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ABR Solicitors Chryssafinis & Polyviou LLC Co-effort Law Firm LLP Credit Suisse Deep & Far First Corporate Finance Advisors S.A. Gallego Abogados Ghada M. Darwish Law Firm Heckenbach Suazo LLP Itau Private Bank Brazil Lawyers Jonathan Mort Inc King & Wood Mallesons Klein Lawyers Lamont Pridmore Lleytons Mariconda e Associati N. Dowuona & Company N.W.Bernstein & Associates, LLC NH Juris Nyman Gibson Miralis Papavasiliou - Ballis & Partners Phoebus Christos Clerides & Associates LLC Ratheaux Law Firm Rosenblum Newfield LLC Seyfarth Shaw Studio Legale Capechhi Sydney Criminal Lawyers The Wolfe Law Group Transfer Pricing Associates Hotels - Hilton Addis Ababa Hotels - Wyndham Garden Brooklyn Hotels - Domes of Elounda - Ledra Hotels Hotels - Four Seasons Chiang Mai Hotels - Hilton Maldives Iru Fushi Resort Hotels - Katikies Hotel Hotels - Palacio Belmonte Lisboa Hotels - Ritz Carlton Shanghai Hotels - Taj Cape Town
Criminal Defence Practice of the Year - UK Firm of the Year - Cyprus Full Service Law Firm of the Year - China Cross Border Adviser of the Year IP Advisers of the Year - Taiwan Corporate Finance Advisers of the Year Law Firm of the Year - Colombia Corporate Law Firm of the Year - Qatar Family Lawyer of the Year - USA Wealth Planning Lawyer of the Year Pension Fund Lawyers of the Year Competition Lawyer of the Year - Australia Class Action Law Firm of the Year - Canada Accountants of the Year - UK Firm of the Year - Spain Civil Law Firm of the Year – Italy Firm of the Year - Ghana Environmental Law Firm of the Year Data Protection & Privacy Lawyer of the Year Criminal Defence Lawyers of the Year - Asia Pacific Commercial & Civil Law Firm of the Year - Greece Chambers of the Year - Cyprus Law Firm of the Year - France Lawyer of the Year – Conneticut Law Firm of the Year - UK Law Firm of the Year - Florence, Italy Criminal Defence Law Firm of the Year - Australia International Tax Adviser of the Year Transfer Pricing Advisers of the Year Hotel - Hilton Addis Ababa Hotel of the Year – New York Exclusive Resort of the Year - Greece Hotel Brand of the Year - Thailand Exclusive Resort of the Year - Maldives Luxury Escape of the Year - Greece Hotel of the Year - Portugal Luxury Hotel of the Year - Shanghai, China Luxury Hotel of the Year – South Africa
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CRIMINAL DEFENCE PRACTICE OF THE YEAR Rob Rode Senior/Managing Partner ABR solicitors 004433 6009222 www.abrsolicitors.com rob.rode@abrsolicitors.com Britannia chambers 4 Oxford place Leeds west Yorkshire England LS1 3AX
Biography Rob is a nationally and internationally recognised specialist criminal defence solicitor. He is an acknowledged specialist fraud (white collar) and regulatory defence solicitor. He is described in one of the leading guides to the profession as “like a terrier that never stops digging”. Rob is a supervisor on the Specialist Fraud Panel set up by the Legal Aid Agency. He is a higher court advocate. He represents individuals and companies in the UK and abroad facing investigation/ prosecution under the Bribery Act or multijurisdictional legislation including FCPA. He has experience of dealing with prosecution authorities across a number of jurisdictions.
Rob undertakes fraud defence, regulatory defence, white collar defence involving international/ cross-jurisdictional issues, defence of tax /VAT fraud, motoring and general criminal matters with (again, according to a leading independent guide) “a certain panache”. He is recognised as a leading individual in both Chambers and Legal 500 and presently holds 2 awards as criminal lawyer of the year (UK) Rob has acted successfully in numerous cases defending historic and present day sexual offence allegations. He is tactically astute and will ensure that when appropriate a pro-active defence is pursued in all cases.
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Education Rob trained at Irwin Mitchell and joined the firm in 1998 becoming a partner in 2002 and senior/ managing partner in 2013. He was chairman of the Serious Fraud Association and is a member of SAHCA,POCLA,CLSA the International Criminal Bar, The American Bar Association and a member of the criminal duty solicitor defence scheme.
The Firm Criminal & Fraud Law: We know that when your reputation, livelihood or liberty are on the line, you need a lawyer you trust to guide you through a process that can be bewildering and just plain frightening. Our specialist fraud and criminal defence team have immense
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experience of the criminal justice system in all its forms and at every level, and our team includes solicitors and solicitor advocates who can represent you every step of the way. We have substantial experience in the defence of all types of fraud allegations including carousel fraud, MTIC fraud, VAT fraud and all other serious fraud. We are recognised experts in the area and Rob Rode based in our Leeds office is a key contact. Our fraud lawyers are experts in the defence of clients in prosecutions brought by all the prosecution authorities, including the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Environment Agency, BIS (formerly the DTI) and the Crown Prosecution Service, and we leave no stone unturned to ensure that if a prosecution can be avoided
it is avoided, and if it cannot, it is defended to the fullest rigour of the law. The firm is a member of the Legal Aid Agency Serious Fraud Panel. Public funding (legal aid) will be available where applicable for representation.
ABR Solicitors: Sources regard the criminal law team here as a “extremely proactive and the solicitors really fight for their clients”. Although the team handles a large amount of regulatory and fraud work, it also continues to handle general criminal cases on a regular basis. “This is a very ambitious firm with a bright future ahead of it,” according to observers. With expertise in fraud and general crime, partner in charge Rob Rode is “exceptionally approachable and easy to work with.” .
He is an “experienced charismatic fraud lawyer”. Acting on fraud, regulatory and general crime cases we are ranked highly in leading independent research publications and our discerning clientele reflect our reputation. Prosecutions and investigations of all kinds are defended at all stages of their progress by our experienced team of criminal defence lawyers. ABR Solicitors are a progressive practice ensuring independent representation for all our clients. We maintain excellent professional relationships with others barristers, solicitors and expert witnesses seeking justice for our clients.
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FIRM OF THE YEAR - CYPRUS
Chryssafinis & Polyviou LLC +357 22361000 www.cplaw.com.cy chryssafinis.polyviou@cplaw.com.cy 37 Metochiou, 1101 Agios Andreas, Nicosia, Cyprus
The Firm Chryssafinis & Polyviou LLC was established in 1903 and it is one of the leading and most prestigious law firms in Cyprus, providing legal services with the highest of standards both locally and internationally. The firm currently employs over 70 staff members, 30 of whom are highly qualified lawyers with various specialisations including Banking Law, Insurance Law, Competition Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Employment Law, Aviation Law, Media Law, Arbitration Law and Trust Law. The Senior Partner Mr. Polis Polyviou, Barrister-at-Law, formerly fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, and Lecturer in Law in the University of Oxford, stands out as being an excellent, highly knowledgeable and experienced lawyer. Mr. Polyviou handles
complex cases before the various District Courts as well as the Supreme Court and European Tribunals. He has also taken part in many arbitrations, both as counsel and as Arbitrator and has often given expert evidence before foreign tribunals as he is regarded as an expert in the Law of Cyprus. The firm is also highly regarded for its strong litigation team headed by its Litigation Partner Ms. Stella Polyviou with special focus on Banking, Insurance, Corporate and Employment Law. Mrs. Stella Polyviou has appeared in numerous cases that have created precedents over the years before the Cyprus Supreme Court. With a vision to expand even further and to take over new challenges the firm has set up a decade ago a specialized International and Corporate Department headed by Mrs. Stella Kammitsi with special focus on wealth management and corporate structures (including restructurings),
corporate finance, take-overs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, fiduciary and escrow services and trusts. The firm’s list of valued clients include leading banks of the island, investment and insurance companies, petroleum companies, airlines, utilities and public enterprises and others. In addition it has a wide range of reputable international clients. The firm is highly rated at an international level by The Legal 500 and Practical Law Company and it is an active member of the International Chamber of Commerce in Cyprus. It is also a member of MI InterAct and it actively participates in STEP, of which several of the firm’s lawyers are members. The strong reputation of the firm has been built on values and it has been praised for its full commitment to its clients, the quality and cost-effectiveness of its services and its long term professional relationships.
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FULL SERVICE LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR - CHINA David Zhou Yi Managing Partner Co-effort Law Firm LLP 86 21 5879 6866 www.co-effort.com davidzhou@co-effort.com 35/F Huaneng Union Tower, 958 Lujiazui Ring Road, Shanghai 200120, China
Our Firm Co-effort Law Firm LLP is a leading international legal practice offering a full business law service. Taking the philosophy “concerted effort contributes to all-win”, we are of one mind and endeavor with our clients to achieve excellence together. Nowadays, business is as fierce as war that opportunities are of vital significance. Only professional, efficient and client-oriented legal service providers can help the clients win time and opportunities to maximize their benefits in the business competition. We keep sizing up the situation and pursuing excellence by constantly studying and adapting to the ever-changing market demands. Fully understanding the needs of our clients, Co-effort is expert in creatively designing and executing the most cost-effective professional solutions.
Our Professionals Founded in 1998, Co-effort has now developed into a fullservice law firm. Co-effort is headquartered in Shanghai as the first law firm in the city adopting the limited liability partnership and has its offices in Beijing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Nantong, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Xuzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Xiamen, Osaka, Milan, Paris and Singapore, and continues to set footprints in major cities and regions worldwide. Our internationalized professional service network assists our clients in their investment and business operations both in China and abroad. Our lawyers
are experienced professionals who have working and resource background in judicial system, government agencies, worldrenowned law firms or specialized research institutions. They are competent to provide the most efficient and professional legal support for Chinese and overseas clients.
Our practice areas As one of the leading full-service law firms in China, Co-effort is highly recognized and acclaimed by both clients and legal professionals in the following practice areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Anti-trust & Trade Remedy, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate & Commercial, Construction & Engineering, Dispute Resolution, Labour & Employment, Intellectual Property, International Investment, International Trade, M&A, Real Estate, TMT, White Collar Crime and Wealth Management.
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Chambers Asia-Pacific Legal 500 Asian Legal Business The Lawyer China Law & Practice Corporate INTL Global Law Expert IFLR 1000 AsiaLaw Profiles China Business Law Journal Corporate Livewire
Other Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Antitrust & Trade Remedy, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate & Commercial, Construction & Engineering, Dispute Resolution, Labour & Employment, Intellectual Property, International Investment, International Trade, M&A, Real Estate, TMT, White Collar Crime and Wealth Management
CROSS BORDER ADVISER OF THE YEAR Paul Lanois Vice President - Cross-Border Legal Credit Suisse paul.lanois@credit-suisse.com Credit Suisse, Attn: Paul Lanois, Cross-Border Legal, YIDB 2 Paradeplatz 8, 8001 Zurich
Biography Paul is Vice President (Senior Legal Counsel) at Credit Suisse in Zurich, Switzerland, where he advises on legal and crossborder matters. He is an attorney admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia (DC-USA), New York (NY-USA) and the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). He regularly publishes articles on technology law and is frequently invited to speak on such topics. He has spoken at conferences in the United States and across Europe. His views have been noted in diverse publications and media outlets in relation to privacy, data protection and technology-related matters. He has been recognized as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, with concentrations in Asian law (CIPP/A), US law (CIPP/US), European law (CIPP/E) and Canadian law (CIPP/C). He is also a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and a Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT). He has been recognized as a leading lawyer in The Legal 500’s “GC Powerlist”, named an «Innovative Corporate Counsel» by Law 360 and a «Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Trailblazer» by the National Law Journal. He was an Associate Professor at the University of Cergy-Pontoise
in France and an associate at major international law firms (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Allen & Overy and Linklaters). He graduated from the University of ParisSorbonne (France) with a Master’s degree in Business Law and a postgraduate degree in Private and Public Economic Law. He also holds an LL.M. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (USA). Credit Suisse Group AG operates
as a financial services company, which provides investment banking and advisory services. The company operates through six segments: Swiss Universal Bank, International Wealth Management, Asia Pacific, Global Markets, Investment Banking & Capital Markets and Strategic Resolution Unit. The Swiss Universal Bank segment offers advice and a wide range of financial solutions to private, corporate and institutional
clients primarily domiciled in the Group’s home market Switzerland. The International Wealth Management division provides private banking financial solutions to wealthy private clients and external asset managers in Europe, Middle East and Africa and Latin America. The Asia Pacific division offers integrated private banking and investment banking financial solutions to wealthy individuals, institutional investors and corporate clients in the Asia Pacific region, empowered with the tools of the Group’s global resources. The Global Markets division includes a broad range of equities and fixed income products and services and focuses on client driven businesses and supporting the Group’s private banking and wealth management businesses and its clients. The Investment Banking & Capital Markets division offers a broad range of investment banking services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and UHNWI and sovereign clients. The Strategic Resolution Unit was created to facilitate the immediate right sizing of the business divisions from a capital perspective and includes remaining portfolios from the former non-strategic units plus transfers of additional exposures from the business divisions. Credit Suisse Group was founded by Alfred Escher on July 5, 1856 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
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IP ADVISERS OF THE YEAR
Yu-Li Tsai Partner Patent Attorney Deep & Far Attorneys-at-Law 886-2-25856688 http://www.deepnfar.com.tw email@deepnfar.com.tw/yltsai@deepnfar.com.tw 13th Floor, 27, Sec. 3, Chung San N. Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Biography Mr. Tsai, a patent attorney graduated in 2008 from Department of Electrical Engineering of National Taiwan University (NTUEE), which is the best engineering school in Taiwan. Out of the interest of communication system, he immediately had attended in the Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering (GICE) of NTU since his graduation from NTUEE and has received his master’s degree in 2010 after 2-year’s research. During his research life in GICE, he also started to get involved in knowledge and skills of patentrelated matters for taking the bar examination for Patent Attorneys. He has passed the exam and received the qualification of patent attorney in 2009. In the fall of 2012, Mr. Tsai attended Law School of University
of New Hampshire, also known as Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, to study IP Law and graduated in the summer of 2013. Right after the graduation, he had an opportunity to work for InterDigital, Inc. in Delaware for a period of 2 months. In September 2013, he also passed the U.S. Patent Registration Examination. In December 2015, he also passes the Chinese Patent Agent Examination. Currently, Mr. Tsai is working for Deep & Far Attorneys-at-Law as a patent attorney.
