru

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Severine Chaudru leads the EMEA Legal & Compliance team. The team helps the business throughout EMEA, whether it is for contracts of all types - distribution, partnership, purchasing, corporate, litigation - they work hand in hand with the in-house employment lawyers. They are also responsible for anti-corruption, competition law and RGPD compliance and are active on environmental issues - circular economy. Before working at Steelcase 13 years ago, Severine was a derivatives lawyer working for 10 years in leading banks – including for 6 years in London.

Andrew Marquardt

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Andrew Marquardt has been an attorney for over 30 years. HIs experience includes litigating employment lawsuits representing plaintiffs and defendants. These cases included non-compete litigation, tort and contract claims, as well as discrimination suits. In addition to driving the claims through trial, most disputes were resolved through mediation and arbitration. Mr. Marquardt is also the co-founder, CEO, and General Counsel of Advantage Tech for the past 26 years. IN that capacity, he has drafted, executed, and implemented hundreds of employment agreements. The joint employment doctrine, non-compete law, and leadership are just a few issues Mr. Marquardt has addressed in his company and written about to assist clients and employees.

David Heinlein

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David Heinlein is an Officer and Associate Counsel with the Cincinnati Insurance Companies. He has been with Cincinnati for over 16 years and focuses a great deal of time in the defense of medical, dental and nursing malpractice claims. He is a frequent lecturer regarding risk prevention and management within the healthcare fields. He is on the Board of Directors for the Midwest Implant Institute and is an adjunct professor at Capital University Law School. He was one of the key members of the task force established to analyze the consenting process and recreation of the consenting forms for the university and was one of the authors of the proposed paper.

Diana Kraft

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Diana Kraft is VP & Group Deputy General Counsel. In her role, she deputizes for the SVP & Group General Counsel on commercial and numerous other areas. This includes representing LEG on the management committee of the business units making up over 80% of Amadeus’ revenue, ensuring the legal team provides our commercial colleagues fast-paced, business-minded legal support; managing a wide array of crises (geopolitical, operational, people, reputational); contributing regularly to thought leadership publications and Industry Affairs/Regulatory initiatives, including representing Amadeus at industry conferences, with government officials and other key stakeholders. She has held various management positions with a particular focus on business model evolution and transformational leadership and is an active coach and mentor. Prior to Amadeus, she worked at several top-tiered U.S. and European law firms. Diana has B.A. from Stanford University in International Relations (with honors) with study at ESCP and Sciences Po in Paris and a J.D.-M.B.A. (cum laude) from the University of Michigan with study at IESE in Barcelona.

Maximilian Henkensiefken

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Maximilian Henkensiefken has been with Amadeus since 2014 and rotated within Amadeus as legal counsel, before taking ownership of legal technologies since 2018. With a team of 9, he implements cutting edge tech and uniquely develops custom solutions and integrations for and even beyond Legal, External Affairs & Governance. As of late, Max has been at the forefront of developing AI solutions in risk and contact analysis, as well as legal reference data management. Max was born in Germany, but has lived abroad for most of his life, including in York in the UK where he obtained his BSc in Account, Management, Finance and Business before converting to law.

Sandra Kilbourne

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Sandra Kilbourne is VP & Chief Risk & Compliance Officer as well as leading the Legal Operations unit in Amadeus. In her role as CRCO, she regularly reports to the Shareholders Board whilst working closely with the Executive Committee on a wide variety of risk & compliance topics. Sandra collaborates intensely with the SVP & Group General Counsel on the strategy, operations and transformation of the LEG Function in line with modern day business demands. She is a sought-after speaker in the Legal Operations space, and a committed champion of talent development and DEI topics. Sandra graduated from Cambridge University (BA (Hons) Law), collecting invaluable tech sector experience with top international law firms in London, before joining Amadeus. She will involve you in endless discussions on rowing, if you are not careful.

Bob Zeidman

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Bob Zeidman created the field of software forensics and founded Software Analysis and Forensic Engineering Corporation to develop and sell software forensics tools. He is the founder of Zeidman Consulting, an engineering consulting company that has worked on over 260 major litigations involving billions of dollars of disputed intellectual property. His cases have included ConnectU v. Facebook, on which the Oscar-winning movie The Social Network is based, and Oracle v. Google that went up to the U.S. Supreme Court. He is the inventor of the famous Silicon Valley Napkin on display at the Computer History Museum. He is also a high-stakes poker player, and his latest tech venture is Good Beat Poker, a new way to play and watch poker online. Bob wrote The Software Detective’s Handbook, the seminal textbook on software forensics. He has written articles and books on technology and business, award-winning novels and screenplays, and regular articles for various national magazines. His latest book is Election Hacks, the true story of how he challenged his own beliefs about voting machine hacking in the 2020 presidential election and made international news. Bob has a master's degree from Stanford University and two bachelor's degrees from Cornell University.

Bruce Ortwine

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Bruce Ortwine General Counsel, Americas, Advisor, Global Legal and Compliance for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Retired)

Stephany Torres

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Stephany Torres is a senior associate at Primerio and has advised on a range of regulatory issues, including South African and African competition law including in relation to merger control, joint ventures, dawn raids, and cartel investigations, prohibited practices, corporate leniency applications, horizontal and vertical restrictive practices, abuse of dominance, and applications for exemptions and interim relief, as well as the criminal provisions under the Competition Act.

Joshua Eveleigh

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Joshua is an associate (designate) at Primerio and has represented and advised numerous clients before South Africa’s competition authorities in regard to allegations of cartel conduct, restrictive vertical practices, abuse of dominance and price discrimination and has successfully assisted in the preparation of merger filings across several sectors and jurisdictions , including: South Africa, COMESA, Zimbabwe and Morroco

Michael-James Currie

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Michael-James Currie is a Director of Primerio and co-founder of the Primerio South African practice. His regulatory and commercial law practice is pan-African and he has practiced across several countries and regional blocs. Mike has consistently been recognised as a “Best Lawyer in South Africa” for Competition Law and also serves as the “Global Law Expert for Competition Law in Nigeria.”

James Lau

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James LAU Oon Beng is an author, speaker, and former Regional Chief Legal Officer with over 30 years of both contentious and non-contentious international cross-border transactional and dispute-resolution experience at industry-leading law firms and Fortune 500 Multinational Corporations.

Madelein Kleyn

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Dr. Madelein Kleyn has more than 30 years international experience as intellectual property practitioner, patent attorney and in-house legal counsel in the petrochemical and agri industries. She is presently the Chief Legal Officer of Omnisient (Pty) Ltd a company specializing in data collaboration and anonymization . She also is the CEO and founder of Mad K IP consulting (Pty) Ltd a private company advising clients on IP matters. She is a qualified chemical engineer (BSc Chem Eng), an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a registered South African patent attorney. She holds a LLM in tax law and PhD in intellectual property law. Her technical expertise is in the area of petrochemicals, chemistry, process engineering, explosives and agriculture. Madelein’s main areas of expertise include IP Portfolio management, IP policy and strategy development and implementation. She regularly advises on corporate governance and IP risk management and specializes in drafting and advising on IP-related business transactions, including technology transfer and licensing. She has authored and presented various articles, papers and publications on IP matters internationally specifically on technology and IP licensing and commentaries on national IP related legislation. Since 2014 she is the co-editor of the textbook “International Pharmaceutical Law” and is also a co-author of the South African Chapter of this publication. She is a member of the SAIIPL (South African Institute of Intellectual Property Lawyers) and also the editor of the SAIIPL newsletter IP Briefs™. She is a member of INTA (International Trademark Association) and CCASA (Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa), ACS (American Chemical Society) and SARIMA ( Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association). She is also member of LES (License Executive Society of South Africa - past president) and a Vice President of LES International. Madelein was included in the IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists since 2015 and featured in WTR300 World’s leading trademark professionals since 2016.

Angela Dunn

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Angela Dunn has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from St. Joseph’s University and a Juris Doctor from Widener University. Angela serves as the lead relationship manager for the USA options business that oversees six options exchanges. Prior to joining Nasdaq, she was a Director in the Office of General Counsel at The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Previously, she was Associate General Counsel at Fiserv Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer that provided securities clearing services. Angela worked in private practice for a number of years at various law firms.

Douglas Barnard

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Douglas Barnard has served in three general counsel roles in different industries over the past 27 years, including most recently for nearly two decades with CF Industries (an S&P 500 chemical company). Over the course of his career with CF Industries, Doug had principal management responsibility and/or provided pivotal strategic input in: • CF’s $750MM IPO (2005) • CF’s $5B acquisition of a domestic competitor in a 16-month, four-way cross-border takeover battle during which CF played offense and defense simultaneously (2009–10) • CF’s $1.4B sale of its phosphate business (2014) • CF’s $5B capacity expansion construction projects (2013–16) • CF’s $3B production joint venture with a domestic customer (2016) • CF’s announced and then withdrawn $8B acquisition of a European competitor (2016) • CF’s new clean energy strategy, which involves reducing its carbon footprint dramatically and supplying ammonia as a carbon-free substitute for fossil fuels (2020–23) • CF's extensive engagement with the UK government that helped restore the viability of CF's shuttered UK operations (2021-23) • CF's successful defense of hundreds of lawsuits arising out a fire and massive explosion involving products manufactured by CF (2013-23) and • CF's $1.7B acquisition of a chemical plant (2023). Doug has become very familiar with all aspects of CF’s business, and this goes well beyond the legal function. For example, he was a CEO succession candidate midway through his career with CF. Doug was also an executive director and then board chair of CF's controlled public subsidiary Terra Nitrogen (NYSE: TNH) for a period of eight years prior to CF’s $400MM acquisition of the publicly traded shares. As Doug approaches his 20th anniversary with CF, he has announced his intention to retire in January 2024. Over his remaining months with the company, he is serving as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Legal Advisor, ensuring a smooth succession process in the general counsel role.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Chief Sustainability Officer, Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 30 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and is an Advisor to the Sustainability Panel of the Singapore Stock Exchange’s SGListco Association.

Andrea Brancatelli

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Andrea Brancatelli, is Assistant General Counsel for MoneyGram and responsible for all legal matters within Europe & CIS which includes 54 countries. From 2019 to 2022 Andrea sat on the Board of Directors of the Italian Inhouse Counsel Association and headed a working group on digital innovation. Previously Andrea Brancatelli worked in General Electric, in Milan, where he acted as Senior Legal Counsel for the “Capital” division of GE. His first in-house experience was in 2009, when he entered Borsa Italiana S.p.A. to follow the integration with London Stock Exchange Group. From 2006 to 2011 Andrea was Senior Associate of the Law Firm Gianni, Origoni & Partners, within the Corporate and M&A department. At the beginning of his career he worked with the Law Firm CMS Italy - Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, in the fields of employment law, banking, corporate and M&A. Andrea Brancatelli is mother tongue English speaker, holds a Law Degree from the University of Rome, is admitted to Bar since 2006 and is author of various publications on fintech and international law. Moreover, Andrea Brancatelli contributes as speaker at conferences on regtech, which focus on the relationship between law and new technologies. Andrea appears in the “2017, 2019 and 2022 General Counsel Legal 500 Powerlist” prepared by Legal 500 and was shortlisted for the “2014 Emerging In-house Counsel” award organized by Top Le.

Oksana Morozevich

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Oksana Morozevich accompanies business lubricants and bitumen materials division of Gazprom Neft companies group at the local and international levels in terms of ensuring the legal protection of trademarks. She assists in maintaining the trademark portfolio numbering more than 2,000 items all over the world. She holds an LL.M. and has specialized in trademarks since 2018.

Vadim Nyunyaev

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Vadim Nyunyaev heads the Trademark department of Gazprom Neft. Vadim Nyunyaev takes care of worldwide trademark portfolio of most effective energy giant Gazprom subsidiary Gazprom Neft and promptly resolves trademark conflicts with international businesses, fights against the Russian PTO refusals in registration of Gazprom trademarks risks and manages high expectations of Gazprom Neft business team. Vadim specializes in issues of copyright, advertising, intellectual property since 1999. In 2008, he defended his dissertation on the topic "Legal regulation of advertising activities" at St. Petersburg State University. He combined practical work with teaching at the St. Petersburg State University of Economics. Vadim publishes works on topical issues of intellectual property law and other issues of civil law.

Tom Irving

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Tom Irving has some 45 years of experience in intellectual property law. His U.S. pharma practice includes America Invents Act (AIA) post-grant proceedings, due diligence, counseling, patent prosecution, reissue, and reexamination. In addition to advising on procuring strong U.S. patents, Tom counsels clients on a wide range of mainly pharmaceutical matters, including pre-litigation, Orange Book listings of patents covering FDA-approved drugs, infringement issues, enforceability, supplemental examination, and validity analysis. He has served as lead counsel in numerous patent interferences, reissues, and reexaminations; as lead counsel in numerous AIA post-grant proceedings; and as an expert witness in patent litigation and patent procurement.

Michael Strauss

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Michael Strauss was appointed General Counsel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in January 2020. In that role, Mr Strauss serves on the Executive Committee, the Crisis Management Team and various other committees of the Bank. Mr Strauss joined EBRD from private practice as a Partner at the Washington-based law firm Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP. Prior to this, he represented the United States on the Board of the Asian Development Bank and served as a Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for International Finance at the US Treasury. He has worked as a legal counsel in both the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, primarily focused on sovereign debt, institutional governance, political risk mitigation and development in Francophone Africa. He began his legal career in capital markets, equity and privatizations in the Paris, London and Washington offices of the law firm Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP. He has a JD from Stanford Law School (where he has also taught as a lecturer in law), a Master’s from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy (where he has taught as an adjunct professor) and a BA from Williams College. Mr Strauss, a US national, is admitted to the Bar in New York and Washington, DC.

Jansher Verscht

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Anthony Philpott

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Anthony Philpott is a Construction Lawyer and is practising as a Barrister in chambers in Lincoln’s Inn London. He has the MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College London and he is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He spent more than ten years as Legal Counsel with Bovis Lend Lease a construction and project management multi-national where he advised on and negotiated every type of construction contract and represented the company on major projects and disputes including multi-million pound construction litigation. He is dual qualified as a Solicitor (non-practising) and Barrister (practising and authorsied to conduct litigation). He has the following experience in Construction contracts and disputes: • In depth knowledge of every form of standard building contract • Advised on tender documents and terms and conditions and drafted amendments over many years • Advised on all associated contract documents of bonds, guarantees, collateral warranties, novation agreements and consultants’ appointments • Negotiated with leading city law firms on every type of building contract • Particular knowledge and experience of negotiation and drafting of Private Finance Initiative Hospital projects and Building Schools for the Future Facilities (BSF) Management contracts • Comprehensive knowledge of all Private Finance Initiative contractual documents • Drafted, negotiated and advised upon Facilities Management BSF contracts and Medical Equipment contracts and sub-contracts with suppliers on three major hospital projects at Havering and Roehampton in London and Leeds Oncology and Building Schools for the Future. • Comprehensive knowledge and experience of ADR in construction Adjudications, Arbitrations and Mediations • Conducted adjudications against leading London city construction law firms in submitting Notice of Intention to Adjudicate and Referral Notices, conducting arguments over jurisdiction of the adjudicator and natural justice legal and contractual arguments in general • Drafted pleadings, court and Alternative Disputes Resolution documents • Conducted litigation in the Court of Appeal, High Court (including in the enforcement of Adjudicator’s decision in the Technology and Construction Contracts Court) • Comprehensive knowledge and experience of Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 as amended and case law on enforcement of Adjudicators’ decisions in the Technology and Construction Contracts.

Afzana Anwer

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Dr Afzana Anwer is an experienced IP lawyer, leading on the IP front to capture, protect, defend, enforce, and exploit IP, in a broad range of multiple industry sectors for different sized companies, from the entrepreneurial start-ups, SMEs, to the multinationals and universities. She has advanced science degrees (University of Cambridge/Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and legal qualifications in the U.S/Massachusetts and in the U.K (Roll of Solicitors).

James Lau

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James Lau, former Regional Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary, with 30 years both contentious and non-contentious international cross-border transactional and dispute-resolution experience acquired through a combination of private practice at industry-leading law firms and in-house roles at Fortune 500 Multinational Corporations.

Anagha Tendulkar

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Anagha Tendulkar, is an In-house counsel at Cipla Limited, India. Her role majorly focusses on activities relating to ANDA litigations and includes pre-litigation, in- litigation and post- litigation strategizing for early product launch. Other activities include portfolio selection, priming on legal and regulatory hurdles, strategic decision making, due diligence for small molecules and biologicals, etc. Professional background She has about 15 years of experience in this field. Prior to joining Cipla Limited, she was an In- house counsel at Panacea Biotech, India. Her role was to manage various IP related activities for the organization, including identifying early market entry opportunities, patent due diligences, design- around strategies, patent drafting and prosecution. Presentations • Speaker- National Seminar organized by PES, Modern College of Pharmacy, India- “Patent Basics and Overview of Generic Drugs in US” • Invited to address on “Patents- an insight” at a symposium, Modern College of Pharmacy, India Publications/ Posters • "Induced Infringement under US Patent Law" Anagha Tendulkar, Patent In- house counsel, Cipla. International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 15, No. 59, Spring 2022, 1 “Written Description Requirement of Patentability” Anagha Tendulkar, Patent In- house counsel, Cipla. International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 15, No. 58, Winter 2022, 1 . “Blocking Effect of the Blocking Act?” Anagha Tendulkar, Patent In- house counsel, Cipla. International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 14, No. 55, Spring 2021, 1 • “Demethylation and Transcriptional activation of genes involved in metastasis of pancreatic cancer by Methyl-CpG-binding domain 2. ” Tendulkar S. , Ou J. -N. , Tendulkar A. , Szyf M. Pharmacological research day (PRD) annual meeting Montreal, CANADA, Jun 2006. • “Demethylation and Transcriptional activation of genes involved in metastasis of pancreatic cancer by Methyl-CpG-binding domain 2. ” Tendulkar S. , Ou J. -N. , Tendulkar A. , Szyf M. AACR, Washington D. C. , Apr 2006. • “Metabolic engineering of Yeast: Yarrowia lipolytica” Tendulkar A. , Bhave S. Chattoo B. B. , International meeting - “Yeast 2003”, IMTECH, Chandigarh, India, Feb 2003. Education • LL. B, University of Mumbai • Registered Patent Agent, India • P. G. Diploma in Patent Management, AIPS, Mumbai • Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology, McGill University, Canada • Research Fellow, MSU, Baroda, India • Post-graduation, University of Mumbai (Microbiology/ Biotechnology) Achievements • Qualified- Joint All- India CSIR-UGC Test, CSIR, New Delhi, India • Qualified- State Eligibility Test, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India • Awarded Certificate of merit, Post-graduation, University of Mumbai

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Chief Sustainability Officer, Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 30 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and is an Advisor to the Sustainability Panel of the Singapore Stock Exchange’s SGListco Association.

Elena Ogawa

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Anastasia Maslova

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Court decisions, corporate documents, legislation, scientific legal literature

Michael Ambrosio

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Professor of Law Seton Hall Law School 1970-present Visiting Professor Southwestern Univ. Law Schooll. 1976-77 Director, Law in Italy 1990-2001

Khyati Sharma

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Khyati Sharma is a qualified attorney in India with eight years of legal experience. She is an in-house lawyer as a workplace investigator in Accenture's Global Conduct Count Matters team and investigates matters pertaining to code of conduct violation. In her past stint, she has been in the role of Ethics officer, wherein, inter alia, she has conducted numerous workplace investigations, fraud investigations, investigations under POSH Act and also acted as Presiding Officer of Internal Complaints Committee to investigate sexual harassment cases, managed compliances and employment law related nuisances.

Cristina Leite

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Experienced Compliance Officer and senior lawyer with a demonstrated history of working in the mining & metals industry. Skilled in Compliance, Corporate Governance and Management. Strong business development and risk assessment professional with postgraduation in Corporate Law and Master in Compliance.

Bruce Ortwine

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Bruce Ortwine General Counsel, Americas, Advisor, Global Legal and Compliance for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Retired)

Sarah Ward

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Sarah Ward spent the first 15 years of her career working for international law firms in London before joining Walker Morris in February 2022. She now heads up the firm's Competition team and advises UK and international clients on all aspects of competition law, including the UK's new Subsidy Control regime.

Boris Kozolchyk

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Boris Kozolchyk, Professor Emeritus, College of Law, University of Arizona, Arizona, USA. Email: bkozolchyk@natlaw.com. A. Professional Profile. Boris Kozolchyk is the Evo De Concini Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Arizona College of Law, where he taught from 1969 to 2017; he founded the presently named Kozolchyk National Law Center (NatLaw) (formerly named National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade). NatLaw is a leading international commercial law reform and economic development research institution that emphasizes the importance of good faith (honest, reasonable and equitable) commercial practices as the normative basis of economic development laws. Kozolchyk represented the United States Council on International Banking (USCIB) at the International Chamber of Commerce as one of the drafters of the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits (UCP 500 of 1993). He also was part of the US delegation that participated in the drafting of the United Nations Convention on Independent Bank Guarantees and Standby Letters of Credit (IGSLC 1996). The UCP 500 and the IGSLC restored the waning trust in documentary letters of credit (LOC’s) and independent bank guarantees as international payments instruments. During the 1980’s, dishonest, one sided and unreasonable practices threatened the survival of LOC’s and Independent Bank Guarantees. Had they perished, as had some of their predecessors, uncontrollable inflation threatened developed and developing nations alike. As a US Delegate for the drafting of the Organization of American States Model Inter-American Law of Secured Transactions of 1993 (OASML) and its Model Registry Regulations of 2009 (MR 2009), he insisted on making it possible for small businesses to access credit and reasonable rates of interest. His role in the above, among his other normative accomplishments, earned him the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 by his colleagues in three continents. Kozolchyk’s first two published books “Commercial Letters of Credit in the Americas” (Matthew Bender, 1966) and its Spanish translation, El Credito Documentario en el Derecho Americano (1973) received the “Best Book” Award by the Inter-American Bar Association in 1971 and by Spain’s Institute of Hispanic Culture in 1973. They reflected the type of comparative law that characterized his lifelong teaching, and drafting of national and international commercial laws in which he is still involved at NatLaw. B. Teaching and Publications. Kozolchyk has taught comparative commercial law courses in Latin American, European and Asian countries. Costa Rican law schools still use a commercial law textbook “Curso de Derecho Mercantil. (1969) that he co-authored with the late and lamented Professor Octavio Torrealba. Subsequently, as a visiting professor at Mexico’s National University (UNAM) Law School, he delivered a series of lectures based on his experience as an advisor on the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): El Derecho Comercial ante el Libre Comercio y el Desarrollo Economico (Commercial Law, Free Trade and Economic Development) Mc Graw Hill 2006); it continues to be used as a reference book in Mexican international trade and commercial law courses. As a visiting professor at the Spanish Carlos III University Law School, a similar set of lectures were subsequently published jointly by that university and Natlaw and La Contratacion Comercial en el Derecho Comparado (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Natlaw 2006) His West Academic Press Hornbook “Comparative Commercial Contracts, Law, Culture and Economic Development, 1st and 2nd editions, West Academic Press 2019) is a product of a fifty-year teaching experience at United States, Latin American, European and Asian Law schools and has become a widely referenced book in many countries. In 2020, a Spanish translation was published bv Tirant lo Blanch of Valencia, Spain as La Contratacion Commercial Comparada: Derecho Cultura y Desarrollo Economico. 3. Academic and Professional Honors. Kozolchyk holds, the “Agradecimiento mas Profundo” (Most Profound Appreciation Award) from the University of Costa Rica and Honoris Causa degrees from Santiago de Chile Universidad Mayor, Peru’s Universidad Antonio Guillermo Urrelo and China’s Shanghai University for International Business and Economics (SUIBE) He was awarded distinguished visiting professorships by Argentina’s Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Spain’s Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Carlos III, France’s Faculté de Droit et de Science Politique, Aix en Provence, Louisiana State University School of Law, the University of Miami School of Law and Pace University School of Law. The American Bar Association honored him with the Leonard J. Theberg award for his numerous contributions to the field of private international law, the United States-Mexican Bar Association honored him with the Jose Luis Siqueiros Award for contributions to the harmonization of the laws of Mexico and the United States and Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas de la Universidad Autonoma de Mexico honored him with the Ignacio Vallarta Medal for outstanding contributions to comparative commercial law. He was also one of the founders and third president of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law.

Vikram Pakki

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Vikram Pakki has over 16 years’ experience as an In-house Counsel and hasworked with teams across countries and industries in software, products, outsourcing, consulting and telecommunications. His areas of practice have predominantly been in contracts, litigation management, corporate affairs, competition law and intellectual property laws. He has completed certificate courses on Fraud investigation from Coventry University and on Mergers and Acquisitions from New York Institute of Finance. Additionally he has attained Post Graduation Diploma degree on Alternative Dispute Resolution from NALSAR University of Law and in Intellectual Property Rights from Asian School of Cyber Law. Vikram has been a part of Colt Legal team at Bangalore, India for the past 6 years, as a Manager, Legal managing global clientele, with primary focus being Asia and US. Prior to Colt, previously he has worked at IBM, and ArisGlobal.

Vesselina Haralampieva

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Vesselina Haralampieva is a Senior Counsel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, UK. She leads the climate change and sustainability focus area at the EBRD’s legal department. Vesselina advises on matters relating to sustainable finance, ESG regulation and reporting, climate governance and energy transition. She has worked on numerous sustainability-related projects and initiatives with corporates, financial institutions, national authorities and capital markets in the EBRD region. Vesselina is the originator and strategic lead of the EBRD’s corporate climate governance facility, which supports private and public sector companies in strengthening their governance and management of climate-related risks and opportunities, and is central to the delivery of the EBRD’s Paris agreement alignment approach. Vesselina is a member of the Climate Change Working Group with the Law Society of England & Wales. She is also a member of the legal working group under the Network for Greening the Financial Systems (NGFS) and the EFRAG’s technical working group on ESRS for Governance. Vesselina is admitted to practice as a solicitor in England & Wales and as a lawyer in Bulgaria. She holds law degrees from Harvard Law School and Sofia University.

Rosemary Boyle

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Rosemary Boyle has advised, lectured and written on range of legal topics over the last 30 years. Rosemary work as a local government lawyer for 20 years and then joined the University of Cambridge's Legal Services Division in 2002 where she advises on IP, national security, procurement of complex goods and services, data protection, funding for research and other commercial matters. At the start of the COVID pandemic, she advised on setting up the COG UK Consortium, which sequenced the Kent variant, a month after the consortium agreement was signed.

Kenton Steele

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Zachary Pyers

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Zachary Pyers is a Partner in the Columbus, Ohio office of Reminger Co., L.P.A. His practice focuses on a wide variety of litigation and emerging technologies. He is a host of the Reminger Report Podcast on Emerging Technologies and is a co-author of the book Ridesharing Law and Liability, published by the American Bar Association. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Capital University Law School where he teaches several courses focusing on litigation and emerging technologies.

Tom Irving

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Tom Irving has some 45 years of experience in intellectual property law. His U.S. pharma practice includes America Invents Act (AIA) post-grant proceedings, due diligence, counseling, patent prosecution, reissue, and reexamination. In addition to advising on procuring strong U.S. patents, Tom counsels clients on a wide range of mainly pharmaceutical matters, including pre-litigation, Orange Book listings of patents covering FDA-approved drugs, infringement issues, enforceability, supplemental examination, and validity analysis. He has served as lead counsel in numerous patent interferences, reissues, and reexaminations; as lead counsel in numerous AIA post-grant proceedings; and as an expert witness in patent litigation and patent procurement.

Elizabeth Fiorelli

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Elizabeth Fiorelli is Assistant Adviser of Global Legal and Compliance, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, New York Branch. She is licensed as an attorney in the United States (in New York and in New Jersey). She has worked in the compliance industry for a number of financial institutions.

Subhadip Sarkar

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Subhadip Sarkar works as a Vice President – Legal and Corporate Affairs, in Cognizant Technology Solutions and has more than 2 decades of experience working in diverse industries with successful record of leadership accomplishment in both products and services industries in multiple technology and functional domains. Subhadip is part of the Legal and Corporate Affairs Group and Senior Leadership Team at Cognizant and works closely with the different members of the Executive Leadership and Board of Directors. Subhadip is a well renowned speaker internationally and is frequently invited to speak at several industry forums, national and international conferences. He has been credited with several research papers and articles/book chapters in national and international journals/conference / books, including a granted U.S. patent. He is an active player in the national committee of various Government and Private Bodies in India. Subhadip has also won several National and International accolades in areas of technology, IP management, Leadership Excellence, operations and strategy.

Prosenjit Mondal

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Prosenjit Mondal works as a Manager Legal at Cognizant. He is responsible for driving IP Culture, IP mining and protection and Risk Mitigation activities at Cognizant. Prosenjit is a qualified Patent Attorney with B.Tech. in Information Technology from NIT Durgapur and LL. B (Hons in IPR) from IIT Kharagpur.

Andrej Savin

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Andrej Savin's is a professor of IT Law and Internet Law at Copenhagen Business School and Director of CBS LAW. His main research interests lie in Information Technology Law, and in particular EU policymaking in the digital single market, the regulation of new business models and Internet governance in the US and in Europe. Andrej Savin also works on law and management in the legal environment, in particular with focus on the interplay between law, ethics, business and society in the digital world. His works include books EU Internet Law, EU Telecommunications Law, Research Handbook on EU Internet Law and others.

Constance E. Bagley

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A.B., honors and distinction, Stanford University; J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School; honorary doctorate in economics, Lund University. Formerly partner, Bingham McCutchen; member of faculty, Young Presidents Organization International University in Hong Kong and Prague; Senior Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Associate Professor, Harvard Business School; Professor in the Practice of Law and Management, Yale School of Management; Senior Research Scholar, Yale Law School. Currently CEO, Founder, and General Counsel, Bagley Strategic Advisors LLC, and, Visiting Professor of Law, CBS LAW, Copenhagen Business School. Public speaker and author of multiple articles and books, including Winning Legally: How to Use the Law to Increase Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk (Harvard Business Review Press).

Ugo Ettore Di Stefano

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Lawyer - Senior Partner at LEXELLENT Former Group General Counsel, Company Board Secretary, Member of Board and Data Protection Officer at Mondadori Group.

Renato D'Andrea

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For over 35 years, Renato D'Andrea has been handling disputes concerning the protection of intangible corporate assets (inventions, software, designs, trademarks, trade secrets, strategic human resources, corporate reputation), assisting clients both in the incorporation phase and in the contractual management and judicial enforcement of IP rights. In the field of employment law, Renato D’Andrea deals mainly with policies for the protection of intangible corporate assets, clauses relating to employee inventions, non-competition agreements, stability and confidentiality agreements, cases of enticement of employees or theft of secrets by competitors and/or former employees, and related labour and/or unfair competition litigation. Renato D'Andrea is a member of AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), LES (Licensing Executives Society), IBA (International Bar Association)

Stacy Lewis

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Stacy Lewis is called to the bar in New York and has worked as a law clerk at Finnegan since 1995. She focuses on research and writing, particularly in the life sciences. She is the coordinating editor of the books Global Patent Litigation: How and Where to Win and Design Patent Law, as well as the coursebook Chemical Patent Practice. Stacy sits on the AIPLA Quarterly Journal and IPO Law Journal editorial boards. She can be reached at stacy.lewis@finnegan.com.

Mark Feldstein

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Stacy Lewis is called to the bar in New York and has worked as a law clerk at Finnegan since 1995. She focuses on research and writing, particularly in the life sciences. She is the coordinating editor of the books Global Patent Litigation: How and Where to Win and Design Patent Law, as well as the coursebook Chemical Patent Practice. Stacy sits on the AIPLA Quarterly Journal and IPO Law Journal editorial boards. She can be reached at stacy.lewis@finnegan.com.

Adriana Burgy

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Stacy Lewis is called to the bar in New York and has worked as a law clerk at Finnegan since 1995. She focuses on research and writing, particularly in the life sciences. She is the coordinating editor of the books Global Patent Litigation: How and Where to Win and Design Patent Law, as well as the coursebook Chemical Patent Practice. Stacy sits on the AIPLA Quarterly Journal and IPO Law Journal editorial boards. She can be reached at stacy.lewis@finnegan.com.

Joanna Brougher

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Enik Pogace

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Enik Pogace currently works as Head of Employee Relations Division at the Bank of Albania. He was formerly a legal expert at the Bank where he embarked on a wide array of legal issues related to banking, payment systems as well as prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. Mr. Pogace began his career working for international organisations i.e. UNDP, IOM and then in the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Justice. Prior to joining the Bank he worked at a European Commission programme on justice reform in Albania. He has carried out academic studies at the Universities of Georgetown, Freiburg and Marmara as well as postgraduate legal research at the University of London. Mr.Pogace’s recent work and research has been particularly focused on the approximation of banking legislation to the EU acquis in the field of employment and employees’ rights.

Adebisi Sanda

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Adebisi Sanda is a Nigerian attorney with years of experience in governance, private equity, M&A, banking, and finance. He is a Governance Supervisor at Oando Energy Resources Inc. Previously, he worked in a leading law firm in Nigeria, Banwo & Ighodalo where he advised on private equity and finance transactions. He also worked (on secondment from Banwo & Ighodalo) as the primary legal counsel to Africa Infra Plus Fund, an infrastructure fund (managed by Africa Plus Partners Limited), where he managed various infrastructure projects in education, power, healthcare, and water, and provided secretarial support to the advisory board and to the investment committee.

Michael Ambrosio

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Professor of Law Seton Hall Law School 1970-present Visiting Professor Southwestern Univ. Law Schooll. 1976-77 Director, Law in Italy 1990-2001

Sofia Skroubi

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Sofia Skroubi has an LLB, Hons in English & European Laws and a Masters (LLM) on International Trade Law & Finance, from Essex University and she holds an HNC in Business & Finance. She is admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales and as an Attorney at Law of the Athens Bar Association. Sofia is a certified full Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investments (CISI) since 2015. She is also a member of the Foreign Lawyers in Sweden network. She started her career in private practice as an asset finance Associate, specializing mainly in shipping finance. She moved in-house in 2006 as a financial services lawyer, initially with J P Morgan Chase Bank and later with the Bank of New York Mellon and HSBC Bank. She has held various senior positions within legal teams, specialising in securities services and specifically: global custody and clearing, network management, triparty and derivatives collateral management, securities financing, and liquidity management. Throughout the years she was primarily based in London, however also supported business activities in New York, Asia, and Paris, with relevant on-site secondments. She is currently based in Stockholm and employed by Nasdaq as a Senior Associate General Counsel and leading from a legal perspective on EU cloud initiatives across all Nasdaq EU regulated entities.

Catherine Chivers

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Catherine Chivers, Senior Manager – Strategic Advice, National Practice Management, Perpetual Private. Perpetual Private is an operating division of Perpetual Limited. Catherine is the national lead for Perpetual Private's strategic advice capability. She briefs the Perpetual Limited/Perpetual Private executive leadership team plus Perpetual Private advice team members on relevant strategic advice and Government policy matters. She is an experienced presenter, as well as financial writer; contributing regularly to industry and mainstream media on strategic advice topics. Catherine has over 20 years of wealth management industry experience and holds a Bachelor of Economics, a Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning and a Master of Financial Planning. She is also a Certified Financial Planner, a SMSF Specialist Advisor with the SMSF Association and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA).

Tancredi Vergani

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Tancredi Vergani is a Regulatory Affairs consultant with expertise in compliance process of medical devices and Team coordinator at Obelis SA, European Authorised Representative of numerous non-EU based medical device manufacturers. He holds a M.Sc. Degree in European and International Business from the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg and a M.A. in International Relations from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.

Carlos Francisco Marin Barrios

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Carlos Francisco Marin Barrios is jurist specialised in EU law and international business management. He studied Law and Public Management at the University of Seville in Spain, holds a Master of Laws from the University of Antwerp in Belgium, and a Master in Exercise of the Legal Profession and Legal Consultancy Company from the International University of La Rioja in Spain. He has gained academic and professional experience in Spain, England, Germany, and Belgium. Since 2019, Carlos works at Obelis as an Expert Consultant in Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance.

Brian Ross

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Brian Ross is an Associate Director at FRA with over 15 years of experience in professional services and industry roles. Brian specializes in Forensic Accounting and Corporate Compliance and has worked on matters involving bribery and corruption, revenue recognition, fraud and misconduct, regulatory compliance, and risk management. While at FRA, Brian has assisted a publicly traded company respond to an SEC Inquiry Letter and corresponding shareholder lawsuit related to allegations of channel stuffing and improper sales practices, and the corresponding impact to revenue recognition and earnings management. Additionally, Brian has supported an Independent Monitor appointed by the US Department of Justice in evaluating the third line of defense function at a multinational Financial Services company. Brian has assisted a global Medical Device company in remediating observations made by the company’s Independent Monitor which includes reviewing transactions across numerous countries, identifying policy violations and gaps, determining the root cause of each issue, and creating action plans to address the issues and prevent future violations. Brian has provided investigative services for clients for a variety of matters including allegations of FCPA violations, anti-competitive practices, accounting malpractice, and potential violations of the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, and Stark Law. Prior to joining FRA, Brian worked at Teva Pharmaceuticals in the Compliance Audit Group, where he conducted audits designed to assess compliance and fraud risk related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, antitrust laws, data privacy, and restricted promotional practices. Brian also worked at Vanguard in Internal Audit, where he managed audits in the Institutional Investor Group. Prior to these roles, Brian was a manager in KPMG’s Forensic practice where he coordinated and managed forensic investigations, risk assessments, control evaluations, and third party due diligence engagements. These engagements were completed on behalf of management, outside counsel, and audit committees of Fortune 500 companies in the pharmaceutical, retail, software, manufacturing, financial services, and higher-education industries. Brian is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in Pennsylvania and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Brian has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy with a minor in Finance from Villanova University.

Jordan Basich

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Jordan Basich is an Associate Director at FRA based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jordan has over 11 years of experience in professional services and industry roles, working on global matters involving bribery and corruption, fraud, compliance and risk management for companies in a multitude of industries. Jordan’s experience at FRA includes assisting in an internal investigation for a global Medical Technology company related to improper payments made to healthcare professionals by employees, and supporting an Independent Monitor appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice in evaluating the second line of defense function at a multi-national Financial Services company to ensure risks are effectively mitigated within the organization. Jordan is currently assisting a global Medical Device company in remediating observations made by the company’s Independent Monitor which includes reviewing transactions across numerous countries, identifying policy violations and gaps, determining the root cause of each issue, and creating action plans to address the issues and prevent future violations. Prior to joining FRA, Jordan was a Manager in the Compliance Audit Group at Teva Pharmaceuticals where he managed and assisted proactive audits designed to assess compliance and fraud risk related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Anti-Kickback Statue, False Claims Act, antitrust laws, data privacy and restricted promotional practices in the US and over 80 global affiliates in addition to working on internal investigations conducted by the company. Jordan has also worked at KPMG advising on investigations which focused on violations of the FCPA, as well as proactive assessments and audits of internal controls to ensure compliance with laws and regulations and prevent fraud, waste and abuse. He has worked on clients located in North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Jordan is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) as well as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He is a graduate of West Virginia University, where he received a Graduate Certificate in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Drew Costello

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Drew Costello is a Partner at FRA based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drew specializes in the areas of Forensic Accounting and Corporate Compliance with over 20 years of experience in both professional services and industry roles. Drew provides investigative services for attorneys, corporate management, and governmental agencies pertaining to a variety of matters, including bribery and corruption, earnings management, false claims, conflicts of interest, commercial disputes as well as general fraud and misconduct schemes. Mr. Costello has significant experience guiding companies through regulatory investigations involving the DOJ and SEC, including those resulting the appointment of independent compliance monitors. Drew also assists clients in establishing and strengthening compliance, ethics and anti-fraud programs and internal controls to mitigate the evolving risks of digitalization and regulation. Mr. Costello has direct experience in leading companies through all stages of compliance program maturity, from establishing a foundation of policy development and global awareness training, procedural development of core compliance activities, to embedding a risk-based monitoring and auditing protocol. Drew’s compliance advisory services have also been performed in support of a DPA-imposed independent compliance monitor. Prior to joining FRA, Drew was a Director of Compliance Audit at Teva Pharmaceuticals where he managed and delivered proactive audits assessing compliance and fraud risk related to FCPA, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, antitrust laws, data privacy, and restricted promotional practices in the US and over 80 global affiliates. Who’s Who Legal has recognized Drew as a Global Leader and Forensic Accounting expert. Sources describe him as “the consummate professional” and have noted his “great strategic thinking with an understanding of the legal issues.” Drew is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in Pennsylvania, a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and is Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF). Drew’s community involvement includes serving as a board member of Breakthrough Challenge, a non-profit organization, whose primary mission is to support breakthrough research at Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center.

Gautam Sachdev

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Gautam is a seasoned risk and compliance professional with more than 16 years of in-house experience in various global and regional roles in the areas of compliance, risk management, operations, governance, technology and risk assessment in the second line of defense. He has worked at major financial institutions both in the United States and abroad. Previously, he was with Macquarie Group as managing director, global head of risk surveillance, and chief product owner for risk management, overseeing operations, governance, technology, and strategy. Gautam has an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Master of Science in electrical engineering from New York University.

Anir Bhattacharyya

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Anir Bhattacharyya has worked within financial services for the last 17 years focusing primarily on non-financial risk topics; Conduct, financial crime, risk culture and compliance alongside his management consulting experience; strategy, operations, data governance, change and programme management. Anir has helped multiple globally complex and matrix organisations (ranging from financial regulators, banks and insurers) with critical regulatory monitorships through to proactive digital transformations, applying his strategic and change skills to promote sustainable, long-term improvement and better outcomes. Having worked on programmes either focused on regulations & policy or on data & technology or on change management & risk culture, Anir now focuses on integrating these different areas and focusing on behaviour led change within the risk and compliance space. Since joining AlixPartners Anir has assisted clients with building integrated operating models in Asia and is engaged with several clients on the topic of more human centric approaches to risk and compliance management. Anir has received his Bachelors degree (BSC) and a Master of Science (MSC) from Lancaster University Management School and is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC)

Paul Brabant

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Paul has more than 20 years of experience working in a variety of roles in the global legal sector. He has acted as a lawyer, an electronic discovery expert, and a software development executive in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Paul advises lawyers in cross-border disputes and investigations, and he leads internal and regulatory investigations for high-profile clients. As a former legal technology executive, Paul incorporates automation, machine learning, and predictive modeling into his practice yet understands how to work within the limits of such technologies. Paul has a Juris Doctor from Washington College of Law at American University and speaks English, French, and Spanish.

Dimitrios Athanasakis

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Dimitrios Athanasakis  dim.athanasakis@gmail.com  0031644435450 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athanasakis-legalcounsel ________________________________________ Profile Summary ________________________________________ • A versatile & highly-driven professional offering a rich & diverse in-house experience in corporate legal affairs, client relations, risk avoidance & mitigation, business development, and advocacy in the EPC, Marine & Offshore Engineering, Energy, Heavy Civil and PMCM industries • Acknowledged as leader with competency in implementing policy development processes and supporting business with risk exposure reviews for high value transactions. Individually established and standardised major compliance auditing programs for investment, concession and EPC contracts commensurate with US Federal and EU regulations to boost internal compliance and manage third-party risk, generating thus positive cashflow • Conceptualising, monitoring and auditing pre-bid, pre-contract and post-award policy and contract closeout implementation procedures for trades, including port infrastructure developers, thus achieving customer validation and building consensus to gain a trusted place in the market • Excellent relationship management skills with track record of establishing strong relationships with regulators, government agencies, tax and labour departments, chambers of commerce, the Company’s Audit and Ethics & Conduct Committee and internal auditors; and maintaining a clear interface with clients (including National Oil Companies, Classification Societies, Energy Traders, Petroleum Product Suppliers, Cross-border SPVs, Container Terminal Operators, Syndicates of Banks, Insurers, and so on), fostering thus enduring and new business alliances Work Experience ________________________________________ Since Jul’21 with Hill International, Inc.., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, as Vice President – Corporate Counsel (EMEA) (Jul’13 to Jun’21, as International Corporate Counsel at the same organisation) Key Result Areas: • Overseeing corporate governance matters and promptly resolving regulatory concerns, including NYSE, FCPA, UK Bribery Act, SOX Act, and OFAC matters to satisfy quick demands from regulators • Working with General Counsel and outside counsel regarding compliance with SEC requirements; participating in regulatory agency investigations and audits to advise company on administration actions, disclosures to the SEC and announcements to the NYSE • Consolidating incident reporting to improve leverage of informed legal advice to the Board’s Audit and Ethics & Conduct Committee; adjudicating on formal complaint procedures • Standardising and implementing agents and representatives’ trainings across the EMEA juridictions to ensure compliance with US Federal regulations and NYSE rules; thus promoting transparent contract award procedures and maximising revenues • Reviewing the Code of Ethics & Conduct of external suppliers and agents to ensure compliance with the Company’s referral policies • Floating due diligence questionnaires to external suppliers in geographically remote locations to assess FCPA training needs and hedge contract risk • Investigating any allegations of non-compliance of laws worldwide including whistleblower internal and external reporting • Cultivating strategic partnerships with state licensing agencies to obtain registration approvals for the company’s subsidiaries and embrace new business opportunities • Expertly performing shareholding structuring and leading major cross-border mergers, acquisitions and divestments and identifying regulatory concerns to strategise expansion and profitability in new markets; and ensuring integration of the new entities into the company network • Partnering with outside counsel and efficiently managing the application and maintenance of the requisite governmental authorisations and approvals for global operations • Assisting Finance Department and auditors with information regarding claims, litigations and other judicial proceedings, investigations and legal spend • Improving the internal legal tracking system; presenting and analysing accurate litigation and arbitration data and findings to the Board to ensure proper accounts receivables’ control is maintained at all times • Developing & designing jointly with the HR Department workplace diversity, workplace harassment, global business ethics and FCPA training to educate employees on compliance activities, thus facilitating individual employee accountability • Skilfully mentoring the US Safe Harbor Statutes and EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implementation across the company’s divisions and ensuring widespread adoption • Drafting, reviewing, implementing and supervising compliance with Company’s global privacy and security policies; overseeing global compliance with privacy laws, selecting and supervising global outside privacy counsel, educating employees on privacy and cyber security, conducting and supervising privacy breach and cybersecurity incident investigations and responding with the SVP of Global IT • Generating all requests and confirm compliance and receipt of information pursuant to the US Freedom of Information Act requests • Structuring and leading securitisation of loans, equity, and debt offerings, parent company and counter guarantees to keep operations in compliance • Leading a comprehensive gamut of in-house company secretary services including preparation of agendas, AGM/ Quarterly/ Extraordinary meetings, MoM; BoD resolutions, book-keeping, proxies, PoAs, share certificates • Providing legal support for mobilisation, construction supervision, certification, demobilisation, commissioning and hand over phases in terminal procession and pipeline projects • Providing legal support in the performance of pre-investment and economic viability studies for the rehabilitation of construction facilities; performing legal due diligence on technical and financial feasibility studies on EPC infrastructure operations • Providing an independent oversight review for tendering packages, procurement routes and performance data for trades, including Designers, Consultants, Contractors, Operators, Material & Equipment Purchasing Analysts, Expeditors, Project Control Analysts, Contract Auditors and Equipment Suppliers • Providing claims management and arbitration support; and coordinating debt-recovery and enforcement procedures Previous Experience Jan’10 - Jun’13 with Archirodon Group N.V., Cairo, Egypt as MENA Regional Legal Counsel Key Result Areas: • Actively involved in ∘ Identifying and resolving legal issues in project operations pertaining to oilfield equipment, hydraulic and floating equipment, offshore dredging operations and maintenance support, site remediation, well development, and related marine engineering infrastructure (e.g. pipelines, loading and unloading facilities and onshore terminal, geotechnical and foundation equipment) ∘ Participating in bidding phases including negotiating and reviewing Shareholders’, Consortium and JV agreements for container terminal concession projects and implementation of work packages ∘ Reviewing Non-Disclosure Agreements, Milestone Agreements, Letters of Award, Purchase Orders, Heavy Equipment Leases, High Technology Products Service Agreements, Interim & Final Accounts, Contract Closeouts & Retentions for marine and dredging operations ∘ Appraising financing documents including term sheets, collateral and term finance facility agreements for shipyard development and extension concessions ∘ Defining field and support office roles and responsibilities; organising and managing contract implementation processes; chairing meetings and workshops; and maintaining standard work process procedures ∘ Participating in audits and investigations and monitored effective utilisation of company resources deployed at site ∘ Floating tenders to shortlisted subcontractors, evaluating shortlisted tenderers, issuing LOIs and reviewing securities ∘ Efficiently managing and defending claims for EOTs, disruption, force majeure, and equitable adjustment for a variety of onshore and offshore facilities and marine railway projects in the Middle East. • Reviewed delay impact analysis, interim progress reports, due diligence exercises, expert witness & technical reports on offshore facility management operations and ensured that appropriate governance is implemented • Spearheaded the entire functions including oversight of strategic tendering alliances, teaming agreements and cost planning procedures with leading pipeline contractors, design consultancies, marine equipment vendors, dredger brokers, commissioners and new clients globally • Handled and endorsed contractual correspondence to Clients, Joint Venturers, Project Consultants, Suppliers and Subcontractors; commissioned compliance with contract documents and managed regional/ expat labour contracts • Effectively prepared quarterly contract and dispute reports and performance appraisals and developed contract compliance reports to procurement teams • Managed a broad range of outside counsel and administered locations for Court and international arbitration proceedings • Played a key role in managing and training an in-house and project-based team of legal & claims consultants Highlights: • Championed MENA legal operations and functioned closely with regional business divisions for compliance of procurement management procedures with corporate policies and WTO conventions • Updated and maintained vendor and standard procurement procedures to ensure that the contract management team maintains quality and flow of service to our O&G public and private sector clients and downstream contractors • Designed and instituted a regional claims management division by directing in-house MENA legal support of international and domestic arbitration and ADR proceedings, including but not limited to marine insurance, logistics, tug & tow, charterparty and sales of equipment disputes, to be decentralised from the Netherlands • Maximised utilisation of domestic Quantity Surveyors and Contract Engineers to pursue a successful US$200 million non-payment dispute pertaining to a container terminal concession agreement

Dev Bajpai

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Dev is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and has a law degree from the University of Delhi. He completed an Executive Program for Corporate Counsels at Harvard conducted by Harvard Law School. He has 30 years of experience in diverse industries that include Automobiles, FMCG, Hospitality and Private Equity, in the areas of Legal, Governance, Tax and Corporate Affairs. In the past, he has worked with Maruti Udyog Limited, Marico Limited, Indian Hotels Company Limited and ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Limited. He has been part of Committees of Apex Industry Organisations such as CII & FICCI. Dev has also represented the Industry before Parliamentary Committees.

Kirti Gupta

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Anagha Tendulkar

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Anagha Tendulkar, is an In-house counsel at Cipla Limited, India. Her role majorly focusses on activities relating to ANDA litigations and includes pre-litigation, in- litigation and post- litigation strategizing for early product launch. Other activities include portfolio selection, priming on legal and regulatory hurdles, strategic decision making, due diligence for small molecules and biologicals, etc. Professional background She has about 15 years of experience in this field. Prior to joining Cipla Limited, she was an In- house counsel at Panacea Biotech, India. Her role was to manage various IP related activities for the organization, including identifying early market entry opportunities, patent due diligences, design- around strategies, patent drafting and prosecution. Presentations • Speaker- National Seminar organized by PES, Modern College of Pharmacy, India- “Patent Basics and Overview of Generic Drugs in US” • Invited to address on “Patents- an insight” at a symposium, Modern College of Pharmacy, India Publications/ Posters • "Induced Infringement under US Patent Law" Anagha Tendulkar, Patent In- house counsel, Cipla. International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 15, No. 59, Spring 2022, 1 “Written Description Requirement of Patentability” Anagha Tendulkar, Patent In- house counsel, Cipla. International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 15, No. 58, Winter 2022, 1 . “Blocking Effect of the Blocking Act?” Anagha Tendulkar, Patent In- house counsel, Cipla. International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 14, No. 55, Spring 2021, 1 • “Demethylation and Transcriptional activation of genes involved in metastasis of pancreatic cancer by Methyl-CpG-binding domain 2. ” Tendulkar S. , Ou J. -N. , Tendulkar A. , Szyf M. Pharmacological research day (PRD) annual meeting Montreal, CANADA, Jun 2006. • “Demethylation and Transcriptional activation of genes involved in metastasis of pancreatic cancer by Methyl-CpG-binding domain 2. ” Tendulkar S. , Ou J. -N. , Tendulkar A. , Szyf M. AACR, Washington D. C. , Apr 2006. • “Metabolic engineering of Yeast: Yarrowia lipolytica” Tendulkar A. , Bhave S. Chattoo B. B. , International meeting - “Yeast 2003”, IMTECH, Chandigarh, India, Feb 2003. Education • LL. B, University of Mumbai • Registered Patent Agent, India • P. G. Diploma in Patent Management, AIPS, Mumbai • Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology, McGill University, Canada • Research Fellow, MSU, Baroda, India • Post-graduation, University of Mumbai (Microbiology/ Biotechnology) Achievements • Qualified- Joint All- India CSIR-UGC Test, CSIR, New Delhi, India • Qualified- State Eligibility Test, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India • Awarded Certificate of merit, Post-graduation, University of Mumbai

David Teece

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David J. Teece, Executive Chairman of the Berkeley Research Group. He is also a Professor at the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley. He has authored over 30 books and 200 scholarly papers, and he is co-editor of the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, and Industrial and Corporate Change, an Oxford University Press Journal. Dr. Teece has received eight honorary doctorates and has been recognized by Royal Honors and is a member of the Royal Academy. In 2020, Teece was rated #1 worldwide in management by London-based Clarivate and was given “Clarivate Laureate” status in economics (for innovation, entrepreneurship, and competition) in 2021 he was saluted as a ‘Distinguished Management Thinker’ by Thinkers50. Google Scholar indicates that he has been cited over 190,000 times. He has co-founded three companies and taken two public. Dr. Teece has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and has held teaching and research positions at Stanford University and Oxford University.

Donald Rosenberg

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Natalie Peacock

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Natalie is a restructuring and insolvency lawyer and is a specialist in distressed aviation matters. She has experience of a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters, including formal insolvency matters, financial restructuring, asset-based lending and domestic and cross jurisdictional turnaround matters. Natalie’s practice spans a number of sectors, including aviation, retail, industrial, construction and consumer credit.

David Buchler

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Professor David Fordham

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Professor David Fordham has extensive experience across many financial and industry sectors, both as a lawyer and as a merchant and private banker operating at senior management and Board level. David is also a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute and is Professor and Senior Lecturer in International Finance and Banking at the Centre for Commercial studies, Queen Mary University, London

Chris Parker

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Chris specialises in special situations and contentious matters, generally involving cross-border investigations and disputes. He is currently leading the DLA team on investigations and litigation relating to an alleged $5bn fraud following the failure of former FTSE100 business NMC Health Plc, and previously led the Lehman Waterfall litigation on behalf of the administrators of Lehman Brothers Limited, to a successful outcome in the Supreme Court.

John Forrest

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James Davison

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James is a UK-based Partner in DLA Piper's Global Restructuring practice. He typically advises in turnaround situations with the objective of protecting and maximising value for stakeholders. Since joining DLA Piper in 2020, James has acted on a series of high profile restructuring situations, in a variety of sectors, including hospitality and leisure, retail, energy, financial services, travel and aviation. Recent mandates include: - the wind down, through administration, of Cargologicair, a UK headquartered airline subject to sanctions; - the Energy Supply Administration of Bulb Energy; - the first Restructuring Plan proposed by an SME, Houst Limited - the accelerated sale of bespoke tailor, Gieves & Hawkes; - the accelerated sale of online retailer, Missguided.

Stacy Lewis

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Stacy Lewis is called to the bar in New York and has worked as a law clerk at Finnegan since 1995. She focuses on research and writing, particularly in the life sciences. She is the coordinating editor of the books Global Patent Litigation: How and Where to Win and Design Patent Law, as well as the coursebook Chemical Patent Practice. Stacy sits on the AIPLA Quarterly Journal and IPO Law Journal editorial boards. She can be reached at stacy.lewis@finnegan.com.

Melissa Santos

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Xiaoguang Michelle Gao

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Dr. Gao is Assistant General Patent Counsel at Eli Lilly and Company, supporting biologics and genetic medicine assets. She obtained her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Northwestern University, and J.D. from the University of Illinois. Prior to joining Eli Lilly, she was a Patent Attorney at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, where she supported ImmunoOncology and Neuroscience programs. She also worked for Fish & Richardson as an associate, focusing her practice on biopharma-related patent prosecution and litigation there.

R. MarK McCareins

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R. Mark McCareins is the general counsel of the Metals Service Center Institute (www.msci.org). He also is a Clinical Professor in the Strategy Department of Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management where he teaches antitrust and business law. He practiced competition law with Winston and Strawn LLP for over thirty years where he was co-counsel for Respondent Spray-Rite Service Corp. in the referenced matter. He currently is a Clinical Professor in the Strategy Department at Kellogg.

Mark R. McCareins

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R. Mark McCareins is the general counsel of the Metals Service Center Institute (www.msci.org). He also is a Clinical Professor in the Strategy Department of Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management where he teaches antitrust and business law. He practiced competition law with Winston and Strawn LLP for over thirty years where he was co-counsel for Respondent Spray-Rite Service Corp. in the referenced matter. He currently is a Clinical Professor in the Strategy Department at Kellogg

Professor Charles Chatterjee

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Professor Charles Chatterjee who studied law at the University of Cambridge and the University of London is a Barrister in England and Wales and has also acted as an arbitrator. A commercial law specialist (international) with special interest and knowledge in international organisations and their functions in addition to court experience in law as a practising barrister in England and Wales. A consultant to international organisations and private corporations in addition to conducting capacity building training programmes in various countries. Articles in IICJ: “Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: How Effective is Article V of the New York Convention of 1958?” International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 9, No. 36, Summer (2016), 1 “Decisions of ICSID Tribunals on Procedural Issues may not be Confused with their Awards” International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 10, No 37, (2016) “CAPE DISTRIBUTION LTD v CAPE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PLC How a Parent Company May be Held Liable in Torts for the Negligence of its Subsidiaries”, International In-house Counsel Journal Vol.11, No. 42, (2018)

Deepak Acharya

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Ajay Bhargava

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Ajay Bhargava is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Group in Khaitan & Co. He specializes in Civil, Criminal & Corporate Litigation with 25 years of experience. Ajay’s fora of practice includes Supreme Court, High Courts, Arbitration (International and Domestic), Quasi Judicial Tribunals (National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and National Green Tribunal etc.). He advises on Constitutional matters, Civil & Criminal matters, IPR laws, Employment Laws and on corporate – commercial disputes. He also advises on matters before the Police Investigation Wings relating to corporate criminal investigations and quasi criminal prosecutions (white collar crimes). Ajay is often consulted on M&A transactions to provide tactical and advisory support. He advises on preventive measures in commercial contracts.

Thiago Costa

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Thiago Veloso Costa earned his Master Decree in Strategy and Business, LL.B. from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-MG) and a certificate degree in International Trade Relations from the same institution, a certificate degree in Tax Law from Faculdade Milton Campos-MG as well as a certificate degree in Corporate Law from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). Certified professional in Internal Corporate Investigations (CPIIC) by LEC - Legal, Ethics & Compliance. Certification in International Contracts from the Hague Academy of International Law, in Arbitration and International Contracts from the London School of Economics and Political Science, in addition to certifications in Brazil in Crisis Management and Reputation from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), and in Data Protection and Privacy from Insper.

Kiran Chitale

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Kiran Chitale is academically qualified as a graduate in Commerce, Law and a Company Secretary and carries corporate experience of more than 24 years in India. Kiran has written a few articles in professional journals in India (including one article in IIJC as a joint-author) and has been a visiting faculty on various topics relating to company secretarial and corporate legal domain.

Vera Albino

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Vera Albino is Legal Manager at Inventa, with extensive experience in international law. Leveraging her deep understanding of economic trends, she advises clients on the most effective ways to protect and enhance the value of their intellectual property assets. With a keen eye for detail and a strategic mindset, Vera develops tailored solutions that help clients achieve their goals in an ever-changing global landscape.

Madelein Kleyn

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Dr. Madelein Kleyn has more than 27 years international experience as intellectual property practisioner, patent attorney and in-house legal corporate counsel in the petrochemical and agri industries. She is presently the Director, Technology Transfer at Innovus, the division of Stellenbosch University accountable for the commercialisation of IP eminating from the University. She also is the CEO and founder of Mad K IP consulting (Pty) Ltd a private company advising clients on IP matters. She is a qualified chemical engineer (BSc Chem Eng) , an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a registered South African patent attorney. She holds a LLM in tax law and PhD in intellectual property law. Her technical expertise is in the area of petrochemicals, chemistry, process engineering, explosives and agriculture. Madelein’s main areas of expertise include IP Portfolio management, IP policy and strategy development and implementation. She regularly advises on corporate governance and IP risk management and specialises in drafting and advising on IP-related business transactions, including technology transfer and licensing. Madelein has authored and presented various articles, papers and publications on IP matters internationally specifically on technology and IP licensing and commentaries on national IP related legislation. Since 2014 she is the co-editor of the textbook “International Pharmaceutical Law”and is also a co-author of the South African Chapter of this publication. She is a member of the SAIIPL (South African Institute of Intellectual Property Lawyers) and also the editor of the SAIIPL newsletter IP Briefs™. She is a member of INTA (International Trademark Association) and CCASA (Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa), ACS (American Chemical Society) and SARIMA ( Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association). She is also member of LES (License Executive Society of South Africa - immediate past president) and the Chair of the LES International Patent and Technology licensing Committee and Vice President of LESI. Madelein was included in the IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists since 2015 and featured in WTR300 World’s leading trademark professionals since 2016.

Dan Degan

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Dan Degan is an experienced Legal and Compliance professional, currently employed with Viatris in Bucharest, Romania. He has over 20 years of experience in the field and has held positions in companies like Amgen, Abbott and Novartis. Dan holds a LLM in Law from the University of Leicester (University), School of Law, a Post-graduation Degree in Legal Counselling and Business Management from "Petru Maior" University, Romania, and a University Degree in English and Romanian Philology from "Petru Maior" University, Romania.

Michael Fawlk

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Michael Fawlk is a former Vice President & Associate General Counsel at Philip Morris International Inc. Michael is a Solicitor admitted to practice in England & Wales and Hong Kong. mfawlk@exemplifyconsulting.com

Jon Berryhill

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Jon Berryhill holds a bachelor's degree from Lamar University in Engineering Computer Science and a master's degree in information technology from American Public University with a concentration in Digital Forensics. He has received training in computer evidence handling, analysis and investigations from the Air Force Special Investigations Academy, and has been working in the field of computer forensic investigations for more than twenty-nine years. He has led computer forensic investigations for law firms, major corporations and small businesses, as well as for the United States Air Force (USAF). As a major in the USAF, he was a special agent in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, investigating crimes such as fraud, homicide, theft, child pornography, and counterintelligence. He has testified 51 times as an expert in digital forensics in the Superior Courts of the State of California, United States District Courts, and in military courts. Additionally, he has provided 31 expert depositions. His experience in conducting computer forensic analysis has included the analysis of more than 3400 computer hard drives and more than 6900 smart phones, floppy disks, tapes, CD-ROMs and other media. Since being in private practice, he has provided computer forensic analysis and support to many local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in their criminal and civil investigations. He has conducted examinations of computer hard drives in more than 1186 cases containing individuals' personal data, corporate internal data and communications, financial data, privileged attorney-client information, trade secret information, patent and pending patent applications and confidential research and development information. These cases have included a broad spectrum of issues and parties, ranging from individuals involved in personal and financial disputes to multi-million-dollar corporate litigation.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Chief Sustainability Officer, Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 30 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and is an Advisor to the Sustainability Panel of the Singapore Stock Exchange’s SGListco Association.

Vladislav Gorobinskiy

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Education: 2022 - The international school of mediation and negotiation of Elena Senina 2013 - University of London, London, International Programs, Diploma in the Common Law 2011 - Law Society of England and Wales, English Law Seminar 2008 - English Law Seminar organized by SJ Berwing, English Law Seminar 2008 - DevelopMENt, Refresher courses for corporate lawyers 2005 - Rostov State University, Presidential Professional Development Program 2001 - Rostov State University of Economics (RINH) 1997 - Taganrog State Radio Engineering University Work background: since July 2012, Head of the Legal Support Department for International Projects, New Investment Group LLC, Russia

Isabelle Rust

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Isabelle Rust is Head of Third Party Compliance Management at Airbus Defence and Space Division She has extensive international experience in the governance field, having specialised in compliance (incl. anti-corruption), internal auditing and forensic investigations. She holds a Master in Research degree in International Private and Public law from the University of Nice (France) and a Master in Business from ESCP Europe (France and UK).

Camelia Gardot

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Camelia Gardot is Senior Compliance Partner at Airbus Defense and Space, heading the Connected Intelligence Programme Line. She has two decades of experience in advising international companies for large projects, strategic partnerships, M&A and Ethic and Compliance matters . Camelia completed a Master’s degree in International Business Law from the University of Toulouse (France) and is a qualified attorney, holding a Bar Practice Diploma in International Mergers and Acquisitions.

Christopher Parr

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Christopher Parr is a Solicitor qualified in England and Wales. He has more than 33 years of practice experience, including as a Regional General Counsel (EMEAA) and Vice President, Legal Affairs (EMEAA). His employers have included Conoco, Air Products, Monsanto, Harsco and ON Semiconductor. Chris is now working from London for The Legal Director. His specialities are commercial contracts, commercial risk management, joint ventures and commercial dispute mediation.

Michael Ambrosio

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Christine Maury-Panis

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Christine Maury Panis is the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Public Affairs Viaccess-Orca. Prior to this role, Christine was legal counsel within the Thomson Consumer Electronics division from 1986 and was focused on the Pay TV activities within the IP section and their newly created licensing entity. Christine was promoted to Deputy General Counsel, Europe for Thomson Multimedia and managed a team of several lawyers. In 1996, Christine moved to CANAL Group to manage the launch of the digital bouquet of CANAL + and helped created CANAL + Technologies which continues to develop, protect and license technologies worldwide. Christine joined Viaccess in 2001 to create the legal and IP department and has been vice presiding the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance, the successor to AEPOC (European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services) over the last ten years. She has been nominated in the GC Powerlist 2016,d 2018 and 2022 in France http://www.legal500.com/assets/pages/cc100/2016/france-16.html) and has been appointed by the European Intellectual Property Office as a specialist to raise awareness on IP within the European Union and as technology expert.

Richard Reade

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Richard is General Counsel at Coats Group plc and oversees Legal, Company Secretarial, Compliance and Insurance. He has extensive experience of managing international legal teams. At Coats he leads team from the UK, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan and which, collectively, serve over 50 countries across six continents. He has a passion for cultivating excellence within teams, which has been recognised by team members achieving award winning results. Prior to joining Coats, Richard led legal operations outside of North America for Weight Watchers International and prior to that he established the UK legal team for the largest company you’ve never heard of, ISS A/S. He is trained in leadership from Henley and Warwick business schools and from the British Army (having served for three years). He has particular interests in psychometric testing, psychology and mental health, and coping with adversity and preventing burn out.

Edoardo Marcenaro

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Edoardo Marcenaro has been working in Enel Group since 2001, where he firstly took care of major M&A transactions in Eastern Europe up to 2008, following the legal affairs of the various companies acquired in the subsequent 10 years. Afterwards, he gave legal support in the establishment and start – up of Enel X, the company created for energy services, energy efficiency and electric mobility. Since January 2019 he is in charge of the legal department of Enel Grids srl.

Julie Lessard

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Partner and Head of the Business Immigration team, Julie Lessard heads one of the largest teams of business immigration professionals in Canada. She has over 20 years of experience in this complex field. She advises both multinationals and small- and medium-sized businesses on how to attract top global talent be it to innovate, to benefit from a global knowledge or to meet specialized workforce needs. Julie develops immigration and/or global mobility strategies for several Fortune 500 companies. She has the skills, the expertise and the experience needed to implement immigration strategies that facilitate the global hiring of senior executives, skilled workers and professionals from all jurisdictions around the world. She frequently speaks at conferences in Quebec and internationally, particularly in the areas of immigration law and workforce mobility. She is also regularly invited by the media to provide expert commentary on these matters. Julie was named one of Lexpert’s Leading Lawyers Under 40 in 2010. Her peers selected her as one of the best immigration lawyers in Canada in the Best Lawyers rankings, in which she has appeared since 2014. She generously donates her time to several social and humanitarian causes. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Quebec Chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce of Canada (AmCham) and a member of the Government Relations Committee of the Canadian Employee Relocation Council (CERC).

Olga Prygoda

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Olga Prygoda is a U.S. licensed attorney, member of the Washington State Bar specializing in business immigration law with specific focus on work permits and employment-based permanent residence in the United States and immigration practice under USMCA (formerly NAFTA), investor and trader visas, intracompany transfers and extraordinary ability cases. Olga graduated with an LLM in U.S. Law from the Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University and an LLB (Common Law) from the University of London, England. Before joining BCF, Olga worked at a prominent think tank in Washington, D.C., where she focused on U.S. immigration policy research and U.S.-Russian bilateral relations. She is also the recipient of a number of prestigious international scholarships, including the U.S. Department of State’s Edmund E. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program (2001-2003); and has interned with The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. Olga is fluent in English, French, and Russian.

Mark Girgis

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Mark P. Girgis is Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of the Hypertec Group, a global provider of information technology solutions that includes the production and distribution of servers, workstations and personal computers, business resiliency services, home health monitoring support services and value-added services. Mr. Girgis manages all legal affairs of the corporation including negotiating and structuring complex domestic and international transactions, mergers and acquisitions, human resources and employment law including international mobility, contracts, overseeing corporate governance, and managing legal disputes.

Paul Grahovac

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Safir Anand

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Safir Anand is the Senior Partner and Head of Trade Marks and Contractual & Commercial IP at Anand and Anand. He has been consistently recognized as one of India’s top IP attorneys and has over 25 years of experience. As a member of INTA’s Presidential Task Force, he has contributed a chapter in a book by INTA on Business Environment Trends on Brand Value, Brand Equity, Brand Valuation, and Brand Evaluation. He serves on and on the leadership team of its Commercialization of Brands Committee (CBC), its Research Advisory Council and as Co-Chair of the Global Brand Transactions and Due Diligence Sub-Committees. Amongst other laurels, Safir has recently been: a. Recognized as Innovative Practitioners by Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific 2020; b. Awarded the extremely prestigious “IAF-Atmanirbhar Bharat Award 2020-21”; c. Awarded the Most Innovative Lawyer of the Year at BW Businessworld Global Legal Summit and India Legal Leaders Awards 2020; d. Under his leadership, the firm was awarded “Independent Luxury Law Firm of the Year 2020” by the Luxury Law Alliance. Safir Anand extensively contributes in prestigious national and international publications and is on the editorial panel of many leading journals and magazines focused on commercialization; licensing; Franchising; and Intellectual Property. He contributes in The International Comparative Guide for Franchising in collaboration with DLA Piper; Getting the Deal Through-Advertising and Marketing, Getting the Deal Through -Trademarks, Getting the Deal Through- Licensing, WTR 1000 yearbook, et al. A few of his most recent published works are as follows: • As a Member of INTA’s Presidential Task Force Mr. Safir Anand, Senior Partner, Head of Trademarks, Contracutal and Commerical IP has contributed his insights on Business Environment Trends for INTA’s "Brand Value Special Task Force Report” • Business World published an exclusive interview about Mr. Safir Anand’s journey as a Lawyer • Asia IP Magazine sought Safir’s inputs in its latest feature, CSR during Covid-19: The sincerity and brand loyalty factors. • Article for Asia IP Magazine In its recent feature, “Law Firms in APAC pitch in to help address problems caused by Covid-19”. • Contributed to The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) news letter- The Intangible Path Towards Becoming Invincible. • WTR’s report, “Despite controversy over claimed coronavirus cure, CORONIL may be hard to fight at the Indian registry” • “How to Avoid A ‘Corona Moment’ For Your Brand Name”- Businessworld • Article for World Trademark Review’s exclusive report, “A year in review: trademark experts in Asia-Pacific reveal their expectations for 2020”. • National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) in its quarterly publication sought Safir Anand’s strategic inputs on the role of Intellectual Property in the commercial value of successful restaurants. • World Trademark Review published Safir’s article in its exclusive report, “A year in review: trademark experts in Asia-Pacific reveal their expectations for 2020”. • Businessworld published his views on the impact a global crisis can have on a brand, and how digitization has made an impact on IP in contrasting ways • Asia IP Magazine, sought Safir’s views in its recent feature, “Law Firms in APAC pitch in to help address problems caused by Covid-19”. • Shared his thought leadership with Vantage Asia, Asia Business Law Journal and presented a comparison of developments in trademark law in India. • Shared insights on iconography in a recent report, “The risk factor in religious marks: a study of four major jurisdictions-India, China, US and Canada” published by World Trademark Review. Shared his views on “Technology: friend or foe? Leading trademark practitioners look to the future” – a compelling article by the World Trademark Review • Mr. Safir Anand, has curated a one-of-a-kind talk show, “IP&…”, where he invites notable individuals from diverse industries to contribute to multiple topics of interest which overlap with IP to spread awareness on the role of IP in their respective fields. Safir is a part of the advisory/board of highly reputable organizations such as: • Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) • Entertainment and Event Management Association (EEMA) • International Facility Management Association (IFMA) • JHS Brands • Brand Musiq • My Rights LLP • TeamWork Arts Private Limited • Nashville Film Institute

Christopher Parr

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Christopher Parr is a Solicitor qualified in England and Wales. He has more than 33 years of practice experience, including as a Regional General Counsel (EMEAA) and Vice President, Legal Affairs (EMEAA). His employers have included Conoco, Air Products, Monsanto, Harsco and ON Semiconductor. Chris is now working from London for The Legal Director. His specialities are commercial contracts, commercial risk management, joint ventures and commercial dispute mediation.

Skylar Schossberger

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Skylar Schossberger graduated from Middlebury College Magna Cum Laude in 2020. Prior to law school, Skylar studied International Terrorism in Copenhagen, Denmark and worked as a technology public relations intern in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Now Skylar is a third-year law student at University of Idaho College of Law pursuing a J.D. with a Business Law Emphasis focused on Intellectual Property Law. In her free time, Skylar enjoys practicing yoga and producing electronic music.

Steven Schossberger

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Steven Schossberger serves as General Counsel and Vice President for Oregon Potato Company and its family of companies. Steve is responsible for overseeing all legal components of the companies, including litigation, acquisitions, employment, labor and industry, government regulatory, intellectual property, and more. See LinkedIn profile.

Sancho Guibert

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Sancho Guibert has been In house counsel of Citibank for more than 23 years and currently he is the Regional Cards Counsel for Asia Pacific and EMEA (based in Madrid, Spain). He is a is a dual qualified lawyer (as abogado in Spain and solicitor in England and Wales) and his earlier experience includes 2 years’ experience as an associate at Baker & McKenzie and 1 year as visiting attorney in the Latin American Practice Group at Mayer Brown, NY office.

Elizabeth Mayer

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Elizabeth’s practice focusses on infrastructure projects, ?acting both for procuring authorities and for bidders. Elizabeth brings a depth of experience to ?infrastructure projects, having advised the Province of British Columbia on ?two of the earliest P3 projects ?in Canada. Subsequently she has acted for bidders, contractors, lenders and public ?authorities on a wide ?range of projects across Canada. Elizabeth has worked with Infrastructure BC in advising Vancouver Island Health Authority on BC’s ?first ?Alliance project and the BC Ministry of Transportation on a number of Alliance projects for highways ?that were washed out in November 2021. In providing this advice, she has drawn upon the expertise of colleagues in DLA Piper Australia. Elizabeth has a BA in law from the University of Oxford and a MA in law from the University of British Columbia. She is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia.

Karen Mill

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Since joining Infrastructure BC in 2002, Karen has supported Infrastructure BC clients and project teams on over 70 major infrastructure project procurements with a total value of over $25 billion in numerous sectors (including health, schools, post-secondary, corrections, and roads and bridges) with many public sector (municipal, provincial, territorial, and federal) owners. Karen is responsible for providing project legal support including developing and managing coordinated approaches to drafting and revising procurement documents and agreements in relation to the design-build, progressive design-build, design-build-finance, and alliance models. Prior to working with Infrastructure BC, Karen worked with other BC public sector agencies including Treasury Board Staff (where she advised on the development of the Province of BC’s Capital Asset Management Framework) and Ministry of Attorney primarily in the areas of capital procurement and budgeting. Karen has a BA and an LLB from the University of Victoria. She is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia.

Preetha Soman

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Preetha Soman is a Partner at J Sagar Associates, a leading law firm in India. She specializes in labour and employment laws and advises both domestic and international clients on a wide range of matters ranging from hiring, retention and strategy, employee policies, diversity and inclusion, employee transfers, employee re-organizations in M&A, PoSH (sexual harassment) related matters, disciplinary inquiries, employment terminations etc. With the onset of the COVID pandemic and the world of work witnessing a radical shift, throwing upon several new challenges for employers, Preetha has been actively advising her clients on aspects relating to the future of work, hybrid working and dealing with Workforce 2.0. Preetha has also been advising her clients on the various facets of the Labour Codes and has been assisting them in gearing up for compliance thereunder. . Besides conducting awareness programmes on pertinent employment law topics including with NASSCOM, she also has several articles with leading national and international journals to her credit.

Kapil Gaur

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Kapil Gaur is an Employment Lawyer, India lead for NatWest India. Apart from holding master’s degree in law, Kapil is also a qualified Company Secretary with proven track record in managing success in litigation and advisory work. He specialises in labour and employment laws and advises on varied range of complex matters ranging from M&A’s, salary structuring, retrenchment / rationalization strategies, acquisitions, employment contracts, settlements, benefit proposition, pension, superannuation, apprentices hiring, performance evaluation, employment policies – PoSH; disciplinary, flexible ways of working/ WFH model/ SEZ approvals. Kapil has been instrumental in closing several human audits for various valley clients. He has rich experience in legal research and has conducted various external workshops on employment matters for NASSCOM, ICSI, Law Colleges, HR/ ER leaders. Besides his rich experience in employment matters, he has negotiated and closed high valued domestic and international client / IP contracts and real estate deals

Dinesh Chandrasegaran

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Legal counsel with Maybank over 10 years

Antoine Henry de Frahan

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Antoine Henry de Frahan is a management consultant with an in-depth experience of the legal sector. He is the managing director of Frahan & Associates and an Associate Professor at Edhec Business School. Before his consulting career, Antoine Henry de Frahan practised law with Cleary Gottlieb and Linklaters and then moved to Engie as an international legal advisor. He received a law degree magna cum laude from the University of Brussels and an LL.M. from Columbia University Law School.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Chief Sustainability Officer, Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 20 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and is an Advisor to the Sustainability Panel of the Singapore Stock Exchange’s SGListco Association.

Daniel Gosewisch

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Daniel Gosewisch is an experienced in-house counsel from Queensland, Australia, with experience across mining, petroleum, government and retail businesses. He is currently General Counsel of the WorkPac Group, Australia's largest privately-owned labour hire business. His previously roles include acting a General Counsel for Arrow Energy, Minor DKL, and Racing Queensland.

Bruno Quartieri Gaudêncio

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Bruno Quartieri Gaudêncio joined GTIS Partners on October 2014 and is currently a Vice President and responsible for supporting legal matters at the firm. Prior to joining GTIS Partners, Mr. Bruno Gaudêncio was a lawyer at Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, one of the largest law firms in Brazil, where he was active in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and real estate practices. Mr. Bruno Gaudêncio graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC) in São Paulo in 2012.

Juliana Bastianello Baldin Martins

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Juliana Bastianello Baldin Martins joined GTIS Partners on May 2011 and is currently a Managing Director at the firm. Mrs. Baldin Martins is responsible for overseeing legal activities in Brazil. Mrs. Baldin Martins experience in the real estate industry began in 2008, with focus on real estate and corporate law. Prior to joining GTIS Partners in 2011, Mrs. Baldin Martins was a lawyer at Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, one of the largest law firms in Brazil, where she spent over three years specializing in mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring transactions, including in the real estate industry. Prior to Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice, Mrs. Baldin Martins worked at TozziniFreire Advogados, also one of the largest law firms in Brazil, where she focused on capital markets transactions for over three years. Mrs. Baldin Martins graduated from São Paulo University Law School (USP) in 2007, completed her Master of Business Administration at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in 2011 and completed her Masters in Corporate Law at São Paulo University Law School (USP) in 2022.

Matthias Artzt

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Dr. Matthias Artzt is an internationally recognized and certified lawyer and senior legal counsel at Deutsche Bank AG since 1999. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank he worked as a lawyer at a law firm in Stuttgart, Germany. He has been practicing data protection law for many years and was particularly involved in the implementation of the GDPR within Deutsche Bank AG. He advises clients globally regarding data protection issues as well as complex international outsourcing agreements involving data privacy related matters and regulations. He is a graduate of the University of Tübingen, where he obtained his Doctor of Law degree. Moreover, he is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and since January 2018 a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E). He was also a member of the European Advisory Board of the IAPP. Matthias is the author of numerous articles on data protection law. Particularly, he is the co-editor and co-author of the recently released Handbook of Blockchain Law (published 2020 by Wolters Kluwer). He is also the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Blockchain Law (published since 2021 by GBBC). Further, he is a regular panel speaker on various national and international conferences, seminars and webinars, e.g. at the Central Bank of Brazil in 2018. He has an in-depth knowledge of the GDPR and its interfaces with other topics such as Cloud Computing, Big Data, AI, Blockchain, US-Cloud Act, Metaverse and data privacy as well as PSD2. Matthias can be reached at LinkedIn.

Amit Sindhwani

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Amit Sindhwani is a Law graduate from the University of Delhi. As an independent IP Attorney prior to his current in-house position, he had been handling IP matters at all level levels of the judiciary as well as before other authorities involved in customs recordations, opposition/cancellation actions before before the Trade Marks Registry and Appellate Courts, domain name disputes and other cross-border matters including criminal enforcement by way of search and seizure operations . Over the years, he has been involved in several high profile and path breaking cases in the field of trademark, copyright, design, patents and anti-counterfeiting actions. At present, he is working as HEAD (IPR) with the Shriram group of companies, mainly comprising of Usha International Ltd., Mawana Foods Ltd and Mawana Sugars Ltd. Shriram group is a diversified conglomerate with the business spread in the areas of consumer durable such as fans, sewing machine, appliances, edible oils, sugars etc., owning the well-known and reputed brands like USHA, MAWANA, PANGHAT, CORNOLA etc. As IP Head, he has had the privilege of filing and prosecuting of trade mark applications in more than 120 countries across the globe and enforcing the rights by way of diverse oppositions/cancellations and court actions in various Middle East and South Asian countries. He has 20 years of rich experience in the field of IP starting from conceptualization, prosecution of IP, included but not limited to strategizing complex IPR litigation.

Rajendra Kumar

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Rajendra is one of the founding members of the law-firm, K&S Partners. He has an extensive experience of nearly 38 years in handling all aspects of prosecution and enforcement of trade marks, copyright and geographical indications. His expertise extends to the handling of TRIPS related issues, protection of copyright in the digital context, domain name disputes and intellectual property aspects of the entertainment industry and the Internet.He is now leading the firm's new practice in the area of 'Privacy & Data Protection'. RK assisted the Government of India in preparing the first draft of the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 in consultation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In 2005, Rajendra Kumar, co-authored a seminal work on geographical indications titled, “Geographical Indications: A Search for Identity”, published by Lexis Nexis Butterworths. Rajendra regularly appears before the IP Offices, various District and High Courts as well as the Supreme Court of India. He successfully argued before the High Court of Delhi in two of India's land-mark cases, Microfibres v Girdhar on the overlap between designs and copyright and Super Cassettes v Myspace on the availability of safe-harbour provisions to an intermediary in a claim for copyright infringement.

