BANKING CONSULTANTS OF THE YEAR

2. Transaction-related advice (supporting the six pillars above) as well as legal and regulatory support for clients in their product development and governance relating to structured finance and capital markets issuances, derivatives transactions and lending, including issues relating to regulatory and other reporting obligations and general risk management;

3. Advising national and international clients on German and European supervisory law, e.g. legal entity and natural person licensing requirements, investor and consumer protection considerations, EU Banking Union and Capital Markets Union workstreams, enlargement of the EU and the Eurozone, the monetary policy activities of the European Central Bank (collateral eligibility, open market operations and purchase programmes incl. COVID-19 special programmes), supervisory priorities of the European supervisory authorities (ECB-SSM, EBA, ESMA and EIOPA) as well as representing clients visà-vis supervisory authorities in response to ad hoc reviews including on-site inspections; and

4. Advising on digitalisation and FinTech, in particular in respect of cryptoassets

(both licensing of providers as well as approval of tokens and other fungible and non-fungible digital assets), electronic securities and other alternative financial products (including but not limited to crowdfunding but equally with respect to open finance driven payments and other BigTech services).

PwC Legal Business Solutions’ more than 250 lawyers in Germany along with the more than 4,000 legal, technology and consulting professionals in over 100 jurisdictions operates on a cross-team and crossdisciplinary basis. This offers our clients a truly 360-degree approach including advice that extends “beyond law”. In being able to provide full-scope and multijurisdictional legal expertise from Germany coupled with the multidisciplinary expertise from PwC’s unparalleled breadth we believe (and our clients agree) that this sets PwC Legal Business Solutions firmly apart in empowering our clients to navigate challenges and seize opportunities globally.

Other key differentiators

In addition to a strong base of German qualified lawyers, our team is also composed of US, English and Irish-law trained and qualified attorneys. The team advises in German, English, French, Spanish and various CEE languages. We are therefore able to explain the intricacies of matters in the client’s own language and in the given context with knowledge of their legal frame of reference. We do this on a daily basis in virtually every matter – be it in relation to complex financial markets transactions, new authorisations, “change the business” and/or “change the compliance” projects through to cryptoasset regulatory support, working with local teams across the PwC and PwC Legal Business Solutions’ network as well as with local counsel firms in select jurisdictions.

Our team has equally been developing a range of LegalTech and RegTech solutions for our clients, in particular Rule Scanner, a regulatory horizon scanning and risk mapping tool that is backed by a knowledge repository and a data lake of 9 million and counting set of enforcement fines and sanctions issued by over 450+ regulatory and supervisory authorities.

Dr. Andreas Peters

Senior Partner

Hannke Bittner und Partner

+49 941 5862090 www.hbp-ip.de/team/dipl-phys-dr-andreas-peters/ andreas.peters@hbp-ip.de

Prüfeninger Strasse 1, 93049 Regensburg, Germany

Zusammenfassung

Wettbewerbsvorteil: Patent.

Ihr Unternehmen arbeitet Tag-fürTag an neuen Innovationen.

Sind diese nicht adäquat geschützt, riskieren Sie von IhrerKonkurrenz kopiert zu werden.

Der Wettbewerbsvorteil Ihres Unternehmens steht auf dem Spiel.

Achten Sie auf:

• den rechtzeitigen Schutz Ihrer Innovationen

• ausgefeilte Formulierungen für optimalen Schutz

• die Auswahl der richtigen Kategorien, um Schlupflöcher zu vermeiden

All das kann schnell sehr komplex werden. Daher unterstütze ich Siegerne mit meiner jahrelangen Praxiserfahrung.

Gemeinsam schützen wir Ihre Innovationen.

Schreiben Sie mir eine kurze Nachricht mit dem Stichwort “Termin”,dann melde ich mich zeitnah bei Ihnen.

In einem Erstgespräch klären wir, wie ich Sie konkret unterstützenkann.

Berufserfahrung

Pixel24 AG - GAD24 App -aicarimage.world Of General IP Counsel, Shareholder

Oktober 2021 - Present (1 Jahr 4 Monate)

Firststrasse 8 CH 8835 Feusisberg, Schweiz

Giving Advice in all IP related matters aside of still being active senior parter atmy law firm.

Hannke Bittner & Partner

11 Jahre

Senior Partner

Juni 2018 - Present (4 Jahre 8 Monate)

Head of Electronics and and Co-Head of Mechanics Division, leading a teamof nine engineers and paralegals.

Main areas of work comprise strategic advice to large and midsize clients to itsfirst to C-Level executives in respect to patent and trademark portfolio work.

Aside of that, my core activities concern all matters regarding industrialproperty rights, in particular patent, utility model, trademark and design patentapplications

Opposition, appeal and nullity proceedings

Patent, trademark and designs infringement proceedings

Development and cooperation agreements

Licensing matters

Employee inventor rights

Due diligence.

Junior Partner

August 2013 - Mai 2018 (4 Jahre 10 Monate)

Head of three paralegas and one engineer.

Main areas of work includes all matters regarding industrial property rights, inparticular patent, utility model, trademark and design patent applications

Opposition, appeal and nullity proceedings

Patent, trademark and designs infringement proceedings

PATENT LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR - GERMANY

Development and cooperation agreements

Licensing matters

Employee inventor rights

Due diligence

Associate

Februar 2012 - Juli 2013 (1 Jahr 6 Monate)

Drafting and prosecuting patent application before the GPTO and EPO, as wellas opposition proceedings berfore these two offices.

Epping Hermann Fischer

Patent Attorney Trainee

Juli 2008 - Januar 2012 (3 Jahre 7 Monate)

Drafting and prosecuting patent application before the GPTO and EPO, as wellas opposition proceedings berfore these two offices.