Education Bachelor Degree, Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. Master Degree, Graduate Institute Communication Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
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Master Degree, Master of Intellectual Property, Law School of University of New Hampshire, U.S.A.
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Litigation Commercial Law Debt Collection
The Firm Deep & Far attorneys-at-law was founded in 1992 and is dealing with all phases of laws with a focus on the practice in separate or in combination of all aspects of intellectual property rights (IPRs) including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, and/or licensing, counseling, litigation and/or transaction thereof. Deep & Far prosecutes worldwide patent matters for local clients. For international
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or foreign clients, Deep & Far prosecutes patent matters mainly in Taiwan, significantly in China & Hong Kong, and with minor representation in Macau, Singapore, Korea & Japan. The patent attorneys and patent engineers in Deep & Far normally hold outstanding and advanced degrees and are generally graduated from the top three universities in this country. Our prominent staffs are dedicated to provide the best quality service in IPRs in this country. As a proof, about one half of top 100 incorporations in this country have experiences of seeking patented their techniques, but more than one fifth of the top 100 incorporations has ever used services of this firm. Furthermore, Hi-Tech companies in the science-based industrial park located at Hsin Chu had ever played the most important role in booming the economy of
this country. About one half of them has experiences in seeking patented their techniques, and out of more than 50% of the patentexperienced companies in that park have ever entrusted their IPR works to this firm. Certainly, we must also represent international giants, e.g. InterDigital, MPS, Schott Glas, Toyo Ink, Motorola, Cypress, Armani… It is our philosophy to provide competent legal services that other firm cannot comparably provide. The necessitated ensuing problem is how we can so provide? Deep & Far so achieve by selecting, edifying and nurturing peoples who have the following personalities: learned in expertise, morally earnest and sincerely behaved in mind and strictly disciplined between give and take. It is well-believed that such properties are key factors for peoples to properly and competently behave themselves.
By the perseverance that we only do what and only perform works which enable this firm to be deep and far, Deep and Far can then equate the reality with its name. Deep & Far has been successful in courts. For example, by the 90年 度判字第751 號decision rendered by Supreme Administrative Court (SAC), it is made clear that an invalidating party still potentially has legal interests on an expired patent. By the 98 年度行專訴字第45號 decision rendered by the IP Court (IPC), it is made clear that the applicant can move the features disclosed in the descriptions to be included in the claim when the application is invalidated based on newly located prior art, which practices have been incorporated into the Examination Guidelines. More information regarding this firm could be found from the website above-identified.
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CORPORATE FINANCE ADVISERS OF THE YEAR Miguel Angel Arrigoni Chairman & CEO First Corporate Financial Advisors (+54-11) 4311-6014 www.firstcfa.com Miguel.arrigoni@firstcfa.com 25 de Mayo 596, piso 20 (C1002ABL)
Biography Mr. Arrigoni has more than 30 years of experience working in financial services and investments in Argentina and Latin America. He has led projects and transactions in a wide variety of industries working with major groups such as Citibank, Santander, Banco Galicia, ABN AMRO, HSBC, Blackstone, among others. Miguel has also been closely linked to the development of Argentina’s capital markets. He has been actively involved in several high profile M&A transactions in Argentina and the region, including ICBC’s acquisition of Standard Bank in Argentina. Mr. Arrigoni is a frequent speaker in conferences all over America, specialized in the financial industry and is the author of several articles published in high profile newspapers and magazines. He is an Accountant and earned a Masters degree in Systems Engineering, both from Buenos Aires University. He has also completed Business Executive Programs in Harvard University
The Firm First Corporate Finance Advisors S.A. (FIRST) is a leading financial services group with more than 30 years of experience in the Argentinean and Latin American markets. -
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The private equity team is led by seasoned professionals with strong finance and operating experience in the region.
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With a structure of more than 90 people, FIRST is one of the largest corporate finance and financial services advisory firm in the region.
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Family businesses;
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It is worth noting that FIRST has worked with more than 70% of Argentina’s top 100 domestic companies.
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Latin America. Some of our key M&A clients include Unilever, BASF, Baumgarten, Mead Johnson, ICBC, Diageo, Alicorp, Dupont, Seguridad Argentina, Shell, among others. FIRST has also been working closely with top private equity firms and hedge funds (domestic and international) looking to invest in Argentina.
FIRST has considerable experience working on engagements all across LATAM. The ability to provide local market expertise in all the regions we work, while also understanding the needs and requirements of international investors, is a key component. Investors look for local market insights and opportunities that are generally not available in the local market, while also demanding economic stability and transparent market rules. Having an established local presence and understanding of regional and local trends creates a lot of value to the investors and companies we work with. -
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Participated in more than 60 M&A transactions.
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More than 500 valuations done across the region in the past 10 years.
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We have taken over 95 companies to the local capital markets.
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Structured more than 1,400 series of trust securities valued at more than US$ 30 billion with an 80% market share. FIRST has been closely linked to the development of the local capital markets.
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Advised on corporate restructuring deals worth more than US$ 3 billion.
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Identify real business opportunities
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Provide management and expertise in key industries
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Experience operating in different economic cycles
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We have worked across and specialized in a broad range of industries in Argentina and have close contact with the main local players.
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Local companies are usually family run, face professionalization challenges, and require capital to grow, in a local market that is becoming more dynamic. We help foreign investors understand and adapt to the local business context.
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Valuations are another key item. Company valuations in Argentina have continued to be significantly below regional peers. As the economy gradually opens, and the M&A flow increases, valuations are expected to increase. Timing is a key component, we help our clients to anticipate changes and develop successful market entry strategies.
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LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR - COLOMBIA Prof. Dr.jur. Helmuth Gallego Managing Partner Gallego Abogados 0057 1 744 1900 http://www.gallegolawyers.com/ h.gallego@gallegolawyers.com Calle 101 No 12-42, Bogotá, Colombia
Education
was an exceptional year regarding its financial
enterprises and the commitment to firms
Dr. Helmuth Gallego holds a Law degree
results, the acquisition of new international
clients’ success in the Colombian market
from the School of Law of the Universidad
clients which was multiplied and the
are the three fundamental factors that make
Externado de Colombia, a LL.M. in private
importance of the legal cases dealt with by
GALLEGO ABOGADOS your best partner for
law and a PhD on Bank law from the
the firm.
the development, structuring, implementation
University of Mainz, Germany. Furthermore,
Gallego Abogados’ efficient team represents
and optimization of your project or business
he has been a full Professor among others
a broad array of international and national
in Colombia. The firm considers their client’s
for Commercial Law, Private Economic
clients, the majority of those related to
success „the guarantee of its future“.
Law, Capital Market Law and International
German-speaking countries. The firm has even
For example for foreign investors, the advisory
Contract Law at Universidad Nacional de
two native German and Austrian lawyers.
service of GALLEGO ABOGADOS includes
Colombia, from 1996 to 2013. Also, he was
Thus Gallego Abogados offers its services
the elaboration of bylaws, the assurance of the
the director of the private law department
in three languages: Spanish, English and
rights of the foreign investor, the company’s
for PhD candidates at Universidad Nacional
German. The firm’s knowledge of both legal
registration in the relevant registries and the
de Colombia, recognized as most important
systems, business cultures and the language
start-up of the enterprises’ operations, taking
University for its scientific work in Colombia.
allows Gallego Abogados to offer unique and
into account the particularities of the economic
precise services to German, Austrian and
sector within which the business operates.
Swiss clients.
Similarly, GALLEGO ABOGADOS gives legal
Dr. Helmuth Gallego is a Corporate and
For this reason, Gallego Abogados is
advises with respect to the preparation of
Commercial law attorney. He is the Founder
attorney-of-trust by several foreign missions
meeting protocols of the different corporate
and Managing Partner of Gallego Abogados
in Colombia, such as the Austrian Embassy
bodies, helps in the preparation of reports to
since 1995. He participated in a myriad
and the German Embassy. The firm works
be submitted to the supervisory authorities
of projects and cross-border transactions,
closely with many international Chambers
and develops amendments to the bylaws, legal
which makes him one of the most recognized
of Commerce in Colombia, especially from
opinions and the necessary documentation
Corporate/M&A practitioners of the country.
European countries.
in case of mergers, transformations,
He is also an arbitrator at the highest category
The firm is an active member of the German
spin-offs or any other form of corporate
(A) at the Arbitration Center of the Chamber
Desk, a network of international lawyers
reorganization. Moreover, the legal support
of Commerce of Bogotá for Corporate and
domiciled in Latin America, Spain and
of its customers to initiate and consolidate
Bank Law cases.
Germany advising German companies in
their businesses in Colombia has allowed
Helmuth is fluent in Spanish, English and
their business all around the world. Starting
GALLEGO ABOGADOS to acquire an
German.
with their office in Bogota, the firm regards
immense experience in the area of commercial
itself a rising international law firm, aiming
law and contracts. Thanks to this, GALLEGO
to become the leading German speaking law
ABOGADOS can provide legal counsel when
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firm in Latin America.
it comes to the structuring, documentation,
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Gallego Abogados highlights to its clients the
negotiation and execution of national and
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particularities of the local market, helps them
international contracts for all industries as
- ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
to generate strategic contacts, accompanies
well as trade and services sectors, including
- BANKING LAW
them to business meetings and advises them
tax planning and compliance of corporate and
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with respect to the entrance and positioning
foreign exchange responsibilities arising from
of their business in the Colombian market.
the implementation of such contracts.
Gallego Abogados uses all its academic
By the end of 2017, the firm will increase by
expertise, practical experience and lobbying
50% its team of attorneys. This will allow
ability to ensure the cost-effectiveness and
Gallego Abogados to fulfill the demand of
the legal certainty of its clients’ venture in
both traditional and new clients. The firm’s
Colombia.
lawyers are experts in their fields of practice
The thorough training of the lawyers at
with extensive experience in international
Gallego Abogados is a Colombian boutique
GALLEGO ABOGADOS, who are lecturers
advocacy. They are experts in Colombian
Law firm in all its practice areas and stands
of the most prestigious national universities,
Law, International Law, European Union Law,
for legal expertise and academic excellence.
the vast experience in advising large and
German Law and Austrian Law.
The firm has been growing constantly. 2016
medium-sized European and Colombian
Biography
Other Practice Areas
- LITIGATION AND
ARBITRATION - CORPORATE LAW AND
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
(M&A)
The Firm
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CORPORATE LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR - QATAR Ghada M. Darwish Chairman and Founder Ghada M. Darwish Law Firm +974 4488 9050 www.gdarwish.com info@gdarwish.com Level 15, Alfardan Towers, Al Funduq St. West Bay Doha, Qatar Ghada M. Darwish Firm is keen on participation in all professional events. The Firm was a sponsor of the 11th GCC Lawyers and Arbitrators Conference, held in December 2015 in Doha. It also sponsored The “Dispute Resolution in the Arab Region Conference” in May, 2016 organized by the IBA Arab Regional Forum in Dubai, and the 4th ICC MENA Conference on International Arbitration, held in April 2016 in Dubai. The Firm is one among the sponsors of “The World Litigation Forum Dubai 2017’, which will be held in January. The Firm also marked
its impressions in the recent 2nd World Conference on International Arbitration held in October in Doha, in which Ms Ghada was honoured as a speaker. The diversity of the Firm’s team and their expertise enable them to address all type of matters. It also provides for a healthy working environment inducing overall growth and knowledge. Firm has lawyers from Qatar, Egypt, India, and the Philippines. Moreover, we have associations with more than 13 law firms around the world.
By reason of diligence and dedication of the firm, the number of clients increased from two digit numbers in 2012/2013 to three digits within early 2016, making a profit of Millions of USD till early 2016, compared to thousands of USD in 2012/2013, despite the recession in the region due to the downfall in oil prices which affected all sectors and decreased workload. We are confident in our capabilities and expertise. We believe our stance and portfolio allows us to be considered as the Best Law Firm of the year 2016 in Qatar.