Guy Boyd

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Divya Kumat

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Divya brings with her over 23 years of rich and diverse experience, having held prominent legal and secretarial positions in leading corporations. Since last 14 years with Datamatics, Divya leads all legal, secretarial, IPR, and contract management of more than 40 group companies in India and overseas and is a key player in all in-organic initiatives of the Datamatics group, such as joint venture collaborations, mergers, acquisitions, and amalgamations globally. She is credited with formulating and enforcing several legally binding policies and frameworks including the Contract Management policy, Insider Trading policy, Whistle Blower policy, and Investor Grievance policy, Prevention of Sexual Harassment policy to name a few. Her efforts to secure various copyrights, trademarks, and service mark registrations globally have served to improve the company’s IPR wealth. She has addressed various forums in India and overseas as a guest speaker or key note speaker on topics like Contract Management, Role of General Counsel, Companies Act, POSH and other relevant topics. She was listed as top 100 General Counsels of India in 2017 by Legal500 and was also featured as India’s Finest In-House Counsels in the 2017 Edition of “Trailblazers” published by the Ministry of Law & Justice and the Department of Commerce, Government of India in collaboration with In house Counsel Worldwide and the Asia Pacific Corporate Counsel Alliance. Recently, she was also featured in “Diversity & the Bar” in Summer 2018 edition, a reputed US publication of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) for her views about gender relations and changing workplace environment. She has been a proud recipient of several notable awards and global recognitions viz. Leading Woman Company Secretary 2011; Leading Woman Owned Innovative Project Award 2013; Best Use of Technology & Innovation in Legal 2013; General Counsel of the Year 2014 (Female); Best IT Legal Business Leader 2017 - India by AI 2017 [UK] and Star Echelon – In-house Category during The Leadership Summit & Excellence Awards, 2017. Within Datamatics, She has been awarded with “Leadership in Business Excellence, 2018”; “Excellence in Execution 2016”; “Leadership in Business Excellence, 2014”; “Outstanding Achievement Award 2014”; “Leadership in Business Excellence, 2012”; “Leadership in Execution, 2012”; “Leadership in Execution, 2009”; “Leadership in Execution, 2008”; “Quality Award, 2008”; and “Excellence Award 2005” for her performance in various organic and in-organic matters of Datamatics Group companies. Prior to joining Datamatics, she was the Legal Head at Computer Sciences Corporation (India), a US MNC in India. Divya holds a dual Bachelor's Degree in Commerce (Honors) and Law (LLB). As a Gold Medalist in LLM, her final thesis presentation was on the subject of International Arbitration. She is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (FCS) and a merit holder in ICSA, London. She has recently completed 6 months certified course on Corporate Governance, launched by IICA and MCA.

Elizabeth Fiorelli

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Elizabeth Fiorelli is Assistant Adviser of Global Legal and Compliance, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, New York Branch. She is licensed as an attorney in the United States (in New York and in New Jersey). She has worked in the compliance industry for a number of financial institutions.

Patrick Boyd

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Patrick Boyd has appeared on prominent TV networks and has been quoted in numerous publications, including but not limited to: The New York Times, The New York Law Journal, U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, The New York Post, and the New York Daily News. Patrick has been selected as New York Super Lawyer in Employment Litigation every year since 2014. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service for outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of all lawyers in the State of New York receive this honor. https://www.theboydlawgroup.com/about-us/our-team/patrick-j-boyd/

Valerie Phillips

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Maxwell Popkin

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Maxwell Popkin is a rising third-year law student at New York Law School where he is a member of the Sports Law Society. As an avid sports fan he enjoys evaluating the intersection between labor issues and the law. Maxwell graduated with honors from the University of Florida where he majored in business administration and management. He also contributes as a writer for the Conduct Detrimental blog.

Lorena Cobiella

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Lorena Cobiella is a seasoned corporate inhouse lawyer and a compliance expert with international experience at Philip Morris International Inc. Lorena is admitted to practice in Spain. lcobiella@exemplifyconsulting.com

Michael Fawlk

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Michael Fawlk was the first Chief Compliance Officer and a former Vice President & Associate General Counsel at Philip Morris International, Inc. Michael is a Solicitor admitted to practice in England & Wales and Hong Kong. mfawlk@exemplifyconsulting.com

Vladislav Gorobinskiy

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Education: 2022 - The international school of mediation and negotiation of Elena Senina 2013 - University of London, London, International Programs, Diploma in the Common Law 2011 - Law Society of England and Wales, English Law Seminar 2008 - English Law Seminar organized by SJ Berwing, English Law Seminar 2008 - DevelopMENt, Refresher courses for corporate lawyers 2005 - Rostov State University, Presidential Professional Development Program 2001 - Rostov State University of Economics (RINH) 1997 - Taganrog State Radio Engineering University Work background: since July 2012, Head of the Legal Support Department for International Projects, New Investment Group LLC, Russia

Omar Obeidat

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Omar Obeidat is a Partner in Al Tamimi & Company and the Head of Competition and Intellectual Property and enjoys over 22 years of experience in this field. Omar obtained his LL.B degree in 1996 from Yarmouk University, Jordan, and his LL.M. degree in 1997 from the University of Georgia at Athens, USA and he is qualified before Jordan Bar Association. He advised on a number of areas including Intellectual Property, Competition, Media, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance and Consumer Protection in the UAE as well as the Arab region. Omar had previously advised, with a team of lawyers, the Jordanian Government on the accession to the World Trade Organization. Omar has overseen the Competition Law in the UAE from its inception initially commenting on the draft law to its adoption later on and implementation. In this regard, Omar is quite active in liaising with UAE Competition Authority in addressing compliance or defending clients’ interests. On Competition disputes, Omar was successful in defending a move distributor and cinema operator in the first of its kind Competition Law investigation in the UAE. On merger clearances, Omar was successful in obtaining approval for economic concentration decision by the Minister of economy for Uber acquisition of Careem assets. The significance of this transaction being in a dynamic ever-developing mobility sector and was the first merger control clearance worldwide for this transaction. On the legislative side, Omar assisted in drafting or commenting on Trademarks Regulation, Industrial Property (Design & Patent) Law, Trade Secrets Draft, Competition Law, Cyber Crimes Law, and Plant Varieties Law. Omar has spoken at tens of seminars, conferences, round tables on mostly intellectual property and, is regularly hosted on Televised programs including BBC World; ‘Middle East Business report’, Dubai TV, One TV, Rotana and Abu Dhabi TV, and has extensive publications. Omar sets as the Vice President of AIPPI-UAE national group, and a Board member of Brand Owners Protection Group (BPG). And is a member to many organisations locally and internationally including, and sat on various committees in International Trademarks Association. (INTA). He is also previously served as Trustee and Board member to the Dubai Advisory Board for Intellectual Property. Omar also previously sat as member of the Advisory Board for the Middle East North Africa Franchise Association (MENAFA), and on the Steering Committee for Global Entrepreneurship Monitor-UAE Chapter. Omar is ranked Band 1 in Chambers and Tier 1 in Legal 500, The World Trademark Review ranked Omar as Gold and states “IP head Omar Obeidat is the star of the show; he is strongly endorsed for his anti-counterfeiting know-how and his in-depth understanding of IP law”. Omar was also a Winner of the Client Choice Awards 2015 under the practice Intellectual Property-Trademarks. He was also chosen by Managing Intellectual Property in the IP Stars Handbook of years 2014 through 2019.

Moutaz Abdullat

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Moutaz Abdullat is currently employed at Ferrero GAC as General Counsel heading the Legal Department. He is looking after Corporate Governance, Joint ventures and acquisitions, Food Law, Intellectual Property, Data Privacy, Marketing Law and corporate commercial matters. Moutaz obtained his LL.B degree from Jordan and his Master’s Degree in International Business Law from Paris Sorbonne University.

Richard Bryan

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David Phillips

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David is an commercial litigator with broad experience in complex and high value case management in the High Court and various arbitration jurisdictions. Having also worked at a litigation funder he also has a deep understanding of alternative funding and insurance.

Howard Roberts

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Howard Roberts is in house lawyer for (and director of) Maxima Creditor Resolutions Limited, which advises creditors in connection with distressed debt.. He has over 20 years’ experience acting as a Commercial Insolvency Solicitor, Licensed Insolvency Practitioner, Mediator and Attorney of the Cayman Islands’ Bar. He has lectured upon and authored articles/books upon a wide range of company commercial and insolvency law topics. He is a qualified FA Referee (Level 5) and Head of the National Representation Team for the charitable Referees’ Association.”

Razi Mireskandari

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Qualified 1986, made partner in 1989, Head of litigation and Managing Partner since 2010. Recognised as a leader in defamation litigation and as a litigator in all major legal directories.

Anthony Philpott

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Anthony Philpott is a Construction Lawyer and is practising as a Barrister authorised to conduct litigation, in chambers in the Temple, London. He has the MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College University London and he is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He spent more than ten years as Legal Counsel with Bovis Lend Lease (now Lend Lease) a construction and project management multi-national where he advised on and negotiated every type of construction contract and represented the company on major projects and disputes including multi-million pound construction litigation. He is dual qualified as a practising barrister and solicitor (non-practising). He has the following experience in Construction contracts and disputes: • Conduct of Adjudication, Arbitration, Litigation and appearance as Counsel in the courts in construction disputes, including a reported case in the Technology and Construction Court of the High Court, published in the Building Law Reports in 2020, • In depth knowledge of every form of standard building contract • Advised on tender documents and terms and conditions and drafted amendments over many years • Advised on all associated contract documents of bonds, guarantees, collateral warranties, novation agreements and consultants’ appointments • Negotiated with leading city law firms on every type of building contract • Particular knowledge and experience of negotiation and drafting of Private Finance Initiative Hospital projects and Building Schools for the Future Facilities (BSF) Management contracts • Comprehensive knowledge of all Private Finance Initiative contractual documents • Drafted, negotiated and advised upon Facilities Management BSF contracts and Medical Equipment contracts and sub-contracts with suppliers on three major hospital projects at Havering and Roehampton in London and Leeds Oncology and Building Schools for the Future. • Comprehensive knowledge and experience of ADR in construction Adjudications, Arbitrations and Mediations • Conducted adjudications against leading London city construction law firms in submitting Notice of Intention to Adjudicate and Referral Notices, conducting arguments over jurisdiction of the adjudicator and natural justice legal and contractual arguments in general • Drafted pleadings, court and Alternative Disputes Resolution documents • Conducted litigation in the Court of Appeal, High Court (including in the enforcement of Adjudicator’s decision in the Technology and Construction Contracts Court) • Knowledge and experience of Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 as amended and case law on enforcement of Adjudicators’ decisions in the Technology and Construction Contracts.

Luca Chiama

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Francesco Carloni

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Francesco Carloni is a partner in the firm's Brussels and Milan offices where he is a member of the antitrust, competition & trade regulation practice group.Francesco has extensive experience in notifying mergers and joint ventures with the European Commission and national competition authorities in Europe,coordinating the notification of international transactions globally, and advising on all aspects of antitrust law, including vertical agreements, anti-cartel enforcement, collaborative arrangements,unilateral conduct, e-commerce, EU sector inquiries, public consultations, and state aid. He has been involved in some of the most high-profile and complex merger control cases, including in-depth (Phase 2) investigations and remedies.He offers compliance training and develops customized compliance programs adapted to clients' specific risk profiles. He has extensive experience in the fashion and luxury sector where he represents a number of the most iconic brands globally.He advises leading corporations in a variety of sectors including fashion and luxury, pharmaceutical, IT, digital maps, telecommunications, aviation, chemicals, liner shipping, food, dairy and automotive industries. A New York and Italian-qualified lawyer, Francesco graduated from the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' and received two LLMs from the College of Europe, Bruges, and Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a Fulbright scholar.

Cristina Leite

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Cristina Leite is an experienced Legal Counsel and Compliance Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the mining & metals industry. Skilled in Compliance, Corporate Governance, Contracts, Analytical Skills, and Management. Strong business development professional with postgraduation in Corporate Law and Master in Compliance.

Thiago R. Costa

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Legal Manager, DPO – Data Protection Officer and Compliance, having earned his Master Decree in Strategy and Business, LL.B. from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-MG) and a certificate degree in International Trade Relations from the same institution, as well as a certificate degree in Tax Law from Faculdade Milton Campos-MG. Certification in International Contracts from the Hague Academy of International Law, in Arbitration and International Contracts from the London School of Economics and Political Science, in addition to certifications in Brazil in Crisis Management and Reputation from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), and in Data Protection and Privacy from Insper.

Samantha Mangwana

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Samantha Mangwana leads Shine Lawyers' national Employment Law practice, from the firm' Sydney and Canberra offices. Samantha is highly experienced, having advised employers as well as individuals, in her 20-years of practice. Prior to working for Shine in Australia, she was a Partner at the leading firms in London advising individual senior executives and partners, predominantly from the legal and financial services sectors. Her experience included working on some of the highest-profile City discrimination and whistleblowing cases. Often acting for senior people in crisis situations, Samantha understands the pressures her clients are facing, and the priority of protecting reputations. Less visibly, she advises in the background on sensitive negotiations, as well as on general points of contract and partnership law for clients moving into new roles. Samantha frequently appears as a broadcast media commentator on employment and discrimination law issues, on TV and radio, as well as providing expert opinion in specialist industry and mainstream print and digital media.

Graham Browning

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Graham Browning trained as a solicitor at Clifford Chance and practised as an employment solicitor for 20 years at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. For 17 years he had dual HR and in-house counsel roles. As Global Head of People Performance and Employee Relations he managed crises, culture and change. He had a lead role in responding to the financial crisis and implementing a new global operating model for the firm. After #metoo, he drove a landmark programme to transform the firm’s culture worldwide. He was a founding member of a Stephen Lawrence Foundation initiative to address racial inequity and social mobility in Law. He was then a director at a workplace behaviour and inclusion consultancy. He trained global organisations on culture and difficult people situations. He also oversaw 50+ investigations in the financial, professional services, not for profit and leisure sectors. He has an MSc in Organisational Behaviour and taught Company Law at Cambridge University. He is based in the UK.

Amba Prasad

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A law graduate from Bangalore University, with experience of over 30 years in legal field, having practiced law in Bangalore initially, and as an In House counsel over 20 years. Has experience in dealing with formulation of joint ventures, consortium agreements, project contracts in Construction sector, legal side of project management and handling of litigation and alternate dispute resolution process

Prasanna Mysore

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Pras is the former GC of Larsen & Toubro and later of Aditya BIrla Group. He is now an independent Counsel. Arbitrator and a Mediator. He is based in Bangalore.

Bruce Ortwine

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General Counsel, Americas, Advisor, Global Legal and Compliance for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

Kenton Steele

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Zachary Pyers is a Partner and Kenton Steele is an Associate in the Columbus, Ohio office of Reminger Co., L.P.A. Their practices focus on a wide variety of litigation and emerging technologies. They host the Reminger Report Podcast on Emerging Technologies. They are Co-Authors of the book Ridesharing Law and Liability, published by the American Bar Association. They are also Adjunct Professors at Capital University where they teach various courses focuses on litigation and on emerging technologies.

Zachary Pyers

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Zachary Pyers is a Partner and Kenton Steele is an Associate in the Columbus, Ohio office of Reminger Co., L.P.A. Their practices focus on a wide variety of litigation and emerging technologies. They host the Reminger Report Podcast on Emerging Technologies. They are Co-Authors of the book Ridesharing Law and Liability, published by the American Bar Association. They are also Adjunct Professors at Capital University where they teach various courses focuses on litigation and on emerging technologies.

Bella Jagielski

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Bella Jagielski is a J.D. candidate at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, to be conferred in May of 2023. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Volume 51 of Capital University Law Review and awaits publication within such journal for her article, “A Comment on the Future: Can Blockchain and Smart Contracts Move Us Towards Decentralized Justice?” She is currently the legal intern for a technology start-up company, Aware, based out of Columbus, Ohio, where the possibilities of the future continue to energize her.

Liz Maag

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Liz Maag has been a licensed U.S. attorney since 2008. Originally an engineer, her career began with a focus on patent law. She moved into corporate law with Honda Patents & Technologies North America, LLC, but then shifted into the GC role of a start-up company. She pivoted once more, practicing antitrust law at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. Currently, she is the Senior Legal Counsel for a technology start-up company, Aware, based out of Columbus, Ohio.

Jonathan Paramasivam

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My name is Jonathan Paramasivam, and I am currently employed at myNews being one of the largest convenient chain stores in Malaysia. I have completed my Bachelor of Laws from the University of Hertfordshire, UK back in 2018. My first post-graduation job experience, as the legal counsel and in time promoted as the Head of the Legal Department in one of the Finance company has developed and nurtured in me the necessary etiquette and values of being a successful legal counsel in an early bird as me yet currently though there has been a swift shift from the finance field to the retail, chain store field, I am fitting in at the best of my ability as the field is as vast as the oceans are. Hence, on a positive note, I am glad that my experience is myNews keeps me learning and growing each day.

Simona Di Girolamo

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Ms. Simona Di Girolamo has been working in the consumers electronics sector technology retail for 15 years, as a salesperson during her studies and after graduating from law school in 2013 she joined the Ecommerce Division of MediaWorld. During her career she has combined her passion for technology and law focusing on data privacy protection issues, which combined with her seniority in the company, made up of knowledge of systems of procedures and dynamics, including interpersonal ones, allowed her to do so. She joined MW's Privacy Team in January 2022. Today, as Privacy Officer, she collaborates with reporting directly to the company DPO in drafting privacy documentation, in providing other company divisions for privacy impacts and she is in charge of the maintenance of the Processing Registers with the aim of spreading the culture of correct personal data processing within and outside the company.

Silvia Gorlani

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My skills have improved on the job as in-house lawyer, up to the role of data protection officer of Mediamarket SpA (leader in Italy for consumers electronics goods), the italian subsidiary of Mediamarkt Group. For 9 years I used to be Head of Legal Affairs of Unichips Italia SpA and Head of Privacy Coordination of the homonymous Group, owner among other things of the S. Carlo brand, which produces and markets chips and snacks in Italy and abroad. During that time, I was appointed member of the Board of Director of the European Snacks Association, a Brussels-based trade association representing around 80% of the European savoury snack market.

Komal Gadia

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Komal is a M&A Lawyer, with interalia specialization in Corporate & Commercial Laws, Securities Law, Competition Law, Global Data Protection Laws, Digital and E-Commerce Laws. She believes in setting positive trends and is a true Indian by heart. Given her passion for the Country and her area of expertise, she works closely with the government both directly and indirectly in bringing about legislative reforms. She has also been on various rule making committees of the Government of India. Komal has interalia handled acclaimed deals such as Idea & Vodafone Merger, Flipkart Investment in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited, Collaboration with Sabyasachi Couture and Tarun Tahiliani, etc.

Arindam Sarkar

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Arindam is a transactional lawyer with almost eighteen years of work experience in general corporate/ commercial laws, cross border M&A, joint ventures, venture capital/ private equity, corporate commercial and financing transactions. He has worked in reputed firms like AZB & Partners and Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co. and is currently a Partner with Khaitan & Co. He is an independent director on the board of various reputed companies.

Partha Banerjee

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Aparajita, Manager Legal & Compliance with Niva Bupa health Insurance. She is a 2016- B.A,LLB(H.) graduate from University of Petroleum & Energy Studies. She brings in close to 6 years of cross functional exposure in Legal field, both research & corporate sector. She has been actively authoring for journals in Insurance Institute of India and BimaQuest.

Colleen DiSanto

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Colleen M. DiSanto is a Partner/Member of the Scottsdale law firm of DiSanto & DiSanto, PLC. Her practice focuses on Employment-Based Immigration Law issues, with extensive experience representing engineering and information technology firms. Ms. DiSanto is a Member of the AZ AILA Executive Council, and has served as the NMD and MVD Liaison since 2019, as well as the AILA National Member Engagement Committee since 2021. Ms. DiSanto also served as the Chair and Past-Chair of the Immigration Section of the State Bar of Arizona from 2005 through 2008, and was awarded an AV Preeminent rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory in 2009. She can be reached at cmd@disantoimmigrationlaw.com.

Molly Machold

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Molly Machold serves as General Counsel for FacilitySource, LLC, a subsidiary of CBRE, Inc. FacilitySource provides end-to-end facilities maintenance management services primarily for retail and multi-site clients. Ms. Machold manages all aspects of FacilitySource’s legal department. Prior to joining FacilitySource in 2017, Ms. Machold was a construction litigator for a national law firm for close to 15 years. She can be reached at molly.machold@cbre.com.

Sarah Kasslatter

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Sarah Kasslatter is associate at GRAF ISOLA. She supports and advises national and international companies in various areas of business law. Her areas of specialization include corporate and commercial law, competition and antitrust law, IP/IT law as well as international trade law. Sarah Kasslatter studied law at the University of Vienna and at the University KU Leuven in Belgium.

Andreas Edlinger

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Andreas Edlinger is attorney at law at GRAF ISOLA. His area of expertise is corporate law. He advises international group companies and small and medium-sized enterprises. His expertise covers company set-ups, international restructurings (including cross-border mergers) and the acquisition or sale of shareholdings and assets. In this context, Andreas Edlinger also assists with the corresponding merger filings under antitrust law. He supports and advises auditors in the course of their work, in particular on capital market transactions.

Robert Gulla

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Robert Gulla is General Counsel of Lukoil International GmbH.

Ferdinand Graf

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Ferdinand Graf is a founding partner of GRAF ISOLA. He advises domestic and foreign companies on ongoing corporate law issues as well as on cross-border M&A transactions and restructurings. In his areas of expertise, Ferdinand is also active as a litigator. Ferdinand Graf has international experience through his studies in the United States and his work in law firms in New York and Washington. He is also admitted to the New York State Bar. He publishes regularly in his areas of expertise, in particular competition and antitrust law and, most recently, extensively on data protection law. Together with his team, Ferdinand Graf has been advising LUKOIL for more than 20 years.

Spyros Makris

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Dr. Spyros Makris is IPR Policy Manager at Ericsson. His main responsibilities include legal advice, research and training on various topics regarding the licensing and assertion of Intellectual Property Rights and especially patents. Prior to joining Ericsson, Spyros worked for almost seven years as a lawyer at Wach + Meckes LLP in Munich, focusing on international commercial litigation and arbitration. Before moving to Munich, Spyros worked for three years as a lecturer in international business law at the University of Applied Sciences of West Macedonia in Greece. Spyros is admitted to the Bar in Germany (Syndikusrechtsanwalt) and Greece (Dikigoros). He holds a PhD degree (Dr. iur) and a master’s degree (LL.M.) from the University of Constance, Germany as well as a law degree from the Democritian University of Thrace, Greece. Originally from Greece, but brought up in Germany, Spyros speaks German, English, Greek and basic French.

Emilienne Salmon

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Emilienne is in charge of business law in conjunction with all the transversal departments and the management of the GROSFILLEX Group. She is involved in negotiating contracts, managing litigation with the lawyers and advising the operational teams. She can also provide support to the team specialising in insurance and corporate law. Her contacts belong to all the entities of the GROSFILLEX Group (subsidiaries and parent company).

Anne-Florence Raducault

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Anne-Florence Raducault, Partner at Bird&Bird in Business Litigation and Criminal Business Law Anne-Florence is a partner in Bird&Bird Dispute Resolution Group in France, which has a particular interest in the civil, commercial and criminal risks in industrial sectors, and assist clients for prevention of risks and compliance. Anne-Florence assists international clients on commercial litigation cases (breach of contract, unfair competition, shareholders disputes, etc.) before the courts of first degree or Appeal Courts. For international commercial relationships or for non-French companies, especially related to international contracts or foreign contract policies, she draws her experience of European issues, particularly on the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. In recent years, she has written several operational books aimed at business leaders to help them understand their own personal risks, as well as the key measures for good management of risk prevention, and how to manage risks and crisis when they happen.

Celine Gasser

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Celine Gasser, Senior European Counsel at Bird&Bird in Business Litigation and Criminal Business Law Acting before the Courts of First Degree and the Appeal Courts, Celine also advise on civil, commercial and criminal cases, as well as on issues of unfair competition and termination of business relations. Celine developed significant experience in litigation in civil and commercial matters, distribution law, commercial or contractual liability, or in disputes between partners. Celine also acts as a drafter of sui generis contracts, amicable termination of commercial leases or specific clauses of residential leases.

Aishwarya Gupta

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Aishwarya has been practicing law since 2019 and is current working with the corporate team of JSA. She has worked primarily in the areas of asset acquisitions, business transfers, and domestic and cross border investments in unlisted companies. She also routinely works on other general corporate commercial transactions including advising start-ups in venture capital transactions and in relation to their operational activities.

Pallavi Puri

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Pallavi has been practicing for close to about two decades. She specializes in Mergers & Acquisitions (both Listed and Unlisted), Private Equity investments and General Corporate Commercial and has represented domestic and multi-national companies in cross-border transactions across industry sectors, advising on Foreign Direct Investments, Joint Ventures, Technology Transfers and Commercial Contract Issues. She also has represented various strategic and financial investors, particularly Private Equity Funds and investee companies in a variety of investments and exits.

Dhananjay Shahi

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Dhananjay is currently the Head – Corporate Legal at Bharti Enterprises Ltd. Prior to joining Bharti, he was the Deputy General Counsel at Flipkart where he was heading the M&A and Fintech legal functions. He is a diversely skilled in –house attorney with more than two decades of experience.

Ciaran Wells

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Ciaran Wells is Senior In-House Solicitor at Lancashire County Council. As well as advising on all manner of commercial and procurement matters, the Council’s in-house commercial lawyers regularly encounter issues in connection with the provision of care services. Given the size of the Council, the number of services it commissions and the way in which the care market operates, the Council is often faced with situations where a company's inability to meets its contractual commitments is brought to its urgent attention. Sometimes companies default on their obligations or give extremely short notice of an imminent default, for it later to come to light that the company directors' behaviour should be called into question. This leaves the Council with little comfort that they will be compensated if they pursue a company which may no longer have any assets. At other times, the Council is persuaded to pay for services on the faith of misrepresentations about the company’s longevity and wherewithal. In such cases, the question arises whether those running the company might be sued personally and how to go about bringing such proceedings to impose personal liability. In that connection, it is not uncommon for outside counsel to be instructed to assist.

Mike Wilkinson

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Dr MIKE WILKINSON is a business and property law barrister at 18 St John Street in Manchester. Whilst his practise encompasses the range of traditional commercial-chancery work, Mike has developed a special interest in third party claims against directors. Having worked on a series of cases involving third parties suing directors personally, including for Lancashire County Council, Mike decided to write a book on the subject. The article which follows provides an overview and summary of that book. Should readers of the International In House Counsel Journal wish to purchase a copy, they are eligible to receive a £25 discount using the code YBTS7JB on the following link: https://www.lawbriefpublishing.com/SeparateLegalPersonality/

Stacy Lewis

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Stacy Lewis is called to the bar in New York and has worked as a law clerk at Finnegan since 1995. She focuses on research and writing, particularly in the life sciences. She is the coordinating editor of the books Global Patent Litigation: How and Where to Win and Design Patent Law, as well as the coursebook Chemical Patent Practice. Stacy sits on the AIPLA Quarterly Journal and IPO Law Journal editorial boards. She can be reached at stacy.lewis@finnegan.com.

Angela Sebor

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Angie Sebor is the Director Intellectual Property at Tolmar, Inc., a Colorado-based, fully integrated pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative, specialty pharmaceutical products in the areas of urology, oncology, pediatric endocrinology and dermatology. Angie is a registered U.S. patent agent with a Ph.D. in Immunology and more than 25 years’ experience in patent law, both as an in-house practitioner and in private practice, primarily in the areas of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

Xiaoguang Michelle Gao

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Dr. Gao is Assistant General Patent Counsel at Eli Lilly and Company. She obtained her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Northwestern University, and J.D. from the University of Illinois. Prior to joining Eli Lilly, she was a Patent Attorney at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, where she supported ImmunoOncology and Neuroscience programs. She also worked for Fish & Richardson as an associate, focusing her practice on biopharma-related patent prosecution and litigation there.

Grace Royal Bassaragh

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Grace Royal Bassaragh is an attorney-at-law specializing in Corporate and Commercial Law serving as in-house counsel for Sagicor Group Jamaica. For over 20 years, she has specialized in insurance and pension law and has made numerous estate planning presentations to organizations as part of their pre-retirement planning. She has spearheaded the legal team on legal issues evolving from the acquisition of a number of hotels, local and international franchises and has negotiated and finalized mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector in Jamaica, including banks and insurance companies. She has also managed the employment law issues arising out of these mergers and acquisitions. Grace has responsibility for the legal aspects of the real estate portfolio for the Sagicor Group, leading on several major real estate transactions. She has served on the board and as legal advisor for the Vaz Preparatory School for the past 15 years and is a former member of the board of the Church on the Rock Foundation. Grace has a passion for gardening with a keen interest in orchids.

Emile Leiba

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Emile Leiba is is currently the firm’s Managing Partner. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department. Emile Leiba practices in Employment Law and Civil Litigation specializing primarily in Commercial Litigation. Emile has acted for international and local clients in providing general labour law advice, drafting and reviewing policy manuals and contracts of employment, advising on claims for bargaining rights by unions and acted in contested dismissal claims in the Industrial Disputes Tribunal, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. He has also acted for maritime clients and litigated contested ship arrest applications at the Supreme Court and Appellate levels in addition to other substantive maritime claims. Emile has presented at seminars and published articles on labour and maritime law. Emile practiced in Property and Commercial law prior to specializing in Litigation and Employment law. Emile is a Partner and member of the Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Department. He is the Immediate Past President of the Jamaican Bar Association and is a current member of the Executive and Bar Council of the Jamaican Bar Association. He is the Chairperson of the Industrial Relations and Labour Law Sub-Committee of JAMBAR. He is a member of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, Legislation and Regulations Sub-Committee; the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission, First Instance Tribunal. Emile has also served as Honorary Counsel to the Little Theatre Movement of Jamaica and is an Associate Tutor in Civil Procedure and Practice at Norman Manley Law School. Emile is a former Commissioner of the Fair Trading Commission, a member and former President of the Jamdammers Running Club, a primary organizer of the internationally known Reggae Marathon and an avid marathon runner and triathlete who has participated in several international events.

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Tuomas Keltto

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Tuomas is a business-minded lawyer with a demonstrated history of working in an international tech company and in international business. As a Specialist Legal Counsel at Wärtsilä, Tuomas provides specialized legal support for tech contracts and new business innovations. He mainly works with technology-related issues such as software licensing, SaaS contracts, data rights, cyber security – including working with the EU Data Act, EU AI Act, NIS Directive and other relevant regulation. In addition to this, Tuomas provides legal support for some territory-specific (Middle East and Asia) Sales departments in matters related to supply contracts and service agreements. He also manages disputes and takes care of competition law matters and GDPR issues.

Jatin Jalundhwala

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Jatin Jalundhwala is the Joint President Legal and Company Secretary of the Adani Group in India.

Vanita Bhargava

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Vanita Bhargava is a Senior Member of the Dispute Resolution Team in Khaitan & Co. She is also an Advocate on Record in Supreme Court. She has almost 25 years of experience in a variety of matters including matters relating to Constitutional laws, Taxation Laws, Environment Laws, Civil Laws, Corporate Laws, Mining Laws, Forest Laws, Shareholder Disputes and Arbitration (Domestic and International), Banking Laws and Insolvency matters and others.

Anagha Tendulkar

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Anagha Tendulkar, is an In-house counsel at Cipla Limited, India. Her role majorly focusses on activities relating to ANDA litigations and includes pre-litigation, in- litigation and post- litigation strategizing for early product launch. Other activities include portfolio selection, priming on legal and regulatory hurdles, strategic decision making, due diligence for small molecules and biologicals, etc. Professional background She has about 14 years of experience in this field. Prior to joining Cipla Limited, she was an In- house counsel at Panacea Biotech, India. Her role was to manage various IP related activities for the organization, including identifying early market entry opportunities, patent due diligences, design- around strategies, patent drafting and prosecution. Presentations • Speaker- National Seminar organized by PES, Modern College of Pharmacy, India- “Patent Basics and Overview of Generic Drugs in US” • Invited to address on “Patents- an insight” at a symposium, Modern College of Pharmacy, India Publications/ Posters • “Written Description Requirement of Patentability” Anagha Tendulkar, Patent In- house counsel, Cipla. International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 15, No. 58, Winter 2022, 1 . “Blocking Effect of the Blocking Act?” Anagha Tendulkar, Patent In- house counsel, Cipla. International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 14, No. 55, Spring 2021, 1 • “Demethylation and Transcriptional activation of genes involved in metastasis of pancreatic cancer by Methyl-CpG-binding domain 2. ” Tendulkar S. , Ou J. -N. , Tendulkar A. , Szyf M. Pharmacological research day (PRD) annual meeting Montreal, CANADA, Jun 2006. • “Demethylation and Transcriptional activation of genes involved in metastasis of pancreatic cancer by Methyl-CpG-binding domain 2. ” Tendulkar S. , Ou J. -N. , Tendulkar A. , Szyf M. AACR, Washington D. C. , Apr 2006. • “Metabolic engineering of Yeast: Yarrowia lipolytica” Tendulkar A. , Bhave S. Chattoo B. B. , International meeting - “Yeast 2003”, IMTECH, Chandigarh, India, Feb 2003. Education • LL. B, University of Mumbai • Registered Patent Agent, India • P. G. Diploma in Patent Management, AIPS, Mumbai • Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology, McGill University, Canada • Research Fellow, MSU, Baroda, India • Post-graduation, University of Mumbai (Microbiology/ Biotechnology) Achievements • Qualified- Joint All- India CSIR-UGC Test, CSIR, New Delhi, India • Qualified- State Eligibility Test, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India • Awarded Certificate of merit, Post-graduation, University of Mumbai

Gary Weingarden

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Gary Weingarden is counsel and Data Protection Officer at Notarize, Inc. Before joining Notarize, he was an attorney in the financial services industry, most recently working at Quicken Loans Inc. and some of its affiliated companies. Gary has advised clients about contracts, privacy, security, and e-commerce issues for over a decade and has been practicing law for 28 years. He is a graduate of The University of Michigan Law School and is a member of (ISC)2, ISACA, IAPP, and is a licensed to practice law in Hawaii and Michigan. He has multiple certifications in privacy (CIPP/E, CIPM, CDPSE, and CIPT among them), Security, and Compliance and Ethics. He has authored multiple articles on privacy law.

Matthias Artzt

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Dr. Matthias Artzt is a certified lawyer and senior legal counsel at Deutsche Bank AG since 1999. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank he worked as a lawyer at a law firm in Stuttgart, Germany. He has been practicing data protection law for many years and was particularly involved in the implementation of the GDPR within Deutsche Bank AG. He advises internal clients globally regarding data protection issues as well as complex international outsourcing agreements involving data privacy related matters and regulations. He is a graduate of the University of Tübingen, where he obtained his Doctor of Law degree. Moreover, he is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and since January 2018 a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E). He was also a member of the European Advisory Board of the IAPP. Matthias is the author of numerous articles on data protection law. Particularly, he is the co-editor and co-author of the recently released Handbook of Blockchain Law (published by Wolters Kluwer). Further, he is a regular panel speaker on various national and international conferences, seminars and webinars, e.g. at the Central Bank of Brazil in 2018. He has an in-depth knowledge of the GDPR and its interfaces with other topics such as Cloud Computing, Big Data, AI, Blockchain, US-Cloud Act and PSD2.

Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine

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Study of law, politics and Japanese studies at Bonn University 1989 – 1995; scholar of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung 1990 – 1995; study of language and culture in Kyoto (1991/92) and Reims (1992/93). Research assistant at the Institute for International and Foreign Private Law of Cologne University 1995 – 1998. Legal traineeship in Wuppertal, Düsseldorf, Cologne and Tokyo 1996 – 1998; second juridical state examination 1998. Research student at Kobe University 1998/99 as scholar of the Japan Foundation. German attorney-at-law since 2000. Doctorate in Law, University of Osnabrück in 2003. With HOFFMANN EITLE since 2004. Lecturer in the "Master of Advanced Studies in Intellectual Property" program at the ETH Zurich in the academic years 2009 and 2010. Co-head of HOFFMANN EITLE's Litigation & Licensing Group since 2010. Since 2020 Business Mediator (Munich qualification – Eidenmüller/Hacke/Fries)

Nikita Alymov

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Study of law at Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg 2011-2017; legal traineeship at the higher regional court of Munich 2017 – 2019, including stages at a leading European law firm in Munich in intellectual property and in the legal department of the European Patent Office in Munich; 2020-2021 Master Studies in Intellectual Property Law in London at Queen Mary University of London; with HOFFMANN EITLE since 2020

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Chief Sustainability Officer, Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 20 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and is an Advisor to the Sustainability Panel of the Singapore Stock Exchange’s SGListco Association.

Victoria Usova

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Victoria is a dual-qualified lawyer (UK and US) functioning as Group Legal Counsel for Central Asia Metals plc, with experience working with private and publicly listed mining and extractives companies with a focus on metals, energy, and natural resources.

Bruce Ortwine

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General Counsel, Americas, Advisor, Global Legal and Compliance for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

Stephen Giles

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Sally Glover

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Sally is the Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer for KFC South Pacific, the franchisor of the iconic KFC brand in Australia and New Zealand. KFC is a subsidiary of NYSE listed Yum! Brands Inc. Sally is a general counsel with more than 25 years’ experience. Before joining KFC, Sally held senior roles at Constellation Wines, Pfizer and the Premier’s Office in South Australia.

Silvia Gorlani

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My skills have improved on the job as in-house lawyer, up to the role of data protection officer of Mediamarket SpA (leader in Italy for consumers electronics goods), the italian subsidiary of Mediamarkt Group. For 9 years I used to be Head of Legal Affairs of Unichips Italia SpA and Head of Privacy Coordination of the homonymous Group, owner among other things of the S. Carlo brand, which produces and markets chips and snacks in Italy and abroad. During that time, I was appointed member of the Board of Director of the European Snacks Association, a Brussels-based trade association representing around 80% of the European savoury snack market.

Agnès Terreau

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Joseph Aronds

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Joseph M. Aronds is Vice President and Chief Litigation and Trial Counsel at Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., a commercial real estate development corporation based in Secaucus, New Jersey. In his practice, Mr. Aronds consistently handles multi-million dollar litigation and arbitration matters. He has been practicing in the field of complex litigation and arbitration for more than 31 years. Mr. Aronds has served as the president of the Association of Corporate Counsel - New Jersey, the New Jersey chapter of the Washington, D.C.-based Association of Corporate Counsel. Throughout his career, Mr. Aronds has been a speaker or panelist at numerous continuing legal education seminars on a variety of topics. Mr. Aronds received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. In addition to his legal work, Mr. Aronds has authored and drawn an online law-themed cartoon, "Overruled!," several of which have been auctioned off to raise money for various charitable causes.

Nicolas Vielliard

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Nicolas Vielliard is qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales and in Ireland, and is currently senior counsel at Shawcor. Nicolas is also the Association of Corporate Counsel’s (ACC) Country Representative for the Netherlands.

Anagha Tendulkar

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Anagha Tendulkar, is an In-house counsel at Cipla Limited, India. Her role majorly focusses on activities relating to ANDA litigations and includes pre-litigation, in- litigation and post- litigation strategizing for early product launch. Other activities include portfolio selection, priming on legal and regulatory hurdles, strategic decision making, due diligence for small molecules and biologicals, etc. Professional background She has about 14 years of experience in this field. Prior to joining Cipla Limited, she was an In- house counsel at Panacea Biotech, India. Her role was to manage various IP related activities for the organization, including identifying early market entry opportunities, patent due diligences, design- around strategies, patent drafting and prosecution. Presentations • Speaker- National Seminar organized by PES, Modern College of Pharmacy, India- “Patent Basics and Overview of Generic Drugs in US” • Invited to address on “Patents- an insight” at a symposium, Modern College of Pharmacy, India Publications/ Posters • “Blocking Effect of the Blocking Act?” Anagha Tendulkar, Patent In- house counsel, Cipla. International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 14, No. 55, Spring 2021, 1 • “Demethylation and Transcriptional activation of genes involved in metastasis of pancreatic cancer by Methyl-CpG-binding domain 2. ” Tendulkar S. , Ou J. -N. , Tendulkar A. , Szyf M. Pharmacological research day (PRD) annual meeting Montreal, CANADA, Jun 2006. • “Demethylation and Transcriptional activation of genes involved in metastasis of pancreatic cancer by Methyl-CpG-binding domain 2. ” Tendulkar S. , Ou J. -N. , Tendulkar A. , Szyf M. AACR, Washington D. C. , Apr 2006. • “Metabolic engineering of Yeast: Yarrowia lipolytica” Tendulkar A. , Bhave S. Chattoo B. B. , International meeting - “Yeast 2003”, IMTECH, Chandigarh, India, Feb 2003. Education • LL. B, University of Mumbai • Registered Patent Agent, India • P. G. Diploma in Patent Management, AIPS, Mumbai • Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology, McGill University, Canada • Research Fellow, MSU, Baroda, India • Post-graduation, University of Mumbai (Microbiology/ Biotechnology) Achievements • Qualified- Joint All- India CSIR-UGC Test, CSIR, New Delhi, India • Qualified- State Eligibility Test, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India • Awarded Certificate of merit, Post-graduation, University of Mumbai

Haitao Zhang

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Haitao Zhang, Esq., In-house counsel and director legal for CNPC America Ltd., licensed in NY, USA and Alberta, Canada, and has been working in international petroleum industry for almost 20 years and has rich experiences in new venture business and project legal management in petroleum sector.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Chief Sustainability Officer, Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 20 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce.

R. Mark McCareins

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R. Mark McCareins practiced antitrust, trade regulation and unfair competition law for the firm of Winston and Strawn LLP for over thirty years where he appeared as trial counsel in nearly forty (40) federal courts. In addition, he has authored nearly twenty books or articles on antitrust related topics. While he is a past chair of the Chicago Bar Association antitrust committee, Mark has served in leadership positions in several bar associations including the Illinois State Bar Association and the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, where he currently serves as the Liaison to Antitrust Section leadership from the Intellectual Property Section. Mark has served on the faculty at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management for over thirty years; teaching antitrust, business law and non-profit corporate governance. He currently is a Clinical Professor of Strategy at Kellogg.

Madelein Kleyn

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Dr. Madelein Kleyn has more than 27 years international experience as intellectual property practisioner, patent attorney and in-house legal corporate counsel in the petrochemical and agri industries. She is presently the Director, Technology Transfer at Innovus, the division of Stellenbosch University accountable for the commercialisation of IP eminating from the University. She also is the CEO and founder of Mad K IP consulting (Pty) Ltd a private company advising clients on IP matters. She is a qualified chemical engineer (BSc Chem Eng) , an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a registered South African patent attorney. She holds a LLM in tax law and PhD in intellectual property law. Her technical expertise is in the area of petrochemicals, chemistry, process engineering, explosives and agriculture. Madelein’s main areas of expertise include IP Portfolio management, IP policy and strategy development and implementation. She regularly advises on corporate governance and IP risk management and specialises in drafting and advising on IP-related business transactions, including technology transfer and licensing. Madelein has authored and presented various articles, papers and publications on IP matters internationally specifically on technology and IP licensing and commentaries on national IP related legislation. Since 2014 she is the co-editor of the textbook “International Pharmaceutical Law”and is also a co-author of the South African Chapter of this publication. She is a member of the SAIIPL (South African Institute of Intellectual Property Lawyers) and also the editor of the SAIIPL newsletter IP Briefs™. She is a member of INTA (International Trademark Association) and CCASA (Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa), ACS (American Chemical Society) and SARIMA ( Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association). She is also member of LES (License Executive Society of South Africa - immediate past president) and the Chair of the LES International Patent and Technology licensing Committee and Vice President of LESI. Madelein was included in the IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists since 2015 and featured in WTR300 World’s leading trademark professionals since 2016.

Duncan Alford

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Duncan Alford joined the faculty of the University of South Carolina School of Law in April 2007 and currently serves as Professor of Law and as Associate Dean and Director of the Law Library. The UofSC School of Law is the only public law school in South Carolina and part of South Carolina’s flagship research university. Professor Alford received his J.D. with Honors from the School of Law of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his B.A. with High Distinction in Economics and French from the University of Virginia. Professor Alford practiced law in Atlanta and Charlotte, NC, prior to entering academia. Before attending law school, Professor Alford was a Business Analyst with McKinsey & Company, Inc. He has held research fellowships at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the American Academy in Rome, the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, and was a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Mkar, Benue State, Nigeria. He is admitted to practice law in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.

Guangdong Cheng

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Guangdong Cheng is the Senior VP - General Counsel of Nanshan Group Co., Ltd. He leads a team of 80 members responsible for Nanshan Group’s legal and compliance operation. He is a Chinese, UK, and New York qualified attorney. He has been a lecturer at the Yantai University School of Law. He also serves as a arbitrator at Shanghai International Arbitration Center.

Kingsley Osei

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Kingsley Osei is Lead Project Counsel to the New York State Higher Education Consortium Large Scale Renewable Energy Project ("NYHE"). NYHE is a consortium of twenty-one universities and colleges in New York that are load-serving entities on the NYISO power market that will within the next three years transition up to 1000MW (100%) of their power load requirements to renewable energy sources through third-party financed and owned large scale renewable energy projects. https://system.suny.edu/capital-facilities/energy-management/sustainability/ny-he-lsre-large-scale-renewable-energy/

Clive Davies

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Clive is a senior counsel with Fujitsu in the UK advising in particular on major IT service contracts with customers in the public and private sectors. Prior to joining Fujitsu Clive was the lead IT and outsourcing partner in London at two leading city law firms. Clive specialises in advising on large outsourcing agreements. He has a particular interest in improving the contracting process, believing that a successful contract supports effective delivery. He is also the professional development manager for the legal and commercial function in Fujitsu UK seeking to improve training and individual capability. Clive lectures and writes regularly on IT subjects. Clive is past chair and Fellow of SCL, a past chair of ITechLaw's In-House Committee and an editor of Communications Law.

Andrea d'Agostino

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Andrea d’Agostino is an international business lawyer with bachelor’s degree in Law from Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Naples, Italy, and (i) Master Business Law (LL.M) from Business School Sole24Ore, Milan; (ii) Master of Law from Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley (CA); (iii) Master in Data Protection Officer & Privacy Matter Expert, TL Academy, Milan; (iv) Master in New Technologies and Digital Innovation, TL Academy, Milan. Andrea has built a good knowledge and experience in corporate and commercial law, data protection and advertising. He has worked in various international and domestic law firms in Italy including one of the BigFour consulting company (Deloitte). He has also a vast experience as in-house counsel in a multinational set up like the Coca-Cola Company (Sony Europe). In this context he acquired great expertise in the field of compliance, antitrust and M&A. He joined the Coca-Cola Company from Mondadori Group, the main Italian publishing company belonging to Fininvest Group, where he covered the role of senior legal counsel and privacy director.

James Lau

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James Lau Chief Legal Officer with 30 years both contentious and non-contentious international cross-border transactional and dispute-resolution experience acquired through a combination of private practice at industry-leading law firms and in-house roles at Fortune 500 Multinational Corporations.

Camelia Gardot

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Camelia Gardot is senior Compliance manager at Airbus (Defence and Space Division). Practicing as in-house counsel for international companies for more than 15 years, she has extensive experience in the areas of contract law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and intellectual property. She holds a Master’s degree in international business law from the University of Toulouse (France) and a “Mergers and Acquisitions” Diploma from the College of Law of England and Wales.

Ugo Ettore Di Stefano

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Lawyer - Senior Partner at LEXELLENT Former Group General Counsel, Company Board Secretary, Member of Board and Data Protection Officer at Mondadori Group.

Natalia Gulyaeva

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Natalia Gulyaeva has a wealth of experience working with clients in the high tech, pharma and biotechnology fields. Her diverse practice encompasses portfolio management, dispute resolution, and transactional work. Natalia is well-known for a chain of victories in IP disputes before the Russian courts. She is equally creative and successful in handling complex disputes between international and domestic corporations in Russia and other CIS countries, and for coordinating multi-jurisdictional dispute resolution (i ncluding litigation and arbitration). Qualified in both Russian and English law, Natalia coordinates multi-jurisdictional dispute resolution matters. Natalia is a Chair of the ICC Russia Task Force on Psychological Issues in International Arbitration. Natalia is included into the lists of arbitrators of various arbitration institutions including WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), ICC, Russian Arbitration Center. Natalia is a member of the WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Advisory Committee 2021-2024. Natalia is a ?hair of the Russian Chapter of the CIArb European Branch and an approved faculty member of CIArb. Natalia is widely published, and is a regular speaker at high-profile conferences including MIP, ABA, IAPP and INTA. Natalia's team has received several international awards for their work in IP litigation and transactional matters in Russia/CIS. Hogan Lovells Moscow team, led by Natalia Gulyaeva, has been shortlisted in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards in the category Practice of law: moving the market forward - 'Guiding Netflix to complete its first-ever Russian localization'.

Vadim Nyunyaev

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Vadim Nyunyaev heads the IP department of Gazprom Neft. Vadim Nyunyaev takes care of worldwide trademark portfolio of most effective energy giant Gazprom subsidiary Gazprom Neft and promptly resolves trademark conflicts with international businesses, fights against the Russian PTO refusals in registration of Gazprom trademarks risks and manages high expectations of Gazprom Neft business team. Vadim specializes in issues of copyright, advertising, intellectual property since 1999. In 2008, he defended his dissertation on the topic "Legal regulation of advertising activities" at St. Petersburg State University. He combined practical work with teaching at the St. Petersburg State University of Economics. Vadim publishes works on topical issues of intellectual property law and other issues of civil law.

Lerothodi Mohale

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The first author is Sibonile Moyo, head of legal for investments at the Development Bank of Southern Africa. She has over seven years of experience as a practicing attorney focusing on finance and projects. The second author is Lerothodi Mohale, senior associate at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. He specializes in insolvency, restructuring and business rescue.

Sibonile Moyo

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Sibonile is an experienced transaction advisor with over 10 years deal experience specialising in deal assessment and structuring, project finance, climate finance, renewable energy, legal and institutional due diligences, business development, contract regulatory and risk analysis, drafting and review of finance and project documents, equity instruments, institutional review and public finance. She has acted as lead advisor on a range of project development, corporate and finance transactions, public private partnership issues, concession or public private partnership agreements, construction and operational contracts, power purchase agreements, public procurement, regulatory and administrative review and loan agreements, with a focus on energy, social infrastructure, ICT, water infrastructure, transport & logistics as well as municipal finance. She also acted as lead advisor on a range of general corporate and commercial work and company secretarial work. Her responsibilities include, due diligence, assisting with the negotiating, drafting, preparing and reviewing of mandate letters, term sheets, concession or private public partnership agreements, construction and operational contracts, loan facility agreements, security agreements, various commercial agreements and related documents, assisting with various matters for financial closes, researching diverse aspects of law and drafting advisory opinions.

Klemen Kreca

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Klemen Kreca is an associate at Schönherr Attorneys at Law and studying towards a Master's in Business at KU Leuven. Klemen graduated first in class from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana, was one of twenty recipients of the University’s special commendation for extraordinary academic achievements out of more than 40,000 students enrolled across all faculties, whilst winning all major national moot courts, tutoring fellow students, working at a renowned law firm and on various academic projects. Klemen holds an LL.M. in Finance from Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, which is also where he interned for Deutsche Börse AG and worked as a legal trainee at Banco Santander's Corporate and Investment Banking Division.

Timo Matthias Spitzer

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Timo Matthias Spitzer is an internationally acclaimed and purpose-oriented Head of Legal. He worked at three major banks and three leading international law firms. Timo is dually qualified as Rechtsanwalt (Germany) and Solicitor (England & Wales) with a First Class Honors LL.M. in International Economic Law from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is a native German, fluent in English, French, Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish. Timo is currently Banco Santander’s Head of Legal Corporate and Investment Banking for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Nordic Countries. He is also a Board Member and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Law and Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt in a global Top 10 Master program for banking, finance and securities law as recognised by LL.M. Guide from 2018 to 2021. Timo is Chairman of The Legal 500 General Counsel Powerlist Germany Advisory Board and a Member of the General Counsel Leadership Circle and Advisory Board Member of the German Institute for Legal Departments and Corporate Lawyers (diruj) as well as of Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Business Law Magazine, Going Digital Magazine and Sustainable Value Magazine. He is the author of “The Importance of Human Leadership with Integrity in a Highly Regulated and Tech-Reliant Corporate Environment” as published by Harvard Business Law Review (February 2020). Timo is a keynote speaker at reputable conferences (e.g., at Harvard Law School). He is featured on The Legal 500 General Counsel Powerlists Germany 2017, 2019 and GC Powerlist Germany Teams 2018. Timo is the winner of the 2018 Santander Group Global WiseLegalSpeakers’ Award and the 2019 European and Global Counsel Awards by the Association of Corporate Counsel. He also acts as a judge for several legal awards.

Vanita Bhargava

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Vanita Bhargava is a Senior Member of the Dispute Resolution Team in Khaitan & Co. She is also an Advocate on Record in Supreme Court. She has almost 25 years of experience in a variety of matters including matters relating to Constitutional laws, Taxation Laws, Environment Laws, Civil Laws, Corporate Laws, Mining Laws, Forest Laws, Shareholder Disputes and Arbitration (Domestic and International), Banking Laws and Insolvency matters and others.

Dev Bajpai

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Dev is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and has a law degree from the University of Delhi. He completed an Executive Program for Corporate Counsels at Harvard conducted by Harvard Law School. He has 30 years of experience in diverse industries that include Automobiles, FMCG, Hospitality and Private Equity, in the areas of Legal, Governance, Tax and Corporate Affairs. In the past, he has worked with Maruti Udyog Limited, Marico Limited, Indian Hotels Company Limited and ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Limited. He has been part of Committees of Apex Industry Organisations such as CII & FICCI. Dev has also represented the Industry before Parliamentary Committees.

Eva McHale

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Eva McHale is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and is an Associate at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, specialising in commercial dispute resolution. Her practice includes contractual disputes, banking litigation and reputation management. She has a particular interest in sports law and disputes, and is currently acting in a prominent football arbitration.

John Doherty

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John Doherty is a qualified solicitor advocate (civil and criminal courts) in England and Wales and is a Partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, where he leads the firm’s contentious Regulatory practice. He is an Officer and immediate past Chair of the International Bar Association’s Product Law and Advertising Committee and a regular speaker at the IBA’s Annual Conference of circa 7,000 lawyers worldwide. Specialising in dispute resolution, he represents domestic and multi-national corporate clients from the most heavily regulated industry sectors including tobacco, pharmaceuticals, gambling, telecoms and construction materials. He is recognised as a leader in his field by The Legal 500, which has praised him as both ‘a fantastic lawyer who really understands the needs of clients’ and ‘a superb technical lawyer’

Marcio Fernandes

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Marcio Fernandes joined British American Tobacco (BAT Souza Cruz) in 1996 and soon after became Legal and External Director in Brazil. In 2004, he was transferred to the UK where he occupied different roles such as Assistant General Counsel, General Counsel and Regional Legal Counsel. Since the start of his career and during the past 25 years, Marcio’s contribution has been fundamental in protecting the business’ interests against different regulatory engagement and fiscal challenges. In 2011, he was appointed Regional LEX Director, Americas and in 2018, Regional Head of LEX and General Counsel for AmSSA, where he has been instrumental in leading the LEX transformation and key strategic initiatives to shape the regulatory and fiscal environment on Excise, AIT and New Categories for the region. Marcio is also a Councillor of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain.

Kim Jefferies

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Kim Jefferies joined Gard in November 1999 as part of the people claims group and then moved to the casualty environment and property claims group before acting as vice president for charterers and traders claims. Her current role is special claims adviser and editor for Gard’s digital publication, Insight. For a detailed account of P&I insurance, maritime law and liability claims, see the “Gard Guidance on Maritime Claims and Insurance” available on the Gard website www.gard.no. Information about the International Group is available at www.Igpandi.org. This short video depicts the lives of ex-patriates within the business community in Arendal: https://vimeo.com/148986262.

Constance Bagley

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A.B., honors and distinction, Stanford University; J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School; honorary doctorate in economics, Lund University. Formerly partner, Bingham McCutchen; member of faculty, Young Presidents Organization International University in Hong Kong and Prague; Senior Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Associate Professor, Harvard Business School; Professor in the Practice of Law and Management, Yale School of Management; Senior Research Scholar, Yale Law School. Currently CEO, Founder, and General Counsel, Bagley Strategic Advisors LLC. Public speaker and author of multiple articles and books, including Winning Legally: How to Use the Law to Increase Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk (Harvard Business School Press).

Audrey Ng

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Audrey NG joined State Street in 2015 and is the Head of Legal for Institutional Services (South East Asia). Her current responsibilities extend to custody, middle and back office services, as well as trustee services. Apart from having overall responsibility for transactional matters, she provides leadership, advice and guidance to management, business and control teams across a range of matters including coporate governance, fiduciary governance and regulatory changes. Having held several regional roles with custodian banks, Audrey is regarded in the region as a specialist asset servicing lawyer. Audrey left as a partner of a law firm to join the financial services industry 13 years ago, having spent a decade in corporate and commercial private practice in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Prior to joining State Street, Audrey was one of the lead APAC lawyers for securities services at Northern Trust. Audrey holds an LLB (Hons) from King’s College London. She is a qualified Barrister (Lincoln’s Inn), and is admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Malaysia and Singapore. She was also, in 2021, awarded an MBA (with Distinction) from Warwick Business School.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Chief Sustainability Officer, Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 20 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce.

Victoria Filippov Nemeth

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Victoria is an experienced business attorney with a comprehensive background in Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Collections, Contract Preparation and Negotiation, Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Mergers & Acquisitions. In her roles as an outside corporate counsel, general counsel, chief compliance officer, and COO, Victoria has managed the legal affairs and operations of both private and publicly traded companies in the United States and abroad. Since 1999, Victoria has helped hundreds of companies make their enterprises more efficient, while reducing legal risk and exposure. As the managing member of our firm, she works directly with our clients to design and implement best-practice processes and procedures that encompass their vision and goals, while reducing the need for costly attorney’s fees and time-consuming litigation.

Daniella Pellegrini van Rooyen

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Daniella Pellegrini van Rooyen is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa. She is currently a non-practicing attorney and works as in-house legal counsel primarily drafting commercial agreements, M&A documents and managing corporate structuring implementations. Daniella completed her LLB (with Distinction) from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2016 and completed her articles of clerkship at ENSafrica, Africa's largest law firm. At law school, Daniella finished top of her class for Estopple & Unjustified Enrichment Law, in the top 2% of her Taxation Law class, was on the Deans List 2014-2016 and is a member of the International Honour Society. Prior to qualifying as a legal practitioner Daniella worked in the media industry and is still an active voice over artist. She studied a BA Sports Communications degree at Rand Afrikaans University and spent 6 years in London working in business which sparked her passion for Contract Law. Daniella has a keen interest in Contract Law, IP, Corporate Law, Sports Law and Entertainment Law. Daniella is an accomplished sports woman. Her gymnastics and tumbling career spanned 16 years where she was awarded South African national colours 8 times and took a number of medals at international sporting events, including winning the gold medal at the 2001 Women's 17&Over Tumbling World Championships.

Ajay Bhargava

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Ajay Bhargava is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Group in Khaitan & Co. He specializes in Civil, Criminal & Corporate Litigation with 25 years of experience. Ajay’s fora of practice includes Supreme Court, High Courts, Arbitration (International and Domestic), Quasi Judicial Tribunals (National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and National Green Tribunal etc.). He advises on Constitutional matters, Civil & Criminal matters, IPR laws, Employment Laws and on corporate – commercial disputes. He also advises on matters before the Police Investigation Wings relating to corporate criminal investigations and quasi criminal prosecutions (white collar crimes). Ajay is often consulted on M&A transactions to provide tactical and advisory support. He advises on preventive measures in commercial contracts.

Dev Bajpai

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Dev is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and has a law degree from the University of Delhi. He completed an Executive Program for Corporate Counsels at Harvard conducted by Harvard Law School. He has 30 years of experience in diverse industries that include Automobiles, FMCG, Hospitality and Private Equity, in the areas of Legal, Governance, Tax and Corporate Affairs. In the past, he has worked with Maruti Udyog Limited, Marico Limited, Indian Hotels Company Limited and ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Limited. He has been part of Committees of Apex Industry Organisations such as CII & FICCI. Dev has also represented the Industry before Parliamentary Committees.

Robert Freedlander

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Rob Freedlander is Director of Expat Accounting & Financial Compliance for Fluor Enterprises Inc. He deals with regulatory authorities across the globe either directly or through engaged accounting firms and law firms. Rob holds an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, a graduate degree in Finance from Boston University and completed an executive management program at Stanford University.

Mike Louis

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Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) builds a better world by applying world-class expertise to solve its clients' greatest challenges. Fluor's 44,000 employees provide professional and technical solutions that deliver safe, well-executed, capital-efficient projects to clients globally. Fluor, a Fortune 500 company, is headquartered in Irving, Texas and has been providing engineering, procurement, and construction services for more than 100 years.

Christopher Parr

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Christopher Parr is a Solicitor qualified in England and Wales. He has more than 33 years of practice experience, including as a Regional General Counsel (EMEAA) and Vice President, Legal Affairs (EMEAA). His employers have included Conoco, Air Products, Monsanto, Harsco and ON Semiconductor. Chris is now working from London for The Legal Director. His specialities are commercial contracts, commercial risk management, joint ventures and commercial dispute mediation.

Guangdong Cheng

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Guangdong Cheng is the Senior VP - General Counsel of Nanshan Group Co., Ltd. He leads a team of 80 members responsible for Nanshan Group’s legal and compliance operation. He is a Chinese, UK, and New York qualified attorney. He has been a lecturer at the Yantai University School of Law. He also serves as a arbitrator at Shanghai International Arbitration Center.

Nicolas Vielliard

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Nicolas Vielliard is senior counsel at Shawcor and is responsible for all legal matters in the eastern hemisphere region.

Jeremy Stebbing

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Jeremy Stebbing holds an LL.B. and is a Financial Controller at Shawcor, where he oversees all finance related matters in the Eastern Hemisphere region.

Vladislav Gorobinskiy

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Education: 2013 - University of London, London, International Programs, Diploma in the Common Law 2011 - Law Society of England and Wales, English Law Seminar 2008 - English Law Seminar organized by SJ Berwing, English Law Seminar 2008 - DevelopMENt, Refresher courses for corporate lawyers 2005 - Rostov State University, Presidential Professional Development Program 2001 - Rostov State University of Economics (RINH) 1997 - Taganrog State Radio Engineering University Work background: since July 2012, Head of the Legal Support Department for International Projects, New Investment Group LLC, Russia

Roy Girasa

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Distinguished Professor, Pace University, New York (since 1980). author of six books on cyberlaw, law of finance, shadow banking, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, and artificial intelligence (Palgrave Macmillan) and over 130 articles. Lectured globally.

Anthony Philpott

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Anthony Philpott is a Construction Lawyer and is practising as a Barrister authorised to conduct litigation, in chambers in the Temple, London. He has the MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College University London and he is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He spent more than ten years as Legal Counsel with Bovis Lend Lease (now Lend Lease) a construction and project management multi-national where he advised on and negotiated every type of construction contract and represented the company on major projects and disputes including multi-million pound construction litigation. He is dual qualified as a practising barrister and solicitor (non-practising). He has the following experience in Construction contracts and disputes: • Conduct of Adjudication, Arbitration, Litigation and appearance as Counsel in the courts in construction disputes, including a reported case in the Technology and Construction Court of the High Court, published in the Building Law Reports in 2020, • In depth knowledge of every form of standard building contract • Advised on tender documents and terms and conditions and drafted amendments over many years • Advised on all associated contract documents of bonds, guarantees, collateral warranties, novation agreements and consultants’ appointments • Negotiated with leading city law firms on every type of building contract • Particular knowledge and experience of negotiation and drafting of Private Finance Initiative Hospital projects and Building Schools for the Future Facilities (BSF) Management contracts • Comprehensive knowledge of all Private Finance Initiative contractual documents • Drafted, negotiated and advised upon Facilities Management BSF contracts and Medical Equipment contracts and sub-contracts with suppliers on three major hospital projects at Havering and Roehampton in London and Leeds Oncology and Building Schools for the Future. • Comprehensive knowledge and experience of ADR in construction Adjudications, Arbitrations and Mediations • Conducted adjudications against leading London city construction law firms in submitting Notice of Intention to Adjudicate and Referral Notices, conducting arguments over jurisdiction of the adjudicator and natural justice legal and contractual arguments in general • Drafted pleadings, court and Alternative Disputes Resolution documents • Conducted litigation in the Court of Appeal, High Court (including in the enforcement of Adjudicator’s decision in the Technology and Construction Contracts Court) • Knowledge and experience of Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 as amended and case law on enforcement of Adjudicators’ decisions in the Technology and Construction Contracts.

Nicole Bigby

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A business leader (and English and Australian qualified lawyer) who co-leads the Office of General Counsel, and ESG function of a global law firm, together with the firm’s client facing advisory work on responsible and sustainable business conduct and impact, business integrity and ESG, including human rights and the SDGs. In addition, appointed a Special Advisor to the United Nations Global Compact on corporate responsibility and business and human rights, 2014-16; and currently, a member of the B20 Integrity and Compliance Taskforce, WEF Global Agenda Council on Transparency and Anti-corruption 2019-21, UK Commissioner on the ICC’s Corporate Responsibility and Anti-Corruption Committee. A regular keynote speaker and commentator on strategic and business leadership issues including international governance, regulation and risk governance frameworks, public policy and business practice concerning responsible business conduct, human rights, ESG, social impact and the SDGs, purpose and trust in global business. Chambers Directory profile for (ESG – Global-wide: notable practitioner in BCLP’s Band 3 ranking and Business & Human Rights Law – Global-wide Band 1 and Eminent Practitioner): “Market observers consider Nicole Bigby of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP a "superstar" of the practice and generally "one of the innovative thinkers in the legal profession”. She is highly experienced in regulatory counsel, risk management, and dispute resolution for businesses on all manner of human rights concerns” and leadership role in creating a new legal and risk discipline underpinning Social and Governance aspects of ESG.

Ian McDougall

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Ian McDougall is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the LexisNexis, Legal & Professional division of RELX Group. Mr. McDougall joined LexisNexis in 2004 as Vice President and Legal Director for LexisNexis International (LNI), where he oversaw the legal function for the group, including Regulatory Compliance, Commercial Agreements, IT, Intellectual Property and Litigation. Mr. McDougall was also involved in business strategy, acquisitions and general business planning. At LexisNexis, Mr. McDougall has stepped into varying roles, including Interim HR Director for LNI and Interim Managing Director for LexisNexis New Zealand. In addition, he led the LexisNexis implementation of the U.K. Bribery Act compliance and created the organization’s first broad regulatory compliance review program. Before joining LexisNexis, he led Legal, HR and Facilities departments at Telco Global Ltd., previously one of the largest U.K. Independent telecom providers. Mr. McDougall also acted as Chief European Counsel and Group Company Secretary for Hughes Electronics, a former subsidiary of General Motors Corp. Prior to that, Mr. McDougall served in various legal leadership roles for a number of technology and finance organizations; he also has extensive private practice experience. Mr. McDougall sits on the United Nations Rule of Law Steering Committee and is a member of the UN General Counsel Advisory Board. Until Mr. McDougall’s move to New York he was a Board Director and Trustee for U.K. Charity Peaceful Place, which is dedicated to providing support to sufferers of early-onset dementia. He was also appointed as judge in the Barrister’s Disciplinary Tribunal and is a broadcast cricket commentator in association with the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Mr. McDougall is based in New York.

Silvia Morlino

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Professional Experience 12/10/2015 ? Current Senior Legal Counsel European primary bank Banking and finance contracts and regulatory analysis. 15/5/2012 ? 30/06/2017 Studio Legale Tributario in associazione con EY (nuova denominazione di Ernst & Young) Executive Director dello studio legale per diritto bancario, finanziario e societario 07/12/2010 ? 30/4/2012 Bird & Bird Studio Legale – Banking and Finance Department Of Counsel 01/10/1997 ? 06/12/2010 Allen & Overy Studio Legale – International Capital Markets Department (ICM) Dal 2006 Senior Associate 27/03/2006 ? 11/07/2006 Allen & Overy (London Office) - Derivatives and Structured Finance (DSF) Senior Associate 18/07/2005 ? 17/03/2006 Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch – Legal Department (in secondment) Legal Assistance to Debt Capital Markets 03/05/2005 ? 15/07/2005 Allen & Overy (London Office) - Derivatives and Structured Finance (DSF) Associate Education 2002 Admitted to the Italian Bar 18/01/2000 ? 15/12/2002 PhD in Law and Economics, University of Rome "La Sapienza" PhD Thesis: "International Financial Regulation" - Supervisor: Prof. Sabino Cassese 10/01/2002 ? 23/12/2002 Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School, Cambridge (MA), US Research for my PhD – Supervisor: Prof. Hal S. Scott Attended courses: - International Finance - Corporate Finance - Securities Regulation - Law and Economics - International Law 21/09/1998 ? 10/09/1999 Master of Laws, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London (UK) Master of Laws with merit Attended Courses: - Regulation of Financial Markets - Legal aspects of International Finance - Law of the European Internal Market - UK and EC Competition Law 01/09/1995 ? 30/06/1996 Specialization Course in Administrative Law, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Subject: "Public Utilities and European Law" - Thesis on "Liberalization of the Gas Market" 01/11/1992 ? 18/06/1997 Degree in Law, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Final grades: 110/110 cum laude Thesis on "European Union Regulation of Companies" – Supervisor: Prof. Sabino Cassese 01/09/1995 ? 30/06/1996 Undergraduate Course in Law, University of Kingston (UK) - Erasmus Programme Attended Courses: - Contract law - Law of torts - Company law - Public law 21/09/1998 ? 10/09/1999 Chevening Scholarship for Master of Laws - British Council Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Adebisi Sanda

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Adebisi Sanda is a Nigerian attorney with years of experience in governance, private equity, M&A, banking, and finance. He is a Governance Supervisor at Oando Energy Resources Inc. Previously, he worked in a leading law firm in Nigeria, Banwo & Ighodalo where he advised on private equity and finance transactions. He also worked (on secondment from Banwo & Ighodalo) as the primary legal counsel to Africa Infra Plus Fund, an infrastructure fund (managed by Africa Plus Partners Limited), where he managed various infrastructure projects in education, power, healthcare, and water, and provided secretarial support to the advisory board and to the investment committee.

Chukwunonso Onwuzu

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Chukwunonso Onwuzu is a seasoned negotiator, strategic planner, and risk management expert. Prior to joining OER, Chukwunonso worked with Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, one of Nigeria's largest 'magic triangle' law firms, where he advised on a wide range of areas including energy and power, oil and gas, projects and infrastructure finance, maritime, corporate finance, mergers (and acquisitions), divestments, employment, private equity, distribution and supplies, company secretarial, regulatory compliance, tax, general corporate commercial legal advisory. Chukwunonso has also written other published works.

Vijayalakshmi Natarajan

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Vijayalakshmi Natarajan is a Senior Director, Legal – India & Asia Pacific Region with Harman (Samsung) based in Bangalore, India and a member of board of the director. She heads the legal function for the APAC region, enables business expansion and growth in compliance with legal & regulatory framework across countries. Previously he worked with companies like Microsoft, and Fidelity. Her area of specialisation include mergers & acquisition, corporate and commercial laws, intellectual property rights, technology laws, cyber security and data protection. She actively participates in policy advocacy programs specifically on completion law, data protection, privacy and cyber security. She was awarded "Chevening Gurukul- Leadership & Excellence" Fellowship ,Oxford University. She is a gold medalist in Masters in Law (International & Constitutional Law), from University of Madras

Corrado Druetta

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Corrado Druetta is a qualified Italian attorney, currently Legal Counsel at Comau S.p.A., a Stellantis’ company, where he acts as legal point of reference for Corporate Affairs and Robotics and Automation Products business unit. Corrado started his professional career in private practice, then moved to in-housel counselling within the FCA Group. He gained a relevant experience in Contract law, IT law, IP law, Freedom of Expression Online and Innovation and co-authored publications in the same fields.

Enik Pogace

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Enik Pogace currently works as Head of Employee Relations Division at the Bank of Albania. He was formerly a legal expert at the Bank where he embarked on a wide array of legal issues related to banking, payment systems as well as prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. Mr. Pogace began his career working for international organisations i.e. UNDP, IOM and then in the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Justice. Prior to joining the Bank he worked at a European Commission programme on justice reform in Albania. He has carried out academic studies at the Universities of Georgetown, Freiburg and Marmara as well as postgraduate legal research at the University of London. Mr.Pogace’s recent work and research has been particularly focused on the approximation of banking legislation to the EU acquis in the field of employment and employees’ rights.

Lokanath Kar

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Working in ICICI Lombard for the last fifteen years. Prior to that, working as an in house counsel for organizations in the financial services business in India. Had started career in the year 1997 as a practicing lawyer in Delhi, India.

Anna White

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Yale Law School LLM, now General Counsel to Europe's leading public/private climate innovation initiative

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Chief Sustainability Officer, Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 20 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce.

Safir Anand

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Safir Anand is the Senior Partner and Head of Trade Marks and Contractual & Commercial IP at Anand and Anand. He has been consistently recognized as one of India’s top IP attorneys and has over 25 years of experience. As a member of INTA’s Presidential Task Force, he has contributed a chapter in a book by INTA on Business Environment Trends on Brand Value, Brand Equity, Brand Valuation, and Brand Evaluation. He serves on and on the leadership team of its Commercialization of Brands Committee (CBC), its Research Advisory Council and as Co-Chair of the Global Brand Transactions and Due Diligence Sub-Committees. Amongst other laurels, Safir has recently been: a. Recognized as Innovative Practitioners by Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific 2020; b. Awarded the extremely prestigious “IAF-Atmanirbhar Bharat Award 2020-21”; c. Awarded the Most Innovative Lawyer of the Year at BW Businessworld Global Legal Summit and India Legal Leaders Awards 2020; d. Under his leadership, the firm was awarded “Independent Luxury Law Firm of the Year 2020” by the Luxury Law Alliance. Safir Anand extensively contributes in prestigious national and international publications and is on the editorial panel of many leading journals and magazines focused on commercialization; licensing; Franchising; and Intellectual Property. He contributes in The International Comparative Guide for Franchising in collaboration with DLA Piper; Getting the Deal Through-Advertising and Marketing, Getting the Deal Through -Trademarks, Getting the Deal Through- Licensing, WTR 1000 yearbook, et al. A few of his most recent published works are as follows: • As a Member of INTA’s Presidential Task Force Mr. Safir Anand, Senior Partner, Head of Trademarks, Contracutal and Commerical IP has contributed his insights on Business Environment Trends for INTA’s "Brand Value Special Task Force Report” • Business World published an exclusive interview about Mr. Safir Anand’s journey as a Lawyer • Asia IP Magazine sought Safir’s inputs in its latest feature, CSR during Covid-19: The sincerity and brand loyalty factors. • Article for Asia IP Magazine In its recent feature, “Law Firms in APAC pitch in to help address problems caused by Covid-19”. • Contributed to The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) news letter- The Intangible Path Towards Becoming Invincible. • WTR’s report, “Despite controversy over claimed coronavirus cure, CORONIL may be hard to fight at the Indian registry” • “How to Avoid A ‘Corona Moment’ For Your Brand Name”- Businessworld • Article for World Trademark Review’s exclusive report, “A year in review: trademark experts in Asia-Pacific reveal their expectations for 2020”. • National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) in its quarterly publication sought Safir Anand’s strategic inputs on the role of Intellectual Property in the commercial value of successful restaurants. • World Trademark Review published Safir’s article in its exclusive report, “A year in review: trademark experts in Asia-Pacific reveal their expectations for 2020”. • Businessworld published his views on the impact a global crisis can have on a brand, and how digitization has made an impact on IP in contrasting ways • Asia IP Magazine, sought Safir’s views in its recent feature, “Law Firms in APAC pitch in to help address problems caused by Covid-19”. • Shared his thought leadership with Vantage Asia, Asia Business Law Journal and presented a comparison of developments in trademark law in India. • Shared insights on iconography in a recent report, “The risk factor in religious marks: a study of four major jurisdictions-India, China, US and Canada” published by World Trademark Review. Shared his views on “Technology: friend or foe? Leading trademark practitioners look to the future” – a compelling article by the World Trademark Review • Mr. Safir Anand, has curated a one-of-a-kind talk show, “IP&…”, where he invites notable individuals from diverse industries to contribute to multiple topics of interest which overlap with IP to spread awareness on the role of IP in their respective fields. Safir is a part of the advisory/board of highly reputable organizations such as: • Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) • Entertainment and Event Management Association (EEMA) • International Facility Management Association (IFMA) • JHS Brands • Brand Musiq • My Rights LLP • TeamWork Arts Private Limited • Nashville Film Institute

Claudia Marufuji

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Claudia Marufuji is Legal Director at Flextronics International Tecnologis Ltda, leads Brasil legal operation, member of American Chambers – São Paulo, Brasil, member of Association of Industries of São Paulo state, worked as a corporate lawyer in large multinational companies in multiple segments.

Jean-Guy Mahaud

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Passionate about advanced technologies and legal geek I actively contribute to the transformation of legal processes and collaboration methods to achieve enhanced productivity and team balance. With more than 20-year experience as international business lawyer and legal manager I focus on team leadership, risk management, compliance and digital innovation.

Susan Friedman

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Susan F. Friedman is an insurance coverage attorney serving as Area Vice President for the Northeast Management Liability Practice of Arthur J. Gallagher. Throughout her career she has handled thousands of employment practices claims in addition to claims involving all other management liability insurance products (including cyber liability). She has been a Contributing Writer to the International In-House Counsel Journal (and served on the Editorial Board of the Insurance Section), The New York Law Journal, National Law Journal, Law360, and related publications. She has been quoted in Forbes, Law360, Business Insurance, among others. She has held claims counsel/advocacy, underwriting counsel and litigation positions. Susan is a graduate of Cornell University and New York Law School. She is admitted to practice law in New York.

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

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Abhijit Mukhopadhyay is President (Legal) and General Counsel of the Hinduja Group and is involved in the Group’s worldwide legal matters based in London since June 2002. Previously, he worked in India as Company Secretary and Head of Legal in six major multinational, public and private sector companies. During his time in education, Abhijit graduated in Commerce (Honours) and Law both from the UK and India. He is also a qualified Company and Chartered Secretary both from India and the UK. In India, Abhijit has been listed in the top 50 legal professionals, the top 25 General Counsels, and the Legal 500 most powerful list. Recently Abhijit has been included in the list of top 99 General Counsels from 31 countries. The Hinduja Group, headquartered in London, employs 127,000 people in 60 countries with a global annual turnover of USD 18 billion. It has 10 business verticals in automotive, foundry, power, healthcare, BPO, lubricant, media, chemical, explosives and real estate. Abhijit was the Vice Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Commission on Arbitration and ADR as also a member of its Steering Committee in Paris (2014-2017). He is also on the Advisory Board of CCLS, Queen Mary University of London and an Executive Committee Member of the IBF, Confederation of Indian Industry, UK. He has spoken globally and his articles have been published in many countries.

Haitao Zhang

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Haitao Zhang has been working for China national Petroleum Corporation (“CNPC”) for 19 years, and is the Director Legal for CNPC Latin America Branch, responsible for the legal & corporate matters in this region for CNPC, and leads directly/indirectly about 20 in-house counsels based in 6 countries. He is a registered attorney in New York and Alberta and a member of Beijing State-Owned Enterprise Counsel Association.

Neil Murrin

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Neil Murrin (General Counsel and Director, Regulatory Affairs) Neil ensures Trainline can continue its rapid growth within the complexities and opportunities that technology, online retail and rail present internationally. With 15 years at Trainline and before that at Inmarsat (satellite communications) and London law firms, Neil sees the legal and regulatory functions as business enablers and encourages his team to be integrated into the heart of the business. It is this approach that were reflected in awards for the team such as Legal Week Innovation Awards 2019 and LexisNexis Legal Awards 2019 - In House Team of the Year – winners. Neil was also recognised on the Legal 500 GC Powerlist. Away from train travel, Neil enjoys cycling and running at weekends and has even tried his hand at a few triathlons (despite swimming like a brick). He recovers by time spent with family and keeping up with world news. His favourite rail journey is from Nice to Monaco, through the dark of the tunnels then the intermittent searing azure of the sea... Alternatively, Waterloo to West Byfleet in the rain as that means "home"!

Christopher Parr

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Christopher Parr is a Solicitor qualified in England and Wales. He has more than 33 years of practice experience, including as a Regional General Counsel (EMEAA) and Vice President, Legal Affairs (EMEAA). His employers have included Conoco, Air Products, Monsanto, Harsco and ON Semiconductor. Chris is now working from London for The Legal Director. His specialities are commercial contracts, commercial risk management, joint ventures and commercial dispute mediation.

Joseph Bambara

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Joseph J Bambara CIPP/US Attorney Most recently, Joseph is of Counsel with withersworldwide.com developing their AI and Blockchain/Crypto practice. Specifically providing guidance on regulatory and governance issues while representing decentralized startups and crypto clients in government investigations For affiliate marketing clients he handles privacy policy and risk assessment, as well as mobile and email marketing practices and procedures to self-regulate and maintain compliance with applicable legislation including , HIPAA, CAN/SPAM, TCPA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley ECPA, COPPA and all related US privacy legislation CCPA as well as the European Union's Data Protection Directive and GDPR.. He has handled all interactions, inquiries with FTC. He has developed HIPAA compliant policies and workflow for prescription copay marketing, refill and adherence program. He is experienced with eDiscovery software and procedures. Entrepreneur/Technologist with architectural and software development experience with cyber security, banking, financial, manufacturing, health care and legal applications for Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Federal Reserve Bank, Viacom, Cablevision, Pfizer, Merck and Sloan Kettering Cancer Care. Currently architecting AI, IoT and Blockchain for atyourgate.com Educator/Speaker who has produced and delivered over 50 CLE courses and corporate presentations covering the intersection of technology and the law including: artificial intelligence, blockchain, cybercrime, cybersecurity, eDiscovery, privacy, mobile devices, social media and the internet of things. Author of ten plus books for McGraw Hill and other publishers on intersection of law and technology: mobile, internet, blockchain development and related technologies. Most recently, in 2019 he authored "Law and Technology: The Future is Now" and “AI, IoT and the Blockchain Using the Power of Three to create Business, Legal and Technical Solutions”. In 2018 he authored "Blockchain: A Practical Guide to developing Business, Law and Technology Solutions". See also https://muckrack.com/joseph-bambara/articles Admissions NY State 1981, US Supreme Court 1993 Courses/Lectures • Lectured as adjunct faculty at CCNY School of Engineering , Computer Science Department Instructor for over 50 CLE’s (not all courses are listed) • What You Need to Know About DeFi: Decentralized Finance and the Law NYCLA, September 2020 • AI, IoT, Blockchain: Business/Legal Ramifications NYCLA, April 2020 • Law and Technology: The Future is Now NYCLA, October 2019 • What Lawyers Need to Know About Cryptocurrency National Constitution Center, April 2019 • Ethics and Technology: What Lawyers MUST Know to Protect Client Data NYCLA, December 2018 • The Law and Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Cryptocurrencies Lawline, March 2017 • eDiscovery: Trends and TAR Lawline, April 2016. Education CCNY School of Engineering • BS Computer Science • MS Computer Science Brooklyn Law School Juris Doctorate

Anna Wennäkoski

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Anna Aurora Wennäkoski (LL.M. and M.Sc.) is an internationally-­oriented lawyer, lawyer with versatile experience of legal and compliance work from three continents and various global corporations, both as an in-house counsel and from law firms. Currently, she is working as a Senior Specialist at the Ministry of Transport and Communications in Finland.

Sangita Purohit

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Mrs. Sangita Purohit is employed by the Ahmedabad Education Society (AES Post Graduate Institute of Business Management ) located in the state of Gujarat –INDIA. Having obtained her Masters degree in Library Science from the university of Sagar- INDIA she is now pursuing Ph.D in Library-Science and has 9 years experience in the field of Library-Science in INDIA. Mrs. Purohit has attended several National / International seminars in INDIA, presented several papers in the field of Library-Science and conducted one seminar in DIGITAL-LIBRARY.

Stefania Passera

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Stefania Passera is a contract design and simplification expert based in Espoo, Finland. She runs her one-woman consultancy Passera Design, and is Contract Designer in Residence at World Commerce & Contracting. In these roles, she helps organizations transform their contracts and policies into user-friendly, effective tools that work for business. Stefania is an all-rounder, backing her design expertise with a solid academic background. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Vaasa, Department of Business Law, and has earned her doctoral degree from Aalto University School of Science. She has guest lectured at prestigious institutions such as Stanford University, Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, KU Leuven, UC Louvain, European University Institute, ESADE Law School, and California Western School of Law. She is a co-founder of the Legal Design Alliance, a co-author of the Legal Design Manifesto, and the creator of Legal Design Jam. In 2020, she has received the European Women of Legal Tech Award.

Paula Doyle

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Paula Doyle is the Chief Legal Innovation Officer, World Commerce & Contracting and Chief Legal Innovation Officer. She works with organizations to build efficient contract frameworks, reimagine, and redesign their terms and conditions for greater ease of doing business, understand and work with the WorldCC contracting principles, and collaborate with technology for better outcomes. Before World Commerce & Contracting, Paula headed up the European Cloud and Solutions legal team at IBM. Prior to joining IBM, she worked for leading New York law firm Weil Gotshal and ex Silicon Valley-based start-up Micromuse. Paula is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Quintin Hogg Trust, a charity dedicated to the advancement of education. She has been working tirelessly for greater equality and has successfully lobbied the UK government to agree changes in the law to help vulnerable children access education.