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FAMILY LAWYER OF THE YEAR - USA David W. Heckenbach Partner Heckenbach Suazo LLP 303-858-8000 www.familylawcolorado.com dheckenbach@familylawcolorado.com 7400 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3025N, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Biography Dave began his career even before taking the bar exam at the District Attorney’s office for Denver, Colorado. After passing the bar on his first attempt, Dave was sworn into practice law and sworn in as a Deputy District Attorney, the same day, on October 9, 1979. He has been trying cases ever since. Dave began prosecuting misdemeanors and major traffic offenses in County Court. He was promoted less than a year later to the juvenile court and prosecuted felonies and misdemeanors against juveniles. Within a year, he was elevated to practice in the District Court where he prosecuted adult felonies from first degree murder to forgery, with everything in between. By late 1983, Dave was already promoted to Chief Deputy District Attorney for the Denver District Attorney’s office. Dave entered private practice in the spring of 1984 and practiced as a civil litigator, doing primarily insurance defense work and the defense of U.S.C. section 1983 cases. However, in January of 1985, Dave was asked to return to the District Attorney’s Office, by D.A. Norm Early, as the Chief Deputy in charge of Complex Prosecutions for the Denver District Attorney’s office. He accepted that position and held it until October of 1992. During his tenure as the Chief Deputy in charge of the complex prosecution unit, Dave handled a variety of high profile, high publicity, and highly complex matters. He was also in charge of all Denver Statutory Grand Jury matters and investigations, as well as public corruption prosecutions. In 1992, Dave joined Christopher C. Cross as a partner in the firm of Cross and Heckenbach, PC. During the five years Cross and Heckenbach, P.C. existed, Dave began handling complicated divorce matters, security litigation, criminal matters, attorney disciplinary matters, and some personal injury matters. Upon his partner’s elevation to the bench in 1997,
Dave became a founding partner in one of the preceding entities to Heckenbach Suazo LLP. First known as Gutterman Carlton Heckenbach, LLP, the name changes evolved to reflect Dave Heckenbach and Aaron Suazo as the primary partners in the same entity that began on August 1, 1997. During his time with Heckenbach Suazo LLP, Dave has continued to practice primarily in the area of highly complicated divorce matters for individuals of high net worth and income. He has handled literally hundreds of contested hearings in cases such as divorce, paternity, allocation of parental responsibilities, child support modification, child support enforcement, maintenance modification, step-parent rights and grandparents’ rights. As a trial lawyer for over 38 years, Dave is well known for the respect he commands in the courtroom among attorneys and judges, and as a formidable adversary who is completely at ease and confident in the courtroom. Because of his courtroom presence and skills, Dave is generally successful in negotiating cases to a conclusion without the need for litigation. Adversaries know full well his trial talent and skills and know he will present a case with zeal, skill and compelling strategies.
TheFirm Heckenbach Suazo LLP has one of the largest family law practices in Colorado, with an established business and real estate practice too. Heckenbach Suazo LLP (HS) serves the Denver metropolitan area and clients throughout Colorado. And, unlike other family law firms, our business and real estate experience gives our clients an advantage in domestic relations cases involving complicated real estate and business interests. With a team comprised of experienced litigators and transactional attorneys covering family, juvenile, criminal, business, construction and real estate law, we have the unique ability to leverage best practices from
multiple practice areas, giving us a comprehensive strategic picture of every case. In the boardroom or the courtroom, our team will help you navigate the modern complexities of family and business law. We recognize that every case is important, and will approach your case with the depth and focus needed to assist in reaching the best possible resolution—in the most cost-effective manner possible. With more than a century of combined experience in family, juvenile, criminal, business, construction and real estate law, Heckenbach Suazo LLP attorneys advise clients in a wide range of complex legal matters. We are committed to protecting your particular rights and will draw upon our extensive experience to pursue your unique needs and objectives. Whether in negotiations or trial advocacy, we tailor our approach to your specific situation—and find creative, long-term solutions. How? We listen first, and then ask questions. We take the time to understand your situation, which allows us to place your unique legal issues in the proper context, developing the appropriate course of action. We treat your issue, personal or business, as if it were our own—because it is.
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Family Law Divorce Allocation of Parental Responsibilities Post Decree Modification and Enforcement Grandparents’ Rights Paternity Contested Probate Litigation Special Master/Mediator White Collar Criminal Law with Emphasis on Grand Jury Practice.
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WEALTH PLANNING LAWYER OF THE YEAR William Heuseler Global Head of Fiduciary and Wealth Planning Services Itau Private Bank +55 11 3631 2180 www.itau.com.br/private-bank william.heuseler@itau-unibanco.com.br Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 3500- 5th floor., São Paulo SP 04538-132- Brazil
Biography William Heuseler is Head of the Wealth Planning Team of Itaú Private Bank. William is a Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Attorney with 20 years of experience dealing with ultra-high net worth clientele, with the expertise on cross-border matters, tax and asset protection planning; family and corporate gover-nance among other wealth planning strategies. Prior to Itaú, William worked at UBS AG, in New York, as country coordinator of the Brazilian Wealth Planning Team - Offshore Platform; at Smith Barney-Citigroup as a Wealth Planner; at Safra Group in New York, as the head of the Legal and Trust Affairs division and at Citco Group as a Trust Officer. In Brazil William worked at Banco Marka S.A. where he was made an associate partner as we all he was the head of the legal team.
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He started his career at Baker & McKenzie’s office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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PENSION FUND LAWYERS OF THE YEAR Mr Jonathan Mort Managing Director Jonathan Mort Incorporated +27 21 462 5207 www.mortlaw.net jmort@mortlaw.net 3A Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht, Cape Town 8001, South Africa
The Firm Jonathan Mort Incorporated is a Cape Town based law firm which specialises in all aspects of the law relevant to pension funds. We were founded in 2009 by Jonathan Mort and Vanessa Bell, who were previously at Edward Nathan Sonnebergs, and in 2010 Paul Williams joined the firm from the London office of Baker & McKenzie. Collectively the three lawyers in the firm possess more than 60 years of legal experience, of which at least 40 years have been as specialist pension fund lawyers. Our expertise in advising clients in respect of pension fund matters is informed not only by the wide range of pension law issues referred to us, but also by our broader experience in the pension fund industry: • Paul Williams’ qualification as a solicitor of the High Court in England and Wales, and his extensive UK pension law experience in particular in dealing with DB issues, has brought a considerable breadth of expertise; • Jonathan Mort and Vanessa Bell between them have acted as independent trustees on at least 30 different pension funds, including standalone occupational funds, multi-employer occupational funds, preservation and retirement annuity funds; • Jonathan Mort and Vanessa Bell each act as independent director on separate unrelated life companies; • Jonathan Mort has acted as independent director on a number of nominee companies, and as a director of a large unit trust company; • Jonathan Mort was appointed by the Registrar of Pension Funds as an inspector in terms of the Inspection of Financial Institutions Act to investigate certain issues relating to most of the largest retirement fund administrators. Each of our three lawyers has been President of the Pension Lawyers Association. Jonathan Mort has served four terms on the steering committee of the International
Pension and Employee Benefits Association (IPEBLA), is the directing editor of IPEBLA’s “Comparative Survey of Pension Law Issues” (4th edition to be published in 2017), and is the IPEBLA representative on the Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, a subcommittee of the American Bar Association. Our firm’s contributions to the retirement benefit industry in South Africa has been recognised in the following spheres: • At the 2015 Imbasa Yegolide awards our firm won Law Firm of the Year. • In 2015 Jonathan Mort received from IPEBLA the coveted Tony Thurnham Award for “The most outstanding article published in the International Pension Lawyer (the IPEBLA Journal), in the years 2013 – 2016”. • In 2016 Jonathan Mort was given the award of “Cape Attorney of the Year” by the Cape Law Society for his defining contribution to pensions law. We are regular speakers at international and national conferences on pension law issues, and have been quoted in the media on matters related to pension funds. Our firm is unique in that our sole focus is on the legal issues relevant to pension funds. The largest component of our practice is general advisory work to pension funds and their employers, but a growing area of our practice is discrete project-based work, in particular in relation to the strategic management of pension fund liabilities. Our practice also includes pensions-related disputes. We have advised the Registrar of Pension Funds and National Treasury in relation to pensions legislation and regulation. Matters we have been involved in recently include the following: • Advising employers as to their strategic options with regard to pension provision, including moving from standalone pension provision to an umbrella fund, conversion from defined benefits to defined contribution benefits, transfers
from an employer-sponsored fund to an umbrella fund and outsourcing of pensioner liabilities to an insurer; • Advising employers in respect of their participation in multi-employer funds, including negotiating the terms of participation with the provider; • Advising funds on DB to DC conversions; • Advising funds on the pretermination process to be followed, including the transfer of benefit liabilities (such as those in respect of pensioners to an insurer); • Advising funds on surplus distributions and the resolution of deficit issues; • Advising on the pensions law aspects of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and internal reorganisations; • Advising pension funds on any legal issues which they encounter, including as to the long-term strategic management of liabilities; • Drafting fund rules and complex rule amendments, governance documents and drafting and negotiating fund contractual documents such as investment agreements or policies; • Acting on behalf of clients in contentious matters relating to pension funds before the Pension Funds Adjudicator, the Financial Services Board Appeal Board, the High Court and in arbitration proceedings. We have acted, and continue to act, for a number of retirement funds, including local authority funds, large stand-alone occupational funds, as well as for employers and fund administrators. Our firm has provided advice on pension fund issues to pension funds, employers and other clients throughout South Africa but also in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Swaziland.
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COMPETITION LAWYER OF THE YEAR Sharon Henrick Partner – Head of Competition Law & Regulatory, Australia King & Wood Mallesons +61292962294/+61438323765 www.kwm.com sharon.henrick@au.kwm.com Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2000
Biography Sharon is the Head of King & Wood Mallesons’ Australia-based Competition Law and Regulatory Team. Sharon principally advises clients on large scale commercial transactions and investigations which have a competition law application in Australia or the Asia Pacific Region. According to Client Choice, Sharon’s clients describe her as: “A highly competent lawyer who delivers great client experience; she is very reassuring, she is a strategic thinker and problem solver and offers excellent turnaround times;” “responsive, energetic, commercially astute and legally accurate”; “excelling in her, often complex, field;” “her advice and wise counsel is exceptional; not only is it sound, but it is articulated clearly and in a form that is readily understood;” and “she manages differing views of stakeholders brilliantly, steering them towards the right answer and approach.” Sharon is widely recognised as a leader in her field. She is listed as one of the world’s top 100 female competition law practitioners by Global Competition Review, one of the world’s top 100 advisors by Deal Makers and one of the world’s top 500 lawyers by the Intercontinental Finance Magazine. Sharon is a recipient of numerous awards, including Global Competition Law Review’s Merger Control Matter of the Year - Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa; Euromoney’s Women in Business Law Award for Competition – Australia, Lawyer Monthly’s Competition / Antitrust Lawyer of the Year – Australia
and Client Choice’s Australian Competition Law Advisor of the Year in 2016. Sharon is ranked as an elite practitioner by Global Competition Law Review, and listed as a leader in directories, including the Asia Pacific Legal 500, IFLR and Chambers Asia Pacific. Some of Sharon’s key matters include assisting: • British Airways across the Asia Pacific in relation to investigations of cartel conduct in the air cargo industry • ChemChina on the Australian aspects of its USD43billion acquisition of Syngenta in the agrochemicals sector, gaining unconditional clearance in Australia at a time when the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission was reviewing a wave of consolidation in the sector • British Gas on the Australian aspects of its USD53billion merger with Shell, said to be the twelfth largest merger ever, and at a time when the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission was conducting a market study into Australia’s East Coast Gas Market • Nestlé on the Australian aspects of its acquisition of Pfizer’s infant formula business, which required remedies in Australia • Hastings Infrastructure and China Merchants Group on their successful bid for the Port of Newcastle, one of the world’s largest coal export ports
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• Dometic on the Australian aspects of its acquisition of Attwood, where the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission accepted, at an early stage of its investigation, a hold separate undertaking to allow global completion to occur (the first such undertaking ever accepted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) and the Commission cleared the transaction after a Phase 2 review without a remedy, with Dometic gaining a share of more than 70% of the market in Australia • Glencore on the Australian aspects of its acquisition of Viterra’s bulk wheat handling business, where the focus was on potential vertical effects • NBC Universal on its distribution joint venture with Sony • EMI on the Australian aspects of its demerger and sale to each of Sony and Universal • Lion, Australia’s largest brewer, during the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s long running beer tying investigation • Cabcharge, Australia’s largest taxi payments operator, during a long running investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission into alleged abuse of dominance, which was resolved by a remedy allow third parties access to Cabcharge’s payment system
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The Firm Recognised as a leading, innovative law firm, King & Wood Mallesons offers a different perspective to commercial thinking and the client experience. Headquartered in Asia, King & Wood Mallesons is opening doors and unlocking opportunities for businesses looking to unleash their full potential in the Asian Century. Combining an unrivalled depth of expertise and breadth of relationships in our core markets, we are connecting Asia to the world, and the world to Asia. Asia Intelligence (AQ) is a key differentiator for us – we have a unique insight and expertise in one of the world’s fastest growing economies. For over 182 years, King & Wood Mallesons has grown from a collection of Australian city-based firms to an integrated network spanning growth markets and financial capitals. In Australia, nationally, we have a staff of over 1,350 across all legal and support functions including 150 partners and 600+ lawyers. We have centres in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney (the latter of which serves as our Australian headquarters). Our firm offers the “full service” range of legal services, with large teams of lawyers who can be quickly deployed for complex matters. We also remain focussed on helping clients with the smaller matters or “BAU” work along the way.
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Above and beyond our services, our primary focus is on building and maintaining relationships with our major clients and forging those relationships in a way that ultimately offers the best value and the best service.
Our teams work with clients to help them understand and deliver strategic responses to local challenges, navigate through regional complexity, and to identify commercial solutions that deliver a competitive advantage. We take a partnership approach, focusing not just on what our clients want, but how they want it and when they want it. Always pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved, we are reshaping the legal market and challenging our clients to think differently about what a law firm can be. King & Wood Mallesons’ Australiabased Competition Law and Regulatory Team is consistently ranked by the directories, including Chambers Asia Pacific and Global Competition Law Review, and its peers as a Leader. Commenting in early 2017 on KWM’s Australia ranking, Global Competition Review stated: “The competition team at King & Wood Mallesons has emerged as perhaps the best in the country. Practice leader Sharon Henrick and her team blend top-flight merger work with major competition litigations and investigations at the ACCC, and offer one of the largest and most balanced groups in the country. Over the past year, they brought novel tactics before the ACCC that allowed global deals to close; headline work on cases that could break legal ground in Australia, and advice for leniency applicants in potential cartel investigations.”
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CLASS ACTION LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR - CANADA David Klein Managing Partner Klein Lawyers LLP 604-874-7171 www.callkleinlawyers.com info@callkleinlawyers.com #400 1385 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V9
The Firm Klein Lawyers is a Canadian law firm with offices in Vancouver and Toronto, supporting clients with a wide variety of personal injury and class action law cases. The personal injury side of the practice focuses on clients who have been injured in motor vehicle accidents. The class action group has handled a wide range of landmark class action lawsuits. Client service is central to the firm’s success. The firm prides itself on ensuring clients receive the very highest standard of support during their time of need. This emphasis is made by managing partner David Klein: “Here at Klein Lawyers, client
service is vital. Clients want a lawyer who listens to their problems, provides a range of options for addressing them and then executes a plan for successful resolution. Our central focus is in identifying and meeting client needs. This is the theme that weaves its way through everything we do.” By delivering superlative results for our clients day after day, month after month, Klein Lawyers has earned a well-deserved reputation as one of Canada’s leading law firms. The most rewarding aspect of our work is knowing that we’ve had a positive impact on our clients’ lives. They come to us at a time of turmoil and uncertainty. Our satisfaction comes from knowing that when the file
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is concluded, they have been put back onto the road of financial and emotional wellbeing. Klein Lawyers is expanding as it looks to hire new staff to support the ever growing number of cases it is being offered. Competition in the legal market is strong, and in such a competitive marketplace it is increasingly vital that the firm attracts the very best talent in the industry. Thanks to its reputation for excellence and commitment to client service, there is no doubt that Klein Lawyers will continue to grow and prosper over the months and years to come. For more information regarding Klein Lawyers, visit www. callkleinlawyers.com or call (604) 874-7171.
ACCOUNTANTS OF THE YEAR - UK Graham Lamont Chief Executive Lamont Pridmore 01228 520118 www.lamontpridmore.co.uk Graham@lamontpridmore.co.uk Arkle House, 31 Lonsdale Street, Carlisle, CA1 1BJ Lamont Pridmore is a family-run firm of Chartered Accountants, Tax and Business Advisers with three partners, 55 staff and eight offices across Cumbria and Lancaster. Formed in 1894 its traditional family values remain at the forefront of everything it does as a firm. Its full framework of values includes integrity, honesty, reliability, loyalty, respect, quality, excellence, value for money, focus, enthusiasm, passion and innovation. Combining these traditional values with a forward-thinking, innovative approach to the constantly evolving demands of the modern business world, Lamont Pridmore focuses on the future rather than the past and starts where many other firms finish. As a top 100 firm of chartered accountants and one of only two family firms listed, they have been identified as one of the fastest growing practices in the UK for the past six years. Lamont Pridmore doubled in size during this period– attracting a new client every working day. The growth over past six years is a reflection of the popularity and success of the firm’s services. Their forecasts for 2016/17 predict further net profit growth and fee income growth based upon their continually growing client base. This and future growth is all thanks to their five year Strategic-Plan, prepared each year, which covers the 12 key areas for growth that has enabled them to double in size over the past five years. As a firm it prides itself on adding significant value to their clients’ businesses and in 2015/16 the value added was 3.3 times the fees charged. This demonstrates real value for money, which sets the firm apart from its competitors; both locally and nationally. Unlike firms who focus only on the transaction, Lamont Pridmore’s team spends time building successful, longterm relationships with their clients;
growing with them and helping them achieve their business/personal goals. The practice also truly values its staff and regularly offers additional benefits and career development aimed at maintaining current staffing levels. This is evident in a 98% staff retention rate and the fact that the firm has nearly 20 members of staff with more than 25 years of service. By training and encouraging its staff to be the best they can be the firm ensures that its clients continue to receive exceptional services. Lamont Pridmore has also improved its own internal efficiency levels, which have increased to 95%. This improved efficiency level gives the firm a competitive-advantage over their main competitors, at least three of which are working on a 75% efficiency level. Current charge-out rates/charges are therefore 25% cheaper than its competitors thanks to these efficiencies and job turnaround times have been reduced from eight to five weeks, resulting in significantly improved client satisfaction rates. Lamont Pridmore has a proven track record of helping clients achieve their objectives, in many cases maximising the value of businesses or helping owners to invest their wealth wisely. Asset & Wealth Management now accounts for around 20% of the firm’s business - an area which continues to grow year-on-year. Lamont Pridmore has launched a number of new specialist services in recent years, including: private client service, tax planning for landlords & property businesses, R&D tax claims, auto-enrolment, family business and owner-managed business. On top of this the firm continues to develop its outsourced financial director service which has proved extremely popular amongst small to medium-size business and organisations. The firms latest offering comes in the form of a new boutique service, which service provides a wide range of added
value services, which concentrate not only on the traditional business services, but also go into greater detail – focusing on proactive tax planning ahead of major transactions and financial year end, profit improvement days, increasing the value of businesses and creating a detailed 10 year life wealth plan for clients. Lamont Pridmore inspires and develops its people and clients, helping them fulfil their full-potential, we focus on the future not the past, delivering exceptional measurable-added-value-services to their clients and helping them to:• Increase their profits • Reduce their tax-bill • Invest their wealth wisely What our clients say about us “Lamont Pridmore’s genuine enthusiasm to help positively develop the many different aspects of my business, including catering, retail, accommodation and visitor attractions, has been invaluable. In particular, Graham Lamont’s knowledge and enthusiasm has had a very positive impact through building my confidence to take positive action to improve my business.” David Jackson, partner, Castlerigg Hall & chairman of Keswick Tourism Association “Lamont Pridmore either identifies a solution within our organisation, or if that is not possible, they find an answer or help us find one. We gain ongoing formal and informal support on a number of different levels – from the partners right through to other professionals. I have recommended Lamont Pridmore to another charity in Cumbria, as the firm delivers the right balance between the size of the organisation and the care taken with our audit. We were with a Big 4 firm previously, but we feel more important at Lamont Pridmore and they have all the expertise we need.” Godfrey Owen, chief executive, Brathay
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FIRM OF THE YEAR - SPAIN Ms Beatrice Sanchis Managing Partner LLEYTONS law firm +34 963 941 181 www.lleytons.com b.sanchis@lleytons.com C/ Cirilo Amorós 66, 8ª – 46004 Valencia
The Firm LLEYTONS is a legal firm specializing in private international law. The firm assist its clients worldwide with the utmost quality by means of its lawyers and specialised technicians who provide them the necessary legal protection and expert technical advice for the proper development and success of their business. The global economy progresses towards an interconnected and globalized world, where companies confront increasingly new and complex challenges to access new highly competitive markets, in which only those who have an in-depth knowledge of local markets regulations and the legal risks they pose are able to internationalize successfully their businesses. LLEYTONS possess the legal knowledge and offer the expert advice needed in each country –with special regard to Spain- to help you grow your business internationally. For the purpose of providing a comprehensive expert advice, the law firm has established, together with its Legal Division composed of lawyers, a Technical Division which included expert technicians from a wide range of scientific disciplines and engineering, working in perfect symbiosis with our team of lawyers. Our technicians offer a distinctive value added in some of the most complex legal cases the law firm deals with, in which expert knowledge is often required. These professionals intervene both in extrajudicial and
judicial proceedings, enhancing the effectiveness of the lawyers in carrying out their advisory role. The close cooperation existing among the two divisions of the law firm and the smooth interaction between our lawyers and technicians increases the synergy not only internally but with our clients, who would therefore receive a wide-ranging highly specialised service.
Methodology of LLEYTONS Innovation In a global economic environment that is characterised by the complexity and sophistication of the existing legal regulations and the plurality of actors participating in it, LLEYTONS’ firm commitment to innovation in our working method and tools is permanent, as a way to provide with the fastest and advantageous solution for the challenges and legal problems our clients may confront. Involvement We believe in the traditional values of work well done: endeavour, dedication and the amount of time necessary to solve an issue, which, together with our innovative approach, our own legal solvency as a firm and the steadfast commitment to legal excellence that characterize LLEYTONS, ensure the clients who demand our services a comprehensive outcome. Internationalisation Every great brand has a heart and every big company has its reason. Private international law
has been our passion from the beginning. It was the reason for creating LLEYTONS and, to this day, it is one of the keys to success for our clients. We want to dispel the boundaries and overcome the legal obstacles that clients find in international environments. Money-saving Our legal services are directed for the client to obtain a solution to their challenges and legal issues in the shortest time and at a reasonable price. We are sensitive to the expectations of clients and we manage their assignments as quickly as possible paying close attention to the appropriate quality standards and avoiding waste of resources. Empathy We make our own the challenges and problems of the clients until we find the same legal solution that we would give to our own legal difficulties. In LLEYTONS clients finds a reliable ally truly committed to the success of their business. Time Time is critical for us. Because of that, we previously analyse and inform our clients about the runtime of the project. Also, we are fast, because we are trained for it. LLEYTONS provides legal and expert advice through our Legal and Technical Divisions to our many clients in Spain and anywhere in the world assisting them in both their local and international controversies and ensuring them the legal security in their business.
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CIVIL LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ITALY Luciano Castelli Founding partner Mariconda e Associati – Studio Legale +39.02.795212 www.studiomariconda.com luciano.castelli@studiomariconda.com via Cerva n. 8 – 20122 Milan, Italy
Biography Luciano Castelli, founding member of the Mariconda e Associati Law Firm, has more than a decade’s experience in dispute resolution, acquired by assisting multinational and Italian companies, especially in the field of civil and commercial law. He has followed large national disputes and is often appointed arbitrator by both arbitration panels and institutional bodies (i.e. President of the Court of Milan, Chamber of Arbitration of Milan, and Association of Chartered Accountants of Milan). Since September 2009 he has been a Private Law Expert at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan and he has been studying for a PhD in Civil Procedural Law at the Università degli Studi of Milan since December 2011. Before starting to collaborate with Avv. Prof. Vincenzo Mariconda in 2009, he worked in the Gramellini e Leonelli Law Firm. Prior to this, he worked in the legal department and the asset management department, South American division, of the Geneva branch
of the Safdié Bank (formerly Multi-Commercial Bank). Since 2012 he has worked regularly with the Ipsoa Group – Wolters Kluwer, in the journal “I Contratti Online” (articles 1719-1822) and has updated the Annotated Civil Code by Guido Alpa and Vincenzo Mariconda (articles 2643-2807).
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The Firm Mariconda e Associati is a boutique law firm, established as a professional association in December 2013, specialising in the resolution of disputes before judicial courts and arbitral bodies. The association was established by Avv. Prof. Vincenzo Mariconda, who until the end of the 1980s was involved in the largest national disputes and arbitrations regarding corporate and contractual matters, and by his closest associates. The Law Firm focuses on the resolution of civil, banking and corporate disputes, providing legal assistance before the courts of law and in arbitration proceedings. The association avails itself of the collaboration of 13 professionals. Avv. Prof. Vincenzo Mariconda has been named as one of the leaders in the sector of dispute resolution in The Legal 500 law firm directory and has been called “one of the greatest geniuses in civil law” in the Chambers Europe guide.