Fabiana Lacerca-Allen

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M. Fabiana Lacerca-Allen has over 30 years of experience in legal and compliance roles, working for leading American companies such as Aimmune, Elan, Mylan, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Microsoft, Merck, and AT&T. She has counseled and litigated in the field of international business transactions and international environmental law. She has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry in leadership roles in charge of legal and compliance teams. She has counseled and represented clients on a broad range of questions, including strategic business initiatives ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and corporate policy. Ms. Lacerca-Allen has provided legal support and strategic advice on opportunities and trends in law particularly within the government sector, as well as with major and strategic corporate accounts. Fabiana has established policies and oversight on key areas of compliance affecting international markets, and she has been able to positively impact the perception of compliance, creating compliance training programs and relevant standard operating procedures and has been involved in validating and aiding due diligence in the compliance industry, frequently being requested as speaker and participant in forums. She has been recognized in the industry by Hispanic Executive Magazine in 2013, http://hispanicexecutive.com/2013/fabiana-lacerca-allen/; recognized as 2015 Women in Leadership, Inspiring Leaders: http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2015/may/12/know-who-you-want-to be-kidnapped-with-and-four-more-tips-for-leaders; served as Chair to the Bay Area Ethics & Compliance Association (BECA); and served as Co Chair for CBI, an Advanstar company serving the Life Sciences industry. Ms. Lacerca-Allen was invited to join the Gioja Research Institute while she was a student researching on environmental law. She was recipient of 1992 UCLA’s tuition waiver based on merit and recognition, and she represented UCLA in the Roscoe Foundation National Essay Contest submitting a paper on Global Warming. About your organization Aimmune was created in response to a united call to action from the leading minds and key stakeholders in food allergy who met at an advocacy-sponsored research retreat in 2011 to reach consensus on the direction of food allergy treatment research. Among the outcomes of the retreat, the group concluded that a standard oral immunotherapy (OIT) approach needed to be established, and associated products needed to be developed. When no pharmaceutical company showed interest in developing an OIT treatment, the food allergy community formed Aimmune. Today, Aimmune is working to fulfill the 2011 shared vision of developing a peanut allergy treatment and making it available to allergists for patients worldwide.

Tatiyana Akers

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Tatiyana Akers, Associate Director, Compliance has over 12 years of Legal, Financial Services, and Compliance experience, specializing in the development and implementation of global ethics and compliance programs within the Pharmaceutical Industry. She has assisted pharmaceutical companies with the successful implementation and management of Office of Inspector General (OIG) mandated Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) obligations, including the development of CIA specific training; policy development; annual Independent Review Organization’s (IRO) system and transaction reviews; management and accountability certifications; board of directors resolutions; disciplinary guidelines; conflicts of interest, exclusion screening, and disclosure programs; as well as implementation/annual reports to the OIG. Mrs. Akers is also an experienced compliance investigator, partnering with various business functions to respond to, identify, and remedy potential compliance violations. She has a strong desire to integrate compliance initiatives and ethical practices cross functionally and via corporate leadership to ensure optimal compliance and operational efficiencies within organizations.

Laura Hamm

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Laura Hamm is the Senior Compliance Director at Aimmune Therapeutics. Before joining Aimmune, Laura was the Compliance Officer of medical device manufacturer Stryker’s Neurovascular division, a nearly $1B business, and Stryker’s only global division. At Stryker, Laura oversaw all elements of Neurovascular’s compliance program. As a global Compliance Officer, Laura has witnessed the evolution of international regulations, and recognizes the importance of cross-border collaboration to meet global business goals. Laura is passionate about integrating compliance into business DNA, and empowering business partners to achieve objectives with high integrity. Prior to industry, Laura was an educator in the California public school system, focusing on literacy in low-income communities.

Brenda Crabtree

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Brenda Crabtree is the Director, Compliance Auditing and Monitoring at Aimmune Therapeutics. Prior to this, Brenda worked as an intellectual property attorney for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and advised pharmaceutical and medical device companies on various compliance matters including corporate policy and strategy, privacy, transparency, and fair market value. Brenda is a humanitarian who began her career in public service as a U.S. Naval Officer, and she applies her strong sense of “doing the right thing” to her work as a compliance professional.

Adrian Howes

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Currently Head of IP and Standards in Nokia's IP Policy group, Adrian Howes was previously both a Senior Litigation and Legal Counsel at Nokia. Prior to that he was a Senior Patent Litigation Counsel at Mylan, a US generics pharmaceutical company, and a Senior Associate in the IP department of the law firm, Bird & Bird. He has obtained degrees in both Chemistry and Law from the Universities of Durham and Cambridge, respectively.

Harish Nambiar

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Harish is an attorney (India qualified) with 24 years of standing, out of which 21 years is as inhouse counsel in large corporations. Currently, Harish is the General Counsel and Compliance Officer of Atos Syntel globally and General Counsel of Atos India. He has experience across IT, ITES and Insurance companies. Harish has rich experience across international contracts, international litigation, labour law matters, property law matters, legal strategy, risk management, compliance and IPR.

Anna Lefcovitch

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Anna Lefcovitch is currently employed as an in-house solicitor at Arcadis LLP, and has considerable experience in commercial and construction law. She studied law at University College London and London Guildhall University. She has been working as an in-house lawyer for 20 years.

Professor Charles Chatterjee

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Professor Charles Chatterjee who studied law at the University of Cambridge and the University of London is a Barrister in England and Wales and has also acted as an arbitrator. A commercial law specialist (international) with special interest and knowledge in international organisations and their functions in addition to court experience in law as a practising barrister in England and Wales. A consultant to international organisations and private corporations in addition to conducting capacity building training programmes in various countries. Articles in IICJ: “Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: How Effective is Article V of the New York Convention of 1958?” International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 9, No. 36, Summer (2016), 1 “Decisions of ICSID Tribunals on Procedural Issues may not be Confused with their Awards” International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 10, No 37, (2016) “CAPE DISTRIBUTION LTD v CAPE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PLC How a Parent Company May be Held Liable in Torts for the Negligence of its Subsidiaries”, International In-house Counsel Journal Vol.11, No. 42, (2018)

Edoardo Marcenaro

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Edoardo Marcenaro has been working in Enel Group since 2001, where he firstly took care of major M&A transactions in Eastern Europe up to 2008, following the legal affairs of the various companies acquired in the subsequent 10 years. Afterwards, he gave legal support in the establishment and start – up of Enel X, the company created for energy services, energy efficiency and electric mobility. Since January 2019 he is in charge of the legal department of Enel Global Infrastructures & Network.

Pietro Galizzi

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Pietro Galizzi is the Head of Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Affairs at Eni gas e luce S.p.A., a company of Eni, one of the largest integrated energy companies in the world. He was previously General Counsel with Saipem. In these roles Pietro has covered, and been responsible for, a wide cross section of legal activity, including compliance, litigation/arbitration, contract negotiation, contract administration and the full range of corporate legal activities.

Anagha Tendulkar

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Anagha Tendulkar, is an In-house counsel at Cipla Limited, India. Her role majorly focusses on activities relating to ANDA litigations, including pre-litigation and in- litigation strategizing. Another major role involves closing settlements and ensuring early generic launches. She is involved in various other activities such as portfolio selection, evaluation of potential launch dates, priming on legal and regulatory hurdles, strategic decision making, suggesting design- around strategies, due diligence, and patent analysis. Professional background She has about 14 years of experience in this field. Prior to joining Cipla Limited, she was an In- house counsel at Panacea Biotech, India. Her role was to manage various IP related activities for the organization, including identifying early market entry opportunities, patent due diligences, design- around strategies, patent drafting and prosecution. Presentations • Speaker- National Seminar organized by PES, Modern College of Pharmacy, India- “Patent Basics and Overview of Generic Drugs in US” • Invited to address on “Patents- an insight” at a symposium, Modern College of Pharmacy, India Publications/ Posters • “Demethylation and Transcriptional activation of genes involved in metastasis of pancreatic cancer by Methyl-CpG-binding domain 2.” Tendulkar S., Ou J.-N., Tendulkar A., Szyf M. Pharmacological research day (PRD) annual meeting Montreal, CANADA, Jun 2006. • “Demethylation and Transcriptional activation of genes involved in metastasis of pancreatic cancer by Methyl-CpG-binding domain 2.” Tendulkar S., Ou J.-N., Tendulkar A., Szyf M. AACR, Washington D.C., Apr 2006. • “Metabolic engineering of Yeast: Yarrowia lipolytica” Tendulkar A., Bhave S. Chattoo B.B., International meeting - “Yeast 2003”, IMTECH, Chandigarh, India, Feb 2003. Education • LL. B, University of Mumbai • Registered Patent Agent, India • P.G. Diploma in Patent Management, AIPS, Mumbai • Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology, McGill University, Canada • Research Fellow, MSU, Baroda, India • Post-graduation, University of Mumbai (Microbiology/ Biotechnology) Achievements • Qualified- Joint All- India CSIR-UGC Test, CSIR, New Delhi, India • Qualified- State Eligibility Test, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India • Awarded Certificate of merit, Post-graduation, University of Mumbai

Eleanor Ager

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30 years experience in the negotiation and execution of major infrastructure projects in the power, transport and oil and gas sector. After working as an international projects lawyer for National Power, I later moved into the rail business as Executive VP and Business General Counsel for the Invensys Rail Group. More recently moved into the commercial sector as Commercial Director within Schneider Electric Process Automation Division.

Chandrika Bhattacharyya

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Partha Banerjee

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Joseph Aronds

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Joseph M. Aronds is Vice President and Chief Litigation and Trial Counsel at Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., a commercial real estate development corporation based in Secaucus, New Jersey. In his practice, Mr. Aronds consistently handles multi-million dollar litigation and arbitration matters. He has been practicing in the field of complex litigation and arbitration for more than 31 years. Mr. Aronds has served as the president of the Association of Corporate Counsel - New Jersey, the New Jersey chapter of the Washington, D.C.-based Association of Corporate Counsel. Throughout his career, Mr. Aronds has been a speaker or panelist at numerous continuing legal education seminars on a variety of topics. Mr. Aronds received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. In addition to his legal work, Mr. Aronds has authored and drawn an online law-themed cartoon, "Overruled!," several of which have been auctioned off to raise money for various charitable causes.

Alda Loureiro

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Alda Loureiro is an experienced lawyer with multilingual skills and a 20-year international career in the oil & gas sector. Worked at BP in Brazil and in Angola, Africa. Alda acquired experience throughout Latin America by working as legal manager for Smith International and Westerngeco, both companies of Schlumberger group. Holds a compliance background on assisting companies to meet anti-corruption laws' requirements, including legal and compliance affairs of the designated markets, providing trainings to employees, giving lectures, apprising executive management team on risks and exposures, assisting in high stakes negotiations, violations’ investigations, innovative deal structuring (JV, strategic alliances, M&A, divestitures, etc.) Nowadays, Alda works at Wärtsilä North America, based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, as Regional Legal Counsel, Americas for the Marine Business. Quick to see the possibilities of new ideas and projects, Alda is stimulated by challenges and her enthusiasm and energy levels are high.

Giorgia Valsecchi

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Giorgia collaborates with the TMT and Data Protection Department focusing on law and regulation applicable to privacy and data protection, internet, online publishing and advertising, e-commerce, and information technology. She also focuses her activity on the negotiations and drafting of commercial contracts. Before beginning her collaboration with Morri Rossetti e Associati, she gained her professional experience in a Milan-based firm working with the internalization and compliance departments. Graduated in Law from the University of Milan with a thesis on Commercial Law, she attended one academic semester in Norway at the University of Bergen. Qualified as a lawyer in 2020, she is a member of the Italian Bar Association in Milan.

Carlo Impalà

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As Head of TMT and Data Protection team of Morri Rossetti, Carlo provides legal advice to national and international Clients operating in the information and communication technology sector, as well as in the digital innovation, e-commerce and online advertising sectors. In particular, he deals with corporate and commercial law, extraordinary corporate transactions, preparation and implementation of corporate governance and compliance models (in particular with reference to data protection law). He has an extensive knowledge of the law and regulation applicable to Internet, online publishing and advertising, privacy and data protection, telecommunications, copyright, e-commerce, information technology and outsourcing. Graduated in Law, magna cum laude, at the University of Palermo, he received an LL.M. in Advanced European Legal Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges (BE), he also attended an Executive Master in the field of digital Business at the Business School of IlSole24Ore, specializing in digital business and related legal aspects. Carlo developed several professional experiences in leading international law firms, both in Italy and abroad, as well as at the Judicial Cooperation Office of the Italian Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels (BE). Carlo is Data Protection Officer and Privacy Consultant certified in accordance with Certification Schemes QI 600101 and member of Federprivacy. He is also member of the working group “GDPR” of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy.

Alessandra Capomagi

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Lawyer with several years of experience in data protection (EU General Data Protection Regulation no. 679/2016 “GDPR” and Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 and s.m.i. “Privacy Code”) and civil and commercial law gained in primary law firms and multinational companies.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 20 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce.

Timo Matthias Spitzer

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Timo Matthias Spitzer is an internationally acclaimed and results oriented General Counsel. He worked at three major banks and three leading international law firms. Timo is dually qualified as Rechtsanwalt (Germany) and Solicitor (England & Wales) with a First Class Honors LL.M. in International Economic Law from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is a native German, fluent in English, French, Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish. Timo is currently Santander’s Head of Legal Corporate and Investment Banking for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia. He is also a Board Member and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Law and Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt in a global Top 10 Master program for banking, finance and securities law as recognised by LL.M. Guide 2019 and 2020. Timo is Chairman of The Legal 500 General Counsel Powerlist Germany Advisory Board as well as Member of the General Counsel Leadership Circle and Advisory Board Member of the German Institute for Legal Departments and Corporate Lawyers (diruj) and Business Law Magazine, Going Digital Magazine and Sustainable Value Magazine. He is the author of “The Importance of Human Leadership with Integrity in a Highly Regulated and Tech-Reliant Corporate Environment” as published by Harvard Business Law Review (February ‘20). Timo is a keynote speaker at reputable conferences (e.g., at Harvard Law School). He is featured on The Legal 500 General Counsel Powerlists Germany 2017, 2019 and GC Powerlist Germany Teams 2018. Timo is the winner of the 2018 Santander Group Global WiseLegalSpeakers’ Award and the 2019 European and Global Counsel Awards by the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Veronica Aina Oyetunde

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Mrs. Veronica Aina Oyetunde has a Masters Degree in Commercial and Corporate Law from Queen Mary University of London. She is licensed to practice law in Nigeria and works with Dangote Industries Limited as a Contracts Specialist.

Xanthi Bitzidou

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Xanthi G. Bitzidou is a Greek Senior lawyer with a 20 years experience in the full range of EU and Greek competition law (antitrust, merger/acquisitions and state aid), regulatory experience in the Electronic Communications, media and postal markets, corporate law, administrative law and litigation. Ms. Bitzidou obtained her Law Diploma from the Aristotelion Law University of Thessaloniki (Greece), holds a Masters degree in EU Business Law from the ‘Institut d’études européennes’ of U.L.B (Belgium) and also an MPhil from the University of Kent (UK) in ‘EU Competition law and Telecommunications’. Her EU and Greek professional experience includes a stage at the EU Commission, the Brussels office of an American law firm, the EU/Brussels office of a German Telecoms/Technology Consultancy and the South Eastern Europe headquarters office of a telecoms Institute. Since 2005, she is a lawyer at the legal department of E.E.T.T (Hellenic Telecommunications and Posts Commission), where for the last 16 years she handles a full range of regulatory issues and competition law matters (cases) of both the Electronic Communications and Postal sectors. Ms Bitzidou has authored a book and relevant articles on the topics of EU Law, Competition Law and Electronic Communications/Media. She is fluent in Greek, English, French and Italian and an active member of the Athens Bar Association (Greece).

Klemen Kreca

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Klemen Kreca graduated first in class from Slovenia’s premier law school (Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana), was one of twenty recipients of the University’s award for extraordinary academic achievements out of more than 40,000 students enrolled across all faculties, whilst winning all major national moot courts, tutoring fellow students, working at a renowned law firm and on various academic projects. Klemen has experience in white-collar law, corporate law, restructuring law and capital markets law. At the time of this article, an LL.M. candidate at the Institute for Law and Finance of the Goethe University and works with Timo at Banco Santander’s Corporate & Investment Banking legal department in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Michael Lanser

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Michael Lanser holds a degree of Master of Laws from Stockholm University, Sweden, and a postgraduate Master of Laws degree in Comparative Law, Economics and Finance (LL.M. CLEF) from the International University College of Turin jointly with the University of Turin, Italy. At present Michael Lanser works as a senior legal counsel at Skandia Mutual Life Insurance Company in Sweden. Additionally, Michael Lanser serves as member of the board of directors of two Swedish limited liability companies that offer administration services relating to pensions and other employment benefits, and has served as a board member of a Swedish asset management company and of an alternative investment fund company domiciled in Luxembourg.

Claudia Marufuji

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Claudia Marufuji is Legal Director at Flextronics International Tecnologis Ltda, leads Brasil legal operation, member of American Chambers – São Paulo, Brasil, member of Association of Industries of São Paulo state, worked as a corporate lawyer in large multinational companies in multiple segments.

Leszek Sytniewski

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Leszek Sytniewski is a qualified attorney-at-law (Poland) and a legal counsel for Objectivity Ltd and its subsidiaries in Eastern Europe. He graduated from Jagiellonian University in Cracow, obtained BA title in Scotland and accoplished American Law School organized by the Catholic University of America in Washington. He has gained 8 years of professional experience working in law firms specialising in IP and TMT sectors, including Legal500 listed. In 2017 he joined Objectivity. His main professional interest in the law of new technologies, including privacy, copyright, AI and electronic marketing.

Madelein Kleyn

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Dr. Madelein Kleyn has more than 27 years international experience as intellectual property practisioner, patent attorney and in-house legal corporate counsel in the petrochemical and agri industries. She is presently the Director, Technology Transfer at Innovus, the division of Stellenbosch University accountable for the commercialisation of IP eminating from the University. She also is the CEO and founder of Mad K IP consulting (Pty) Ltd a private company advising clients on IP matters. She is a qualified chemical engineer (BSc Chem Eng) , an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a registered South African patent attorney. She holds a LLM in tax law and PhD in intellectual property law. Her technical expertise is in the area of petrochemicals, chemistry, process engineering, explosives and agriculture. Madelein’s main areas of expertise include IP Portfolio management, IP policy and strategy development and implementation. She regularly advises on corporate governance and IP risk management and specialises in drafting and advising on IP-related business transactions, including technology transfer and licensing. Madelein has authored and presented various articles, papers and publications on IP matters internationally specifically on technology and IP licensing and commentaries on national IP related legislation. Since 2014 she is the co-editor of the textbook “International Pharmaceutical Law”and is also a co-author of the South African Chapter of this publication. She is a member of the SAIIPL (South African Institute of Intellectual Property Lawyers) and also the editor of the SAIIPL newsletter IP Briefs™. She is a member of INTA (International Trademark Association) and CCASA (Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa), ACS (American Chemical Society) and SARIMA ( Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association). She is also member of LES (License Executive Society of South Africa - immediate past president) and the Chair of the LES International Patent and Technology licensing Committee Madelein was included in the IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists since 2015 and featured in WTR300 World’s leading trademark professionals since 2016.

Christopher Pierson

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Christopher I. Pierson is Senior Legal Counsel – “Mergers and Acquisitions” at Airbus (Group). After 10 years in private practice in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and Miami as an associate and partner, Chris joined Airbus in 2019. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity fund work, venture capital financing and joint ventures. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Camelia Gardot

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Camelia Gardot is Senior Legal Counsel specialized in “Mergers and Acquisitions” and since April 2021, Senior Compliance Manager at Airbus (Defence and Space Division). Practicing as in-house counsel for international companies for more than 15 years, she has extensive experience in the areas of contract law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and intellectual property. She holds a Master’s degree in international business law from the University of Toulouse (France) and a “Mergers and Acquisitions” Diploma from the College of Law of England and Wales.

Viviane Bordin Vielliard

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Viviane Bordin Vielliard is a qualified lawyer in Brazil and legal consultant based in the Netherlands, specialised in labour union law and management of in-house legal departments. She currently works at Post NL, a Euronext Amsterdam listed company, providing postal and parcel services, along with logistics solutions for e-commerce and cross border activities.

Nicolas Vielliard

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Nicolas Vielliard is senior counsel at Shawcor and is responsible for all legal matters in the eastern hemisphere region.

Geraldine Benjamin

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Isabel Charraz

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Isabel Charraz joined Citibank in 2003, joining Legal and Compliance Department as Legal and Compliance Officer. In December 2007, she was appointed Consumer Legal Head launching the Retail Business and Internet Channel for credit cards acquisition in Portugal. In July 2009, she was appointed General Counsel and Compliance and Control Head and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (AMLCO) until 2014. She is the Data Privacy Officer since 2009. She has a degree in Law, a Pos-graduation in Banking and Securities Law, a Pos-graduation in Capital Markets, Banking and Insurance Law and a Pos-graduation in Public Companies. In 2016 she has included in the Legal 500`s GC Power-list for Iberia as “One of the most innovative lawyers in Portugal”. In 2018 for the 2nd time in a row she was included in the “GC Legal500 Power List Iberia 2018. Last In 2019 CEP Portugal Legal team won an award as best Banking and Finance legal team in Iberia awarded by Iberian Lawyer. In 2020 she was included in the list of the one of the most 60 inspiring women in the legal sector in the Iberian Peninsula society by Iberian Lawyer.

Catherine Leung

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Catherine is a dispute resolution and regulatory lawyer. She acts for clients in general commercial litigation including debt recovery and asset tracing, contractual disputes, shareholders’ disputes, employment disputes and arbitration proceedings, etc. Catherine also advises clients, including financial institutions, listed companies and their directors and employees in regulatory investigations involving the Securities and Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and in anti-corruption investigations involving the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Valarie Fung

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Valarie is a dispute resolution and regulatory lawyer. She has been providing legal services and advice to financial institutions, listed companies, multinational corporations, liquidators, trustees-in-bankruptcy, receivers and high net worth individuals for many years. Valarie specializes in handling: - litigation and arbitration (including but not limited to commercial and contractual disputes, shareholders disputes, banking-related disputes and probate disputes); - regulatory investigations by the Securities and Futures Commission, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and the Independent Commission against Corruption, involving market misconduct in the securities market, anti-money laundering and anti-bribery; - insolvency, bankruptcy and receivership; and - employment and restraint of trade.

Thomas Wiese

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Thomas Wiese is a German-qualified competition lawyer and he was case-handler at Unit C-5 of DG Competition (Markets and cases II: Information, Communication and Media, Mergers) until February 2021. Thomas has worked on competition law cases both in the private sector and at the European Commission for more than 15 years. Since 1 March 2021 Thomas works at the European Parliament.

Tiago Moreira

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Tiago Correia Moreira is a partner from the Banking & Finance team of Vieira de Almeida & Associados, SP R.L. where he has been working for the past 15 years. Tiago’s advice covers a wide range of banking and financial related matters, also leading the Fintech multidisciplinary team at VdA. He has also been working with Citibank’s Portugal legal team since the very beginning of his career. Tiago is also a Magister Juris from the Oxford University (Exeter College) and is regularly invited to teach in Portuguese Law Universities having written several articles on banking topics.

Pedro Carita

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Pedro Carita has been working in the Banking Industry for the past 24 years and nowadays he’s an International Private Banker in the Spanish financial group ABANCA. He has worked at Deutsche Bank, Barclays and the Portuguese bank Millennium BCP. He has a Master in Finance, a degree in Management and he’s post graduated in Financial Markets. He is regularly invited to write some articles in professional magazines in the last years and wrote a thesis about Financial Literacy in 2016.

Elliott Foster

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Elliott Foster is a Managing Counsel for Travelers Insurance Company, specializing in international insurance with a focus on regulation, coverage, product development, and trade sanctions. This paper does not amend, or otherwise affect, the provisions or coverages of any insurance policy or bond issued by Travelers. It is not a representation that coverage does or does not exist for any particular claim or loss under any such policy or bond. Coverage depends on the facts and circumstances involved in the claim or loss, all applicable policy or bond provisions, and any applicable law. Availability of coverage referenced in this document can depend on underwriting qualifications and state regulations.

Erik Smetana

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Erik Smetana is a Political Law Specialist for Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC, which provides services to Koch Industries, Inc., and its affiliates. He produces research on a variety of legal topics, including political law, and supports the Koch legal team’s legal operations capability. In addition, he works closely with Koch’s political law team in designing and implementing new technology aimed at improving the organization of legal data. Mr. Smetana earned a B.A. in Government and International Politics and minors in Computer Science and Data Analytics from George Mason University.

Martin Kwedar

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Marty Kwedar is Senior Counsel, Technology and Political Law, for Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC, which provides services to Koch Industries, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Kwedar provides counsel to cutting edge technology companies supported by KII and its affiliates, and assists the Koch legal team’s legal operations capability. Before joining Koch in 2009, Mr. Kwedar clerked for Judge Maurice A. Ross at D.C. Superior Court in Washington, DC, USA. Mr. Kwedar earned a juris doctorate from George Washington University Law School and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland-College Park. He is a member of the bar in Maryland, Washington D.C., and Virginia (corporate counsel) in the USA. Before joining Koch in 2009, Mr. Kwedar clerked for Judge Maurice A. Ross at D.C. Superior Court and worked at small law firms in the Washington, DC area. Mr. Kwedar earned a juris doctorate from George Washington University Law School and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland-College Park. He is a member of the bar in Maryland, Washington D.C., and Virginia (corporate counsel).

Sarah Schwartz

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Sarah J. Schwartz is an attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois, USA and Spain. She has practiced law since 2006 in the USA and in Spain and is currently employed by Amadeus IT Group, S.A. as Senior Legal Counsel, Merger & Acquisitions. At Amadeus, Ms. Schwartz provides legal and strategic advice and oversight on M&A deals, venture capital investments, integration of acquired businesses, corporate governance, and other strategic projects. Her deal experience involves cross-border work throughout Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Prior to Amadeus, she developed her career in the Mergers & Acquisitions departments within the Madrid office of Baker McKenzie and the Chicago office of McGuireWoods LLP. Ms. Schwartz obtained her law degree from the University of Illinois, College of Law in 2006, and she obtained her Spanish legal degree through the homologación process with the Spanish Ministry of Education and the Universidad Nacional a Distancia in 2010. Before law school, she obtained a Master of Arts degree in Spanish Literature and Language from Middlebury College after studying abroad for one year in Madrid and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Gillian Phillips

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Gillian Phillips is a solicitor and in-house lawyer for Guardian News and Media Limited. She was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and qualified as a solicitor in 1984 with the law firm Coward (now Clifford) Chance. She has worked in-house since 1987 advising on pre- and post-publication legal issues, including around defamation, open justice, contempt of court, privacy and national security. Since being at GNM, she has advised on phone-hacking, Wikileaks, the Leveson Inquiry, the NSA leaks from Edward Snowden, the HSBC files and the Panama and Paradise Papers. She is a non-resident fellow of the Centre for Media, Data and Society at the Central European University School of Public Policy and holds an honorary law doctorate from London South Bank University.

Bruce Ortwine

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General Counsel, Americas, Advisor, Global Legal and Compliance and Senior Executive Vice President for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

Stephanie Woods

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Sharon Evans

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Sharon joined TotallyMoney in 2015 and became General Counsel in 2016. Sharon is responsible for legal and compliance matters across the TotallyMoney group. Prior to joining TotallyMoney, Sharon specialised in privacy and technology contracts and led the legal function at Expedia Affiliate Network, as well as earlier legal roles at the Guardian and Sony Music. Along with DAC Beachcroft partner Tim Ryan, in 2019 Sharon co-founded the Digital Collective, a group of like-minded senior lawyers who use the forum to discuss law and in-house life in digital businesses.

Hunter Vanaria

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Hunter Vanaria has been working as Associate Counsel at TED Conferences, since May 2019, and represents TED in matters related to TED's intellectual property, including copyright and trademark enforcement. Prior to joining TED, he worked as an Associate in the Copyright, Trademark, Internet and Advertising Litigation practice in Kirkland & Ellis's New York Office. He graduated from Columbia Law School.

Enik Pogace

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Enik Pogace currently works as Head of Employee Relations Division at the Bank of Albania. He was formerly a legal expert at the Bank where he embarked on a wide array of legal issues related to banking, payment systems as well as prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. Mr. Pogace began his career working for international organisations i.e. UNDP, IOM and then in the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Justice. Prior to joining the Bank he worked at a European Commission programme on justice reform in Albania. He has carried out academic studies at the Universities of Georgetown, Freiburg and Marmara as well as postgraduate legal research at the University of London. Mr.Pogace’s recent work and research has been particularly focused on the approximation of banking legislation to the EU acquis in the field of employment and employees’ rights.

Lara Oyesanya

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Lara Oyesanya is an experienced solicitor in the financial services sector skilled in regulatory, payments, enterprise risk management, consumer protection, small-medium enterprises, retail and commercial banking. A co-opted member, Committee on Benefactions External and Legal Affairs (CBELA), University of Cambridge and, a non-Executive Director, Plan International UK. A Contributing Editor, LexisNexis Encyclopaedia of Banking Law and a Member, Consulting Editorial Board, LexisPSL. A Fellow of The RSA and 'Business Woman of the Year' & 'Corporate Leader', 2018 FL National Awards. Ranked in The Lawyer Hot 100 2021. Formerly, legal director at Klarna, senior legal counsel at Barclays and BAE Systems, a divisional counsel at RAC, a legal director at HBOS (Lloyds Banking Group), and Group Head of Legal at Lex (Lex Autolease). Also, a barrister of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and a law graduate (LL.B Hons) of the University of Lagos with an LL.M in Comparative Company Law.

Federico Piccaluga

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Anna Lefcovitch

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Anna Lefcovitch is currently employed as an in-house solicitor at Arcadis LLP, and has considerable experience in commercial and construction law. She studied law at University College London and London Guildhall University. She has been working as an in-house lawyer for 20 years.

Professor Charles Chatterjee

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Professor Charles Chatterjee who studied law at the University of Cambridge and the University of London is a Barrister in England and Wales and has also acted as an arbitrator. A commercial law specialist (international) with special interest and knowledge in international organisations and their functions in addition to court experience in law as a practising barrister in England and Wales. A consultant to international organisations and private corporations in addition to conducting capacity building training programmes in various countries. Articles in IICJ: “Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: How Effective is Article V of the New York Convention of 1958?” International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 9, No. 36, Summer (2016), 1 “Decisions of ICSID Tribunals on Procedural Issues may not be Confused with their Awards” International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 10, No 37, (2016) “CAPE DISTRIBUTION LTD v CAPE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PLC How a Parent Company May be Held Liable in Torts for the Negligence of its Subsidiaries”, International In-house Counsel Journal Vol.11, No. 42, (2018)

Gary Weingarden

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Gary Weingarden is counsel and Data Protection Officer at Notarize, Inc. Before joining Notarize, he was an attorney in the financial services industry, most recently working at Quicken Loans Inc. and some of its affiliated companies. Gary has advised clients about contracts, privacy, security, and e-commerce issues for over a decade and has been practicing law for 28 years. He is a graduate of The University of Michigan Law School and is a member of (ISC)2, ISACA, IAPP, and is a licensed to practice law in Hawaii and Michigan. He has multiple certifications in privacy (CIPP/E, CIPM, CDPSE, and CIPT among them), Security, and Compliance and Ethics. He has authored multiple articles on privacy law.

Matthias Artzt

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Dr. Matthias Artzt is a certified lawyer and senior legal counsel at Deutsche Bank AG since 1999. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank he worked as a lawyer at a law firm in Stuttgart, Germany. He has been practicing data protection law for many years and was particularly involved in the implementation of the GDPR within Deutsche Bank AG. He advises internal clients globally regarding data protection issues as well as complex international outsourcing agreements involving data privacy related matters and regulations. He is a graduate of the University of Tübingen, where he obtained his Doctor of Law degree. Moreover, he is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and since January 2018 a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E). Since January 2020 he is also a member of the European Advisory Board of the IAPP. Matthias is the author of numerous articles on data protection law. Particularly, he is the co-editor and co-author of the recently released Handbook of Blockchain Law (published by Wolters Kluwer). Further, he is a regular panel speaker on various national and international conferences, seminars and webinars, e.g. at the Central Bank of Brazil in 2018. He has an in-depth knowledge of the GDPR and its interfaces with other topics such as Cloud Computing, Big Data, AI, Blockchain, US-Cloud Act and PSD2.

Oraz Durdyev

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Oraz Durdyev graduated from the Institute of International Trade and Law (with the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade) majoring in International Law. Oraz not only has sufficient legal experience but also successfully promotes the interests of the company in external communication with the state bodies. Oraz is a responsible Secretary of the governmental working group on the implementation of the mechanism of "Regulatory Guillotine", a member of the Expert councils in the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation, the working group on the regulation of the alcohol market Regulation of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, Public Counsel and the working group on brewing products and soft drinks of the Expert Council under the Russian alcohol agency etc. Oraz is an invariable laureate of the international rating "Legal500: GC Powerlist". Oraz is the Best Corporate Lawyer in 2017, 2019 years of the Association of Corporate Lawyers' rate.

Todd Krieger

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Todd Krieger is Director of International Transactions and Senior Counsel at InterSystems Corporation in Cambridge, MA, USA, working primarily on software related agreements in healthcare, financial services, and other fields with government and private entities worldwide. He is a graduate of Lesley University School of Management in Cambridge, and Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Andrea Brancatelli

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Andrea Brancatelli, is Assistant General Counsel for MoneyGram and responsible for all legal matters within Europe, Russia & CIS which includes 56 countries. Andrea also sits on the Board of Directors of the Italian Inhouse Counsel Association and heads a working group on digital innovation. Previously Andrea Brancatelli worked in General Electric, in Milan, where he acted as Senior Legal Counsel for the “Capital” division of GE. His first in-house experience was in 2009, when he entered LSE-Borsa Italiana S.p.A. to follow the integration with London Stock Exchange Group. From 2006 to 2011 Andrea was Senior Associate of the Law Firm Gianni, Origoni & Partners, within the Corporate and M&A department. At the beginning of his career he worked with the Law Firm CMS Italy, in the fields of employment law, banking, corporate and M&A. Andrea Brancatelli is mother tongue English speaker, holds a Law Degree from the University of Rome, is admitted to Bar since 2006 and is author of various publications on fintech and international law. Moreover, Andrea Brancatelli contributes as speaker at conferences on regtech, which focus on the relationship between law and new technologies. Andrea appears in the “2017 General Counsel Legal 500 Powerlist” prepared by Legal 500 and was shortlisted for the “2014 Emerging In-house Counsel” award organized by Top Legal.

Kingsley Osei

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Kingsley Osei is Lead Project Counsel to the New York State Higher Education Consortium Large Scale Renewable Energy Project ("NYHE"). NYHE is a consortium of twenty-one universities and colleges in New York that are load-serving entities on the NYISO power market that will within the next three years transition up to 1000MW (100%) of their power load requirements to renewable energy sources through third-party financed and owned large scale renewable energy projects. https://system.suny.edu/capital-facilities/energy-management/sustainability/ny-he-lsre-large-scale-renewable-energy/

Hanns Hallesius

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Hanns Hallesius is a leading authority in strategic IP management, driving for smarter management of IP to create more business value. He has a background as Global Head of IP of the Electrolux Group, where he spent 14 years leading the development of effective IP strategy and management. Previously he also held leading positions with European IP Law Firm AWA. Hallesius is member of the Advisory Council to PRV, the Swedish Patent & Trademark Office, and has a background a member of the Board of Directors of Swedish IP Law Firm IPQ, now Rouse Sweden. He holds an MBA from Copenhagen Business School and an M Sc. from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg. Since 2020 he is supporting companies in developing IP management in the areas of Strategy, Operations and Leadership from the platform of his consultancy firm, Hallesius Consulting. of that time in management positions.

Ian Rose

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Ian Rose is a Solicitor (England & Wales) and Vice President, Compliance, at Volvo Trucks, based in Gothenburg, covering competition law, anti-corruption, data protection and sanctions compliance worldwide. Ian has been a Trustee of the Institute of Business Ethics, and he is currently a Trustee of Europe’s largest dog welfare charity, Dogs Trust.

Mariana Silveira Bueno

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Mariana Bueno is an attorney graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica of São Paulo (Brazil) in 2007. She has been working in the healthcare market for almost 10 years with legal matters such as litigation, public contracts, manufacture issues, digital solutions, and other products related to healthcare industry. Being part of the healthcare area and experiencing from an inside perspective, she has been able to acquire great life experience.

Cristina Rustignoli

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Cristina Rustignoli graduated with honors in law from the University of Trieste, she obtained the qualification to practice as a lawyer. In her professional career she has gained a wide and consolidated experience in the banking, financial and insurance sector. In 2000 she joined the Generali Group as legal manager of Banca Generali, assuming positions of increasing responsibility over time until becoming central director, head of the Governance Area, coordinating legal, corporate, human resources and organization. During her time with Banca Generali, she coordinated, among other things, the process of listing the company on the stock exchange and, since 2002, held the role of secretary of the Board of Directors. At the same time, she assumed the role of head of legal and corporate activities for other banking and financial companies of the Generali Group, including Banca BSI Italia, Generali Investments Italy SGR, Simgenia SIM, BG Fiduciaria SIM, Generfid, BG Fund Management Luxembourg. She was also a member of the Assoreti Management Committee and of the Scientific Committee of the Anti-Money Laundering & Compliance Studies Center. In 2016 she joined Generali Country Italy Group as General Counsel and in 2019 she became General Counsel of Generali Country Italy and Global Business Line. She is board member of several Companies in Generali Group, such as Banca Generali, Alleanza Assicurazioni, Genertel, Genertelife, Welion, GBS and chairman of the board of Jeniot.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 20 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce.

Tatiyana Akers

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Tatiyana Akers is a Corporate Compliance Consultant with over 12 years of Legal, Financial Services, and Compliance experience, specializing in the development and implementation of global ethics and compliance programs within the Pharmaceutical Industry. She has assisted pharmaceutical companies with the successful implementation and management of Office of Inspector General (OIG) mandated Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) obligations, including the development of CIA specific training; policy development; annual Independent Review Organization’s (IRO) system and transaction reviews; management and accountability certifications; board of directors resolutions; disciplinary guidelines; conflicts of interest, exclusion screening, and disclosure programs; as well as implementation/annual reports to the OIG. Mrs. Akers is also an experienced compliance investigator, partnering with various business functions to respond to, identify, and remedy potential compliance violations. She has a strong desire to integrate compliance initiatives and ethical practices cross functionally and via corporate leadership to ensure optimal compliance and operational efficiencies within organizations.

Fabiana Lacerca-Allen

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Biography M. Fabiana Lacerca-Allen has over 30 years of experience in legal and compliance roles, working for leading American companies such as Aimmune, Elan, Mylan, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Microsoft, Merck, and AT&T. She has counseled and litigated in the field of international business transactions and international environmental law. She has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry in leadership roles in charge of legal and compliance teams. She has counseled and represented clients on a broad range of questions, including strategic business initiatives ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and corporate policy. Ms. Lacerca-Allen has provided legal support and strategic advice on opportunities and trends in law particularly within the government sector, as well as with major and strategic corporate accounts. Fabiana has established policies and oversight on key areas of compliance affecting international markets, and she has been able to positively impact the perception of compliance, creating compliance training programs and relevant standard operating procedures and has been involved in validating and aiding due diligence in the compliance industry, frequently being requested as speaker and participant in forums. She has been recognized in the industry by Hispanic Executive Magazine in 2013, http://hispanicexecutive.com/2013/fabiana-lacerca-allen/; recognized as 2015 Women in Leadership, Inspiring Leaders: http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2015/may/12/know-who-you-want-to be-kidnapped-with-and-four-more-tips-for-leaders; served as Chair to the Bay Area Ethics & Compliance Association (BECA); and served as Co Chair for CBI, an Advanstar company serving the Life Sciences industry. Ms. Lacerca-Allen was invited to join the Gioja Research Institute while she was a student researching on environmental law. She was recipient of 1992 UCLA’s tuition waiver based on merit and recognition, and she represented UCLA in the Roscoe Foundation National Essay Contest submitting a paper on Global Warming. About your organization Aimmune was created in response to a united call to action from the leading minds and key stakeholders in food allergy who met at an advocacy-sponsored research retreat in 2011 to reach consensus on the direction of food allergy treatment research. Among the outcomes of the retreat, the group concluded that a standard oral immunotherapy (OIT) approach needed to be established, and associated products needed to be developed. When no pharmaceutical company showed interest in developing an OIT treatment, the food allergy community formed Aimmune. Today, Aimmune is working to fulfill the 2011 shared vision of developing a peanut allergy treatment and making it available to allergists for patients worldwide.

Laura Hamm

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Laura Hamm is the Compliance Director at Aimmune Therapeutics. Before joining Aimmune, Laura was the Compliance Officer of medical device manufacturer Stryker’s Neurovascular division, a nearly $1B business, and Stryker’s only global division. At Stryker, Laura oversaw all elements of Neurovascular’s compliance program. As a global Compliance Officer, Laura has witnessed the evolution of international regulations, and recognizes the importance of cross-border collaboration to meet global business goals. Laura is passionate about integrating compliance into business DNA, and empowering business partners to achieve objectives with high integrity. Prior to industry, Laura was an educator in the California public school system, focusing on literacy in low-income communities.

Brenda Crabtree

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Brenda Crabtree is the Associate Director, Compliance Auditing and Monitoring at Aimmune Therapeutics. Prior to this, Brenda worked as an intellectual property attorney for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and advised pharmaceutical and medical device companies on various compliance matters including corporate policy and strategy, privacy, transparency, and fair market value. Brenda is a humanitarian who began her career in public service as a U.S. Naval Officer, and she applies her strong sense of “doing the right thing” to her work as a compliance professional.

Prakash Deb Roy

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Prakash Deb Roy works as Senior Associate – Legal at Cognizant. He is responsible for the organizations in-house intellectual property analysis and allied processes. He has received his Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in Intellectual Property Law from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering from WBUT

Utsab Banerjee

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Utsab is an in-house manager in legal department of Cognizant technology solutions pvt. ltd. He is heading a team of 3 attorneys specialized in intellectual property. He has a a total work experience of 8 years in companies like Samsung, Tata Consultancy services and ARC document solutions. He specializes in patent, copyright and trademark for US, India and EP.

Juliette Passer

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Juliette Passer is an accomplished senior executive steeped in International, and the ability to help companies accelerate their penetration and growth in the United States and abroad. She has performed successfully in that role for over twenty-eight years, also serving as counsel to the legal implications and nuances of these expansions. She is particularly adept knowledgeable in markets including the former USSR, Eastern and Western Europe, China, Turkey, and Panama. Finally, Juliette has extensive experience on numerous private Boards, and is available for suitable Board engagements. Following the completion of her legal studies, Juliette gained her early legal and international experience as a corporate Associate with the New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton, as well as Patterson, Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP. She gained exposure to corporate finance, general corporate practice, arbitration and international development for clients. Her responsibilities included negotiating lending, stock purchase, licensing, distribution and joint venture agreements, in addition to opening a Moscow office. She trained Russian attorneys under the auspices of the American Bar Association and Council for Trade and Economic Cooperation. Additionally, Juliette has brought her expertise to thousands of individuals through her teaching engagements, seminars and courses. She has lectured US and international audiences on issues of law and commerce, with a particular expertise in emerging markets and the Internet. Juliette completed law studies from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, graduating cum laude, and serving as President of the International Law Society. She also undertook special studies in Soviet Law at the Columbia School of Law. She holds a Master of Arts in Music Education and a B.M. in Harp Performance from the Manhattan School of Music.

Shafaq Akhtar

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Howard Okiror

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Howard Okiror is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and holds a Bachelor of Law Degree from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), a Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law, a Master’s Degree in Intellectual Property from the Africa University (WIPO/ARIPO Academy) Zimbabwe, several professional certificates on Intellectual Property issued by WIPO Academy and is currently finalising on his Master of Business Administration at CUEA. Prior to joining AATF, he worked at the Kenya Copyright Board, a state corporation under the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice (Kenya), as a Legal Counsel and Copyright Prosecutor where he was involved in advising government and training the public on issues surrounding copyright and related rights, and also conducted prosecution for copyright infringement cases. Prior to joining government, Howard worked as a commercial and litigation lawyer with the firms of Yunis Mohammed & Associates and Muriithi & Ndonye Advocates respectively. Howard is a citizen of Kenya.

Aprinah Magarinah Shikoli

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Aprinah Magarinah Shikoli is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, She does consultancies in matters relating to intellectual property rights for various organizations including the AATF. Aprinah is currently working as a Senior State Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice in Kenya. She is a holder of a Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA) (Class of 2008). She later attended the Kenya School of Law where she obtained her Higher Diploma in Law (Class of 2012). Before attaining her Master of Laws in Intellectual Property Rights majoring in Plant Variety Protection from the University of Nairobi, Aprinah had done short courses in IPRs including on Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights at the University of Sweden (Uppsala). Aprinah is a citizen of Kenya.

Marcelin Tonye Mahop

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Dr. Marcelin Tonye Mahop is an intellectual Property Rights consultant, with a PhD earned from the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI), Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London. He has more than 15 years’ experience of research and consultancy on IPRs, in particular in the area of IPR application to biotechnology innovations, specifically agricultural biotechnology and genetic resources utilization within the framework of the implementation of the 1992 UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), its 2010 Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing and the FAO Plant Treaty. Dr. Mahop has published broadly on IP with his 2010 book ‘Intellectual Property, Community Rights and Human Rights: The Biological and Genetic Resources of Developing Countries’ published by Taylor & Francis: London and New York and the co-edited 2012 book: ‘Extending the Protection of Geographical Indications: Case Studies of Agricultural Products in Africa’ published by Earthscan from Routledge: Oxford and New York. Dr. Mahop is currently a research fellow at the University of Leeds researching on the processes of formulation and implementation of climate smart agriculture policies, paying special attention to the extent to which these policies accommodate and promote the use of biotechnological innovations in the agriculture sector in the interest of food security, economic development and climate resilience in Africa. He is a citizen of Cameroon.

Alhaji Tejan-Cole

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Alhaji Tejan-Cole holds a LL.M degree in Legislative Drafting from the University of the West Indies and a LL.M degree in Intellectual Property Law from the University of South Africa. He has served as Legislative Counsel in Sierra Leone and in the Caribbean nation of Belize where he helped draft the country’s World Trade Organization/Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (WTO/TRIPs) implementing legislation. In 2003, he was appointed as Deputy Registrar for Intellectual Property in Belize, a position which he held until his appointment with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation. Alhaji has authored several publications on intellectual property law, and has served as legislative drafting consultant for the World Intellectual Property Organization. He is a citizen of Sierra Leone.

Anna White

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Yale Law School LLM, now General Counsel to Europe's leading public/private climate innovation initiative

Grace Williamson

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Grace Williamson is Legal Counsel at Save the Children Australia. Grace is currently undertaking a Master of Public and International Law at the University of Melbourne and holds a BA/LLB (Distinction) from the University of Western Australia. Prior to Save the Children, Grace practiced commercial law at Linklaters in London where she worked in the dispute resolution team. Grace also ran pro bono matters for a London community legal centre and female education charity Camfed International, and volunteered at Redress, a human rights law organisation.

Simon Miller

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Simon Miller is General Counsel for Save the Children Australia, one of Australia’s largest aid and development agencies dedicated to helping children. Simon is a senior legal professional who has worked as a commercial advisor in international law firms in London and for over a decade as a legal advisor for World Vision and Save the Children. Simon holds a Masters of Public and International Law from the University of Melbourne. (detailed bios to be provided)

Sophie Coleman

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Sophie Coleman is a senior lawyer with Save the Children Australia. Sophie holds a Bachelor of Arts and Laws from Monash University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Melbourne. In 2011, Sophie co-founded Create Impact, a charity working with remote communities in Ethiopia on education, health and water projects. Sophie is also a board member of Aardvark Music, a charity that helps vulnerable young people to expand their identity and wellbeing though music.

Gilles Mugnier

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Gilles Mugnier is international affaires director at SNCF, being mainly in charge of contracts and projects coordination. He was previously Deputy General Counsel of SNCF, within the group legal department. Before joining SNCF, Gilles was legal adviser in several companies in the energy and transportation sectors, mainly in charge or international projects and contracts. Graduate of Paris Bar and of the Geneva University, he has participated in several projects and deals in France and worldwide.

Sebastian Ferreyra Romea

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Sebastian Ferreyra Romea has extensive experience on civil and commercial law, antitrust and banking and financial regulations. He is a Lawyer graduated from the University of Buenos Aires (Graduated with Honors), Master in Business Law from the Austral University (Scholarship based on Academic Merit, Graduated with Honors) and Master in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom (LSE) (Scholarship and distinguished with Magna Cum Laude qualification). He participates in leadership positions in Volunteering Activities in Argentina and was Founding President of the Competition Law Society at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he currently holds the position of Special Counsel and Ambassador for Latin America.

Juan Francisco Albarenque

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Juan Francisco Albarenque is the Director of Legal Affairs at National Shipping Argentina. Prior to joining the company in 2019, he worked as Senior Legal Counsel for Shell Company in Argentina and Shell Oil in Houston, Texas. Mr. Albarenque has extensive experience in the oil & gas and energy sector. He regularly speaks at legal conferences and writes articles for specialised magazines.

Charles Cowan

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Charles D. Cowan is Managing Partner of Analytic Focus LLC. Dr. Cowan has 40 years of experience in statistical research and design. He consults for the public and private sector on the design, implementation, and evaluation of research. He was Chief of Survey Design for the US Bureau of the Census and Chief Statistician for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He has testified at trial and in depositions more than 150 times.

Subhrarag Mukherjee

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I am a Senior Legal Counsel in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) overseeing the legal support for all Strategic Alliance relationships/projects of the company for North America & Worldwide regions.

Fabio Cunha

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Fabio Cunha, is the General Counsel, responsible for the legal, compliance and governmental relation of Dasa S/A, a leader in diagnostic medicine in Brazil, the largest company in the sector in Latin America and the 5th largest in the world, working in clinical analysis, diagnostic imaging and genomic medicine, also the third largest hospital chain in Brazil. With previous experience also at Danone (food industry) Fresenius Medical Care (pharmaceutical) and Embraer (Aerospace). With prominent roll in the health sector Fabio is Board Member of the ASD – Associação Saúde Digital and Director of the Legal Committee of Abramed (Associação Brasileira de Medicina diagnóstica) leading association representing diagnostic medicine and digital health, with many articles published in various newspapers in Brazil. Holds LLM degree from University of Miami school of Law, MBA from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, and GD from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Nitin Bhati

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Since the law days, I was very much keen on the laws related to technology. After being a litigator and having experience of arguing before various courts to enhance my knowledge and skill I did few certificate courses in Cyberlaw and Legal process outsourcing along with forensics. Initially, I started working with a web designing company in the name of Emax Global for the prevention of online privacy then gradually I shifted to startups where I had spend a fantastic time with Walkover and Shopkirana two very buddying startups. After joining rack bank there is no looking back as the digital world is growing and the DATA center industry is growing nicely.

Jenny Kim

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Jenny Kim is the Deputy General Counsel, Political Law & Vice President, Public Policy for Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC, which provides services to Koch Industries, Inc. and its affiliates. She leads and oversees political law compliance for the United States, including federal and state, as well as Canada and the European Union. She also leads public policy portfolio, which includes criminal justice and rule of law reform. She serves as a board member of Due Process Institute and Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN), and as an advisor to Safe Streets & Second Chances reentry initiative. In 2019, Corporate Counsel and InsideCounsel honored her with the Women Influence in Power & Law award. In 2018, DCA LIVE named her as Top Corporate Counsel in the DC area. Before joining Koch in 2008, Ms. Kim was a senior associate at Miller & Chevalier Chartered, and an associate with Crowell & Moring, LLP. Previously, she was a Presidential Management Fellow at The White House Office of Counsel to the President and Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. Ms. Kim earned a juris doctorate from Boston College Law School and a bachelor’s degree from New York University. She is a member of the bar in New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Byron Hing

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Byron Hing is a Manager, Senior Legal Counsel at Adobe Inc. where he leads a team that supports partner sales transactions for the Adobe Digital Experience Cloud. Byron is a member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Legal Affairs Council, earned an L.L.M. in International Business Law from Central European University, a Juris Doctorate from University of Texas School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University.

Pamela Watts

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Pamela Watts is a Director and Associate General Counsel at Adobe Inc. She leads a team responsible for providing global legal support for Adobe’s channel and partner businesses as well as Adobe’s North American public sector business. Before joining Adobe, she was a Director at Oracle and a Group Director at Siebel Systems managing and providing legal support for a variety of commercial and public sector sales, strategic partner and operations teams. Ms. Watts earned a juris doctorate from George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School, and a bachelor’s degree from the College of William & Mary.

Gayle Taylor

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Gayle Taylor is Lead Counsel of Adobe Advertising Cloud at Adobe Inc. She leads a team responsible for providing legal support for a technology platform that global advertisers and media agencies use to buy, manage, optimize and measure advertising. Gayle is a member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Legal Affairs Council and holds a Juris Doctorate from Boston College Law School, a Master of Business Administration from the Carroll Graduate School of Management at Boston College, and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.

Michael Lanser

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Michael Lanser holds a degree of Master of Laws from Stockholm University, Sweden, and a postgraduate Master of Laws degree in Comparative Law, Economics and Finance (LL.M. CLEF) from the International University College of Turin jointly with the University of Turin, Italy. At present Michael Lanser works as a senior legal counsel at Skandia Mutual Life Insurance Company in Sweden. Additionally, Michael Lanser serves as member of the board of directors of two Swedish limited liability companies that offer administration services relating to pensions and other employment benefits, and has served as a board member of a Swedish asset management company and of an alternative investment fund company domiciled in Luxembourg.

Paul Giordano

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Mr. Giordano currently is a Principal of Enfinite Capital LLC and also acts as an advisor, lawyer and director to leading insurance, technology and engineering firms. From 2009 through 2017, Mr. Giordano was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Ironshore Inc., a global specialty insurance company. While at Ironshore, he also was Chairman for Political Risk, Special Risk and Surety and CEO of Ironshore Surety Holdings Inc. Prior to joining Ironshore, Mr. Giordano was President and CEO of Syncora Holdings Ltd., a publicly traded financial guaranty insurance and reinsurance company, from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Giordano served in a variety of legal and business roles at XL Capital Ltd. from 1997 through 2006, including Executive Vice President and General Counsel, President of XL Financial Solutions and CEO for XL’s Financial Products and Services division. Mr. Giordano began his career in private practice with the law firms of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton and Clifford Chance in New York and London from 1990 to 1997 where his practice focused primarily on banking law, securities law, M&A and international financial transactions. Mr. Giordano has held a variety of board positions in the insurance industry, including serving as an outside director of Primus Guaranty, Ltd., a NYSE-listed credit default swap company. He also was a senior advisor to the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, an independent non-partisan 501(c)(3) research organization focused on regulation of the U.S. capital markets, and Co-Chair of the Financial Services Policy Committee of the New England Council, a cross-industry business advocacy group. Mr. Giordano holds a JD from Harvard Law School, an MA from Oxford University and a BA in Political Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Garret Scronce

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Garret Scronce serves as a Political Compliance and Operations Analyst at Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC. He oversees the design and implementation of leveraging technology and data to mitigate political law risks. Additionally, he helps to manage the 350 plus U.S. federal, state, and local lobbying registration and reporting process across the Koch enterprise. Mr. Scronce earned a B.A. in Political Science from Allegheny College, in Meadville Pennsylvania.

Madelein Kleyn

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Madelein Kleyn is a chemical engineer, an admitted attorney and a registered patent attorney in South Africa. She holds a PhD in intellectual property. She served as in-house corporate patent counsel for South African based international petrochemical company Sasol Group Services for 16 years and thereafter as General Manager – Legal and Intellectual Property for the boutique international agriculture company Oro Agri International Ltd for 12 years where she was responsible for the protection and enhancement of the company’s sustainable competitive advantage through strategic IP management and oversees general legal governance and compliance. She is based in the R&D head office in South Africa. She is presently Director, Technology Transfer of Innovus and also the CEO of the corporation Mad IP Consultng (Pty) Ltd. Dr Kleyn tutors part time for the World Intellectual Property Organisation e-learning programme on IP management; lectures on patent attorney practice to candidate patent attorneys in South Africa; and is appointed as research associate and fellow of the Anton Mostert Chair of Intellectual Property, University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Law an appointment recognizing proven specialised expertise. She moderates and teaches the patent and design module of the Anton Mostert Chair of IP LLM (intellectual property) course at Stellenbosch University. She publishes and presents papers at various fora internationally. Dr Kleyn’s main areas of expertise include IP strategy development and implementation, M&A transactions, IP portfolio management (including prosecution of patents and trademarks), and patent and trademark opposition matters. She regularly advises on corporate governance and IP risk management and specialises in drafting and advising on IP-related business transactions, including technology transfer and licensing. Dr Kleyn has authored and presented various articles, papers and publications on IP matters internationally. She is the co-editor of the journal “International Pharmaceutical Law” published by LexisNexis of which she co-authors the South African Chapter. She is a member of American Chemical Society, INTA, LESI, LES SA (President) and SAIIPL.

Ola Espelund

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Ola Espelund is the General Counsel and head of the legal team of Marginalen Bank. He is part of the bank’s Executive Management Team. Prior to joining Marginalen Bank, he was Lead Counsel for Group M&A and Finance at Telia Company. He has also a background from private practice at Mannheimer Swartling, the leading law firm in Sweden. Ola Espelund’s main focus areas are currently banking and finance law but he has also significant M&A and corporate law experience, with a track record of managing transactions and legal matters in 25+ jurisdictions on four continents.

Lipika Chimata

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Lipika Chimata graduated from School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore in 2018 and has been working at the Legal Department of L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering for the past year. She is currently working on several onshore projects and arbitrations for the company. She has previously interned with a private equity firm and law firms in Bangalore

Oswald D'souza

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Oswald Dsouza is the Group Legal Head of L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited, and has more than thirty years of experience in the legal field both as a practising lawyer and as an in-house counsel. He has worked with a wide variety of industry segments including oil & gas, defence, shipbuilding, information technology, finance, electrical products and consumer durables.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 20 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce.

Francis Aloh

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Francis Aloh provides high end legal services to 9mobile, especially in the areas of dispute management (including litigation, arbitration and mediation) contract negotiation and transaction advisory (generic and industry specific contract drafting inclusive), regulatory compliance, tax, real estate and data protection. In addition, he has a wealth of experience in advicing clients across various sectors, such as, oil and gas, energy and power, maritime, information technology and intellectual property, including company secretarial services while he worked with leading law firms in Nigeria. Francis is an international data privacy expert and duly certified by the IAPP, as well as an arbitrator, with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), Nigerian Branch. He also a fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants, Nigerian Branch and a member of various local and internal professional organisations. He has published articles on various topical issues including privacy and data protection, and pushing the frontiers of privacy security in Nigeria and Africa.

Bing Xue

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Mr. XUE Bing, based in Beijing, is the Partner of Infinity Group responsible for China-Israel (plus other Jewish circles in the US and Europe) cross-border financing & investment, investment banking and innovation activities. Bing focuses on the high-tech projects with high potential in Chinese local industrialization such as cyber security/Fintech, AI, Healthcare, Military & Civilian Integration and Modern Agriculture, and aims on realization of industrial investment return through delicate deal structure. Bing is also Infinity’s head of "Integration of City and Industry” and Global Innovation Centers, and also acts as General Counsel. Prior to joining Infinity, Bing accumulated a rich legal experience in Junhe Law Offices and French Gide Law Firm in the area of investment and financing. Bing’s PQE legal practice includes representing leading multinational companies and investment institutions in their cross-border M&A, infrastructure, project finance and PE/VC deals in China in a wide range such as automobile, finance, energy, public infrastructure, high-tech, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods. Bing also assisted large state-owned enterprises in carrying out outbound investment and financing activities. Prior to the above, Bing served as a military officer in the Chinese military division. Bing graduated within distinction from LLM/Business Administration of Kellogg in Northwestern University, and is qualified for Chinese bar.

David Holme

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Driven by an urge to reshape the legal industry, Exigent’s CEO and co-founder David Holme has been injecting innovative thinking into the way legal services are provided for the last 15 years. Holme founded Exigent in 2003, moving the needle of alternative service providers from the low-cost camp to smart, data-enabled business partners. Holme founded Exigent in 2003, focusing on workflow efficiencies first and then continuing to move the needle of alternative service providers from the low-cost camp to smart, data-enabled business partners. With data the cornerstone of his business vision, Holme advocates for an Augmented Intelligence approach that combines the best of tech with the smartest legal and financial brains for a true revolution in the legal industry. Holme’s background as a KPMG qualified Chartered Accountant and his experience in private equity means he masters the numbers side and always looks at commercial benefit in a no-nonsense way. Even when dealing with the intricate complexity (and sometimes resistance) of the legal business. As a CEO & founder, Holme provides the strategic direction and plays a key role in developing partnerships globally for Exigent, an inherently cross-cultural, progressive and borderless business.

James Lau

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James Lau Chief Legal Officer with 30 years both contentious and non-contentious international cross-border transactional and dispute-resolution experience acquired through a combination of private practice at industry-leading law firms and in-house roles at Fortune 500 Multinational Corporations.

Luca Franceschini

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Born in Milan in 1966, he was appointed Executive Vice President of Integrated Compliance on 12 September 2016. He is also a member of the 231 Supervisory Body of Eni SpA. Attorney registered with the Ordine degli Avvocati (the Italian Bar association) of Rome, he is a member of the Board of the European Chief Compliance and Integrity Officers Forum (ECCIOF).

Haitao Zhang

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Haitao Zhang, Esq., In-house counsel and director legal for CNPC America Ltd., licensed in NY, USA and Alberta, Canada, and has been working in international petroleum industry for almost 20 years and has rich experiences in new venture business and project legal management in petroleum sector.

Nicolas Vielliard

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Nicolas Vielliard is senior counsel at Shawcor and is responsible for all legal matters in the eastern hemisphere region.

Lisa Mares

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Lisa brings over 15 years of Executive Assistant experience and has been instrumental in the following areas: Strategic Business Planning, Communications, Project Management, Operations, and Human Resources. Lisa holds a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Behavior and Leadership from the University of San Francisco and a Master of Science in Business Administration with a focus in Human Resource Management.

Mauricio Carmona

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Jelena Madir

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Jelena Madir is the General Counsel of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in Geneva. Before joining Gavi in 2019, she spent 11 years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, where she headed the Financial Law Unit – a dedicated unit focused on legal reform in the areas of corporate governance, FinTech, insolvency and access to finance. Jelena is the editor and contributing author of the books FinTech: Law and Regulation and HealthTech: Law and Regulation.

William Mansfield

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William Mansfield is an American attorney and the Director of Intellectual Property for ABRO Industries, Inc. He is in charge of growing and protecting ABRO’s expansive trademark portfolio of over 2,000 registrations in over 175 countries. Mr. Mansfield has himself traveled to 55 foreign countries and directed legal matters in over 160. This involves coordinating the actions of attorneys, investigators, and government officials on six continents (and he is hoping for a case in Antarctica to arise one day as well). Mr. Mansfield earned his J.D. from Indiana University, a B.A. in Psychology from Purdue University, and is currently completing a M.B.A. at Indiana University. He is certified in the investigation of transnational and organized intellectual property crime by the international police organization INTERPOL.

Laura Hamm

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Laura Hamm is the Compliance Director at Aimmune Therapeutics. Before joining Aimmune, Laura was the Compliance Officer of medical device manufacturer Stryker’s Neurovascular division, a nearly $1B business, and Stryker’s only global division. At Stryker, Laura oversaw all elements of Neurovascular’s compliance program. As a global Compliance Officer, Laura has witnessed the evolution of international regulations, and recognizes the importance of cross-border collaboration to meet global business goals. Laura is passionate about integrating compliance into business DNA, and empowering business partners to achieve objectives with high integrity. Prior to industry, Laura was an educator in the California public school system, focusing on literacy in low-income communities.

Brenda Crabtree

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Brenda Crabtree is the Associate Director, Compliance Auditing and Monitoring at Aimmune Therapeutics. Prior to this, Brenda worked as an intellectual property attorney for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and advised pharmaceutical and medical device companies on various compliance matters including corporate policy and strategy, privacy, transparency, and fair market value. Brenda is a humanitarian who began her career in public service as a U.S. Naval Officer, and she applies her strong sense of “doing the right thing” to her work as a compliance professional.

Fabiana Lacerca-Allen

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Biography M. Fabiana Lacerca-Allen has over 30 years of experience in legal and compliance roles, working for leading American companies such as Aimmune, Elan, Mylan, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Microsoft, Merck, and AT&T. She has counseled and litigated in the field of international business transactions and international environmental law. She has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry in leadership roles in charge of legal and compliance teams. She has counseled and represented clients on a broad range of questions, including strategic business initiatives ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and corporate policy. Ms. Lacerca-Allen has provided legal support and strategic advice on opportunities and trends in law particularly within the government sector, as well as with major and strategic corporate accounts. Fabiana has established policies and oversight on key areas of compliance affecting international markets, and she has been able to positively impact the perception of compliance, creating compliance training programs and relevant standard operating procedures and has been involved in validating and aiding due diligence in the compliance industry, frequently being requested as speaker and participant in forums. She has been recognized in the industry by Hispanic Executive Magazine in 2013, http://hispanicexecutive.com/2013/fabiana-lacerca-allen/; recognized as 2015 Women in Leadership, Inspiring Leaders: http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2015/may/12/know-who-you-want-to be-kidnapped-with-and-four-more-tips-for-leaders; served as Chair to the Bay Area Ethics & Compliance Association (BECA); and served as Co Chair for CBI, an Advanstar company serving the Life Sciences industry. Ms. Lacerca-Allen was invited to join the Gioja Research Institute while she was a student researching on environmental law. She was recipient of 1992 UCLA’s tuition waiver based on merit and recognition, and she represented UCLA in the Roscoe Foundation National Essay Contest submitting a paper on Global Warming. About your organization Aimmune was created in response to a united call to action from the leading minds and key stakeholders in food allergy who met at an advocacy-sponsored research retreat in 2011 to reach consensus on the direction of food allergy treatment research. Among the outcomes of the retreat, the group concluded that a standard oral immunotherapy (OIT) approach needed to be established, and associated products needed to be developed. When no pharmaceutical company showed interest in developing an OIT treatment, the food allergy community formed Aimmune. Today, Aimmune is working to fulfill the 2011 shared vision of developing a peanut allergy treatment and making it available to allergists for patients worldwide.

Michael Schindlbauer

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Michael Schindlbauer holds a degree of Magister iuris from the University of Vienna, Austria, a postgraduate degree of Master of Laws in European and International Business Law (LL.M.) from the University of Vienna, Austria and a postgraduate degree of Master of Laws in United States Law with specialization in International and Comparative Law (LL.M.) from Santa Clara University, United States of America. He has been practicing law professionally since 2012. After graduating from the University of Vienna, Michael Schindlbauer during his court practice was admitted to the Vienna Higher Regional Court as a district attorney and subsequently worked for an export credit insurance company before switching to the real estate business.

Clive Davies

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Clive is a senior counsel with Fujitsu in the UK advising in particular on major IT service contracts with customers in the public and private sectors. Prior to joining Fujitsu Clive was the lead IT and outsourcing partner in London at two leading city law firms. Clive specialises in advising on large outsourcing agreements. He has a particular interest in improving the contracting process, believing that a successful contract supports effective delivery. Clive lectures and writes regularly on IT subjects. Clive is past chair and Fellow of SCL, a Co-Chair of ITechLaw's In-House Committee, an editor of Communications Law and a member of the LexisNexis In-House Advisory Board. Clive specialises in major outsourcing contracts. He has a particular interest in improving the contracting process, believing that a successful contract supports effective delivery. Clive lectures and writes regularly on IT subjects. Clive is past chair and Fellow of SCL, a Co-Chair of ITechLaw's In-House Committee, an editor of Communications Law and a member of the LexisNexis In-House Advisory Board.

Fernanda de Cooker

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Fernanda de Cooker is the company lawyer of MaxGrip B.V. She is originally Brazilian and was admitted at the Brazilian Bar Association until her move the Netherlands in 2008. Her expertise lies in all business-related contract law issues in an international scope, including marketing activities, regulatory, compliance, insurance, and operations. In the last 10 years she advised multinationals in the Netherlands regarding IT law contracts and consultancy services but also on transnational manufacturing and distribution business, product liab ility and regulatory affairs. Since 2018 she is also specialist in personal data protection with focus in the General Data Protection Regulation (EU).

Anna Lefcovitch

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Anna Lefcovitch is currently employed as an in-house solicitor at Arcadis LLP, and has considerable experience in commercial and construction law. She studied law at University College London and London Guildhall University. She has been working as an in-house lawyer for 20 years.

Professor Charles Chatterjee

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Professor Charles Chatterjee who studied law at the University of Cambridge and the University of London is a Barrister in England and Wales and has also acted as an arbitrator. A commercial law specialist (international) with special interest and knowledge in international organisations and their functions in addition to court experience in law as a practising barrister in England and Wales. A consultant to international organisations and private corporations in addition to conducting capacity building training programmes in various countries. Articles in IICJ: “Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: How Effective is Article V of the New York Convention of 1958?” International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 9, No. 36, Summer (2016), 1 “Decisions of ICSID Tribunals on Procedural Issues may not be Confused with their Awards” International In-house Counsel Journal Vol. 10, No 37, (2016) “CAPE DISTRIBUTION LTD v CAPE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PLC How a Parent Company May be Held Liable in Torts for the Negligence of its Subsidiaries”, International In-house Counsel Journal Vol.11, No. 42, (2018)

Surup Ray Chaudhuri

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Surup Ray Chaudhuri, comes from the hill town of Shillong in northeast India. Having completed his secondary education in Shillong, he moved to Bangalore to pursue his Bachelors in Law. He started working in-house right after law school, starting with J.P. Morgan and Chase, in 2010. After a brief stint there, he moved to Mindteck India Ltd., a software services company in Bangalore, where he worked for about a year and a half. He was then recruited in Hindustan Unilever Limited in April, 2012. He worked as the Legal Business Partner for the Personal Care Business, along with the Global Legal Business Partner for two brands globally, Lifebuoy and Fair & Lovely. In his role, he was responsible for advising the Marketing division on all legal matters, right from the initiation of a product concept, till its market launch. After two promotions and a five years in the organisation, he decided to move on to another sector, and joined The Indian Hotels Company Limited in June, 2017. He is currently the Associate Vice President – Legal, in which role, his team are responsible for all legal matters in the northern zone of the company. He also partners with the Business Development team on all matters in the northern zone, along with international hotel projects in the Middle Eastern region. In his role, he reports to the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the company.

Mark Solon

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Mark Solon is the Chairman of the Legal Division of Wilmington Plc. Mark Solon is acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading experts on expert witnesses, investigatory practice, witness familiarisation and continuing professional development. He is a solicitor, a qualified Attorney at Law in California and has an MSc in Shipping Trade and Finance with distinction from the City University. He has been instrumental in improving the standard of expert evidence over the last twenty years and regularly chairs conferences of up to 500 delegates as well as speaking at many conferences. He has written numerous articles relating to evidence and several books. He has in depth knowledge of the legal and evidential issues around forensic science, emergency planning, surveillance and the work of many specialist intelligence and prosecution agencies. He frequently appears on television and radio dealing with evidential issues. He has been described by one senior expert witness under his cross-examination as “the love child of Stephen Hawking and a Rottweiler.” Mark founded Bond Solon in 1992 and the company has since grown to become the largest provider of law related training to non-lawyers.

Rodney Sweetland

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I am a General Counsel, seasoned legal executive, and renowned lead litigator with 25+ years of experience in triaging legal problems, providing senior management with advice on company strategies and implementation, managing the legal function, and directing outside counsel. I have served as a partner in internationally recognized law firms, authored a treatise on international intellectual property litigation, recognized as an expert in the subject and quoted as a thought leader in scores of articles.

Arun Subash

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Arun Subash is an In-house lawyer of Reliance Industries Limited, with more than 13 years’ experience in handling complex and high value commercial contracts in the Oil and Gas Industry.

Sancho Guibert

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Sancho Guibert has been In house counsel of Citibank for 21years plus and currently he is the Regional Cards Counsel for Asia Pacific and EMEA (based in Madrid, Spain). He is a Spanish qualified lawyer and his earlier experience includes 2 years’ experience as an associate at Baker & McKenzie and 1 year as visiting attorney in the Latin American Practice Group at Mayer Brown, NY office.

Spyros Makris

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Dr. Spyros Makris is IPR Policy manager at Ericsson. His main responsibilities include legal advice, research and training on various topics regarding the licensing and assertion of Intellectual Property Rights and especially patents. Prior to joining Ericsson, Spyros worked for almost seven years as a lawyer in Munich, focusing on international commercial litigation and arbitration. Before moving to Munich, Spyros worked for three years as a lecturer in international business law at the University of Applied Sciences of West Macedonia in Greece. Spyros is admitted to the Bar in Germany (Syndikusrechtsanwalt) and Greece (Dikigoros). He holds a PhD degree (Dr. iur) and a master’s degree (LL.M.) from the University of Constance, Germany as well as a law degree from the Democritian University of Thrace, Greece.

Anthony Philpott

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Anthony Philpott is a Construction Lawyer and is practising as a Barrister in chambers in Lincoln’s Inn London. He has the MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College London and he is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He spent more than ten years as Legal Counsel with Bovis Lend Lease a construction and project management multi-national where he advised on and negotiated every type of construction contract and represented the company on major projects and disputes including multi-million pound construction litigation. He is dual qualified as a Solicitor (non-practising) and Barrister (practising and authorsied to conduct litigation). He has the following experience in Construction contracts and disputes: • In depth knowledge of every form of standard building contract • Advised on tender documents and terms and conditions and drafted amendments over many years • Advised on all associated contract documents of bonds, guarantees, collateral warranties, novation agreements and consultants’ appointments • Negotiated with leading city law firms on every type of building contract • Particular knowledge and experience of negotiation and drafting of Private Finance Initiative Hospital projects and Building Schools for the Future Facilities (BSF) Management contracts • Comprehensive knowledge of all Private Finance Initiative contractual documents • Drafted, negotiated and advised upon Facilities Management BSF contracts and Medical Equipment contracts and sub-contracts with suppliers on three major hospital projects at Havering and Roehampton in London and Leeds Oncology and Building Schools for the Future. • Comprehensive knowledge and experience of ADR in construction Adjudications, Arbitrations and Mediations • Conducted adjudications against leading London city construction law firms in submitting Notice of Intention to Adjudicate and Referral Notices, conducting arguments over jurisdiction of the adjudicator and natural justice legal and contractual arguments in general • Drafted pleadings, court and Alternative Disputes Resolution documents • Conducted litigation in the Court of Appeal, High Court (including in the enforcement of Adjudicator’s decision in the Technology and Construction Contracts Court) • Comprehensive knowledge and experience of Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 as amended and case law on enforcement of Adjudicators’ decisions in the Technology and Construction Contracts.

Shilpi Sneha

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Shilpi Sneha is a commercial attorney with an experience of ten years in technology agreements of various kinds. She has graduated in law from Pune is currently working with Cognizant Technology Solutions, India as Manager for Global Alliances and Strategic Partnerships. Prior to joining Cognizant, Shilpi worked with an India based IT MNC and EY Global Business Services India Pvt. Ltd.

Rajat Rashmi

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Rajat Rashmi is a commercial attorney with particular interest in the IT domain. In addition to completing BA LLB from Pune, she has also completed Master in Business Laws from National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She is currently based out of the Dubai office of Cognizant Technology Solutions and operates as a Senior Manager for Global Alliances and Strategic Partnerships. Prior to joining Cognizant, Rajat worked as a Corporate Counsel in another IT Company - Persistent Systems Ltd. for 6 years.

Neil Murrin

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Neil Murrin (General Counsel and Director, Regulatory Affairs) Neil ensures Trainline can continue its rapid growth within the complexities and opportunities that technology, online retail and rail present internationally. With 15 years at Trainline and before that at Inmarsat (satellite communications) and London law firms, Neil sees the legal and regulatory functions as business enablers and encourages his team to be integrated into the heart of the business. It is this approach that were reflected in awards for the team such as Legal Week Innovation Awards 2019 and LexisNexis Legal Awards 2019 - In House Team of the Year – winners. Neil was also recognised on the Legal 500 GC Powerlist. Away from train travel, Neil enjoys cycling and running at weekends and has even tried his hand at a few triathlons (despite swimming like a brick). He recovers by time spent with family and keeping up with world news. His favourite rail journey is from Nice to Monaco, through the dark of the tunnels then the intermittent searing azure of the sea... Alternatively, Waterloo to West Byfleet in the rain as that means "home"!

Isabelle Rust

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Isabelle Rust is Head of Third Party Compliance Management at Airbus (Defence and Space Division) Working since about 15 years, she has extensive international experience in the governance field, having specialised in corporate governance, internal auditing, forensic investigations and compliance (including M&A compliance). She holds a Master in Research degree in International Private and Public law from the University of Nice (France) and a Master in European Business from ESCP Europe (France and UK).

Camelia Gardot

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Camelia Gardot is Senior Legal Counsel – “Mergers and Acquisitions” at Airbus (Defence and Space Division)

Daniel Igra

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Daniel Igra is legal counsel for Nokia, handling Ethics & Compliance investigations in Western Europe and Latin America. He identifies and mitigates risks to Nokia by managing and conducting internal investigations into alleged breaches of law and Nokia’s code of conduct. Prior to joining Nokia in November 2019, Daniel was a prosecutor at the UK Serious Fraud Office where he investigated and prosecuted major international economic crime cases. He trained at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and has a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages from Cambridge University.

Claire Mooney

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Claire has worked as a lawyer for Barclays for eight years; she started her career in private practice in Scotland and has also worked for a City fund manager and HMT.

Sally Wallwork

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Sally Wallwork works in the Barclays UK investment services and products team. She worked previously in the General Counsel’s Division of the Financial Conduct Authority and in private practice.

Petar Kragic

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Petar Kragic has got MA and PhD in maritime law. He is author of a legal textbook Tanker Charteparties and a number of articles on maritime law topics. He is speaker at maritime conferences. He is titular member of CMI and former chairman of the Croatian Maritime Law Association. He was a member of CMI drafting committee for Rotterdam Rules and a member of the Croatian delegation to UNCITRAL including to Working Group on Judicial sale of Ships. He is former chairman of the legal committee of Croatian Chamber of Shipping. For a number of years he was director of a UK P&I Club and SiGCo and has been a member of the drafting committee for Croatian maritime law. Mr. Kragic was working for Tankerska Plovidba d.d., Croatian largest ship owning company in which for a number of years he headed the Legal & Insurance Department and later was its legal advisor.

Cathy Lynn Danzer

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Cathy Lynn Danzer began working with Danzer organization in 1994. With her degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Dayton, she developed Environmental and Safety Management Systems according to the ISO14001 standard for all of Danzer’s manufacturing operations. In 2004, Mrs. Danzer graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law with her J.D. and a certificate in International Law and is a current member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. In her role as Sustainability and Compliance Counsel for Danzer, she focuses on sustainability reporting, international standards development, stakeholder engagement and conducts risk assessment and mitigation programs.

Sarah Schwartz

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Sarah J. Schwartz is an attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois, USA and Spain. She has practiced law since 2006 in the USA and in Spain and is currently employed by Amadeus IT Group, S.A. as Senior Legal Counsel, Merger & Acquisitions. At Amadeus, Ms. Schwartz provides legal and strategic advice and oversight on M&A deals, venture capital investments, integration of acquired businesses, corporate governance, and other strategic projects. Her deal experience involves cross-border work throughout Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Prior to Amadeus, she developed her career in the Mergers & Acquisitions departments within the Madrid office of Baker McKenzie and the Chicago office of McGuireWoods LLP. Ms. Schwartz obtained her law degree from the University of Illinois, College of Law in 2006, and she obtained her Spanish legal degree through the homologación process with the Spanish Ministry of Education and the Universidad Nacional a Distancia in 2010. Before law school, she obtained a Master of Arts degree in Spanish Literature and Language from Middlebury College after studying abroad for one year in Madrid and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Subhadip Sarkar

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Subhadip Sarkar works as Assistant Vice President – IP and Licensing at Cognizant. He is responsible for establishing and driving the IP and technology licensing strategies and implementing Industry best practices on IP for the company.

Prakash Deb Roy

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Prakash Deb Roy works as Senior Associate – Legal at Cognizant. He is responsible for the organizations in-house intellectual property analysis and allied processes. He has received his Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in Intellectual Property Law from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering from WBUT

Utsab Banerjee

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Utsab is an in-house manager in legal department of Cognizant technology solutions pvt. ltd. He is heading a team of 3 attorneys specialized in intellectual property. He has a a total work experience of 8 years in companies like Samsung, Tata Consultancy services and ARC document solutions. He specializes in patent, copyright and trademark for US, India and EP.

James McCauley

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James M. McCauley is the Ethics Counsel for the Virginia State Bar where he has been employed since 1989. His department writes the draft advisory legal ethics opinions, propose amendments to the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct and provide informal advice via the “ethics hotline” to members of the bar and bench on matters involving legal ethics, lawyer advertising and the unauthorized practice of law. Mr. McCauley frequently lectures and publishes on matters relating to legal ethics and the unauthorized practice of law. He taught Professional Responsibility at the T.C. Williams School of Law in Richmond, Virginia for 15 years, and served on the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legal Ethics and Professionalism from 2008-2011. Mr. McCauley graduated cum laude from James Madison University in 1978, received his law degree from the T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, in 1982 and was on the University of Richmond Law Review. Mr. McCauley served on the faculty of the Virginia State Bar’s Mandatory Professionalism Course from 2004-2010. He is also a Fellow of the Virginia Law and the American Bar Foundations. Mr. McCauley is a member of the John Marshall Inn of Court in Richmond, Virginia. In 2018, he was chosen as Leader of the Year by the 2018 Class of Leaders in the Law sponsored by the Virginia Lawyers Weekly.

Claudia Marufuji

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Wesley Bizzell

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Wesley Bizzell serves as Senior Assistant General Counsel, External Affairs and Managing Director of Political Law & Ethics Programs for Altria Client Services LLC (“ALCS”). Mr. Bizzell provides in-house legal counsel on matters relating to the political, legislative, and lobbying activities of Altria Group, Inc. and its companies. Previously, Mr. Bizzell was an attorney in Winston & Strawn LLP’s Federal Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group. His career also includes more than six years on Capitol Hill, where he served as an aide to Arkansas Senators David Pryor and Dale Bumpers. Mr. Bizzell is an authority on political compliance law and is active in the compliance legal community. He chairs the Conference Board’s Committee on Corporate Political Spending, a committee of leading American corporations dedicated to accountability, education, and engagement on issues of corporate political activity. For four years, he served as co-chair of the Conference Committee for the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (“COGEL”), a professional organization of government officials with responsibilities or interests in governmental ethics, elections, campaign finance, and lobby laws. In 2018, COGEL awarded Mr. Bizzell its highest honor, the COGEL Award, for making a “demonstrable and positive contribution to the fields of campaign finance, ethics, elections, lobbying and freedom of information over a significant period of time.” Mr. Bizzell is extremely active in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the legal and corporate communities. Currently, he serves as President of the National LGBT Bar Association, the leading association for LGBTQ lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals. He has been named by London’s Financial Times (2017 and 2018) and Yahoo Finance (2019) as one of the 100 worldwide OUTstanding Leading LGBT+ Corporate Executives for his work on diversity and inclusion issues. Chambers and Partners also named him the 2019 In-House LGBT+ Equality Lawyer of the Year for his dedication and commitment to LGBTQ diversity programs and his efforts to advance LGBTQ professionals in the law. He is a 2014 LCLD Fellow and is a co-founder of Altria’s LGBTQ Employee Resource Group, Mosaic, where he chairs its Culture, Inclusion, and Connection Committee. Mr. Bizzell graduated with a B.A. in justice, magna cum laude, from the American University in Washington, D.C. and received a Master of Social Work with a focus in public policy from the Catholic University of America. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an editor for the Georgetown Law Journal. He was a member of the inaugural class of the Stanford Graduate School of Business’ LGBTQ Executive Leadership Program. He is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bars.

Laura Rudnyanszky

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• Arvas, F. (2011), Umbrella companies in Europe: A study on their growth behaviourals and job creation, MBA dissertation, Henley Business School, London, p. 28. • Brinkley, I. (2013), Flexibility or insecurity? Exploring the rise in zero-hour contracts, The Work Foundation, London, p. 26. • De Graaf-Zijl, M. (2012a), 'Compensation of on-call and fixed-term employment: The role of uncertainty', The Manchester School, Special issue: Low pay, low skill and low income, Vol. 80, No 1, pp. 6-27. • Dima, L. (2012). Labor relations and industrial relations in the EC. Bucharest: C. H. Beck, p. 33. • Dobrescu, M., Paicu, C., Iacob, S. - The natural rate of unemployment and its implications in the plane of economic policies, theoretical and applied economics, vol. XVIII (2011), no. 2 (555). • Festinger, A. (2011), 'Working the crowd: Employment and labor law in the crowdsourcing industry', Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 143-203. • Rubery, J. (2015) Re-regulating for Inclusive Labor Markets, Working Conditions and Employment Series No. 65, Geneva: International Labor Organisation, p. 20. • Stone, K. and Arthurs, H. (2013) The Transformation of Employment Regimes: A Worldwide Challenge, in Stone, K. and Arthurs, H. (eds). Rethinking Workplace Regulation: Beyond the Standard Employment Contract, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, p. 19. • European Commission (2013), EC Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring, COM (2013) 882 final, Brussels, p. 34. • Euro found (2013b), Tackling undeclared work in 27 EC Member States and Norway: Approaches and measures since 2008, Publications Office of the EC, Luxembourg, p. 25.