FIRM OF THE YEAR - GHANA NanaAma Botchway Managing Partner N. Dowuona & Company +233302632043 www.dowuonalaw.com; nanaama@dowuonalaw.com Suites 305 & 306, 3rd floor, Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel Commercial Center, Independence Avenue Ridge, Accra Our corporate and commercial practice encompasses complex domestic and cross-border transactions as well as general corporate advice on day-today legal issues encountered by our clients. We routinely advise clients on large and complex in-bound investment and divestment transactions, corporate acquisitions, as well as joint ventures between large local corporates and multinational companies. We also advise clients on corporate governance matters, intellectual property licensing issues, tax, as well as other regulatory matters. We provide a range of employment law advisory services from drafting and negotiating employment contracts, advising on immigration matters including applying for work and residency permits, to structuring sophisticated executive compensation structures such as employee profit sharing and complex carried interest allocations schemes. Our clients range from established multinational corporations to start-up companies operating in a variety of industries from private equity, to oilfield services, to construction. Our property and construction practice spans all areas of the real estate industry, including sales and acquisitions, real estate development, leasing and joint ventures. We have represented some of the leading local and international real estate developers in various phases of real estate investment structuring and development and property management. We have significant experience in the hospitality,
commercial and residential real estate development sectors, having advised on transactions involving landmark hotels, commercial and residential developments. Our transactional experience in the area of construction law encompasses major construction projects, such as containerised ports, road works and other significant infrastructure-related civil works, office buildings, hotels, residential complexes and mixed-use projects. We have experience in advising clients on the choice of contract form based on their experience and their goals in relation to risk allocation. We have worked with bespoke contracts as well as international form contracts such as the FIDIC red, yellow, silver and white books. We also assist clients with planning, permitting and tax related matters. Our clients include public and private sector developers, contractors, landlords, tenants, and service and technology providers. Our banking and finance practice encompasses various kinds of financing transactions. In addition to our lending and borrowing representations, we also advise clients on mergers, acquisitions, project financings and crossborder investments and on the structuring of a broad range of investments. We assist our clients, be they financial institutions, borrowers, lessees, or other players in the capital markets, to identify and manage the legal and regulatory risks involved in these transactions. Our compliance advisory subsidiary, works closely with our banking and finance practice to offer clients
comprehensive advice, training and operational support with regulatory and compliance issues stemming from their business activities. Our energy and infrastructure practice spans the full range of legal issues arising in Ghana’s energy and infrastructure sectors. We provide advice on the regulation of the oil and gas, power, railways, ports and harbours, telecoms and other sectors. We have advised companies in both the midstream and the downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry as well as companies in the renewable energy sector. Our lawyers have advised mobile telecom and telecom service providers on a variety of regulatory issues and we have also advised telecoms infrastructure companies on a range of issues including those relating to intellectual property. Our clients include local and international companies in the oil and gas, energy and telecoms infrastructure, and transportation sectors. Our dispute resolution practice assists our corporate and commercial clients through mediation, arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution processes, disputes before regulatory authorities, as well as conventional litigation. We work with clients to develop a strategy that is efficient, commercial and cost-effective, and actively promote alternative dispute resolution processes including roundtable discussions, mediation, conciliation and arbitration, in an effort to avoid the time consuming and costly exercise of litigation.
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR Norman W. Bernstein Member N.W. Bernstein & Associates. LLC 914-358-3500 www.nwbllc.com nwbernstein@nwbllc.com 800 Westchester Avenue Suite N319 Rye Brook, NY 10573 USA I have forty years’ experience as a business transnational lawyer and litigator and more than twenty years’ experience in environmental law. Our practice includes functioning at the intersection of finance and the environment. Our White Paper on EPA’s new ozone regulations adopted in 2015 and effective 2017 is available by request. We litigate in Federal courts. In 2013 we won a case in the 7th Circuit (Chicago) which rejected Justice Department efforts to overturn our prior win under the Superfund law. Our win makes it easier for companies subject to certain types of EPA consent orders to sue polluters who don’t participate in cleanups. In November 2014 we filed a Petition for a Writ
of Certiorari on behalf of other clients in a separate matter. Our Supreme Court briefs are posted to our web site www.nwbllc.com I have counseled venture capital firms on structures to minimize risk in environmentally challenged deals and am personally a Trustee at three Superfund sites. We are experienced in environmental contracting and cleanup cost reduction. I am a member of the Bar of New York and Michigan, of five federal Circuit Courts of Appeal and of the Supreme Court of the United States. We can provide advice on new environmental regulations and their business impacts, CERCLA cost recovery, structuring environmentally challenged deals to control risk, cost
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effective environmental cleanups, environmental rule makings, and defense or prosecution of environmental related claims. In October 2016 I was a guest speaker at the Bloomberg Center in NY at the Green Bonds conference. Our office is the exclusive environmental member for New York of IR Global, the largest global lawyer referral network. Though that network, we have the ability to assist clients in cross border transactions both “in bound” and “out bound”. The foregoing may be considered Attorney Advertising under applicable NY rules. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
DATA PROTECTION & PRIVACY LAWYER OF THE YEAR Carlos Narváez-Hasfura Managing Partner NH JURIS, S.C. +52 (55) 1000 0627 www.nh-juris.com cnarvaezh@nh-juris.com Paseo de los Tamarindos 384, Piso 9, C.P. 05119, Ciudad de Mexico NH JURIS, S.C., is a boutique law firm established in 2012, with the aim to provide top quality legal services under the following main premises: • • • • •
Personalized attention by our partners. Do everything in our power to find the solution that works best for the client, taking into consideration its business needs and particular circumstances. Loyalty to the client in every possible legal way. The protection and best interest of the client are sine qua non to our services, and are always at sight. Information is handled under strict attorney-client privilege. Lower fees than large firms.
NH JURIS, S.C. is based in Mexico City, and is composed by reputable attorneys who provide the client with highly specialized advisory in the following practice areas: Corporate and Commercial Law, Personal Data Protection, Intellectual Property, Immigration Law, Civil and Commercial Litigation. At only few years of the beginning of the firm, we already have as our clients some of the major national and international organizations, belonging to the following sectors: Aeronautical, pharmaceutical, health, food, real estate, corporate tourism, financial, manufacture, construction, education and non-profit associations. PRACTICE AREAS The firm’s practice is national and international in scope, and comprises the following areas: Corporate and Commercial Law: The firm’s corporate services include, but are not limited to:
Incorporation of companies and partnerships, including negotiation and drafting of by-laws; legal audits and due diligence investigations, counsel, negotiation, and implementation in matters of acquisitions, mergers and spin-offs; day to day corporate matters, including planning, proxy representation, implementation, and documentation of Shareholders/ Partners Meetings and Meetings of the Board of Directors/Managers; counsel, negotiation, implementation and documentation in matters of shareholders/partners conflicts; counsel, negotiation, and drafting of joint venture as well as of all types of contracts and agreements, particularly in corporate/ business and mercantile matters; corporate restructuring, corporate governance; counsel, negotiation, and implementation of services related to commercial and business transactions. Data Protection Law Our services include, but are not limited to: Due diligence to identify and evaluate processes and document types that use or contain personal information, including processes to obtain, maintain, transfer, block and dispose such information; due diligence to identify and evaluate the technical, physical, administrative and legal means used to protect personal data; in general, due diligence to identify the level of compliance in the companies and establish a remediation plan; developing inventories of data flows; drafting of privacy notices; counsel, negotiation and drafting all types of data protection agreements; when necessary, request the authority formal opinions to confirm its criteria in matter of data transfer; counsel and drafting privacy policies; counsel and drafting self-regulatory mechanisms; responding and monitoring
any right requested by data owners or their legal representatives; provide legal advice in any matter related to privacy and personal data protection, to ensure compliance with the law; assist our client in case of verification procedures initiated by the authority or by an interested party; training to client’s staff to understand how to process and protect personal data; counseling and assistance our client in the Rights Protection Procedure, as well as negotiation and/or conciliation or litigation in this type of procedure or in any other legal action filed against our client. Intellectual Property Our services in this area provide comprehensive intellectual and industrial property counsel, but are emphasized on trademark law, copyright, technology transfer and counseling, negotiating and drafting of licensing and assignment agreements. We also litigate before the administrative and judicial authorities any trademark or copyright infringement. Immigration Law Counsel and implementation of all type of immigration and nationality matters, including but not limited to: Entrance and exit permits, obtaining temporary and permanent residence status, work permits, getting extensions of staying, adjustment of immigration status, assistance and counseling in acquiring Mexican nationality. Civil and Commercial Litigation Our litigation practice incudes not only legal proceedings in Mexican courts, but also alternative mechanisms of dispute resolution, particularly, party representation and negotiation in domestic and international arbitration.
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CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYERS OF THE YEAR - ASIA PACIFIC Mr Dennis Miralis and Mr Phillip Gibson Nyman Gibson Miralis Criminal Defence Lawyers 914-358-3500 www.notguilty.com.au dm@notguilty.com.au; pg@notguilty.com.au Level 9, 299 Elizabeth St Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
General and Serious crime practice- Australian and international Nyman Gibson Miralis is an award winning firm of specialist criminal defence lawyers and advisors based in Sydney, Australia, with expertise in domestic and international crime. Led by Mr Phillip Gibson and Mr Dennis Miralis it has conducted some of the largest and most complex criminal defence cases in Australia and has expertise in the following areas of general and complex Australian criminal law: • • • • • • • •
Murder Drug importation Drug supply Money laundering Corporate Crime Fraud Sexual assaults Assaults
Nyman Gibson Miralis has an exceptional track record of appearing in leading defence cases at the cutting edge of criminal law and is the leading Australian criminal defence law firm with a specialist focus on global transnational criminal law including: • Anti-money laundering law • Extradition Law • Mutual Assistance Law • International forfeiture and proceeds of crime law • Anti-terrorism law • Cyber-crime and e-crime law Nyman Gibson Miralis has developed expertise in assisting
individuals and entities which are being investigated in several jurisdictions, including China, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, Russia and the United Kingdom, by working collaboratively across jurisdictions and formulating international defence strategies, covering international investigations and prosecutions (including extradition) and the sharing of information between foreign states.
White collar Crime PracticeAustralia and international White collar crime encompass offences such as corporate crime, fraud, bribery (including foreign bribery), insider trading, embezzlement, taxation offences, money laundering and other dishonesty related offences which may be prosecuted by the Australian Tax Office (ATO), the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and the Commonwealth DPP (CDPP). White collar crime also captures proceedings for the forfeiture and seizure of property declared to be proceeds of crime.
What are our main target markets? Our clients are Directors of Corporations of all sizes, employees and contractors, government office holders, foreign executives and individuals who are seeking the expertise of lawyers who can operate in
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Australia but also globally. Our clients seek us out for sound legal advice concerning negotiations with the regulators during the investigation phase but also for our experience in developing and providing legally sophisticated strategies for trial. Representing clients in white collar crime investigations and offences requires a comprehensive understanding of the complex legislation and the practice and procedure of regulatory and investigative bodies. The investigation of complex white collar offences often involves multiple law enforcement agencies working across several jurisdictions to investigate, gather evidence, and prosecute, sometimes in more than one jurisdiction, whilst parallel civil and criminal proceedings are often permitted. We offer specialist capabilities in these areas including providing legal advice about compliance with Australian Anti- Money Laundering legislation.
What are the outstanding services we offer ? Our major point of difference is our transnational legal work and the relationships we have built working collaboratively with international partners to achieve results aligned with our clients’ objectives.
COMMERCIAL & CIVIL LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR - GREECE Rania Papavasiliou-Ballis Managing Partner Papavasiliou-Ballis and partners www.pblawfirm.eu rpapavasiliou@pblawfirm.eu 2, Amalias Ave. Syntagma sq., 105 57, Athens, Greece
Education Rania Papavasiliou-Balli qualified in law at the University of Athens. She holds an MA in Marine and Insurance Law. She has also graduated from the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens (History and Archaeology Division), holds an MA degree in this field and is a PhD candidate in the same division.
Biography Rania Papavasiliou - Balli, Attorney at Law As a Managing Partner, Rania Papavasiliou-Balli directs the handling of all cases in the firm. Depending on their complexity, she will be personally involved to a greater or lesser degree. She is a leading expert in banking, insurance and shipping issues. Past cases have included a range of complex financial and international matters as well as matters of export trade. Rania Papavasiliou-Balli has served as director of the Legal Services Division of Eurobank Ergasias E SA (1996-2007), Head of Legal Services of Interbank SA (1991-1996), a member of the law firm Vgenopoulos & Partners (1988-1991) and Head of the Insurance and Claims Dept. of the John S. Latsis Group of Companies (1978-1987). She has great experience in judicial and extra-judicial cases and has handled complicated financial matters, involving local and international law. She has also participated in numerous international conferences and colloquia regarding legal and managerial issues. She is fluent in English and French.
Other Practice Areas Banking, Finance and Capital Markets Insurance Law (Consulting Services to Insurance Companies-Insurance ContractsHandling of Insurance Claims) Corporate Law (Establishment of “One-
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www.pblawfirm.eu Stop- Shop” Companies – Setting up Joint Ventures-Compliance with Local Regulations-Corporate GovernanceMergers and Acquisitions-Corporate Management) Foreign Investments Debt Collection Services (Out of Court Procedures-Litigation-EnforcementBankruptcy) Trade Marks and Patents Maritime Law (Sale and Purchase-Charter Parties-Ship Arrest-Dispute ResolutionEstablishment of Maritime Companies in Greece) European Community Law-Litigation and Arbitration Civil Law (Family Law-Inheritance LawTort Law-Third Party Liability) Labor Law (Employment ContractsEmployee Benefits-Employment Disputes) Real Estate Law (Sale-Purchase-Title Search-Lease Contracts) Tax Law (Tax Duties ManagementTax Planning-Double Tax Treaties-Tax Incentives-Tax Structuring of Commercial Transactions-Dealing with the Tax Authorities)
The Firm Papavasiliou-Balli & Partners Law Firm provides a wide range of legal services to Greek and international clientele. The firm numbers today 10 in house lawyers and 50 associates in all the main Greek cities. We have strength in depth as well as breadth. Our aim is to be at the cutting edge of legal developments. Our partners are recognized as some of the leading experts in their field. For many years they have occupied high ranking positions in the legal departments of financial institutions in Greece and in leading international shipping and insurance companies. Our lawyers hold degrees from top European universities, and have significant experience of both advisory and court law. They are well trained to provide advice,
support and expert guidance. They are solution-oriented and focus on our clients’ EMAIL DISCLAIMER needs. They are able to deal rapidly with Any information in this email is confidential and is intende unexpectedinevents. transmission error, we would like to inform you that copy Collectively our expertise is even morerequested to se illegal. Furthermore, you are kindly secretariat@pblawfwirm.eu, and delete it from your system im powerful. therefore our firm does institutions, not have anycompanies, responsibility for any po We advise financial disruption, interception, loss or alteration of the content or vi sole traders and private individuals. Thank You. We regularly work on complex transactions and we use our deep legal knowledge and experience to steer our clients through the diverse commercial challenges they face. Among our major clients are Banks, Insurance Companies, Greek Public Corporations, shipping companies and foreign construction companies. Our aim is to strive to provide a high level of legal advice without disregarding the personal contact with our clients. At the same time we ensure that we provide the right recourses at the right cost. On every case there is always one partner who has the overview of all matters, and can assist the handling lawyer in safeguarding the client’s interests. For larger cases we adopt team work, with a partner supervising and coordinating one or more lawyers, assistants or trainees. However, we pay particular attention to ensuring that we don’t over-resource cases, but we always use the right number of professionals in each case. Our clients are informed electronically, on a daily basis, about the development of their cases (court actions and relevant outcomes, communications and negotiations with debtors and out of court settlements). Our Approach is results oriented, with fast response times, integrity and confidentiality. Our lawyers can communicate in English, French and German. Our firm cooperates with lawyers speaking Chinese and Russian. Our personnel consists of administrators, trainees, paralegals and technical staff, as well as experienced certified accountants and economists so as to achieve successful handling of our client’s affairs.
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CHAMBERS OF THE YEAR - CYPRUS Dr Christos Clerides Managing Partner Phoebus Christos Clerides & Associates LLC +357 22753015 www.clerideslegal.com info@clerideslegal.com AGIAS ELENIS 2, STASINOS COURT, NICOSIA, CYPRUS, 1060
Biography
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Dr. Christos Clerides got his LL.B (Hons) from Brunel University, Uxbridge having been awarded the First Price for the best examination performance in 1976. In his foreword to his First Published Book in 1976 “Some Unsolved Problems in attempts to commit a crime”, Professor George W. KEETON MA, LL.D, F.B.A wrote for Dr Clerides:
Dr. Christos Clerides has handled before the Supreme Court of Cyprus numerous cases. He also practises in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. He was a cofounder with Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, L. Loucaides, of the International Association for the Protection of Human Rights in Cyprus in 1999. He served as Honorary President and President of the Association. He was Deputy Chairman of the New Horizons Party and elected Member of House of Representatives of the Nicosia District 2001 – 2006 and Deputy elected in 2006 – 2011 with the European Party. He was a member of the National Council, the highest authority advising the President of the Republic on the Cyprus problem up to December 2004 He served in the Human Rights Committee, the European Law Committee and the Legal Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives. He has tabled numerous laws and questions to Ministers in the House and has participated in numerous official delegations on behalf of the House of Representatives. He served in the Assembly of the Western European Union and its Committees in Paris as a member of the Cyprus team. He also attended numerous meetings of the Mediterranean dialogue of the NATO Assembly. He has written numerous studies and articles in Legal affairs magazines and in the local press as per Appendix C by way of indication. He served as a member of the Family Law Reform Committee 1983 – 1986 the report of which was adopted in substance culminating in the amendment of the Cyprus Constitution and the introduction of the New Family Law in Cyprus, abolishing the exclusive
“His work is a notable achievement for a young lawyer at the outset of his professional career”. In 1977 he got his LL.M specializing in Maritime Law, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Marine Insurance and General Insurance at the University of London, University College. His performance made him eligible for scholarship. In 1981 he was awarded his Ph.D. at King’s College, University of London, specializing in EEC Law. For his Ph.D at King’s College he worked under the supervision of Professor A. Chloros later the Greek Judge of the European Court of Justice and Professor Francis Jacobs, later Advocate General of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. His thesis, “Conflicts” of “Social Security Laws in the European Committees” was approved by an External Board of examiners, Professors K. Lipstein of Cambridge and Hartley of The London School of Economics in 1981. He worked in England as part of his LL.B (Hons) “sandwich” course with CITY Solicitors, Barlow, Lyde and Gilbert, under the supervision of the late President of the Law Society, Sir Denis Marshall. He was called to the Cyprus Bar in 1982 having passed relevant Bar Exams, First Grade. He is a practicing Advocate and head of the Nicosia Offices since 1982.
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jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Court, in matters of divorce. He has participated and organized numerous Human Rights conferences and meetings in Cyprus. He is currently Head of the Law Department at the Frederick University where he also teaches.
The Firm The Chambers have a history of some 50 years and more. The Law Practice goes back to the early 1950’s. It was setup by Mr. Phoebus N. Clerides Barrister-at-law, of Lincoln?s Inn. He unfortunately passed away on 30.11.2011. Phoebus Clerides came from a well known family of teachers, lawyers, politicians. His father was a well known author and teacher from Agros village. First cousin to Glafkos Clerides ex President of the Republic. Phoebus was the brother of Lefkos Clerides also a Barrister-at-Law and Senior Counsel, ex Minister of Justice and ex President of the Cyprus Bar. Phoebus was also a Minister of Justice 1983-1985 and a Member of the House of Representatives. He served in the Cyprus Regiment during the Second World War. Though he was retired he still was a valuable consultant to our firm until his death. His son Dr. Christos Clerides joined the practice in 1982. The practice was carried out under Phoebus Clerides & Co. Years later, the firm started cooperating with Neophytos Pirilides law firm in Limassol and still does until today. In 2009 the firm formed a Lawyers’ Limited Company and was renamed Phoebus, Christos Clerides & Associates LLC. Many young and aspiring pupil advocates did their year of training with Phoebus, Christos Clerides and Associates and still do so.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR - FRANCE RATHEAUX Henri SAINT PERE Managing Partner +33.4.72.61.75.75 www.ratheaux.fr; henri.saintpere@ratheaux.fr Cité Internationale, 34 quai Charles de Gaulle 69006 Lyon France (main office) branch office : 44 rue de la Quintinie 75015 Paris France
Why choose Ratheaux... Do you want pragmatic solutions? Practicing corporate law since 1920, we have the experience of solutions that fit your true needs. We have represented companies of all sizes within the RhoneAlps region, the Paris area and throughout France and you will have the benefit of innovative and technical solutions to achieve your goals and objectives without unnecessary costs and delays.
Diverse expertise We are a medium-sized law firm managed by partners with complementary abilities. A team of experts is devoted to you and our attorneys and associates listen and take the time to fully understand the facts of each file. Their goal is to resolve each matter in a timely fashion and our partners have direct and active involvement in all cases and are readily available to speak to you directly.
Legal and judicial help Ratheaux’s attorneys have experience in corporate, tax, labor, intellectual property (patents and trademarks), and competition law. We effectively advise you, negotiate your agreements, draft your contracts and defend your interests before the courts.
Transfer of company ownership Prepare and optimize any transfer of ownership of your company or business with the help of our tax attorneys. They will assess your capital gains for tax purposes and control any potential impact regarding French Wealth tax.
Make a new start Inject new capital into your business with a share increase subscribed to by financial and industrial investors. We can also assist you with shareholders’ agreements, balancing powers and covenants among shareholders; leveraged buyouts by managers, mergers, share acquisition and sale, purchasing of a business as an ongoing concern and, jointventures. We will help you to anticipate difficulties within your business and to restructure your business, if necessary, in order to preserve it; contributions in kind of business sectors, downsizing, massive layoffs and communication with works committee.
International business matters
and expatriation, submanufacturing agreements, joint ventures, distribution networks, outsourcing, supply contracts, tax optimization and we are experts in international conventions. We also have the benefit of access to a worldwide 1,800 member attorney network which allows us to negotiate and draft agreements for you in English.
Control your risks We can assist you with any legal, labor and/or tax due diligence before a takeover of a company; adaptation of your General Sales Conditions and sales forms. We will defend your rights including: manufacturer’s liability, discriminatory commercial behavior, car manufacturers and subcontractors, industrial chemical and plastic products, pharmaceutical products, machine-tool manufacturers, large retail companies, etc. We are an international full services Law Firm with 50 specialized lawyers and 9 partners, with teams fluent in English, Spanish and Italian.
We advise clients on a wide range of international matters, including employee repatriation
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James Rosenblum Managing Member Rosenblum Newfield LLC 203.358.9200 RosenblumNewfield.com JBR@JBResq.com One Landmark Sq, Stamford, Ct 06901
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Extensive experience trying cases in Connecticut and New York on behalf of health care professionals, home health care facilities, and other health care providers in civil litigation and regulatory proceedings in matters involving obstetrics, gynecology, general surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesia, pathology, geriatrics, and others.
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Experience advising health care providers in Connecticut and New York about health care regulation including electronic records, cyber security, and state and federal regulations.
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LAWYER OF THE YEAR CIVIL LITIGATION, & HEALTH CARE
CONNETICUT ARBITRATION REGULATION
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Yale College, BA cum laude
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LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR - UK Peter Talibart Partner Seyfarth Shaw (UK) LLP +44 (0)20 7763 2550 www.seyfarth.com ptalibart@seyfarth.com CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9AW
The Firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP is a US based legal practice that acts for more than 60 percent of the US Fortune 500 Companies on domestic and international Employment law matters. We have one of the largest and best International Employment law practices in the business. Our International team has changed the
way that many of the world’s largest companies manage their global employment issues by treating them as global strategic matters instead of jurisdiction specific ones. We have managed some of the largest employment law projects in the world, in up to 120 legal jurisdictions at a time, out of our London office
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Although best known as one of the leading Employment law practices in the world, Seyfarth is a full service law firm and our clients have asked us to replicate our international employment law service model into other practice areas such as Corporate and Commercial (including Patent/ Trademark).
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR FLORENCE, ITALY Mr Michele Capecchi LL.M Managing Partner Studio Legale Capecchi +39.338.42.85669 (MOBILE); +39.055.215548 (OFFICE) www.capecchilegal.com avv.capecchi@gmail.com; info@Capecchilegal.com Via Por Santa Maria N.8, 50122 Firenze, Italy Avv. Michele Capecchi has handled international transactions and legal matters both in Italian and in English (such as JV, NDA, license, distribution and other trade agreements, management and transfer of Intellectual Property rights) for over 10 years, for clients based in the U.S., Canada, Peru, Russia, the UAE, Asia and all over the European Union. The office provides legal support on a regular basis to various SME to prevent and quickly resolve most common legal issues (payments, liability, damage recovery, labor issues). Today’s global marketplace hinges, in large part, on the
ability of companies to expand internationally. To do so effectively, we created a network of international tax and legal experts from other jurisdictions, with whom we work to determine the appropriate location and type of business model that best fits our clients, in Italy and abroad. In the area of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, We know how crucial your company’s trademarks are. “You’ve got ideas. We protect them.” Trademark registration, Copyright, License agreements, Franchising, Know-How Transfer agreements, Non Disclosure Agreements–
These are just some of the IP related services that Studio Legale Capecchi specializes in. From trademark registration to portfolio management to litigation, our approach is always result-oriented. We help you protect and add value to your trademarks, just as if your business depended on it. Because often enough, it does. Ranked in the “TOP 1000 Trademark Professionals in the World”, by WTR 1000, Michele Capecchi has developed tailor-cut agreements to preserve, enhance, sell, and license the intangible assets of international companies, to help companies take advantage of and profit from its in-house creativity and know-how.
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CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR Mia Kowalski Sydney Criminal Lawyers 02 9261 8881 www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au info@criminallaw.com.au Museum Towers, Suite 507, Level 5 267 Castlereagh Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000
The Firm Sydney Criminal Lawyers is a team of experienced criminal and traffic defence lawyers who work together to ensure you achieve the best possible result in your case. We offer a Senior Lawyer Guarantee, which means you are assured of representation in court by a specialist lawyer with years
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of defence experience. If you are going to court, we offer a free first conference and affordable fixed fees for most cases. Â Our firm is spearheaded by Accredited Specialist Criminal Lawyers, and we available to contact 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through our legal helpline.