Juliette Passer

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Juliette Passer is an accomplished senior executive steeped in International, and the ability to help companies accelerate their penetration and growth in the United States and abroad. She has performed successfully in that role for over twenty-eight years, also serving as counsel to the legal implications and nuances of these expansions. She is particularly adept knowledgeable in markets including the former USSR, Eastern and Western Europe, China, Turkey, and Panama. Finally, Juliette has extensive experience on numerous private Boards, and is available for suitable Board engagements. Following the completion of her legal studies, Juliette gained her early legal and international experience as a corporate Associate with the New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton, as well as Patterson, Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP. She gained exposure to corporate finance, general corporate practice, arbitration and international development for clients. Her responsibilities included negotiating lending, stock purchase, licensing, distribution and joint venture agreements, in addition to opening a Moscow office. She trained Russian attorneys under the auspices of the American Bar Association and Council for Trade and Economic Cooperation. Additionally, Juliette has brought her expertise to thousands of individuals through her teaching engagements, seminars and courses. She has lectured US and international audiences on issues of law and commerce, with a particular expertise in emerging markets and the Internet. Juliette completed law studies from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, graduating cum laude, and serving as President of the International Law Society. She also undertook special studies in Soviet Law at the Columbia School of Law. She holds a Master of Arts in Music Education and a B.M. in Harp Performance from the Manhattan School of Music.

Alexandre Menais

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Alexandre Menais is Group General Secretary of Atos. Member of the Group Executive Committee, he is currently head of M&A, Strategy and Corporate Development, as well as Legal, Compliance and Contract Management. Alexandre Menais holds an LLM in Business law from the University of Strasbourg and an MBA from HEC. Admitted to the Bar in 1996, he started his career at Hogan Lovells and then joined eBay and Accenture as general counsel, before joining Atos in 2011 as Group General Counsel. Since March 2019, Alexandre Menais is member of the French Competition Authority. Alexandre Menais is also Vice President of the Cercle Montesquieu, Vice President of the AFDIT, member of the HEC Alumni Legal and Corporate committee and is a cofounding member and now director of Juriscom.net, a leading IT website.

Zohra Boumedhel

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Zohra Boumedhel is the Head of Legal Affairs and Compliance at EPEX SPOT, the power exchange operating short-term electricity markets in Europe. She is graduated from Sciences Po Paris, HEC Paris School of Management and the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. She is qualified as a Lawyer and before joining EPEX SPOT she advised various other clients in the energy sector.

Matthias Artzt

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Dr. Matthias Artzt, CIPP/E, is a full certified lawyer and a senior legal counsel at Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt/Germany, which he joined in November 1999. Prior to this position, he was a counsel at a law firm in Stuttgart/Germany. Dr. Artzt is an expert on data protection law with many years of experience. He was involved in the implementation of the GDPR within the organization of Deutsche Bank AG. Further, he advises internal clients globally regarding data protection issues as well as complex international outsourcing agreements involving data privacy related matters and regulations. He is a graduate of the University of Tübingen/Germany, where he earned his PhD. Moreover, he is a member of the IAPP European Advisory Board. Dr. Artzt has already published several articles on data privacy topics and is a regular panel speaker on various international conferences, seminars and webinars, e.g. at the Central Bank of Brazil in 2018. He has an in-depth knowledge of the GDPR and the interfaces between the GDPR and Cloud Computing, Big Data, AI, Blockchain, US-Cloud Act and PSD2. Dr. Artzt is co-editing and co-authoring the Handbook of Blockchain Law which will be published and launched by Wolters Kluwer in May 2020. Therein he is, in cooperation with William Long from Sidley Austin LLP, covering the area of data privacy in relation to the Blockchain technology.

Antoine Donne

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Antoine Donne is a Legal Counsel at EPEX SPOT, the power exchange operating short-term electricity markets in Europe. He has experience in the energy sector. He graduated from Sorbonne Law School University in Paris. His main professional interest in the law are energy regulation but also digital regulation, in particular non-personal data, and IPR and IT topics.

James Lau

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James Lau Chief Legal Officer with 25 years both contentious and non-contentious international cross-border transactional and dispute-resolution experience acquired through a combination of private practice at industry-leading law firms and in-house roles at Fortune 500 Multinational Corporations.

Bruce Ortwine

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General Counsel, Americas, Advisor, Global Legal and Compliance and Senior Executive Vice President for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

Mark Solon

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Mark Solon is the Chairman of the Legal Division of Wilmington Plc. Mark Solon is acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading experts on expert witnesses, investigatory practice, witness familiarisation and continuing professional development. He is a solicitor, a qualified Attorney at Law in California and has an MSc in Shipping Trade and Finance with distinction from the City University. He has been instrumental in improving the standard of expert evidence over the last twenty years and regularly chairs conferences of up to 500 delegates as well as speaking at many conferences. He has written numerous articles relating to evidence and several books. He has in depth knowledge of the legal and evidential issues around forensic science, emergency planning, surveillance and the work of many specialist intelligence and prosecution agencies. He frequently appears on television and radio dealing with evidential issues. He has been described by one senior expert witness under his cross-examination as “the love child of Stephen Hawking and a Rottweiler.” Mark founded Bond Solon in 1992 and the company has since grown to become the largest provider of law related training to non-lawyers.

Satish Kumar

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K Satish Kumar, is currently the Global Head Legal and Chief Data Protection Officer of Ramco Systems and a Keynote Speaker and Author. He has received many awards few being the coveted “Legal Counsel of the Year -2018” by INBA, and is also featured in “GC PowerList India 2018” by Legal 500. He is actively involved in many pro bono activities through Chennai Lawyers. He has worked in some of the named and famed corporates like, HCL Technologies, Polaris (now Intellect Design Arena), Chemoil Corporation etc. He is a Keynote speaker and is most sought after speaker on legal topics across the globe

Beatrice Roxburgh

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Beatrice Roxburgh is an experienced competition law practitioner, with a career spanning from private practice in two of the City's pre-eminent competition law firms, to competition law enforcement, followed by 15 years as senior in-house competition counsel with BT Group plc, and joining the University of Law in March 2018 to teach competition law. In that time, she has led a variety of cases and investigations in-house at BT, overseen dawn raids as a competition law enforcer, and in private practice advised major corporates, government and public bodies on all aspects of European and UK anti-trust law (including its application to international mergers, joint ventures and other transactions). At the University of Law she aims to give our future practitioner the benefit of her experience and kindle the enthusiasm of the next generation of competition lawyers.

James Lau

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James Lau Chief Legal Officer with 30 years both contentious and non-contentious international cross-border transactional and dispute-resolution experience acquired through a combination of private practice at industry-leading law firms and in-house roles at Fortune 500 Multinational Corporations.

Anthony Philpott

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Anthony Philpott is a Construction Lawyer and is practising as a Barrister in chambers in Lincoln’s Inn London. He has the MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College London and he is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He spent more than ten years as Legal Counsel with Bovis Lend Lease a construction and project management multi-national where he advised on and negotiated every type of construction contract and represented the company on major projects and disputes including multi-million pound construction litigation. He is dual qualified as a solicitor (non-practising). He has the following experience in Construction contracts and disputes: • In depth knowledge of every form of standard building contract • Advised on tender documents and terms and conditions and drafted amendments over many years • Advised on all associated contract documents of bonds, guarantees, collateral warranties, novation agreements and consultants’ appointments • Negotiated with leading city law firms on every type of building contract • Particular knowledge and experience of negotiation and drafting of Private Finance Initiative Hospital projects and Building Schools for the Future Facilities (BSF) Management contracts • Comprehensive knowledge of all Private Finance Initiative contractual documents • Drafted, negotiated and advised upon Facilities Management BSF contracts and Medical Equipment contracts and sub-contracts with suppliers on three major hospital projects at Havering and Roehampton in London and Leeds Oncology and Building Schools for the Future. • Comprehensive knowledge and experience of ADR in construction Adjudications, Arbitrations and Mediations • Conducted adjudications against leading London city construction law firms in submitting Notice of Intention to Adjudicate and Referral Notices, conducting arguments over jurisdiction of the adjudicator and natural justice legal and contractual arguments in general • Drafted pleadings, court and Alternative Disputes Resolution documents • Conducted litigation in the Court of Appeal, High Court (including in the enforcement of Adjudicator’s decision in the Technology and Construction Contracts Court) • Knowledge and experience of Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 as amended and case law on enforcement of Adjudicators’ decisions in the Technology and Construction Contracts.

Isabel Charraz

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Isabel Charraz joined Citibank in 2003, joining Legal and Compliance Department as Legal and Compliance Officer. In December 2007, she was appointed Consumer Legal Head launching the Retail Business and Internet Channel for credit cards acquisition in Portugal. In July 2009, she was appointed General Counsel and Compliance and Control Head and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (AMLCO) until 2014. She is the Data Privacy Officer since 2009. She is the Company Secretary of the local vehicle Sagres - Sociedade de Titularização de Créditos, SA. She is a permanent Member of the Senior Management Steering Committee. She has a degree in Law, a Pos-graduation in Banking and Securities Law, a Pos-graduation in Capital Markets, Banking and Insurance Law and a Pos-graduation in Public Companies. She is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2003. In 2016 she has included in the Legal 500`s GC Power-list for Iberia as “one of the most innovative lawyers in Portugal”. In 2018 for the 2nd time in a row she was included in the “GC Legal500 Power List Iberia 2018. Last November, CEP Portugal Legal team won an award as best Banking and Finance legal team in Iberia awarded by Iberian Lawyer.

Fabiana Lacerca-Allen

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M. Fabiana Lacerca-Allen has had more than 20 years of experience working for leading American companies such as Elan, Mylan, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Microsoft, Merck and AT&T. She has counseled and litigated in the field of international business transactions and international environmental law. She has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry in leadership roles in charge of legal and compliance teams. She has counseled and represented clients on a broad range of questions, including strategic business initiatives ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and corporate policy. Ms. Lacerca-Allen has provided legal support and strategic advice on opportunities and trends in law particularly within the government sector, as well as with major and strategic corporate accounts. Fabiana has established policies and oversight on key areas of compliance affecting international markets, and she has been able to positively impact the perception of compliance, creating compliance training programs and relevant standard operating procedures and has been involved in validating and aiding due diligence in the compliance industry, frequently being requested as speaker and participant in forums. She has been recognized in the industry by Hispanic Executive Magazine in 2013, http://hispanicexecutive.com/2013/fabiana-lacerca-allen/; recognized as 2015 Women in Leadership, Inspiring Leaders: http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2015/may/12/know-who-you-want-to be-kidnapped-with-and-four-more-tips-for-leaders; served as Chair to the Bay Area Ethics & Compliance Association (BECA); and served as Co Chair for CBI, an Advanstar company serving the Life Sciences industry. Ms. Lacerca-Allen was invited to join the Gioja Research Institute while she was a student researching on environmental law. She was recipient of 1992 UCLA’s tuition waiver based on merit and recognition, and she represented UCLA in the Roscoe Foundation National Essay Contest submitting a paper on Global Warming.

Viola Teppati

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Viola Teppati has worked in many different fields as general counsel/head of legal office, from shipping and tourism to trading, medical equipments and today she works in a pharmaceutical company. Last year she received the award as "in-house counsel of the year" by the ACC Switzerland.

Ivan Lebedev

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Ivan is a general practice international lawyer with the focus on technology, e-commerce and venture investments. Considerable consulting and in-house experience in common law and civil law jurisdictions: M&A, cross-border transactions, JV, project investments, corporate taxation, legal management. Currently, Ivan is a Legal Counsel for Europe, Africa and the Middle East at Acer European Holdings SA (regional HQ). Previously, Ivan was a Head of Legal Department at Bosch Siemens Home Appliances Group responsible for the legal affairs of the production subsidiary. Besides, he covered all compliance programs as a Regional Compliance Officer. Ivan was awarded his degrees in law and accounting from first-class universities in Russia and the UK. Furthermore, Ivan received his L.LM Degree in European and International Economic and Commercial Law from Swiss university. Additionally, Ivan is a certified Mediator of Corporate Conflicts. He has full working proficiency in English, German and Russian languages.

Dragana Radojevic

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Dragana Radojevic is the head of M&A legal team for BNP Paribas Personal Finance, an affiliate of the BNP Paribas group specializing in consumer finance. She leads a team of senior in-house counsels intervening in cross-border transactions such as acquisitions, investments, strategic alliances and partnerships, creation of joint-ventures, or other corporate restructurings and divestitures. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, she was attorney at law in an international law firm (Orrick) and legal counsel in international companies (DuPont de Nemours, Cisco Systems). Besides transactional work in banking and finance, she has strong experience in investments and cooperation with start-ups and fintech’s.

Leszek Sytniewski

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Leszek Sytniewski is a qualified attorney-at-law (Poland) and a legal counsel for Objectivity Ltd and its subsidiaries in Eastern Europe. He graduated from Jagiellonian University in Cracow, obtained BA title in Scotland and accoplished American Law School organized by the Catholic University of America in Washington. He has gained 8 years of professional experience working in law firms specialising in IP and TMT sectors, including Legal500 listed. In 2017 he joined Objectivity. His main professional interest in the law of new technologies, including privacy, copyright, AI and electronic marketing.

Tatiyana Akers

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Tatiyana Akers is a Corporate Compliance Consultant with over 12 years of Legal, Financial Services, and Compliance experience, specializing in the development and implementation of global ethics and compliance programs within the Pharmaceutical Industry. She has assisted pharmaceutical companies with the successful implementation and management of Office of Inspector General (OIG) mandated Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) obligations, including the development of CIA specific training; policy development; annual Independent Review Organization’s (IRO) system and transaction reviews; management and accountability certifications; board of directors resolutions; disciplinary guidelines; conflicts of interest, exclusion screening, and disclosure programs; as well as implementation/annual reports to the OIG. Mrs. Akers is also an experienced compliance investigator, partnering with various business functions to respond to, identify, and remedy potential compliance violations. She has a strong desire to integrate compliance initiatives and ethical practices cross functionally and via corporate leadership to ensure optimal compliance and operational efficiencies within organizations.

Laura Hamm

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Laura Hamm is the Compliance Director at Aimmune Therapeutics. Before joining Aimmune, Laura was the Compliance Officer of medical device manufacturer Stryker’s Neurovascular division, a nearly $1B business, and Stryker’s only global division. At Stryker, Laura oversaw all elements of Neurovascular’s compliance program. As a global Compliance Officer, Laura has witnessed the evolution of international regulations, and recognizes the importance of cross-border collaboration to meet global business goals. Laura is passionate about integrating compliance into business DNA, and empowering business partners to achieve objectives with high integrity. Prior to industry, Laura was an educator in the California public school system, focusing on literacy in low-income communities.

Brenda Crabtree

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Brenda Crabtree is the Associate Director, Compliance Auditing and Monitoring at Aimmune Therapeutics. Prior to this, Brenda worked as an intellectual property attorney for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and advised pharmaceutical and medical device companies on various compliance matters including corporate policy and strategy, privacy, transparency, and fair market value. Brenda is a humanitarian who began her career in public service as a U.S. Naval Officer, and she applies her strong sense of “doing the right thing” to her work as a compliance professional.

Subhrarag Mukherjee

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Subhrarag Mukherjee (Subhro) is a corporate lawyer with over 14 years of work experience. He leads the Asia Legal Team for the ‘Telecom and Media’ business group of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He is also a member of the Global Strategic Alliance Legal Team of the company. Prior to joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Subhro was engaged in private law firm practice in areas like private equity, general corporate advisory, securities law, foreign direct investment etc. He also is a visiting lecturer in premier law colleges and business schools across India. He is based in Mumbai and his hobbies are Bollywood music and badminton.

Claudia Marufuji

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Maria Del Carmen Ordonez-Lopez

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María del Carmen (Mary Carmen) Ordóñez-López, VP & Associate General Counsel Latin America & Canada (LA&C) for Philip Morris International (PMI), was born in Mexico City, Mexico, where she obtained her Law Degree and, later on, her LLM on Business Law. She joined PMI in 1998 and, over the course of her career, has been Head of the Law Department in PMI’s affiliates in Mexico and Colombia; Regional Regulatory Counsel in LA&C; Assistant General Counsel Defense Litigation Europe, Africa & Asia and Assistant General Counsel Plaintiff Litigation based in Switzerland; and PMI’s Chief Compliance Officer, also based in Switzerland. She is currently based in New York City, from where she tries her best to help deliver a smoke-free future. She is the mother of 2 amazing children ages 9 and 7. She enjoys reading, particularly historical fiction, Philosophy, World Religions and History, and being active in social media, especially on social and political topics. Traveling in Europe and the Middle East is her favorite activity and she’s determined to visit Samarkand in the near future. She is committed to the cause of the Yazidi people.

Tyler Dearson

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Tyler Dearson moved within Barclays to support the stand-up and growth of its newly-formed Barclays Ventures business in 2018. Tyler is an experienced corporate lawyer, including expertise in equity capital market, M&A, restructurings and digital transactions.

Hayley Waddington

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Hayley is a technology and data lawyer, focusing on innovative technologies, proof of concepts and data strategy. She joined Barclays almost a year ago, prior to which she was in private practice at a global City law firm.

Marion Hemphill

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General Counsel and Chief Privacy Oficer to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. Board member of Melbourne City Mission. Previously worked as a corporate lawyer in large firms in Australia, London and New Zealand. Finalist - Lawyers Weekly Corporate Counsel Awards Not for Profit Lawyer of the Year.

Dimitra Lempesi

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Legal counsel of the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE), since November 2014. Regular participant of European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations working groups in Brussels (www.efpia.eu). 2004-2014 Legal Counsel of listed aquaculture holding group (Greece, UK, Turkey, Spain). 2001-2004 Associate Lawyer, Professor Constantin Calavros & Partners Law Firm Athens, private and pharma law. 2000-2001, EU Commission, DGV Employment and Social Affairs, Brussels, (B4- Community Initiatives - state subsidies), practice. 1998-1999, Hellenic Ministry of Development, practice. Born in Athens, Greece (1974). Studied at the Law School of the University of Athens and European social security law in France PARIS X, Nanterre. LLM cum laude in European Law & Human Rights, University of Essex, UK. Research LLM, Maxima cum laude, civil law, Law School of the University of Athens. Currently, PhD candidate in private law, University of Athens, Professor Constantin Christodoulou. MBA by the Economic University of Athens. Litigator, Council of State -Member of the Athens’ Bar Association. Fluent speaker of English (Cambridge Proficiency) and French (Sorbonne II), having a good understanding of German (Goethe Kleines Sprachdiplom). Tel: 0030.210.68.91.101- Mobile: 0030-6987.541.888 -dimitra.lempesi@sfee.gr https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitra-lempesi

Mia Kärkinen

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Mia Kärkinen, L.L.M. (University of Helsinki), is a Senior Counsel at Wärtsilä. Mia has worked with Wärtsilä since 2007 and she’s currently working for the Energy Services business unit, focusing on the development of life-cycle service solutions for Wärtsilä’s Energy customers globally. Previously, she was working for Wärtsilä in Dubai and Singapore where she led the legal team in the Middle East & Asia, Services business unit.

Matteo Iles

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Matteo Iles, Legal Counsel (University of Trieste, Italy – Department of Law). Matteo has been working with Wärtsilä since 2016, first as Associate Legal Counsel for Services, Area South Europe and Africa and, from January 2019 as Legal Counsel within Marine Legal Affairs, are South Europe and Caspian Sea. Matteo previously worked as trainee lawyer in law firms in Italy and has a specialization in International Contract Law. Fields of expertise: international transactions and negotiations, claims handling, corporate governance, agency, brokers and distributorship agreements and procurement.

Nathalia Meyer

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Nathalia Meyer, LL.M., LL.B., solicitor, is a Regional Legal Counsel for the Americas at Wärtsilä. Nathalia has worked with Wärtsilä since June 2017; focusing on energy and services contracts and litigation in Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries, responsibilities include the provision of legal advice in high complexity cases, day-to-day drafting, reviewing and negotiation of agreements, ongoing tactical advice and support in general commercial matters and transactions, including compliance matters. She previously worked with leading law firms in Brazil. She obtained a LL.M. degree at Columbia University School of Law in New York/USA and a LL.B. degree at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.

Sam Ong

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Sam Ong, MPA., LL.B., is a Legal Counsel for the Middle East and Asia at Wärtsilä since August 2017. He covers marine and services types of contracts and provides legal and compliance advice in complexed cross-border transactions. He was previously with the Attorney General’s Chambers (Singapore) and had conducted numerous trials as an Assistant Public Prosecutor after he was gazetted to prosecute on behalf on the Attorney General. Sam obtained a LL.B degree with the University of London, and a MPA at the Lee Kuan Yew school of Public Policy, NUS. He recently completed mediation training at the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Jayant Thakur

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Jayant Thakur is currently working with the senior leadership team of Dimension Data in India and he is responsible for providing end to end legal support for Dimension Data India Pvt. Ltd. and he also provide support to other group companies of Dimension Data in India on need basis. Jayant has supported his clients in closing large complex IT deals from the pursuit stage to contract signing. Jayant has handled multi million multi country IT outsourcing transactions in India and outside India as lead lawyer. Jayant also works with internal business and support functions and provide legal opinion and guidance on strategic and key policy issues. He provides support to his internal clients on range of legal and compliance related issues covering employment laws, export compliance, FEMA, FCPA, UK Bribery Act and local legislation dealing with corruption and unethical practices. He has handled general legal issues including litigation and arbitration as an in house counsel in his current role and as a litigating lawyer previously with the firm.

Lisa Rickard

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Lisa A. Rickard has served as president of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) since 2003. Under her leadership, ILR has developed from a strong national legal reform organization into a comprehensive, multifaceted global legal reform campaign with cutting-edge legislative advocacy, communications, and voter education initiatives. Previously, Rickard led government affairs practices for two Fortune 500 companies and was a partner in the Washington, DC law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. She was named one of the US's Most Influential Lawyers by National Law Journal, and won the Burton Foundation Legend in Law award.

Haitao Zhang

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Haitao Zhang has been working for China national Petroleum Corporation (“CNPC”) for 19 years, and is the Director Legal for CNPC Latin America Branch, responsible for the legal & corporate matters in this region for CNPC, and leads directly/indirectly about 20 in-house counsels based in 6 countries. He is a registered attorney in New York and Alberta and a member of Beijing State-Owned Enterprise Counsel Association.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 20 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and the Driving Strategic Innovation Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeffery serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce.

Mary Terzino

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Mary Terzino is a former Assistant General Counsel and Director, Corporate Legal Issues at The Dow Chemical Company, where she held various positions including head of global litigation and leader of the environmnent, health and safety legal group. Currently she advises the US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) on litigation and legal policy matters, including those outside the US. In 2017 she received ILR's Research and Policy Award for her work with the organisation.

Michael Lanser

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Michael Lanser holds a degree of Master of Laws from Stockholm University, Sweden, and a postgraduate Master of Laws degree in Comparative Law, Economics and Finance (LL.M. CLEF) from the International University College of Turin jointly with the University of Turin, Italy. He has been practicing law professionally since 1992. At present Michael Lanser works as a senior legal counsel at Skandia Mutual Life Insurance Company in Sweden. Additionally, Michael Lanser has served as a member of the board of directors of a Swedish asset management company and of an alternative investment fund company domiciled in Luxembourg. Previous, after graduating from Stockholm University, Michael Lanser was admitted to service as law clerk of a district court in Stockholm, Sweden, and, afterwards, he pursued continued education for judicial office as a reporting clerk at Svea Court of Appeal, Stockholm.

Claudio Elia

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Passionate in-house lawyer educated in EU and US, with strong business acumen and a sound twenty-years experience in providing proactive legal support and strategic legal advice on a wide range of legal matters at all levels of business.

Neha Mahyavanshi

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Neha Mahyavanshi is a graduate from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India. Corporate lawyer at heart and currently serving as the field compliance officer for a large software company based in Bangalore, India. She spent a good ten years of her professional career negotiating the most complex technology contracts. In her current role she focusses on corporate ethics and compliance practices. In the last two years as compliance officer, has become a due diligence expert and developed an eye for reviewing government contracting structures. A speaker at many industry events on emerging technologies, ethics and IP laws, she also has a keen interest in politics, history, climate change and sustainability.

Douglas R. Balyeat, Esq., CPA

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James Lau

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James Lau Chief Legal Officer with 30 years both contentious and non-contentious international cross-border transactional and dispute-resolution experience acquired through a combination of private practice at industry-leading law firms and in-house roles at Fortune 500 Multinational Corporations.

Grzegorz Pawlowski

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Grzegorz Pawlowski, Legal and Corporate Affairs Director - DCT Gdansk, Poland A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, a lawyer committed to civil, commercial and corporate law in business and investment enterprises, including employee relations. As part of his professional activity, he is involved in ensuring corporate, legal and financial security of the company's investment process. Also responsible for comprehensive procurement procedures, as well as maximizing the absorption of non-returnable funding and minimizing business risks associated with the acquisition of EU funds. He takes part in representing DCT Gdansk in external contacts with the media and conducting activities towards ensuring lon-lasting partnership in the field of sustainability and social responsibility (CSR). He is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with business organizations and industry associations as well as trade unions. He twice conducted negotiations with the trade union organization on the employer's side as part of a collective dispute and effective negotiations concluded with the signing of the collective labor agreement. He publishes in professional magazines in the field of civil, commercial and EU law as well as employee relations.

Kiran Chitale

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Kiran Chitale is academically qualified as a graduate in Commerce, Law and a Company Secretary and carries corporate experience of more than 20 years in India. Kiran has written a few articles in professional journals in India and has been a visiting faculty on various topics relating to corporate legal domain.

Pierre Douvreleur

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Currently: General Counsel for Global Big Data & Cybersecurity / Global Purchasing & Alliances (joined Atos in 2001), Formerly : deputy general counsel for French mobile operator (SFR - Vivendi group) for 4 years, Started out as lawyer (commercial law) in a French petroleum company (ELF) for 12 years.

Kelsey Froehlich

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Kelsey Froehlich (London) focuses on fraud and internal investigations, and complex pretransactional diligence worldwide.

Clancy Nolan

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Clancy Nolan (New York) focuses on investigations involving complex civil disputes and workplace misconduct allegations

Staci Dresher

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Staci Dresher (San Francisco) investigates matters involving intellectual property theft and brand protection, white collar defense, internal investigations, and responds to employment disputes and workplace misconduct allegations.

Robert Schwartz

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Rob Schwartz is responsible for overseeing all legal and compliance aspects of Deer Park Road Management Company, a manager of hedge funds and mutual funds in the fixed income markets. Mr. Schwartz brings over 20 years’ experience in the legal and compliance sector. Prior to joining the firm, he was General Counsel and CCO at Loeb King Capital Management. Previously, Mr. Schwartz was Managing Director at Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management which managed $12B of High Yield and Leveraged Loan assets. His responsibilities included legal, compliance, marketing and strategic development. Earlier in his career, Rob was a Managing Director within the Asset Backed Securities department of Prudential Securities, in this role he held responsibilities as a Calling Officer for MBS and ABS transactions as well as involvement in the structuring of ABS and warehouse lending transactions. Mr. Schwartz received his JD at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, MO and earned a BA at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey.

Hui Chen

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Hui Chen is the founder of HuiChenEthics. com, a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Rutgers Law School, and the former Compliance Counsel Expert at the Fraud Section in the Criminal Division of the U. S. Department of Justice.

Matthew Galvin

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Matt Galvin is the Global Vice President of Ethics and Compliance for AB InBev, the largest brewer in the world. Matt manages anti-corruption, anti-competition, litigation, data privacy, sanctions, anti-money laundering for the global enterprise. Under Matt, AB InBev has developed a leading analytics platform designed to manage compliance risks and processes and reduce investigation costs. Matt is a NY and Hong Kong-qualified lawyer who practiced in leading international law firms before

Charlie Morgan

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Charlie Morgan, JD, Vanderbilt University, 1972; MBA, Pepperdine University, 1978; BA, Wesleyan University, 1969. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts (active), New Jersey (active), and Texas (retired). Attorney at Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company (1972-1976); attorney, registered principal, registered representative, and vice president at The Prudential Insurance Company of America (1976-2005); principal and general counsel HessMorganHouse, LLC (HMH Consulting) (2005-present); general counsel, the Florida Society of Mayflower Descendants (FSMD) (2017); Founder and general counsel of The Hungerford Family Foundation, Inc. (THFFI) (2015-present).

Howard Snoyman

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Howard Snoyman is both an ethicist and admitted attorney, and attends to matters of a legal, commercial and ethical nature as the Head: Legal and Ethics at Discovery Health Medical Scheme. He holds both LLB and MSc. Med (Bioethics and Health Law) degrees, and has attained the status of Certified Deal Architect (specializing in Vested Outsourcing) from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. His primary focus is best-practice governance of legal, regulatory and ethics-related matters affecting Discovery Health Medical Scheme. Howard is a member of the following professional bodies: - World Association for Medical Law; - Golden Key International Honours Society; - Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa - Ethics Practitioners Association; - Law Society of the Northern Provinces; and - Institute of Directors of South Africa.

Robert Alpert

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Bob is a New York admitted attorney who has been in private practice with a NY law firm, held an executive position and was a member of the Board of a major subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway companies, served as senior counsel and co-leader of the crisis management practice of a large U. S. law firm and has acted as CEO and in house counsel for a crisis response and litigation management company (ICALM Group). He has responded to forty-six note-worthy crises and catastrophic events that have occurred throughout the U. S., Puerto Rico, France, Spain, Scotland, Italy and the South Pacific, supervising multi-district litigation as lead counsel and actively participating in the defense, prosecution and administration of “bet the company” issues involving airlines, several U. S. and foreign manufacturers, a real estate investment trust, a railroad, a hotel, a super market chain, major national and international insurers, several environmental entities, corporate executives and the federal government. He has prepared crisis/catastrophe response programs for several Fortune 500 companies, including American Airlines, for whom he managed the response to four major aircraft accidents, and supervised litigation worldwide from 1993 – 2000. Several families who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center tragedy sought him to assist them through the litigation and compensation process. Bob has dramatically improved the approach taken by corporations world-wide to address difficult issues, counseled companies (executives, risk managers and in-house counsel) on how to (1) prevent an unexpected event from turning into a financial catastrophe, (2) effective ways to evaluate and select favorable jurisdictions and (3) retain and manage outside law firms and trial attorneys nationally and internationally to advance the efficient and successful administration of litigation.

Bing Xue

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Mr. XUE Bing, based in Beijing, is the Partner of Infinity Group responsible for China-Israel (plus other Jewish circles in the US and Europe) cross-border financing & investment, investment banking and innovation activities. Bing focuses on the high-tech projects with high potential in Chinese local industrialization such as cyber security/Fintech, AI, Healthcare, Military & Civilian Integration and Modern Agriculture, and aims on realization of industrial investment return through delicate deal structure. Bing is also Infinity’s head of "Integration of City and Industry” and Global Innovation Centers, and also acts as General Counsel. Prior to joining Infinity, Bing accumulated a rich legal experience in Junhe Law Offices and French Gide Law Firm in the area of investment and financing. Bing’s PQE legal practice includes representing leading multinational companies and investment institutions in their cross-border M&A, infrastructure, project finance and PE/VC deals in China in a wide range such as automobile, finance, energy, public infrastructure, high-tech, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods. Bing also assisted large state-owned enterprises in carrying out outbound investment and financing activities. Prior to the above, Bing served as a military officer in the Chinese military division. Bing graduated within distinction from LLM/Business Administration of Kellogg in Northwestern University, and is qualified for Chinese bar.

Harish Suryavanshi

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Harish Suryavanshi is a post graduate in English and passed his Bachelors in Law (LL. B) from University of Pune in India. He is having 15 years of professional work experience of handling commercial contracts, contractual disputes, and M&A activities across various regions. He is currently working as a Senior Corporate Counsel with Tech Mahindra Limited in Pune, India. He can be contacted at harish.suryavanshi@techmahindra.com

Charlotte Jayaseelan

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In-house solicitor dealing with employment, immigration and compliance issues across Europe.

Terra Potter

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Terra Potter is a 10 years’ PQE, English law qualified solicitor with extensive international experience and a focus on collaboration and efficient, strategic, outcomes that serve both internal and external stakeholders. Terra works with the business to find practical and commercial legal solutions that fit within my organisation's acceptable risk profile.

Melanie Hutchinson

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Melanie currently works in house at Telstra Corporation and is an innovative senior legal professional with an extensive commercial and Government background. She has many years’ experience working in the Private Sector and for the Australian Government with a proven a track record in providing strategic legal, risk and compliance advice with a strong focus on commercial, government and ICT matters. Melanie has a passion for technology and in particular, data and cyber security matters. She is a Telstra "Cyber Security Evangelist” and an avid supporter of embracing new and emerging technologies and utilising tools and knowledge to protect data generated by those technologies.

Charlotte Stetzel

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Charlotte has global legal responsibility for Business Assurance in DNV GL, a world leading certification body that works with companies to assure performance through certification, verification, assessment and training. The Business Assurance Group in DNV GL is at the cutting edge of using new technology to improve services. Charlotte has recently been involved in advising on the purchase of a stake in leading public blockchain service provider VeChain and the implementation of My Story, a blockchain based Digital Assurance solution combining physical audits with data collection and verification services. Charlotte is also Regional Legal Counsel for Europe & Africa for the DNV GL Group which, along with a team of 8 lawyers, involves advising 41 countries across all business areas on various legal issues such as contracts, litigation, governmental affairs and M&A. Before joining DNV GL, Charlotte worked for a Magic Circle Firm and a leading International Law Firm where she advised major offshore construction, drilling and other oilfield services contractors. She received instructions from a wide range of jurisdictions and has acted in ICC, LMAA, ICSID and ad hoc arbitrations.

Emiliano Berti

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Emiliano Berti is Head of Legal & Compliance, Europe at Nokia, besides he is serving as President of the Board of Directors at Nokia Italy. Emiliano manages a team of lawyers and contract managers with responsibility for over 60 countries. Before joining Nokia, Emiliano served in different legal roles at General Electric based in Florence, London and Paris and he started his career in private practice working with law firms Carnelutti and McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Emiliano is member of the Advisory Board of Foreign Investors at Confindustria. Emiliano graduated as a lawyer in Italy from La Sapienza University in Rome and he holds a LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania – Law School and he has been admitted to the bar in Italy. Emiliano has authored several publications and he is an habitual speaker at several international conferences.

Ioli Tassopoulou

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Ioli Tassopoulou is Head of Legal & Compliance, UK & Ireland at Nokia; she manages a team of four and has responsibility over these jurisdictions. In addition, Ioli is serving on the Board of Directors at Nokia UK and Nokia Greece. Before joining Nokia, Ioli was a partner in private practice, at international law firm Reed Smith LLP. Ioli graduated from Oxford University (University College) with a degree in Jurisprudence and holds a LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She has been admitted to the Law Society of England & Wales and to the Bar of the State of New York. Ioli has moderated various panels at several international conferences.

Natalya Seyalova

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Sr. Legal Counsel, L.LM (USA), Internal advisor in Kazakhstan, Italy and Germany

Nurzhan Kakimov

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I was born in Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan), on March, 18 of 1986. In 2004 I completed high school (First gymnasium). I graduated from the Eurasian National University named after Gymilev L.N. of Astana with a Bachelor Degree in International Law in 2008 and received there my Master Degree in the same field in 2010. Both were completed with merit. Starting from 2008 till 2014 I worked for head office of Tsesnabank in Astana. Initially I had a position as a Lawyer then as a Lead Lawyer the final position was Chief Lawyer. In 2014 I was employed by Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. in Legal Affairs Department. Starting from 2016 to the present, I became a Lawyer looking after Marketing Department reporting directly to Legal and Marketing Directors. I’m also member of several working groups working on improvement of legislation formed by Chamber of Entrepreneurs “Atameken”; Association of subsoil users “KazEnergy”; Foreign Investment Council.

Nordely Wright

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Nordely Wright is a Product Developer at Oro Agri SA (Pty) Ltd. She holds a MSc Agric in Soil Science and often assists with technical review and also patent prosecution matters. She has a passion for IP and recently completed a PG Dip in Intellectual Property Law at Stellenbosch University where she took a specific interest in researching Competition Law.

Shannon Onook

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Shannon Onook is Senior Legal Counsel at TransCanada PipeLines Limited, where she has practiced in the project and procurement and liquids commercial legal departments for the last 14 years. She attended both the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary and now lives in Calgary with her family.

Ben Turin

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Ben serves as General Counsel and Director of Public Affairs for Kars 4 Kids, Inc. and Oorah, Inc., which are affiliated 501(c)(3) public charities.

Kathryn Belleau

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I have been in the intellectual property field for more than thirty years, working for both law firms and as in-house counsel. Since leaving Pitney Bowes Inc., after nine years, I am now assisting companies with brands from conception to protection to enforcement. With a strong international background, and knowledge of several foreign languages, I am able to offer a global view to my clients and a versatility and insight not readily available from others without an international background. I also handle copyrights and domains.

Christopher White

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Chief Legal Officer of AdvaMed, and secretary to the Board of Directors. Also serve as the chief executive responsible for corporate operations (IT, facilities, membership, governance, HR/talent development, corporate structure, legal). Leads the Association’s global legal and compliance policy work, including comprehensive industry Code of Ethics and program.

Kerry Scott-Patel

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Kerry Scott-Patel is a solicitor [non-practising], specialising in employment law. She designs and delivers training with ‘Wilmington Bond Solon’ for domestic and international clients, on all aspects of workplace law. Kerry has over ten years’ experience as a practising solicitor, initially with RadcliffesLeBrasseur in London and subsequently with DLA Piper in the Middle East. She is a Member of the Employment Lawyers Association. Additionally, Kerry works with ‘Judicial & Silk’, assisting members of the legal profession seeking judicial appointment.

Ghada Qaisi Audi

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Ghada Qaisi Audi is General Counsel of Seddiqi Holding LLC, headquartered in Dubai, UAE, having prior held the post of Head of Legal of the group’s luxury watch and jewelry division, Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons. Ghada is a US-qualified, internationally experienced GC with extensive knowledge of retail, distribution, franchise, wholesale and after sales services across luxury and fashion brands. She also handles a diverse IP asset portfolio across the Holding Company’s various subsidiaries that include luxury and fashion retail, real estate, and after sales services. Ghada is an experienced arbitrator having acted as chairperson, party-appointed arbitrator, sole-arbitrator and counsel in several international and UAE-domestic commercial arbitrations under various institutional rules. She is a panel member of the GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre (Manama and Riyadh). Ghada is currently serving a second term as Vice President, Association of Corporate Counsel Middle East Chapter and has been member of the DIFC Courts’ Rules Sub-Committee since 2011. In 2018, the Seddiqi Holding Legal Department was included in the GC Powerlist Middle East Teams and was the winner of the Business In-House Luxury Team Award at the Luxury Law Summit and Awards, London, UK.

Marion Hemphill

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General Counsel and Chief Privacy Oficer to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. Board member of Melbourne City Mission. Previously worked as a corporate lawyer in large firms in Australia, London and New Zealand. Finalist - Lawyers Weekly Corporate Counsel Awards Not for Profit Lawyer of the Year.

Jill Reber

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Primitive Logic Chair and CEO Jill Reber has played a vital role in the firm’s executive leadership since 1990, when she came on board as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and CFO. Since stepping into the Chair and CEO position in 2008, Jill has led the company to repeated recognitions as a Best Place to Work in the Bay Area and on the “Fast 100” list of the region’s fastest-growing private companies. Jill believes that technology is nothing without people, and under her leadership, the firm is humanizing technology through a mindful approach to digital transformation. Highlights from her distinguished legal career include positions as a business litigator at Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold and at Jeffer, Mangles & Butler. Before joining Primitive Logic, Jill co-founded the litigation firm Lieberman and Reber and owned her own legal practice specializing in technology law offering general counsel services to startup tech companies. She is a nationally recognized expert on data privacy — particularly GDPR, CCPA, and other data protection laws — and has spoken on the topic at conferences sponsored by American Banker, IICJ, and other national and international organizations. Jill holds a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Criminal Justice and Political Science from the University of Maryland.

Andreas Weber

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Structured Products lawyer, Compliance Manager, Risk, Governance and Regulatory expert. Admitted to practice German, English, French and EU law. Worked with prime financial institutions in 7 countries. Lecturer at universities. LL.M. with a thesis on state aid and its impact on financial institutions. PH.D. with a thesis on Recovery and Resolution plans and financial institutions averting and managing a liquidity and credit crisis.

Xiangjun Kong

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Currently Head of Strategic Partnership for Sanofi China since 2018, and was Head of Legal till 2017 and Franchise Head of Rare Disease between 2017 and 2018. Working in legal area for about 18 years, from local to international law firms and in-house counsel since 2008. Joined Sanofi in 2010 and taking various roles in legal function (head of legal for R&D, R&D and Commercial, and general counsel).

Camelia Gardot

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Camelia Gardot is Senior Legal Counsel – “Mergers and Acquisitions” at Airbus (Defence and Space Division) Practicing as in-house counsel for more than 14 years (mainly with aviation and aerospace companies), she has extensive legal experience in the areas of intellectual property, corporate matters comprising of international and French commercial transactions, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions. She holds a Master’s degree in international business law from the University of Toulouse (France) and a “Mergers and Acquisitions” Diploma from the College of Law of England and Wales.

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

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Abhijit Mukhopadhyay is President (Legal) and General Counsel of the Hinduja Group and is involved in the Group’s worldwide legal matters based in London since June 2002. Previously, he worked in India as Company Secretary and Head of Legal in six major multinational, public and private sector companies. During his time in education, Abhijit graduated in Commerce (Honours) and Law both from the UK and India. He is also a qualified Company and Chartered Secretary both from India and the UK. In India, Abhijit has been listed in the top 50 legal professionals, the top 25 General Counsels, and the Legal 500 most powerful list. Recently Abhijit has been included in the list of top 99 General Counsels from 31 countries. The Hinduja Group, headquartered in London, employs 127,000 people in 60 countries with a global annual turnover of USD 18 billion. It has 10 business verticals in automotive, foundry, power, healthcare, BPO, lubricant, media, chemical, explosives and real estate. Abhijit was the Vice Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Commission on Arbitration and ADR as also a member of its Steering Committee in Paris (2014-2017). He is also on the Advisory Board of CCLS, Queen Mary University of London and an Executive Committee Member of the IBF, Confederation of Indian Industry, UK. He has spoken globally and his articles have been published in many countries.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Group Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd since April 2016. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 20 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served in a business capacity as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He has completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management.

Elvira Dubovskaya

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Elvira Dubovskaya graduated with honors from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Law (J.D. equivalent) with emphasis in International Public Law. Being a Fulbright scholar, she obtained her LL.M. degree in International Business and Economic law with distinction from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, USA in 2014. She represented the Russian Federation in 33rd Telder`s Moot Court Competition in Hague, the Netherlands in 2010. Elvira has several publications in various professional journals on IP and antitrust law issues. She has been working in the pharmaceutical industry since 2011.

Olga Slipetska

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Olga Slipetska’s expertize is focused around corporate governance, data protection as well as legal aspects of immersive technologies (VR/AR/MR). She has participated in several international projects in the context of IT and telecommunications sectors and has been handling internal data privacy-related initiatives. Prior to joining Pierstone Olga worked as the Legal Adviser for the Czech subsidiary of Oracle Corporation providing support to the CIS and German-speaking jurisdictions. Her professional experience further includes position of the Corporate Legal Manager at Honeywell in charge of an extensive subsidiary management and M&A agenda for multiple jurisdictions within the EMEA region. Olga holds degrees in Law from the University of London and Queen Mary University of London with specialization in International Alternative Dispute Resolution (Arbitration).

Jirí Cerný

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Jirí Cerný has been in the position of Legal Director for Czech Republic and Slovakia at Microsoft since December 2011. His previous office was the law firm ROWAN LEGAL, where he led the ICT board. Previously, Jirí Cerný worked for BT Global Services (part of the British Telecommunications plc group), where he was responsible for managing legal affairs in the CEE region. Jirí Cerný also worked for five years at Eurotel Praha, where he was responsible for the legal aspects of telecommunication regulation. Jirí Cerný is a graduate of the Law Faculty of Masaryk University in Brno and the law faculty of K.U.LEUVEN in Belgium where he specialized in ICT law.

Michael Lanser

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Michael Lanser holds a degree of Master of Laws from Stockholm University, Sweden, and a postgraduate Master of Laws degree in Comparative Law, Economics and Finance (LL.M. CLEF) from the International University College of Turin jointly with the University of Turin, Italy. He has been practicing law professionally since 1992. At present Michael Lanser works as a senior legal counsel at Skandia Mutual Life Insurance Company in Sweden. Additionally, Michael Lanser has served as a member of the board of directors of a Swedish asset management company and of an alternative investment fund company domiciled in Luxembourg. Previous, after graduating from Stockholm University, Michael Lanser was admitted to service as law clerk of a district court in Stockholm, Sweden, and, afterwards, he pursued continued education for judicial office as a reporting clerk at Svea Court of Appeal, Stockholm. The article is based on Michael Lanser's final thesis for the postgraduate degree LL.M. CLEF.

Italo Cerullo

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Italo Cerullo is a highly experienced UK commercial lawyer with over 20 years’ experience in both in-house roles and private practice. Having trained and started his career in the City of London in the 1990s with CMS Cameron McKenna, Italo embarked upon a highly successful 11-year career in public relations, marketing and business development. In 2007 he relocated to Somerset, UK. He returned to legal practice and enjoyed spells in private practice with major law firms Womble Bond Dickinson and Foot Anstey in Exeter and Bristol. Having worked in-house on secondments with Lloyds Banking Group in Bristol, he then joined textile manufacturing company Nonwovenn (formerly BFF Technical Fabrics) in Bridgwater as Head of Legal Affairs in February 2013, becoming their first ever in house lawyer.

Grzegorz Pawlowski

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Grzegorz Pawlowski, Legal and Corporate Affairs Director - DCT Gdansk, Poland A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, a lawyer committed to civil, commercial and corporate law in business and investment enterprises, including employee relations. As part of his professional activity, he is involved in ensuring corporate, legal and financial security of the company's investment process. Also responsible for comprehensive procurement procedures, as well as maximizing the absorption of non-returnable funding and minimizing business risks associated with the acquisition of EU funds. He takes part in representing DCT Gdansk in external contacts with the media and conducting activities towards ensuring lon-lasting partnership in the field of sustainability and social responsibility (CSR). He is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with business organizations and industry associations as well as trade unions. He twice conducted negotiations with the trade union organization on the employer's side as part of a collective dispute and effective negotiations concluded with the signing of the collective labor agreement. He publishes in professional magazines in the field of civil, commercial and EU law as well as employee relations.

Petar Kragic

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Petar Kragic has got MA and PhD in maritime law. He is author of a legal textbook Tanker Charteparties and a number of articles on maritime law topics. He is speaker at maritime conferences. He is titular member of CMI and former chairman of the Croatian Maritime Law Association. He was a member of CMI drafting committee for Rotterdam Rules and a member of the Croatian delegation to UNCITRAL. He is former chairman of the legal committee of Croatian Chamber of Shipping. For a number of years he was director of a major P&I Club and SiGCo. and has been a member of the drafting committee for Croatian maritime law. Mr. Kragic works for Croatian largest ship owning company in which for a number of years he headeds the Legal & Insurance Department, and now is legal counsel for the Company.

Tim Reid

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Tim Reid specialises in the resolution of disputes in the energy and construction and civil engineering sectors in the UK and internationally. His recent cases have covered a broad spectrum including disputes arising from multi-million pound PFI projects in the UK and exploration for oil and gas reserves off the coast of Africa. Tim has experience in all forms of dispute resolution. In addition to the successful conduct of High Court proceedings, he also has considerable experience of the successful conduct of adjudications, arbitrations (national and international) and a significant number of mediations. Along with being a solicitor in England and Wales, Tim is also admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong.

Ingeborg Kuyvenhoven

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Ingeborg has worked in the oil and gas sector for more than 20 years. She has experience in multi-million dollar projects, litigation and arbitration in The Netherlands, the UK, Abu Dhabi, Iraq and Africa. Ingeborg studied at Edinburgh Law School as well as Leiden Law School and is dual qualified in The Netherlands and England & Wales.

Jana Pattynova

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Jana is recognized as a leading IT and telecoms lawyer in Central and Eastern Europe. Over the past 20 years Jana has acted on some of the largest TMT projects and transactions in the region. Her broad experience includes advising Microsoft in 17 countries, acting for governments, financial institutions as well as major content providers and mobile and fixed-line operators throughout the region. Jana has practiced in London, Paris and Bratislava and holds post-graduate degrees from the universities of London and Munich. She is a member of the Czech Bar Association and the Slovak Bar Association. Jana is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.

Ruchika Nayyar

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Ms. Ruchika Nayyar is a Law Graduate from Law Centre, University of Delhi with more than 23 years of experience in legal profession. She is spearheading the GMR Legal Team and is instrumental in advising the Group on various legal matters, strategizing the legal actions, successful closure of Debt, Equity and M&A Transactions, development of system and legal processes for the business. She has been associated with M/s. L&T Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd as Head - Legal (Infra & Project Finance) for 9 years prior to joining GMR. Prior to that, she has also worked with companies viz. Apple Finance Ltd, KSL And Industries Ltd, New India Insurance Co. Ltd., Oriental Bank of Commerce.

Chrys Gonsalves

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Chrys Gonsalves has experience in infrastructure finance and capital markets with a strong understanding of financial products. All round exposure in financial services, both, on the asset and liabilities side of the book.

Nupur Nadir

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Nupur holds an LL.M. in International Business Law from University College London and was admitted to the Bar in 2009. She has over 9 years of experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, infrastructure and project finance. She has advised clients over various sectors including power, airports, roadways, healthcare and telecommunications. She has expertise in transactional matters, from negotiation and drafting of documents to closing of transactions.

Simon Chisholm

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Simon Chisholm is Vice President in CRA’s Competition Practice. He provides economic advice on both UK, EU and global mergers, vertical restraints, assessments of alleged abusive conduct, and regulatory submissions. Prior to joining CRA, Simon spent over five years at the Competition and Markets Authority and Office of Fair Trading, where he directed the team of economists analysing UK mergers. Simon has also previously been a Senior Civil Servant at the Department of Business responsible for directing the economic analysis for UK consumer and competition policy.

Sarah Long

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Sarah Long is a partner in the London office of Euclid Law. Sarah advises on all aspects of UK and EU competition law, and has significant experience working with both the CMA and European Commission on a number of high profile cases. Sarah’s experience spans a variety of sectors including financial services, oil and gas, residential construction, consumer goods and travel. Sarah has particular expertise in online markets and the digital economy. Sarah is recognised as one of 30 most notable competition professionals in private practice (Women@competition/Parr, February 2017), and recommended in the Legal 500 for being ‘very hard-working and capable’ and providing ‘commercially-focused advice’ (Legal 500 EU & Competition, 2017 and 2018). Sarah is co-editor of the Competition Law Journal and a CEDR qualified Mediator.

Helen Parker

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CEO of The UKAuctioneersGroup and TradeIntellect. Worked as a director in eCommerce business' servicing the retail and goods industry for over 8 years, with a background in eCommerce products, change management and business analysis for start-ups and corporates - including Yellow Pages and TMDR. Originally trained in Psychology and started career in business planning, reporting and business acquisition.

Taa Grays

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Taa Grays is Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Information Governance. She is responsible for MetLife’s global Information Lifecycle Management (ILM). The ILM program is the mechanism to implement Information Governance at MetLife - taking a holistic and strategic approach to governing and managing MetLife’s information. Prior to this role, she served as the Chief of Staff to the General Counsel where she worked closely with the General Counsel and his leadership team to identify, document and communicate Legal Affairs' initiatives. She collaborated and coordinated with the Legal Affairs leadership on project planning, management and accountability to ensure the timely completion of Enterprise and Legal Affairs deliverables and to champion various departmental initiatives. She also managed a staff of 140 associates that provides operational support to the Department. Taa started with MetLife in 2003 in the Litigation Section where her practice consisted of handling various federal and state lawsuits and regulatory complaints stemming from MetLife’s US Business and Investment activities. She is also a member of MetLife’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) U.S. Task Force. Prior to MetLife, Taa was an Assistant District Attorney with the Bronx District Attorney's Office in its Rackets Bureau. She received her A.B. from Harvard College and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.

Xanthi Bitzidou

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Xanthi G. Bitzidou is a Greek Lawyer with an extensive experience in the full range of EU and Greek competition law (antitrust, merger/acquisitions and state aid), sectoral experience in the Electronic Communications, Media and Postal markets, Corporate Law and Litigation. Ms. Bitzidou obtained her Law Diploma at the University of Thessaloniki (Greece), holds a Master in EU Business Law from the ‘Institut d’études européennes’ of U.L.B (Belgium) and also an MPhil from the University of Kent (UK) in ‘EU Competition law and Telecommunications’. Her EU and Greek professional experience includes a stage at the EU Commission (former DG Small-Medium Enterprises), the Brussels office of Squire Sanders and Dempsey and the EU/Brussels office of a German Telecoms/Technology Consultancy. Since 2005, she is a lawyer at the legal department of E.E.T.T (Hellenic Telecommunications and Posts Commission), where for the last 13 years she handles the full range of regulatory issues and competition matters of both the Electronic Communications and Postal sectors. Ms Bitzidou has authored a book and relevant articles on the topics of EU Law, Competition Law and Electronic Communications/Media. She is fluent in Greek, English, French and Italian and she is a member of the Athens Bar Association.

Miriam Caley

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Miriam Caley is Associate General Counsel and Head of Legal – Ireland at Optum. Before joining Optum in 2016, she was in private practice in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s London, Cologne and Dubai offices between 2005 and 2013 and in Matheson’s corporate department in Dublin from 2013 to 2016. Miriam received an LL.M. in Public International Law from University College London and worked for the German Foreign Office for three years where she obtained her first degree in Foreign Affairs before continuing her studies in law in England. Miriam is fluent in German, French, Spanish and English. Miriam is also dual qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales and in Ireland. Prior to this, Miriam practised law in London and Dubai with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and in Dublin with Matheson.

Clare O’Hare

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Clare O’Hare is a PhD student in political science at the University of Notre Dame, where she is researching convergence across common and civil law systems. Prior to commencing her graduate studies at the University of Notre Dame in 2017, Clare qualified as a solicitor with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2007 and worked in its London and Dubai offices between 2005 and 2013. She joined Matheson in Dublin in 2014 and moved in-house to Optum in 2017 where she was associate general counsel. She received an LL.B. in Law & French from Trinity College Dublin and an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge. In 2016 she received a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Clare is dual qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales and in Ireland.

Divya Kumat

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Divya brings with her over 23 years of rich and diverse experience, having held prominent legal and secretarial positions in leading corporations. Since last 14 years with Datamatics, Divya leads all legal, secretarial, IPR, and contract management of more than 40 group companies in India and overseas and is a key player in all in-organic initiatives of the Datamatics group, such as joint venture collaborations, mergers, acquisitions, and amalgamations globally. She is credited with formulating and enforcing several legally binding policies and frameworks including the Contract Management policy, Insider Trading policy, Whistle Blower policy, and Investor Grievance policy, Prevention of Sexual Harassment policy to name a few. Her efforts to secure various copyrights, trademarks, and service mark registrations globally have served to improve the company’s IPR wealth. She has addressed various forums in India and overseas as a guest speaker or key note speaker on topics like Contract Management, Role of General Counsel, Companies Act, POSH and other relevant topics. She was listed as top 100 General Counsels of India in 2017 by Legal500 and was also featured as India’s Finest In-House Counsels in the 2017 Edition of “Trailblazers” published by the Ministry of Law & Justice and the Department of Commerce, Government of India in collaboration with In house Counsel Worldwide and the Asia Pacific Corporate Counsel Alliance. Recently, she was also featured in “Diversity & the Bar” in Summer 2018 edition, a reputed US publication of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) for her views about gender relations and changing workplace environment. She has been a proud recipient of several notable awards and global recognitions viz. Leading Woman Company Secretary 2011; Leading Woman Owned Innovative Project Award 2013; Best Use of Technology & Innovation in Legal 2013; General Counsel of the Year 2014 (Female); Best IT Legal Business Leader 2017 - India by AI 2017 [UK] and Star Echelon – In-house Category during The Leadership Summit & Excellence Awards, 2017. Within Datamatics, She has been awarded with “Leadership in Business Excellence, 2018”; “Excellence in Execution 2016”; “Leadership in Business Excellence, 2014”; “Outstanding Achievement Award 2014”; “Leadership in Business Excellence, 2012”; “Leadership in Execution, 2012”; “Leadership in Execution, 2009”; “Leadership in Execution, 2008”; “Quality Award, 2008”; and “Excellence Award 2005” for her performance in various organic and in-organic matters of Datamatics Group companies. Prior to joining Datamatics, she was the Legal Head at Computer Sciences Corporation (India), a US MNC in India. Divya holds a dual Bachelor's Degree in Commerce (Honors) and Law (LLB). As a Gold Medalist in LLM, her final thesis presentation was on the subject of International Arbitration. She is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (FCS) and a merit holder in ICSA, London. She has recently completed 6 months certified course on Corporate Governance, launched by IICA and MCA.

Olayimika Phillips

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Olayimika Phillips has over 34 years of professional experience and specializes in corporate and regulatory matters across numerous sectors including advertising, ecommerce, technology, and telecommunications. She is the Partner in charge of the Enterprise and Corporate Governance Practice Groups where she routinely advises both local and international clients on corporate and general corporate governance matters. Olayimika serves on the Board of several companies including eTranzact International Plc, Phillips Consulting Limited, Abugansoro Investment Company Limited, Aviat Networks Communications Solutions Limited, GilatSatcom Nigeria Limited and Olaniwun and Adunola Ajayi Foundation. She is also a shareholder in numerous quoted companies, and also regularly invests in start-ups where she provides leadership and corporate governance support. Olayimika obtained her first degree in Botany and her second degree in Pharmacy from the University of Ife before proceeding to the University of Lagos to study law. She also holds an MBA from the prestigious Durham University. Olayimika joined the firm of Olaniwun Ajayi LP (the Firm), a leading law firm in Nigeria in 1992 where she served as its Practice Manager. In 2002, she was called to the Nigerian Bar and was later admitted to the Partnership Board of the Firm in 2003.

Similoluwa Somuyiwa

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Similoluwa Somuyiwa is an Associate at Olaniwun Ajayi LP in the Firm’s Enterprise and Corporate Governance Practice Groups, where he provides legal advice on corporate structures, regulatory, and compliance matters. He has a deep understanding of the intricacies involved in complex commercial transactions and has consistently provided creative and commercially viable solutions tailored to his client’s needs. Having previously gained considerable experience advising clients on a wide spectrum of Finance and Capital market’s transactions as well as commercial disputes, Similoluwa has a firm grasp of intricate commercial and legal issues commonly faced by clients in the corporate sector. Similoluwa is a graduate of the University of Lagos and the Nigerian Law School; where he distinguished himself by receiving the Director-General’s prize having obtained a First Class Honors degree.

Oretayo Olajide

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Oretayo Olajide is the Company Secretary/Director of Legal Services of Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited; a foremost telecommunication service provider in Nigeria trading as 9mobile and is also a partner at Olaniwun Ajayi LP. Prior to becoming the Company Secretary/Director of Legal Services at 9mobile, he was the General Counsel of one of West Africa’s leading FMCG producers, where he implemented system wide corporate governance policies, business ethics practices amongst others. As an advocate of performance, change and people management, he brings his business, compliance and management experience to the organisations where he has successfully served. With over 32 years of experience, Oretayo has provided solution-based advice to clients on risk assessments and audits, compliance reviews and procedures, and reputational risk management programmes. Oretayo is a graduate of the University of Lagos, a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an alumnus of the Lagos Business School. He is certified from the London School of Management, and the Negotiation, Leadership and International Diplomacy Program of the Harvard Law School. He is also a member of both the Nigerian Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

Thorsten Bausch

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Dr. Thorsten Bausch is a senior partner at the IP law firm Hoffmann Eitle with offices in Munich, London, Milano, Madrid, Duesseldorf, Hamburg and Amsterdam. He is co-head of Hoffmann Eitle’s chemistry group and concentrates on chemical and biotech patents, with a particular emphasis on litigation (both cross-border and national), oppositions, appeals and alternative dispute resolution. His main technical expertise is in the areas of pharmaceuticals, polymers and immunology. Dr. Bausch has been involved with numerous cases before the EPO Opposition Divisions, Boards of Appeal, including the Enlarged Board of Appeal, the German Federal Patent Court, the German Federal Court of Justice, and the European Court of Justice. He is the editor of "Nichtigkeitsrechtsprechung in Patentsachen" (German Patent Nullity Cases), a four-volume collection of decisions of the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice on patent nullity matters; author of numerous articles on German and European patent law in renowned journals and a frequent lecturer in and outside of Germany on patent law subjects. In addition, Dr. Bausch regularly blogs on www.kluwerpatentblog.com

Friederike Heckmann

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Dr. Friederike Heckmann is a senior patent counsel at Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH in the area of Crop Science. She is mainly focusing on global prosecution, litigation and mediation, and has special expertise in the area of SPCs. She graduated in chemistry from the Philipps-University of Marburg and University of Cambridge, and obtained her doctoral thesis from the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich. In 2005 she started her career in the IP business, working for a well-known patent law firm in Munich. After 10 years in private practice, she changed position and began working for Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH. Dr. Heckmann is qualified as a German and European Patent Attorney.

Gabriel Khoury

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Gabriel Khoury, General Counsel and Head of Compliance: Gabriel has been heading SHUAA’s legal and compliance team since September 2017, where he worked in serval transaction and licensing projects for SHUAA in United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Prior to joining SHUAA, Gabriel worked for Standard Chartered Bank in the United Arab Emirates for nine years. During that period, Gabriel advised on a wide range of Transaction Banking and Corporate Finance matters with emphasis on Local and Regional Regulations. He also advised on Trade Finance and Cash Management. Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Gabriel worked for Ashurst LLP in Dubai where he was involved in Mergers and Acquisitions, Investment Funds and Project Finance matters. He also worked in Riyadh for Squire Sanders and Dempsey where he advised on Conventional and Islamic Finance, Capital Market Regulations and handled Initial Public Offerings. Gabriel holds a JD law Degree (Saint-Joseph University – Beirut) , a Master in International Project Management (ESCP-Europe – Paris) and an LLM (Northwestern University – Chicago). Gabriel is a member of the Beirut Bar Association and has Arabic and French language skills.

Florian Schmidt-Bogatzky

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Senior attorney with Bird & Bird LLP with a focus and specialisation on patent litigation.

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Nikolaos Dounis

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Professional experience of more than fifteen (15) years in leading edge Multinational Organizations and Industries (Tobacco, Telecoms, Banking, Manufacturing) in Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance roles. Currently working as the Cluster Internal Control & Compliance Manager of Imperial Tobacco Group, responsible for the South East Europe Cluster (Italy, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Israel, Palestine Markets). Previously worked in Internal Audit and Consulting roles in Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications and PwC respectively. Strong Academic & Theoretical background, encompassing a PhD and MsC in Internal Auditing & Management from a leading edge institution (Cass Business School - City University of London), with continuous development via publications and presentations in International Academic Conferences and Associations. International Professional Qualifications of Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA), Certification of Teaching in Higher Education (City University of London) and Authorized Professional Trainer conducting seminars and trainings.

Shilpi Sneha

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Shilpi Sneha is an in-house counsel with an experience of 8 years. She has graduated from New Law College, BVP, Pune, India in the year 2010 and joined an India based software MNC right after. In her current role, Shilpi looks into global alliance agreements and strategic partnerships.

Rajat Rashmi

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Rajat is a commercial attorney with particular interest in the IT domain. In addition to completing BA LLB from Pune, she has also completed Master in Business Laws from National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She is currently based out of the Dubai office of Cognizant Technologies and operates as a Senior Manager for Global Alliances and Strategic Partnerships. Prior to joining Cognizant, Rajat worked as a Corporate Counsel in another IT Company - Persistent Systems Ltd. for 6 years, with last 9 months being part of the law firm LegaLogic Consultants to which Persistent outsourced its legal work.

Isabelle Sob

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- Astrid Epiney/Daniela Nüesch, Inländervorrang und Freizügigkeitsabkommen, AJP 2018 page 6. - Benedikt Pirker/Daniela Nüesch, Europarecht: Schweiz–Europäische Union, Swiss Review of International and European Law 2018 page 111.

Dorothy Capers

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Dorothy G. Capers is Executive Vice President, Group General Counsel of National Express Group. National Express is a publicly traded transportation company on the London stock exchange with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Spain, Bahrain, Germany and North America. Dorothy oversees a diverse legal team across the globe that supports the Company in areas of corporate governance, finance, regulatory compliance, mergers & acquisitions, employment, labor, litigation, environmental, real estate and corporate contracts. Prior to joining National Express in June of 2015, Dorothy was Associate General Counsel for US Foods, Inc., a foodservice distribution company that is publicly traded on the U.S. Stock Exchange. There she had primary responsibility over the Litigation and Bankruptcy/Finance teams within the Legal Department. She was also a member of the team leading US Foods through a proposed merger with Sysco Corporation. Before joining US Foods, Dorothy has worked extensively as a litigator in the state, county and local government as well as in the private sector for law firms and corporations. Her government experience includes her leadership as a Deputy Corporation Counsel with the City of Chicago and as a prosecutor for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office. Dorothy’s first in house role was as Senior Counsel with Metra Railroad. Dorothy has lectured on legal topics related primarily to internal investigations, attorney client privilege, immigration law, development of convergence and alternative fee proposals and best practices for developing in-house litigation strategies. Dorothy sits as a member of the board of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, Children’s Home & Aid, and the Black Alumni Network for the University of Illinois. Dorothy earned her J.D. from Howard University School of Law, Washington DC and her B.A from the University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.

Andrew Hooles

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Andrew Hooles is a technology and outsourcing lawyer with over 20 years experience in leading complex technology deals. He is a Legal Director at Fujitsu Services Limited and has written extensively on the issues associated with technology contracts. More information can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewhooles

Veronica Oyetunde

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Mrs. Veronica Aina Oyetunde has a Masters Degree in Commercial and Corporate Law from Queen Mary University of London. She is licensed to practice law in Nigeria and works with Dangote Industries Limited as a Contracts Specialist.

Sancho Guibert

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Sancho Guibert has been In house counsel of Citibank for 19 years plus with multiple tenures at the corporate and investment bank, private bank and currently at the consumer bank where he acted as Secretary of the Board of Directors of Citibank Spain until March 2014. Now he is the Regional Cards Counsel for Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa. His earlier experience includes 2 years as an associate at Baker & McKenzie and 1 year as visiting attorney in the Latin American Practice Group at Mayer, Brown & Platt, NY office

Jessica Medvec

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Ms. Medvec is Corporate Counsel at Hyster-Yale Group, Inc. Her responsibilities include global data protection compliance, general corporate compliance duties, public company SEC reporting, maintenance of corporate records, and legal systems administration. She received a Juris Doctor from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 2013. She is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the Society for Corporate Governance and the Association of Corporate Counsel. Ms. Medvec is a Certified Information Privacy Professional- United States (CIPP/US) and Europe (CIPP/E). She is admitted to the practice of law in Ohio.

Lauren Zajac

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As Chief Legal officer and Data Protection Officer, Lauren oversees all legal, regulatory, and compliance affairs for Globoforce. With more than 15 years experience, she has served as legal counsel for a broad mix of high-growth public and private companies. Prior to Globoforce, Lauren was vice president of corporate affairs and general counsel at Metatomix, Inc., a leading provider of semantic solutions that was acquired by Versata Enterprises in 2010. Previous to this, she held the role of vice president, general counsel at Riverdeep, an Irish-based, public educational software company. Lauren also served as senior counsel for Allaire Corporation, Macromedia, Inc., and counsel for Object Design, Inc. She holds a B.A. from Boston College and a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law.

Julia Connelly

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Julia Connelly is an Australian lawyer, linguist and writer. She holds a BA (French, Spanish & Italian language), LLB (Hons) and LLM (Intellectual Property and Technology Law). Julia has worked in general commercial law (with a particular focus on litigation, intellectual property, competition and consumer law, privacy law and commercial contracting) since 2011. She is passionate about mentoring and championing mental well being within the legal profession. Outside of law, her interests include creative writing, the arts (ballet and opera in particular), fitness, horse riding and good food and wine. In an effort to challenge her arts and linguistics-centric brain, she has recently completed a beginner Physics course.

Richard Bacek

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Richard Bacek joined Siemens in 2009 as General Counsel for Siemens Czech Republic. Since 2015 he has performed also the role of General Counsel for Siemens Slovakia and since 2016 for Siemens Romania. Prior to 2009, Richard Bacek worked as attorney for international law firms in Prague. Richard Bacek is member of the Appeal Committee of the Czech National Bank and Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Football Association of the Czech Republic

Newman Debs

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Ignacio Salguero

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Graduated in Law in 2007, with a Master in Corporate Law of the University of Buenos Aires and posgraduate studies at the Catholic University of Argentina and the Austral University. With 12 years of experience as legal counsel in multinational companies such as Zurich, Mapfre and Duke Energy, working on providing legal advice on fiscal and regulatory matters, M&A transactions, strategic alliances and due diligences. Currently working in Argentina as General Counsel of CHUBB with regional functions on Captive Programs, Multinational Business and Corporate Governance.

Natalia D'Agostini

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Natalia D'Agostini is a paralegal at Insurance and Care NSW and is currently undertaking a Bachelors of Laws at Macquarie University.

Elliot Ganz

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Elliot Ganz is the General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA), a 440-member financial trade association representing the interests of the stakeholders in the US syndicated commercial loan market. Since 2005 he has managed all legal issues and co-headed its government policy and advocacy efforts. In 2018 Mr. Ganz was appointed the additional role of CAO, responsible for managing the LSTA’s staff and leading its strategic initiatives. He is a 1980 graduate of New York University School of Law and a 1977 graduate of Queens College, City University of New York. Before joining the LSTA Mr. Ganz worked for three years at a Wall Street law firm and for 22 years in senior positions at four major US and international banks. He is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and served as a member of the Committee on Financing Chapter 11 of the American Bankruptcy Institute's Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11. Mr. Ganz has supervised the filing of over 20 amicus briefs on important loan and bankruptcy related cases, including three briefs supporting successful appeals to each of the New York Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of the United States. He most recently supervised a successful lawsuit under the Administrative Procedure Act against the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve Board on the critical issue of risk retention under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.

Rajeev Uberoi

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Dr Rajeev Uberoi joined IDFC as General Counsel and Group Head-Legal and Compliance in 2009. Having worked in the banking and finance space for more than three decades, Dr Uberoi commands a unique position in the legal fraternity and is looked upon by many institutional heads for his ability to effectively strategize and formulate business - legal decisions which have led to consummation of some path breaking transactions in the domestic and international markets. Having worked as an in- house counsel in multi-functional and multi-jurisdictional organizations with rich experience in banking spanning more than 30 years, he has the ability to seamlessly advice on complex matters including cross border regulatory regimes and enforcement practices, local jurisdiction issues, tax implications, capital market regulations, Mergers & Acquisitions (both domestic and cross-border) including the latest demerger of IDFC Limited and IDFC Bank Limited, corporate restructuring, Private Equity Investments, JVs, foreign collaborations, divestments, major commercial contracts, civil and criminal litigation, property matters and many other incidental issues of legal & regulatory nature. Dr. Uberoi has been instrumental in setting up the governance structure at IDFC that adheres to ethical standards, best practices and compliance of relevant laws to protect the interest of the shareholders. His global outlook has set the foundation for IDFC to collaborate with illustrious law schools like Harvard Law School and Jindal Global Law School and facilitate dissemination of calibrated course contents, allow secondments to student and publish research papers Prior to joining IDFC Limited, Dr. Uberoi worked with Standard Chartered Bank where he was Regional Head - Operational Risk & Assurance, South Asia. In his previous experiences, he has worked with several domestic and multinational banks such as Union Bank of India, State Bank of India, Reserve Bank of India as Asst. General Manager, Dept. of Banking Supervision, Citibank as Vice President & Regulatory Head; ANZ Grindlays Bank as Head - Risk Management & Compliance - India. Dr. Uberoi is also a profound writer and has a lot of publications to his credit. He is also a member of various committees and has been active on the Speaker circuit. He is a recipient of many accolades and awards and his contribution to the legal fraternity has been recognised in the Industry. Dr. Uberoi is a lawyer and a Canadian Commonwealth Scholar with a Masters from McMaster University and a Ph.D. in Economics. He also possesses an MBA degree from MDI, Gurgaon.

Mark Solon

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Mark Solon is the Managing Director of the Legal Division of Wilmington Plc. Mark Solon is acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading experts on expert witnesses, investigatory practice, witness familiarisation and continuing professional development. He is a solicitor, a qualified Attorney at Law in California and has an MSc in Shipping Trade and Finance with distinction from the City University. He has been instrumental in improving the standard of expert evidence over the last twenty years and regularly chairs conferences of up to 500 delegates as well as speaking at many conferences. He has written numerous articles relating to evidence and several books. He has in depth knowledge of the legal and evidential issues around forensic science, emergency planning, surveillance and the work of many specialist intelligence and prosecution agencies. He frequently appears on television and radio dealing with evidential issues. He has been described by one senior expert witness under his cross-examination as “the love child of Stephen Hawking and a Rottweiler.” Mark founded Bond Solon in 1992 and the company has since grown to become the largest provider of law related training to non-lawyers in the UK. He now heads the Legal Division of Wilmington.

Mark McCareins

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R. Mark McCareins practiced antitrust, trade regulation and unfair competition law for the firm of Winston and Strawn LLP for over thirty years where he appeared as trial counsel in matters in nearly forty (40) federal courts. In addition, he has authored nearly twenty books or articles on antitrust related topics. While he is the immediate past chair of the Chicago Bar Association antitrust committee, Mark has served in leadership positions in several bar associations including the Illinois State Bar Association and the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association. Mark also has taught antitrust and business law at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management for over twenty-five years; he currently he is a Clinical Professor of Strategy at Kellogg.

Corrado Druetta

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Corrado Druetta is a qualified Italian attorney, currently Legal Counsel at Comau S.p.A., a Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles’ company, where he acts as legal point of reference for Robotics and Automation Products business unit. Corrado started his professional career in private practice, then moved to in-housel counselling within the FCA Group. He gained a relevant experience in IT law, IP law, Freedom of Expression Online and Innovation and co-authored publications in the same fields.

Scott Macbeth

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Scott Macbeth is Senior Legal Counsel at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. focusing primarily on BCG's M&A activities. He has over 10 years of M&A experience, with the last 7 acting as lead in-house counsel for a series of transactions around the world.

Priya Mannan

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Haripriya M. Mannan, Associate General Counsel, NIBRI, Cambridge, MA Priya joined Novartis in June 2009 as Associate General Counsel for the Novartis Institutes of Bio Medical Research, Inc. (“NIBR”) in Cambridge, MA. At NIBR, she is the Global Head of Compliance and manages social media, e-commerce, Big data, clinical, ethical, privacy and regulatory matters. Prior to joining NIBR, Priya was a Senior Counsel At Baxter International Inc., in Deerfield, IL. At Baxter, Priya was an FDA Regulatory and Healthcare Compliance attorney and also managed clinical trials and product promotion for the Bioscience business for the company. Priya’s first in-house position was at Pfizer Inc., where she managed in-licensing of phase II and III compounds followed by Medtronic Inc., where she was responsible for clinical, research & development, regulatory and general legal business transactions. Before joining as in-house counsel, Priya was associated with the firms of Reid & Riege and Cantor Colburn based in Hartford, CT where she practiced Healthcare law. She received her undergraduate degree from Madras University majoring in Bio Chemistry and Chemistry and her first law degree also from Madras University. She also received her JD and LLM degrees from St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis. Missouri.

Chaim Levin

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Chaim A. Levin is the Chief Legal Officer of Tradition America. ?Mr. Levin has managed important corporate transactions, intellectual property issues, regulatory investigations, emplo yment controversies, corporate governance frameworks, and other matters in the U.S., Central and South America, England, France, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines. Mr. Levin has been the Lead Counsel representing part of the Tradition Group in defending complex national investigations by the Department of Justice, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and 14 State Attorney Generals' offices, Mr. Levin has been awarded the 2015 Legend-in-the-Law by the United States Library of Congress, the American Bar Association and the Burton Foundation. Mr. Levin has also received a 2018 First Chair Award.

Saswata Dhar

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Indian Telecom Laws & Data protection laws, Judicial Precedents , research papers and news paper reports.

James Lau

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James Lau Chief Legal Officer with 24 years both contentious and non-contentious international cross-border transactional and dispute-resolution experience acquired through a combination of private practice at industry-leading law firms and in-house roles at Fortune 500 Multinational Corporations.

Haitao Zhang

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Haitao Zhang has been working for China national Petroleum Corporation (“CNPC”) for 18 years, and is the Director Legal for CNPC Latin America Branch, responsible for the legal & corporate matters in this region for CNPC, and leads directly/indirectly about 20 in-house counsels based in 6 countries. He is a registered attorney in New York and Alberta and a member of Beijing State-Owned Enterprise Counsel Association.

Silvia Morlino

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Professional Experience 12/10/2015 ? Current Senior Legal Counsel Intesa Sanpaolo International Banking and finance contracts and regulatory analysis. 15/5/2012 ? 30/06/2017 Studio Legale Tributario in associazione con EY (nuova denominazione di Ernst & Young) Executive Director dello studio legale per diritto bancario, finanziario e societario 07/12/2010 ? 30/4/2012 Bird & Bird Studio Legale – Banking and Finance Department Of Counsel 01/10/1997 ? 06/12/2010 Allen & Overy Studio Legale – International Capital Markets Department (ICM) Dal 2006 Senior Associate 27/03/2006 ? 11/07/2006 Allen & Overy (London Office) - Derivatives and Structured Finance (DSF) Senior Associate 18/07/2005 ? 17/03/2006 Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch – Legal Department (in secondment) Legal Assistance to Debt Capital Markets 03/05/2005 ? 15/07/2005 Allen & Overy (London Office) - Derivatives and Structured Finance (DSF) Associate Education 2002 Admitted to the Italian Bar 18/01/2000 ? 15/12/2002 PhD in Law and Economics, University of Rome "La Sapienza" PhD Thesis: "International Financial Regulation" - Supervisor: Prof. Sabino Cassese 10/01/2002 ? 23/12/2002 Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School, Cambridge (MA), US Research for my PhD – Supervisor: Prof. Hal S. Scott Attended courses: - International Finance - Corporate Finance - Securities Regulation - Law and Economics - International Law 21/09/1998 ? 10/09/1999 Master of Laws, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London (UK) Master of Laws with merit Attended Courses: - Regulation of Financial Markets - Legal aspects of International Finance - Law of the European Internal Market - UK and EC Competition Law 01/09/1995 ? 30/06/1996 Specialization Course in Administrative Law, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Subject: "Public Utilities and European Law" - Thesis on "Liberalization of the Gas Market" 01/11/1992 ? 18/06/1997 Degree in Law, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Final grades: 110/110 cum laude Thesis on "European Union Regulation of Companies" – Supervisor: Prof. Sabino Cassese 01/09/1995 ? 30/06/1996 Undergraduate Course in Law, University of Kingston (UK) - Erasmus Programme Attended Courses: - Contract law - Law of torts - Company law - Public law 21/09/1998 ? 10/09/1999 Chevening Scholarship for Master of Laws - British Council Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Aine Lyons

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Aine Lyons is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Worlwide Legal Operations at VMware. Aine founded the VMware legal operations team in 2013. In 2015, VMware was recognized as ACC Value Champions. In 2016, VMware was named FT’s Most Innovative Legal Team. Aine is also a founder of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) and regional lead for CLOC Europe.

Christine Reddy

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Christine E. Reddy, is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Fannie Mae, in charge of those matters as well, as well as corporate governance and the corporate secretary function for the company's Board of Directors. Before joining Fannie Mae, Christine was Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at a nonprofit media corporation, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). She has enjoyed over twenty years as in house counsel.

Tanguy Carbonnieres

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Tanguy de Carbonnieres is Deputy General Counsel at Fannie Mae in Washington, DC. He and his team are in charge of al legal aspects of Intellectual Property matters, Data licensing, IT Transactions, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and general Procurement for the company. Tanguy is a regular speaker at industry conferences on intellectual property, with a particular focus on financial services industry. Tanguy has 18 years of in-house experience and prior to that, practiced law in law firms in the US and France. His co-author and manager, Christine E. Reddy, is Vice President and Deputy Corporate Secretary at Fannie Mae, in charge of those matters as well, as well as corporate governance and the corporate secretary function for the company's Board of Directors. Before joining Fannie Mae, Christine was in-house counsel at PBS.

Madelein Kleyn

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Madelein Kleyn is a chemical engineer, an admitted attorney and a registered patent attorney in South Africa. She holds a PhD in intellectual property. She served as in-house corporate patent counsel for South African based international petrochemical company Sasol Group Services for 16 years and is presently the General Manager – Legal and Intellectual Property for the boutique international agriculture company Oro Agri International Ltd where she is responsible for the protection and enhancement of the company’s sustainable competitive advantage through strategic IP management and oversees general legal governance and compliance. She is based in the R&D head office in South Africa. Dr Kleyn tutors part time for the World Intellectual Property Organisation e-learning programme on IP management; lectures on patent attorney practice to candidate patent attorneys in South Africa; and is appointed as research associate and fellow of the Anton Mostert Chair of Intellectual Property, University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Law an appointment recognizing proven specialised expertise. She moderates and teaches the patent and design module of the Anton Mostert Chair of IP LLM (intellectual property) course at Stellenbosch University. She publishes and presents papers at various fora internationally. Dr Kleyn’s main areas of expertise include IP strategy development and implementation, M&A transactions, IP portfolio management (including prosecution of patents and trademarks), IP litigation (United States, Europe and South Africa) and patent and trademark opposition matters. She regularly advises on corporate governance and IP risk management and specialises in drafting and advising on IP-related business transactions, including technology transfer and licensing. Dr Kleyn has authored and presented various articles, papers and publications on IP matters internationally. She is the co-editor of the journal “International Pharmaceutical Law” published by LexisNexis of which she co-authors the South African Chapter. She is a member of American Chemical Society, INTA, LESI, LES SA (Director) and SAIIPL

Sati Mukund

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Sati Mukund, Vice President – Legal, Barclays Bank PLC, 801/808, Ceejay House, Shivsagar Estate, Worli, Mumbai 400 018. Profile : Lawyer and Company Secretary by qualification. Has more than 23 years of experience in handling a variety of coporate legal issues in banking and financial sectors.

Utsab Banerjee

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Utsab is an in-house manager in legal department of Cognizant technology solutions pvt. ltd. He is heading a team of 3 attorneys specialized in intellectual property. He has a a total work experience of 8 years in companies like Samsung, Tata Consultancy services and ARC document solutions. He specializes in patent, copyright and trademark for US, India and EP.

Jerry Hansen

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Gerald (Jerry) Hansen is a CPA and forensic accountant with extensive experience across a variety of accounting, audit, and financial forensics services including purchase price dispute arbitrations, audit services, expert services, forensic due diligence, and fraud investigations. He has served at a Big 4 public accounting firm, a multinational consultancy, as well as global corporations in a career spanning over 25 years. Jerry is currently a partner with Forensic Risk Alliance and leads their M&A dispute practice globally. Jerry previously served as the Southwest Region leader of Ernst & Young’s Transaction Forensics practice, a specialty practice that focused on disputes, investigations, and forensic due diligence services that stem from contemplated and completed merger and acquisition transactions. Jerry also has in-house experience in software revenue recognition, mortgage banking and insurance claims. Jerry has provided dispute, forensic and audit related services to clients in a wide range of industries including real estate, technology, energy, transportation, manufacturing, software, food services, publishing, automotive, healthcare, retail, staffing services, advertising and financial services. Jerry is the author (along with another colleague) of the book M&A Disputes – A Professional Guide to Accounting Arbitrations, a contributing author to The Litigation Services Handbook as well as the AICPA book The Guide to Investigating Business Fraud, in addition to other articles and presentations. He holds a BBA in Finance from Southern Methodist University and an MS in Accounting from the University of Virginia. He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Texas.

Prakash Deb Roy

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Prakash Deb Roy works as Senior Associate – Legal at Cognizant. He is responsible for the organizations in-house intellectual property analysis and allied processes. He has received his Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in Intellectual Property Law from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering from WBUT

Subhadip Sarkar

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Subhadip Sarkar works as Assistant Vice President – IP and Licensing at Cognizant. He is responsible for establishing and driving the IP and technology licensing strategies and implementing Industry best practices on IP for the company.