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INTERNATIONAL TAX ADVISER
Gary Wolfe Owner Gary S Wolfe, A Professional Law Corporation 323-782-9139 http://gswlaw.com gsw@gswlaw.com 6303 Wilshire Blvd. #201, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Education UC Berkeley (undergrad) Loyola Law School 1979-1982; Admitted to CA Bar 12/3/82
Biography To date, Gary has internationally published 18 books (see http:// gswlaw.com/books/), 100+ articles from 15 different publications (see http://gswlaw.com/books/articles/) and has received 29 international taxation awards from 10 different London/UK based global expert societies.
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These include: Mergers & Acquisitions, Global Law Experts, Corporate International Magazine, Acquisition Finance Magazine, KMH Media Group, M&A Today, ACQ5 Global, Leaders-in-Law, and Global Business Network (Professional Sector Network)
The Firm With over 35 years of experience, the Gary S Wolfe law firm specialize in IRS Tax Audits, International Tax Planning/Tax Compliance, and International Asset Protection. Asset Protection.
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TRANSFER PRICING ADVISERS OF THE YEAR Steef Huibregtse CEO & Global Partner Transfer Pricing Associates BV / TPA Global +31 20 461 3530 www.tpa-global.com s.huibregtse@tpa-global.com H.J.E. Wenckbachweg 210, 1096 AS AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands
Biography Steef is founding member of TPA Global and has set up an e-learning knowledge platform called e-bright. Background - as a senior partner and CEO at TPA Global, Steef has more than 30 years experience in the area of value chain analysis, transfer pricing strategy, risk management, design, documentation and implementation. Recently, he has been acting as expert witness and is heavily involved in presentations to management boards. Previous experiences - include 2 of the Big 4, where he worked as a transfer pricing partner on global projects. He has worked in Washington DC, London, Frankfurt and Amsterdam (current location). Steef frequently lectures and publishes articles on value chain analysis and transfer pricing.
See various of his publication at www.shuibregtseprofile.com. He is on a regular base being consulted on policy matters by government officials in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Proven Track Record - (i) Developed the Business Solutions practice for TPA Global (ii) Involved in more than 5,000 value chain analyses (iii) Developed the ‘value chain analysis’ practice at TPA Global and (iv) has build TPA Global’s presence in more than 60 countries. Capabilities - worked in a wide variety of industries, including automotive, fast moving consumer goods, financial services, pharma and biotech, medical devices, oil & gas, digital economy, publishing, toys and games etc. His technical skills include value chain analysis, pricing and valuation of intangibles, transfer pricing aspects of business restructuring, APA’s and dispute resolution.
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Steef founded e-learning platform e-Bright, which is specialized in transfer pricing, value creation, valuation and governance and control. Please refer to the e-Bright catalogue for available online courses. Steef has a degree in fiscal economics from the University of Rotterdam.
The Firm TPA Global provides international businesses with integrated and value-added solutions in improving financial performance, operational efficiency, strategic development, talent coaching and tax / transfer. TPA identifies the right solutions for customers and targets; efficient and streamlined advisory and implementation processes which cut through operational complexities across functions and borders.
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International Hotel Network Our hotel section ,The International Hotel Network (IHN), ensures that corporate needs outside of the working environment are also met. We proďŹ le only the ďŹ nest hospitality establishments from around the world, and allow our users to easily book their stay using our site. Our aim is to provide the global business community with access to hotels that meet their requirements be it for leisure, business or a special occasion.
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Country: Ethiopia | Location (City): Addis Ababa | Hotel Name: Hilton Addis Ababa Welcome to Hilton Addis AbabaYour urban Oasis where business meets pleasure. Hilton Addis Ababa is a preferred venue for a wide choice of larger and smaller meetings, conferences and exhibitions. Specialized over many years on all kinds of outside catering. Great place to relax from the urban noises of the big city, private parking with huge leisure facilities. Increasingly popular amongst the young, trendy and the famous. Discover for yourself the origins of so much history and culture, still vibrantly alive in a landscape of dramatic beauty.
Hilton Addis Ababa, a classic hotel set on 15 acres of lush foliage is located in a hub of international diplomacy, just 15 minutes from Bole International Airport. The hotel is also close to UN Economic Commission for Africa, the African Union and many other popular attractions. It is ideal for long term apartment rentals with various facilities including ample parking space. Enjoy the geo-thermal outdoor swimming pool, squash court and an 18-hole minigolf course. This makes Hilton Addis Ababa, the perfect choice for business and leisure travellers. This landmark hotel offers spacious guest rooms, fine dining and our warm, professional service to ensure a memorable stay.
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Hotel Dining Hilton Addis Ababa has three dining restaurants and two bars, serving traditional local cuisine and international fare. Choose from varieties of dishes showcasing diverse styles and tastes from around the World. Kaffa House: - Local specialties for all day meals. Open from 6:00 - 23:00 Lobby Bar: - snacks and cocktails open from 10:00 until midnight. Gazebo- Restaurant on the Park- open from 10:00 until 23:00 IL forno Restaurant: - Italian cuisine Open from 18:00.
HOTEL OF THE YEAR – ETHIOPIA
Hotel Leisure Personalized fitness center for a balanced lifestyle, featuring cardio and strength training equipment. Naturally heated geothermal out-door swimming pool, four professional 4 floodlit tennis courts and scenic outdoor grounds, squash court, playground, volleyball and basketball grounds, spa, beauty salon and barber shop, Supermarket and Souvenir Shop, travel agency, car hire and exchange bureau. Hotel Business Services Business centre Designed for productivity and
comfort, our advanced business centre offers: • Wireless internet • Wired and wireless private work station • Colour copying up to A3 • Scanning • Faxing • PDF printing from flash disk • Binding • Laminating
all suites featured a separate living room and two bathrooms. 286 Hilton guest room with view 33 Executive Rooms 22 suits 31 Apartments
Hotel Rooms All 372 guest rooms, suites and apartments offer majestic view of mountains, gardens and the city. Guest room amenities include balcony, work desk, HD TV and coffee maker, while
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Country: United States of America | Location (City): New York| Hotel Name: Wyndham Garden Brooklyn Sunset Park Get the most out of your next New York City vacation or business trip. When it comes to hotels in Brooklyn, ours offers premium value for your money.
The Hotel Our eco-friendly Wyndham Garden Brooklyn Sunset Park hotel offers you innumerable opportunities to explore greater New York City’s many offerings with contemporary architecture, friendly associates, and delightful affordability. We offer convenience to mass transit, with the N, R, and D NYC subway lines nearby, putting you within reach of must-see New York destinations. Our services
and location in the heart of New York’s bustling Brooklyn borough allow you to easily navigate around our iconic city, with onsite parking and local and airport transportation available upon request for a nominal fee.
The Restaurant Open daily for light meals, snacks, coffee and cocktails, our on-site Constantine Restaurant & Bar is convenient and classy. Whether you plan to sip a glass of wine with colleagues and friends, or find some quiet time to catch up on e-mail over a mug of herbal tea, you can do it in style at our Wyndham Garden Brooklyn Sunset Park hotel.
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The Area There are so many things to see and do just steps from our door. Take in a show, cheer on your favorite sports team, or go on a shopping spree. If you prefer to venture out into Manhattan, the hotel is only two stops from Downtown Manhattan on any of the nearby express subway lines. There are also several local businesses in the area, making our hotel the perfect place to work and play.
Hotel Business Services Our 70 well-appointed guest rooms feature a host of convenient amenities for the modern business traveller,
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including work desk, ergonomic chair and free Wi-Fi. Stop by the Business Center for your complimentary printing needs.
accommodations, you are in store for top quality service and worldclass amenities – the best available in Brooklyn.
Hotel Rooms
Telephone: 718-972-0900
At the end of a day touring Brooklyn, retreat to our guest rooms and enjoy upscale amenities that include plush bedding, bathrobe, and mini-refrigerator, as well as a coffee/tea maker, and ergonomic work station for those late night work sessions. Whether you select one of our Executive rooms with Manhattan views, including peeks at the Freedom Tower and Empire State Building, or our standard upscale
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Country: Greece | Location (City): Elounda Lassithi Crete Elounda is a destination that continues to be the secret holiday hideout of the most elite members of the international jet set since the 1970’s. It is surrounded by mountains in a secluded bay of crystal waters on the island of Crete and was originally chosen by Greek Hoteliers as the most blessed spot in Greece. Elounda has the most stunning views and desirable climate in the country with 7 months a year of perfect temperatures, summer breezes and sunshine… guaranteed! Part of the Elounda myth, is the Venetian Castle on the Island of Spinalonga, the setting for Victoria Hislop’s bestselling novel “The Island”. Domes of Elounda is set on the most privileged hill, isolated from
the other resorts and with the closest breathtaking views of the Venetian castle and the sea.
an abundance of living space, privacy and extraordinary service.
Elounda Reinvented
Domes of Elounda all Suites and Villas Spa Resort offers guests the true Mediterranean experience, connecting luxury to natural environment and local culture. This is a new alternative luxury one isn’t afraid to touch, one you can live in, and one with extraordinary character that allows you to remain in sync with the landscape of Greece while enjoying world class accommodation. Our staff is always there when your client needs them and is dedicated to uphold our motto: “There’s nothing we can’t do for our guests”.
Domes of Elounda is the realized dream of Ledra Hotels, an organization that operates several hotels in the area. This is the newest luxury resort in the region and by introducing the ultraluxe facilities reinvented Elounda’s lost principal of exclusivity. The food, the culture, the architecture is all brought to life in the form of a luxury resort that consists only of suites and villas. The essence of the concept is to provide a small number of exclusive guests with all the amenities of a resort while offering
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A Human Approach To Luxury
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Hotel Name: Domes of Elounda all Suites and Villas Boutique Beach Resort
Truly Authentic Architecture And Design
Minimally interfering with the natural habitat and harmonically blended with their surroundings, the domed structures emerge from the ground, respecting its natural contours and creating a Mediterranean settlement on a hillside of flower gardens, stone pathways, and olive groves. Each suite and villa finds its roots in architecture from Greece, Carpath and Syria, borrowing features such as domed and pyramidal ceilings that cool rooms capturing sea breezes, and create organically shaped living spaces at a human scale. Mild earth tones are found throughout, embellished
with works of art from internationally recognized art houses as well as one of a kind pieces from local artists.
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75km from Heraklion airport (largest airport in Crete) 1.5km from the village of Plaka and 2.5kms from attractions in the village of Elounda 12km from Agios Nikolaos and 45km from nearest golf course 80km from Archaeological site of Knossos Telephone: Head offices & Reservations: (+30) 2310 810 624 Email: info@domesofelounda.com Website: www.domesofelounda.com
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Country: Thailand | Location (City): Chiang Mai Golden Triangle (Chiang Rai) Koh Samui (Suratthani) Two sophisticated resorts – one nestled in a lush valley, the other secluded on an island shore – and an incomparable tented camp. Sample each individually, or combine two or three unique views of Thailand into a once-in-a-lifetime journey. As different as they are, our three Thai properties welcome you with the same Four Seasons spirit, highlighting thoughtful service and exceptional quality.
Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui is an away-from-it-all hillside resort set
amid the stunningly beautiful Gulf of Siam. Spacious Pool villas nestle tropical gardens, conserved coconut groves, and the glorious amphitheatre of sky, sea and exotic island. Explore the forest spa. Dine delectably at hillcrest or beachside. Glide through the 50-metre Infinity Swimming Pool. Sit back and relax at CoCoRum bar, boasting authentic and extensive collection of rums in Thailand. Sip something special as you survey the exotic ambiance and savour the exquisite cuisine and music of Latin America. Splash in the private bay. Encounter a pristine world of white sand beaches, vibrant reefs, rainforest and sunshine.
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Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai Nestling the majestic Mae Rim Valley, Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai features refined local Lanna Kingdom culture and contemporary designerenriched Pavilions with stunning views of terraced rice fields and misty mountains beyond. Minutes from the historic city of Chiang Mai, the resort is a perfect springboard for discovering the Northern region’s most glittering heritage sites and colourful contemporary life. Explore the resort’s lush tropical grounds to discover intriguing insights into the exotic local flora and fauna. Tick off atmospheric ancestral shrines, rice
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Hotel Name: Four Seasons Resorts Thailand fields and beloved water buffaloes. Discover local flavours and original cocktails, especially those created by world-renown mixologist Javier de la Muelas. Add another talent to your repertoire at the resort’s acclaimed Thai cooking school and feel the world from different perspectives at The Spa.
active adults cover every detail, from elephant mahout training to riverside drinks in the stilt-top bar.