Charles Chatterjee

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Professor Charles Chatterjee who studied law at the University of Cambridge and the University of London is a Barrister in England and Wales and has also acted as an arbitrator

Bruce Fox

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Bruce R. Fox is Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary with The Main Street America Group headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Mr. Fox’s duties include state and federal regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, complex transactions, corporate governance and litigation management. After a long career as an insurance defense litigator, handling civil trials and appeals in US state and federal courts, Mr. Fox became in-house counsel with The Main Street America Group, first by managing its staff counsel operations in Massachusetts before moving into a corporate counsel role and eventually becoming general counsel. Mr. Fox spent many years as an adjunct professor at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts and is the author of several legal articles published in US national law journals.

Mary Kennard

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Mary Kennard is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law at American University. In addition, for the past 23 years, she served as the Vice President and General Counsel for American University. Having recently retired, she serves on a number of boards including the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society national board, the HERS Institute at the University of Denver, and the National Student Clearinghouse. She is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel, and a past Board member of the ACC, Secretary of the ACC Board and Chair of Membership. For 8 years, she served as the General Counsel for the public higher education institutions for the State of Rhode Island, prior to joining American University. In 2018, Ms. Kennard will begin serving as a public member of the Middle States Accreditation Commission, and an American Bar Association law school site team member.

Fiona Morris

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Michael Grazio

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Michael L. Grazio is Assistant General Counsel supporting Digital Payments and Labs at Mastercard. In his role, Mr. Grazio is responsible for leading a global team that provides support for innovation and product development that enables Mastercard’s Digital Payments business. His team provides integrated legal and transactional support with partners such as Alphabet (Google), Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, PayPal, Square and other digital customers. His team is also responsible for providing legal support in connection with the evolution of the Mastercard standards for digital activities. Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Grazio was Managing Counsel for Privacy and Data Protection at Mastercard where he led a team providing privacy support in connection with product development for Global Core Products, Digital Payments, Labs and Marketing teams. He was also responsible for privacy and data protection due diligence, assessing the privacy practices of potential acquisition targets and managing integration of acquisitions into Mastercard’s Global Privacy and Data Protection program. Earlier in his career at Mastercard, Michael was Worldwide Marketing and Communications Counsel where he supported various business units with their sponsorship, advertising, promotion and marketing needs. Before joining Mastercard in 2006, Mr. Grazio worked in-house at Reebok International Ltd. and as an associate in the Advertising, Marketing and Media Division of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP. Mr. Grazio graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing and Psychology from Ithaca College in 1992. After a successful career in the advertising business as an account executive for Time Warner, he received a Juris Doctorate from Northeastern University School of Law in 2000. He is a member of both the Massachusetts and New York bars and is CIPM and CIPP/US certified.

Jonathan Anastasia

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Jonathan J. Anastasia is Senior Managing Counsel supporting Mastercard Labs at Mastercard. In his role, Jonathan is responsible for leading a team that helps drive innovation across all products at Mastercard. His team provides integrated legal and transactional support in the development of products and services in the areas of blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, internet-of-things, chatbots, conversational commerce, mobile applications, digital & product consulting and data research. Before joining Mastercard, Jonathan was in the Intellectual Property group of Crowell & Moring LLP. Jonathan graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point. After serving as a Captain in the United States Army, he received a Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School.

Paul Petta

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Paul G. Petta is Chief Franchise Officer at Mastercard. In this capacity, Mr. Petta has responsibility for the full suite of global franchise functions for Mastercard. He and his team enable new and existing business at scale through licensing, registration, brand standards and exploring new ways to leverage our brands, platforms and network and have full accountability for supporting healthy business growth by preventing, detecting, and remediating undue risk. Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Petta served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Global Businesses. He was responsible for leading the Global Businesses Legal Team consisting of 80+ lawyers and legal professionals located around the globe. The team was tasked with providing integrated world-wide legal support to Mastercard's full suite of businesses, mergers & acquisitions, public and private partnerships, intellectual property matters, technology operations, franchise operations and all products and services, including: Fintech & Digital Products, Core Consumer & Commercial Payments, Loyalty Solutions, Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Operations and Technology, Enterprise Security Solutions, Processing, the Advisors Data Services & Consulting Business and the Mastercard Labs innovation incubator. Throughout his tenure, Mr. Petta has also served as Group Executive, Senior Associate General Counsel, Group Head, Global Markets Managing Counsel and Vice President, Managing Global Key, U.S. Regional, Key and National Accounts Counsel. Before joining Mastercard, he was an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, an international law firm located in New York City, where he represented clients in connection with public and private company mergers, stock purchases, asset purchases, spin-offs, venture capital investments, joint ventures, and public and private securities offerings. Mr. Petta graduated, cum laude, from The College of the Holy Cross and received a Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He was elected to the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, where he served as editor, and to the Order of the Coif at Penn. Mr. Petta is a member of the Bar in New York and Connecticut. He is also an active member of the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the American Corporate Counsel Association.

Jasmin Kohina

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The author is a qualified Solicitor with over 20 years of work experience in Kuwait, primarily in the investments and banking sector. 1995-2008 -with Abdullah Kh. Al- Ayoub & Associates, heading the International Law Division. 2008-to date: General Counsel-Legal & Compliance at NBK Capital, a leading asset management and investment banking firm in Kuwait. Academic Qualifications: BSc, LLB, LLM.

Juliana Bastianello Baldin Martins

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Juliana Bastianello Baldin Martins joined GTIS Partners on May 2011 and is currently a Director at the firm. Mrs. Baldin Martins is responsible for legal matters pertaining to real estate, corporate and contracts activities. Mrs. Baldin Martins has over six years of experience in corporate law. Prior to joining GTIS Partners, she was a lawyer at Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, one of the largest law firms in Brazil, where she spent over three years dedicating herself to mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring transactions. Prior to Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice, she was an intern at TozziniFreire Advogados, also one of the largest law firms in Brazil, where she dedicated herself to capital markets transactions for over three years. As a lawyer at Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice and as an intern at TozziniFreire Advogados she rendered services to the largest corporations and investment funds acting in the Brazilian real estate and capital markets segments. For two consecutive years, 2010 and 2011, Mrs. Baldin Martins contributed with comments on Brazilian corporate law to the “Doing Business”, a publication of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation comparing business regulation in several economies. Mrs. Baldin Martins graduated from São Paulo University Law School (USP) in 2007, completed her Master of Business Administration at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) in 2011 and obtained a post-graduation degree in Tax Law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) in 2016.

Andrew Goldstein

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Andrew Goldstein is an experienced Head of Legal in the financial services and products area with a demonstrated history of working in funds management, life insurance and superannuation. Prior to his time at Challenger, Andrew worked with the Macquarie Group in their Banking and Financial Services division. Andrew is also a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel, and since 2014 he has been a member of the Legal and Compliance Experts Group at the Financial Services Council of Australia.

Jarrod Brooks

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Jarrod Brooks is a Senior Legal Counsel at Challenger, having joined in September 2011. In this role, Jarrod is responsible for all legal aspects of real estate transactions spanning acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and investment structures, development and financing, as well as funds management and leasing. In addition, Jarrod is responsible for the appointment and management of external legal service providers for the Challenger real estate business. His expertise is consolidated by his previous roles with top tier law firms in Sydney, New York and London. Jarrod holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours/Bachelor of International Business and a Bachelor of Commerce. Jarrod has been recognised in Doyle's Guide for 2015, 2016 and 2017 as one of the leading in-house real estate lawyers in Australia.

Joseph Aronds

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Joseph M. Aronds is Chief Litigation and Trial Counsel at Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., a commercial real estate development corporation based in Secaucus, New Jersey. Mr. Aronds has served as the president of the Association of Corporate Counsel - New Jersey, the New Jersey chapter of the Washington, D.C.-based Association of Corporate Counsel. Throughout his career, Mr. Aronds has been a speaker or panelist at numerous continuing legal education seminars on a variety of topics. Mr. Aronds received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. In addition to his legal work, Mr. Aronds has authored and drawn an online law-themed cartoon, "Overruled!", several of which have been auctioned off to raise money for various charitable causes.

Sanjay Agrawal

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Sanjay Agrawal is Senior Counsel with Elekta, based in St. Louis, Missouri. Sanjay is responsible for building a strategic patent portfolio that is aligned with Elekta’s business objectives in the areas of radiotherapy, medical imaging, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning. He helps the business understand what their IP is and how it can be better leveraged in business. Sanjay has over 12 years’ experience as an in-house Counsel and has worked with legal teams spread across different countries. Sanjay is admitted to practice in Missouri and registered before the US Patent and Trademark Office. His undergraduate degree is from Washington University in St. Louis, and he has graduate degrees from the University of Texas, St. Louis University School of Law, and Washington University in St. Louis.

Paul Giordano

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Mr. Giordano was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Ironshore Inc., a global specialty insurance group, and currently acts as an advisor to Kadena LLC, a blockchain technology company. Before Ironshore, he served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Syncora Holdings Ltd., a financial guaranty insurance and reinsurance group listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Giordano also was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of XL Capital, a publicly traded global property and casualty insurance and reinsurance group where he also held senior business leadership roles. Mr. Giordano was in private practice with leading global law firms headquartered in New York and London. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a B.A. in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Missouri. Mr. Giordano is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Anna Lefcovitch

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Anna Lefcovitch is currently employed as an in-house solicitor at Arcadis LLP, and has considerable experience in commercial and construction law. She studied law at University College London and London Guildhall University. She has been working as an in-house lawyer for 20 years.

Nabil Nazrin

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Nabil Nazrin is a Legal Counsel with the Commercial Banking & Corporate Functions, Group Legal, Malayan Banking Berhad ("Maybank"). He graduated with a LL.B (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia and started his legal career in 2012 as a Legal Associate with Messrs. Shook Lin & Bok Malaysia, handling corporate, conveyancing and banking law matters. He joined Group Legal, Maybank in year 2016.

Michael Spivey

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Michael Spivey has a multi-faceted 20 year global business and legal career that includes corporate, transactional, regulatory, finance and business development (marketing, sales & product development) experiences in both the private sector and government. Michael recently returned to Walmart International after a six year assignment in Johannesburg, South Africa where he served as the General Counsel to Walmart Africa. In his spare time he competes in Ironman triathlon competitions and grows award winning roses.

Michael Johnston

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Michael Johnston is Group Head of Employee Relations & Special Counsel for the Westpac Group. Michael advises Westpac Group companies globally on all aspects of employment and industrial law and related human resources and employee relations issues. Opinions expressed in this article are the author’s alone.

Rajendra Misra

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Mr. Rajendra Misra is the Senior Vice President - General Counsel of the Taj group, an Indian hospitality major that owns and manages some of the best hotels, palaces, resorts and safaris in India, apart from other countries like USA, UK, UAE, South Africa, Zambia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Maldives, Bhutan and Nepal. Mr. Misra is a member of the Executive Committee of the Taj group. Mr. Misra is a graduate in Law and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Patents Law. He has undertaken the Hawkesmere Course on International Intellectual Property Law in London. He is featured in the “GC Powerlist: India 2016” amongst the leading General Counsel of the country by The Legal 500, which publishes the GC Powerlist. He is also featured amongst the leading General Counsel in “Trailblazers: India’s Finest In-house Counsels” by the Indian Corporate Counsel Association. Prior to joining the Taj group, Mr. Misra was working with Hindustan Unilever Ltd., the subsidiary of Unilever plc in India. He has more than 26 years of experience in the legal field, having started his legal career as a counsel practicing in the High Court in India. Later, he moved inhouse and has gathered experience in the legal field across industries, having worked inhouse in leading organizations in the Aluminium industry, Tyre industry, FMCG industry and now the Hospitality industry.

Bruce Ortwine

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General Counsel, Americas, Advisor, Global Legal and Compliance and Senior Executive Vice President for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

Kingsley Osei

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Kingsley Osei is a United States-based attorney specializing in project finance, bond finance and appropriations finance of both conventional and renewable energy projects in both the US and developing countries. He also advises his clients on energy management and planning. In connection with this, he works with an electricity rate intervening consortium on utility rate-making matters before the New York State Independent System Operator (NYISO) and New York State Public Service Commission. Previously, he was counsel with the Volta River Authority in Ghana where he advised the electric utility on the construction and operation of hydroelectric and thermal plants. He holds a Masters of Law degree (LLM) from Boston University School of Law, University of Ghana Law School (Barrister at Law) and the University of Ghana, Faculty of Law (LL.B). Kingsley is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and the Republic of Ghana. He has published extensively on procurement and infrastructure finance. He also teaches/lectures on policy and transactional courses on structured and topical issues about the development and operation of conventional and renewable power plants. Recently, Kingsley has been very instrumental in advising his clients in the implementation of New York State energy policy through the regulatory overhaul that will require power utilities and Load Serving Entities that buy power from the New York State wholesale market to utilize fifty percent renewables by the year 2030.

Joshua Axelrod

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Josh is Corporate Counsel for Jazz Pharmaceuticals, where he has been the lead legal and compliance counsel for the Hematology/Oncology, Sleep, and Pain Business Units, R&D, Corporate Affairs, and Market Intelligence. Josh created and leads the Best Practices and Optimization Platform, designed to achieve corporate objectives, demonstrate leadership, and develop leaders by working through the organization for the success of the company.

Paloma Mansano

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Paloma Mansano, Latin America and West Europe Legal Head at Bentley

Andrea Brancatelli

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Andrea Brancatelli, is currently based in Rome and responsible for all legal matters of MoneyGram within Southern Europe, which includes 19 countries. Previously Andrea Brancatelli worked in General Electric, in Milan, where he acted as Senior Legal Counsel for the “Capital” division of GE. His first in-house experience was in 2009, when he entered LSE-Borsa Italiana S.p.A. to follow the integration with London Stock Exchange Group. From 2006 to 2011 Andrea was Senior Associate of the Law Firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners, within the Corporate and M&A department. At the beginning of his career he worked with the Law Firm CMS Italy - Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, in the fields of employment law, banking, corporate and M&A. Andrea Brancatelli holds a Law Degree from the University of Rome, is admitted to Bar since 2006 and is author of various publications on fintech and international law. Andrea appears in the 2017 GC Legal 500 Powerlist and was shortlisted for the 2014 “Emerging In-house Counsel” by Top Legal.

Daniel Trujillo

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Daniel Trujillo is the Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for Walmart International. He joined Walmart in 2012, leading a rapidly expanding division that spans over 27 countries outside the United States. In his role, Daniel supports Walmart’s organization that includes over 1,900 compliance and ethics professionals spread across the world managing 14 different subject matters. In 2014, he was featured on the cover of Corporate Counsel magazine in an article that discussed his focus on integrating technology and efficiency into compliance programs. Daniel has also been named several times to Ethisphere’s list of Attorney’s Who Matter. In addition to several speaking roles, he has authored a number of articles on developing and implementing risk-based compliance programs using empirical data, including how to use statistics and analytics to forecast compliance risk—the so-called “Moneyball” approach to compliance. Originally from Argentina, Daniel speaks five languages and has worked in over 60 countries on five continents—addressing compliance areas ranging from anti-corruption to trade. Before joining Walmart, he served as Deputy General Counsel and Director of Compliance at Schlumberger Ltd.—a global supplier of technology, integrated project management, and information solutions for customers working in the oil and gas industry. During Daniel’s 15-year tenure at Schlumberger, in addition to oversight of the compliance program, he worked in numerous legal and compliance roles providing advice on international operations and mergers and acquisitions. He previously worked at Cargill and Impregilo S.p.A. Daniel graduated from Buenos Aires University Law School and went on to complete a Master in Business Administration (MBA) at Salvador University (Argentina) and Deusto (Spain), as well as a Master in International Commercial Law (LLM) at University of California, Davis. In his free time, Daniel enjoys travelling with his wife Deborah and their two young children. He is also an avid triathlete, participating in several races per year.

Solomon Osagie

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Dr Solomon Osagie is Chief Legal Counsel at TSYS International. He also has responsibility for data protection and regulatory compliance matters. A leading General Counsel ranked in the 2016 FT GC rankings, he was named in the Hot Lawyer rankings for 2016. In 2011 Dr Osagie was appointed to the Law Society’s Company Law Committee and he sits on advisory boards at a number of organisations like Acritas, GOAL, The Lawyer Financial Services Forum and the Brussels GC Advisory Board. In 2014, he was invited to join the Westminster Policy Forum on Legal Education and Training in the UK. Dr Osagie was a partner in private practice and then held senior roles in Industry. In 2016 he was invited to join the Lafferty Brexit Council, the International Cards & Payments Council and the International Retail Banking Council (IRBC). Before his appointment at TSYS International, Dr Osagie was Group General Counsel & Company Secretary at Global Switch. Solomon read law and international relations at Cambridge. He holds an MBA as well as a doctorate in management and law. He speaks and writes regularly about regulatory matters in the financial services sector and has been influential in the commentary on subjects like data protection and strategic management.

Camelia Gardot

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Camelia Gardot is Senior Legal Counsel – “Mergers and Acquisitions” at Airbus (Defence and Space Division) Practicing as in-house counsel for more than 13 years (mainly with aviation and aerospace companies), she has extensive legal experience in the areas of intellectual property, corporate matters comprising of international and French commercial transactions, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions. She holds a Master’s degree in international business law from the University of Toulouse (France) and a “Mergers and Acquisitions” Diploma from the College of Law of England and Wales.

David Newsome

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Dave is a senior legal counsel with KBRwyle, the global government services business of KBR, Inc., KBRwyle provides a full spectrum of engineering and logistics capabilities, including engineering and missions operations, program and acquisition management, government healthcare security solutions, information technology, science, test and evaluation, and training. Dave, as a transactions attorney, is involved in all phases of his divisions’ procurement process, from formation to administration, for federal government and commercial contracts and subcontracts, both domestic and international. Dave conducts the full spectrum of contract litigation before the Government Accountability Office and the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals. Prior to joining KBRwyle, Dave served in the United States Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corp, retiring in June 2010 after 20 years of active duty service. Dave held numerous acquisition-focused leadership positions, including Command Judge Advocate, Camp Arifijan, Kuwait; Team Chief, Contract and Fiscal Law Division; Chief, Contract Law Division, Heidelberg, Germany; and Contract Attorney, Joint Contracting Center, Kosovo. Dave received an LL.M in Government Procurement Law from The George Washington University; an LL.M from The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School; and his J.D., M.Ed., and B.A from the University of Toledo. He is licensed to practice law in Ohio, Colorado, Washington, D.C., and Maryland, and is a registered Corporate Counsel in Virginia. Dave is a Certified Professional Contracts Manager, Certified Federal Contracts Manager, and a Certified Commercial Contracts Manager by the National Contract Management Association. He currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Virginia State Bar Corporate Counsel Committee, the Board of Advisors of the Public Contracting Institute, the Advisory Council of the recently formed George Mason University’s Chief Procurement Officer Advisory Council, and the ABA Section of Public Contract Law Contract Claims and Dispute Resolution Committee. Dave has served as a guest speaker and panelist for the ABA and various law school and law firm panels. Dave has earned the highest award bestowed by Toastmasters International, the Distinguished Toastmaster. Dave has published numerous how-to articles, primarily for the benefit of corporate counsel, a few of which include In-House Considerations for Reviewing Indemnification Clauses: A Primer, Contract Management Magazine, May 2012; Automatic Suspensions: A Solution In Need Of A Problem, Law360.com, May 11, 2012; Registering a Branch Office Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS): The Power of Attorney, NCMA Contract Management Magazine, April 2013; and How Contract Managers and In-House Counsel Can Reduce Litigation Costs, NCMA Contract Management, October 2015, and Status of Forces Agreements in Outside of the Continental United States (OCONUS) Contracting: The Good, the Bad, and the Iffy, NCMA Contract Management, June 2016.

Wende Huehn-Brown

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Wende Huehn-Brown is a full-time professor in the College of Business at St. Petersburg College. Dr. Brown received her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri - Rolla in Engineering Management. She holds M.E. and B.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. Dr. Brown joined St. Petersburg College in March 2007 and is academically and professionally qualified. Her research interests include implementation of continuous improvement systems, associated with lean, six sigma, sustainability, and supply chain management. She has worked in these fields for almost 20 years with a variety of manufacturing and service industries, as well as government organizations.

Deborah Eldridge

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Deborah Cerminaro Eldridge, J.D. is a Law Professor for the College of Public Policy and Law at St. Petersburg College. Dr. Eldridge has played a critical role in developing the College of Business Sustainability Management Degree, including creation of the core sustainability law class. Dr. Eldridge received her B.A. in International Affairs from Florida State University and went on to receive her Juris Doctor Degree from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law. She has over 17 years of experience as a trial attorney and has been teaching with St. Petersburg College since 2006 joining the College as a full-time professor in December 2007. Her research interests include legal issues associated with sustainability as well as international business.

Sally Hughes

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Sally is Chief Operating Officer for the IACCM, supporting the IACCM global team in the pursuit of both the recognition of and excellence in Commercial and Contract Management. Sally is an experienced and accomplished commercial and contracts management professional, holding senior commercial positions at a range of corporate and multi-national organizations. After gaining an Honors degree in Law, Sally spent her time in house in the corporate sector, where she worked globally in the Telecoms and IT industries, before establishing her own legal and commercial consultancy in 2007. Sally is passionate about enabling business efficiency and growth through contracting and commercial excellence; she understands the need for robust business operations to drive these efficiencies, together with the requirement for effective communication and collaboration at all times. Whether in contract development, negotiation, training or general communications, Sally has built a reputation for service excellence and responsiveness. Her focus is on the creation of positive and successful business relationships, constantly striving to ensure that businesses realize their true potential and value.

Lita Bollimpalli

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Lita Bollimpalli is an Associate General Counsel for Verizon Business Network Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon Communications. Lita’s responsibilities include negotiation and management of all legal aspects of high dollar global integration deals. Lita also participates in Verizon’s current efforts for contract simplification. Lita’s prior experience includes a role as Senior Counsel at Best Western International, Inc., where she led a team responsible for all contracting, data security and international legal matters for the world’s largest hotel chain. Prior to that, Lita was in private practice at law firms in Denver, Co, Boston, MA and Phoenix, AZ. In addition to her law degree, Lita also has an MBA and an LLM in Tax.

Hal Bretan

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Hal Bretan is Chief Counsel for BT Americas Inc., the American subsidiary of British Telecommunications. His primary responsibilities include support for Procurement, Sales in the Financial Services sector, and Real Estate. Hal is also currently leading BT’s global efforts in Speed to Contract and contract simplification. His prior experiences include key Legal positions in Radianz (a niche telecom provider in the financial arena), Lucent, and AT&T. Hal has degrees in Engineering, Management and Law.

Jürg Gassmann

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Dr. Jürg Gassmann is an independent practitioner based in Switzerland. Since 2002, he has been acting as ‘outside in-house counsel’ for developers and investors where the business volume does not justify a senior lawyer on staff. He specialises in electricity generation (both renewable and traditional), resource valorisation, water/wastewater and similar infrastructure projects as well as advising venture capital investors. Before establishing his own practice, he was Of Counsel with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London; in an in-house legal role with Black & Veatch in Hong Kong and Kansas City; with a Swiss venture capital investor in Zurich; and with The Sumitomo Trust & Banking in Tokyo. Jürg took his licentiatus iuris at the University of Zurich in 1986 as well as his doctorate in law in 1989, following a research fellowship at the University of Tokyo. He is qualified as a Swiss Rechtsanwalt and as an English solicitor (not practicing), and speaks German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, and some Urdu. He was an infantry officer in the Swiss Army and spends his leisure time with his family, historical fencing and researching history.

Anna Lefcovitch

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Anna Lefcovitch is currently employed as in-house solicitors at Arcadis LLP, and has considerable experience in commercial and construction law. She studied law at University College London and London Guildhall University. She has been working as an in-house lawyer for 19 years.

Charles Chatterjee

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Professor Charles Chatterjee who studied law at the University of Cambridge and the University of London is a Barrister in England and Wales and has also acted as an arbitrator

Richard Sedory

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Richard Sedory is General Counsel, Senior Vice President and Secretary for Wastequip, LLC. As Chief Legal Officer, he is responsible for overseeing and advising the leading North American manufacturer of waste handling and recycling equipment on all aspects of legal affairs, compliance, risk and defense. Rich is on the Board of Directors for the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association and the Association of Corporate Counsel Charlotte Chapter, and chairs the ACC Charlotte Career Development Committee. He has been nominated by his peers and is a two-time finalist for the Charlotte Business Journal “General Counsel of the Year” in 2016 and 2017, regularly presents at numerous continuing legal education seminars and cheerfully volunteers for pro bono and charity activities in the Charlotte area. Rich received his JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and has dual undergraduate degrees in Business and Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh.

Suzanne Miller

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Suzanne Miller is Director and Managing Counsel for sales support of North America commercial sales and U.S. Public Sector at HP Inc. Since 2001 at HP, she has supported a variety of business units, primarily in software and services, at the global and regional level.

Deborah Miller

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Deborah K. Miller is a Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Oracle Corporation, where she has headed the litigation group since 2007. In that role, she manages IP, securities, and commercial litigation and pre-litigation matters. Before joining Oracle in 2004, she was a partner in the San Francisco law firm of Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, and previously was a partner at Landels, Ripley & Diamond. She received her J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley in 1980 and her undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley in 1973.

Matthew Sarboraria

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Matthew Sarboraria is a Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Oracle Corporation, where he has headed the Patent, Trademark and Copyright group since 2012. He and his team are responsible for developing and implementing strategies and policies for identifying, protecting, and managing the company’s intellectual property. Before joining Oracle in 2006, he was in private practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manages LLP where he focused on IP litigation. He received his J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley in 2000 and his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley in 1994.

Ruchika Agrawal

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Dorian Daley

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Dorian Daley serves as executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Oracle Corporation. She began her career at Oracle in 1992 after spending five years with the commercial litigation group of Landels, Ripley & Diamond in San Francisco. She is a 1986 graduate of the Santa Clara University School of Law and a 1981 graduate of Stanford University. Prior to her appointment as general counsel, Daley was a vice president and associate general counsel for Oracle.

Maja Schmitt

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Dr Maja Schmitt is a European and UK Patent Attorney and has been working for DSM companies for the last 20 years in the UK, The Netherlands (north and south) and China. By training she is a polymer chemist but has also worked in inks, paints, bioprocesses and more recently with proteins. This year she took on the role of Head of Global Administration for DSM Intellectual Property and spends her time with teams of Administrative Staff in The Netherlands, Switzerland, China and USA.

Kari Loeser

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Kari Loeser, Esq. is senior corporate counsel and senior director in the Legal & Compliance department at Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc. In this role, she oversees and conducts all US and global internal investigations and has advised client groups on a variety of legal and compliance matters pertaining to sales, marketing, and promotional matters for the Oncology portfolio; medical affairs including clinical/research, publications, and health economic outcomes research; and managed care and reimbursement activities. She also managed a team responsible for federal/state aggregate spend reporting (transparency) and compliance field monitoring. Prior to Jazz, Kari worked in medical affairs and healthcare compliance at Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. She has published various articles and a book chapter on E-Health and Ethics, and she has presented at various conferences, including the AHLA-HCCA Fraud and Abuse Conference. She is currently authoring a book chapter in CANCER POLICY: PHARMACEUTICAL SAFETY entitled “Anatomy of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS)” by Springer Publishing (Germany) with a proposed publication and release date in 2017. She is a licensed attorney, and is certified in Healthcare Compliance. She received her JD from DePaul University College of Law, and her BA with Honors from the University of Iowa.

Anne Mustow

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Anne Mustow’s role at Bunnings includes responsibility for legal, internal audit, customer relations, insurance and company secretarial across Australia and New Zealand. Anne established the business’ in-house legal function 11 years ago, and has managed that function throughout a period of extraordinary growth of the business. In addition to experience as an in-house lawyer at several other large Australian companies, she was formerly a Corporate Partner of Blake Dawson Waldron (now Ashurst) and spent 10 years volunteering as a non-executive director on not-for-profit boards. Anne has particular interests in business strategy, maximising effectiveness and efficiency of in-house legal teams and the in-house practice of competition and consumer law.

Jessica Buchok

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Jessica Buchok is managing corporate counsel at Franchise World Headquarters, LLC, the service company to the global Subway® franchise chain and works in the headquarters office located in Milford, Connecticut. Jessica’s practice focuses on international transactional matters, including those related to the negotiation and drafting of international food, packaging, and equipment supplier agreements, as well as international leasing contracts. Jessica has experience drafting contracts for all different types of markets, varying in size and sophistication, as the Subway® franchise has a presence in over 100 countries and is the largest quick-service restaurant chain worldwide.

Steven Sheinberg

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Steven Sheinberg General Counsel Senior Vice President, Privacy and Security Anti-Defamation League Steve Sheinberg is responsible for protecting ADL's assets, reputation, people and data. As ADL’s chief legal officer, he has full responsibility for all elements of the corporate legal environment, including an extensive employment law practice and all contract, compliance, and technology matters (to name a few). He also leads ADL’s privacy and security functions, including deploying the forward-looking policies and practices that strengthen the protection of ADL’s personal data and that elevate and advance ADL's efforts to protect its people and facilities. Steve also writes about the intersection of emerging technology and employment law at www.workplacetechlaw.com. Modern risk management requires employment lawyers to have an extremely deep and sophisticated understanding of emerging technology and its uses. Workplacetechlaw covers this important field and provides very practical advice to employment lawyers. Prior to becoming ADL’s General Counsel, Steve was instrumental in developing several key ADL programs including those dealing with cyberhate and physical security. He also practiced employment law at Outten & Golden, LLP and has held leadership roles in the Plaintiff’s employment bar. Steve holds a B.A. from Hofstra University, a PhD from Bowling Green University and a JD from Emory University. He is admitted in New York, Connecticut and various federal courts including the United States Supreme Court.

Amanda Brock

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Amanda Brock, European Representative, Open Invention Network Sept 2017 A senior in-house lawyer, Amanda was most recently Associate General Counsel, Digital Financial Services working in emerging markets at the MNO Veon and as a European Representative of the defensive patent pool, the Open Invention Network. Having been General Counsel, Canonical – lead commercial sponsor of the open source operating system Ubuntu and open stack cloud partner - for 5 years, she set up and managed the global legal function. Her tech and digital experience is diverse and includes software, cloud computing, big data, IOT, new governance models in the sharing economy, e-business, data and privacy, FinTech and device manufacture and distribution. Her experience of digital and IT law spans more than 15 years and a range of sectors, with roles as European Manager at DSG International where she was the first lawyer at the ISP, Freeserve (UK’s first and biggest. com IPO) and as part of the Digital Transformation team, UK Legal Director, Aramark and General Counsel Nicole Farhi & French Connection and General Counsel of a major Data Centre provider, her experience lends itself to her very commercial approach to legal advice. As a solicitor, she is admitted in England and Wales and in Scotland and has a Masters in IP and IT law from Queen Mary and a Masters in Comparative Jurisprudence from New York University. Amanda has been a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen Mary and was a founder of the QM Legal Incubator Q:Legal. A regular speaker at international academic, legal and business conferences she has also written extensively on open source, tech and commercial law, and is the author of “E-Business: A Practical Guide to the Laws” (2 editions) and the commercial agreements section of the Oxford University Press’ “Free and Open Source Software, Policy, Law and Practice”.

Heather Innes

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Heather Innes is currently engaged as Counsel to LexSage Professional Corporation based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada providing practical legal advice on international trade matters. She brings to her practice, over 20 years of in-house experience with General Motors where she served as the Global Process Team Leader, International Trade law.

Stephane Gaux

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Graduate of a Master degree in a real estate law from Paris University, Stéphane has an extensive experience in the real estate development industry. After an experience in investment development, Stéphane is now Head of the development and property management department of BNP Real Estate. Previously he worked for another developer and a French global construction company.

Beverly Tompkins

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Beverly M. Tompkins is Vice President and Corporate Counsel for Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (SGH).

Katharine Dunn

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Katharine Dunn is an experienced Corporate Counsel with five years of in-house experience and eight years of litigation experience prior to that. She serves as sole legal counsel for Rising Medical Solutions and is a member of the senior management leadership team. She graduated from law school at the Loyola University Chicago and obtained her undergrad degree at Boston College.

Hersh Malhotra

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Asim Habib

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I am an England and Wales qualified Solicitor and Advocate of the Sindh courts in Pakistan. I have been in Dubai for over five years working as a legal counsel for ABB covering the United Arab Emirates and oversight countries, including most of the Middle East. I have completed my LLB from Queen Mary, University of London, Legal Practice Course from the College of Law, London and LLM from SOAS, London. I was born and raised in London and am a hardcore supporter of Tottenham Hotspur and Anthony Joshua.

Nicole Iseppi

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has substantial experience within the IPP, IWPP and Renewable Energy sectors of Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and European regions for the past 17+ years. She is the only professional in the international energy industry, who has worked directly in-house as a senior legal and strategic adviser in both the world’s largest IPP global energy company - ENGIE (formerly GDF Suez) and one of the world’s largest project finance lenders - Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). She assists and advises such leading international companies in the successful delivery of their respective energy related interests, strategies and infrastructure investments. Nicole has kindly received various industry awards and acknowledgements over the years, including the award for “Global Energy Lawyer/Adviser of the Year for 2017” from Global-100 and the Lawyer Monthly Global International Awards, this year. Nicole was appointed in 2016 as a Project Director for the Terrawatt Initiative and also co-leads the TWI & IRENA’s “Global Solar Energy Standardisation Initiative'. Nicole has also been working with ENGIE since the beginning of 2010 and is currently acting also as the Associate Director for ENGIE’s Global Centralised Generation business. Where she and her team is responsible for the formulation of ENGIE's growth strategy with respect to its global centralised generation business and responsible also for the development of new markets, new business opportunities and innovative business models to support ENGIE's objective of transitioning to a low carbon generation portfolio. Nicole has worked in the past as a foreign legal practitioner in Japan and has the professional qualifications as a Solicitor in England & Wales, Practitioner of the High Court of Australia and a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. She is a regular speaker at various global energy & finance conferences, including as part of the Global Power and Global Finance Panels of experts for the International Bar Association (IBA). She has also been appointed by her peers as an official committee member on the IBA Global Power Law Committee. It is not often the industry comes across a professional who in their career to date has had such a depth of unique, high calibre and leading international energy infrastructure experience as Nicole and she says she “still has a lot more she would like to be part of, contribute too and achieve, within the industry.”

Sabrina Lewis

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Sabrina Jo Lewis has been a licensed attorney in the state of California since December 2013. As an undergrad, she majored in Law & Society and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She started a career in entertainment in 2007 when she was hired as an assistant to a Vice President in Business Affairs at ABC Studios (owned by the Walt Disney Company). After attending the University of La Verne College of Law, she received a Juris Doctor degree in 2012. Since obtaining her license to practice law in California, she has worked in Business Affairs at Fox21 (owned by Twentieth Century Fox) and Paramount Television.

Cristina Montanaro

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Cristina Montanaro is an in-house senior legal counsel working for TechnipFMC. She received her bachelor of law degree from Rome University La Sapienza and is qualified as Italian Avvocato. During the last 15 years, she has matured an extensive international experience in the Oil & Gas industry across Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Canada and Latin America, by negotiating and supporting onshore and offshore Turn-key projects.

Claudia Marufuji

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Michelle Carusone

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Michelle Carusone has practiced technology transactions for more than 15 years, including drafting, negotiating, and advising on software licenses, technology services agreements, hosted technology deals, and various other technology transaction arrangements, as well as the legal and regulatory issues surrounding such arrangements. She currently is Vice President and Senior Counsel in the Law Department of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., where she also is the lead attorney for Wells Fargo's free and open source software program.

Christian Haitz

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Christian Haitz studied law at the universities of Freiburg i.Br. und Lausanne. Additionally, he completed the LL.M program in international IP law at TU Dresden and Université Robert Schuman in Strasbourg. He is admitted to the bar in Germany, and has finalized his Executive MBA at Lorange / Ashridge in 2017. As Senior Group Counsel, Christian Haitz is advising TEKA's holding company and all three business divisions. Before JOINING TEKA, he has built up the Legal Department for JTI's Swiss market and production organization. He previously served as Legal Counsel for the Swiss Wild Group Management AG as well as for the Finnish Pöyry group.

Harish Suryavanshi

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Harish Suryavanshi is a post graduate in English and passed his Bachelors in Law (LL. B) from University of Pune in India. He has more than 17 years of academic & professional work experience handling commercial contracts across various regions MEA. He has expertise in dealing with IPR, Licensing, Technology Transfer, and Data Protection and has worked on various large and complex technology and outsourcing deals. He is currently working as Senior Corporate Counsel with Tech Mahindra Limited and is responsible for managing commercial contracting and legal issues for APAC region. Prior to working with Tech Mahindra Ltd, Harish has worked with Aegis Ltd., an Africa based Hansa Group, Tech Mahindra Limited, Al Shirawi Group in Dubai, UAE and ITCube a US based IT & BPO Services Company. He can be contacted at harish.suryavanshi@techmahindra.com

Robert Alpert

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Bob is a New York admitted attorney who has been in private practice with a NY law firm, held an executive position and was a member of the Board of a major subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway companies, served as senior counsel and co-leader of the crisis management practice of a large U. S. law firm and has acted as CEO and in house counsel for a crisis response and litigation management company (ICALM Group). He has responded to forty-six note-worthy crises and catastrophic events that have occurred throughout the U. S., Puerto Rico, France, Spain, Scotland, Italy and the South Pacific, supervising multi-district litigation as lead counsel and actively participating in the defense, prosecution and administration of “bet the company” issues involving airlines, several U. S. and foreign manufacturers, a real estate investment trust, a railroad, a hotel, a super market chain, major national and international insurers, several environmental entities, corporate executives and the federal government. He has prepared crisis/catastrophe response programs for several Fortune 500 companies, including American Airlines, for whom he managed the response to four major aircraft accidents, and supervised litigation worldwide from 1993 – 2000. Several families who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center tragedy sought him to assist them through the litigation and compensation process. Bob has dramatically improved the approach taken by corporations world-wide to address difficult issues, counseled companies (executives, risk managers and in-house counsel) on how to (1) prevent an unexpected event from becoming a crisis/catastrophe, and effective ways to (2) evaluate, select and manage outside counsel law firms and trial attorneys nationally and internationally to advance the effective and efficient administration of litigation arising from these events.

Robert Rubió

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IP & IT Master at ESADE and Public Management Master at Barcelona University. Mr Rubió is Head of the Legal Service of the Union for the Mediterranean, where he also performs the duties of DPO. Certified DPO at European level, Mr Rubió started his career as IT lawyer before joining the public service as legal advisor. Member of the Barcelona Bar Association, where he is an active member of the International Law and Information Technology Law sections.

Divya Kumat

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Divya Kumat has over 22 years of professional experience and has progressively held senior positions in legal and secretarial functions of leading companies in the country. As an Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary of Datamatics Global Services Limited, Divya manages the secretarial and legal compliance functions for more than 25 group companies in India and overseas. She has been actively involved in various in-organic initiatives like joint venture collaborations, mergers, acquisitions, and amalgamation in India and overseas. At Datamatics group companies, she successfully implemented the Contract Management Policy globally, Insider Trading Policy, Whistle Blower Policy, Investor Grievance Policy and enhanced the IPR wealth of the Group by seeking various copyrights, trade mark, service mark registrations in India, the UK, the US, European Union countries, China, Norway, Austria and Switzerland. Divya is a proud recipient of several awards from the Company as well as the Industry, viz. Outstanding Achievement Award; General Counsel of the Year 2014 – Female; Leading Woman Owned Innovative Project Award; Best Use of Technology & Innovation in Legal; Leading Woman Company Secretary; Excellence Award; Leadership in Execution Award; Merger Execution Award; Leadership in Business Excellence; Quality Award etc. She was also recently listed as top 100 General Counsels of India in 2017 by Legal500. In 2017, she was also awarded as Best IT Legal Business Leader 2017 - India & Global IT & BPO Service Provider of the Year 2017 by AI 2017 and Star Echelon – In-house Category during The Leadership Summit & Excellence Awards, 2017. She has addressed various professional forums in India and overseas on legal and company secretary related matters. Divya is commerce and law graduate and is also a qualified company secretary from India and UK securing merit position. She completed her Masters in Law by securing 1st position in the Merit List and was awarded two gold medals. Prior to working with Datamatics, Divya worked as Legal Head of Computer Sciences Corporation, a U.S. Multinational in India.

Corrado Druetta

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Corrado Druetta is a qualified Italian attorney, currently Legal Counsel at Comau S.p.A., a Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles’ company, where he acts as legal point of reference for Robotics and Automation Products business unit. Corrado started his professional career in private practice, then moved to in-housel counselling within the FCA Group. He gained a relevant experience in IT law, IP law, Freedom of Expression Online and Innovation and co-authored publications in the same fields.

Dermot Knight

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Dermot Knight is the Co-founder of Navigate.legal, having previously worked at the coalface of legal transformations at Accenture, PwC and DLA Piper. His front-line experiene inspired him to co-found Navigate.legal to deliver solutions to in-house counsel in a cost-effective and timely manner.

Fiorenza Provenzano

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Fiorenza Provenzano was born in Torino, Italy, in 1989. From a very early age , she travelled extensively in the Middle East with her family, living and growing up for nearly a decade in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Cairo, Egypt, where she studied in International Schools and had the opportunity to grow up in a multicultural environment. Upon her return to Italy and after having terminated her studies at the International School of Turin, where she obtained both the American High School Diploma, the Italian High School Diploma and the International Baccalaureate along with numerous international recognition awards such as the ECIS Award for International Understanding, she enrolled in Law School where she graduated with maximum grades at the Law Faculty of Turin, discussing a final thesis in both English and Italian on the law grounds to new global economic scenarios. With a passion to law and international business, years later she started her career as legal in-house in several public and private institutions and was later hired as Legal Affair Specialist in a flourishing, world-leader Italian industry, SPEA S.p.A.. The company, with worldwide affiliates and distributors, has given her the opportunity to experience connections with different legal consuetudes and systems. Three years later, she is now SPEA S.p.A’s Legal Executive, serving as the Head Quarter Legal expert for all legal matters worldwide and is a member of the Associazione Italiana Giuristi d’Impresa, association of italian in-house counsels that is part of the European Company Lawyers Association.

Charles Volkert

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Charles A. Volkert III, Esq., is senior district president and executive managing director of Robert Half Legal, a premier legal staffing and consulting solutions firm specializing in the placement of attorneys, paralegals, legal administrators and other legal professionals with law firms and corporate legal departments. He advises clients on the strategic use of project teams for eDiscovery and document review, temporary legal support and full-time staff to cost-effectively manage business fluctuations and workload increases. A former litigation attorney, Mr. Volkert brings more than 20 years of legal, document review and strategic business experience to his role. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Furman University and a juris doctor from the University of Miami School of Law.

Daniel Sanders

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Daniel Sanders is an experienced Commercial Lawyer, Negotiator and Commercial Strategist. He is currently Senior Director of Legal at Flexera with overall legal responsibility for EMEA and APAC including Commercial Negotiations, M&A, IP Protection, Litigation and Compliance. Sanders was previously a legal lead for Oracle Cloud (EMEA) and legal lead for Tekelec (EMEA), with responsibility for complex negotiations with customers in EMEA, Russia and CIS.

Vince Micciche

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Vincent Micciche CRCP, GFS Vince is a nationally renowned insurance and securities expert. Vince is the CEO and Chief Compliance Officer of LifeMark Securities Corp., an independently owned national broker/dealer and registered investment advisor which he co-founded in 1983. In 2002 he was awarded the distinguished designation of Certified Compliance and Regulatory Professional CRCP from the FINRA Institute of Professional Development at the Wharton School. He also holds a Certificate in Fiduciary Governance from the Walker Center for Global Entrepreneurship and the professional designation of GFS™ (Global Financial Steward). As a Chief Compliance Officer since 1983, he written and deployed policies, procedures and training to over 1,500 financial advisors. He is a prominent lecturer, writer and expert on Fiduciary Standards. Vince created one of the first Best Interest Contracts (BIC’s) as required by the DOL Fiduciary Rule and deployed it in April of this year. He has provided consulting services to financial institutions, state and federal regulators, attorneys and individuals for over 20 years. He has testified numerous times in FINRA arbitrations, State and Federal courts. Vince actively supports the development of uniform Fiduciary Standards for the industry. He is a member of the Life Insurance Task Force whose purpose is to compile and publish a set of best practices for the industry and propose they be adopted as a uniform standard as called for in the Dodd-Frank Act. He is also a member of the IRA Fiduciary Adviser Modules (IFAM) Task Force formed by the American Retirement Association which, in conjunction with Morningstar, is developing online training for advisers affected by the DOL Fiduciary Rule.

Jeffery Tan

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Jeffery is the Group General Counsel; Director, Group Corporate Affairs; and Company Secretary of Jardine Cycle & Carriage since April 2016. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, communications and public affairs at the Group level. Before joining Jardine Cycle & Carriage, he was the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he has over 20 years of private practice and in-house legal experience with international law firms and multinational companies such as Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He also served as President of Motorola Singapore for five years. Jeffery has an LLB (HONS) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore, and a Solicitor of England & Wales. He also completed the Senior Executive Management Program, at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management.

Stephen Shine

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Stephen J. Shine is the Chief Regulatory Counsel for Prudential Financial, a diversified financial services company. He was previously the Senior VP and Senior Regulatory Counsel with Prudential Securities Inc. and Prudential Equity Group, LLC. Prior to assuming those positions he supervised both senior in-house litigators. He is a former state and federal prosecutor who was responsible for the prosecution of significant securities, commodities, bank fraud and FCPA cases and was awarded the US Department of Justice Special Achievement Award. As a founding co-chair of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Anti-Money Laundering Committee he received the Securities Industry Association Distinguished Leadership Award in 2003. He has lectured, moderated, and chaired conferences on regulatory and money laundering issues worldwide. He recently conducted training sessions for regulators from the Peoples Republic of China, and the Russian Federation regulators.

Renee Wilson

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Renee Wilson is currently a senior paralegal in the Enterprise Regulatory Law Department at the Prudential Financial headquarters in Newark, NJ. In this role, she coordinates regulatory, cyber security, political law and privacy projects and initiatives, including assisting attorneys in achieving comprehensive, timely and accurate management results. She also tracks and monitors cybersecurity and privacy events, as well as draft individual and regulatory notice letters. She previously interned at the Newark Federal courthouse for Magistrate Judge Steve Mannion, where she prepared case notes and researched and drafted judicial opinions, bench memoranda, and court orders for a variety of federal matters. She presently works with Prudential’s Tenants Facing Eviction Pro Bono Clinic, in conjunction with Legal Services of New Jersey, Lowenstein Sandler and Volunteer Lawyers for Justice. Every month, several Prudential and Lowenstein attorneys consult with six to eight clients on issues ranging from eviction to unsafe housing conditions. As a volunteer paralegal, she assists with client intake, filing documents with the court clerks, and other administrative tasks as required. In addition, she also works with Seton Hall Law’s Pro Bono Clinic, under the supervision of Professor Bernard Freamon. In this role, she assists him with various cases ranging from criminal, to civil, to basic nonprofit document review. She conducts legal research and writing for criminal and civil matters, organizes evidence, and prepares exhibits and pleadings. She also works as a summer intern for Essex Newark Legal Services (ENLS) in its Elder Law Unit, where she assists with matters involving social security benefits, Medicaid denial, and the creation of wills and advanced directives. Renee is currently in her final year of law school at Seton Hall University School of Law, with an expected graduation date of December 2017. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Rutgers University New Brunswick, Douglas College and an MBA in Marketing Management from Southern Connecticut State University,

Marcelo Souccar

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Marcelo Souccar received his bachelor in Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo- PUC-SP, a Master in Bussines Administration with emphasis in IT from FIA-USP and a Master in Science of Administration from Stanford Graduated Business School. After a 3 years internship in one of the biggest Law Firms in Brasil, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice he founded his own company in late 2000, focusing on providing consulting services for Law Firms. In 2002, the company merged with BCS Informatica, an IT solutions provider in the Brazilian Legal Industry. BCS was then acquired by TOTVS a Public traded company in Brazil and absolute leader in the Software ERP market in Latin America, where Marcelo worked for 9 years from Senior Manager until reaching a C-Level positon. In 2017, Marcelo engaged in a New Venture to bring TOTVS Solutions to the US as CEO and Partner of Juritis USA a Software Solution Provider specialized in Professional Services (Legal & Accounting) and in Soft-landing for Latin American Companies coming to the US.

Erika Cappiello

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Erika Cappiello is a licensed Florida Attorney with a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Miami, a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Nova Southeastern University, and is a Certified Compliance Officer (NCCO). Attorney Cappiello has worked for the past nine plus years as In-house Counsel for the largest Credit Union based in Miami, Florida. She has previous experience working at large Miami law firms representing many credit unions, banks, insurance companies and businesses. Ms. Cappiello’s total legal experience spans across more than 21 years and has been the Vice President over several Credit Union departments including Collections, Compliance, Legal and Loss Prevention. Attorney Cappiello is a previous board member of her local Credit Union League. She regularly works on special projects and enjoys looking for creative solutions to Credit Union issues by joining her business, credit union and legal experience.

Manish Asarkar

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Broad legal background with more than 20 years + experience which includes working with a leading Indian and multinational organizations like, Geoffrey Manners, Raymond, Siemens, United Technologies, Schneider Electric, Black & Veatch and function wise exposure of Compliance-interpretations & compliance of acts, circulars, guidelines, Ethics and business practice, Litigations- civil, criminal, IPR, indirect tax matters, Transactions JVs, acquisitions, integration, outsourcing, restructuring, Contracts / Tenders / Bid reviews, Agreements drafting / vetting, Secretarial- Corporate Governance, compliance, Business Practice, Risk review & mitigation etc. A persuasive, focused and committed individual with business centric approach, possessing strong negotiating skills, oral & written communication skills and lego-commercial approach. Demonstrated experience in managing outside counsel in litigation matters in several cases. Resourceful with the ability to access all sort of legal issues to adequately protect the interest of corporate & producing professional results while adhering to rigid deadlines without compromising quality.

Patrick Brode

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Patrick Brode- Called to the Ontario Bar in 1977, solicitor for the City of Windsor, made Senior Legal Counsel in 1997

Brandon Irsigler

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Brandon Irsigler trained at Norton Rose Fulbright (SA) – then Deneys Reitz Attorneys. He started his career in the mining industry as General Counsel to the world's biggest producer of ferrochrome, Samancor Chrome. He moved to the Anglo American group where he was appointed as General Counsel to the Coal division, then moving to London and working in Brazil and Chile. He headed Anglo American's compliance, commercial and litigation team for Africa. Thereafter he was appointed as an equity director of Norton Rose Fulbright (SA), focussing on significant commercial transactions within the major infrastructure and mining environment, primarily working with private equity funds, and large mining companies.

Paul Daly

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Co-author Paul Daly is the Co-founder of Navigate.legal. He is also a Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge and an international thought leader on issues of administrative law and regulation. Co-author Dermot Knight is the Co-founder of Navigate.legal, having previously worked at the coalface of legal transformations at Accenture, PwC and DLA Piper. His front-line experience inspired him to co-found Navigate.legal to deliver solutions to in-house counsel in a cost-effective and timely manner.

Christopher Parr

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Christopher Parr is a Solicitor qualified in England and Wales. He has more than 30 years of practice experience, including as a Regional General Counsel (EMEAA) and Vice President, Legal Affairs (EMEAA). His employers have included Conoco, Air Products, Monsanto, Harsco and ON Semiconductor. Chris is now a self-employed consultant working from bases in Switzerland and London. His specialities are commercial contracts, commercial risk management, joint ventures and commercial dispute mediation.

Mark Ohringer

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Mark J. Ohringer has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated since April 2003. He oversees the firm’s legal, compliance, ethics and insurance programs on a global basis. With over 80,000 employees in more than 80 countries, Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL; www.jll.com) provides comprehensive integrated real estate and investment management expertise on a local, regional and global level to owner, occupier and investor clients. It is an industry leader in property and corporate facility management services, with a portfolio of 3 billion square feet worldwide. Its LaSalle Investment Management subsidiary is one of the world’s largest and most diversified real estate investment management firms, with over $60 billion of assets under management. From April 2002 through March 2003, Mark served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Kemper Insurance Group, Inc., an insurance holding company. Prior to that, he served as General Counsel and Secretary of Heller Financial, Inc., a commercial finance company, since September 2000. He had previously served in various positions of increasing responsibility within the Heller Financial legal services function. Prior to joining Heller, Mark was a Partner at the law firm of Winston & Strawn. He has a B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude) from Yale College and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. In 2011, Mark was named by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the world’s “100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics.” In 2012, he was named by Corporate Board Member as one of America’s Top General Counsel.

James Lau

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Chief Legal Officer with 30 years with both contentious and non-contentious international cross-border transactional and dispute-resolution experience acquired through a combination of private practice at industry-leading law firms and in-house roles at Fortune 500 Multinational Corporations.

Benoit Holvoote

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Benoît Holvoote is a French qualified lawyer. He has extensive experience in corporate, contracts, real estate, intellectual property and insurance. He is currently head of legal at Ingredia in France, a forerunner in the dairy industry. Prior to joining Ingredia in 2007, Benoît spent nine years working at Groupe Casino, a long-standing player in retail market, doing real estate law and contract law in the Warsaw (Poland) and Saint-Etienne (France) head offices. He holds classes at Alexis de Tocqueville of Douai, France and the Chamber of Commerce of Agadir, Morocco.

Danielle Brezina

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Danielle Brezina studied science and philosophy at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and then obtained a law degree from the University of Ottawa. She articled and worked as an associate lawyer at Milner Fenerty (now Dentons) before joining the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (now the Alberta Energy Regulator) as legal counsel in 1997. She has had full spectrum experience as in house counsel for 20 years at the administrative tribunal that oversees the energy industry in Alberta. Her career has had a particular focus on regulatory compliance and legislative development and drafting. She studies psychology in her spare time.

Sriranga Veeraraghavan

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Sriranga Veeraraghavan is a Vice President, Legal at Tessera. Sriranga provides legal support for transactional matters at Tessera, including technology licensing and M&A. Before joining Tessera, Sriranga practiced law at Cooley LLP and Howrey LLP and worked as an engineer at Sun Microsystems and Cisco Systems. He is a named inventor on two U.S. patents, which are based on his work at Sun.

Marc Lauterfeld

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Marc Lauterfeld MBA, LLM (London) has been Union Investment Group’s General Counsel Real Estate in Hamburg since July 2013. Prior to moving to Hamburg, Marc was appointed Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer of BEA Union Investment Management Limited in Hong Kong from July 2010 to June 2013. Prior to this position, he worked for Union Investment Group in Frankfurt/Main as an assistant to the Executive Board as well as legal counsel. After training as a banker at Deutsche Bank, he was awarded a Konrad Adenauer Scholarship and studied law in Bonn and Lausanne (Switzerland). Previously a Visiting Fellow at King’s College London, Marc is a lecturer at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. He holds an MBA from the Steinbeis School of Management and Innovation, Berlin, and an LLM from the University of London. Marc is fluent in English, speaks French, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese and is a fully qualified German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt).

Bruce Hardy

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Bruce Hardy is a Legal Counsel in Telstra’s global Technology, Innovation and Intellectual Property team. He is also a Stream Leader (Data & Metrics) in Telstra’s Legal Innovation Forum, driving research and development of the tools and frameworks to support lawyers of the future. Outside of the law, Bruce is the Deputy Chair of Theatre Works – Melbourne’s third largest professional theatre company, and former Artistic Director of BottledSnail Productions, the production company for Melbourne’s legal industry.

Anthony Philpott

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Anthony Philpott is a Construction Lawyer and is practising as a Barrister in chambers in Lincoln’s Inn London. He has the MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College London and he is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He spent more than ten years as Legal Counsel with Bovis Lend Lease a construction and project management multi-national where he advised on and negotiated every type of construction contract and represented the company on major projects and disputes including multi-million pound construction litigation. He is dual qualified as a solicitor (non-practising). He has the following experience in Construction contracts and disputes: • In depth knowledge of every form of standard building contract • Advised on tender documents and terms and conditions and drafted amendments over many years • Advised on all associated contract documents of bonds, guarantees, collateral warranties, novation agreements and consultants’ appointments • Negotiated with leading city law firms on every type of building contract • Particular knowledge and experience of negotiation and drafting of Private Finance Initiative Hospital projects and Building Schools for the Future Facilities (BSF) Management contracts • Comprehensive knowledge of all Private Finance Initiative contractual documents • Drafted, negotiated and advised upon Facilities Management BSF contracts and Medical Equipment contracts and sub-contracts with suppliers on three major hospital projects at Havering and Roehampton in London and Leeds Oncology and Building Schools for the Future. • Comprehensive knowledge and experience of ADR in construction Adjudications, Arbitrations and Mediations • Conducted adjudications against leading London city construction law firms in submitting Notice of Intention to Adjudicate and Referral Notices, conducting arguments over jurisdiction of the adjudicator and natural justice legal and contractual arguments in general • Drafted pleadings, court and Alternative Disputes Resolution documents • Conducted litigation in the Court of Appeal, High Court (including in the enforcement of Adjudicator’s decision in the Technology and Construction Contracts Court) • Knowledge and experience of Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 as amended and case law on enforcement of Adjudicators’ decisions in the Technology and Construction Contracts.

Mohamad Al Darwish

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A lawyer with over 12 years of experience in the Middle East and GCC, with experience in Corporate and Commercial aspects, M&A, and Labor Laws. A lecturer on how to draft contracts, labor law, and consumer protection laws. Currently Legal Affairs Director - Middle East for United Technologies Climate, Controls, Security Division

Charles Chatterjee

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Professor Charles Chatterjee who studies law at the University of Cambridge and the University of London is a Barrister in England and Wales and has also acted as an arbitrator

Roman Reher

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Dr. Roman Reher has been Union Investment Group’s Head of Transactions in the Legal Real-Estate Department since May 2009. In 2015, he also worked in Union Investment’s New York office. Before joining Union Investment Group, he was a senior associate with HoganLovells’ Real Estate Division in Hamburg and London. Prior to this position Roman worked as a lawyer for Linklaters, Frankfurt/Main, in the Corporate and M&A Division where he was, inter alia, involved in a couple of large and complex housing portfolio transactions for an American private equity investor. Roman received his PhD at the University of Hamburg in 2003. He is fluent in English and a fully qualified German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt).

Darius Soglowek

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Darius Soglowek LLM (Cracow), Maître en droit (Paris) has been a legal counsel with Union Investment Group’s real-estate division in Hamburg since October 2010. Prior to working for Union Investment Group, Darius was a lawyer with Hogan Lovells in Hamburg and spent some time in the firm’s London office. Darius studied law in Münster, Paris (France) and Cracow (Poland). He holds a Maîtrise en droit from the Université Paris X in Nanterre (France) and an LLM from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (Poland), for which he had received a scholarship granted by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Darius is fluent in English, French and Polish and a fully qualified German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt).

Mary Shields

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Mary Shields heads the European legal team for Sensata Technologies, which includes supporting around 40 companies across 8 key jurisdictions operating in the fields of automotive, heavy vehicles, industrial sensing, controls applications and aerospace. Work ranges from supporting product development, IP protection and risk management through to contract work for sales, marketing and procurement teams and everything in between. The team also supports cross-border projects globally from a European perspective (whether M&A, re-structuring or compliance related) and handles litigation and claims. Prior to joining Sensata, Mary headed up the Schrader Electronics legal team and sat on the senior executive leadership team of that business. Before that, she worked in City of London law firms specialising in international corporate commercial projects of varying sizes and scales. During that time she provided advice to a wide range of clients in different industry sectors and acted on numerous M&A deals and cross-border transactions. She holds a Law and French degree from Trinity College Dublin, a diploma in French law from the Sorbonne University in Paris and a post-graduate diploma in legal practice from Oxford University.

Gilles Mugnier

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Gilles Mugnier is Deputy General Counsel of SNCF, within the group legal department. He is in charge of the legal strategy and guidance in the SNCF group. Before joining SNCF, Gilles was legal adviser in several companies in the energy and transportation sectors, mainly in charge or international projects and contracts. Graduate of Paris Bar and of the Geneva University, he has participated in several projects and deals in France and worldwide.

Giorgia Armanni

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Giorgia Armanni General Counsel, Furla S.p.A. Bologna, IT Giorgia is currently General Counsel at Furla, an Italian company created by the Furlanetto family in 1927, a key player in the global leather goods and accessories market, loyal to traditional Italian methods of art and design. She acts as trusted advisor to the President and the C.E.O. and provides a corporate secretary function to all group companies. She defines and implement the global IP protection strategy and provides assistance with global joint ventures and strategic partnership deals worlwide. She has extensive experience in cross borders transactions and in negotiating international commercial agreements, with particular focus on trademark license agreements and commercial leases. Giorgia started his career in private practice at Clifford Chance LLP. Giorgia is an Italian Avvocato and get a Master in Business and Administration at Alma Graduate School, Bologna University.

Karen Kamelman

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Karen Kamelman is Senior International Corporate Counsel of The Clorox Company. Karen leads the international subsidiary management team responsible for corporate governance for Clorox subsidiaries out of the United States, reporting to Company´s Corporate Secretary. She serves as finance, tax and treasury counsel for international, which includes providing legal analysis on corporate tax law developments, tax-efficient holding company structures, financing arrangements (including debt exchanges and recapitalizations), offshore structured settlement arrangements and cross charges structures. She also serves as Lead Attorney for Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Prior to Clorox, Karen practiced corporate and commercial law at NDM Holding. She graduated from the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires with a double specialization in Public International and Commercial Law. She also obtained a Master’s in Business Administration from Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina (UCEMA).

Chloe Liu

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March 2016 to present, General Counsel of BSH China, responsible for both legal and compliance; April 2015 to Feb 2016, Senior Counsel-Asia of ConAgra Foods Lambweston, responsible for both compliance and legal affairs; April 2011 to March 2015, Legal Counsel of Wrigley China; October 2003 to March 2011, Associate and Senior Associate of King&Wood Lawyers, Guangzhou Office. Oct 2013 to July 2014, Diploma of EU Competition Law Distant Learning Program; Oct 2009 to Sep 2010, LLM of Corporate and Commercial Law, University of Southampton, winning Chevening Scholarship sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of UK; Feb 2008 to June 2008, Australia-China Legal Profession Program in Australia.

Michael Solender

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Michael S. Solender is Global Vice Chair and General Counsel of EY (formerly Ernst & Young). He is also a Visiting Lecturer in Law at the Yale Law School. Mr. Solender was General Counsel and Senior Managing Director of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. from 2004 until 2008. Prior to joining Bear Stearns, he was a partner at the law firm Arnold & Porter and General Counsel of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Mr. Solender received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his B.A. from Columbia University.

Michael Ristaniemi

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Michael Ristaniemi (LL.M. Uni. of Turku) has several years of experience of working both in-house and at leading Finnish and international law firms. Mr. Ristaniemi is passionate about harnessing digital tools and has led several development projects within legal departments. Currently the author is an LL.D. candidate at the University of Turku, Finland and Legal Counsel at Metsä Group, based in Helsinki Finland.

Kaisa Enkkela

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Kaisa Enkkelä has several years of experience of working both in a company’s Communications Department as well as doing communications as part of a business area. Ms. Enkkelä’s superpower is finding possibilities in unexpected places and communicating them so that everyone stands behind them. She is a strong media and communication professional with demonstrated history of working with legal departments. Currently she works at VR as Communications Manager for commuter traffic, based in Helsinki, Finland.

Marek Niechcial

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Marek Niechcial is a graduate of the University of Warsaw, where he studied economics. In the years 2007-2008 he was President of UOKiK, and from 2008 an advisor at the National Bank of Poland’s Economic Institute. In the years 2007-2012 he was a member and Deputy Chairman of the Statistical Council, an advisory body to the Prime Minister. He has been Deputy Director for Economic Affairs at the Department of the Committee of the Council of Ministers, and has worked, among others, with the Insurance and Retirement Fund Commission Office and at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) Institute of Economics. He was has also worked as a journalist specialising in economic affairs. Marek Niechcial has experience in education, having been a lecturer among others at the L. Kozminski University Business School, University of Finance and Management, and Warsaw School of Information Technology under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN). He has co-authored Reports on Innovativeness of the Polish Economy (Raporty o innowacyjnosci gospodarki Polski) published by the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) Economics Institute, and an NBP publication, currently under preparation, Innovativeness of the Polish Economy (Innowacyjnosc polskiej gospodarki). Privately he has a passion for aviation. He is involved among other things in organising meetings of the Polish Aviation Technology Association (Polska Technika Lotnicza). Prime Minister Beata Szydlo appointed Marek Niechcial President of UOKiK on 12 May 2016.

Dirk Naumann

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RA Dirk Naumann spent his entire professional career working for Telco and IT companies in Europe and North America. He is Deputy General Counsel and Chief Counsel EMEA, Russia, and Globecast at Orange Business Services

Juliana Bastianello Baldin Martins

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Juliana Bastianello Baldin Martins joined GTIS Partners on May 2011 and is currently a Director at the firm. Mrs. Baldin Martins is responsible for legal matters pertaining to real estate, corporate, contracts and tax activities. Mrs. Baldin Martins has over six years of experience in corporate law. Prior to joining GTIS Partners, she was a lawyer at Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, one of the largest law firms in Brazil, where she spent over three years dedicating herself to mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring transactions. Prior to Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice, she was an intern at TozziniFreire Advogados, also one of the largest law firms in Brazil, where she dedicated herself to capital markets transactions for over three years. As a lawyer at Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice and as an intern at TozziniFreire Advogados she rendered services to the largest corporations and investment funds acting in the Brazilian real estate and capital markets segments. For two consecutive years, 2010 and 2011, Mrs. Baldin Martins contributed with comments on Brazilian corporate law to the “Doing Business”, a publication of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation comparing business regulation in several economies. Mrs. Baldin Martins graduated from São Paulo University Law School (USP) in 2007, completed her Master of Business Administration at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) in 2011 and obtained a post-graduation degree in Tax Law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) in 2016.

Selin Evrem Pattni

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Maria Wasastjerna

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Maria Wasastjerna is a Senior Legal Counsel at Nokia. She advises on competition law matters, including antitrust, merger control, compliance as well as intellectual property. Previously, she was an attorney practicing EU competition law at the Nordic law firm Roschier. Her earlier professional experience includes working at the DG Competition of the European Commission, the US Federal Trade Commission in Washington DC, and the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Brussels. Maria holds LLMs from the College of Europe in Bruges and Georgetown University, where she was a Fulbright Scholar. She is a qualified lawyer in Finland and New York.

Ian Johnson

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Ian is responsible for overall management of our IP matters, including renewals and software, providing counsel and research. He and his team work with colleagues across the company, particularly in Operations. A European patent attorney with extensive experience in the standardisation, innovation management and software fields, Ian joined us in 2014, having previously worked as an attorney in the telecoms, defence, automotive and professional audio industries.

Andrew Mayer

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Andy Mayer is Vice President, Legal at Acorda Therapeutics. In this role, Mr. Mayer has wide ranging responsibilities, including strategic transactions, SEC reporting, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and real estate, among others. Prior to joining Acorda in 2010, Mr. Mayer was a corporate attorney for more than nine years at Applied Biosystems, a leading manufacturer of genetic analysis systems. From 1990 to 2000, he was a corporate attorney at Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm. Mr. Mayer obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University and his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University.

Jane Wasman

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Jane Wasman is President, International and General Counsel of Acorda Therapeutics since 2012, responsible for its internationalization strategy and operations. Additionally, she heads the company’s global strategic development process, including long-range planning. As Acorda’s General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, she also manages its Legal/IP, Compliance and Quality departments. Acorda's Legal Department was named one of four "Best Legal Departments" in the U.S. by Corporate Counsel in 2013. Previously, Ms. Wasman was with Schering-Plough Corporation from 1995-2004, holding various leadership positions, including Vice President and Associate General Counsel responsible for legal support for US pharmaceuticals operations; FDA regulatory matters; licensing and M&A; and, global R&D. She also served as Vice President, European Operations—Legal and then Vice President, International. Previously, Ms. Wasman specialized in litigation at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. She also served as Associate Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Veteran's Affairs. Ms. Wasman graduated Magna Cum Laude from Princeton University, and earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School. Ms. Wasman has been on the Board of Directors, including its Executive Committee, of NY BIO since 2007, and on the Board of Biotie Therapies since 2016.

Bryan Lamble

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Bryan Lamble – Litigation Manager, UnitedLex. Mr. Lamble has worked with UnitedLex since 2013, and has served in Global Litigation Services since March 2015. He is a graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law, and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Greg Mitchell

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Greg Mitchell - Counsel, UnitedLex. Mr. Mitchell has been with UnitedLex since August 2013, and has served as Counsel since March 2014. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law, and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Ekin Sungur

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Jorge Dengo

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Jorge Dengo is Senior Counsel at Philip Morris International (PMI) for Mexico. Over the last eleven years, he has led legal matters for PMI in more than 15 Latin American countries. Before going in-house, Jorge was an associate at the firm of Vargas, Jimenez & Peralta in Costa Rica, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and tax strategy.

Till Olbrich

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Till Olbrich is Vice President & Associate General Counsel for Latin America & Canada at PMI. Prior to joining the company twelve years ago, he worked as a litigator at the law firms of Hengeler Mueller in Germany and Wachtell Lipton in the United States.

Seghedi Camelia

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Collectif, Libres propos sur la réforme du droit des contrats. Analyse des principales innovations de l'Ordonnance du 10 février 2016, LexisNexis, 2016 FUCCI, Frederick R., Hardship and Changed Circumstances as Grounds for Adjustment or Non-Performance of Contracts Practical Considerations in International Infrastructure Investment and Finance; American Bar Association, Section of International Law, Spring Meeting – April 2006 New York GUIOMARD, Pascale / CHEVRIER, Eric (Avec la collaboration de), 1er octobre 2016 - Entrée en vigueur de la Réforme du droit des obligations, Dalloz 2016 HONDIUS Ewoud / GRIGOLEIT Hans Christoph, Unexpected Circumstances in European Contract Law; Cambridge University Press, March 2011 LUTZI, Tobias, Introducing imprévision into French contract law. Lessons to be learned from the German codification in 2002 MASKOW, Dietrich, Hardship and Force Majeure, 40 Am.J.Comp.L. 1992, RICHER, Laurent, Droit des contrats administratifs, LGDJ 2016 RIMKE, Joern, Force majeure and hardship: Application in international trade practice with specific regard to the CISG and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, Kluwer (1999-2000) WALTER, Paula, Commercial Impracticability in Contracts, St John’s Law Review, June 2012 ZACCARIA, Elena Christine, The Effects of Changed Circumstances in International Commercial Trade, International Trade and Business Law Review, 2004 UNIDROIT Principles 2010 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, 1980 Nota: Biography subject to change.

Melanie Jose

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Currently working as Legal Counsel with Telstra Corporation in Australia, Melanie, an intrepid traveller, has lived and worked around the world, including in Singapore and Finland. Recent past roles have included: • Head of Strategy Planning / Legal Counsel, with the CIOO Legal Team, Nokia Corporation, Finland; • Business Owner, Contract Life Cycle Management, Group Legal Operations and Excellence, Nokia Corporation, Finland; • Team Lead, Legacy Data Migration, Global Contract Management, Nokia Networks, Finland; • Special Projects Lead, Nokia Networks, Singapore, responsible for the management and delivery of special projects for APAC as well as representing Nokia in commercial customer negotiations; Melanie is results-orientated, innovative, senior legal professional with extensive corporate and commercial experience in the telecommunications, technology and Government industries. Over the course of her career Melanie has developed a strong intellectual property law practice and her keen interest in this area has led to extensive, active involvement within the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) at both a national and international level.

Maeve Verdon

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Maeve Verdon is lead counsel for the Irish branch of AIG Asset Management (Europe) Limited. Ms. Verdon is responsible for the legal and regulatory affairs of the Irish segment of the European investment management operations of AIG. Ms. Verdon joined AIG in 2009 as Legal and Compliance Manager for AIG Investments and the Asset Management segment in Ireland. She has more than 15 years of legal investments experience and has served in various management capacities including at Goldman Sachs and HSBC. Additionally, Ms. Verdon has held legal roles at A&L Goodbody, Zurich Capital Markets and AIB, where she started her career. Ms. Verdon holds a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences from University College Dublin, a Barrister-at-Law degree from the Honorable Society of King’s Inns, and a diploma in Financial Services from the Institute of Bankers in Ireland.

Bruce Ortwine

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General Counsel, Americas, Advisor, Global Legal and Compliance and Senior Executive Vice President for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

Daniel Corcoran

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Daniel is an international business and technology lawyer based in New York. Daniel’s practice is focused on complex business transactions, technology innovation, data and intellectual property strategies, and global product launches. Prior to his current in-house practice, Daniel worked for international law firms and was resident in offices in New York, Frankfurt and Sao Paulo. Daniel holds an undergraduate degree in German literature from Columbia College of Columbia University and a graduate law degree from Fordham University School of Law. He is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals with the CIPP/US and the CIPP/E.

Sarah Peter

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Sarah Peter is the Senior Director of Ethics and Anti-Corruption and the Corporate Compliance Attorney, at Teledyne Technologies Incorporated. She is responsible for the Company’s ethics and anti-corruption programs, and also works regularly on government contracts, human trafficking, contracts and trade compliance. Ms. Peter joined the company in September of 2012. In her role she regularly visits Teledyne’s domestic and foreign offices for compliance related visits and internal investigations. Ms. Peter has also worked as an associate for a personal injury firm and a research assistant for a legal professor, and has interned with the Ventura County Public Defender’s Office and the California Innocence Project. Ms. Peter attended Pepperdine University School of Law where she graduated Order of the Coif and in the top 8% of her class. At Pepperdine, Ms. Peter was a member of the Pepperdine Law Review. She also received a certificate from the Geoffrey H. Palmer Center for Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law, a business law certificate. Ms. Peter also served as a member of the Mentor Program, and a member of the Labor and Employment Law Club. In law school, Ms. Peter was the recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future Awards, i.e. best in class, for the following subjects: Contracts; Corporations; Antitrust; Employment Law; and, Intellectual Property. Ms. Peter received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor’s of Art in Psychology and a Minor in Public Policy. Ms. Peter graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 3.8 GPA.

Shilpi Sneha

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Shilpi Sneha is an in-house counsel with an experience of more than 6 years. She has graduated from New Law College, BVP, Pune, India in the year 2010 and joined an India based software MNC right after. She has a thorough experience of working on different commercial contracts. While working with her first employer, Shilpi got the chance to be part of OSS compliance team and has been interested in the subject since then. In her current role, Shilpi looks into alliance agreements globally.

Camelia Gardot

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Camelia Gardot is Senior Legal Counsel – “Mergers and Acquisitions” at Airbus (Defence and Space Division) Practicing as in-house counsel over the last 12 years (mainly for aviation and aerospace companies), she has extensive legal experience in the areas of intellectual property, corporate matters comprising of international and French commercial transactions, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions. Camelia holds a Master’s degree in international business law from the University of Toulouse (France) and a “Mergers and Acquisitions” Diploma from the College of Law of England and Wales.

Julia Woog

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Julia Woog is Vice President, Privacy and Risk Management and Associate General Counsel with Marchex, Inc. In her role with Marchex, Julia helps manage risk in all aspects of the organization, from managing privacy and information security initiatives to counseling the business through disputes and litigation. Before joining Marchex, Julia was a commercial litigator. Most recently she was a Partner with Yarmuth Wilsdon, LLP, a litigation boutique in Seattle, WA, where her practice focused on intellectual property and business disputes. Prior to that, Julia worked in New York City at the law firm Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton where she litigated primarily complex securities matters. She is certified with the International Association of Privacy Professionals, CIPP/US and CIPM. Julia is a graduate of Stanford Law School, and received a Psychology B.A. from University of California, Berkeley.

Hanne Melin Olbe

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Hanne Melin heads the EMEA arm of eBay’s Public Policy Lab (visit www.ebaymainstreet.com/lab) where she develops strategy and vision for policy and legislation adapted to a technology-enabled and globally connected marketplace. Prior to joining eBay, Hanne was an associate at the law firm Sidley Austin LLP, where she practiced competition law for five years in Brussels. Hanne is a guest lecturer at the law faculty of Lund University (Sweden), was a member of the European Commission’s Strategic Policy Forum on Digital Entrepreneurship and represents eBay at the World Customs Organisation's Private Sector Advisory Group. She has written for many legal journals on the topic of online commerce and she is a frequent speaker on the topic of trade policy in the digital economy. In addition to an LLM from Lund University, Hanne holds a Master in International Business Law from King’s College London.

Lina Brown

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Lina Brown heads up the Commercial and Legal teams that support winning new business, commercial pricing and all in-house legal activity. Leveraging her extensive commercial experience in the Financial Services, Business Process Outsourcing, Technology and Services sectors obtained through her experience at Equiniti, Level 3, Serco and VT Group, as well as her international experience, Lina supports profitable organic and acquisitive growth.

Krishna Agithama Wartadiredja

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Krishna Agithama Wartadiredja was born in Bandung, Indonesia, 1984. He received the S.H. (Sarjana Hukum) or equal to Bachelor of Laws degree in Business Laws from Trisakti Universty in 2006 and LL.M degree in Oil and Gas Laws from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, in 2012. In 2004, he joined MMS Consulting as Trainee and in 2005, he joined Nurhadian Kartohadiprodjo Noorcahyo (NKNLegal) where he was an Associate. In 2011, he went to The University of Aberdeen to study Oil and Gas Laws and after he went back to Indonesia, he joined with PT Pertamina Hulu Energy Offshore North West Java as Legal Counsel. During his time in Aberdeen, he was a President of Indonesia Student Association for Aberdeen Chapter. He is also a holder of Indonesian Bar Association since 2010. Education Credentials Indonesian Bar Admission: Bandung, Indonesia LL.M., University of Aberdeen, School of Law, 2012 S.H., (equal to Bachelor of Laws), Trisakti University, 2006

Sarah Stone

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Sarah Stone is a dual qualified Australian / UK commercial lawyer with 18 years’ experience advising a broad range of businesses on technology, IP and privacy issues. Sarah holds a BSc (Honours) and an LLB from the University of Sydney, and a Business Management Certificate (Distinction) form the Australian Institute of Management. She has been working as Corporate Counsel at Optus since 2012, advising the Optus Consumer and Optus Business divisions on a broad range of commercial contracts and business issues. Prior to that, Sarah worked for 10 years in private practice in London, UK for a leading global law firm in the Intellectual Property, Technology and Sports team.

Alison Cook

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Alison Cook leads Optus’s Privacy Office. She holds an LLB and LLM (Innovation Law) from the University of New South Wales. Her LLM included a thesis on the regulatory responsibilities of cloud service providers. She also has a BA (Hons) from the University of Western Australia. Alison has been with the Optus group of companies for 10 years, in various legal roles, including leading the legal team at Alphawest Services, Optus’s ICT subsidiary.

James Lau

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James D. Laur is the Vice President for Legal & Technology Affairs for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Mr. Laur has been a member of Cedars-Sinai’s Legal Affairs Department since 1991 and is the institution’s senior intellectual property counsel. Since 1994, Mr. Laur has played a leadership role in Cedars-Sinai's Technology Transfer Office, which has earned over $150 million in royalty income from its licensing program over the past ten years. Mr. Laur has also been instrumental in structuring more than a half dozen spin-off companies based on early-stage technologies from Cedars-Sinai's research laboratories, including Zynx Health Inc., Prometheus Laboratories and Savacor Inc. Mr. Laur holds dual bachelor degrees, with honors, from the University of California, Los Angeles in political science and philosophy. He earned his doctorate of law degree, cum laude, from Boston College Law School and is a member of the State Bar of California.

Nirdesh K. Gupta

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Nirdesh K. Gupta, Ph.D., is the Director of IP Portfolio Management & Licensing for Cedars-Sinai’s Technology Transfer Office. Dr. Gupta leads a team of licensing professionals involved in the commercialization of Cedars-Sinai’s intellectual property. Dr. Gupta is responsible for a portfolio of over 400 technologies and leads the office’s invention procurement and assessment process, patent and commercialization strategy, business development and licensing negotiations. Dr. Gupta also manages the development of technologies supported through the Tech Transfer Internal Fund, which is dedicated to enhancing the commercial viability of Cedars-Sinai’s technologies. Dr. Gupta is a committee member of the Business Advisory Council of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and serves as a member on the Innovation and Competitiveness Task Force of ESCAP.

Carla Goldstein

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Carla Goldstein is Associate General Counsel and Director of Strategic Initiatives for BMO Financial Group. Carla oversees the strategy and implementation of BMO’s Legal Excellence Program, which includes its outside counsel program. Based in Chicago, Carla works with the bank’s attorneys and outside counsel to drive innovative delivery models for legal services, including the use of technology, and pricing models not based on the billable hour. Carla brings a unique combination of experience as a corporate lawyer, a qualified project manager, a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and a founder of Seyfarth Shaw’s SeyfarthLean Program team. Prior to joining BMO in 2013, Carla was Chief Strategic Innovations Officer of SeyfarthLean Consulting and its parent Seyfarth Shaw. She holds an MBA in Business from the Kellogg School of Management and obtained her law degree from Northwestern University. Carla is frequently invited to speak at business and educational events on innovation. Her work in this area has garnered awards for the bank, including the 2016 Canadian Corporate Counsel Association Innovation Award and the 2015 Association of Corporate Counsel Value Champion Award.

Bindu Cudjoe

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Bindu Cudjoe is Deputy General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer for the Legal and Compliance Group of BMO Financial Group. Based in Toronto, Bindu is responsible for the overall operations of the legal, compliance and investigative and security services functions—including oversight for the finance, human resources, premises, and strategic initiatives aspects of the group. She is also accountable for BMO’s outside counsel program. Before joining BMO in 2012, Bindu was a partner in McMillan LLP’s Financial Services Group and worked at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and the Ontario Securities Commission. Bindu has been an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall law school, York University. She’s a graduate of the University of Calgary, Faculty of Management and obtained her law degree from the University of Toronto. Bindu is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and external events. Her personal and professional contributions have garnered her many honours. Most recently, Bindu was named one of Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential in the justice system and legal profession for 2016 by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. In 2014, Bindu received the Lexpert Rising Star Award which honours Canada’s leading lawyers under 40 and the SABA Legal Excellence Award presented by the South Asian Bar Association.

Alexander Chai

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Alexander Y. Chai is the Assistant Legal Counsel for Cedars-Sinai's Technology Transfer Office. Mr. Chai provides legal services to Cedars-Sinai's Technology Transfer Office with a focus on corporate transactions and intellectual property law. Mr. Chai earned his bachelor of science degree in biology, with departmental and college honors, from the University of California, Los Angeles and received his doctorate of law degree from Boston College Law School. He is a member of the State Bar of California.

Anna Lefcovitch

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Anna Lefcovitch is currently employed as in-house solicitors at Arcadis LLP, and has considerable experience in construction arbitration. She studied law at University College London and London Guildhall University. She has been working as an in-house lawyer for 18 years.

Charles Chaterjee

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Professor Charles Chatterjee who studies law at the University of Cambridge and the University of London is a Barrister in England and Wales and has also acted as an arbitrator

Liam Russell

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Liam Russell is the General Counsel of the Chartered Insurance Institute. Prior to joining the CII, Liam was a banking litigator in the Financial Services Disputes and Investigations team at Eversheds LLP.

Claire Walsh

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Claire Walsh is a Partner in the Corporate, Technology and Banking and Finance team at Cannings Connolly. Prior to joining the firm in April 2016, Claire was Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel- International at Liquidity Services (NASDAQ: LQDT).

Gil Banyas

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I'm a licensed lawyer in Israel from 2012, holding a L.L.B in law and B.A in business administration from the Interdisciplinary Center in Hertzliya. untill 2015 I was practicing law with a well known boutique law firm located in Tel Aviv, mainely dealing with corporate law, high-tech and litigation. In 2015 I joined 365 Technologies as lead in-house counsel, in charge of all legal affairs of the company, including providing counsel to senior management, negotiation and execution of multi-component agreements, global regulatory compliance and supprting the HR department.

Craig Shank

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Craig Shank is the Vice President for Corporate Standards Group in Microsoft’s Corporate, External and Legal Affairs (CELA). Microsoft’s Corporate Standards Group is a multidisciplinary team of engineers, diplomats and policy experts working together to support Microsoft’s engagements in standards setting organizations around the world. Since joining Microsoft in 2003 Craig has held VP and General Manager roles focused on relationships with customers, industry and government in both its CELA group and the Windows product organization. Most recently Craig led the Microsoft International CELA teams, based in Paris with teams responsible for Microsoft’s for government, industry and community affairs activities and legal work across Europe, Middle East, Africa, India, Asia Pacific, Japan and Latin America. Over the years Craig has led teams responsible for supporting Microsoft’s work on government affairs, open source interoperability labs, key community relationships such as the company’s open source project hosting website CodePlex and interoperability-related intellectual property licensing. Before joining Microsoft, Craig held business development, finance and operations executive roles for two years at Lineo, a venture-backed embedded Linux developer with teams in Japan, France, Australia, Canada and the U.S. Prior to Lineo, Craig held executive business development and general counsel roles at NetManage and Wall Data, both NASDAQ listed software companies and leaders in cross-platform interoperability for enterprise systems, connecting users and applications on Windows, IBM mainframe and Unix systems. Before that, Craig was a partner in the technology practice at Perkins Coie, the Northwest’s largest law firm. Craig graduated from Harvard College (1982) and Georgetown University Law Center (1986). In his spare time, Craig sails, skis and tries to keep up with his wife and their two children.

Daniel Flynn

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Daniel Patrick Flynn is an in-house banking and corporate law attorney at Heartland Financial USA, Inc. in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Winona State University, a master’s degree from Brandeis University, and a law degree from the William Mitchell College of Law.

Tracy Penn

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Ms. Penn is Legal Counsel with TransCanada within the U.S. Oil Pipeline Legal Department and advises the company on regulatory compliance for project development, siting, permitting and enforcement proceedings. Prior to joining TransCanada, she practiced at Winstead, P.C. and Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP in Houston, TX.

Anna R. Kuperstein

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Ms. Kuperstein is Legal Counsel with TransCanada within the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Legal Department and advises the company on regulatory compliance, rulemaking and policy assessment, and litigation and enforcement proceedings. Prior to joining TransCanada, she practiced with Locke Lord LLP in Houston, TX and Keller and Heckman LLP in Washington, DC.

Savina Stoykova

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Savina Stoykova is a Procurement Manager in the Legal Services Sourcing team at The Royal Bank of Scotland. She has experience in various procurement categories gained in blue chip organizations. Savina graduated from SOAS with a Masters in International and Commercial Law.

Vincent Gautheron

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Vincent Gautheron, Head of Legal Services Sourcing for The Royal Bank of Scotland. He is an experienced procurement professional with over a decade of working in both on direct and indirect procurement categories.

John Albright

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John Albright, Chief Legal Officer at HUB International has 20 years of legal and commercial management experience in public, private and private equity-owned companies and large law firm settings. Mr. Albright is a seasoned, business-focused legal executive with 20 years of experience in public, private and private equity-owned company and large law firm settings. While serving as the general counsel for several multinational corporations in complex and vastly different market segments, he amassed a record of building and leading highly efficient and effective legal departments. Prior to accepting his current role of CLO at HUB International, Mr. Albright served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel for Information Resources, Inc., a billion dollar data, technology and market research company with operations in 14 countries. He previously served as General Counsel for Accenture HR Services, Inc., an HR outsourcing joint venture that was ultimately acquired by Accenture during his tenure, and as both Division Counsel and Intellectual Property Counsel for Network Solutions, Inc., a large, Internet products and services company. In this latter role, he supported the $21 billion sale of Network Solutions (then a public company) to Verisign. Mr. Albright began his legal career in Atlanta as an intellectual property and technology attorney with both Alston & Bird and Finnegan Henderson, focusing on complex litigation before state and Federal courts and the International Trade Commission.

Shahab Ahmed

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Shahab Ahmed is an American attorney with more than a decade of experience in compliance and privacy law on a global basis with focus on the EU law. Mr. Ahmed is the lead privacy counsel at Etihad Aviation Group, responsible for global privacy law across the world. He is also the Managing Counsel for the Etihad's Hala Division. Prior to Etihad, Mr. Ahmed was the Director of law at Microsoft Corporation, where he focused on global privacy law and regulatory compliance. Mr. Ahmed has a JD degree, a MBA and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and has completed post graduate work at Harvard. He is a frequent author and speaker on privacy issues. All views presented in this paper are Mr. Ahmed’s personal views and is not meant to be legal advice.

Martin Frey

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Martin Frey General Counsel of CREALOGIX born 18 June 1966 in Berne, Switzerland Law Studies in Berne, Switzerland Legal Counsel in companies such as Credit Suisse, IBM, Ascom

Henri Hätönen

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Henri Hätönen received his Master of Laws degree from the University of Turku in Finland in 2006 and from the Stockholm University in Sweden in 2007. As Senior Legal Counsel, Henri advises Uponor Group companies on a variety of legal issues, such as contracts, corporate law, dispute resolution and M&A. Prior to Henri’s in-house counsel position, he worked at Hannes Snellman Attorneys at the firm’s Helsinki office.

Stef Du Plessis

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The author holds a LLD degree (Doctor Legum) in the law of contract, is a qualified Attorney and Notary under the laws of South Africa, and is an in-house legal adviser in the Corporate and Investment Banking division of The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited.

Mark McCareins

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R. Mark McCareins practiced antitrust, trade regulation and unfair competition for the firm of Winston and Strawn LLP for over thirty years where he appeared in matters in nearly forty (40) federal courts. In addition, he has authored nearly twenty books or articles on antitrust related topics. While he currently chairs the Chicago Bar Association antitrust committee, Mark has served on many bar association councils including the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Mark also has taught antitrust and business law at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management for over twenty-five years; he currently he is a Clinical Professor of Strategy at Kellogg.

Todd Sulger

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Todd A. Sulger is Vice President and Associate General Counsel for the Americas Region and US/Canada Commercial and Public Sector Sales at HP Inc. He and his team provide legal support for the Americas go-to-market and sales teams, as well as provide general legal support for HP Inc.’s corporate entities located in Canada and the Latin America region. Todd joined Hewlett-Packard Company, the predecessor to HP Inc., in 2005. While at Hewlett-Packard Company, Todd held a number of leadership roles supporting the company’s software, LaserJet printing and business PC groups. He also served as the lead commercial attorney in a number of strategic acquisitions and divestitures. In 2015, he was the lead commercial attorney for HP Inc. in the split of Hewlett-Packard Company. Before joining Hewlett-Packard Company, Todd was senior counsel for Peregrine Systems, Inc. and worked in regulatory compliance at Sempra Energy. He holds a J.D. from California Western School of Law and a BBA in Marketing from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.

Peggy Barber

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Peggy Chang Barber is Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Global and North America Commercial Sales at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). In this role, she and her team provide legal support for a wide range of sales and go-to-market clients and transactions involving the Enterprise Group, HPE’s largest business unit. Peggy joined HPE in 1999 through its predecessor, Hewlett-Packard Company, and has held leadership roles supporting all business groups and regions, including a rotation as Asia Pacific Region Counsel for the services businesses. She has also served as the lead commercial attorney in a number of corporate transactions, including the split of Hewlett-Packard Company in 2015 where she served as lead commercial attorney for HPE. Peggy is currently the lead integration attorney for HPE’s acquisition of Aruba Networks, in addition to co-leading contract separation for the spin-merger of HPE’s Enterprise Services group with CSC. Before joining HPE, Peggy was a commercial real estate attorney at Rudnick & Wolfe (now part of DLA Piper) in Washington, D.C. She holds a J.D., MBA, BBA in Finance, and BA in Mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin.

Fabiana Lacerca-Allen

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M. Fabiana Lacerca-Allen has had more than 20 years of experience working for leading American companies such as Elan, Mylan, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Microsoft, Merck and AT&T. She has counseled and litigated in the field of international business transactions and international environment law. She has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry in leadership roles in charge of legal and compliance teams. She has counseled and represented clients in a broad range of questions, including strategic business initiatives ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and corporate policy. Ms. Lacerca-Allen has provided legal support and strategic advice on opportunities and trends in law particularly within the government sector as well as with major and strategic corporate accounts. Fabiana has established policies and oversight on key areas of compliance affecting internationals markets and she has been able to positively impact the perception of compliance creating compliance training programs and relevant standard operating procedures and has been involved in validating and aiding due diligence in the compliance industry. frequently requested as speaker and participant in forum. Recognized in the industry by Hispanic Executive Magazine in 2013, http://hispanicexecutive.com/2013/fabiana-lacerca-allen/; a theguardian, recognized as 2015 Women in Leadership, Inspiring Leaders: http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2015/may/12/know-who-you-want-to be-kidnapped-with-and-four-more-tips-for-leaders; served as Chair to the Bay Area Ethics & Compliance Association (BECA); and, served as Co Chair for CBI, an Advanstar company serving the Life Sciences industry. Ms. Lacerca-Allen was invited to join the Gioja Research Institute while she was a student researching on environmental law. She was recipient of 1992 UCLA’s tuition waiver based on merit and recognition, and she represented UCLA in the Roscoe Foundation National Essay Contest submitting a paper on Global Warming.

Scott Farrell

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Scott Farrell is a senior partner with more than 20 years’ experience in financial markets and financial systems law, advising market participants, exchanges, clearing and payment systems, regulators and governments in Australia and Asia. Scott has given many years of service to the public and private sector in advising on, and guiding, regulatory and legal change in the financial market and system landscape. In the last few years, Scott has applied his experience to advise both government and industry on the use, risks and impact of blockchain in banking & finance and financial markets. He advises clients on the creation and use of blockchain applications, including its interaction with existing legal and regulatory frameworks (and required reforms). In 2016, Scott was appointed to the Australian Government’s FinTech Advisory Group at its formation and coordinates its blockchain stream. Scott and his team are at the leading edge of legal thinking in the use of smart contracts on and off blockchain. They have published their own open source smart contract architecture for collaboration with the wider legal and tech community, and advise both technology and financial services clients on fintech use and development. Scott’s team is Australia's leading team of derivatives lawyers, acting as counsel to many Australian and international financial institutions, market infrastructure providers, state entities, funds, corporates and industry bodies (including ISDA) in relation to derivatives transactions, collateral, netting and regulation. In recognition of his market-leading work, Scott was listed as one of the FT’s Top 10 Innovative Individuals and his team’s work on the Australian Payments Clearing Association saw KWM win the FT Innovation in Finance Law Award.

Catherine James

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Catherine James has over 20 years’ experience as a legal practitioner in NSW, Australia, with significant experience in financial services. Catherine is responsible for Challenger's legal risk management, company secretariat and corporate affairs. Her main areas of legal practice span life insurance, funds management, banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, infrastructure, and corporate governance. Catherine joined Challenger in 2002 from Minter Ellison Lawyers where she was a Senior Associate in the Corporate Division. Catherine is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and a member of Financial Services Council Life Regulatory Affairs Working Group, and the Association of Corporate Counsel Australia (ACC) (including the ACC GC 100 Company / Business Law and Corporate Governance Working Group, and the ACC Professional Development and Practice Management Working Group). Qualifications: B.Com (UNSW), LLB(Hons)(Bond), BCL (Oxon), GAICD

Ritankar Sahu

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Ritankar Sahu is the Regional Corporate Counsel with Jacobs Engineering Group’s Asia operations, based in Singapore. In addition to strategic business governance counsel, Ritankar focuses his practice on bids and execution support, contracts management, i

Lisa Bagley Brown

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Lisa Bagley Brown recently retired as Managing Counsel of OXY USA Inc. In her 32- year legal career, she has also worked at Conoco, Inc., Mobil USA, and Burlington Resources. She lives in Houston and can be reached at her email, chasepaulamary@gmail.com

Juanita Chaves Posada

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Juanita Chaves is a Colombian lawyer, trained in Australia, who has worked previously in the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. An expert in farmers rights and breeders rights, she now works for th

Kelly Li

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Kelly K. Li is Deputy General Counsel at Waitex Group of Companies, managing and coordinating legal work and legal teams (both in-house lawyers and outside legal counsel) in support of Waitex Group's various business divisions worldwide, and specializes i

Galit Gonen

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Dr Galit Gonen is the General Counsel for Teva Europe in an expanded role which also includes the European IP litigations. Dr Gonen began her career as a pharmacist. After passing the Israel Bar Association exam, she worked as an associate for a privat

Robert Miller

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Robert Miller has served as general counsel at Eastern Illinois University for nine years, and is the university's ethics officer.

Jose Martin

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Jose Martin, Compliance Director for the Americas, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Mr. Martin currently serves as Director of Compliance for the Americas at Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc., based out of Miami, Florida. In this ro

Rich Sauer

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Patrick Tay Teck Guan

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Patrick Tay Teck Guan LLB(Hons)(Singapore), LLM (Singapore), AMP (Harvard) Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Simgapore Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators Associate Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre

Charles Chaterjee

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Professor Charles Chatterjee who studies law at the University of Cambridge and the University of London is a Barrister in England and Wales and has also acted as an arbitrator

Anna Lefcovitch

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Anna Lefcovitch is currently employed as in-house solicitors at Arcadis LLP, and has considerable experience in construction arbitration. She studied law at University College London and London Guildhall University. She has been working as an in-house

Stephanie Hanson

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Stephanie Hanson is Senior Legal Counsel at the Carbon Trust, and has over 10 years PQE in industry and commerce. She joined the Carbon Trust in 2007 where she provides legal advice on all aspects of the Carbon Trust’s business with a particular emphasis on corporate and commercial matters. Stephanie has primary responsibility for managing the group's international trade mark portfolio often instructing external counsel.

Jimmy Kvarnström

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Jimmy Kvarnström, Vice President and Head of Nordic/Baltic legal and compliance at Nasdaq Nordic. The Nordic/Baltic legal and compliance team consists of 15 lawyers and compliance officers throughout Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland and the Baltics. The team provides broad legal, regulatory and compliance support to Nasdaq regulated businesses in Europe, including eight exchanges, one central counterpart (CCP) and four central securities depositories (CSD:s). The company group supported by the unit consists of 60 legal entities out of which eight are regulated, holding 20 licenses and authorizations in eight jurisdictions.

Allen Brandt

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G. Allen Brandt (allen.brandt@pillsburylaw.com) is a senior associate in Pillsbury’s San Francisco office and a member of the firm’s Litigation practice. His practice has an emphasis on insurance, securities, and corporate matters. He also concentrates on tribal law and federal Indian Law and has worked with tribes to develop tribal court systems. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D., , from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law.

Colin Kemp

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Colin Kemp (colin.kemp@pillsburylaw.com) is a partner in the Litigation group at Pillsbury and is based in the firm’s San Francisco office. An experienced trial lawyer who brings pragmatism, charisma, dedication and focus to his clients and their legal matters, his practice is split between representing insurance policyholders in coverage disputes and advising life sciences, biotechnology and medical device companies in intellectual property litigation. He holds a B.S. in Biology and Philosophy from Lewis & Clark College and a J.D., cum laude, from Santa Clara University School of Law.

Jean Joseph

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Joseph Jean (joseph.jean@pillsburylaw.com) is a partner in Pillsbury’s Insurance Recovery & Advisory practice and is located in the New York office. He focuses on property and business interruption insurance for commercial property owners in various industries and has represented clients on some of the nation’s largest and most important catastrophic property losses, including the attacks on the World Trade Center and natural disasters such as Superstorm Sandy, hurricanes, tornados, floods and earthquakes. Over the past 5 years, Joe has helped policyholders recover more than $2 billion in damages. He also advises clients on insurance coverage for matters involving product liability, construction defects, directors’ and officers’ liability, employment liability, and governmental investigations.

Mark Van de Voorde

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Mark Van De Voorde is the Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and CorpMark Van De Voorde is the Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary of Victaulic Company, Victaulic LLC and Victaulic International Sarl (“Victaulic”). In this role, Mark deals with a wide array of legal and compliance issues around the world including but not limited to commercial law, litigation and dispute resolution, import-export, antitrust and fair trade, environmental, health and safety, SRO and regulatory approvals, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering as well as corporate development projects. Mark holds a B.B.S. in Finance from the University of Iowa, a J.D. with high distinction from the University Of Iowa College Of Law, and an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago.

Mike Allen

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Andreas Gustafsson

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Andreas Gustafsson, Senior Vice President/Chief Counsel Europe Nasdaq, is managing the group that provides legal and regulatory support to Nasdaq´s European regulated entities including Exchanges, CCP:s, CSD:s and investment firm in 10 jurisdictions. The responsibility also includes the Surveillance department, which is providing monitoring of members and issuers to the Nordic Exchanges, and the EU affairs department, which is located in Brussels and covers Nasdaq’s work on all major governmental initiatives in Europe. Andreas has been working 10 years at Nasdaq and previously at the Swedish FSA, where he was involved in European working groups such as MiFID.

Felipe Kietzmann

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Felipe Kietzmann is a Lawyer, specialized in Corporate Law and Compliance, MBA in Business Administration and Master’s degree in Business Law and Development. Currently he is Chair of the Compliance Committee of ABIMED - Brazil Association of Advanced Healthcare Products.

Michèle Huff

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Michèle Huff has practiced intellectual property and licensing law for the past 30 years. She is currently Senior Associate University Counsel at the University of New Mexico (UNM) where she specializes in Intellectual Property, Research, and Technology issues. Ms. Huff is the author of The Transformative Negotiator: Changing the Way We Come to Agreement from the Inside Out (Unhooked Books, 2015). Prior to joining UNM in 2008, Ms. Huff taught a semester of licensing as an adjunct at UNM’s School of Law and managed the Archer Law Group, a boutique firm specializing in licensing and IP law. She mentors new lawyers for the State Bar of New Mexico, serves as the Mentorship Chair for the New Mexico Women’s Bar Association, and presents workshops nationally to managers, mediators, business incubators, and entrepreneurs. She teaches Transformative Negotiation for UNM’s Continuing Education Mediation Certification program and its Employee Organizational Development group. Ms. Huff was born and raised in New York City, received her BA from Colorado College and her JD, magna cum laude, from Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. She is a member of the California (1985) and New Mexico (2004) Bars. Follow her at http://www.michelehuff.com.

Alida Vandewiele

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Alida Vandewiele is Legal Counsel at Neustar, based in Melbourne (Australia). She previously worked at Bombora Technologies prior to its acquisition by Neustar, and advises on matters including information technology, intellectual property and data privacy. She previously worked in-house for an online commerce group, gaining experience in information technology and regulatory compliance.

Heather Harvey

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Simon Reeves

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Shane Sondreal

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Shane Sondreal is a patents attorney at Crawford Maunu. His technical background is in electrical engineering. His practice includes the preparation and prosecution of patent applications not only in the electrical arts, but in various fields as well as in litigation and client counseling.

Sören Seitz

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Sören Seitz is the Chief Compliance Officer for Manulife Asia based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Manulife, Sören worked at Goldman Sachs for 14 years in a number of Compliance roles in New York, Hong Kong, Bangalore, Zurich and Frankfurt, most recently

Steven Yeo

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Steven Yeo is Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Manulife Asia. Manulife is a leading international financial services group providing forward-thinking solutions to help people with their big financial decisions. It operates as John Hancock in the

Phillip Poland

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Phillip Poland is the Regional Director of Customs and Regulatory Affairs with DHL Express “Americas region” that covers operations for North America through Latin America and South America. He is responsible for regulatory compliance related to border ag

Robert Pechman

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Bob Pechman, as Chief IP Counsel at Seagate Technology LLC, leads a global team that focuses on business-aligned strategic patent portfolio development.

Eric Curtin

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Eric Curtin is a patents attorney at Crawford Maunu. His respective practice includes the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in multiple fields, litigation, and client counseling. Eric also assists clients in the procurement of trademark

Simon Jenner

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Simon Jenner is Chief Legal Officer for Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Avion Pharmaceuticals, LLC, which are leaders in several important markets. He has significant experience in complex transactions and litigation, including intellectual property and L

Francie Kilborne

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Francie Kilborne has been practicing law in the energy industry since 1989. Her clients have included both large and independent energy producers, transporters, and large commercial consumers. In her current role as Associate General Counsel for Energy T

Diane Rodgers

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Diane Rodgers is the General Counsel for AIG Canada. In that role, she has been working with various aspects of disruptive technology in Canada and around the world. Prior to AIG, Diane managed the International Legal Department of a US niche insurer wi

Cécile Kavalses

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After having been graduated with a Master's degree in Business Law from “Université Paris XI” and “HEC”, and having been admitted to the Bar, Cecile worked for different IT Legal Departments’ within Air France and then Oracle. She joined Atos in 2006 fir

Michael Kock

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Richard Tapp

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Richard Tapp is Company Secretary and Director of Legal Services at Carillion plc. Carillion plc is a major FTSE-listed integrated support services and construction business operating in the UK and internationally. He leads professional teams numbering m

Dr Afzana Anwer

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Afzana Anwer is an experienced corporate lawyer with a strong background in Intellectual Property, both contentious and non-contentious. She manages IP portfolios for companies from the entrepreneurial start-ups, SMEs, to the multinationals and universities. She has managed IP due diligence for acquisition portfolios up to $800,000 million in the last year. Afzana has successfully challenged internal and external processes to step up value propositions beyond the offering of legal services to identify game changers and drive value back to companies through innovation capture, placed measures to safeguard, defend and exploit company IP assets, and drafted and negotiated a wide variety of bespoke commercial contracts including confidentiality, collaboration, development, supply and license agreements. As an international IP litigator, admitted to practice law in the US (Massachusetts) and UK, he has participated in litigation of international IP matters, including offensive and defensive positions. Additionally Afzana has conducted engineering research at University of Cambridge and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Jürg Gassmann

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Dr. Jürg Gassmann is an independent practitioner based in Switzerland. Since 2002, he has been acting as ‘outside in-house counsel’ for developers and investors where the business volume does not justify a senior lawyer on staff. He specialises in elect

Blair Wheat

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Blair Wheat is a knowledgeable and practiced legal advisor and executive in the embedded software and engineering solutions industry. He specializes in corporate compliance, labor and employment law, business-to-business contracts, employment-based immigr

Brian Fitzpatrick

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Brian Fitzpatrick is an Associate at Koppel, Patrick Heybl & Philpott located in Westlake Village, CA where he handles a broad range of intellectual property matters. Mr. Fitzpatrick earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a B.A. in Political Science fr

Sancho Guibert

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Sancho Guibert has been In house counsel of Citibank for 17 years plus with multiple tenures at the corporate and investment bank, private bank and currently at the consumer bank where he acted as Secretary of the Board of Directors of Citibank Spain unti

Xiaolu (Lulu) Choi

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Xiaolu grew up in Tongzhou, a city located in the southeastern section of the Jiangsu Province in China. In 2006, she was admitted to Peking University Law School, where she earned the degree of Juris Master in International Business Law. After passed the

Helen Fovargue

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Helen Fovargue is a Solicitor, England and Wales, Attorney-at-Law, New York. Worked in private practice in London and New York before moving in-house to specialise in the Life Science industry (biopharmaceutical product development and commercial outsourc

Mark VanDeVoorde

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Mark Van De Voorde is the Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary of Victaulic Company and Victaulic International Sarl (“Victaulic”). Victaulic is a global leading in mechanical joining technologies and does business in more than

Michael Ram

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Dr. Michael J. Ram is Senior Counsel at Koppel, Patrick Heybl & Philpott located in Westlake Village, CA where he handles intellectual property matters Worldwide. His expertise includes all aspects of US and foreign patent prosecution including procedures

Alec Cameron

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Alec Cameron is Senior Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property for Telefónica S.A. He advises on all aspects of intellectual property law including I.P. Portfolio management and contentious matters as well as I.P. Issues relating to R&D, venture capital and

Jeffrey Erickson

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Jeffrey Erickson is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the International Sustainable Development Projects Law Clinic at The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, University Park. Erickson and the Clinic’s “student attorneys” col

Peter Quinlivian

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Peter Quinlivian is a commercial lawyer with more than twenty years’ experience in major projects, contracts, litigation and shipping law both in private practice and in-house in the mining, government and defence sectors. He currently is currently Senio

Marilyn Hanzal

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Marilyn Hanzal is the Associate General Counsel for The University of Chicago Medical Center. She focuses her practice on regulatory compliance, tax, information technology, protection and stewardship of data and intellectual property, research, medical

Valerie Fontaine

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As a founding partner of Seltzer Fontaine Beckwith, a legal search firm based in Los Angeles, and former practicing lawyer, Valerie Fontaine has ass isted hundreds of attorneys with their career transitions. Valerie places attorneys with law firms, corpora

Richard Bacek

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Richard Bacek joined Siemens in 2009 as General Counsel for Siemens Czech Republic. Since 2015 he has performed also the role of General Counsel for Siemens Slovakia and since 2016 for Siemens Romania. Prior to 2009, Richard Bacek worked as attorney for i

Claire Walsh

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Claire Walsh is the Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel- International at Liquidity Services (NASDAQ: LQDT). Prior to joining Liquidity in 2012, Claire was General Counsel at venture backed start-up Mind Candy, the owner of the 'Moshi Monsters' br

Jeremiah Chan

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Jeremiah is Legal Director on Google’s Global Patents Team and leads an international team that is responsible for patent operations, analytics, and strategic initiatives. Google’s patent portfolio has received numerous accolades and has been recognized a

Ronald Prague

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Ronald J. Prague is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., a publicly-held company based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, a position he has held since 2006, where he is responsible for all of the co

Dr Steven Stern

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Dr Steven Stern has an extensive background in in-house practice within Government, corporations, regulatory authorities and universities.

Joanne Reed

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Joanne Reed is an English Qualified Solicitor who is currently working as Senior In-House Counsel for Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd (“SECL”) based in Seoul, South Korea. SECL is one of the world’s largest Engineering, Procurement, Construction (“EPC”) companies operating in the hydrocarbon, power, industrial and environmental construction markets. She started her professional career in private practice and moved to South Korea in 2010 to take up a position as In-House Lawyer working in the Contract Management Department. She has found out through her professional experience that lawyers have many things in common with doctors, peace makers, warriors and nothing in common at all with magician and is delighted to have been given the opportunity to become a writer for a day to share her insights with the readers of IICJ.

John Giannakakis

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John Giannakakis has a 25 year experience as Corporate Counsel and freelance litigator in different and challenging industries i.e. Insurance, Real Estate, Consumer Goods, Pharmaceuticals and Security & Investigations. John holds a BSc in Law from the U

Mark Solon

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Mark Solon is the Managing Director of the Legal Division of Wilmington Plc. Mark Solon is acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading experts on expert witnesses, investigatory practice, witness familiarisation and continuing professional development. He is

Anthony Philpott

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Anthony Philpott has been in the law for over 30 years. He is included in the Legal 500 as one of 200 hundred in house lawyers in the UK. Anthony Philpott is a solicitor, former barrister and a current member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He

Joseph Bambara

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Joseph J. Bambara is currently In House Counsel at UCNY, Inc. (email address: jbambara@ucny.com). He is co-Chair of the NYCLA Law and Technology Committee. For the last 20 years, he has been acting as Counsel for small to mid-size media and technology fir

Martin Lycka

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Martin Lycka, LL.M., LL.B., solicitor, is a Legal Counsel at Betfair. Martin has worked with Betfair since September 2009; focusing on EU law, competition law, and regulatory and licensing issues. He previously worked with Clariant SA, Aliachem a.s., the

Angeline Yee Yi Wei

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Angeline has been in the banking industry since 2011. Prior to that, she was a practising lawyer in a reputable legal firm in Malaysia for 5 years. She was also a senior prosecutor in the Securities Commission of Malaysia for 8 years dealing with cases re

Pratibha Jain

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Ms. Pratibha Jain is a Partner and also the Head of the Delhi office of Nishith Desai Associates. Ms. Jain brings with her a breadth of international and Indian experience having worked in New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Mumbai. She was till recently the V

Isaac Millán

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David Birk

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David R. Birk is the retired Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Avnet, Inc., a Fortune 150 global company that distributes and adds value to electronic components and computer products. He was General Counsel of Avnet for 23 years and was an attor

Enrique Ceca

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Enrique is a partner of the firm and a specialist in employment law, as well as in labor litigation, corporate reorganizations, senior management disputes and collective labor agreements. He also teaches at the post graduate programs of the top Business S

Madelein Kleyn

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Madelein Kleyn is a chemical engineer, an admitted attorney and a registered patent attorney in South Africa. She holds a PhD in intellectual property. She served as in-house corporate patent counsel for South African based international petrochemical

Sancho Guibert

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Sancho Guibert has been In house counsel of Citibank for 17 years plus with multiple tenures at the corporate and investment bank, private bank and currently at the consumer bank where he acted as Secretary of the Board of Directors of Citibank Spain unti

David Johnston

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David R johnston LLB MBA is the UK's recognised authority on regulatory consultancy services. As an Executive Director with the global publisher Wolters Kluwer nv, he led their organic growth in the UK and latterly the M&A portfolio, managing the acquisit

Jeffrey Thurnau

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Jeffrey Thurnau is Assistant General Counsel for Intellectual Property for a major automotive components manufacturer with facilities worldwide. Mr. Thurnau holds an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado. He is a p

Howard Snoyman

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Howard attends to matters of a legal, commercial and bio-ethical nature as the Group Legal Executive at Ascendis Health Ltd. Responsibilities include formulation of internal policy in regards to the Medicines Control Council and other regulatory bodies, n

Andrew Taylor

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Andrew trained and qualified as a solicitor with Pinsent Masons LLP in Leeds, before practising as a solicitor in Eversheds’ Construction and Engineering team for 5 years where he acted for a variety of clients, including manufacturers, contractors, energ

Tamara Hunter

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Tamara Hunter is a member of the firm's litigation group. She practises in the areas of freedom of information and privacy law, administrative law and professional regulation law. She acts for a variety of professional regulatory bodies on matters involvi

Alexis Kerr

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Alexis Kerr is General Counsel and Director, Legal Services and Integrated Risk Management for the Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia, Canada. Prior to joining Fraser Health in 2007, she practised commercial litigation and Freedom of Information

Donald Charrett

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Dr Charrett is a barrister, arbitrator and mediator, practicing in technology, engineering and construction (TEC) disputes. Prior to joining the Victorian Bar, he worked as a solicitor at a large Australian law firm. His construction law briefs have inclu

Harish Suryavanshi

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Harish Suryavanshi is a post graduate in English and passed his Bachelors in Law (LL. B) from University of Pune in India. He is having more than 15 years of academic & professional work experience handling commercial contracts across America’s, UK, and M

Emilia Petrocelli

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Emilia Petrocelli: Graduated in Law and in Economics summa cum laude, she began her career in 2002 at the Consob, Italy’s stock market and corporate regulatory body, in the Supervision Department of Banks and Financial Intermediaries, where she took part

Matthew Eckford

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Matthew is a Regional Engagement Director at TMF Group, a global professional services company. He is Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and has 18 years of experience in professional services, having initially qualified w

Rhodri Lewis

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Rhodri Lewis joined the WRU Group in August 2010 as the Head of Legal Affairs and is responsible for all legal matters in relation to both the WRU and Millennium Stadium. Rhodri trained at the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and qua

Gerallt Jones

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Gerallt Jones is a Partner and Head of the Corporate and Banking Division at Hugh James. Since joining Hugh James in 2005, Gerallt has led the transformation of the corporate department into a leading market player, advising clients including the Welsh Go

Rachel Stern

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Rachel Stern is Senior Vice President, Strategic Resources, General Counsel and Secretary at FactSet. In addition to the Legal Department at FactSet, she is also responsible for Investor Relations; Facilities and Real Estate Planning; and Third

Dolores Longo

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Dolores Longo is a Corporate Attorney and Senior Business Analyst at FactSet. In this role her responsibilities encompass employment law, compliance and transactional matters. Prior to joining FactSet in 2004, she held positions at GE Asset Man

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Greg Mitchell - Counsel, UnitedLex. Mr. Mitchell has been with UnitedLex since August 2013, and has served as Counsel since March 2014. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law.

Phil Goodin

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Phil Goodin - Senior Vice President & General Counsel, UnitedLex. Mr. Goodin graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law where he was a Full Merit Scholarship Recipient. He began his litigation career at Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, focusing high

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Bryan Yeazel is the Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officers of Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc. and leads the company’s operating businesses and integrated supply chain including souricng, procurement, product management, fleet, logistics

Mark Ohringer

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Mark J. Ohringer has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated since April 2003. He oversees the firm’s legal, compliance, ethics and insurance programs on a global basis. With over 55,

Robert Vigil

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Robert L. Vigil is a Principal of Analysis Group, Inc. Dr. Vigil specializes in the application of economics and finance to complex commercial litigation matters. His work includes the estimation of damages and unjust enrichment in intellectual property and breach of contract cases; the evaluation of patented drug products’ commercial success in connection with generic manufacturers’ Abbreviated New Drug Application submissions to obtain early market entry; and the analysis of issues related to the granting of permanent injunctions, such as irreparable harm and causal nexus. Dr. Vigil has also analyzed issues related to domestic industry, remedy, and bonding on cases before the International Trade Commission. He has served as an expert witness on litigation matters in a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumer products, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, and electronics. In non-litigation matters, he has assisted clients in valuing intellectual property for sale or license; identifying and evaluating potential partners for licensing, acquisition, or divestiture of assets; and analyzing the impact of generic entry on prices and market shares of brand name pharmaceutical products. Vigil holds a B.A. (Pepperdine University) and a Ph.D. in Economics (University of Maryland).

Sophie Coleman

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Sophie Coleman, Legal Counsel & Contract Manager, Save the Children Australia. (BA/LLB (Hons), GDipBA, AMusA). Sophie is a corporate lawyer with experience in the commercial and not for profit sector. Sophie also manages various contracts in relation to Save the Children’s services to asylum seekers and refugees in Australia and overseas.

Simon Miller

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Simon Miller, Legal Counsel and Company Secretary, Save the Children Australia. Bachelor of Laws; Masters of Public and International Law. Simon has extensive experience as a corporate lawyer working in private legal practice in Australia and the United

Iain Jacobs

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Iain Jacobs is Managing Director of The Contract Centre, a virtual law firm advising on international commercial contracts. Mr. Jacobs is former General Counsel of Alstom’s Service Sector.

Nicolas Grunder

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Nicolas Grunder is Group Head Legal, Software and IT at ABB, a world leader in industrial power and automation fields. The views expressed in this article are his own, and not those of ABB.

Susan Taylor

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Susan Taylor, General Counsel and Company Secretary, AusNet Services (2008 - current) Bachelor of Laws, University of Melbourne Bachelor of Commerce (Major: economics), University of Melbourne Graduate Diploma in Corporations and Securities Law, Univ

John Jarosz

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Mr. John Jarosz, a Managing Principal with Analysis Group and Director of the firm's Washington, D.C. office, is an economist who specializes in applied microeconomics and industrial organization. He has provided strategy consultation across a wide range

Morgan Deane

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Morgan Deane began his career as a legal and regulatory advisor at Bear Stearns in Europe in 2004. He was promoted to the position of Vice-President where he was responsible for providing legal and regulatory advice to the fixed income derivatives and dis

Viri Chauhan

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Viri Chauhan is the Global Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance at International Compliance Training, with considerable experience in telecommunications, aerospace, private practice and also in the not for profit sector and academia. Viri is also completing his PhD at Bristol Law School, University of the West of England (UWE) on the subject of illicit financial flows and was also a visiting lecturer there, teaching at Master's level (MBA and LLM) in the subjects of International Banking and Financial Crime. Viri combines these disciplines in a commercial setting to bring out a unique learning experience for students of ICT that can be used in a credible and pragmatic way to meet the challenge of fast paced regulatory change and compliance requirements. Previously Viri was a Director at France Telecom and Orange, responsible for the communications, awareness and training provision in the subject of fraud and revenue assurance across 40 international divisions servicing over 200,000 employees.

Julie Thompson-James

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Mrs. Julie Thompson-James is Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel and Company Secretary of Scotia Group Jamaica Limited and its subsidiaries, a position she has held since November 4, 2009. Prior to this appointment, she served as Director, Corporate & L

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Richard English

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Richard English is Sr. Corporate Counsel with Ingram Micro Inc., a Fortune 100 company (NYSE:IM). Ingram Micro, based in the U.S., is a global distributor of technology products and services with presence in principle markets throughout the world

Maeve Verdon

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Maeve Verdon is lead counsel for the Irish branch of AIG Asset Management (Europe) Limited. Ms. Verdon is responsible for the legal and regulatory affairs of the Irish segment of the European investment management operations of AIG, as well as extensive p

Shane Sondreal

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Shane Sondreal is a patents attorney at Crawford Maunu. His respective practice includes the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in multiple fields, litigation, and client counseling.

Braden Katterheinrich

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Braden Katterheinrich is a senior patent attorney at Seagate Technology where he enjoys counseling clients on IP, agreement, and risk-mitigation strategies.

Eric Curtin

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Eric Curtin is a patents attorney at Crawford Maunu. His respective practice includes the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in multiple fields, litigation, and client counseling. Eric also assists clients in the procurement of trademark

Immanuel Kemp

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Immanuel Kemp is a Business Analyst in Arthur D. Little’s Risk practice. His consulting work focuses on the transport sector, with particular interests in safety governance, risk assessment and modelling, and the development and delivery of safety training courses. He has an M.Eng in Chemical Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Cambridge and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Geoff Wild

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Director of Governance & Law at Kent County Council, Geoff heads up one of the largest teams of local authority lawyers in the country, with 125 lawyers serving over 600 public sector clients nationwide and generating over £2.5m pa profit. It is designed

Anna Wennakoski

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Anna   Aurora   Wennäkoski   (LL.M.   and   M.Sc.)   is   an   internationally-­oriented   lawyer,  speialized in intellectual property rights (IPRs),  information  law  and  data  protection.   Her   master's thesis on IPRs was   selected   winner   of   the   American   Resource   Center   research   award.   Within   her   day-­to-­day   work   as   a   legal   counsel,   Ms.   Wennäkoski   has   worked   for   several   years   in   stock   listed   companies   at   the   vanguard   of   Scandinavian   business   and   in   France,   and   among   various   IPR   and   data   protection   matters.   Currently,   Ms.  Wennäkoski  is  preparing  post-­graduate  studies  in  New  York,  US.

Stephen Watson

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Stephen Watson is a Principal in Arthur D. Little's Risk practice based in Cambridge UK. He has 17 years of experience safety consulting to the transport, construction and process sectors both in the UK and internationally. His work chiefly focuses on s

Ramsin Canon

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Ramsin Canon, J.D., Esq., is a Senior Vice President and Director of Legal Services at The Saint Consulting Group. He took his juris doctor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law and is licensed to practice in California and Illinois. His practice focuses on land use and administrative law litigation, labour and employment, and municipal law. He has over a decade of experience in political consulting, government affairs, and urban politics. Ramsin has published papers on land use development agreements and the entrepreneurial government, the intersection of American labour and land use law, and a forthcoming paper on workers’ self-regulation in urban environments. He lives in Chicago.

Robert Freedlander

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Rob Freedlander is a Finance Director for Fluor Corporation. He has a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University and completed his graduate studies at Boston University. Rob watches over an expat program that has peaked with as many as 10,000 expats

Michele Corbosiero

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Born in 1970, in 1996 he graduated in law. In 2001 he obtained the title of lawyer. Since 2001 he has been working in the legal dept. of EDS Italia, a multinational IT company that offers IT outsourcing services and in 2005 he became legal manager of the company with the responsibility of Italy and Middle East countries.

Marina Vitale

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Born in 1971, in 1996 she graduated in law at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". In 2003, she obtained the title of lawyer. Since 2000 she has been working in the legal dept. of EDS Italia, a multinational IT company with the registered office in Plano Texas. She provides support for all the government sector legal issues and she is skilled in administrative law.

Vivek Sadhale

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Vivek Sadhale (vivek_sadhale@persistent.co.in) is a Company Secretary and Head – Legal of Persistent Systems Ltd., one of the leading outsourced software product development companiesy with a turnover of about US$ 105 Mn. and 4,000+ employees. Mr. Sadhale has more than twelve years of hands-on experience in Corporate Secretarial, Corporate Governance, Corporate Legal matters and Management Accounting, with exposure to Finance and Treasury functions with reputed Indian and Multinational organizations. His expertise spreads over numerous fields including top tier venture capital and private equity funding, M&A/takeovers, joint venture agreements and preparation for Initial Public Offer. He has contributed significantly in establishing domestic/overseas offices and companies, designing Employee Stock Option schemes, negotiating foreign currency loans, dealing with IPR-related issues and international commercial contracts. Mr. Sadhale has a flair for teaching and writing, and has contributed various articles in leading professional journals, newspapers and souvenirs published at national and international conventions. He is also a visiting faculty at various business schools, professional institutes and law colleges. He is an elected member to of the Managing Committee of Western India Regional Council of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) for 2007-2010. He was earlier part of the Managing Committee of Pune Chapter of ICSI for 2004-06. He is also a founder member of Pune Chapter of Technology Law Forum – an initiative of NASSCOM. Mr. Sadhale is a recipient of "Suryadatta IT Excellence Award" in the category of Best CFO / Company Secretary for the year 2005. A Commerce and Law graduate, he completed his Chartered Secretaryship from in the UK, and is a Company Secretary and Cost and Works Accountant from India. Mr. Sadhale has a the distinction of passing all professional exams in first attempt time and qualified as a cost accountant along with B.Com.

Vikas Agarwal

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Mr. Vikas Agarwal (vikas_agarwal@persistent.co.in) works with a leading software company, Persistent Systems Limited as Deputy Manager – Secretarial handling corporate secretarial matters. He has more than seven years’ experience in corporate secretarial, corporate governance, corporate laws with specifically relating to mergers, preparation for the Initial Public Offer, setting up of domestic / overseas companies and branch offices, drafting of ESOP Schemes, formation of export oriented undertakings, STPI unit, special economic zone unit and managing IPR related issues. Mr. Agarwal is the faculty for various training programs conducted by the Pune Chapter of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). He is also a visiting faculty at Law College in for company law. Mr. Agarwal is an elected member of the Managing Committee of Pune Chapter of Western India Regional Council (WIRC) of ICSI for the term 2007-2010 and presently holds the position of Treasurer at Pune Chapter. He is the Chairman of the IT Committee of the Pune Chapter and a member of the IT Committee of WIRC of ICSI. Mr. Agarwal has authored articles in premier professional journals like Chartered Secretary, SEBI and Corporate Laws, Focus, Chartered Accountants Today, Chartered Accountants Professional Journal, Sanhita and various leading newspapers like Economic Times, Times of India, Indian Express, etc. He has jointly won the Best Article award for four consecutive years for the articles published in Sanhita, monthly publication of the Pune Chapter of ICSI. Mr. Agarwal is a qualified Company Secretary and a Commerce Post-Graduate.

Ian McDougall

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Ian McDougall is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the LexisNexis, Legal & Professional division of RELX Group. Mr. McDougall joined LexisNexis in 2004 as Vice President and Legal Director for LexisNexis International (LNI), where he

Shefali Shyam

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Suneeth Katarki

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Suneeth has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments. He also advises clients on joint venture transactions, corporate restructuring transactions, mergers and acquisitions including arrangements and amongst shareholders, reduction of capital and complex schemes involving all of the above. Suneeth has been consistently listed as a recommended lawyer for mergers & acquisitions and private equity by Chambers & Partners in their Asia guides. Suneeth is also a trustee and advisor to charitable foundations and projects, including serving on the Board of United Way, India and United Way, Bangalore.

Brinsley Dresden

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Brinsley Dresden is a Partner at Lewis Silkin LLP and Head of Advertising and Marketing Law. Prior to joining Lewis Silkin in 1996, Brinsley was inhouse counsel at British Telecommunications plc, providing full time legal support of BT’s advertising function. For many years he has been recognised in Band 1 for Advertising & Marketing by the Chambers Directory, which in 2015 stated ‘The pre-eminent Brinsley Dresden is “correctly viewed as one of the leading advertising lawyers in the country.” Clients place particular value on his ability to diffuse crisis situations, and note that “he's really well connected and super-respected in the industry.” ’

Daniel Bugler

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Daniel Bugler is an Associate Solicitor at Lewis Silkin LLP. Having originally graduated in marketing in 2001, Daniel previously worked as an Investigations Executive and a Compliance Executive at the Advertising Standards Authority and a Compliance Manager at teleshopping channel QVC before deciding to re-train as a solicitor, qualifying in in 2013.

Daniel Haije

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Daniël Haije (+31 20 3053060 / dh@hoogenhaak.nl) was admitted to the bar in 2004. Chambers Europe recommends him as a "rising star in IP, advertising and media law". He advises and litigates on advertising-related matters and IP law, especially trademarks and trade names. Furthermore he provides discrete pre-publication or pre-broadcast advice to companies and individuals exposed to unwelcome press intrusion. Clients include celebrities, advertising agencies and companies in the sectors FMCG, entertainment, navigation, communication, aviation, fashion, and charity.

Andrew Etkind

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Andrew Etkind joined Garmin International, Inc. as general counsel in February 1998 and became vice president, general counsel and secretary for Garmin Ltd. in August 2000. Prior to Garmin, he served as senior attorney for Alumax Inc., an aluminum manufacturer, from 1996 to 1998. Before that he was vice president, general counsel and secretary for Information Management Resources Inc., a software systems development and consulting company. Etkind holds bachelor’s, master’s and L.L.M. degrees from Cambridge University in England and a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School.

Chris Paschall

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Christopher D. Paschall, Ph.D., CLP is a licensing manager with the University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group. He was formerly a licensing associate with Emory University. He is a registered patent agent with the United States Patent and Tradema

Rodney Sparks

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Rodney L. Sparks, J.D., Ph.D. joined the University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group in 2004 from the well known intellectual property group at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, in Philadelphia. His practice concentrated on biotechnology, pharmaceutical a

Sangita Purohit

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Mrs. Sangita Purohit is employed by the Ahmedabad Education Society (AES Post Graduate Institute of Business Management ) located in the state of Gujarat –INDIA. Having obtained her Masters degree in Library Science from the university of Sagar- INDIA

Maria Troberg

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Maria Troberg is a Senior Legal Competition Counsel at Nokia based in Espoo, Finland. Maria holds an LLM from the College of Europe in Bruges (2008) and from Georgetown University Law Center (2011), where she studied on a Fulbright-Schuman scholarship. Pr

Shola Mos-Shogbamimu

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Shola Mos-Shogbamimu is dually qualified as a New York Attorney and Solicitor of England & Wales. She supports the Global Core Cash Management component of JP Morgan's Treasury Services business in Europe, Middle East and Africa. She previously worked at

Sarah Bazaraa

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Aidan Parsons

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Aidan Parsons is the legal counsel and company secretary of Bonnington Plastics.He was brought into the company in January 2014 to set up the legal department and has overseen the company’s campaign to tackle online intellectual property infringement. The

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Ricardo Mayo Aleson

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Orestis Omran

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Orestis Omran is a Counsel with McKenna Long and Aldridge. Admitted in New York, Brussels and Athens, Mr. Omran advises on regulatory financial services, banking laws, derivatives and collective investment, hedge and pension funds. He is also often inv

Emmanouela Nikolakopoulou

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Emmanouela Nikolakopoulou is associate legal counsel at SWIFT, where she manages regulatory matters, procurement and product liability issues. Ms. Nikolakopoulou has also worked at the European Commission and with law firm in Athens. Ms. Nikolakopoulo

John Cowell

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John Cowell is General Counsel & Company Secretary for Healthdirect Australia. John is a law graduate from Sydney University with 8 years of public practice in Australia and overseas specialising in Corporate Advisory and Commercial Litigation. With 12 y

Nikolaos Dounis

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Nikolaos P. Dounis (BBA, Msc, PhD, CIA, CRMA) is Internal Control & Compliance Manager, SE Europe at Imperial Tobacco Hellas S.A. at Athens, Greece. Prior to joining Imperial he worked as Senior Internal Auditor at Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications S.A. a

Ben Foat

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Ben Foat is a dual qualified solicitor in the United Kingdom and Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in political science, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Master of Laws. Previously, he was a Senior Associate at Gadens Lawyers, a top 10

Jane Perrier

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Jane Perrier is the General Counsel for Intellectual Property at Telstra Corporation Limited. She has been with Telstra for over 20 years and provides strategic legal advice and procedural support in relation to Telstra’s intellectual property interests

Karen Hallenstein

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Karen Hallenstein, Supervising Counsel, Intellectual Property, Telstra Corporation Limited Karen Hallenstein is the Supervising Counsel for Intellectual Property at Telstra Corporation Limited. She has been with Telstra for over 15 years, working on t

Alida Vandewiele

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Alida Vandewiele is Legal Counsel at Bombora Technologies, based in Melbourne, where she advises on matters including IT and privacy. She has previously worked in-house for an online commerce group where she gained key experience in consumer protection disputes, information technology and telecommunications issues.

David Carrington

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David is General Counsel at Bombora Technologies, based in Melbourne. He previously worked at Schillings, the London law firm specialising in privacy, and as in-house counsel at the BBC and Channel Four Television where he advised on broadcast and online

Reg Fowler

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Senior Legal Counsel Atlantic Richfield 1996-2000 Legal Counsel Agip (UK) Ltd. 2000-01 Senior Legal Counsel Shell Trading 2001-08 Senior Legal Counsel, Shell International, Upstream Non-Operated Joint Ventures 2008 to date

Martin Lonstrup

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Martin Lonstrup is a Danish Lawyer, having worked with contract management and legal for the last 8 years, founded the Danish Contract Management Association (DCMA), former Chairman of DCMA. Worked in various related role from Head of Legal, to Legal Coun

Robert Lindquist

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Since July 2015 Rob has been the Chief Compliance Officer for Panasonic Avionics Corporation, the world’s leader in in-flight entertainment and communications, with customers on six continents. Prior to Panasonic Avionics, Rob served for 11 years as the Chief Compliance Officer for Ingram Micro, where he developed the global compliance program for a Fortune 100 distributor of technology products and services. While at Ingram Micro, Rob also served for five years as Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Ingram Micro North America, the company’s largest region. Rob has held the position of Chair of the Antitrust Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Vice Chair of the State Bar of California Antitrust Section and President of the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). In 2016 Rob was named Global Counsel of the Year for Competition Law by ACC and the International Law Office. He is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law.

Andreas Bong

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Andreas Bong is Managing Partner at OTTO • HENNING, an international strategy consultancy based in Frankfurt, Germany. He is majorly responsible for strategic and organizational projects in legal departments and for the conception of benchmarks. Prior to

Maik Ebersoll

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Dr. Maik Ebersoll, LL.M. (com.) is Head of Legal Operations in The Linde Group’s legal services department. Besides advising in business law, his responsibilities include organisation, finance, people processes, strategy, legal risk management, systems an

Peter Manda

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Peter Manda has been general counsel to LMCK Partners, LLC and has worked as in-house counsel to the automotive and precision instrument industries in the United States and Japan. After graduating from Temple Law School, Peter clerked at the United States

Justin Nelsen

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JD, University of Iowa, 1996 conferred with Distinction BA in Economics, Hobart College, 1989 conferred with High Honors in Ecomomics Articles Editor, Journal of Corporation Law Many publishing and speaking engagements, including: Protecting IP in Com

Lee Callaghan

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Lee is the General Counsel at Aviva plc for their international markets in Europe and Asia. He has over 25 years of legal experience in industry, having worked in the UK motor industry, chemical industry and for the last 13 years at Aviva. He is also the

Richard Heath

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Richard Heath managed intellectual property in-house for almost 25 years. He is currently Managing Director of his own company, Richard Heath (IP) Associates Ltd, a consultancy specialising in IP Public Policy, epecially in Anti-Counterfeiting and Brand Protection. He retired from Unilever in 2010 where his role was Vice President Legal - Global Anti-Counterfeiting Counsel in the Legal Strategy Group at Unilever PLC based in London, United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for anti-counterfeiting initiatives within the business. Prior to this he was Head of Corporate Trade Marks and General Trade Mark Counsel at Unilever from 1996- 2005. He is a Past President (209) of the International Trade Mark Association. He is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, a UK Registered Trade Mark Attorney and a Member of The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, again in the United Kingdom. In addition to his position at INTA, he is Senior Policy Advisor to the International Chamber of Commerce Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting & Piracy (ICC/BASCAP), a Council Member and International Committee Chair of the UK Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG), a Board Director of the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG) and a member of the European Community Trade Mark Association (ECTA).

Chaim Levin

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Jeanette Fitzgerald

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Jeanette Fitzgerald is General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer for Epsilon, a global data-driven marketing firm recognized by Ad Age as the #1 U.S. agency from all disciplines and the #1 global direct marketing network. As Chief Privacy Officer, Jean

Linda Sharp

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Linda has responsibility for corporate legal matters and related legal product initiatives. Prior to joining ZL, Linda provided consulting services to Fortune 500 corporations and the nation’s largest law firms. She specialized in evaluating and negot

Josephine Wang

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Josephine Wang joined the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”) in 1983, assuming positions of increasing responsibility, and in 2004, becoming the Corporation’s General Counsel and Secretary. Before joining SIPC, Ms. Wang was an attorney w

Eric Schlam

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Eric Schlam is Director, Law Department, Assistant General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for the Airlines Reporting Corporation (“ARC”)—an airline-owned organization which provides clearinghouse services on behalf of over 200 US and international air and

Toby Unwin

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Toby Unwin is Co-founder of Premonition, the only company that analyzes Attorneys by Win Rate and Inventor of the Premonition system. Toby began his career in recruitment, eventually founding NetSearch. The online headhunting firm received 4 offers in the

Hanne Melin

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Hanne Melin is Director Global Public Policy at eBay Inc. This article builds on work the author carries out for the eBay Inc. Public Policy Lab but the views expressed should not be attributed to eBay Inc. and all mistakes are those of the author. The a

Bruce Ortwine

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Bruce A. Ortwine is the General Counsel—Americas of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, and Joint General Manager and General Counsel of its New York Branch. He is also a member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Compliance Committee, a member an

Faiz Chapra

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I am a UK Qualified Solicitor and have practiced in the UK, Dubai and now Pakistan. I have previously worked in various city of London law firms before moving in- house to work for a large international bank in the Middle East, headed the legal function

Erika Ringseis

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Dr. Erika Ringseis is the Manager of Compliance, Diversity and Mobility at TransCanada. In this capacity, Erika oversees all compliance issues related to human resources, including harassment, privacy and acting as the HR compliance coordinator. Complian

Carolyn Jameson

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Carolyn Jameson is the General Counsel for Skyscanner. In her current role she oversees the legal, public and regulatory affairs of the company globally. Carolyn has a wealth of experience from years in both legal and commercial roles within the proprieta

Claudine Boast

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Andreas Schønbeck

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Andreas Schonbeck graduated from University of Copenhagen, School of Law, in 2009, after which he joined the Group Legal department in the Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems. He was admitted to the Danish bar in 2012. In his current posi

Pablo Cilotta

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Pablo Cilotta is a bilingual (Spanish & English) International in-house legal counsel with background in corporate and business law, commercial contracts, contract management and employment agreements. He has business presence in Europe (Spain); Middle Ea

Ekaterina Pleskova

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I am Ekaterina Pleskova, 28 years old. I have a 5 years working experience in tax field. I have worked in Big4 companies in Russia. I dealt with different kinds of projects, such as tax audits, tax consulting and compliance projetcs. Recently, I graduated

Lorenzo Mecocci

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Lorenzo Mecocci is a corporate counsel, qualified in Italy but with both domestic and international focus, with more than 10 year diverse in-house experience, including M&A and JVs, contracts, compliance, corporate governance and other matters. He curr

Erica Bristol

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Erica Bristol is an intellectual property attorney and mediator. She practiced as an in house lawyer for over 11 years and she has been a commercial mediator for over 8 years.

Valeria Steblyuk

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Valeria Steblyuk is the Senior Lawyer of Commercial Bank “Garanti Bank - Moscow” (ZAO). In 2005 she graduated from State University – Higher School of Economics – one of the best university in Russia. Valeria Steblyuk is a well-experienced in-house lawyer

Darryl Jago

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Darryl Jago is a legal advisor at a multi-national energy company by day and avid postgraduate student by night. After completing his law degree, Darryl spent a year working as a teaching intern at an elite private school only to uncover that his true pa

Michael Geroe

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Michael R. Geroe has served as General Counsel of Adknowledge, Inc., a privately held advertising technology company, since 2004, and as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, since 2012. Previously, Mr. Geroe had a private law p

Kingsley Osei

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I joined the State University of New York in September 2008 from the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC), a government student loan guarantee agency, where I was the Senior Attorney responsible for its procurement matters. I am n

Michael Jemmott

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Kate Wellington

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Kate is a senior in-house lawyer with Which?, supporting the organisation's policy, advocacy and campaigning initiatives. Kate is a qualified solicitor in the UK and Australia and practised as a commercial litigator at Linklaters LLP before moving in-hous

Rob Mason

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Rob Mason prior to joining FRA, spent over 20 years in research, structuring and trading at leading American and European investment banks.

Becky Stones

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Becky Stones is a recognized market leader in valuation, risk and regulatory control. She spent over 20 years at a leading European investment bank.

Derek Patterson

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Derek Patterson has widespread experience both in forensic white collar regulatory engagements, and in Treasury and Internal Audit. Prior to FRA, he was Group Treasurer at EasyJet, and has worked in a variety of controller and internal audit roles at Ford of Europe, Ford Credit, and the British Airways Group.

Toby Duthie

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Toby Duthie is one of the founding partners of FRA and has over 15 years of forensic white collar regulatory investigative experience, including in the UK, the USA and Switzerland. He has worked on many of the highest profile US and UK bribery prosecutions. Prior to FRA, he worked in the investment banking advisory division of a leading European investment bank.

Casee Sills

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Casee S. Sills is a Legal Associate with The Main Street America Group. Ms. Sills has been practicing law in Florida, US, since 2012, beginning as a Florida Assistant State Attorney. She joined The Main Street America Group in 2013 in its regulatory state filings department and then was promoted to her current role as Legal Associate. Her current duties include assisting corporate counsel with contracts, complex commercial litigation, licensing, regulatory compliance, and legal research of statutes and regulations in multiple jurisdictions. Ms. Sills is admitted to the state courts in both Florida and Georgia.

Bruce Fox

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Bruce R. Fox is the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at The Main Street America Group (MSA) in Jacksonville, Florida. MSA is a national property/casualty insurance holding company. Mr. Fox has been in the legal field for 35 years, most of wh

Nicolas Vielliard

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Nicolas Vielliard is In-house Counsel at Bredero Shaw, a multinational providing pipe coating solutions for the oil, gas and water industries.

Paul Wenting

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Paul Wenting is Legal Manager at Applus RTD, a multinational providing non-destructive testing services to the oil & gas industry worldwide.

Massimiliano Carpino

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Global General Counsel and Board Member of GUCCI S.p.A., Massimiliano is an Italian BAR admitted lawyer with high degree of expertise and experience in corporate crimes at both national and transnational level. He is also Adjunct Professor of "Criminal &

Derek Walsh

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Derek joined RSA as Group General Counsel and Group Company Secretary in July 2010 and has over 18 years’ experience in the insurance industry. From 2002, he served as Group General Counsel at Benfield Group Limited, where he was responsible for the globa

Marianne Slivkova

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Marianne Slivkova is Senior Corporate Counsel for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. She is primarily responsible for providing legal advice on legal risk, interpretation of FDA advertising regulations, PDMA, healthcare fraud and abuse, product liability, priv

Reg Fowler

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Senior Legal Counsel Atlantic Richfield 1996-2000 Legal Counsel Agip (UK) Ltd. 2000-01 Senior Legal Counsel Shell Trading 2001-08 Senior Legal Counsel, Shell International, Upstream Non-Operated Joint Ventures 2008 to date

Shahab Ahmed

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Shahab Ahmed is the Director, Legal & Corporate Affairs at Microsoft, where he focuses on International Regulatory Policy. He has more than a decade of experience in the technology industry in variety of leadership roles. His academic credentials include

Sancho Guibert

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Sancho Guibert has been with Citibank for more than 15 years as Legal Counsel: corporate and investment bank, private bank and currently at the consumer bank unit where acted as Secretary of the Board of Directors of Citibank España until March 2014. Now

Martin Lycka

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Dr. Martin Lycka, LL.M. has worked in the Legal Department of Betfair since September 2009 focusing on EU and competition law as well as regulatory issues. Before joining Betfair Martin worked with Clariant SA, Aliachem, a.s., The Ministry of Foreign Affa

Ferdinando Bruno

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Ferdinando Bruno is a dual qualified lawyer, as Avvocato in Italy and as Solicitor in England and Wales; he gained several years of experience in international capital markets, commercial and corporate law, insolvency, banking and finance. He is currently

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Rachel Saffron

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John Price

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John Price is Global Litigation & Compliance Counsel with CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s leading logistics companies. John has worked with CEVA since 2005, and has held a number of roles with the organization. In his current role, John handles compliance and litigation matters with his colleagues across the globe. John’s undergraduate degree is in Information Systems and, before attending law school, John worked as a technical engineer with Lucent Technologies and Avaya Communications.

Rebecca Schutt

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Rebecca Schutt is Compliance & Records Manager (Global) with CEVA Logistics. Rebecca has worked with CEVA since 2011, and, in her current role, manages CEVA’s Records Management Program and various Legal Department processes, and also supports CEVA’s Third Party Due Diligence Program and a number of other key compliance programs.

Todd Krieger

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Todd Krieger is senior global counsel at InterSystems Corporation in Cambridge, MA, USA, working primarily on international and domestic software licensing and related agreements in healthcare, financial services, and other fields with governmental and private entities. Prior to joining InterSystems, Todd worked as legal counsel at Bose Corporation where he focused his practice on copyright and trademark matters, international distribution, retail and wholesale pricing, antitrust, technology licensing, data protection/privacy, marketing, warranties, and other legal issues. As an adjunct professor at Suffolk University Law School in Boston since 2000, Todd teaches classes in Cyberspace and Technology Law and Transactional Law and Practice. He is a graduate of Lesley University School of Management in Cambridge, and Suffolk University Law School in Boston. When he is not practicing law, Todd also works as an artist in the studio that he shares with his wife at Gorse Mill Studios in Needham, MA where he designs jewelry and sculpture from recycled materials and other media.

Tim Hartin

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Tim Hartin has been Group Company Secretary of Westpac Banking Corporation since July 2011 and is responsible for the management and oversight of the Westpac Banking Corporation Board and over 250 of the Westpac Group’s subsidiary boards. Tim joined Westpac in 2006 as Counsel (Corporate Core) and later held the role of Head of Legal (Risk Management & Workouts). Before joining Westpac, Tim was a Consultant with Gilbert + Tobin, specialising in providing corporate advisory services to listed companies and was a transactional lawyer for a number of years in Herbert Smith’s corporate, and corporate finance division (London) and with Henderson Boyd Jackson W.S. (Edinburgh). Tim’s extensive experience, gained in-house and advising Australian, UK and international listed and unlisted clients, enables him to advise on a diverse range of corporate matters including corporate law and corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets, corporate restructures, risk management, compliance and banking and financial services. Tim is an international lawyer and company secretary being a triple qualified solicitor in Scotland, England & Wales and Australia. He holds a number of tertiary qualifications, including a LLB (Hons) with options in French Honours and a Diploma of Legal Practice (Aberdeen University).

Bart Goddyn

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Bart Goddyn is a legal counsel with several years of experience as an attorney in international law practices, as in-house counsel and as legal consultant to international companies. Bart is a Belgian-qualified attorney, with a Master of Law degree from the University of Leuven (KUL), an LL.M. in Intellectual Property law from the University of Brussels (KUB) and an LL.M. in Competition Law and Economics from the Brussels School of Competition (BSC). Bart focuses on transactional and advisory work and has particular legal expertise in intellectual property, ICT, media, antitrust, litigation management and compliance. His practice cuts across all fields of technology, including Pharma, Life Sciences, Health Care, Food and Nutrition, ICT, Media, Manufacturing and Industrial Services and Financial Institutions. Bart was Intellectual Property lawyer EMEA at Cargill and legal consultant for Johnson & Johnson. He is currently a legal consultant to TiGenix, a leading European cell therapy company, where he covers the broad range of legal matters relevant to the bio-tech industry. Bart is an official arbitrator at the Czech Arbitration Court in Prague and he lectures on Media and Intellectual Property law at the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUB).

Ruth Daniels

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Ruth Daniels has global responsibility for CPA Global's legal function and is a member of the executive management team. Daniels has a strong legal and commercial management background, with particular experience in the eCommerce, technology, multi-media, and social networking sectors. Prior to joining CPA Global, Daniels was with Ancestry.com Inc, the US based on-line family history and social networking business, where she was Vice President of Legal for the International business as well as managing its China and content acquisition businesses at various stages. Daniels began her legal career with DLA Piper in the UK, where she qualified as an IP lawyer and was an Associate in their Technology, Media & Communications Group, which included secondments with IPC Media, ITV and T-Mobile. She subsequently joined Pinsent Masons as Senior Associate in their Outsourcing, Technology & Commercial Group. Before moving into law, Daniels worked for several years in retail and marketing roles with such blue chip companies as Marks & Spencer, Accenture, and Saatchi & Saatchi.

Maik Ebersoll

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Florian Stork

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Juan Pablo Santopinto

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Juan Pablo Santopinto is Senior Legal Counsel for Sinopec Argentina Exploration and Production Inc. Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Juan Pablo provides legal, strategic and risk management advice to Sinopec Argentina Exploration and Production Inc. on subjects such as contract, oil & gas, regulatory and dispute related matters. Juan Pablo is an Argentine licensed attorney (City of Buenos Aires Bar) and has practised law in Argentina and in most of Latin America (Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, among others) for several years, mostly advising clients on International Energy and Construction contracts.

Grégoire Finance

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Nicolas Tollet

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Nicolas Tollet is involved in anticorruption compliance matters since 2008. He is a graduate from the University of Aix-en-Provence and Berkeley Law School, and an Attorney at Law admitted to the Bars of Paris, New York and the United States Supreme Court. In 2006, Nicolas Tollet joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP where his practice focused on corporate and financial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, LBOs and capital market. His practice also focused on US FCPA compliance in connection with S.E.C. and D.O.J. investigations of European companies on corruption issues, including the Alcatel-Lucent case. In 2012, he left Willkie to join Technip and dedicate to anticorruption compliance. Prior to that, Nicolas Tollet worked notably at Cleary Gottlieb Hamilton & Steen LLP and Bredin Prat in Paris. He is also the founder and principal of European Compliance under 40 (www.europeancomplianceunder40.com) a network of young European professionals working in the compliance area.

Reshma McGowan

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Reshma McGowan is an Assistant Vice President in the Legal and Compliance department at GSO Capital Partners LP. In 2004, Ms. McGowan joined The Carlyle Group to work on the European funds team and later transitioned to legal and compliance. She started her career in economic development, having worked in Washington, D.C., Kosovo and London.

Pete Maloney

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From January 2004 to this past April, Pete Maloney served as the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of QBE’s North America division. At QBE, he managed 65 legal and compliance professionals and acted as Chairman of QBE’s agency division. He practiced insurance and reinsurance law for 11 years in New York firms before his tenure at QBE. He may be reached on Linkedin and at petemaloney@live.com.

Michael Ristaniemi

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Michael Ristaniemi is a graduate (LL.M.) of the Faculty of Law at the University of Turku and has several years of experience of working both in-house and at leading Finnish and international law firms. Professional focus areas in addition to competition law include intellectual property law, general corporate law and trade compliance issues. Currently the author is an LL.D. candidate at the University of Turku, Finland and Legal Counsel at Metsä Group, based in Helsinki Finland.

Vijay Krishnamurthy

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Vijay Krishnamurthy (having professional qualifications in accountancy, company secretaryship and law) has worked in reputed Indian and MNC companies with a total experience of almost 30 years in the corporate sector. During this period, he has handled an

Todd Krieger

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Todd Krieger is senior global counsel at InterSystems Corporation in Cambridge, MA, USA, working primarily on international and domestic software licensing and related agreements in healthcare, financial services, and other fields with governmental and private entities. Prior to joining InterSystems, Todd worked as legal counsel at Bose Corporation where he focused his practice on copyright and trademark matters, international distribution, retail and wholesale pricing, antitrust, technology licensing, data protection/privacy, marketing, warranties, and other legal issues. As an adjunct professor at Suffolk University Law School in Boston since 2000, Todd teaches classes in Cyberspace and Technology Law and Transactional Law and Practice. He is a graduate of Lesley University School of Management in Cambridge, and Suffolk University Law School in Boston. When he is not practicing law, Todd also works as an artist in the studio that he shares with his wife at Gorse Mill Studios in Needham, MA where he designs jewelry and sculpture from recycled materials and other media.

Joe Bambara

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Joseph J. Bambara is currently In House Counsel and a VP of technology architecture at UCNY, Inc. His e-mail address is jbambara@ucny.com. For the last 10 years, he has been acting as Counsel for small to mid-size technology firms in the metro area. He has worked on outsourcing contracts, intellectual property as it pertains to mobile and enterprise software, SMS mobile marketing issues as well as trade/service marks. In addition to Lawline, he has done CLE’s on law and technology for New York County and City Bar Association. He was named The New York Enterprise Report Technology Attorney of 2010. Prior entrepreneurial career included developing applications systems for the financial, brokerage, manufacturing, medical, and entertainment industries in New York, Los Angeles and western European community including Java on the mobile, enterprise and database development. Mr. Bambara has a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Computer Science. He holds a Juris Doctorate in Law and is admitted to the New York State Bar. He has taught various computer courses for CCNY's School of Engineering. He is the Chairman of the New York County Lawyers Association Cyberspace Committee and an active member in the International Technology Law Association. He has authored the following books: Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Study Guide (Exam 310-051) (McGraw-Hill, 2007,2014), J2EE Unleashed (SAMS 2001), PowerBuilder: A Guide To Developing Client/Server Applications (McGraw-Hill, 1995), Informix: Client/Server Application Development (McGraw-Hill, 1997), Informix: Universal Data Option (McGraw-Hill, 1998), SQL Server Developer's Guide (IDG, 2000). Over the past ten years, he has taught numerous courses and given many presentations on all aspects of the law and enterprise and mobile development in cities worldwide, including Los Angeles, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Orlando, Nashville, New York, Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm.

Alessia Frisina

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Alessia is the chief legal and compliance counsel for the UK.

Jukka Muhonen

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Jukka Muhonen is a lawyer (Master of Laws, University of Helsinki -94; LL.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -96) and MBA (Henley Business School -09) by training, Jukka V. Muhonen holds some 20 years of experience in dealing with a variety of legal, commercial and corporate issues in high tech industries. During his 16 years in the pharmaceutical industry he has lead a number of different expert organizations at Orion Corporation, Espoo, Finland, including a long tenure as Orion Corporation’s Head of Legal and IPR. For the past six years he has been responsible for the Global Business Development and Alliance Management operations at Orion. Through his varied global practice ranging from law and intellectual property to business development, licensing and alliance management he has developed extensive experience in both building, managing and restructuring commercial collaboration relationships. He is also a CEDR accredited mediator. He prides in being solution oriented and a respected and trusted negotiator and partner for his various constituencies, whether for finding new value through partnering and collaborations or reasoned outcomes in any collaboration and/or contracting challenge.

Alexandre Menais

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Alexandre Menais used to work as Senior Associate at HoganLovells in Paris and London. In 2006, he became General counsel at eBay France (eBay, Paypal and Skype) before being promoted as Europe legal Director of eBay. In 2009, he joined Accenture as General Counsel France and BeNeLux. In September 2011, he joined Atos as Group General Counsel and Executive Vice President Alexandre is Vice President of the Cercle Montesquieu, Vice President of the AFDIT, member of the HEC Alumni Legal and Corporate committee and is a cofounding member and now director of Juriscom.net, a leading IT website. Alexandre is guest lecturer at EDHEC Business School, (Msc Legal and Tax Management) and member of the Advisory Board of LegalEdhec. Alexandre Menais holds a LLM in Business law from the University of Strasbourg and an MBA from HEC. Admitted to the Bar (1996)

Rajeev Uberoi

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Dr. Uberoi is an MBA with a degree in law and a Phd in Economics. He brings along 30 years experience in the banking industry with commercial, central and foreign banks. He has been closely associated with Indian Bankers Association and has been on various committees of Reserve Bank of India ad IBA related to risk and compliance.

Punitha Kandiah

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Punitha Kandiah is a Vice President with Commercial Banking & Corporate Functions, Group Legal, Malayan Banking Berhad ("Maybank") and is currently heading its Corporate Advisory/ Group Legal Policy unit. She graduated with a L.L.B (Hons) from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom and had started her legal career in 1994 as a Legal Assistant with Messrs Shook Lin & Bok, handling corporate, conveyancing and banking law matters. She joined Group Legal, Maybank in year 2000 and prior to joining Maybank, she was a Legal Counsel with Southern Bank Bhd, Malaysia.

Nazlan Ghazali

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Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali is the Group General Counsel & Company Secretary of Malayan Banking Berhad ("Maybank") and its group of companies and is also its Group Head of Corporate & Legal Services of since 2009. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence as well as Master of Arts, both from the University of Oxford. He is also Barrister at Law (Lincoln’s Inn) and Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. He was Partner and Head of Equity Capital Markets at Messrs Zaid Ibrahim & Co, specializing mainly on corporate, financial services and securities law matters, particularly in respect of corporate transactions such as capital raising and M&As before joining Maybank in 2005. Prior to that, he was with the Securities Commission of Malaysia (SC) for about seven years until 2000 and his last position was General Manager of the Enforcement Division, with overall responsibility over the investigation, prosecution and complaints departments. He had also earlier served the Executive Chairman’s Office and the Issues & Investment Division whilst at the SC. Mohd Nazlan started his working career in 1991 at Messrs Shook Lin & Bok, handling corporate, conveyancing and banking law matters.

Anita Huss-Ekerhult

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Anita Huss-Ekerhult became Deputy Secretary General and General Counsel of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO), based in Brussels (Belgium), in 2008. Anita is a German-qualified attorney, with three postgraduate law degrees from King’s College, London (LL.M. in EU, US & UK Copyright Law), Uppsala University (LL.M. in International and Comparative Law) and Stockholm University (LL.M. in European Law). Before joining IFRRO, she gained experience at major international law firms in Belgium, Germany and Sweden, working as a corporate transactions and competition lawyer.

Jean-Claude Lahaut

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Jean Claude Lahaut is Doctor in Law, University of Liège (B) and Master in Business Administration, HEC Paris (F). He is visiting professor (Maître de Conférences ) at HEC ULg, Management School of the University of Liège After a career in industry, mainly with Lafarge and Solvay in Belgium, France and Germany, he was until 2013 the Secretary General in charge of legal and advocacy matters of the European Council of the Chemical Industry (Cefic) in Brussels. He is active in several European associations.

Nicholas Golding

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Nicholas Golding has been Legal Counsel for National Car Parks for approximately 4 years, providing legal support across all business functions but with specialist focus on property. Previously, he qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales at an international law firm, having worked in London and Amsterdam, and holds a Masters in Modern History from Oxford University.

John Mallinson

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John Mallinson is Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel at AIGGRE, a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. Prior to AIGGRE, John was an associate in the New York office of Shearman & Sterling LLP practicing real estate. John received his law degree from the New York University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Binghamton University.

Akbar Hussain

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Akbar Hussain is Senior Legal Counsel at the African headquarters of the international mobile network operating company Bharti Airtel Africa. He is trained in both common and civil law, and is licensed to practice in the state of New York. In addition to telecoms experience, Mr. Hussain has M&A and IP experience with a large North American law firm. Mr. Hussain is trilingual (English, French and Hindi/Urdu).

Michelle Millard

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Lesley Rosenthal is Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of LCPA and the author of the bestselling book, Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits (John Wiley & Sons 2012). She chairs Charity Corps: Lawyers Helping Nonprofits, a joint initiative of the New York State Bar Association and the New York State Attorney General's Office. She graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and she practiced at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison in New York City before joining Lincoln Center in 2005. Michelle Millard is a 2012 graduate of Columbia Law School. She served as Legal Fellow at Lincoln Center in 2012-13.

Lee Callaghan

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Lee Callaghan is the General Counsel at Aviva plc for their international markets in both Europe and Asia. He has over 25 years of legal experience in industry, having been called to the Bar in England and has worked in the UK motor industry, chemical industry and, for the last 13 years, at Aviva. He is the Aviva plc Group Competition Law General Counsel. He also serves on the Editorial Board of the IICJ.

David Lawler

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David Lawler is an expert forensic accountant with 25 years’ experience in white collar and anti-corruption investigations, insolvency litigation, and in valuing and appraising troubled, declining or formative businesses. David frequently serves as an expert witness on profitability, viability, and value, and assists companies to appraise and tighten their financial controls and procedures, including regulatory compliance programs. David is currently performing intensive reviews and tests of the FCPA/anti-corruption systems and controls in place at overseas branches of several multinational energy and mining companies, including extensive compliance audits in South America, West Africa and Asia. David is the author of the textbook, ‘Frequently Asked Questions in Anti-Bribery and Corruption’ published by John Wiley & Sons in March 2012. Prior to joining FRA, David trained as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, before moving to set up the London forensic capability at Kroll, and then at Begbies Traynor. David Lawler, Partner, at Forensic Risk Alliance email: dlawler@forensicrisk.com phone: +44 (0)207 269 7835

Sylvia C Y Kong

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Sylvia C Y Kong called to the Utter Bar (Middle Temple) in 2009; Works for DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited as an in house contracts lawyer and seconded to DAS Law Limited. Deals with corporate, procurement, insurance, compliance, supplier, distribution agreements and specialises in bringing simplicity and efficiency into contractual structural. Previous experience includes: advisory capacity in business consultancy specialising in company law and mergers and acquisitions; and major consortiums specialising in public/EU procurement. Pro bono: Member of the Education Committee Bristol Insurance Institute; advisory capacity to branch of British Chamber of Commerce.

Peter Quinlivian

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Peter Quinlivian is a commercial lawyer with more than twenty years’ experience in major projects, contracts, litigation and shipping law both in private practice and in-house in the mining, government and defence sectors. He currently is currently Senior Legal Counsel at BAE Systems Australia Limited, the Australian arm of a global defence contractor

Eoghan Ó hArgáin

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Eoghan Ó hArgáin is an Irish solicitor who has recently joined the Irish Competition Authority after spending several years practising competition law in two leading Dublin law firms. Eoghan is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (LLB) and Cornell Law School (LLM). Eoghan is also a qualified solicitor in England and Wales, and a New York Attorney at law.

Lesley Rosenthal

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Lesley Rosenthal is Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of LCPA and the author of the bestselling book, Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits (John Wiley & Sons 2012). She chairs Charity Corps: Lawyers Helping Nonprofits, a joint initiative of the New York State Bar Association and the New York State Attorney General's Office. She graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and she practiced at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison in New York City before joining Lincoln Center in 2005. Michelle Millard is a 2012 graduate of Columbia Law School. She served as Legal Fellow at Lincoln Center in 2012-13.

Allison Brown

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Allison Brown is Director – Legal, Employment for Google in its Europe, Middle East and Africa region, and has extensive cross-border experience. Google currently has operations in 36 countries in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Allison manages a team of lawyers who are responsible for all employment, pensions, benefits and data protection law matters in the region. Allison was educated at Warwick University (BA (Hons) German) and Nottingham Law School. Prior to her current role, Allison worked as Senior Associate for Baker & McKenzie LLP in London. Allison is a member of the International Committee of the Employment Lawyers’ Association

Paul Boyle

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Paul Boyle is General Counsel and Company Secretary of Airwave Solutions Limited where he is responsible for managing legal risk and compliance across the business, and at a board and shareholder level. Paul is qualified to practice law in England & Wales, New South Wales (Australia) and New Zealand. Prior to moving to Airwave in early 2010, he held roles at various international law firms in Sydney and London, including Minter Ellison, Baker & McKenzie and SJ Berwin LLP where he specialised in cross border mergers and acquisitions and securities law.

Orla Gillen

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Orla Gillen leads the Corporate Governance, Ethics & Compliance team at AWAS. Orla joined AWAS in 2010 and is based in their Dublin head quarters. Prior to joining AWAS, Orla was engaged as Legal Counsel at another aircraft leasing company, Genesis Lease Limited. Orla began her career in private practice with the Dublin based law firm, A&L Goodbody where she represented financial institutions and aircraft leasing companies on cross-border asset financing transactions. Orla subsequently practised with another Dublin based firm, LK Shields Solicitors as an Associate and then a Partner in the Banking and Financial Services Department. Direct: +353 1 635 5060 Email: orla.gillen@awas.com

Robert Cummins

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Robert Cummins is Assistant General Counsel of Intelsat, the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services. Previously, Robert led the MTV Emerging Markets legal team, which won “Best In-House Team” in the British Legal Awards. Robert read Modern Languages at Cambridge, and qualified as a solicitor at Simmons & Simmons.

Brian Littleton

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Brian Littleton is a hands-on recruiter/search consultant with eight years' experience of recruiting/head-hunting lawyers in-house across a range of sectors, both in the UK and in Europe. In particular, Brian takes time to understand the key commercial drivers of any legal hire, the corporate culture and the motivations of clients and candidates alike. Brian joined Chadwick Nott in 2009 and previously worked for a specialist international recruiter for several years. He has serviced vacancies from first moves into in-house at the junior level, through to General Counsel on a contingent, retained advertised selection and search basis. Outside of work, when not with his 3.5 year old daughter, Brian enjoys playing tennis, skiing, theatre, the countryside and supporting Gloucester RFC.

Martin English

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Martin English, Sales Director – Serengeti (EMEA) joined Thomson Reuters in February 2014 to lead the growth and development of Serengeti across the EMEA region. Prior to this he was Managing Director at Central Law Training. Previously he was at Practical Law where he headed up Global Sales. He is a non practicing solicitor, having qualified in Scotland at Brodies. He holds degrees in Commercial Law (LLM), Law (LLB) and Marketing (BA Hons). He also has a Diploma in Legal Practice and is a Notary Public. Prior to entering the legal profession, Martin spent 10 years in the technology sector.

Ros Innes

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Ros Innes is head of In-house and ABS, Thomson Reuters Legal, UK & Ireland. She is responsible for setting the strategic agenda to enable Thomson Reuters to meet the existing and future needs of in-house clients for legal solutions. Ros joined Practical Law in January 2007 as head of Financial Services, later becoming group head of the Corporate Finance group which comprised Corporate, Finance, Financial Services and Restructuring and Insolvency. She moved across to Thomson Reuters in July 2013 when it was acquired Practical Law. She started her career as a solicitor at Clifford Chance, then spent several years working for the Government Legal Service at the Law Commission, OFT and DSS, before joining Travers Smith's Financial Services and Markets team. Ros is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment’s Disciplinary Panel.

Michael Burd

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Michael Burd is a partner and joint head of Lewis Silkin’s Employment, Reward and Immigration department. He crossed the Atlantic to complete his undergraduate studies in 1978 and never returned home. He advises on all aspects of employment law, with particular interest in boardroom issues, negotiating senior level departures and dispute resolution generally. His practice is highly international, dealing with both UK clients’ employment law needs globally and with UK issues for clients in numerous other jurisdictions. Michael contributes articles to various publications including Management Today and People Management and regularly speaks at client and industry conferences and seminars. He was formerly president of the City of Westminster Law Society.

Erik Deur

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Erik Deur is the co-founding partner of Bronsgeest Deur Advocaten and has over 22 years experience advising on all aspects of employment law. He earned a law degree at the University of Leiden in 1989 and joined the Amsterdam based law firm Ekelmans Den Hollander. In 2003, together with Henriëtte Bronsgeest, he founded the specialist employment law firm, Bronsgeest Deur Advocaten. Erik advises Dutch and international companies on employment law issues with a particular focus on corporate restructuring and negotiations with trade unions and works councils. He is a member of the Association for Employment Lawyers in Amsterdam (VAAA), the Association for Employment Lawyers in the Netherlands (VAAN) and the European Employment Law Association (EELA).

Tobias Caspary

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Tobias Caspary is a Partner in Fried Frank's Antitrust and Competition team. He divides his time between Fried Frank's London and Frankfurt offices. He has previously practised competition law several years in Brussels at another major international law firm. Tobias also advises on EU economic sanctions and other trade regulatory matters. Tobias advises clients involved in EU and German competition and regulatory investigations and litigation as well as coordinating local counsel on multi-jurisdictional matters. His practice spans merger control, cartel and other competition law infringements, market/sector investigations and general competition law regulatory and counselling, across many industry sectors.

Lee Callaghan

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Lee Callaghan is Head of Group Legal and group Competition Counsel for Aviva plc since 2001. Aviva is the fifth largest Global financial services group and the biggest insurer in Europe. Various articles for the IICJ including the PPI inquiry and 10 ways to conduct a Competition Commission Investigation as well as Entering the Russian Market, taming the Russian Bear.

Walt Linscott

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Walt Addison Linscott, Esq. is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Carestream Health, Inc. which is headquartered in Rochester, New York, USA. He is responsible for all legal, compliance and security issues affecting the company worldwide. His experience spans three decades and prior to his current role at Carestream, Mr. Linscott spent seventeen years in private law practice where he founded the Atlanta, Georgia office of an international law firm and served as the Chair of its global Life Science practice. In addition to his private practice experience, he has served as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of an international branded pharmaceutical company where he was responsible for global legal, public and government affairs. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Linscott served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps where he commanded an anti-terrorist force and had responsibility for the safety and security of nuclear weapons. He is a graduate of the University of Dayton School of law as a Dean's Scholar and Managing Editor of the Law Review. He has completed the program in Negotiation at Harvard Law School and recently completed the Global Strategic Leadership program at the University of Oxford, UK.

Bryan Yeazel

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Bryan J. Yeazel is the Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc.. The views he expresses are his own and this article is written personally and not as a representative of his employer.