FOUR SEASONS TENTED CAMP GOLDEN TRIANGLE
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Enjoy an escape shared by a select few within just 15 luxurious tented accommodations. Amid Thailand’s exotic bamboo jungles, and reachable only by river boat, these all-inclusive two- or three-night adventures for
Telephone: 66 53 298 181 (Chiang Mai) 66 53 910 200 (Golden Triangle) 66 77 243 000 (Koh Samui) contactus.chiangmai@fourseasons.com contactus.goldentriangle@fourseasons.com contactus.kohsamui@fourseasons.com
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Country: The Maldives | Location (City): Rangali Island | Hotel Name: Conrad Maldives Rangali Island Barefoot luxury meets unpretentious style here. Home to whale sharks, manta rays, dolphins, turtles and an extensive coral reef, it was recently voted the “Best Luxury Resort in the Maldives”. Reached by a 30-minute seaplane flight, this spectacular resort offers three resort experiences on two islands and is home to 11 restaurants and bars including: Ithaa Undersea Restaurant, 101 of the world’s best cheeses, the underground Wine Cellar and 20,000 bottles of fine wines. For relaxation, there are two spas, an extensive range of excursions, diving and watersports– including a submarine – a vibrant coral reef and the world’s most perfect beaches
Barefoot luxury meets unpretentious style at the spectacular Conrad Maldives Rangali Island. Home to whale sharks, manta rays, dolphins, turtles and an extensive coral reef, it’s been awarded “The Best Water Villas in the World”, “The Best Suites in the World” and “Best Spa Resort in the Maldives” among other accolades. Reached by a 30-minute seaplane flight, this luxury resort offers three different resort experiences on two islands: guests can enjoy the typical get-away-from-it-all Maldivian hideaway on tiny Rangali Island while also having access to the facilities of the larger and livelier main island which is linked to it by a 500m bridge.
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The third resort experience is at the Spa Retreat, an over-water destination spa that operates as a resort-within-aresort set 100m off the tip of the main island. Accommodation varies from 50 romantic water villas on Rangali Island and 79 contemporary beach villas tucked away amongst tropical greenery on the main island to 21 stunning over-water villas at the Spa Retrea. No matter where they stay, guests can enjoy all the resort’s facilities in full, which includes 11 restaurants and bars, two spas, two pools and unique experiences such as manta watching
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at night, turtle conservation, dolphinspotting excursions and snorkeling with whale sharks. A gastronomist’s dream, the resort is the home to world-class dining such as Ithaa Undersea Restaurant, the only all-glass undersea restaurant in the world, Japanese-inspired dishes under the stars at Koko Grill, 101 of the world’s best cheeses in the Cheese Bar or visit The Wine Cellar for degustation wine dinners hosted by our chef and sommelier. Over 20,000 bottles of fine wines, from rare vintages to new discoveries, ensure that every meal becomes a feast for the senses.
For relaxation, guests can find bliss in the resort’s two spas, enjoy an extensive range of excursions, diving and watersports options – including a submarine – snorkel the resort’s vibrant coral reef which is just steps from the beach or simply celebrate the art of doing nothing in a million different ways on the world’s most perfect beaches. Telephone: +960 6680629 Email: Mlehi.maldives@conradhotels.com Website: www.conradmaldives.com
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Country: Greece | Location (City): Oia, Santorini | Hotel Name: The Katikies Hotel Inspiring deep emotions of enchantment and fascination, the Katikies Hotel in Oia Santorini is renowned for its leading luxury, unparallel services, warm atmosphere and sense of romance uniquely combined in an exceptional setting and natural environment in Oia Santorini, inviting its guests to experience moments of pure luxury. A Santorini legend and leading hotel in Greece, the Katikies Hotel is synonymous with many unrivalled characteristics. Awe inspiring Caldera views, sublime Santorini sunsets and perfectly manicured pink bougainvilleas provide the magnificent backdrop for this perennially gleaming, glistening white
Santorini luxury hotel that spills down the cliffs of the magical Caldera. With a history as spectacular as its free form fantasy architectural formation of stairs, bridges, cubist cottages, infinity pools and Caldera views, the Katikies Hotel in Oia Santorini has garnered the reputation of the Grande dame of Caldera luxury hotels. Gorgeous luxury rooms in this Caldera hotel are both pristine and welcoming where magical private terraces hover over the most unforgettable of views. Perched on the Caldera cliffs, 300 feet above the azure waters of the Aegean, Katikies The Hotel in Oia Santorini provides an experience of unparalleled romance and prestigious luxury.
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Hotel Dining The Katikies Hotel has come to be known as the luxurious jewel of Santorini hotels, boasting some of the most elegant dining in Greece. The Kirini pool restaurant and celebrated pool bar reflect all that is art and magic in the remarkable avant garde Santorini restaurant culinary scene that wholly characterizes the Katikies Hotel. In addition, The Katikies Dinner Restaurant, with its four tables suspended on a secret rooftop veranda on the volcano rim, offers one of the most sumptuous and romantic dining experiences in the world.
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Hotel Leisure The K – CLUB, the hotel’s concierge service, instils a sense of comfort, creates enriching experiences and offers exclusive access. Whether it is art or culture, food or drink, a spa treatment, exploring the island on a «caique» or a night out, the K-Club brings you nothing but the best. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it is there to help with all of our guests needs, no matter how extraordinary or demanding they may be.
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Luxurious romantic and mysterious grandeur describe each of the 27 rooms and suites that artfully combine
the classical with the contemporary. Well proportioned characteristics imbued by romantic Santorini white - washed walls, touching powder blue textiles and lovingly handpicked Greek antiques, match the traditionally beamed ceilings. Each one of the suites combines gentle references to the past with today’s cosseting technology. Elegant symmetry, simplicity and harmonious refreshed palettes adorn throughout this luxury accommodation where bold white bathrooms have been interpreted using the finest natural materials, striking marble that reflects both cleanliness and purity in spaces dedicated to sleep and contemplation.
Telephone: 0030 22860 72380 Email: info@katikies.com Website: http://www.katikieshotelsantorini.com/
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Country: Portugal | Location (City): Lisbon | Hotel Name: Palacio Belmonte At the Belmonte there is no crowd, no noise, no chocolate on the pillow, no television, just fresh air, space, light, your own laughter and music. For an experience beyond compare, far back to our roots, to our childhood, to fantasy, let Palácio Belmonte be your house while discovering the wonderland of Portugal. Palacio Belmonte offers 10 suites, all different, all unique, some with terraces, winter garden or built in a roman tower with 360º view or in a Muslim one on top of a 40 meters high rock , all equipped with fully modern bathrooms, natural ventilation, a Mediterranean garden and black marble swimming pool to relax, read or dream. House of the Earl of Belmonte, Cabral and the Marquis of Atalaia for the past 500 years, the Belmonte is a stunning sculpture, a 2197 years synthesis of
Portuguese history. It became a few years ago the House of a Landscape Collector. He then decided to open his House to a very few for whom, luxury is synonymous of encountering one’s emotions. Palácio Belmonte prides itself on delivering memorable unique customized experiences for those who choose to stay with us. For this reason Palácio Belmonte suggest experiences that can be personalized for you, either it be a fabulous sunset in a yacht on the Tejo River, a private tour to unique architectural features of old Lisbon, your own private Fado singer, a special day out with wine, olive oil tastings and Lusitano horses in the Alentejo or maybe a dinner at the unique local “Tascas” in which you will experience the real authentic Portuguese hospitality. The Belmonte is the most veiled secret in Lisbon… and definitely a place to experience! History, Architecture,
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Culture, Sustainable Development… here you will not find a standard accommodation but a single life option! While receiving the highest level of service, you will be merged by this deep philosophy of wellbeing, exclusivity, simplicity, natural comfort, intimacy and introspection. Palácio Belmonte is a real alternative way of life… come join us!
A resume of The Belmonte: The Belmonte is about light, privacy, beautiful landscapes. An attitude and a lifestyle. A house for whom, luxury is synonymous of encountering one’s emotions. Ten suites, on 3700 sqm, 7 terraces, books, art, chimneys, piano, infinity pool. A very discreet, attentive and imaginative team to show you the best.
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Each of the 10 exquisite suites is an original masterpiece with individual character, blending historic architectural features with the utmost comfort in contemporary design. Visitors are immersed in culture – within the suites, guests discover the remnants of Roman and Moorish towers, and distinctive, blue and white XVIII century’s portuguese tiles (azulejos) that recall stories of adventure and romance. Each suite is named for a Portuguese writer, artist, philosopher, adventurer, inventor or ecologist. Many have beautiful terraces or verandas overlooking the River Tagus, the inviting city of old Lisbon below or the palace’s striking swimming pool. Suites range in size from 29 sq meters to more than 162 sq meters
Palacio Belmonte, the most acclaimed and historic “hotel” in old Lisbon, seats majestically atop one of the city’s renowned seven hills, adjacent to the picturesque Castelo de São Jorge. Surrounded by winding, cobblestone streets, Palacio Belmonte overlooks the Alfama district’s medieval churches and the Tagus River, affording breathtaking views of the redroofed valley and lush gardens below. Here, history and modern luxury blend seamlessly to create an aura of peace and exclusivity, where thoughtful service assures a gracious experience, reminiscent of Portugal’s storied past.
Address: Pateo Dom Fradique 14 1100-624 Lisbon, Portugal Telephone: + 351 21 881 66 00 Fax: +351 21 881 66 09 Email: office@palaciobelmonte.com Website: www.palaciobelmonte.com
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Country: China | Location (City): Shanghai | Hotel Name: The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong Immerse yourself in the energy of the city’s financial and commercial epicenter when you stay at The RitzCarlton Shanghai, Pudong. Ideally located on Century Avenue, in the heart of the Lujiazui finance and trade zone, our hotel is just moments from popular Shanghai destinations, such as The Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Yuyuan Garden and Bazaar, and Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.
Hotel Information The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong is Shanghai’s ultimate destination for uncompromising style and luxury.
Positioned in Pudong’s social and commercial hub at the top of Shanghai ifc with views over the Bund, the hotel is designed by world famous Richard Farnell and is situated on the top 18 floors of the ultra-modern, 58-story Tower 1 of Shanghai ifc in the heart of the city’s Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, offering luxury commercial, residential and retail space.
Hotel Dining Three-meal Italian restaurant Scena with interactive open kitchen. Chinese restaurant Jin Xuan featuring 8 private dining rooms for special occasions. Rooftop Restaurant & Bar Flair serving stylish Asian dishes and overlooking
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The Bund. Aura Lounge and Jazz Bar offering tea, light meals, signature Afternoon Teas and varieties of wines. Aroma is the ideal meeting point for gourmet coffee, refreshing beverages and light fare.
Hotel Leisure 24-hour Fitness Studio, pool, Jacuzzi, steam room and dry sauna on the 53rd floor, featuring uninterrupted views of the Bund. The Ritz-Carlton Spa by ESPA, offering a variety of beauty treatments and rejuvenating therapies in 10 treatment rooms. The exquisite collection of treatments represents complete care, personalization and the ultimate in luxury.
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Hotel Business Services More than 2,600 sq m/ 27,300 sq ft of meeting and conference space. 1.135 sq m/ 12.200 sq ft Grand Ballroom divisible into three salons. Four multipurpose function rooms and two boardrooms.
Hotel Rooms 285 guest rooms including 52 suites. There are 53 Ritz-Carlton Club rooms and The Ritz-Carlton Club Level features a separate Club lounge which offers five complimentary food and beverage presentations throughout the day and evening, and a dedicated concierge staff. An array of luxurious
amenities including twice-daily housekeeping attention with evening turndown service and 24-hour inroom dining. Telephone: 86 21 20201888 Email: joy.deng@ritzcarlton.com Website: http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/ Properties/ShanghaiPudong/Default. htm
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Country: South Africa | Location (City): Cape Town| Hotel Name: Taj Cape Town Taj Cape Town welcomes guests to the vibrant heart of one of the world’s most scenic and desirable cities, Cape Town. Taj Cape Town is a combination of rich history and elegant contemporary architecture. Originally home to the South African Reserve Bank and Temple Chambers, later the Board of Executors (BOE), it successfully combines the heritage of the old with the luxury of the new. This five-star hotel is ideally located in the centre of historic Cape Town at the entrance to the famous pedestrian precinct, St George’s Mall. Its prime location ensures that Taj Cape Town
is perfectly situated for those looking to discover authentic Cape Town; and its blend of fascinating history, exotic culture, soulful art, lively entertainment and delectable cuisine. A proud member of The Leading Hotels of the World Taj Cape Town is a luxury hotel set in the vibrant heart of Cape Town. Occupying two historic buildings, it retains the architecture and many meticulously restored interior features of the original South African Reserve Bank and the old BoE building – formerly the Temple Chambers, built in 1890. Seventeen new storeys house
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suites, guestrooms and residences with magnificent views of the Mother City and the iconic Table Mountain. Taj’s doors open to a precinct that includes the national and provincial parliaments, Government Avenue leading through the 350-year-old Company Gardens from St George’s Cathedral, the cosmopolitan crafts of St George’s Mall and Greenmarket Square and a diversity of culture, art, entertainment and cuisine. Taj Cape Town’s 176 exceptional rooms and suites offer an oasis-like retreat from the lively bustle of the city centre. The historic structure of Taj Cape Town is home to the exquisite
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Heritage Rooms and Suites, Tower Rooms and Suites, The Presidential Suite and the Taj Club. The rooms combine old-world quality and modern amenities. As well as the gamut of facilities that guests would expect in a luxury hotel room such as a mini-bar, safe, voicemail and international plug sockets, standard features include high-speed wireless internet, an iPod docking station and charger, an internet-enabled television and a work station with a multi-media hub so laptops can be interfaced with the television.
out on St George’s Cathedral, the Company Gardens and the Provincial Legislature, houses the banqueting and meeting rooms. Telephone: +27 21 819 2000 Email: willie.williams@tajhotels.com Website: www.tajhotels.com
The first floor of the BoE building, with its large sash windows looking
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