Loreto Reguera

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Loreto Reguera is senior legal counsel for EMEA, Intel Corporation. She started her career with Intel Corporation UK ltd in October 2005 as an attorney providing legal support to business and engineering teams, with special focus in software licensing and IP matters. Since 2008 Loreto has provided Intel with legal support on IP policy in Brussels. She is an active member of various groups at Digital Europe, and a regular attendee of the Intellectual Property Rights Modules of ETSI, ITU and DVB. Before working for Intel, Loreto was responsible during more than 5 years for all legal support in Benelux, Europe South and Latin America for EMC Corporation. Born in Spain, she received her Master’s in Law from Granada University School of Law in 1997. Loreto is admitted to the Spanish Law Bar since 1998. She also holds Masters in European and International Law from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

Darren Isaacs

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Darren Isaacs is a dual-qualified Australian/UK employment lawyer. He graduated in 1994 from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, with a BEc, an LLB, and a Grad. Dip. Leg. Prac.. He is admitted in Australia (NSW, ACT and Commonwealth jurisdictions) as well as in England & Wales; he has also practised as a foreign lawyer in Hong Kong. Having spent most of his career at international law firm Linklaters, he is now a partner in a London employment law boutique firm, GQ Employment Law LLP.

Leonard Segreti

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Leonard Segreti spent 16 years working in human resources before becoming qualified as an attorney approximately 20 years ago. He is currently Senior Corporate Counsel – Labor, for CenturyLink and has been involved in several acquisitions in the EU. He holds a BA from St. John's University, a Masters Degree in Labor and Industrial Relations from the New York Institute of Technology, and a JD from the University of Denver College of Law. He is licensed to practice law in NY and CO.

Natalija Popovic

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Natalija Popovic is Senior Enforcement Counsel for the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, IIROC, the national regulator of its member investment firms and investment advisors. She has over 20 years of legal experience, is currently a member of the Ontario Bar and was also called to the Bar of Bermuda. For several years Ms. Popovic practiced commercial litigation, including professional discipline for the accounting profession, at a downtown Toronto law firm. Ms. Popovic subsequently relocated to Bermuda where she worked in compliance at the Bank of Butterfield. Upon returning to Toronto, Canada, Ms. Popovic has worked in professional discipline and securities regulation at The Toronto Stock Exchange, Market Regulation Services Inc. and IIROC. Ms. Popovic has worked as a volunteer for the Ontario Bar Association; as a lecturer for the Law Society of Upper Canada; as an Articling Principal and student mentor; with the Junior Achievement Program, as a moot court judge at the University of Toronto, and as a committee member for St. Joseph’s Health Care Centre. She is a frequent presenter at conferences on issues of professional discipline and regulation.

David Carrington

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David Carrington is General Counsel at Bombora Technologies, based in Melbourne. He previously worked at Schillings, the London law firm specialising in privacy, and as in-house counsel at the BBC and Channel Four Television where he advised on broadcast and online defamation and privacy issues.

Guy Betar

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Guy Betar is a Corporate/IT lawyer with over 20 years’ experience as a law firm partner, corporate counsel, and executive manager. His background is primarily as a corporate commercial lawyer, with specific international expertise in IT/IP, particularly technology and software. He has worked on transactions in various jurisdictions, from the Middle East, Europe and Asia to the US, and has negotiated and managed large, multi-national transactions in various parts of the world. He is very comfortable working almost anywhere in the world and has experience working professionally with a diverse range of cultures, laws and systems, including the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. He has extensive experience in advising on structuring, negotiating, drafting and implementing complex commercial agreements and arrangements, particularly in the IP and IT fields. He is an experienced team leader, and well versed in executive management as well as the practice of law, and is a published author and an experienced presenter.

David Newkirk

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David G. Newkirk is the General Counsel of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the direct insurance business unit of Swiss Re. As General Counsel, he leads teams the provision of legal services for the business unit on a global basis. Previously, David was lead lawyer for Swiss Re's US Commercial Insurance segment. In both roles, he has helped his employer achieve regulatory compliance with post-disaster regulatory and legal changes on numerous occasions. He began his in house practice with GE Insurance Solutions in 1990. David has BA degree and a JD with high distinction from the University of Nebraska. He is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Kansas.

Roland Paschek

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Roland Paschek has studied law in Regensburg, Heidelberg and Liège. He holds degrees in Law from Bavaria (ass. Jur., ref. Jur.) and is admitted to the bar in Germany (RAK Bamberg). He has worked in in-house legal roles for former Lufthansa Systems GmbH (intern, sales) and for Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH (currently: Chief Counsel). His responsibilities in Lufthansa AirPlus on top of Legal also included Data Protection and Compliance.

Dan Lowin

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Daniel Lowin has served since 2009 as Senior Counsel with Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO), a multinational analytics and decision management company. His practice focuses primarily on litigation management and employment law and secondarily on intellectual property, corporate governance, and transactional matters. Daniel routinely advises on employment issues across FICO’s global operations and he has provided legal support for the establishment of new operations in several countries in the EMEA and APAC regions. Prior to joining FICO, Daniel worked as an associate in the Trial group of Dorsey & Whitney, LLP. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2005, and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Amherst College in 2002.

Jeanette Fitzgerald

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Jeanette Fitzgerald imparts legal expertise to the executive team and manages legal strategy, specifically as it relates to Epsilon's growth in the marketing services industry. She guides the company on privacy developments and impact to the company. Prior to joining Epsilon, Jeanette served as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for five years at Alliance Data and was pivotal in Alliance Data's acquisition of Epsilon. At Alliance Data, Jeanette provided strategic counsel on issues ranging from intellectual property to M&A activity. Previously, Jeanette worked at EW Blanch, as a leading re-insurance broker, where she presided over contracts, M&A activity and served as general corporate counsel.

Hanne Melin

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Hanne Melin is Policy Strategy Counsel EMEA at eBay Inc. This article builds on work the author carries out for the eBay Inc. Public Policy Lab but the views expressed should not be attributed to eBay Inc. and all mistakes are those of the author.

Jack Sorokin

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Jack Sorokin has had extensive experience as regulatory affairs counsel, most recently as Deputy General Counsel for Beckman Coulter, Inc., a leading international manufacturer and marketer of biomedical testing instrument systems. His practice covered the range of regulatory issues including medical device, environmental, occupational safety and health, hazardous materials, controlled substance and transportation. His practice also included corporate law and governance, SEC compliance, finance, risk management, supply chain, manufacturing, real estate, procurement and import/export law. He is currently teaching, writing and working as contract Counsel. He may be contacted by email at jesorokin@gmail.com.

Frederic De-Brouwer

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Frédéric de Brouwer has been in Bank Regulatory Affairs for almost 15 years. Before joining SocGen in 2005 , he was Legal Counsel of the European Banking Federation, the organization representing banks in Brussels. He spent 4 years as Head of European Regulatory Affairs in SocGen and then became Head of Legal & Compliance in Tokyo and Deputy General Counsel Asia. He is now back in Paris and is the Lead Lawyer for the EMIR Project.

Joren De Wachter

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Joren De Wachter is an independent IP strategist, who advises businesses and investors on how to generate more value from their Intellectual Capital. He focuses on software and IT, Internet, content and new media. As one of the first independent actors in the field of IP strategy, he helps investors and businesses understand what their IP is, and how they can use it better in their business. He defines IP as “a tool to bring innovation to market, and to scale it to new markets”. Qualified as a lawyer in civil and common law jurisdictions, he has extensive experience in international software businesses. Joren speaks fluent Dutch, English and French. He recently published his first book “The Wealth of Ideas”, gave a very well received presentation at TEDx Leuven called “Is IP a thought crime?”. He is an expert in business models around 3D printing. http://jorendewachter.com http://be.linkedin.com/in/jorendewachter

Tatiana Egorova

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Tatiana Egorova is the Unit Head of legal support of loan transactions of the Legal Department of Commercial Bank “Garanti Bank - Moscow” (ZAO). In 1998 she graduated from Moscow State University for International Relations (MGIMO) - the best University in Russia, that trains professional personnel for the Government of the Russian Federation to work with the international community. MGIMO is Russia's most prestigious educational institution for young people with international interests. Tatiana Egorova is anexperienced in-house lawyer with 16 years of experience in banking sphere specialising in corporate, lending, and specific legal requirements set by the Bank of Russia for banks. Her career path also includes 8 years at the subsidiary of the German Bank WestLB AG – Bank WestLB Vostok (Moscow). In 2007 she played an important role in successful completion of the bank’s charter capital increase. During her work in WestLB she managed to file submissions for approval of positions with the Bank of Russia for 7 top managers 3 of which were foreign citizens. WestLB was forced to close their activity in Russia and all over the world due to the global financial crisis

Simon Daniels

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Dr Simon Daniels is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, with a background in private practice, representing clients in maritime, commercial and criminal litigation. He developed a career in alternative dispute resolution as a Qualified Dispute Resolver and Member of the Faculty of Mediation and ADR, founded by the Academy of Experts. In addition to mediation and arbitration, he continued to advise clients in a consultancy capacity, both in civil and criminal proceedings in the maritime sector. Simon has brought his professional background to the academic field, as Senior Lecturer in Maritime Law at Southampton Solent University, whose mission is to pursue inclusive and flexible forms of Higher Education that meet the needs of employers and prepare students to succeed in a fast-changing competitive world. He has written and presented a number of papers in subjects associated with marine law as well as in the field of corporate manslaughter. Simon has a particular interest in the field of the criminalisation of the Ship’s Master which harnesses his professional career to his background in the maritime industry. In 2012 he was awarded a PhD for his thesis: The Criminalisation of the Ship’s Master. A new approach for the new millennium. Simon has close ties with the United States and has carried out a substantial research project on Britain’s involvement in the American Civil War. In October 2005, Simon was admitted to Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators. In 2006 he was made a Freeman By Redemption of the City of London.

Harish Suryavanshi

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Harish Suryavanshi has been working with Tech Mahindra Limited since March, 2010, as a Corporate Counsel and has been handling commercial contracts for the MEA region. He has a wide experience of dealing with cross-border transactions and negotiations. Having more than 8 years of professional experience, Harish has also been contributing to knowledge sharing, training internal customers and mentoring colleagues. He has worked with both IT and non-IT industries in the US, UK and MEA region.

Kristin Berglund

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Raquel Hoover

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Raquel Hoover is a recent graduate of Florida A&M University College of Law and spent last year as a Business Development Intern at Golf Channel working on a variety of legal and business growth matters. Hoover is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Studies and Psychology and a minor in Spanish for the Professions.

Janne Järvenoja

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Andrew Fleming

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Andrew Fleming is Golf Channel’s Vice President of Business Development and Senior Counsel. Fleming advises the company on key matters of strategic importance and works to create new business opportunities and maximize existing assets. Fleming also advises and negotiates partnerships on behalf of GolfNow, the world’s largest digital golf business. Fleming is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and Northwestern University.

Catherine Walberg

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Henrik Duedahl Høyer

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Henrik Duedahl Høyer holds a Master Degree in Law (cand. jur.) from Aarhus University, an LL.M from King’s College, London University and is admitted to the Danish Bar. Further, Henrik Duedahl Høyer has studied at the European University Institute in Florence and been a researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He has worked for the Commission of the European Union (Stagiaire), venture-backed (Cocom – General Counsel), listed (NASDAQ: CSCO) and privately held companies (Nets Holding).

Anders Arvidsson

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Anders Arvidsson, is head of value extraction services at Zacco. He has more than 19 years' experience of developing, valuing and monetising patent assets in the corporate world. Zacco is one of Europe's largest full-service IP firms, with offices in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Germany. Mr Arvidsson works closely with clients to leverage the value of their intellectual property in Europe. He has provided customised services for clients that have an interest in monetising or investing in intellectual property. As a market maker, Mr Arvidsson has been one of the pioneers in creating the marketplace for IP transactions, which has helped to protect companies’ strategic product position and to maximise the value of their intellectual property. He is constantly seeking new ways of using intellectual property as a strategic tool to achieve competitiveness in the IP market, and has been selected for inclusion in the IAM 300 – the World’s Leading IP Strategists. Previously, Mr Arvidsson worked for Nokia, where he headed the patent acquisition team. He contributed to annual revenue capture from various investments and negotiated transactions involving multiple patent portfolios.

Karine Tatoyan

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Karine Tatoyan is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar. She graduated with honors from the Villanova School of Business and the Widener University School of Law. Since her graduation in 2012, Karine continued work in the business sector, focusing on regulatory enforcement of legislative provisions in the real estate market. While at Widener Law, Karine received The Lucinda Peipher Memorial Award, an academic achievement award for outstanding performance in International & Business Law. Karine also competed in the 2012 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the world's largest moot court competition with participants from over 500 law schools in more than 80 countries. Although a native of Ukraine, Karine grew up in Philadelphia from age five. She is fluent in Russian and is proficient in Spanish. Combining this interest of culture, business and the law, Karine completed a yearlong Public Interest Externship with DuPont Legal, an international organization where she worked in the Discovery Excellence Center and gained exposure to all areas of the law. Presently, Karine hopes to continue her career in international business law, utilizing studied world legal knowledge and the innovation of her generation.

Patricia Eastwood

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Patricia Eastwood is a Senior Corporate Counsel of Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation and an experienced Six Sigma Green Belt. Since arriving at Caterpillar in 1996, Patricia has supported the Financial Products Division in documenting secured transactions and more recently, as the managing attorney for the Treasury, Securities and Compliance practice group. Her responsibilities include developing and assisting with compliance processes for Cat Financial businesses worldwide including those addressing employee relations, consumer protection, financial industry regulations, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other improper payment laws, anti-money laundering, export controls and data privacy policies and laws.

Kathy Belleau

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Kathryn Belleau has been in the intellectual property field for more than thirty years, working for both law firms and as in-house counsel. She has been in her current position with Pitney Bowes Inc. for five years. With a strong international background, and knowledge of several foreign languages, she is able to offer a global view to her clients and a versatility and insight not readily available from others without an international background. In addition to practicing intellectual property law, she also teaches several sessions on Trademarks, US and Global Enforcement, and Domain Names and Cybersquatting at UCONN Law School.

Louise Pentland

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Diana Maher

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Diana Maher is currently working as a Senior Legal Counsel for KONE Corporation. Previously she acted as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at the international bathroom products group Sanitec and was in charge of all legal affairs in Sanitec group. She also worked for the European Commission, Tellabs and KPMG in different legal positions. She has been engaged in several M&A transactions, financing arrangements, restructuring processes, IPR and compliance related matters.

Vincent Catanzaro

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Vincent M. Catanzaro is Senior Counsel, Global Discovery Manager for E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. In this role, Vince is responsible for counseling the Company concerning how best to comply with evolving legal standards relating to discovery, guiding and supporting the legal teams in the development of e-discovery response strategies and the use of litigation technology, coordinating, managing and monitoring the work of the Company’s discovery vendors and overseeing DuPont Legal’s Discovery Excellence Center. Before assuming this role, Vince worked with various DuPont litigation groups specializing in discovery management and consulting on the development of DuPont’s Discovery Policies and Guidelines. Prior to joining DuPont, Vince practiced in suburban Philadelphia where he concentrated on Construction Litigation on the state and federal level. He represented a diverse client base from industry suppliers to individual contractors in contract disputes, design interpretation, zoning matters and sales agreements. A dual citizen of both the United States and Italy, Vince has been active in community, cultural and professional organizations as he is currently a member of the National Italian American Bar Association and National Order of the Sons of Italy. He is a current member of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production, a former faculty member of the Georgetown Law School Advanced e-Discovery Institute and Academy, a member of the Richard Herrmann Technology Inn of Court, a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt and an Adjunct Professor of eDiscovery at Widener University Legal Education Institute. Vince has co-authored an article for the ACC Docket Magazine with Jonathan Redgrave, entitled, “Managing the Emerging Business and Legal Realities of Social Media in Corporate America” and an article for the International In-house Counsel Journal entitled “Shhh- the Internet is listening: Has technology eroded Attorney-Client Privilege and what can You do about it?”. Vince received his undergraduate degree from Temple University and his Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law where he served on the Student Bar Association and the Legal Skills Committee. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of New Jersey, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the State of Delaware for the limited practice of law as in-house counsel.

Wes Blumenshine

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Wes Blumenshine is General Counsel and Secretary of Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation and Deputy General Counsel of Caterpillar Inc. Wes is also the Chairman-elect of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a member of the Board of Directors of the Nashville based Martha O’Bryan Center, a member of the Bradley University College of Civil Engineering & Construction Advisory Board, a member of the Caterpillar Political Action Committee Steering Committee, the Executive Sponsor of Caterpillar Financial’s Military Support Network, and has served for ten years as the Caterpillar Law and Public Policy 6 Sigma Champion. Wes has been an attorney for Caterpillar for 25 years in the areas of finance, international, capital markets, litigation, employment, benefits, logistics, patents, and trademarks.

Marianne Slivkova

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Marianne Slivkova is currently Senior Corporate Counsel for Bristol-Myers Squibb. She is primarily responsible for providing legal advice on legal risk, interpretation of FDA advertising regulations, PDMA, healthcare fraud and abuse, product liability, privacy, and antitrust statutes and regulations, other federal and state laws, and company policies and procedures to U.S. marketing, sales and medical management. During 2012, she served as the interim head of BMS’s Japanese legal department, and continues to provide support to BMS’s attorneys based in Japan and Korea. Prior to joining Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ms. Slivkova was a Senior Litigation Associate at Moses & Singer in New York City, and at Dewey Ballantine LLP. Ms. Slivkova is a graduate of the Harvard School of Public Health, New York University School of Law, and Columbia College, Columbia University. She has served as a presenter on Japan at Seton Hall’s Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress in Singapore in 2013. The opinions expressed in this article are solely her own…

M. James “Jim” Daley

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M. James “Jim” Daley, Esq., CIPP/US is co-founder of Daley & Fey LLP, a boutique law firm devoted to helping clients reduce legal risk, contain cost, and ensure compliance with records management, electronic discovery and data privacy obligations. Jim serves as a trusted advisor for a wide variety of Fortune 500 clients, as was profiled in 2010 by The American Lawyer as “Who You ‘Gonna Call” for national coordinating e-discovery counsel. Jim is also frequently selected as an Independent Expert by courts, clients and other counsel to evaluate corporate e-discovery, records management and data privacy conduct. Jim leverages over 30 years of complex litigation experience, his Master’s Degree in Information Systems, and his experiences as Co-Chair of The Sedona Conference® Working Group Six on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure (2005-2012) to help U.S. and multi-national clients develop practical, cost-effective solutions to records and information management, e-discovery, and data privacy compliance challenges. Jim and his team help clients develop and implement process and technology solutions including: data privacy and security controls; disposition of legacy electronic media and print information; e-mail archiving and electronic records management solutions; legal hold management and compliance monitoring solutions; RIM policy and procedure; RIM and legal hold training; U.S. and global records retention schedules; selection of preferred vendor panels; and litigation and regulatory compliance readiness programs, among others. Jim also helps global companies successfully navigate the risk and costs of cross-border transfers of data in business, legal and regulatory contexts, as well as cloud computing, social networking and other emerging technologies. Jim is a frequent author and speaker on records management, e-discovery and data privacy issues. His service and publications include: Past Co-Chair of The Sedona Conference® Working Group Six on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure (2005-2012); Senior Editor of “The Sedona Conference® International Principles on Discovery, Disclosure and Data Protection” (2012); Author of “Information Age Catch 22: The Challenge of Technology to Cross-Border Disclosure and Data Privacy”, 11 Sedona Conf. J. 121 (Fall 2011); Contributing Author of the first German-language treatise on e-discovery: “E-Discovery im internationalen Rechtsstreit und Datenschutz” Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin (2011); and Co-Editor-in-Chief of “The Sedona Conference® Framework for Analysis of Cross-Border Discovery Conflicts: A Practical Guide to Navigating the Competing Currents of International Data Privacy and E-Discovery” (2008).

Alison Wisniewski

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Alison Wisniewski is Senior Legal Counsel for Epiq Systems, Inc. and its subsidiary companies. At Epiq, Ms. Wisniewski works on general corporate matters including sales transactions, commercial transactions, mergers & acquisitions, data privacy, compliance, risk management, intellectual property, and transactional employment matters, among other things Prior to joining Epiq in 2010, Ms. Wisniewski practiced in house at an asset management company called Crown Northcorp in White Plains, NY, where she assisted the FDIC in the dissolution of various banks throughout the country. Ms. Wisniewski has also practiced at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and Sidley Austin LLP, each in New York, NY, representing corporate and private equity clients in various matters including mergers & acquisitions, securities filings and corporate governance.

Fernanda Rocha

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Fernanda Rocha is a rights and licensing manager, art editor and photographer with over 13 years of hands-on experience in the fields of media licensing, photography, contract and fee negotiations, traditional and digital media in the publishing and advertising industries. Her background in the American and Latin American markets encompasses books, magazines, newspapers and digital advertising. She has headed the licensing and reproductions operation at the Miami Herald Archives, and is currently managing rights for Colgate-Palmolive digital campaigns in Latin America at Young & Rubicam Agency. Her blog on copyright and other intellectual property is available at http://lecopychat.wordpress.com

Chanin Ballance

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Chanin Ballance, CEO, VIA brings years of experience in technology, business management and marketing to her role as CEO at VIA. She has spearheaded VIA’s constant advance into new technological landscapes, from mobile training solutions, machine and hybrid translation to customized multilingual product launches in 32 countries. Prior to VIA, Chanin co-founded The Language Company, a language and cross-cultural training school and translation service, where she was responsible for general management and finance, before selling the school to Berlitz. Chanin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Science from Marylhurst College and completed graduate work in Biochemistry at Portland State University. She also completed executive management studies at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Chanin has studied five foreign languages and has sat on the board of the American Marketing Association and Starve Ups, a non-profit entrepreneur group. She is an active member of YPO and WBENC, and has also been published in prominent industry publications like Compliance & Ethics Professional, Chief Learning Officer, Inside Healthcare, Inc. Magazine and more.

Axel Viaene

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Axel is the global General Counsel and Company Secretary of GrandVision, a company with approximately 5800 optical stores and more than 25,000 employees in 44 countries, including the US and the BRIC countries. He joined the company in 2013 and is based at the company's global HQ located at Schiphol airport. The company went public on Euronext Amsterdam in February 2015. The company’s brand portfolio includes Vision Express, Pearle, Eyewish, GrandOptical, Générale d’Optique, Solaris and Apollo Optik. His brief consists of defining and implementing a risk management strategy for the company worldwide, building a stable legal, corporate and compliance platform for profitable business growth and establishing a company legal function that can partner with the business to achieve its ambitious global growth targets. He advises the Supervisory Board, Management Board, CEO and CFO on a wide array of legal issues, notably corporate governance, ethics & compliance, treasury & financing, tax, data protection, litigation, intellectual property, competition law, new market entries, acquisitions, joint ventures, franchise, e-commerce and commercial. Prior to GrandVision, Axel Viaene was EMEA Legal Director, Corporate Counsel for Starbucks from 2003 until 2013. He was based at the company’s European headquarters and roasting facility in Amsterdam. His responsibilities included providing legal counsel and training to the European Starbucks business on a broad range of issues, particularly in the areas of commercial, licensing, franchise, M&A, real estate, employment, competition, contract management, corporate governance and environmental law and works councils. Prior to joining Starbucks, Axel served from 2000 until 2003 as Benelux Legal Director for Dell Inc., based in Amsterdam, advising the Belgian and Dutch management teams and helping to set up the company’s government relations function in Brussels. Prior to Dell, Axel worked as international associate attorney at the global headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta from 1997 until 2000. Axel has been a member of the New York Bar since 1998 and served as President of the Board of Directors of the European Chapter of ACC during the 2009-2010 term. Mr. Viaene received an LL.M. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a recipient of Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial and Fulbright scholarships, and is a graduate of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Law School in Belgium. He is fluent in English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Todd Tabor

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Todd Tabor is Senior Counsel at Hewlett-Packard Company and joined the company thirteen years ago. During his tenure, Todd has served many roles, including HP’s Global Privacy and Security Lead for the HP Software, Cloud, and Open Source group. Todd is also a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Jayne Rothman

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Jayne Rothman is Vice President, Corporate Counsel for Epiq Systems, Inc. and its subsidiary companies. At Epiq, Jayne manages general matters including corporate, mergers & acquisitions, commercial transactions, litigation, employment, data privacy, compliance, risk management, insurance, intellectual property, and management of outside counsel, among others. Prior to joining Epiq in 2005, Ms. Rothman practiced at Dewey LeBoeuf LLP in Los Angeles, where she represented ABC/ESPN and creditors in the Worldcom and United Air Lines Chapter 11 cases, and at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York, representing corporate M&A and restructuring clients including Enron Corp., Hughes Electronics Corp., Old Mutual Plc and Six Flags, Inc. Ms. Rothman also clerked for two years for Chief Judge Mark W. Vaughn, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, D. N.H.

Stella Gukova

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Stella Gukova graduated the ordinary state school in 1999 and successfully passed exams to one of the best universities – State University – High School of economics. Right after graduation she joined big Russian bank Investsberbank (now it’s part of Hungarian OTP banking group). Then she joined MIRA bank, which was relatively small in comparison but provided all scope of banking transactions. After 3 years she joined IPF (British Financial Group). It was very interesting because it was start up of a new bank. She successfully managed the process of obtaining license and set up of business and had close communication with the Central bank of Russia. But unfortunately the global crisis changed IPF’s plans and it was decided to close the business in Russia. At that moment she received and offer from SMBC to join the team establishing a new subsidiary. She joined Sumitomo Mitsui Rus Bank as Head of legal and supported the project of establishment but in half of a year got additional assignment of Local Compliance Officer. Currently she is Head of Legal and Compliance department.

Rodney Sparks

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Rodney L. Sparks, J.D., Ph.D. joined the University of Virginia Patent Foundation (d/b/a University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group) in 2004 from the well-known intellectual property group at law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, in Philadelphia. His practice concentrated on biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical patent issues, including medicine and gene therapy. He has represented a variety of clients in the United States and abroad, including universities, biotechnology companies, and pharmaceutical companies. Prior to working at Drinker, he was also in private practice at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP, and at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, both in Philadelphia. After completing his Ph.D. at the University of Texas Health Science at San Antonio, Dr. Sparks completed postdoctoral training in the cellular and molecular biology of cancer at the Johns Hopkins University and at the Mayo Clinic. He was on the faculty of the Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine and was a tenured faculty member at Tulane Medical School. While on the faculty at Tulane, he graduated from the evening program of the Loyola University School of Law. Dr. Sparks’ current focus includes overseeing outside patent counsel, drafting and prosecuting patents in the pharmaceutical and biological sciences, preparing opinions and providing counseling on patent matters. He also is responsible for providing counsel on government reporting matters for the Patent Foundation and teaches law students in the Law Student Patent and Licensing Clinic of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he is also a Lecturer. Dr. Sparks is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and belongs to the Biotechnology, Inter Partes Patent Proceedings Committee, Licensing and Management of IP Assets, and Patent-Relations with the PTO committees of that organization. He also is a member of the Association of University Technology Managers. Dr. Sparks has lectured at national and international meetings on various patent and licensing topics, has served in various consulting capacities for several agencies of the U.S. government, and is an adjunct faculty member of the University of Virginia School of Law, teaching a clinic in patent law and licensing. He has served as a judge for the Modern Marvel patent contest sponsored by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and InventNow.org.

Jan Hansen

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Jan Hansen joined Siemens in 2001 and has held several positions as Commercial Manager and Program Manager during his career. After spending four years in China, Mr. Hansen came to Compliance as Project Manager with the task of optimizing the compliance processes. In 2012, Mr. Hansen assumed his current position as Head of the Compliance Remediation & Risk Prevention department.

Joseph Lovell

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Joseph M. Lovell is a Co-Founder of CLMV Capital Asia, an investment banking boutique focusing on emerging Asia and the Managing Partner for Myanmar of BNG Legal Group (Cambodia). Previously, Joseph served as COO/General counsel for a frontier markets private equity fund management firm, corporate counsel for a Beijing based private equity group, an international attorney specializing in China-US cross border transactions & investment, senior consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers (Taipei), and as General Counsel/Managing Director for an investment bank with offices in New York and Beijing. He has negotiated and structured numerous international private equity investments in Asia and has played a lead role in the public listing of a number of Chinese companies in the US and UK. Joseph has a BS from Georgetown University (Chinese Language), and MA (Asian Studies) and JD degrees from the University of Hawaii. He is licensed to practice law in New York, Hawaii and Texas.

Kyle Faget

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Kyle Faget is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and currently Counsel at Boston Scientific Corporation, and worked as an associate in Government Enforcement at Ropes & Gray LLP prior to going in-house.

Joseph Drayton

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Joseph Drayton is a Partner in the New York office of Cooley LLP and is an experienced trial attorney, who has been named to the IAM Patent1000 list (2012 and 2013), a recognition that honors the top patent practitioners in the world. Mr. Drayton's practice background includes a broad range of intellectual property and complex commercial matters. He practices before state and federal courts, as well as the International Trade Commission. Mr. Drayton counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property acquisition, transfer, protection and enforcement. Mr. Drayton holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is admitted to the Bar in the states of New York and Maryland as well as the District of Columbia.

Jamie Melendez

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Jamie Melendez is in-house counsel with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. focusing on intellectual property asset management, intellectual property enforcement, licensing and digital media. She holds a B.M. from New York University, cum laude, and received her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law where she had the honor of serving as research fellow to Prof. J. Thomas McCarthy, author of the preeminent treatise, McCarthy on Trademark Law and Unfair Competition, 4th Ed. She is admitted to practice in New York.

Vanessa Soman

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Vanessa J. Soman is Vice-President and Associate General Counsel at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. In her current role she and her team are responsible for SEC/Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Privacy, and Employment matters. She is a seasoned attorney whose most recent roles have provided her with the opportunity to advise senior executives at two Fortune 500 companies on a variety of issues including risk-management and policy development that have mitigated counterfeits, increased compliance with regulations, and monetized intangible assets. Vanessa began her career as a trademark examining attorney at the U.S.P.T.O. She is admitted to practice in New York.

Sancho Guibert

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Sancho Guibert is Citi Deputy Country in Spain, Secretary to the Board and Senior Vice President. 1998-2009. Legal and Compliance for the Corporate, Investment and Private Bank Unit of Citi 1996-1998. Associate at Baker & McKenzie, Madrid office 1995-1996. Visiting lawyer at Mayer, Brown & Platt, New York Office 1995. Junior lawyer at Uria Menendez, New York Office

Marina Vitale

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Marina Vitale graduated in law at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Since 2008 she has been working in the legal dept of HP with the registered office in Palo Alto California.

Jon Downes

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Jon Downes Private practice - 4 years at Lovells in London, 6 years at Allens in Sydney, 6 years as General Counsel at First American Financial Corporation in Sydney, 2 years as General Counsel and Company Secretary at ACE Insurance, Australia & New Zealand.

Derek Devgun

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Derek Devgun is Senior Legal Specialist – M&A at Medtronic, Inc., managing and coordinating legal work and legal teams (both in-house lawyers and outside legal counsel) in support of Medtronic Corporate Development and business unit teams in all aspects of the company’s world-wide M&A/business development activities (acquisitions, divestitures, strategically-driven minority investments and large licensing transactions – pre-transaction support, due diligence, transaction structuring, document drafting and negotiation, and closing). Representative transactions include: U.S. private company acquisitions with and without earnout structures; U.S. public company acquisitions; acquisitions of outside-US private companies; carve-out divestitures of non-strategic global business unit and product lines to private equity firms; secured loans to, and pre-negotiated acquisition agreement with, private outside-US companies; and numerous other M&A, divestiture, strategic investment and strategic loan transactions (both US/domestic and international).

Marc Bauer

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Dr Marc Bauer is a part of Amgen’s International Law Group based in Zug. Before joining Amgen he was 6 years as an external counsel with the international law firm HoganLovells where he advised clients in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry on all commercial matters including Compliance. He is also part of Amgen's digital media working group.

Nicolai Ellehuus

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Nicolai Ellehuus: 1980: Born in Copenhagen, Denmark Education: 2000-2003: Bachelor of Law, Copenhagen University, Denmark 2003-2004: Diplôme Administration et Politiques Internationales (Law degree) from the Université Pierre Mèndes France in Grenoble, France 2005-2006: Brittingham Viking Scholar at Law School of University of Wisconsin-Madison (LL.M. studies), USA 2003-2007: Master of Laws, Copenhagen University, Denmark Work experience: 2000-2003: Legal trainee at public tribunal under Danish Justice Department 2004-2007: Legal trainee at international law firm working with intellectual property 2007-2009: Legal Counsel and Group AML Officer at international investment bank 2009- to-date: Attorney-at-Law and Corporate Counsel at Novo Nordisk

Renato Dellamano

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Renato Dellamano is the President of ValueVector, a consulting agency he founded in 2003 that provides strategic advice to companies operating in the healthcare field. One of the top experts worldwide in the field of pharmaceutical and biotech pricing and reimbursement, he accumulated more than twenty years of extensive business experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to founding ValueVector, Renato was the global Head of Strategic Pricing at the Headquarters of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche, in Basel. In the seven years he held this position, he was instrumental in developing global pricing and reimbursement strategies for pharmaceutical products in all the disease areas Roche had an interest in, including internally developed and in-licensed projects. Before heading the Strategic Pricing function, he spent almost two years as Global Controller of the Pharma Division of Hoffmann-La Roche, with responsibility on the Europe-Africa region. Previously, Renato had held senior managerial positions at the Italian Affiliate of Hoffmann-La Roche, in Milan, where – between 1989 and 1994 – he headed the Strategic Planning, the Pricing and Reimbursement and the Business Development functions. A Health Economist and a former professor of Hospital Management, he holds a degree in economics from the Bocconi University of Milan and specialized in Health Economics at the CERGAS - Center for Research on Health Care Management, in Milan.

Sharon Reiche

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Sharon Reiche is Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property Policy, at Pfizer Inc. In her role as Corporate Counsel she works on IP policies that advance the protection of Pfizer’s substantial investment in research and development. She holds a BS from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.

Mario Petti

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Valeria Steblyuk

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Valeria Steblyuk is the Senior Lawyer of Commercial Bank “Garanti Bank - Moscow” (ZAO). In 2005 she graduated from National Research University – Higher School of Economics – one of the best universities in Russia. Valeria Steblyuk is a well-experienced in-house lawyer in banking sphere. During her professional life she worked at such leading and the largest banks in Russia as OJSC “Promsvyasbank” and Bank TRUST.

Steven Stern

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Dr Steven Stern holds the offices of University General Counsel and University Secretary at Victoria University, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Victoria Law School of that University. Previously he has been a Senior Associate at what is now King & Wood Mallesons; Director, Legal Advice and Review Branch/General Counsel to the National Companies and Securities Commission/Australian Securities Commission; Corporation Secretary and Principal Legal Officer at the Australian Wool Corporation; and an officer in the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department. He holds the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy from The University of Melbourne with a thesis on The Law of Money, that is, the influence of monetary economics on financial law; and of Master of Laws also from The University of Melbourne which included a major thesis on the legal protection of computer software (an abridgement of which was published in the Australian Law Journal), as well as the degrees of Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws from Monash University in Australia.

William Kruse

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William E Kruse is a Vice President, Legal Counsel, and Regulatory Compliance Officer for Gallup, the world’s most trusted survey research and management consulting organization. His office is located in Washington, DC, at Gallup’s world headquarters, where he is responsible for matters of world-wide public procurement and global legal compliance. He is part of a small handpicked legal team of six in-house counsel headed by Gallup’s General Counsel and Ethics Officer, Steven D. O’Brien. His legal work for Gallup has taken him to Cameroon, China, Ghana, India, Kenya, Liberia, Thailand, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. He came to Gallup from a premier railroad and maritime litigation firm in the mid-west of the United States, Holland, Groves, Schneller & Stolze, LLC., where he litigated matters in Federal and State courts across the United States in both the trial and appellate courts. He will forever be indebted to Eric Holland and his team of world-class attorneys for their training and leadership. Mr. Kruse spent six years in the United States Coast Guard, with several years spent at sea on the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant, a medium endurance cutter home ported in Miami Beach, Florida. He handled procurement and budgeting for the Valiant, and later CGD7 (DPA). While serving onboard the Valiant, he served as a tactical boarding team member and cutter rescue swimmer. Mr. Kruse graduated seventh in his class from Florida International University College of Law, and performed externships with the United States Coast Guard’s JAG office in Miami as well as with the Miami Public Defender’s office as a felony division Florida Rule 11 trial attorney.

Svetlana Björkman

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Svetlana Björkman, was born and grew up in Uzbekistan (the former USSR republic) in 1977, graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University with a degree in international law. For 8 years worked as a legal consultant and later on as a project coordinator under programmes being implemented by United Nations. During 2 years worked with Committee for Investments and Strategic projects of Government of Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Currently worked as a legal counsel, Power Plants Wärtsilä Finland oy.

Robert Stier

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Gustaf Lagercrantz is Head of Contracts at Net Insight AB and responsible for managing the legal activities and export control of the Net Insight Group. He joined Net Insight in 2006. Gustaf holds a Master of Laws from Stockholm University and is a certified Export Control Manager of Dual-Use Goods and Technology. He has 10 years of law firm and in-house counsel experience in Sweden and the U.K.

Gabrielle Holley

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Prior to forming her current firm in 2007, she worked at a major international law firm for ten years, doing the same type of work.

April Wurster

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April Wurster Esq., joined ViaCyte in 2011 and serves as Patent Attorney. April Wurster routinely works on intellectual property protection and enforcement involving patents and trademarks. Prior to joining ViaCyte, Ms. Wurster was with the law firm of Baker and McKenzie where she helped clients establish and maintain patent and trademark portfolios, and assists in the drafting and negotiations of licenses and assignments. Ms. Wurster has broad experience with intellectual property litigation in California and Texas. She has also conducted interferences with the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, as well as investigations with the International Trade Commission. Ms. Wurster holds a M.S. and B.S in biochemistry and cell biology from the University of California, San Diego. She received her J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law.

Miikka Konttinen

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Miikka Konttinen works as a Legal Counsel at Neste Oil Corporation and is a member of the board of directors of the Finnish IT Law Association. At Neste Oil, he is responsible for legal affairs of the procurement function, which manages the corporation’s total spend (~1,000 M€/a), however excluding feedstock and crude oil supply.

Liz Bui

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Liz Bui PhD, Esq. joined ViaCyte in 2007 and serves as Vice President and Intellectual Property Counsel. In addition to overseeing all matters related to intellectual property, Dr. Bui is instrumental in the execution of corporate partnerships, licensing contracts, and other key business alliances. Prior to joining ViaCyte, Dr. Bui was with the law firm of DLA Piper, in the Global Life Science Sector, where she focused on IP asset management and protection strategies. She began her law career as a technology specialist at the firm of Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly. Dr. Bui holds a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology from the University of California, Los Angeles and was a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Irvine where her research focused on the biochemistry of Alzheimer’s disease. She received her J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California. Dr. Bui also sits on the Board of the Toussaint Academy of San Diego a member of Father Joe's Villages. Dr. Bui is fluent in Vietnamese.

Gustaf Lagercrantz

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Gustaf Lagercrantz is Head of Contracts at Net Insight AB and responsible for managing the legal activities and export control of the Net Insight Group. He joined Net Insight in 2006. Gustaf holds a Master of Laws from Stockholm University and is a certified Export Control Manager of Dual-Use Goods and Technology. He has 10 years of law firm and in-house counsel experience in Sweden and the U.K.

Bruce Fox

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Bruce R. Fox is Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary with The Main Street America Group headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Mr. Fox’s duties include state and federal regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, complex transactions, corporate governance and litigation management. After a long career as an insurance defense litigator, handling civil trials and appeals in US state and federal courts, Mr. Fox became in-house counsel with The Main Street America Group, first by managing its staff counsel operations in Massachusetts before moving into a corporate counsel role and eventually becoming general counsel. Mr. Fox spent many years as an adjunct professor at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts and is the author of several legal articles published in US national law journals.

Jonathan Nilsen

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Jonathan Nilsen is a USA corporate attorney with more than twelve (12) years of experience. He has been advising a global, publicly-traded solar corporation for more than four (4) years. Prior to that, Mr. Nilsen had provided consultant legal corporate litigation defense services to some of Boston's most reputable law firms

John Pardun

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JAMS, Founded in 1979, The Resolution Experts is the largest private provider of mediation and arbitration services worldwide. With Resolution Centers nationwide and abroad, JAMS and its more than 300 exclusive neutrals are responsible for resolving thousands of the world’s important cases. JAMS may be reached at 800-352-5267 or by visiting www.jamsadr.com

Helen Nicklin

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Helen Nicklin is part of Virgin Media’s competition and regulatory affairs team, advising on a range of matters across the full suite of Virgin Media’s converged products and services consisting of TV, broadband, fixed and mobile telephony services. Helen has day-to-day interactions with regulators across all these areas and also works with government and policy makers to clarify and shape current and future regulation of key technology infrastructure and content distribution markets. Prior to Virgin Media, Helen spent 9 years in private practice as part of the competition team at Clifford Chance working on a number of high profile UK and EU mergers and advising on a range of behavioural and competition law compliance issues.

Sophie Braithwaite

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Sophie Braithwaite works as In-house Legal Counsel at Airwave Solutions Limited (“Airwave”), a technology & telecommunications company which delivers critical communications solutions both within the UK and Internationally. Sophie trained as a solicitor at Wragge & Co in London. Prior to training she worked for several years in the Food & Drink/ Media sectors, as a Business Affairs Executive for Jamie Oliver Limited - supporting Jamie Oliver’s range of businesses in their commercial endeavours. Most notably Sophie was responsible for the management of the company’s Intellectual Property portfolio.

Julian Potter

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Dr Julian Potter graduated from the University of London in 1986 with a degree in physics with microcomputer electronics and in 1990 obtained a PhD in millimetrewave physics. He is a Chartered Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney and his practice encompasses all physics-based disciplines, in particular telecommunications and associated technologies. He has wide experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications and representing clients before both the UK Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office. Julian is also an experienced Patent Attorney Litigator and has been involved in both Patents Court and Patents County Court litigation covering a wide range of technologies from cryptographic key exchange architecture (Irdeto v Telewest), design methods for oil exploration drill bits (Halliburton v Smith), GPS applications (GPS industries v Prolink) and packaging films (Innovia Films Ltd v Frito-Lay North America Inc.). Whilst managing the UK patent department of a leading global cellular telecommunications company, he gained wide experience of the commercial and strategic value of intellectual property on a global scale and regularly advises clients on the development, exploitation and enforcement of a global intellectual property portfolio.

Gill Smaggasgale

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Gill Smaggasgale has an honours degree in Chemistry from Exeter University. She is a Chartered Patent Attorney, a European Patent Attorney and a Registered Trade Mark Attorney. Gill’s practice encompasses a broad range of technologies with her core practice being in the fields of life science, medical device and chemical processing fields. Gill is a partner in the firm of WP Thompson. Prior to moving to private practice, Gill worked first as a research scientist before working in the in-house patent department of a major international company. These experiences enable Gill to bring a true commercial understanding to the protection and exploitation of intellectual property.

Andrew Thornton

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Andrew Thornton is a barrister practising in the field of company law. His particular specialism is in mergers and acquisitions and recent transactions in respect of which he has been involved include the takeover of the London Metal Exchange, the merger between Xstrata Plc and Glencore Plc and the reorganisation of the Honda Group.

Tobias Caspary

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Tobias Caspary is a Senior Associate in Fried Frank's Antitrust and Competition team. He divides his time between Fried Frank's London and Frankfurt offices. He has previously practised competition law several years in Brussels at another major international law firm. Tobias also advises on EU economic sanctions and other trade regulatory matters. Tobias advises clients involved in EU and German competition and regulatory investigations and litigation as well as coordinating local counsel on multi-jurisdictional matters. His practice spans merger control, cartel and other competition law infringements, market/sector investigations and general competition law regulatory and counselling, across many industry sectors.

Jens Burgard Rechtsanwalt

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Dr. Jens Burgard is a Senior Corporate Counsel at Siemens AG Compliance Legal in Erlangen, Germany, and is appointed as Head of the Regulatory and Finance Department. In this position, he is responsible for internal investigations into both public and commercial corruption cases, books & records violations as well as internal fraud cases, with and without the involvement of prosecutorial authorities, in Germany and worldwide. In addition, Dr. Burgard is safeguarding company interests worldwide in case of major investigations by public prosecutors and other authorities against Siemens AG, Siemens regional companies, affiliates, and employees. After graduating from Hamburg State University Law School in 1991, Dr. Burgard received a Dr. Juris graduation in 1992. Between 1992 and 1995, he worked as criminal defense lawyer at Krafft & Renz Law Firm, Ravensburg. From 1996 to 2000, Dr. Burgard acted as Judge at Freiberg Criminal Court, and as District Attorney within the White Collar Crime Department of Chemnitz Public Prosecution Authority. Between 2000 and 2007, Dr. Burgard was a member of the Siemens AG Compliance Office and the Siemens AG Legal Department. Since 2003, Dr. Burgard has been acting as examiner for state examination in criminal and criminal procedure law, appointed by the Bavarian Ministry of Justice. He is also a lecturer for criminal law at Heidelberg University.

Ronald Tee

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Ronald Tee is a Project Manager for FRA, with over twelve years of experience in data analytics, forensic technology, and eDiscovery. In addition to his impressive track record in data forensics, Ronald speaks four languages fluently and is the author of an advanced technical manual as well as a number of academic papers.

David Birk

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David R. Birk is the recently retired Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Avnet, Inc., a Fortune 150 global company which distributes and adds value to electronic components and computer products. He was General Counsel of Avnet for 23 years and was an attorney for Avnet for a total of 32 years. He also served for periods of time as Avnet’s Corporate Secretary and Chief of Staff. David was the chief architect of Avnet’s Shared Services design and implementation; and he lived in Europe on assignment for Avnet from 2003 to 2005. He has certifications in organizational change management and project management. David is currently managing director of Black Belt Compliance, LLC., a consulting firm that assists public companies with design and implementation of compliance programs. He can be contacted by email at dbirk@blackbelt-compliance.com.

Jason Garbell

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Jason Garbell, Senior Manager with Novozymes North America (Patent and Licensing Department). Employed with Novozymes since 2000, and recently returned to the US from an expat assignment in Novozymes' headquarters in Denmark. Prior to employment with Novozymes, was employed by an intellectual property law firm in New Jersey. Registered to practice in New York, New Jersey and before the US Patent & Trademark Office. Undergraduate degrees from University of Texas (Microbiology), and law degree from Case Western Reserve University.

Teresa Laimio

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Teresa Laimio is a Senior Legal Counsel of Valio Ltd and has worked in-house for more than 10 years with a particular focus on IP matters. She has a broad experince in international patent and trademark licensing, technology transfer, complicated IP disputes and legal advice related to brand strategy, brand advertising and sponsorship. Prior to joining Valio Ltd at 2002 she worked in-house at IT and insurance sector. Teresa is a postgraduate student in IP and commercial law at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Shahab Ahmed

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Shahab Ahmed in his role as a Director – Legal and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Corporation, focuses on global regulatory and commercial issues such as Data Protection, Privacy, Security, Interoperability, Standards and other ICT regulatory frameworks. Prior to this role, Mr. Ahmed was a Director in Antitrust and Interoperability group at Microsoft where he worked on competition policy. Mr. Ahmed has held a variety of Legal, business and technical leadership roles at Microsoft since 2005. Before joining Microsoft, he held leadership roles at Fortune 500 organizations including IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Target Corporation and United Healthcare Group. Mr. Ahmed has a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, a MBA in strategic Management and a JD degree. He has also done post doctorate technology policy work at Harvard University and holds a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) designation.

Mark Ohringer

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Mark J. Ohringer is the Global General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Ethics Officer of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. The views he expresses are his own and this article is written personally and not as a representative of his employer. Jones Lang LaSalle is a professional services and investment management firm offering specialized real estate services to clients seeking increased value by owning, occupying and investing in real estate.

Juan Di Luca

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Juan Di Luca is an international legal professional and eDiscovery expert with over fifteen years of experience in the US, South America, and Europe. His experience encompasses practicing as an attorney, international legal consultancy work, an academic appointment (Professor), legal interpretation and translation work, and managing international eDiscovery projects.

Howard Snoyman

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Howard Snoyman is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa, and has obtained both LLB and MSc. Med (Bioethics and Health Law) degrees. He attends to the legal and general commercial management of the company, including matters relating to compliance, labour, contract management and corporate governance.

Jo Anna Emery

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JoAnna Emery has a Bachelor's degree in Paralegal Studies/Prelaw. She is qualified as a US certified paralegal and specialist in intellectual property (“IP”). She has been in the IP profession since 1995 and has worked as a paralegal in the US and London in corporate and private practice firms, such as Raytheon and USFilter/Vivendi Water in the US and the London Stock Exchange and Foresters in the UK. She has responsibility for the overall management of Premier Foods IP. She advises on all IP matters and covers the following types of work: Management of the Group’s IP portfolio, Strategic review of the portfolio to ensure it is aligned with business strategy and objectives, new brand name/design clearance, patent clearance, review of all marketing material, renewals of existing registered trademarks, designs and patents, filing new trademark and design applications and prosecuting these to registration, liaising with patent agents regarding filing new patent applications and prosecuting these to grant, policing IP use, infringement matters, social media, IP agreements (especially licensing) and training.

Nadja van der Veer

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Nadja van der Veer is Deputy General Counsel at GlobalCollect. She has been working for the company for almost six years, right after having obtained her law degree at the University of Amsterdam and having studied a semester at the American University of Cairo. She has grown together with the company and now fulfills the role of deputy and acts as sounding board of the General Counsel and the Board. Next to day-to-day operational activities, her focus in this role goes out to reviewing of and advising on (inter)national legislation to a worldwide service provider like GlobalCollect and drafting business policies to allow the company to take decisions in line with applicable laws, such as AML, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery. Next to that, Nadja is closely involved in (i) several business expansion initiatives to advise upon regulatory and other legal impacts and (ii) process reviews to advise upon, determine and implement improvements into the legal department and throughout the company.

Eugene Defelice

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Gene DeFelice is the Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, of Barnes & Noble, Inc. He is responsible for all legal matters regarding Barnes & Noble, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including management of outside counsel. Mr. DeFelice is an experienced General Counsel with a wealth of experience in a range of areas, including legal, business management and commercial with full P&L responsibility, international, and board service. Mr. DeFelice graduated from Rutgers University, received his J.D. degree from Seton Hall University and a Masters of Business Administration with distinction from Webster University in Geneva, Switzerland.

Adam Todd

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Adam Todd is Legal Counsel for the Aker Process Systems business within the Aker Solutions Group of companies. Based in Oslo, Adam manages and advises upon legal and related strategic issues worldwide for Aker Process Systems including commercial, intellectual property and dispute related issues. Adam is a Canadian licensed Barrister & Solicitor (Law Society of Alberta) and practiced law in Calgary for several years prior to joining Aker Solutions in Norway.

Jared Palmer

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Jared S. Palmer leads AFN LLC’s recently combined Client Services and Legal Departments. Serving motor carriers, manufacturers and retailers since 2003, AFN (formerly known as Advantage Freight Network) is an award-winning leader in freight brokerage, third party logistics and transportation management services. AFN is known for its commitment to client service, proactive approach to fighting cargo theft and expertise in retail compliance. In this role, Palmer leads the logistics coordination and legal teams to focus on the strategic implementation of proprietary risk management processes so that shipments reach their intended destinations. During his tenure, he has helped distinguish AFN as an industry leader in theft prevention of high value and high risk commodities. He also developed and launched the AFN Strategic Partnership Summit, a unique annual gathering where shippers and carriers exchange information about industry issues. Palmer is an adjunct professor of transportation law at his alma mater, Chicago-Kent College of Law. Prior to acquiring his JD, he graduated as a Founders Scholar recipient from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Palmer serves as chairman of the Government Affairs Committee for the National Cargo Theft Task Force and is a member of the CargoNet Advisory Committee. He has authored numerous articles on cargo theft, logistics, insurance, and risks affecting the logistics industry and is actively involved in federal lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C.

Anna Hietala

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Anna Hietala is a Finnish lawyer with a Masters in Law from the University of Lapland and a Masters in Administrative Sciences from the University of Vaasa. Anna has worked in the Advocacy Unit of the Finnish Competition Authority in Helsinki, and current works with Wärtsilä Power Plants Legal Affairs in Vaasa where she is engaged in supporting the business unit in cross border contracting and commercial disputes (and in particular ICC Rules of Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution).

Yasushi Kudo

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David N'Guyen

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Sascha Hindmarch

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Sascha Hindmarch, BA and LLB (Hons) (Adel), is a former general counsel in the tertiary education sector. Her in-house experience also extends to working in the Office of General Counsel at KPMG in London. In addition to Sascha’s in-house background she has over 10 years experience in private practice as a senior commercial litigation lawyer in London and Sydney at legacy firms McGrigors (now Pinsent Masons) and Middletons (now K & L Gates), respectively. She has also authored and co-authored a number of articles published in legal practice journals in the Asian Pacific region dealing with in-house practice management, legal and ethical issues.

Rosemary Boyle

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Rosemary Boyle originally a criminal and child care litigator, by then an in-house local government lawyer, began advising on IT contract disputes in 1987, moving out from that dismal experience to the drafting of commercial contracts, developing purchasing practices and advising on outsourcing. Rosemary has lectured and written on the EU procurement rules since 1993. She gave a paper at the inaugural conference for the Association of Regulated Procurement in 1993. Rosemary's purchasing procedures and regulations were published by CIPFA. Rosemary joined the University of Cambridge's Legal Services Office in 2002 where she advises on IP and procurement matters, including the drafting University regulations.

Kingsley Osei

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Kingsley Osei joined the State University of New York in September 2008 from the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC), a government student loan guarantee agency, where he was the Senior Attorney responsible for its procurement matters. He is now SUNY System Administration 's Contracts Counsel responsible for all system and university-wide procurement related matters. He also advises SUNY System Administration on energy related procurement, public private partnership alternate delivery models and information technology acquisitions. Prior to SUNY and HESC, he held prior positions advising an electric utility in the construction of multimillion dollar electric thermal plants, civil litigation and workers compensation. He is a 2001 Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (LLM); Ghana Law School (Barrister at Law)-1994; University of Ghana Faculty of Law (Legum Baccalaureus-“LLB”)-1992. He also holds a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) certificate on intellectual property law and e-commerce. He is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, Republic of Ghana and was in 2010 declared eligible to obtain the solicitors license to practice in England and Wales.

Tim Williams

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Tim Williams is an English qualified lawyer living and working in Helsinki, Finland. His law degree is from the University of Southampton; he went on to study at the College of Law at York and qualified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1993. In addition Tim holds an MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics in 1998. Tim has worked for both London and Helsinki law firms. He has also worked in house, first at Nokia and now at Wärtsilä, where he enjoys the proximity to the business. Tim has extensive experience of international commercial and financing transactions and has negotiated commercial matters in many parts of the world including, for example, England, the Nordic countries, Brazil, Iran, Pakistan and Hong Kong. Tim’s experience of international commerce and finance has brought him into contact with dispute resolution both in and across a number of jurisdictions and subject to different forms of dispute resolution including ICC Stockholm as well as ad hoc arbitrations. Recent years have seen the growth of mediation as a means of resolving both private disputes as well as larger commercial disputes. As a result Tim has developed a special interest in mediation and is now an accredited CEDR Mediator.

Yonni Fushman

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Yonni David Fushman obtained his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Boston University School of Law in 2001. After four years of practice in the US, he found his way to Toronto, Canada where he joined Aecon in 2005. Mr. Fushman currently holds the position of Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs and Assistant General Counsel. In that role, Mr. Fushman oversees an in-house team of seven lawyers with various areas of specialization, including commercial law, securities law, Public Private Partnerships, labour law, and construction litigation. Since 2010, Mr. Fushman has also had executive responsibility for the Qx Locates business unit. Mr. Fushman is an active participant on the Ontario Bar Association’s Construction Law Executive and a co-founder of the Construction Sector In-House Counsel Forum.

Nishat Ruiter

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Nishat Ruiter is Vice President and Associate General Counsel at CA Technologies and manages the North American Sales legal team covering all licensing transactions for software, services, SaaS, support and complex transactions for three regions of the United States including Canada. Her work includes advising the senior business executives of sales legal risk, assisting with integrations of acquisitions into the field for Mergers & Acquisitions team, and managing a team of lawyers and contract managers including training, certification and negotiation programs. Prior to CA Technologies, her career included IP licensing and regulatory analysis for Chubb Group of Insurance Companies; Senior US Counsel for a multinational professional services firm Capco; General Counsel of Binary Tree.Com.; and litigation in NY. Nishat lives in Hillsborough, New Jersey, is married with two children and finds passion as a global citizen, in music, work, and life

Axel Gustavsen

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Axel R. Gustavsen is Vice President and Deputy Chief Legal Officer in Aker Solutions. Axel R. Gustavsen has for the last two years headed the legal function for Aker Solutions in the Americas. Axel R. Gustavsen has a law degree from the University of Oslo and is a qualified lawyer in Norway. Prior to joining Aker Solutions in 2010 he has experience from private practice in the law firms BA-HR and Thommessen, and was also an in-house counsel in Aker Kvaerner/Aker Solutions from 2004 to 2008.

Thomas Konowalczyk

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Thomas Konowalczyk is an Attorney at Law admitted to the German Bar since more than 16 years and manages the Legal Department for CA, Inc. in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Eastern Europe and the Middle East covering all relevant areas of Law. He is also the company's Subject Matter Expert for Mergers and Acquisitions in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before joining CA Technologies he was working in private practice, specialized on IT Law. He also has a lecture-ship on IT Law at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt / Germany and is a member of its Scientific Advisory Council. He is a member of several professional associations including the Amercian Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), the German Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) and the German Federal Association of Corporate Counsel (BUJ). Thomas lives near Heidelberg/Germany together with his wife and his daughter.

Sharyn Dodson

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Sharyn Dodson is Vice President, Managing Assistant General Counsel for CA Technologies UK & Ireland and EMEA Privacy Officer. Sharyn is a Solicitor admitted to the roll in 2002 and manages the Legal Department for CA Technologies in the UK & Ireland covering all areas of law but with particular expertise in Information Technology (IT) law and practice. She is also Privacy Officer for the company in EMEA. Sharyn originally joined CA in 1997 as a legal advisor, having successfully completed law school. In 2000 Sharyn left CA to go into private practice specializing in IT law during which time she finalized her training and was admitted as a Solicitor. She spent time working for clients such as Microsoft and Dell. Sharyn re-joined CA in 2002 and took her role as manager of the UK legal team in 2006. Sharyn is a member of various professional associations and forums including The Law Society, the American Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and the Technology In House Forum. Sharyn lives in Surrey, England with her husband and they enjoy travelling, reading and skiing (both snow and water) and Sharyn is a keen runner.

Charles Blackburn

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Charles Blackburn is Vice President and Managing Assistant General Counsel for CA Technologies. Charles is the chief lawyer supporting the company's consulting services, indirect sales and marketing organizations, having also previously advised its sales and development units. He previously advised two other publicly traded technology companies as In-House Counsel, following his time in private practice where he specialized in IP, venture capital, structured finance, and mergers and acquisitions transactions. Charles is based in New York, NY, USA.

Richard Anthony

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Richard Anthony is Vice President and Managing Assistant General Counsel for CA (Pacific) Pty Limited. Richard manages the Legal department for CA, Inc. in Australia and New Zealand, including the Federal government contracting and Channel Sales. He is also very active representing the Asia Pacific region in a number of global CA projects. In his 19 years since admittance as Solicitor and Barrister in the State of South Australia, Richard has advised government, EDS and PeopleSoft, holding a variety of technology roles including the functions of contract management, internal audit and In House counsel before he commenced with CA in 2005. Prior to qualifying as a lawyer Richard was awarded an Honours degree in Arts focusing on English Literature. Richard is a member of Law Society of New South Wales and Australian Corporate Lawyers Association. He currently lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife Cathleen and three young children.

Brian (Zhou) Chen

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Brian Chen is the Head of Legal for KONE companies in the Greater China region and a member of the regional leadership team. He leads the legal department of 7 attorneys and looks after all legal affairs of KONE operations in the Greater China region. Prior to joining KONE, Mr. Chen served as the Regional General Counsel for Chrysler companies in the Asia Pacific region. Before moving in-house, Mr. Chen practiced with Morrison & Foerster and Jones Day, two US based leading international law firms, respectively, as well as Jun He Law Offices, a top Chinese law firm. Mr. Chen received his LL. B. from the East China University of Political Science & Law in Shanghai, and received his LL. M. from the Columbia University School of Law in the city of New York, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Mr. Chen is admitted to practice in the State of New York and is also qualified to practice in China.

Roque Romero

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Roque Romero is Regional General Counsel – Europe at Agility, a global logistics services provider, where he also served as legal counsel for the Middle East region. Prior to Agility, he worked as legal counsel for various international companies, particularly in the natural resources sector. He has lived and worked in Latin America, the Middle East and Europe and is currently based in Basel, Switzerland. He holds MBA and LLM degrees from the University of Dundee (Scotland) and an LLB from Universidad de Lima (Peru).

Noris Ismail

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Noriswadi Ismail (Noris), a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, leads Quotient Consulting (QC) as its Co-Founder and Managing Consultant – a boutique bespoke consulting firm that offers array of data protection and privacy consulting services. Since its incorporation, Noris has provided trainings, consultations and capacity building engagements across various spectrums of businesses and industries. QC is also a global contributor of Dataguidance for Malaysia. As part of his pro-bono effort, Noris leads the capacity building programme on data protection and privacy across local universities throughout Malaysia and the Malaysian Institute of Management. Noris was an Academic Visitor in two renowned centres at the University of Oxford; Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS), and the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX). During the Hilary and Trinity terms in CSLS, he researched largely on data protection in Europe and Asia (South Eastasia and East Asia) and was also involved with selected research and events of the Data Protection and Open Society Project under the leadership of Dr. David Erdos, Katzenbach Research Fellow (Balliol College). Whilst during the 3 weeks of summer in HeLEX, he researched on the principles and applications of data protection within the realm of medical informatics, particularly in RFID and Hospital Information Management System. Noris is a ‘Majlis Amanah Rakyat’ (MARA) Doctoral Scholar (2009-2013) at the Intellectual Property, Internet and Media Research Centre, Brunel Law School, Brunel University, London and previously a British Chevening Scholar (2006-2007) in Strathclyde Law School, Glasgow whilst reading LLM in Information Technology & Telecommunications Law. During his LLM year, he wrote a highly commendable thesis on “Radio Frequency Identification Technology; The Internet of Things that threats Data Protection and Privacy?” His articles on data protection have also been published in the Rate A Journal (Computer Law & Security Review), the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation and the International Data Privacy Law Journal (Oxford University Press, Oxford Journals). Noris is the Lead Editor of the first practitioner-based data protection book in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, titled ‘Beyond Data Protection’ published by Springer (2013). On January 2013, recognised and appointed as the Privacy by Design Ambassador by the Privacy and Information Commissioner, Ontario, Canada, Dr. Ann Cavoukian.

Brian Belanger

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Brian Belanger is V. P. Legal Affairs & Senior Corporate Counsel with the Husqvarna Group, and is responsible for the Group’s legal affairs in the Asia-Pacific Region. Brian is currently based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. However, from 2009-2012, he was based in Shanghai, China, where he co-founded the Shanghai In-house Counsel Forum/Roundtable. Prior to joining Husqvarna, Brian worked in private practice for 10 years, most recently as a partner at Cohen & Grigsby, P. C. Brian received his J. D. and LL. M (in International Law) from Duke University School of Law, and subsequently served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable James L. Buckley for the United Stated Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

James Wilson

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James Wilson joined the legal department of EBRD in 2005. He has advised on over 100 signed debt and equity financings in many of the EBRD countries, particularly in the sectors of real estate, financial institutions, investment funds, private equity and ship finance. Since 2006, James has been the lawyer within EBRD who focusses on Ukraine and many of his more complex and high profile financings have involved Ukrainian companies. After qualifying as a solicitor in Scotland in 1996, James worked for Lovells in London, Moscow and Prague between 1997 and 2005, becoming an English solicitor in 1998. James has an LLB Hons from Aberdeen University and a LLM in Maritime Law from Southampton University.

Vikas Agarwal

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Vikas Agarwal brings over eleven years of experience in the field of corporate secretarial, corporate governance, corporate laws. Vikas works with Persistent Systems Limited, company listed on NSE and BSE, having a turnover of Rs. 1,000 Crores and human strength around 6,500+ employees. At Persistent Systems, he is responsible for driving all the corporate and secretarial matters. His expertise spreads over numerous fields including mergers, Initial Public Offering, corporate governance, setting up of domestic / overseas companies and branch offices, administration of ESOPs, formation of EOU, STPI and SEZ units and managing IPR issues. Vikas has a flair for teaching and is a visiting faculty for various training programs conducted by the Pune Chapter of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and Law Colleges in Pune. He has delivered lectures on Corporate Governance, International Trends in Corporate Governance etc. at management institutions including Symbiosis and University of Pune. Vikas is the editor of ‘Sanhita’, monthly publication of Pune Chapter and has authored more than 100 articles in premier professional journals and leading business and mainline publications. His co-authored articles related to Corporate Governance have been published in various International Journals including International In-house Counsel Journal and GRC Expert Online. He has a distinction on winning the award in best articles category for five consecutive years for his articles published in Sanhita. Vikas is an elected member of Managing Committee of Pune Chapter of Western India Regional Council (WIRC) of ICSI for the term 2011-2014. He was a Chairman at Pune Chapter for the year 2011. He is a qualified Company Secretary and a Commerce Post-Graduate. Amit Atre is the Asst. Manager – Corporate Secretarial at Persistent Systems Limited, listed on NSE and BSE and is one of the leading outsourced software product development company with a turnover of INR 1,000 Crores and 6,500+ employees. He is also the Manager – Operations at Persistent Foundation, a philanthropic wing of Persistent Systems Limited operational since 2008. Mr. Atre has more than six years of experience in corporate secretarial matters. Mr. Atre is a faculty at Pune Chapter of ICSI and a guest lecturer at reputed professional institutions. He is a Chairman to the Students’ Committee of the Pune Chapter of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) for 2007-2012. He is an elected member of the Managing Committee of Pune Chapter of ICSI for the term of 2011-2014. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Students and Library Committee at Pune Chapter of ICSI. A Commerce and Law graduate, he is a Company Secretary from India. Mr. Atre ranked first in the International course on ‘IPR and e-commerce’ held by WIPO in 2006. Further, he has three international and many national articles published in co-ownership with his professional colleagues.

Scott Paintin

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Scott R. Paintin is Vice President & Senior Counsel with Western Union. In that capacity, Mr. Paintin supports the company’s Marketing, Intellectual Property, Privacy/Data Security and Corporate Affairs functions. Prior to joining Western Union in 2004, Mr. Paintin was in-house counsel for various companies in the telecommunications, Internet and software industries. Mr. Paintin holds Juris Doctor, Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Kansas and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and not Western Union. This article does not constitute legal advice and does not establish an attorney-client relationship. For legal advice, you should contact a qualified attorney directly.

Petar Kragic

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Petar Kragic has an MA and PhD in maritime law. He is author of a legal textbook Tanker Charteparties and a number of articles on maritime law topics. He is speaker at maritime conferences. Currently he is chairman of the Croatian Maritime Law Association and titular member of CMI. He was a member of CMI drafting committee for Rotterdam Rules and a member of the Croatian delegation to UNCITRAL. He is former chairman of the legal committee of Croatian Chamber of Shipping and a member of the drafting committee for Croatian maritime law. For a number of years he was director of a major P&I Club and SiGCo.

Vivek Sadhale

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Vivek Sadhale is responsible for global Legal matters, M&A, Corporate Secretarial, Compliance, Corporate Governance and Investor Relations matters at Persistent Systems, one of the leading outsourced software product development company with a turnover of more than Rs. 1000 Crores and about 6,500+ employees. Vivek brings over fifteen years of extensive experience with an expertise spread over numerous fields including successful IPO, top tier venture capital investment and private equity funding, M&A/takeovers, joint venture agreements, managing Investor Relations and international technology and commercial contracts, having worked with reputed Indian and Multinational organizations, with exposure to Finance and Treasury functions. Vivek has contributed significantly in the growth of Persistent – both organic and inorganic. He has played a key role in establishing Persistent’s domestic and global presence. He has been instrumental in designing and implementing Employee Stock Option schemes, negotiating foreign currency loans, managing IPR-related issues and negotiating and managing complex commercial contracts and transactions. Vivek has a flair for teaching and writing, and has contributed various articles in leading professional journals, newspapers and souvenirs published at national and international arena. He is also a visiting faculty at various business schools, professional institutes and law colleges. Under his leadership, Persistent Systems emerged as Top 3 (Finalist) in the following categories at the Ideas Exchange’ Legal Counsel Congress and Awards India 2012 (i) the Best employer for In-House Lawyers (ii) the Best Legal Team of the Year and (iii) the Best use of technology by a Legal Department. Vivek was nominated in the General Counsel of the Year category. Under his leadership, Persistent has won several national and international awards in the area of Corporate Governance. He is recipient of "Suryadatta IT Excellence Award" in the category of Best CFO / Company Secretary for the year 2005. He was ranked # 6 Investor Relations Professional in India by Thomson Reuters for the year 2011. Vivek was an elected member to the Managing Committee of Western India Regional Council of Institute of Company Secretaries of India for 2007-2010. He was earlier part of the Managing Committee of Pune Chapter of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) for 2004-06. A Commerce and Law graduate, Vivek has completed his Chartered Secretaryship from UK, and is a Company Secretary and is a Management Accountant from India. He also holds a distinction of passing all professional exams in first attempt and has qualified as a cost accountant along with B.Com.

Julie Preng

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Julie Anne Preng is Office Managing Director of Korn Ferry International’s Stamford office and Managing Director of the Firm’s Legal Center of Expertise. After a successful career as an attorney practicing in New York specializing in litigation and corporate/commercial work, Ms. Preng embarked upon executive search, employing her wealth of legal knowledge and experience. She focuses on the recruitment of senior-level executives in the legal and compliance professions. Before joining Korn Ferry, Ms. Preng was a partner at another global executive search firm, where she worked primarily in the legal and compliance sectors and was also a member of the firm’s 401k Committee. Prior to that, Ms. Preng was a principal and owner of a firm focusing on the recruitment of attorneys for major law firms. Ms. Preng has been widely quoted in the New York Times, Inside Counsel magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, Compliance Reporter and other publications. She has had several articles published, including an article recently in the March 2013 issue of the International In-House Law Journal. Ms. Preng was also featured on the cover of Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s “Diversity and the Bar.” Ms. Preng received her juris doctorate degree from Hofstra University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in political science and philosophy from New York University, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Sarah Hinchliffe

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Sarah Hinchliffe is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia and Supreme Court of Victoria, and has practical experience in the area of taxation law having worked for the Australian Taxation Office and in private legal practice. Sarah has been the Director of a boutique law firm, Princeton Legal (Hinchliffe Legal), since 2010. In addition to her work and engagement in the legal profession, Sarah is a Teaching Fellow (Teaching Specialist) in Taxation at the University of Melbourne. Sarah teaches in the postgraduate Masters program and has also taught at a postgraduate level at Monash University, Victoria University and for the Taxation Institute of Australia. Sarah is an Associate member of the Law Institute of Victoria and of the Taxation Institute of Australia. She is also a member of the Taxation and Revenue Committee and the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Committee at the Law Institute of Victoria. Sarah has been an external editor for the Law Institute Journal and she has been engaged by the Productivity Commission as a consultant. Her research interests are primarily in the areas of taxation law and intellectual property. In relation to the former, direct taxation, taxation compliance and international taxation; and in relation to the latter, Chinese, Canadian, European and American intellectual property law. Sarah has published in these respective areas, and she has also delivered seminars in the area of taxation (including USA, UK and Australian taxation laws) as part of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law seminar program at the University of Hong Kong.

Mirna Pavletic-Zupic

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Toby Duthie

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Toby Duthie is one of FRA's co-founders and heads its London office. With experience in cases involving government enforcement in the UK and the US, his expertise lies in internal and regulatory investigations, data protection and complex financial modelling, with particular experience in global, multi-jurisdictional cases. Toby was instrumental in the development of FRA's service in the anti-corruption and white-collar defence arena across Europe. He spent more than five years in the US, gaining extensive experience advising on damages amounts in a number of complex civil and criminal litigations and in connection with a number of high-profile FCPA enforcement actions (e.g. Panalpina, Bonny Island LNG and Oil-for-Food). He has also worked on matters involving the UK, Swiss and French regulators. His experience spans a number of areas. He has worked on pre- and post-acquisition due diligence for a number of multinational corporations. He has provided damages modelling and prepared expert reports relating to a dispute involving the acquisition of a major financial institution. He has advised on trust fund and restitution work for the International Criminal Court, involving all aspects of document and evidence management, reparation processes, asset identification and seizure. After graduating with honours from University College London, Toby worked for two years as a steel trader in Hong Kong and China. He then moved to the investment banking division of Deutsche Bank/Morgan Grenfell for seven years, where he focused on infrastructure finance and structured trade finance. This has provided Toby with a strong understanding of financial modelling, financial risk assessment and mitigation as well as deal structuring in both Europe and the Emerging Markets.

Louise Steer

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Louise Steer has 30 years’ experience in legal practice and has recently been appointed , Assistant Company Secretary, Mission Australia. Previously she was a consultant in fundraising policy and standards for Fundraising Institute Australia and Fundraising Institute New Zealand, for whom she developed the Principles and Standards of Fundraising Practice, which have now achieved international recognition as a benchmark for professional standards in Korea, Poland and New Zealand and at the highest levels of Australian government. She is an Associate Member of Fundraising Institute Australia and a member of the Law Society of NSW.

Kathy Belleau

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Frances McLeod

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Frances McLeod is one of the co-founders of FRA and the Managing Partner. She advises diverse clients on anti-corruption (FCPA/OECD/ Bribery Act) issues in terms of response to internal and external investigations, in a compliance context, and in related civil and criminal litigation in a variety of jurisdictions. Having lived and worked in the developing world, the US and Europe, she has first-hand experience in balancing regulatory demands with the working practices of G7/G20 and emerging markets. In addition, she advises a number of European clients on data protection, privacy and related matters in the context of US-driven discovery requests, with an emphasis on providing practical solutions that balance potential conflicts of law. She has also given expert testimony on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Terror Financing (TF) and has provided technical assistance to several APAC banking regulators on AML best practices. She also provides compliance and internal investigations advice in this area with particular emphasis on transactional analysis, calibration of software tools and effective reporting. Ms McLeod was responsible for the design and implementation of the claim-evaluation and administration systems of the US$1.3 billion Swiss Bank and US$2.5 billion German Slave Labour Holocaust settlements advised on by FRA. In order to develop appropriate systems for such complex and challenging claims, she drew on her experience in banking, evaluating long tail liabilities, corporate and banking/insurance archaeology, forensic accounting and asset tracing. She has been involved in advising all of FRA’s clients responding to the oil-for-food investigations in respect of their investigative and forensic accounting needs – from contributing to the formulation of strategy, presenting complex financial analysis and data, electronic and other discovery, to conducting an evaluation of the database system that underpinned the whole Oil-for-Food programme, and preparing witnesses for interview. Drawing on experience gained in the Swiss Bank investigations, Ms McLeod was instrumental in finding solutions for a number of clients to allow for the presentation of analysis in a manner that was not in breach of Swiss banking secrecy and/or the Swiss Criminal Code. After graduating from Oxford University with a Masters degree, she spent six years in investment banking working in the M&A divisions of Lazards and Schroders in London and of HSBC in Indonesia. She speaks English, French, German and Mandarin Chinese.

Giuseppe Catalano

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Giuseppe Catalano is a corporate generalist attorney with substantial in-house legal experience. High premium on providing preemptive legal support in English or Italian. Focus on intellectual property, contract drafting and governance issues.

Armin Kammel

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Dr. Armin J. KAMMEL, LL.M. (London) is Head of Legal & International Affairs with the Austrian Association of Investment Fund Management Companies in Vienna, Austria as well as Faculty Member and Course Coordinator at Danube University Krems, Austria. Dr. Kammel is specialized in banking law and capital markets law and has published extensively in these fields.

Jeffrey Adelman

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Jeffrey D. Adelman is Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of business cloud-based services company j2 Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:JCOM), a position he has held since 2000. At j2, Mr. Adelman oversees all legal issues for the company and also is heavily involved in mergers and acquisitions - negotiating and closing 35+ deals - and international tax planning. Mr. Adelman was instrumental in building j2’s industry-leading patent portfolio and creating a $20+ Million patent licensing program. Prior to joining j2 Global, for seven years Mr. Adelman practiced corporate, securities and mergers and acquisition law with Michigan’s oldest and largest law firm, Detroit-based Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, PLC. Mr. Adelman is a member of the state bars of California and Michigan and an active member of the Los Angeles Venture Association and the Southern California Tech Group. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Presbia Holdings, a developer and marketer of advanced ophthalmologic technology. Mr. Adelman received his B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan and earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School.

David Grant

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David Grant is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of American Baptist Homes of the West (“ABHOW”) and has served in this capacity since 1998. At ABHOW he is responsible for acquisitions, mergers and alliances, all legal matters, risk management, social accountability and corporate compliance. He was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Regency Health Services from 1995 to 1997. From 1990 to 1995 he served as Vice President and Senior Corporate Counsel of Walker Methodist, Inc. From 1986-1990 he served as Director of Acquisitions for Beverly Enterprises. David started his career in private practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota primarily representing health care providers. David received his B.A. in Political Science from Northwestern University and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from New York University School of Law.

Lisette Leuftink

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Lisette Leuftink graduated from Leiden University with a Masters degree in Business Law. She worked as an attorney-at-law for a law firm in Amsterdam and was specialized in corporate and insolvency law. She was frequently appointed by the court of Amsterdam as trustee in different bankruptcies. In January 2012 Lisette joined Transavia as corporate legal counsel. You can reach her at lisette.leuftink@transavia.com or via LinkedIn.

Shelley Lloyd

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Shelley Lloyd joined Aon Reed Stenhouse in Canada in January 2007 as one of the two founding lawyers of the Legal and Research Practice (LARP) within Aon’s Financial Services Group. The group provides risk transfer solutions to many of Canada’s most prominent corporate executives and boards. Shelley has audited and developed wording for management liability insurance policies, and has been successful in reversing coverage denials for Aon’s clients facing claims under management liability and errors and omissions insurance policies. In addition to her role with LARP, Shelley has also served on Aon’s Corporate Compliance team reviewing regulatory issues affecting Aon's insurance brokerage business, providing company-wide training on compliance requirements, and conducting corporate compliance audits. Shelley has recently joined Aon’s in-house Claims team to provide claims advocacy on management liability, professional liability and environmental liability matters. Shelley’s skills and experience provide Aon and its clients the benefit of expertise in regulatory and legislative developments in insurance, compliance evaluation, contract negotiation, coverage analysis, policy language development and claims advocacy. Shelley has contributed to leading industry publications such as the Institute of Corporate Directors and Advisor.ca, and has been a speaker at legal and insurance events including the Professional Liability Underwriters Society’s panel on the Subprime Crisis, and the Association of Corporate Counsel Roundtable, and Canadian Insurance Top Broker E&O and D&O Roundtable. In addition, she has made a number of presentations to corporate boards and collaborated with Canadian law firms on issues of loss control, professional liability, and emerging corporate board exposures. Prior to joining Aon, Shelley was Claims Counsel for Specialty Casualty Claims at Liberty International Underwriters, and was a litigator at Toronto insurance defence firm, McCague, Peacock, Borlack, McInnis & Lloyd. Shelley received an Honours Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto in 1993, and her law degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law in 1996. She is called to the bar in New York, Connecticut and Ontario.

Fabricio Lopez

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G. Fabricio Lopez serves as Adjunct Professor of Business Immigration Law and The 21st Century Law Practice, and as a member of the Immigrant Advocacy Concentration Advisory Board at Loyola Law School Los Angeles. Mr. Lopez is Principal Counsel at The Walt Disney Company, with expertise in employment-based U.S. immigration law, and experience managing a department responsible for a caseload of thousands of cases across multiple businesses. Mr. Lopez received special acknowledgment for contributions to the theatrical production of The Lion King, and the feature animated motion pictures Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons. Mr. Lopez serves as Course Developer and Instructor at University of California, Los Angeles, Extension (UCLA Extension), developing and teaching immigration law courses, and received UCLA Extension’s DISTINGUISHED INSTRUCTOR AWARD. Mr. Lopez serves as Lecturer at Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA). Mr. Lopez has served as Speaker at American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), National Association of Foreign Student Advisors (NAFSA) and Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA) conferences and programs. Mr. Lopez is a member of UCLA Extension’s Paralegal Training Program Advisory and Admissions Boards. Mr. Lopez has served as a member of the Communication Task Force Board at the American Council on International Personnel (ACIP) (an organization comprised of over 200 large, multinational corporations, universities and research institutions) and represented ACIP at stakeholder meetings with high-level U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials. Mr. Lopez has served as Southern California Advocacy Business Liaison, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Co-Liaison, Consular Affairs Co-Liaison and elected member of the Nominating Committee of the Southern California Chapter Board for AILA.

Jack Sorokin

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Jack Sorokin has had extensive experience as regulatory affairs counsel, most recently as Deputy General Counsel for Beckman Coulter, Inc., a leading international manufacturer and marketer of biomedical testing instrument systems, tests and supplies that simplify, automate and innovate complex laboratory processes. His practice has covered the range of regulatory issues, including medical device, environmental, occupational safety and health, hazardous materials, controlled substance, and transportation. His practice has also included corporate law and governance, SEC compliance, finance, risk management, supply chain, manufacturing, real estate, procurement, and import/export law. He may be contacted by email at jesorokin@gmail.com.

Noreen Mackey

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Noreen Mackey is a barrister and has been the legal adviser to the Irish Competition Authority since 2002. She practiced at the Irish Bar from 1985-1993, following which she spent a three-year term working at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. She was one of the three Inspectors appointed by the Irish High Court in 1999 to investigate what became known as the Ansbacher Affair, one of the biggest tax frauds in Irish history.

Max Volsky

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Max Volsky, Esq. is co-founder, Chief Investment Officer and General Counsel of LexStone Capital, with joint responsibility for day-to-day management of the firm. Mr. Volsky has been instrumental in fostering the growth of the legal finance market in North America for more than a decade, having overseen more than 10,000 investments in claims. Mr. Volsky is also a co-founder and former Vice President of the industry trade organisation, the American Legal Finance Association (ALFA). He was formerly a Director of Corporate Finance at Creditanstalt Investment Bank (CAIB), a member of the BankAustria group of companies, later becoming Director at the First Mercantile Capital Group, a finance and investment company focusing on emerging markets. Mr. Volsky's legal experience includes commercial and business law, with an emphasis on cross-border transactions and international arbitration. Mr. Volsky holds a Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude) from New York University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Rutgers School of Law-Newark. Mr. Volsky is a member of the New York State Bar.

Martin Lycka

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Dr. Martin Lycka, LL.M. has worked in the Legal Department of Betfair since September 2009 focusing on EU and competition law as well as regulatory & licensing issues. Before joining Betfair Martin worked with Clariant SA, the Aliachem Group, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and Salans Europe LLP. He graduated from the Charles University in Prague in 2008 (summa cum laude) and obtained a LL.M. degree at the College of Europe in 2009. At the moment Martin studies at the College of Law London to qualify as a UK solicitor. He has authored more than 65 academic articles on EU and international law (including EU gaming law) and is co-author of two books. Martin is fluent in English, Spanish, French, German and Russian, Czech being his mother tongue.

Julie Wiley

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Julie Wiley graduated from the University of California, San Diego with her Bachelors degree and attended law school at the University of Denver. She has practiced law in Colorado and California. Ms. Wiley practiced primarily in the areas of employment and construction litigation for private and public entities prior to becoming Deputy General Counsel for SANDAG in 2001. She was promoted to General Counsel for the agency in 2006 and transitioned to a Special Counsel position in January 2012.

Karina Pelaez

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Karina Pelaez is currently the Legal & Compliance Head of Toyota Compañía Financiera de Argentina S.A., a subsidiary of Toyota Financial Services Corporation. She has worked with Aguas Argentinas S.A., a public utility subsidiary of French company Suez S.A. She has counselled clients in a broad range of matters, representing principally banks and corporations as well. She graduated from the University of Buenos Aires School of Law in 1991. She also holds a degree in Management for Lawyers from the Yale School of Management (2012), one in Corporate Governance from the CEMA University (2007), as well as a degree in Negotiation from the University of San Andrés (2007). She has been a professor at the University of Buenos Aires School of Law and she is a current member of the Banks Lawyers Committee.

Jorge Perez-Vera

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Jorge Perez-Vera is senior in-house counsel in Total Raffinage Marketing (New business and development legal department) in Paris. In this capacity he is involved in cross-border M&A transactions and Joint Venture projects in downstream and associated disputes. As corporate counsel he has supervised international arbitration proceedings under the Rules of the ICC, NAI, SIAC and IACAC (joint ventures, corporate, oil & gas, and general commercial matters). Prior to joining Total, Jorge PEREZ-VERA acted as in-house counsel (international contracts, M&A), in RENAULT’s headquarters in Paris and also as an attorney in Gide Loyrette Nouel, He has been training adviser at the United Nations, Office of Legal Affairs, in New York. Jorge PEREZ-VERA earned his law degree from Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogotá) in 1986, received a Master Degree (D.E.A.) in International Law and received S.J.D. International Law from University of Paris II. He is also member of the tribunal in several domestic arbitration proceedings under the rules of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá and is Lecturer (Energy Law, Investment Law, and Administrative Law) at the Universidad Externado de Colombia.

Lisa Glover-Gardin

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Lisa Glover-Gardin concentrates her practice in international privacy, compliance, employment law and related matters. She has extensive experience advising internal clients on the multi-jurisdictional aspects of law and has worked to develop and implement company ethics and privacy programs and policies as well as training programs and follow-on monitoring. Ms. Glover-Gardin also advises on complex employment and commercial litigation, investigations and compliance issues worldwide. Ms. Glover-Gardin received her B.A. in Economics and M.S. in Business Administration from San Francisco State University, with honours. She earned her J.D. from Santa Clara University Law School where she was an American Jurisprudence award recipient and Law Faculty Scholar. Ms. Glover-Gardin has lived and travelled extensively and is admitted to practice in California, England and Wales. In addition to her law practice, Ms. Glover-Gardin is also active in her community and is currently serving a third term as Personnel Commissioner (Trustee) to the Hayward Unified School District. Ms. Glover-Gardin lives in Hayward, California with her family and wishes to thank Karra and Christopher for their endless patience throughout this process.

Victoria Bradin

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Victoria Bradin is Associate General Counsel for Misys, a global financial software and solutions provider supporting 1,800 clients in over 120 countries. Vicki joined Misys in 2009 and has been involved in a broad range of corporate and commercial matters for the company as well being part of the in-house legal team on all its major M&A activities, including its recent acquisition by Vista Equity Partners and combination with Turaz. Prior to joining Misys, Vicki worked within the Corporate teams of Allen & Overy and Mayer Brown International.

Heather McNay

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Heather E. McNay is the Senior Intellectual Property Counsel for Landis+Gyr North America, a Toshiba company. Ms. McNay earned her undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and her law degree at the University of Georgia School of Law.

Jeremy Evans

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Jeremy Evans has spent 30 years working in different sectors: broadcasting and entertainment; telecommunications; and IT services: BBC Worldwide –the commercial arm of the BBC. Part of the Legal team for 12 years, spending his last four years as Head of Contracts supporting all the different commercial activities (programme licensing overseas, book, magazine and video publishing and some of the early multimedia projects). Left in 1995. British Telecommunications – worked in its commercial division in the late 90’s, providing legal and commercial support to its Global Satellite Services business unit working on a number of international projects and was involved in the launch of various web-hosting and other multimedia services. Siemens Business Services – the IT and BPO outsourcing and managed services arm of Siemens plc in the UK. Was Deputy Head and Governance Manager in the Commercial Management and Governance Group. Worked on several major PFI/PPP projects, including the BPO outsourcing of National Savings and Investments and the IT outsourcing of the Welsh Assembly. Also worked on the outsourcing of the back-office functions of one of the major high street banks. Additionally, responsible for the rollout of legal compliance and legal training programmes across SBS and within Siemens plc Northgate Information Solutions - in 2003, joined Northgate as Group Head of Legal and Commercial, with responsibility for the management of legal services across the Company, including “cradle to grave” contract management, legal advice, legal compliance and major corporate projects (M&A, group re-organisation, etc.). During his time there, Northgate was a FTSE 250 company and a leading IT Solutions and Services provider, with its key markets being (1) HR, payroll & pensions services to both public and private sector clients (including the SME market); (2) applications and services to police forces and other emergency services; and (3) applications and managed and hosted services to central and local government, education market and utilities. The Company was subsequently acquired by private equity firm KKR. Jeremy left Northgate in June 2007 and set up his own commercial/legal consultancy business, JECCS Commercial Consultancy Services Limited. Through his company, he has assisted amongst others, IT business StreamServe, Open Text Corporation, Adaptive Affinity Limited and Anoto AB.

Joanna Cassey

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Joanna Cassey joined Hewlett Packard last November from salesforce.com, where she spent three and a half years supporting the sales growth in the UK and Ireland. Joanna has spent the past 10 years working as an in house lawyer in the IT and Telecoms industries and is now providing legal support to Hewlett Packard’s new and developing Enterprise Security Products.

Jo Anne Schwendinger

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Jo Anne Schwendinger is the Regional General Counsel for Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa for Deere & Company, and is located in Singapore. She is a member of Deere’s worldwide leadership team, and is responsible for the delivery of law services and management of the legal function for Deere throughout the region. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she was Managing Editor of the Law Review. She practiced in both in-house and law firm roles before joining Deere in February of 2000.

Gavin Sinclair

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Gavin Sinclair is a UK-based former corporate lawyer who now specialises in anti-corruption compliance. Before becoming an independent consultant, Gavin also spent three years with a US multinational as Vice President of Compliance. Gavin has practical experience of the design and implementation of ethics and compliance programs, including risk assessment, dealing with agents and joint ventures, delivering effective training, and reporting and investigation in many countries. Before specialising in anti-corruption compliance, Gavin worked for over 20 years as an international in house counsel gaining wide experience of cross border mergers and acquisitions, international joint ventures, contracting, litigation and dispute resolution. He has worked in Europe, the Former Soviet Union, Africa, the US, Latin America, India and the Far East. In light of the introduction of the UK Bribery Act and the ever increasing development and enforcement of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the need to keep ahead of regulatory change is more important than ever.

Valérie Laurent

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Valérie Laurent’s experience in legal affairs covers a continuum of business issues from strategic analysis to operational issues, legal risk mapping and management, strategic legal data monitoring & competitive intelligence, organization process reengineering, Knowledge Management, Crisis communication. Having started her career as a professional support lawyer with Baker & McKenzie, she joined Total SA in 2007 where she’s leading the Legal Knowledge Management.

Marina Comninos

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Marina Comninos started her legal career as a trainee solicitor with Clifford Chance in 1998. She qualified into the Maritime and International Trade Group in March 2000. Her areas of expertise include dispute resolution (including charterparty, bills of lading and building contract disputes), commodities and international trade, and pollution regulation. In June 2005, Marina left Clifford Chance LLP to join Enterprises Shipping and Trading SA, managers of a fleet of over 70 vessels, as in-house legal counsel. Marina joined Electronic Shipping Solutions as its General Counsel in June 2006.

Linda Sharp

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Linda Sharp has responsibility for corporate legal matters and related legal product initiatives. Prior to joining ZL, Linda provided consulting services to Fortune 500 corporations and the nation’s largest law firms. She specialized in evaluating and negotiating viable, cost-effective strategies for handling electronic discovery matters. She has conducted training programs on electronic discovery for the NASD, the SEC and The Rutter Group. Linda is an expert in the e-discovery arena and speaks and writes regularly on the subject. She has been a member of the legal community since 1978 and has worked on some of the most important litigation and regulatory investigations in the industry. Linda is on the Advisory Board for OLP, is licensed to practice law in the State of California and holds a Masters in Business Administration.

Carol Monahan-Cummings

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Carol Monahan-Cummings was appointed Chief Counsel at the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) in October 2003. In this capacity, Ms. Monahan-Cummings advises the Director, other Executive Office members, as well as staff on all legal matters affecting OEHHA. Principal areas of responsibility include: Proposition 65, developing and amending regulations, and serving as liaison to the Attorney General's Office for all lawsuits in which OEHHA is a party. Prior to coming to OEHHA Ms. Monahan-Cummings served as an Assistant General Counsel for the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) between September 2001 and October 2003. She was primarily responsible for providing legal support for the Environmental Justice program, legal advice concerning ethics and personnel issues for the Agency as well as for coordinating cross-media enforcement task forces, investigations, and related litigation. Before coming to Cal/EPA, Ms. Monahan-Cummings was a prosecutor with Sacramento County where she prosecuted criminal and civil environmental enforcement actions including illegal hazardous waste transportation, storage and disposal cases; and water and air pollution cases. Ms. Monahan-Cummings received her law degree from Empire College School of Law in Santa Rosa, California where she graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1995. carol.monahan-cummings@oehha.ca.gov.

Luché Joubert

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Luché Joubert is Senior Legal Counsel at British AmericanTobacco South Africa (Pty) limited base in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Karine Tatoyan

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Karine Tatoyan is a 2012 graduate of Widener University School of Law with a Bachelors of Science from the Villanova School of Business. At Widener Law, Karine focused on International and Business related subjects, earning her The Lucinda Peipher Memorial Award, an academic achievement award for outstanding performance in International & Business Law. Karine also competed in the 2012 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, which is the world's largest moot court competition, with participants from over 500 law schools in more than 80 countries. Born in Ukraine, Karine’s interests in international affairs began with her move to the United States in 1992. Growing up in Philadelphia, she witnessed the culmination of various cultures, where she often acted as an interpreter for her grandparents, translating English into Russian. As a result, she became interested in the interactions between cultures. While at Villanova, Karine continued this trend, where she minored in Spanish Studies and was awarded entry into the Spanish Honors Society. Throughout her academic career, Karine has held several internship positions that have given her the opportunity to apply her learned skills. Most recently, Karine completed a yearlong Public Interest Externship with DuPont Legal, where she worked in the Discovery Excellence Center on a plethora of electronic-discovery issues. As a recent law school graduate, Karine hopes to utilize her knowledge of language and culture to pursue a career in international business law.

Gry Bratvold

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Gry Bratvold works as legal counsel in BW Offshore. Before joining BW Offshore in February 2007, she worked in the Oslo and the London office of the Norwegian law firm Wikborg Rein. She has her law degree from the University of Oslo in Norway with a specialization in Maritime Law. She has also spent a residence semester at the Universidad de Granada in Spain.

Vince Catanzaro

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Vincent M. Catanzaro is Senior Counsel, Global Discovery Manager for E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. In this role, Vince is responsible for counseling the Company concerning how best to comply with evolving legal standards relating to discovery, guiding and supporting the legal teams in the development of e-discovery response strategies and the use of litigation technology, coordinating, managing and monitoring the work of the Company’s discovery vendors and overseeing DuPont Legal’s Discovery Excellence Center. Before assuming this role, Vince worked with various DuPont litigation groups specializing in discovery management and consulting on the development of DuPont’s Discovery Policies and Guidelines. Prior to joining DuPont, Vince practiced in suburban Philadelphia where he concentrated on Construction Litigation on the state and federal level. He represented a diverse client base from industry suppliers to individual contractors in contract disputes, design interpretation, zoning matters and sales agreements. A dual citizen of both the United States and Italy, Vince has been active in community, cultural and professional organizations as he is currently a member of the National Italian American Bar Association and National Order of the Sons of Italy. He is a current member of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production, a former faculty member of the Georgetown Law School Advanced e-Discovery Institute and Academy, a member of the Richard Herrmann Technology Inn of Court and a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt. Vince recently co-authored an article for the ACC Docket Magazine with Jonathan Redgrave, entitled, “Managing the Emerging Business and Legal Realities of Social Media in Corporate America”. Vince received his undergraduate degree from Temple University and his Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law where he served on the Student Bar Association and the Legal Skills Committee. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of New Jersey, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the State of Delaware for the limited practice of law as in-house counsel.

Sarah Hinchliffe

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Sarah A. Hinchliffe is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia and Supreme Court of Victoria, and has practical experience in the area of taxation law having worked for the Australian Taxation Office and in private legal practice. Sarah has been the Director of a boutique law firm, Princeton Legal (Hinchliffe Legal), since 2010. In addition to her work and engagement in the legal profession, Sarah is a Teaching Fellow (Teaching Specialist) in Taxation at the University of Melbourne. Sarah teaches in the postgraduate Masters program and has also taught at a postgraduate level at Monash University, Victoria University and for the Taxation Institute of Australia. Sarah is an Associate member of the Law Institute of Victoria and of the Taxation Institute of Australia. She is also a member of the Taxation and Revenue Committee and the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Committee at the Law Institute of Victoria. Sarah has been an external editor for the Law Institute Journal and she has been engaged by the Productivity Commission as a consultant. Her research interests are primarily in the areas of taxation law and intellectual property. In relation to the former, direct taxation, taxation compliance and international taxation; and in relation to the latter, Chinese, Canadian, European and American intellectual property law. Sarah has published in these respective areas, and she has also delivered seminars in the area of taxation (including USA, UK and Australian taxation laws) as part of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law seminar program at the University of Hong Kong. Further, in 2012, Sarah has been appointed as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School and Boston University School of Law.

Olga Kulikova

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Olga Kulikova, In-house legal counsel (ONGC Group) is an in-house lawyer with 6 years of experience in corporate law in Oil & Gas industry, E&P and finance. She specializes in M&A, taxation and contracts. Ms. Kulikova has large experience in registration and liquidation of companies in the Russian Federation as well as in the alternative tax jurisdictions. Currently she is engaged into development of the risk mitigation policy including legal, finance and tax aspects. Ms.Kulikova has degree in law in the State University Higher School of Economics and degree in global finance in Grenoble School of Management. In 2006 she started her career as a maritime insurance lawyer and worked for the local insurance club. However in 2007 she was invited join the team of the new formed exploration company in the Northern regions of the Russian Federation and since then works in Oil & Gas industry. She joined ONGC in 2009. Being an in-house lawyer for ONGC in Russia she participated in M&A projects, business development, licensing auctions and gained experience in such spheres as tax, labour and antitrust laws. E-mail: olga.kulikova@imperialenergy.com

Mitch Baruchowitz

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Mitch Baruchowitz is currently the General Counsel of Abadi & Co. Group and Head of Investment Banking of ACGM, Inc. He previously served as Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance officer for publicly traded MarketAxess Corporation. In 2009, he was the Senior Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Pali Holdings, Inc., owner of boutique mid-sized broker dealer Pali Capital. It was his job to walk Pali's various entities(over $150MM in revenue and 200 employees) into a Chapter 7 after a 18 month experience of potential sales and merger talks, asset sales and constant Board meetings. He also spent some time at Merrill Lynch and Pershing LLC.

Arvie Anderson

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Arvie J. Anderson is Assistant General Patent Counsel at Eli Lilly and Company where he is responsible for managing patent litigation for a number of international jurisdictions including Canada. Arvie has practiced patent law at Lilly for the past 14 years. He received an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Michigan State University and J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1997.

Josef Winter

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Sama Carstens

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Brian Foley

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Brian Foley is currently Vice President, General Counsel and a member of the Board of Directors of NeoStrata Company, Inc. Mr. Foley is a 1984 honors graduate of New York Law School where he was a member of the law review, is currently a member of the bars of the states of New York, Connecticut, D.C. (inactive) and New Jersey (in-house counsel certification) and he has published scholarly articles in many legal papers and journals. Prior to joining NeoStrata, Mr. Foley was in private practice for 27 years, a partner in a New York based boutique law firm, a partner in New York based venture capital firms as well as an advisor to start-ups and emerging growth companies. The views expressed herein are those of Mr. Foley and not those of NeoStrata or any of its representatives.

Carole Cotter

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Carole Cotter is a consultant who usually works as an in-house lawyer for charities and financial services companies. Email: cotterca@aol.com

Klaus Moosmayer

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David Boundy

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David Boundy is vice president for intellectual property and assistant general counsel for Cantor Fitzgerald in New York, NY. The views expressed in this article are Mr. Boundy’s and not those of Cantor Fitzgerald. He can be reached at DBoundy@cantor.com.

Andrew Potts

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Dr. Andrew Potts BE(Hons), MEngSc, PhD, FIEAust, CPEng, FRINA CEng, MSNAME, MAICD Dr Andrew E Potts is the founder and Managing Director of AMOG Consulting. Dr Potts is predominantly engaged by the offshore oil and gas sector on projects relating to hydrodynamic loading and response of fixed and floating offshore structures, submarine pipelines or highly flexible systems such as moorings or flexible risers. This work involves advanced numerical and finite element analyses, complemented by physical model tank testing. It ranges from development of design criteria and concept engineering, through to detailed design of various aspects of facilities, structures, operations and installations. His skills in project management and technical engineering across many disciplines, often see him engaged to provide specialist advice in business plans, project management, specification development, tender evaluation, contract negotiation and assessment of contract deliverables. This work often extends into the field of failure investigation, forensic engineering and the provision of expert witness services. Andrew has extensive experience in supporting legal cases, both as a “clean” and a “dirty” expert. This experience has included working with counsel to frame statement of claims/defence, as well as extensive time in court supporting the critiquing of

Anthony Kenny

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Anthony Kenny has been European Counsel at the Boston Consulting Group since 2009. He studied Law and History at Sussex University and qualified as a solicitor. Completed his training contract and qualified at Hogan Lovells. His first role as in-house lawyer was in 1999 as a litigator at BT. Then in 2001 he became EU Counsel at Deloitte and then a risk manager.

David Kemp

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David Kemp is Executive Director of Legal Policy at Autonomy - Biography His role is to assist in identifying the key strategic opportunities and challenges that affect major financial and legal companies in terms of Business Process Management, Corporate Governance and advancement of the business through enhanced client relationship and asset management. Originally an Oxford University graduate lawyer by profession, David has worked as external counsel, and for ten years as a political risk insurance broker responsible for the Nordic Region in his company. In 1990 he joined ABN AMRO Bank as a Corporate Banker, setting up first a Structured Trade Finance Team, then a Financial Institutions Relationship management business, and an Asset Securitisation team benefitting from the arrival of the Euro. In 2001, he became the Legal & Compliance Manager at ABN AMRO - providing a business platform for some 600 lawyers and 800 compliance officers in 53 countries. During this time, he was closely involved in creating new practices in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud Management, Knowledge Management and Records Management - forming industry-wide groupings for bench-marking in each case.

Miika Junttila

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Miika Junttila is a Senior Legal Counsel in Nokia Siemens Networks, a multinational telecommunications network infrastructure and service provider owned by Nokia Corporation and Siemens AG, with more than five years of in-house and law firm experience in corporate and commercial law, cross-border M&A, finance and competition law.

Nazlan Ghazali

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Don Charrett

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Dr Charrett is a barrister, arbitrator and mediator, practicing in technology, engineering and construction (TEC) disputes. Prior to joining the Victorian Bar, he worked as a solicitor at a large Australian law firm. His construction law briefs have included litigation, mediation, expert determination, facilitation of experts’ conferences, arbitration and membership of dispute boards. He is an accredited FIDIC trainer, a founding member of the Society of Construction Law Australia, and is the first chairman of Melbourne TEC Chambers, a “virtual” chambers of barristers practising in TEC law. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he worked as an engineer for over 30 years, including 12 years as a director of a consulting engineering firm. Dr Charrett’s engineering experience included computer applications, structural design, managing engineering projects, acting as an expert witness, and management roles in contract negotiation and administration, insurance, international joint ventures and corporate restructuring. From 2012 - 2014 he was non-executive chairman of the Australian consulting engineering company AMOG. Dr Charrett has published widely on legal and engineering subjects, and has presented conference papers, workshops and training courses in Australia and internationally. His legal publications include articles on expert evidence, FIDIC contracts, dispute boards, dispute avoidance, contract risk, forensic engineering, contractual lessons from past projects, design and construct contracts, quantum meruit, solidary liability, professional indemnity insurance and reinsurance. He is joint author of Practical Guide to Engineering and Construction Contracts. In 2014 Dr Charrett established Loots&Charrett Pty Ltd with Philip Loots to conduct training courses on the application and use of contracts in the inception, design, construction and operation of projects.

Shahab Ahmed

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In his role as a Director – Legal and Corporate Affairs, Shahab Ahmed focuses on regulatory policy issues in areas such as Data Protection, Privacy, Security, Interoperability, Standards and other ICT regulatory frameworks. Prior to this role, Mr. Ahmed was a Director in Antitrust and Interoperability group at Microsoft where he worked on competition policy. Mr. Ahmed has held a variety of business and technical leadership roles at Microsoft since 2005. Before joining Microsoft, he held technical and leadership roles at Fortune 500 organizations in the United States including IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Target Corporation and United Healthcare Group. Mr. Ahmed has a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, a MBA in strategic Management and a JD degree. He has also done post doctorate technology policy work at Harvard University.

Allison Stanfield

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Allison Stanfield founded e.law International in 1999 and has successfully run a number of high profile electronic trials and Royal Commissions. Her passion in this area has seen her write prolifically on the subject, having written two texts, many articles in published journals and now as a candidate for a PhD in the authentication of electronic evidence.

Sharon Reiche

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Sharon Reiche is Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property Policy, at Pfizer Inc. In her role as Corporate Counsel she works on IP policies that advance the protection of Pfizer’s substantial investment in research and development. She holds a BS from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.

Emily Roche

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Emily Roche is Senior Competition Counsel at Rio Tinto plc

Mark Solon

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Mark Solon is acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading experts on expert witnesses, investigatory practice and witness familiarisation. He is a solicitor, a qualified Attorney at Law in California and has an MSc in Shipping Trade and Finance with distinction from the City University. He has been instrumental in improving the standard of expert evidence over the last twenty years and regularly chairs conferences of up to 500 delegates as well as speaking at many conferences. He has written numerous articles relating to evidence and several books. He has in depth knowledge of the legal and evidential issues around forensic science, emergency planning, surveillance and the work of many specialist intelligence and prosecution agencies. H e frequently appears on television and radio dealing with evidential issues. He has been described by one senior expert witness under his cross-examination as “the love child of Stephen Hawking and a rottweiler.” Mark founded Bond Solon in 1992 and the company has since grown to become the largest provider of law related training to non-lawyers in the UK.

Manoj Agarwal

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Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Meerut College, Meerut (250001) U.P., India. e-mail ID – agarwal.manoj73@rediffmail.com

Joseph Lovell

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Joseph M. Lovell is Group General Counsel and COO for Leopard Capital Ltd. He has more than two decades of Asia-focused business experience. Previous to joining Leopard, Joseph served as corporate counsel for a Beijing based private equity group, an international attorney specializing in China-?US cross border transactions & investment, senior consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers (Taipei), and as General Counsel/Managing Director for an investment bank with offices in New York and Beijing. He has negotiated and structured numerous international private equity investments in Asia and has played a lead role in the public listing of a number of Chinese companies in the US and UK. Joseph has a BS from Georgetown University (Chinese Language), and MA (Asian Studies) and JD degrees from the University of Hawaii. He is licensed to practice law in New York, Hawaii and Texas.

Diane Rodgers

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Diane Rodgers is Vice President and Managing Counsel at Assurant Solutions - a specialty provider of niche insurance products doing business in 13 countries worldwide. Diane leads the International Legal Department at Assurant Solutions, managing Legal affairs in markets in Canada, Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Frances McLeod

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Frances McLeod is one of the co-founders of FRA and the Managing Partner. She advises diverse clients on anti-corruption (FCPA/OECD/ Bribery Act) issues in terms of response to internal and external investigations, in a compliance context, and in related civil and criminal litigation in a variety of jurisdictions. Having lived and worked in the developing world, the US and Europe, she has first-hand experience in balancing regulatory demands with the working practices of G7/G20 and emerging markets. In addition, she advises a number of European clients on data protection, privacy and related matters in the context of US-driven discovery requests, with an emphasis on providing practical solutions that balance potential conflicts of law. Ms McLeod was responsible for the design and implementation of the claim-evaluation and administration systems of the US$1.3 billion Swiss Bank and US$2.5 billion German Slave Labor Holocaust settlements advised on by FRA. In order to develop appropriate systems for such complex and challenging claims, she drew on her experience in banking, evaluating long tail liabilities, corporate and banking/insurance archaeology , forensic accounting and asset tracing. She has been involved in advising all of FRA’s clients responding to the oil-for-food investigations in respect of their investigative and forensic accounting needs – from contributing to the formulation of strategy , presenting complex financial analysis and data, electronic and other discovery , to conducting an evaluation of the database system that underpinned the whole oil-for-food programme, and preparing witnesses for interview. Drawing on experience gained in the Swiss Bank investigations, Ms McLeod was instrumental in finding solutions for a number of clients to allow for the presentation of analysis in a manner that was not in breach of Swiss banking secrecy and/or the Swiss Criminal Code. After graduating from Oxford University with a Masters degree, she spent six years in investment banking working in the M&A divions of Lazards and Schroders in London and of HSBC in Indonesia.

Leonardo Medellin Camarena

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Leonardo Medellin Camarena, Assistant General Counsel-Corporate Finance, Daimler México, S.A. de C.V., México, joined Daimler Group in 2011. Among other responsibilities, include all corporate legal matters inside Daimler Group in México; provide legal advice to Daimler’s top Management.

Marcela Barreiro Castellanos

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Marcela Barreiro Castellanos, Assistant General Counsel-Litigation, Daimler México, S.A. de C.V., México, joined Daimler Group in 2008. Her responsibilities include Litigation; Commercial and legal advice, as well as Agreements and legal negotiation within Daimler’s entities, supplier, and clients among others. She collaborated as a specialized lawyer at a Law Firm of taxes and foreign trade operations from 2005 to 2008 (Revueltas, Sarabia y Asociados, S.C., also known as XTRATEGAS). From 2001 to 2005 she worked as a corporate lawyer and consultant attorney at a Mexican Government Development Bank: BANCO NACIONAL DE OBRAS Y SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS, S.N.C. (BANOBRAS).

Jonathan Boswell

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Jonathan Boswell is currently a Director at Barclays and is Head of Legal for the Wealth and Investment Management division of Barclays Bank Plc in Asia. Mr Boswell also has responsibility for Commercial Contracts and Litigation across the Corporate and Investment Banking division of Barclays in Asia and is a director of a Barclays subsidiary company in Japan. Mr Boswell has previously held a variety of roles within Barclays Legal in London. Prior to joining Barclays, Mr Boswell had been in private practice in New Zealand. Mr. Boswell attended law school at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and is admitted as a Solicitor in New Zealand (1994) and in England and Wales (2001).

Greg Mason

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Greg Mason is one of the co-founding partners of FRA. His expertise lies in database architecture, database programming and software design, mass data analysis and data mining for the purposes of investigations, disputes and litigation. He has been retained as an expert to provide evidence on e-discovery and electronic evidence methodology and practice, and database name matching. He has expertise in many database tools and programming languages as well as in complex financial and transactional analysis. Mr Mason has worked on a high-profile FCPA matter where he analysed the internal financial database, comprising over 21 million transactions made in over 25 countries, for a global oil services company for presentation to SEC investigators. He has also developed a tailored database and e-discovery review platform to review documents and capture electronic financial information for the forensic audit of monies related to over 500 bank accounts for investigation of bribery allegations in connection with a Central Asian government’s privatisation of its national oil company. Mr Mason has provided investigative and forensic accounting consulting, complex financial analysis, e-discovery processing and transactional data reconstruction, and reconciliation in response to a UN oil-for-food investigation. He went on to perform analysis of the oil-for-food management database, which triggered payments under the programme. He carried out an audit and asset-tracing exercise of all the accounts of an employee of a high-profile client in its response to the UN and US congressional oil-for-food investigations. After graduating from Radford University , Virginia, with a degree in statistics and mathematics, Mr Mason spent three years performing statistical testing and analysis for the US Department of Defense, evaluating the performance of sophisticated defence systems. He then moved to the disputes and investigations group at PricewaterhouseCoopers, before co-founding FRA in 1999.

Allison Stanfield

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Allison Stanfield founded e.law International in 1999 and has successfully run a number of high profile electronic trials and Royal Commissions. Her passion in this area has seen her write prolifically on the subject, having written two texts, many articles in published journals and now as a candidate for a PhD in the authentication of electronic evidence.

Pamlyn Lee

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Pamelyn Lee is Senior Counsel and Vice President, Global Corporate and Sales Financing for the Huawei group. She specialises in project finance, structured finance and derivatives products, and is predominantly responsible for heading up the group company’s legal team in complex telecom financing projects. Prior to Huawei, Pamelyn was with BNP Paribas CIB where she advised on CDOs, CLOs, equity and credit derivatives. Pamelyn studied law at Oxford University and Durham University.

Bruce Ortwine

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Bruce A. Ortwine is the Joint General Manager and General Counsel, Americas, of The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., one of the largest Japanese banks in the world. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Compliance Committee, as well as the External General Counsel, of Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., (U.S.A.), a New Jersey state chartered qualified bank and a major global custodian bank. He has worked at both banks since 1990. Before then, he worked at two different law firms in New York City, where he specialized in corporate, securities, banking, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions and entertainment law. He has published numerous articles since the early 1990’s. He is admitted as an attorney in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and is a member of numerous professional organizations.

José Gutiérrez

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José Ángel Gutiérrez Goutréz, General Counsel & Secretary, Daimler México, S.A. de C.V., México, joined Daimler Group in 2007. His responsibilities include Legal Representation of Daimler Group companies against thirds parties in agreements, negotiations and disputes; Furnishing legal advice to Daimler’s Senior Management, CEO and other high ranking executives, including Corporate Governance, as well as Legal Issues on strategic decision. Likewise, he acts as Secretary of the Board in Mexico. Mr. Gutiérrez practice ranges from in-house counsel as well as private practitioner. He collaborated until 2004 as a foreign associate at Miller and Chevallier of Washington D.C. Thereafter he joined the Mexico City-based firm Rubio Villegas y Asociados, S.C. where he advised clients on M&A, commercial transactions including vehicle distribution activities, structuring of complex transactions and joint ventures, for International companies. Academic Formation: Mr. Gutiérrez Goutréz holds an LL.M granted by the University of Pennsylvania of Philadelphia, United States of America, as from May 2001. His focus of studies centered on Business Law. In addition, he has attended various seminaries on Arbitration and mediation. He is a licensed attorney in Mexico by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México where he graduated in August 1999.

Andreas Gustafsson

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Andreas Gustafsson, Vice President at Office of General Counsel, joined NASDAQ OMX in 2005, after working several years at the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority in different positions. Currently Andreas is heading up the legal team in European, including the global commodities operation, which is responsible for the regulated operations.

Bala Balakrishnan

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Well known in the company secretary’s circle by “Bala”, is a renowned and qualified lawyer and member of seven professional bodies. He has been honoured with “Company Secretary of the year 2007- Corporate – Highly Commanded”, Award by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of UK at a glittering ceremony in London, which is featuring in the Limca Book of National records in years 2009. He is the first such professional in India to achieve this designation for his caliber to go beyond the requirements of his role to maximize opportunities for his organization and he has 8 Professor R Balakrishnan - FCS, FICS (UK), CIA (USA) introduced measures for adoption of best global practices in all areas of business including compliance with UK Combined Code on corporate governance in his organization where he served. Not only this, he is also certified as Internal Control Specialist” by the Institute of Internal Control from US, making him a proud person to achieve this certification which also earned him a national record in Limca Book of national records in year 2008. Further to this, Bala is also got his certification as “certified Internal Control Professional” by the Institute of Internal Control from US, making him, once again, and a proud person to achieve this certification which also earned him a national record in Limca Book of national records in year 2010.

Peter Bergson

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Aaron Horn

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Aaron Horn began working for NASDAQ OMX in 2011, recently earned a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center, and currently provides Legal Counsel services to NASDAQ OMX Commodities Clearing Company.

James Kruger

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James Kruger, Executive Director, Global Head of Legal, Macquarie Securities Group, Hong Kong • Global Head of Legal, Macquarie Securities Group • Integrity Officer (Asia), Macquarie Group • Macquarie Securities Group Senior Management Committee member • Extensive pan-Asian experience in finance legal, tax and legal entity structuring with a focus on Equity Markets, M&A, derivatives and structured product, broker-dealer regulatory risk management, and corporate governance • Based in Hong Kong for last 6 years

Guido De Clercq

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Guido De Clercq (guido.declercq@gdfsuez.com) is Deputy Secretary General of the Group GDF SUEZ. Prior thereto, he held within the GDF SUEZ Group the following positions: GDF SUEZ Group General Counsel (2008 – 2011); Suez International General Counsel (2003-2008); Tractebel Deputy General Counsel (1997-2003); legal counsel of the Tractebel international energy division (1993-1996). 1988 - 1993, he was Head of the International Legal Department of the Alcatel Bell (Antwerp, Belgium) division of the Alcatel Telecom Group. 1983-1987, he practiced law in Brussels at the Coppens, Horsmans, Malherbe law firm. 1977 – 1983, he was an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Leuven, Belgium He holds degrees in philosophy (1974) and in law (1975) of the University of Leuven, Belgium. He graduated, as a Fulbright Fellow, with a M.A. in International Affairs from the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C. (1977). He obtained a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Leuven, Belgium (1988).

Philip Kessack

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Philip D. Kessack, Esq. Graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1980 after having served as a Captain in the US Marine Corps. He has over twenty years of in-house counsel experience with global billion dollar consulting engineering firms as well as two years of experience with a major law firm and several years of experience at the director level in state government. He is currently Vice President and Senior Counsel for Americas Business Lines with AECOM where he currently oversees and coordinates the legal support of operations in Latin America and provides support to other AECOM Legal Counsel in Africa and other emerging geographies.

Susan Friedman

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Susan F. Friedman serves as a Senior Vice President, Claims Advocate, Employed Lawyers Practice Leader, and FCPA Corporate Response Team Leader for the financial products division of Marsh. She is a Contributing Writer to The New York Law Journal, The Legal Times, the International In-House Counsel Journal and related legal publications. She has been interviewed by Forbes.com, Law360 and other notable internet publications. She speaks publicly and writes on a variety of insurance topics germane to all financial insurance product lines. She is a graduate of Cornell University and is admitted to practice law in New York.

Machua Millett

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M. Machua Millett is the General Partner Liability Product Leader, a Claims Advocate and an FCPA Corporate Response Team Leader. He is a technical expert in insurance products relative to private equity, venture capital and alternative investment funds. Mr. Millett has over a decade of experience as an attorney for Skadden Arps, Bingham McCutchen and Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge. He has been acknowledged as a "Rising Star in Insurance" by Reactions Magazine; a "Boston Future Leader" by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce; and a "Rising Star" by Massachusetts Super Lawyers Magazine. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., and the Puerto Rico Federal District Court.

Mark Poag

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Mark Poag is the General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Datacert, the premier global provider of enterprise legal management solutions. At Datacert, Poag evaluates and executes strategic alliances and M&A opportunities and delivers thought leadership in the areas of legal spend, intellectual property, and matter management and oversees product strategy. Poag's responsibilities also include oversight of transactional work, litigation, and regulatory activity for Datacert and its subsidiaries. Specifically, Poag establishes and maintains intellectual property protection policies and procedures, is responsible for all contracts with customers, vendors, partners and employees, structures company policy regarding pertinent legal issues (e.g. privacy, intellectual property, etc.) and the maintenance of all corporate records.

Eda Ozogul

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Eda Ozogul is the legal counsel of BP Petrolleri AS which is an affiliate of BP Plc, one of the world's largest oil companies. She has been counselling as generalist, providing legal support on Commercial law, Contracts law , Petroleum Market Law and corporate governance. She has extensive experience in Intellectual Property Law, Administrative Jurisdiction Procedure Law. She has MBA masters degree and has been a faculty in Yeditepe University Faculty of Law to lecture Anti-Bribery and Corruption Law.

David Kemp

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Tim Cummins

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Tim Cummins is Executive Director and CEO of IACCM, a non-profit international association based in Connecticut, USA. Prior to founding the association in 1999, Tim's career included commercial and financial roles in the banking, automotove, aerospace and technology sector. He led sales negotiations for contracts up to $1.5 billion and headed a variety of reengineering projects at IBM Corporation, including the creation of a global contracts process and organisation. Tim regularly produces articles and research papers for publications around the world and acts in an advisory capabity to many in-house counsel regarding best practices in contracting and relationship management.

Rodney Sparks

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Rodney L. Sparks, J.D., Ph.D. joined the University of Virginia Patent Foundation in 2004 from the well known intellectual property group at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, in Philadelphia. His practice concentrated on biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical patent issues, including medicine and gene therapy. He has represented a variety of clients in the United States and abroad, including universities, biotechnology companies and pharmaceutical companies. Prior to working at Drinker, he was also in private practice at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP, and at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, both in Philadelphia. After completing work on his Ph.D., Dr. Sparks completed postdoctoral training in the cellular and molecular biology of cancer at the Johns Hopkins University and at the Mayo Clinic. He was on the faculty of the Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine and was a tenured faculty member of Tulane Medical School. While on the faculty at Tulane, he graduated from the evening program of the Loyola University School of Law. Dr. Sparks’ current focus includes overseeing outside patent counsel, drafting and prosecuting patents in the pharmaceutical and biological sciences, preparing opinions and providing counseling on patent matters. He also is responsible for providing counsel on government reporting matters for the Patent Foundation and teaches law students in the Law Student Patent and Licensing Clinic of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he is also a Lecturer. Dr. Sparks is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and belongs to the Biotechnology, Inter Partes Patent Proceedings Committee, Licensing and Management of IP Assets, and Patent-Relations with the PTO committees of that organization. He also is a member of the Licensing Executives Society and of the Association of University Technology Managers. Dr. Sparks has served in various consulting capacities for several agencies of the U.S. government. He also recently served as a judge for the Modern Marvel patent contest sponsored by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and InventNow.org.

Tim Wilson

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Tim Wilson is Senior IP Counsel in the Legal Division at SAS Institute Inc., the world’s largest private software company, where he leads the patent practice. He also provides advice on all types of intellectual property law matters and competitive intelligence issues. Prior to joining SAS, Tim was an associate at Brown Raysman in New York, where he advised clients on all manner of licensing and outsourcing transactions. Tim began his legal career as a patent and intellectual property litigator with Jones Day in Cleveland. Tim received his JD from Syracuse University College of Law in 1192 and a BS from Pennsylvania State University in 1989. Tim is a member of the Editorial Board of Intellectual Property Magazine.

Sancho Guibert

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SANCHO GUIBERT has been with Citibank for 13 years as Legal Counsel: corporate and investment bank, private bank and currently at the consumer bank unit. Wide additional compliance experience. 2 years at Baker & McKenzie as associate for the commercial law department 1 year at Mayer, Brown & Platt, New York office, Latin American Practice Group 9 months at Uría Menéndez in the New York Office Summer intern in the Legal Department at Banco Santander, NY Branch

Ouahida Bendjedou

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Ouahida Bendjedou Graduated from Aix-en-Provence Law School. Master degree in International Business Law, Master degree in Business Law, taxation and accountancy and an international in-house counsel diploma, in 2004. Joined the Legal Affairs and Compliance Department of Bouygues Construction in 2005.

Richard Bacek

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Richard Bacek joined Siemens in October 2009 as the General Counsel for the Czech Republic. Prior to October 2009, Richard worked for 9 years at CMS Cameron McKenna in Prague, since 2006 as a partner in Corporate Team. Richard Bacek graduated in 1996 at the Law Faculty of the Charles University in Prague. In 1997, Richard attended Academy of American and International Law in Dallas, TX, USA. He is a member of Czech Bar Association since 2000.

Thomas Allen

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Thomas Allen is a Contracts Manager at TSYS International. A graduate of the University of Liverpool, Thomas qualified as a solicitor and was previously at PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal before he joined TSYS International’s legal department in 2010

Rimma Mitelman

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Rimma Mitelman has over 20 years of experience as an in-house patent lawyer. Rimma has patent expertise supporting a broad variety of projects within Unilever, leads a group of US patent attorneys in the US, served as Regional Patent Director for Latin America, and has handled complex business disposal and contract transactions.

Solomon Osagie

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Dr Solomon Osagie is the Chief Legal Counsel for TSYS’ International. He obtained an LL.B in 1988 and went on to obtain an MBA, followed by a post graduate degree in law and then a doctorate in 2005 at Cambridge and Anglia Universities. Solomon was Group General Counsel at Global Switch Facilities Management before he joined TSYS. He presents regularly at legal seminars and also contributes to academic journals. He has lectured in the areas of business processes and strategy for lawyers. Solomon has received several industry nominations including one for General Counsel of the year at the 2009 British Legal Awards, corporate counsel of the year at the 2008 awards and most recently as In house Lawyer of the year at the Lawyer Awards 2010.

Matthew Goodwin

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Matt Goodwin is currently Global Head of Patents and Chief Patent Counsel for Unilever, based in London. He leads a staff of patent attorneys and support personnel at locations in the UK, The Netherlands, US, India and China. He has over twenty years of extensive experience as a corporate patent practitioner, having worked in various staff and supervisory roles at Johnson & Johnson, and more recently, at ICI, before joining Unilever in 2009. Prior to his career as a patent attorney, Matt worked as a chemical engineer for Rohm and Haas.

Leslie Restaino

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Leslie Gladstone Restaino, Esq. has a broad range of experience with the legal and regulatory issues involved in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology, and medical device industries and their complex product, device and services offerings. Leslie has particular expertise in the areas of business/corporate law, pharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare law, FDA regulatory matters, complex licensing and strategic alliances, commercial contracts, pharmaceutical operations and commercialization, and patents and intellectual property. She is currently the General Counsel of Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company focusing in the psychiatry and neurology markets. Leslie may be reached by email at lrestaino@validuspharma.com.

Robert Payawal

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Robert Payawal, CPA, CIA, CAMS has more than 12 years of solid professional experience on risk-based internal audit, anti-money laundering and compliance, framework. He is currently the Head of Legal, Compliance and Operational Risk in Abu Dhabi Finance PJSC where he developed a compliance function from scratch and integrated into different assurance functions such as Operational Risk, Quality Assurance and Legal within the organisation. He can be contacted at rpayawal@adf.ae

Bala Balakrishnan

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Professor Balakrishnan Well known in the company secretary’s circle by “Bala”, is a renowned and qualified lawyer and member of seven professional bodies. He has been honoured with “Company Secretary of the year 2007- Corporate – Highly Commanded”, Award by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of UK at a glittering ceremony in London, which is featuring in the Limca Book of National records in years 2009. He is the first such professional in India to achieve this designation for his caliber to go beyond the requirements of his role to maximize opportunities for his organization and he has introduced measures for adoption of best global practices in all areas of business including compliance with UK Combined Code on corporate governance in his organization where he served. Not only this, he is also certified as Internal Control Specialist” by the Institute of Internal Control from US, making him a proud person to achieve this certification which also earned him a national record in Limca Book of national records in year 2008. Further to this, Bala is also got his certification as “certified Internal Control Professional” by the Institute of Internal Control from US, making him, once again, and a proud person to achieve this certification which also earned him a national record in Limca Book of national records in year 2010. Professor Bala’s experience For more than 28 years, he has been serving with Foseco India Limited, at Pune, India, a listed company with Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange. He was the Company Secretary and Legal Services Manager of Foseco India Limited before he took up an overseas assignment at the Kingdom of Bahrain where he served about one and a half years as a group company secretary for HiTs Africa Limited – a telecom major who has its subsidiaries in Tanzania, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea. He has authored a book titled “Handbook on Audit Committee” and also co-authored a book of “Compliance Guide to Corporate Governance” and both of them published by a leading book published known as Taxmann in India. He is well known for his contribution to a large number of professional journals and magazines and he has been delivering lectures and making presentations for the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and other professional bodies. He was a member of the panel set up by the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India jointly with the Government of India for introducing and implementing corporate practices in India and was also a member of the Research Committee of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India for its Western Regional office. Prof. Bala’s current activities Currently, Prof Bala, is the faculty for company secretary course conducted by the institute of company secretaries in India and he is teaching for students pursuing the secretarial course at their Pune Chapter and also teaching on e-mode learning through video based training (VBT) and through live virtual classes (LVC) sponsored by the institute of company secretaries portal known Gurukul Online Learning Solutions (GOLS). He is also a visiting faculty for Symbiosis Institute of Business Management one of the renowned B school in management studies in India and he also delivers lectures for student of Indian Institute of Management of India. He has addressed an international conference organized by Marcus Evans during the last year at Kingdom of Bahrain on secretarial related subject.

Matteo Grassani

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Matteo Grassani is head of legal at BG Italia (gas and electricity), Milan, Italy. He previously worked as head of legal at Endesa Italia (gas and electricity) for three years. He spent nine years in private practice, including at Clifford Chance and Chiomenti Rome. He is an Italian qualified lawyer, specialized in energy, project finance and corporate finance. He wrote articles on energy matters and since 2010 he holds lectures at LUISS University of Rome.

Ujkani Emrush, MA

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Peter Schøtt Knudsen

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Peter Schøtt Knudsen was born in November 1973 in Haderslev, Denmark. A graduate from the University of Copenhagen (Master of Laws) in 1998 and a former associate at the Law Firm Bech-Bruun, Peter was admitted to the bar in 2001. In addition to his legal background, Peter has taken extensive general management courses at Wharton Business School (USA) and IMD (Switzerland). In 2001, Peter joined the Novo Nordisk group as Associate General Counsel. In 2004, he was in expatriated to Switzerland as Legal Director in Zurich tasked with setting up and heading the legal function for the Novo Nordisk international regional sales activities. In late 2007, Peter joined LifeCycle Pharma A/S (now Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S), a Danish listed specialty pharmaceutical company as General Counsel and became a member of the management team in 2009, responsible for Legal, IP and Investor Relations/Communication. In late 2010, Peter assumed his current position as General Counsel of Royal Unibrew A/S.

Greg Coplans

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Greg Coplans has executive oversight for the general management of the Hitachi Data Systems’ Corporate Social Responsibility program. Coplans also leads the legal, global trade, security and business conduct and ethics functions of the company. In addition, he serves as Secretary to the Hitachi Data Systems Board of Directors. Coplans joined Hitachi Data Systems in 1992 as Group Counsel for Asia Pacific Latin America, and served in a number of positions in the Legal Department, including General Counsel, before assuming his current role in April 2006. Coplans earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and a Bachelor of Laws degree from King's College, University of London. Prior to moving to California, Coplans practiced with a London law firm as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. He is a member of the State Bar of California.

Sergio Calderara

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Sergio Calderara is Head of Contracts of Almaviva S.p.A. His tasks include supervising all contractual relationships involving any company of the Group, as well as the Group’s mergers and acquisitions. He has previously covered the role of General Counsel of G.Matica and, prior to moving inhouse, he has been a practicing in the fields of commercial contracts and corporate law, with a specific focus on the IT industry, as Junior Partner of a medium-large sized independent Italian law firm. He is members of the Supervisory Board of G.Matica, lecturer at Luiss University in Rome (postgraduate course level) on subjects relating to IT and Software and an active member of Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats, where he is President of the Corporate Counsel Commission.

Debra Kuper

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Debra Kuper joined AGCO in January 2008 as Vice President with overall responsibility for the company's legal matters. AGCO, located in Duluth, GA, is a leading global manufacturer of agricultural equipment, including tractors, combines, hay tools, sprayers, forage and tillage equipment. AGCO employs 15,000 individuals and generates $8B in annual revenues. Debra was the first female executive on AGCO’s senior management team. She was also the first female in the board room in her role as the Corporate Secretary of AGCO. She is responsible for all of the company’s legal matters, including litigation, regulatory and securities filings, executive compensation, M&A, joint ventures, corporate records and minutes, resolutions and consents of AGCO’s Board of Directors. She supervises all of the company’s 25 attorneys (15 are women) and 12 support staff disbursed throughout Argentina, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and the U.K. As a member of the senior management team reporting to the CEO, Debra determines litigation strategy throughout the organization. In addition, she serves as the Global Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer and manages a team of 18 compliance officers and controllers. She also supervises 17 product safety and standards engineers. Ms. Kuper was chosen as one of the “2010 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Georgia” and received the Glass Ceiling Award at the Georgia Leadership Conference, sponsored by the National Diversity Council. She won the International Law Office award for the “2011 Employment Team of the Year Award,” the Inside Counsel Magazine award for “2011 One of the 10 Most Innovative Legal Departments in the Country,” and has been nominated for the Corporate Secretary Magazine “2011 Corporate Governance Team of the Year,” “2011 Best Overall Governance, Compliance and Ethics Program,” “2011 Governance Professional of the Year,” “2010 Best Overall Governance, Compliance and Ethics Program,” “2009 Corporate Secretary of the Year,” and “2009 Best Overall Governance, Compliance and Ethics Program.” She has been featured in the June 2011 edition of The National Law Journal in an article entitled “Farm Girl,” the May 2010 edition of Inside Counsel magazine in an article entitled “Compliance Management Questions Linger,” the September 2009 edition of Inside Counsel magazine in an article entitled “Coming Up Roses,” and the August 2008 edition of Corporate Counsel magazine in an article entitled “Heading Up the Farm Team.” She is a frequent speaker at industry seminars. Ms. Kuper joined AGCO from Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria, Illinois. She received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and a J.D. from Marquette University, where she also taught as an adjunct professor. She is a member of the Wisconsin Bar Association, American Bar Association, Association of Corporate Governance Professionals, The Diversity Council, the National Association of Women Lawyers and the National Association of Professional Women.

Giulio Palermo

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Giulio Palermo’s practice encompasses most aspects of national and international commercial litigation and arbitration with a special focus on recognition and enforcement of both foreign awards and judgments, interim measures and debt recovery. Recently he has been involved in two investment treaty arbitrations under ICSID and NAFTA. From an academic perspective he mostly focused his research on conflict of law and jurisdictions in international commercial arbitration with a special focus on the interface between New York Convention and TFEU's art.81. He is graduated both in Italian and Spanish law and he holds two LLM degree in International Legal Practice from IE Law School and in International Commercial arbitration from Stockholm University. He frequently participates as an arbitrator at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Wien (AUT) and the International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Madrid (SPA). The views expressed in the present article are personal to the author who would welcome comments at giulio.palermo@mail.com.

Jean-Baptiste Morel

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Gry Bratvold

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Gry Bratvold works as legal counsel in BW Offshore. Before joining BW Offshore in February 2007, she worked in the Oslo and the London office of the Norwegian law firm Wikborg Rein. She has her law degree from the University of Oslo in Norway with a specialization in Maritime Law. She has also spent a residence semester at the Universidad de Granada in Spain.

Silvina Peñaloza Isacson

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Anca Plovie

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Anca Plovie is a Senior Corporate Counsel at Alcatel-Lucent Bell NV, the Belgian subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent (2005-present). She specialises in data protection and privacy law, employment law, immigration law, commercial law and contracts. Prior to joining Alcatel-Lucent, Mrs. Plovie was a manager at Deloitte Belgium, International Assignment Services (2000-2005) and a legal counsel at Ernst & Young Romania (1999). She holds an Advanced Master Degree in International Legal Co-operation from the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium (1998), and a Master in Law from the "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Romania (1997).

Jonas Heli

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Jonas Heli, is Legal Counsel at Aker Solutions, Contracts Department.

Yusuf Cassim

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Yusuf Cassim was appointed Vice President, Intellectual Property, Licensing and Contracts in February 1998. His practice focuses on counseling clients regarding technology licensing, outsourcing, information security, electronic commerce and intellectual property. He is responsible for Schwab's patent program and developed Schwab's formal patent risk assessment program, including enhancing Schwab's proactive approach to monitoring potential areas of IP risk. Mr. Cassim writes and speaks frequently on legal issues of doing business on the Internet, technology in the workplace and Open Source.

Michael Overly

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Jimmy Scavenius Lang

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Jimmy Scavenius Lang’s previous positions include: Assistant Attorney at Accura Law Firm, Denmark (2005-2006) and Attorney-at-law at Plesner Law Firm, Denmark (2006-2010). Jimmy Scavenius Lang received a Master's Degree in Law (Cand.jur.) from University of Copenhagen in 2005 and passed the Danish Bar Exam in 2007. Further, Jimmy Scavenius Lang has studied at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain in 2002-2003 and studied at Stanford University, California, US (Business English Summer Programme) in 2007.

Diana Maher

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Diana Maher has worked in several in-house legal positions with Sanitec Group, international bathroom products group with a workforce of approximately 8000 people. Her last position in the Group was Executive Vice President and General Counsel. In her position as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Ms Maher was responsible for advising and assisting Sanitec Group’s management in all legal matters, including corporate governance issues, compliance and the administration of the Group’s legal and contractual matters. Ms. Maher has been a member of the Group’s Executive Committee, several Boards of the Group companies, and a member of Compliance Committee. Ms Maher has previously worked for KPMG, Tellabs and European Commission. She has recently joined Acdimo, a specialised support function for in-house legal work.

Ann Björk

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Ann Björk holds a LL M in Business Law (Sw. jur kand). After doing service at Swedish courts, Ann practiced law for over three years as an associate at Vinge, focusing mainly on mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. In 2003, Ann joined Vinge's newly started Knowledge Management Department as one of the firm's first KM Lawyers. In 2007, Ann was appointed Deputy Head of the KM Department, a position she held until she left Vinge in 2010 to found VQ

Georgi Yordanov

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Pinaki Ghosh

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Satish Kumar

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Expertise in drafting and Negotiating Software Contracts worth 200 Mn USD – Service, Software License and Maintenance Agreements for Products, Lease Agreements, Lease Abstracts, Cross Border Share Purchase/Sale Agreements, Escrow Agreements, Purchase, Sale and Joint Venture Agreements and comply with company policies and risk tolerance. Experience in Managing IPR, Confidentiality Clause and other Legal Clauses in a Contract. Coordinating with statuary bodies.

Miika Junttila

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Miika Junttila is a Senior Legal Counsel in Nokia Siemens Networks, a multinational telecommunications network infrastructure and service provider owned by Nokia Corporation and Siemens AG, with more than five years of in-house and law firm experience in corporate law, cross-border M&A, finance and competition law.

Helena Hallgarn

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Helena Hallgarn holds a LL M and B Sc in Business Administration (Sw. jur kand, civ ek). Helena joined the law firm Vinge as their first Head of Knowledge Management in 2002. Prior to that, Helena spent two years at the law firm Gernandt & Danielsson (G&D) as their first Knowledge Manager. Before joining G&D Helena practiced law for some years at the law firm Mannheimer Swartling and also joined their newly founded Knowledge Management Group for a couple of years. In 2010 Helena left Vinge to found VQ together with Ann Björk.

Evandro Monteiro

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José Evandro Monteiro – legal director at American Tower do Brasil, a subsidiary of American Tower Corp. and have been working with telecom infrastructure for over 10 years.

Joe Bambara

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Joseph J. Bambara is currently In House Counsel and a VP of technology architecture at UCNY, Inc. His e-mail address is jbambara@ucny.com. For the last 12 years, he has been acting as Counsel for small to mid-size technology firms in the metro area. He has worked on outsourcing contracts, intellectual property as it pertains to mobile and enterprise software, SMS mobile marketing issues as well as trade/service marks. In addition to Lawline.com, he has done Continuing Legal Education courses on law and technology for New York County and City Bar Association. He was named The New York Enterprise Report Technology Attorney of 2010. Prior entrepreneurial career included developing applications systems for the financial, brokerage, manufacturing, medical, and entertainment industries in New York, Los Angeles and western European community including Java on the mobile, enterprise and database development. Mr. Bambara has a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Computer Science. He holds a Juris Doctorate in Law and is admitted to the New York State Bar. He has taught various computer courses for CCNY's School of Engineering. He is member of the New York County Lawyers Association Cyberspace Committee and an active member in the International Technology Law Association. He has authored the following books: Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Study Guide (Exam 310-051) (McGraw-Hill, 2007), J2EE Unleashed (SAMS 2001), PowerBuilder: A Guide To Developing Client/Server Applications (McGraw-Hill, 1995), Informix: Client/Server Application Development (McGraw-Hill, 1997), Informix: Universal Data Option (McGraw-Hill, 1998), SQL Server Developer's Guide (IDG, 2000). Over the past ten years, he has taught numerous courses and given many presentations on all aspects of the law and enterprise and mobile development in cities worldwide, including Los Angeles, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Orlando, Nashville, New York, Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm.

Kenneth Thompson

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Ken Thompson is the Global Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President for LexisNexis Legal & Professional. He is a member of the Management Committee and the principal legal advisor to the Global CEO. Ken joined LexisNexis in 2001 after 15 years of private practice, and he is admitted in Ohio and Kentucky as well as to the U.S. Supreme Court, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the U.S. Tax Court. Ken is based in Cincinnati, Ohio and is a member of the International, American, Ohio, Kentucky and Cincinnati Bar Associations. He is currently the co-chair of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the International Bar Association and is a member of the Corporate Pro Bono Advisory Board, a pro bono partnership between ACC and PBI. Ken frequently speaks on a range of legal issues, including best practices for in-house attorneys, intellectual property, acquisitions and divestitures, corporate responsibility and corporate pro bono.

Ghanashyam Hegde

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Gaye Ramazanoglu

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Gaye Ramazanoglu graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Pharmacy in 2000. Started working for Roche Pharmaceuticals-Istanbul in September 2000 as Quality Control Analyst and later on worked as Analytical Method Validation Responsible and as Quality Assurance Specialist until February 2006. Then started working for Sanovel Pharmaceuticals-Istanbul as Intellectual Property Specialist at March 2006 and since then working still there. In 2007, took the Turkish national patent and trademark exams and passed in first trial to be a Patent and Trademark Attorney. Gaye Ramazanoglu has a certificate from CEIPI (Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies) which is based in Strasbourg Law Faculty, about `Basic Training for the European Patent Law` (this course was held between 2008-2010 at Istanbul) Gaye has a certificate from EPO (European Patent Office) as a `Praktika Intern`. In addition trained at DG1 - Pure and Applied Organic Chemistry Cluster in EPO, Munich (Germany) for 3 weeks in November, 2009.

Sam Snider

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Sam Snider is Vice President and Lead Acquisition Counsel for LexisNexis. Sam's practice focuses on LexisNexis' global merger, acquisition and divestiture activities. Sam leads LexisNexis internal and external legal teams, and coordinates between divisional management teams and global LexisNexis management, on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures by all of LexisNexis' divisions, including numerous recent acquisitions in the United States, Europe and Asia. Prior to joining LexisNexis, Sam practiced in the M&A department of the Atlanta office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, a large international law firm. He is a frequent writer and speaker on corporate law and M&A matters and has been named a Georgia Rising Star by Atlanta Magazine and Georgia Super Lawyers-Rising Star Edition. Sam is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a member of the American Bar Association and the Georgia Bar Association. In his free time, Sam is an avid whitewater kayaker, motorcycle enthusiast and home-brewer.

Ifeanyi Uyanneh

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Ifeanyi Uyanneh works for Affinion International and is a Solicitor and Chartered Management Accountant. He is responsible for leading Affinion International’s European regulatory programme, and also advises on a broad range of commercial and corporate matters. Before joining Affinion International, Ifeanyi worked in insurance and banking. Ifeanyi publishes, and has made presentations at industry forums, on legal and regulatory matters, and won the ‘Highly Commended’ award at the 2010 Thomson Reuter’s/Complinet Annual Compliance Awards.

Mariya Tsintsadze

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Mariya Tsintsadze graduated from Moscow State Law Academy in 2005. Before joining Protek Group, she was a Legal councel at Evrazgroup. She specialises in commercial, administrative and tax law.

Joseph D'Angelo

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Kevin Perkins

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Jorge de Lucio

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Jorge Luis de Lucio graduated at the UBA (Buenos Aires University) law program and subsequently pursued Master’s Programs in International Relations at Flacso and in Management at IAE, and also took several law specialization courses both in Argentina and abroad. He has been Assistant Teacher in Constitutional Law at the UBA School of Law and delivered various talks and courses in the field of constitutional, tax, commercial and telecommunications law. He was written about case law for La Ley and also for local management media. He worked at the legal department of Banco Francés and Citibank, then was in charge of legal and corporate counseling at Román Group to eventually become the leader of Nextel Argentina Legal Department, position he has hold from its start up to these days. He is a member of IDEA Law Division, co-founder of AIE/ARG and the Argentine chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), and currently he performs as secretary of the latter. He is a member of IBA and Tax & Legal Committee VP at AmCham Argentina as well as a member of the Buenos Aires City Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires).

Alyson D’Oyley

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Alyson N D'Oyley, LL.B., LL.M. (cum laude), is the Company Secretary of African Rainbow Minerals Limited (ARM), a niche diversified South African mining company listed on the JSE Limited. Prior to joining ARM, Ms. D'Oyley was General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of TEAL Exploration & Mining Incorporated (TEAL), one of the first Toronto Stock Exchange/JSE dual-listed companies. She was part of the TEAL initial public offering team. TEAL focused on mineral resources exploration in sub-Saharan Africa. ARM and Vale SA took TEAL private in 2009. Previously, Ms. D'Oyley practised in the Toronto offices of Macleod Dixon and of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin (FMD). She was subsequently one of the founding lawyers of FMD's Johannesburg office. Ms. D'Oyley is called to the Bars of British Columbia (1996), Ontario (2000) and New York (2000).

Teddy Chen

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Yury Bochenkov

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Yury Botchenkov is an expert in telecommunications, arbitration and corporate work in Russia, CIS and other EEMEA countries

Bruce Ortwine

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Bruce A. Ortwine is the Joint General Manager and General Counsel for the North American operations of The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., one of the largest Japanese banks in the world. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Trust Committee, as well as the External General Counsel of, Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., (U.S.A.), a New Jersey state chartered qualified bank and a major global custodian bank. He was worked at both banks since 1990. Before then, he worked at two different law firms in New York City, where he specialized in corporate, securities, banking, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions and entertainment law. He has published numerous articles, mostly in leading Japanese legal and financial publications, since the early 1990’s. He is admitted as an attorney in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and is a member of numerous professional organizations.

Margaret Scullin

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Margaret Scullin is an attorney with expertise in derivatives and structured products. Prior to joining SunTrust Banks, Inc., she worked in large law firms in Dublin and London. Margaret is a member of the New York and Georgia State Bars and qualified as an Irish solicitor. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and Columbia Law School.

Edward Price

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R. Edward Price is Senior Counsel at Global Crossing Limited in its office in Rochester, New York, USA. Prior to that he was a lawyer with the international law firm of Vinson & Elkins LLP in Washington, DC, where he represented telecommunications carriers and investors in transactional and regulatory matters. He holds law degrees from George Washington University, where he was an editor of The George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics, and Cambridge University. All views expressed in this article are solely those of the author.

Solomon Osagie

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Dr Solomon Osagie is the Chief Legal Counsel for TSYS’ International at the London office. Solomon obtained his LL.B in 1988 and went on to obtain an MBA, followed by a post graduate degree in law and then a doctorate in 2005 at Cambridge and Anglia Universities. He was Group General Counsel at Global Switch Facilities Management before he joined TSYS. Solomon is a regular speaker at legal seminars and also contributes to academic journals. He has lectured in the areas of business processes and strategy for lawyers. Solomon has received several industry nominations including one for General Counsel of the year at the 2009 British Legal Awards, corporate counsel of the year at the 2008 awards and most recently as In house Lawyer of the year at the Lawyer Awards 2010.

Willie du Plessis

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Willie du Plessis has held various legal advisory positions in Eskom and elsewhere and is currently managing the legal services for the Eskom Group.

Stella Gukova

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Stella Gukova - Graduated the ordinary state school in 1999 and successfully passed exams to one of the best universities - State University - High School of economics. Right after the graduation she joined a big Russian bank Investsberbank (now part of Hungarian OTP banking group). Then she joined MIRA-BANK, which was relatively small in comparison but provided all scope of banking transactions. After 3 years she joined IPF (British Financial Group). It was very interesting because it was a start up of a new bank. She successfully managed the process of obtaining a licence and set up of business and had close communications with the Central Bank of Russia. But unfortunately the global financial crisis changed IPF's plans and it was decided to close the business in Russia. At that moment she received an offer from SMBC to join the team establishing a new subsidiary. She joined Sumitomo Mitsui Rus Bank as Head of legal and supported the project of establishment but in half of a year was promoted to Local Compliance officer and Deputy Head of Planning. Currently she is in charge of legal, compliance, AML and HR groups.

Estíbaliz Diez

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Estíbaliz Diez, admitted to New York and Dominican Republic Bar, is experienced primarily in telecommunication law, regulatory compliance and corporate issues. Has worked as in-house counsel for principal telecommunication companies in the Dominican Republic. Currently is the Director of Legal & Regulatory in ONEMAX,S.A. and pro-bono mediator.

Hope Shimabuku

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Hope Shimabuku is part of the Patent and Standards Strategy team at Research in Motion (RIM). As Legal Counsel, she drafts position papers on intellectual property rights, represents RIM in meetings related to international public policy and legislation, and engages in international patent strategy activities. Prior to this role at RIM, Hope helped to manage and organize RIM’s patent litigation, manage outside counsel, and identified internal positions on non-infringement, invalidity and other claims. Prior to joining RIM, Hope was in private practice with a particular emphasis on patent and trademark prosecution. She has drafted and prosecuted numerous patent and trademark applications. She clerked for now Chief Justice Carolyn Wright of the Texas Fifth Court of Appeals and also served as a legal intern at the Chinese Christian Herald working with Chinese immigrants. Prior to attending law school, Hope was employed as a Process Engineer and Quality Manager for Procter & Gamble and as a Project Manager for Dell Computer Corporation. Hope completed a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas and graduated from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law cum laude. Hope has demonstrated strong leadership through roles such as President of the Dallas Asian American Bar Association; a Director of the Dallas Bar Association Board of Directors; and Council Member for and Chair of the Diversity Task Force for the State Bar of Texas – Intellectual Property Section. She is also an active member of a number of other legal and community organizations. She is often asked to speak and is appointed to committees addressing topics regarding diversity, minority representation, career development, organizational planning, and intellectual property. Hope was recently recognized as the 2010 Corporate Counsel Rookie of the Year by the Dallas Business Journal. She is also a Sustaining Fellow of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers and a Fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation. Hope is a native Texan, born and raised in Houston, Texas. She and her husband are co-owners of a restaurant located close to their home in Flower Mound, Texas. She is a mother of two daughters.

Paolo Amato

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Paolo Amato has been working for Skandia Vita since December 2005 as Legal Counsel. Before Skandia he worked for Pioneer Investments (asset management belonging to UniCredit group).

Jim Harlan

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Jim Harlan has been an attorney with Research In Motion since 2009. As Senior Attorney, Jim practices in the Patent & Standards Strategy group, and spends substantial time on IPR policy issues throughout the world. In advocating IPR Policy, Jim interacts with law makers from other countries and helps create standards organizations, in addition to providing input on new legislation, IPR position papers, and amicus briefs. He enjoys building alliances and creating consensus to further RIM’s goals in the global arena of IPR/Standards Policy. Prior to joining RIM, Jim was IP Counsel for Siemens with a particular emphasis on patent asset strategy that included risk management and acquisition. Also he has drafted and prosecuted numerous patent applications. Prior to going in-house, Jim was a patent litigator for 5 years and had the pleasure of working with (now Chief Justice) John Roberts on a case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. Jim has a Master’s of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from the University of Texas at Dallas. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, and a Law Degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Jim started his technical studies in Biochemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He is active in the legal community as Co-Chair of the Dallas Chapter of the Licensing Executive Society; a member of the Information Technology Industry Counsel, Standards Policy Committee; and sits on various other IPR Standards Policy committees (e.g., AIPLA, IPO, TIA). Jim grew-up in Dallas having attended St. Marks School of Texas. He lives in Plano with his wife and 4 children.

Linda Kleinman

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Linda Kleinman has been a lawyer in the automotive industry since 1997. She holds a BS degree in Political Science from Northeastern University, an MBA/Marketing from University of Miami, an MBA/Real Estate Development from Nova Southeastern University, and graduated cum laude from Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad Law School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Linda is presently Deputy General Counsel for Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC a subsidiary of JM Family Enterprises, Inc. She specializes in Motor Vehicle Franchise Law, Advertising/Marketing Law, and Commercial Contracts.

Thomás Prete

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Christine Maury-Panis

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Christine Maury-Panis, Executive VP & General Counsel of technology provider Viaccess and VP of the Anti-Piracy Association AEPOC Christine Maury-Panis is a French lawyer. She was appointed as legal counsel within the THOMSON consumer electronics business in 1986, dedicated to the Pay-TV activities, to the IP section and to the newly created licensing entity. Promoted to Deputy General Counsel, Europe for Thomson Multimedia, she headed a team of several lawyers. She then moved to the CANAL Group in 1996 to accompany the launch of the digital bouquet of CANAL+ and the creation of CANAL+ Technologies. She joined Viaccess in 2001 to set up the legal and IP department and is also Vice President of AEPOC. Christine is a graduate of the Paris Law University René Descartes in International Business law and of French Institute for Interpreters and Translators where she graduated as interpreter and translator in French, German and English. AEPOC stands for Association Européenne pour la Protection des Œuvres et services Cryptés – and is the European Anti-Piracy Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services such as Pay-TV. Based in Brussels, the Association represents the interests of some 25 members, including industry heavyweights such as BSkyB or Liberty Global/UPC and the large hardware and software vendors, including Pace, NDS and Nagravision. AEPOC's goal is to eradicate Pay-TV piracy through legislation and industry cooperation and to coordinate relevant activities among its members. The AEPOC members are Boxer TV-Access, BSkyB, comvenient, Conax, Digiturk, Eutelsat, General Satellite, INSIDE Secure, Irdeto, Liberty Global, Multichoice Hellas, Nagravision, NDS, NTV-Plus, Opentech, Pace, Poverkhnost , Prisa, Showtime Arabia, Sky Deutschland, Sky Italia, Viaccess - France Telecom and ZON Multimedia. www.aepoc.org

Vikas Agarwal

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Vikas Agarwal (vikas_agarwal@persistent.co.in), Senior Manager – Corporate Secretarial at Persistent Systems Limited, brings over nine years of experience in the field of corporate secretarial, corporate governance, corporate laws. Vikas works with Persistent Systems Limited, company listed on NSE and BSE, having a turnover of Rs. 600 Crores and human strength of 5000+. At Persistent Systems, he is responsible for driving all companies and secretarial matters. His expertise spreads over numerous fields including mergers, Initial Public Offering, corporate governance, setting up of domestic / overseas companies and branch offices, administration of ESOPs, formation of EOU, STPI and SEZ units and managing IPR issues.

Yusuf Cassim

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Yusuf Cassim was appointed Vice President, Intellectual Property, Licensing and Contracts in February 1998. Mr. Cassim is in charge of contracts and Intellectual Property at Charles Schwab and Co. His practice focuses on counseling clients regarding technology licensing, outsourcing, information security, electronic commerce and intellectual property. He is also responsible for Schwab's patent program and developed Schwab's formal patent risk assessment program, including enhancing Schwab's proactive approach to monitoring potential areas of IP risk. Mr. Cassim writes and speaks frequently on legal issues of doing business on the Internet, technology in the workplace and Open Source. Mr. Cassim also participates in technology industry groups in the financial services industry. Mr. Cassim is admitted to practice law in South Africa and California. He has a JSM (LLM) from Stanford University, School of Law and a JD from UCLA School of Law.

Vivek Sadhale

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Vivek Sadhale (vivek_sadhale@persistent.co.in) is Company Secretary and Head – Legal & Investor Relations of Persistent Systems Ltd., one of the leading outsourced software product development company with a turnover of about US$ 125+ Mn. (about Rs. 600 Crores) and 5,000+ employees. Mr. Sadhale has more than fourteen years of hands-on experience in Corporate Secretarial, Corporate Governance, Corporate Legal matters with exposure to Management Accounting, Finance and Treasury functions with reputed Indian and Multinational organizations. His experience spreads over numerous fields including Initial Public Offering, top tier venture capital and private equity funding, M&A/takeovers, joint venture agreements and negotiating international commercial contracts. He has contributed significantly in establishing domestic/overseas offices and companies, designing Employee Stock Option schemes, negotiating foreign currency loans, dealing with IPR-related issues. He was an elected member to the Managing Committee of Western India Regional Council of Institute of Company Secretaries of India for 2007-2010. He was earlier part of the Managing Committee of Pune Chapter of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (CSI) for 2004-06. He is also the recipient of "Suryadatta IT Excellence Award" in the category of Best CFO / Company Secretary for the year 2005. A Commerce and Law graduate, Mr. Sadhale completed his Chartered Secretaryship exam from UK, and is a Company Secretary and Cost and Works Accountant from India.

Umid Yakubov

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Umid Yakubov, an in-house counsel, has been working for General Motors in Uzbekistan since 2009. He holds bachelor’s degree in Law from Tashkent State Law Institute, Uzbekistan, and master’s degree in International Law from Nagoya University, Japan. Umid was awarded with the State Grant for bachelors study and Japanese Government Scholarship for the master’s education. Previously, Umid served at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan and was involved in several joint cooperation programs between the government and international organizations and investors. During his work at the Ministry, he also worked as National Consultant at UNDP Uzbekistan and contributed to development of series of publication (Investment Guide Uzbekistan, Sectoral Guide, Regional Guide) on legal, tax, investments issues. Umid also passed internship programs at Toyota Motors Corporation in 2006.

Madan Mohan

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V. K. Madan Mohan is a citizen of India. He was born in 1951 in the State of Kerala in India, a renowned world tourist destination. After his primary schooling, the Author migrated to Bombay and first graduated in Economics in 1971. Since he was good in debates in his colleges, he chose Law for his further studies. The Author took LL.B from Bombay University in 1974 and thereafter chose to go for Masters in Law in Commercial laws and finished his LL.M from Bombay University in 1976. He excelled in his academics by securing distinction in LL.M by being SECOND in the University. After his LL.M the Author had a very brief stint in Court practice and thereafter chose to join Corporate Legal Departments. For the initial period of about 12 years the Author was working for leading consumer Industries in Bombay in their In-house Legal Departments. Thereafter the Author had the opportunity to assume senior legal positions with top- most project companies in India. Now the Author has a total experience of over 33 years in In-house legal. The Author was fortunate to lead the In-house Legal Departments of premier project companies in India like Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Reliance Energy Ltd., GMR Group, HIRCO Developments Ltd., and now with DSC Group, in leading positions like: General Manager-Legal, Vice President-Legal and Legal Advisor. Through his long association with power, infrastructure and construction industries he has acquired rare and exclusive legal expertise in these areas. Now the Author is one of the senior most Corporate In-house Legal Experts in Power, Infrastructure, Construction and Real Estate sectors in I ndia. The Author holds the position: Head –Legal/ Legal Advisor with DSC Group and presently with their Joint Venture with world renowned Egis Infra Group of France. The Author lives in Delhi, India.

Prasanna Mysore

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José Gutiérrez

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José Ángel Gutiérrez Goutréz joined Daimler Group in 2007. His responsibilities include Legal Representation of Daimler Group companies against thirds parties in agreements, negotiations and disputes; Furnishing legal advice to Daimler’s Senior Management, CEO and other high ranking executives, including Corporate Governance, Compliance as well as Legal Issues on strategic decision. Likewise, he acts as Secretary of the Board in Mexico. Mr. Gutiérrez practice ranges from in-house counsel as well as private practitioner. He collaborated until 2004 as a foreign associate at Miller and Chevallier of Washington D.C. Thereafter he joined the Mexico City-based firm Rubio Villegas y Asociados, S.C. where he advised clients on M&A, commercial transactions including vehicle distribution activities, structuring of complex transactions and joint ventures, for International companies. Academic Formation: Mr. Gutiérrez Goutréz holds an LL.M granted by the University of Pennsylvania of Philadelphia, United States of America, as from May 2001. His focus of studies centered on Business Law. In addition, he has attended various seminaries on Arbitration and mediation. He is a licensed attorney in Mexico by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México where he graduated in August 1999.

Alice Selby

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Alice Selby graduated from the Charles University, Faculty of Law in 1994. In 2001 she successfully completed Telecoms Management studies at the Cable & Wireless College in Malta and the United Kingdom. Subsequently she cooperated with the College as a lecturer of the Telecoms Regulation module. In 2009 she graduated from the Masaryk/Notingham University LL.M. - Commercial Law. Currently is studying a Ph.D. program at the Charles University in Prague.

Areti Roditi

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Areti Roditi studied law at the University of Athens (LLB in Law, 1997) She has an LLM in Civil Law (University of Athens, 1999) as well as an LLM in European Legal Studies (College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium 2000). Areti Roditi successfully completed a Msc in Business for Lawyers in 2007 (ALBA Graduate Business School, Athens). She is fluent in Greek (native), English, French, German and Spanish and has a knowledge of Russian and Arabic. A qualified Greek lawyer, member of the Athens Bar Association since 1999. Currently she is working as a senior lawyer in the PPPs and Facilities Management Department of J&P-AVAX since 2004 and in that capacity has been involved in a significant number of PPP projects in Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Jordan and UAE.

Tri Junanto Wicaksono

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Tri Junanto Wicaksono, born in Balikpapan – Indonesia in 1977, Bachelor of International Law from University of Pancasila, Indonesia in 1999 and Master of Business Law from University of Pelita Harapan, Indonesia in 2004. He’s been working in multinational company for more than 10 years. His first company is PT. KGD Indonesia (Automotive Spare part Manufacture) with HONDA as the majority shareholders from 2000 – 2003, second company is PT. Indonesia Nippon Seiki (Automotive Speedometer Manufacture) from 2003 – 2005, third company is PT. Takeda Indonesia (Pharmaceutical Manufacture) from 2005 – 2009, the fourth and current company is PT. Amerta Indah Otsuka (Nutraceuticals [Nutrition + Pharmaceutical] Manufacture) which a subsidiary company of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. from 2009 until now as a Legal & GA Manager.

Sangita Purohit

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Mrs. Sangita Purohit is employed by the Ahmedabad Education Society (AES Post Graduate Institute of Business Management ) located in the state of Gujarat –INDIA. Having obtained her Masters degree in Library Science from the university of Sagar- INDIA she is now pursuing Ph.D in Library-Science and has 9 years experience in the field of Library-Science in INDIA. Mrs. Purohit has attended several National / International seminars in INDIA, presented several papers in the field of Library-Science and conducted one seminar in DIGITAL-LIBRARY.

Joe Bambara

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Joseph J. Bambara is currently In House Counsel and a VP of technology architecture at UCNY, Inc. His e-mail address is jbambara@ucny.com. For the last 12 years, he has been acting as Counsel for small to mid-size technology firms in the metro area. He has worked on outsourcing contracts, intellectual property as it pertains to mobile and enterprise software, SMS mobile marketing issues as well as trade/service marks. In addition to Lawline.com, he has done Continuing Legal Education courses on law and technology for New York County and City Bar Association. He was named The New York Enterprise Report Technology Attorney of 2010. Prior entrepreneurial career included developing applications systems for the financial, brokerage, manufacturing, medical, and entertainment industries in New York, Los Angeles and western European community including Java on the mobile, enterprise and database development. Mr. Bambara has a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Computer Science. He holds a Juris Doctorate in Law and is admitted to the New York State Bar. He has taught various computer courses for CCNY's School of Engineering. He is member of the New York County Lawyers Association Cyberspace Committee and an active member in the International Technology Law Association. He has authored the following books: Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Study Guide (Exam 310-051) (McGraw-Hill, 2007), J2EE Unleashed (SAMS 2001), PowerBuilder: A Guide To Developing Client/Server Applications (McGraw-Hill, 1995), Informix: Client/Server Application Development (McGraw-Hill, 1997), Informix: Universal Data Option (McGraw-Hill, 1998), SQL Server Developer's Guide (IDG, 2000). Over the past ten years, he has taught numerous courses and given many presentations on all aspects of the law and enterprise and mobile development in cities worldwide, including Los Angeles, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Orlando, Nashville, New York, Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm.

Mark Ohringer

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John Gallighan

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Antony Cook leads a multi-disciplinary team of professionals across the South East Asia region that are responsible for providing: (1) commercial legal support to business groups and the regional manufacturing and operational headquarters; (2) industry, community and government affairs counsel to Microsoft’s in-country operations in South East Asia; and (3) support for intellectual property education and enforcement campaigns.

Xavier Nevez

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Nehme Abi Saad

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Rory O'Keeffe

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Rory O’Keeffe, Legal Advisor to RPS Group Limited and its subsidiaries,is the sole in-house counsel to the Irish operations of the RPS Group. Having previously worked for many years in one of Ireland’s top five law firms, he joined RPS in 2009 to advise on both contentious and non-contentious construction project related matters and general commercial/company matters arising on a day-to-day basis. His previous experience involved advising on energy and commercial matters, including contracts, legal advices, client management (domestic and international) and training (internally and at business law courses for the Law Society of Ireland). He has been involved in projects ranging from energy (wind, oil, gas, LNG, renewables), hotels, emissions trading entities, harbours, onshore and offshore exploration, utilities general and specific contract requirements, and PPP. On secondment, he also worked as in-house commercial solicitor for CIÉ (in particular, Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail).

Carmen Constantinescu

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Antony Cook

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Antony Cook leads a multi-disciplinary team of professionals across the South East Asia region that are responsible for providing: (1) commercial legal support to business groups and the regional manufacturing and operational headquarters; (2) industry, community and government affairs counsel to Microsoft’s in-country operations in South East Asia; and (3) support for intellectual property education and enforcement campaigns.

Julie Varcoe-Cocks

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Julie Varcoe-Cocks is a senior in-house lawyer with over 15 years in the corporate environment including the financial services, automotive, telecommunications and publishing industries. She has a broad range of legal and commercial experience working on compliance, strategic and commercial matters and has worked as a lawyer in private practice and in-house, holding various legal roles in Australia and in the UK.

Jyrki Manninen

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Mr. Jussi Pelkonen, LL.M, M.Sc (accounting), is a general counsel at EvliMr. Jyrki Manninen, LL.M, M.Sc (finance), is a senior legal counsel at Securities Law Finland, unit of Nordea Group Legal. He joined Nordea in 2008, after seven years as a legal adviser at Capital Markets Department and Market Supervision Department of the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority. Nordea Bank Finland Plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordea Bank AB (publ), the listed parent company of the Nordea Group. Nordea is the largest financial services group in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region and one of the five largest listed Nordic companies.

Jean Frydman

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Richard Thurston

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Dr. Richard L. Thurston is General Counsel and Corporate Compliance Officer of TSMC. He manages the legal affairs of a global corporation headquartered in Taiwan. The size of the TSMC legal department is approximately 70 persons (lawyers and other staff are located in the US, Japan, Taiwan, Europe, and China). His responsibilities have included corporate governance, regulatory compliance; M&A; litigation; intellectual capital management (including intellectual property), and international trade and investment, (especially in and throughout the Asia-Pacific region). Dr. Thurston overseas the management of relationships with major international law firms including: Weil Gottshal; Baker & McKenzie; Duane Morris; White & Case; Jones Day, DeHeng, Haynes and Boone, and Keker and VanNest. Also, he has established strategic relationships with U.S. law schools such as SMU in Dallas, John Marshall in Chicago, as well as Soochow School of Law, ChiaoTung and Cheng Chih Universities in Taiwan.. Dr. Thurston earned his Ph.D. in modern East Asian History from the University of Virginia.

David Hjortsø

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David Sander Hjortsø currently works as a Senior Legal Adviser in Danske Markets.

Jussi Pelkonen

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Mr. Jussi Pelkonen, LL.M, M.Sc (accounting), is a general counsel at Evli Bank Plc, Corporate Finance. After joining Evli’s Corporate Finance-unit in 1999, he has been acted as an analyst and sales responsible director prior to be appointed as general counsel, corporate finance. Evli Bank Plc, founded in 1985, is one of the leading investment banks in Nordic and Baltic Sea region. Evli operates in two business areas: Investment Banking and Wealth Management.

Fatima Picôto

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Joseph Lovell

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Joseph M. Lovell is corporate counsel for Origo Partners PLC. He has more than two decades of Greater China business experience. Previous to joining Origo in Beijing, Joseph served as an international attorney specializing in China-US cross border transactions & investment, senior consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers (Taipei), and as General Counsel/Managing Director for an investment bank with offices in New York and Beijing. He has negotiated and structured numerous international private equity investments in China and has played a lead role in the public listing of a number of Chinese companies in the US and UK. Joseph has a BS from Georgetown University (Chinese Language), and MA (Asian Studies) and JD degrees from the University of Hawaii. He is licensed to practice law in New York, Hawaii and Texas.

Ouahida Bendjedou

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Ouahida Bendjedou, Graduated from Aix-en-Provence Law School. Master degree in International Business Law, Master degree in Business Law, taxation and accountancy and an international in-house counsel diploma, in 2004. Joined the Legal Affairs and Compliance Department of BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION in 2005.

Jessica Pong

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Jessica Pong who has extensive working experience in developing and implementing legal approaches and policies with Intellectual Property, Telecommunication, Internet Advertising and Privacy issues over social networking company now works as a legal manager in a Taiwan Internet portal company. She also leads public policy team "MS Mincho" engagement with regulators and legislators on Copyright, Telecommunication, SPAM and Privacy law issues as a legal policy Adviser for NCC, IPO and Consumer Protection Committee. With proven academic accomplishment, litigation and negotiation skills in contracts, litigation, IP and M&A, she is also a well- experienced in-house legal officer over IP and Technology for OEM and ODM Company for IP infringements and transaction disputes. As for privacy and information security issues, she was a well-trained ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.