Ausbildung

FernUniversität in Hagen

Recht für Patentanwälte · (20082011)

German National Merit Foundation awarded to best 0,3% of entireGerman student population (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)

(Oktober 2000 - April 2008)

FernUniversität in Hagen

Pre-Diploma, Economics · (20052008)

Universität Regensburg

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physik · (2005 - 2008)

Universität Regensburg

Master’s degree, Physik · (20012005)

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – GHANA

Kwame Nyampong, Esq. Managing Partner Franklyn and Partners

+233302252015 www.franklyn.law info@franklyn.law

5 Adenkum Road,

Kanda- Accra

FRANKLYN AND PARTNERS

UNLIMITED IS A FULLSERVICE CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW FIRM IN GHANA

We specialize, among other practice areas, in the following;

• CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW

• LITIGATION

• TAXATION

• OIL AND GAS

• DEBT RECOVERY

• FINANCE

• ARBITRATION

• SHIPPING

• IMMIGRATION

• IT

• REAL ESSTATE

• MINIRAL AND MINING

• ADVISORY AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Our Mission

To assist in the resolution of disputes of all nature and provide clients’ with the legal confidence in their business transactions and/or dealings through Professionalism, Persuasiveness and Honesty

Our Vision

To become a leading law firm in Africa, with global presence, offering full legal services

FRANKLYN AND PARTNERS is a dynamic and strategic fullservice Corporate and Commercial Law Firm in Ghana. The legal team has a rich experience in the law practice giving us the ability to speak the Ghanaian Law fluently. We pride ourselves with Professionalism, Persuasiveness and Honest, as our hallmark. We have vast experience in, among other expertise, business arrangements and investment promotions both locally and internationally. We have an excellent specialization in transactional, litigation, corporate and commercial issues.

FRANKLYN AND PARTNERS is known for its efficiency, promptness, professionalism, integrity and competitive fees in the provision of legal services. We have severally acted for and represented multinational corporations in diverse transactions and negotiations. We recruit and retain well qualified and motivated staff and provide our professionals with the best of continuing legal services and education.

Profile

Kwame has considerable experience across the whole range of corporate transactions and arrangements, including restructurings, corporate reorganizations, demergers and related issues. He advises on schemes of arrangement, capital reductions and share buy-backs, joint ventures and strategic alliances, commercial contracts/ arrangements and corporate governance.

Kwame also has wide ranging experience in corporate disputes in particular shareholder disagreements and breach of warranty claims; insurance disputes in particular professional negligence claims. He also advises on partnership disputes; planning disputes and compulsory purchases.

Kwame is a highly enthusiastic, affable and professional lawyer with great leadership qualities combined with an attitude to accept challenging tasks. He comes up as a goal-oriented, creative and resourceful person with high problem-solving abilities. He has special expertise in Debt Recovery, having until recently worked as the Managing Director of Direct Debt Recovery Consult Limited. He has also worked at Eagle Watch Limited, a company which specializes in Due Diligence and Personal and Corporate Profiling, as the Managing Director. He has also worked as a Recovery Consultant for over 15 Commercial Banks; and started his legal practice at Adu-Kusi and Associates (formerly Law Bureau).

Kwame had formal education in Economics, Project Management and Finance before pursuing Law.

Kwame serves on several boards in different capacities; which boards include Oil and Gas, Manufacturing and Banking and Finance.

He is also a member of the Ghana Bar Association, International Bar Association, Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency, International Insolvency Association, American Economist Association; among others.

Maria Gratsia Managing Partner

Kleopas Alliott Business Consultants SA

+302109579050 www.alliott.gr gratsia@alliott.gr

350 Sygrou Ave., 17674 Kallithea, Athens - Greece

The Firm

Kleopas Alliott Business Consultants SA is an independent Greek accounting firm with an innovative international orientation and a unique client focus service approach for more than 30 years.

With more than 40 highly educated executives, Kleopas Alliott is one of the leading accounting firms in Greece.

The firm is servicing a vast number of industries such as energy, hotel and leisure, food and beverage, logistics, real estate, retail, e-commerce, bank and finance, constructions, pharmaceutical and individuals.

Kleopas Alliott is renowned for its values – excellence, trust, & confidentiality – and for building long-standing relationships with its clients, based on a sophisticated way of providing services.

The firm is committed to provide personalized services, to understand clients’ needs in depth, being attentive, responsive, and flexible, in a cost-effective manner.

The use of cutting-edge technologies is integrating these traditional values in a modern and efficient way elevating the added value for the client.

Kleopas Alliott knows how to do the best for its clients. People are the core of the firm and the key to success. The firm is believing in successful and winning teams, investing in its people, encouraging innovative thinking, team spirit, open and trustful communication.

Ethos

Kleopas Alliott is a modern consulting firm with an oldfashioned dedication to client service. We make a point of taking the time to investigate in depth any requirement, being pride of ourselves on our ability to provide effectively in a timely manner service.

The Services

• Accountancy - (Accounting, Bookkeeping, Financial Statements).

• Taxation, - (Statutory Compliance, Tax Consulting and Planning).

• HR & Payroll – (Payroll Calculation, Statutory Statements, HR Management).

• Corporate, (Start-up business, Secretariat services, M&A).

• Expats Services.

Going Global

Kleopas Alliott understands International Business. It is a long-standing prominent Member of the Alliott Global Alliance an international alliance of independent professional firms, aiming to meet clients’ international business interests around the globe.

As part of Alliott Global Alliance, the firm is providing qualified cross border services in 6 continents, 95 countries and more than 250 locations worldwide.

Business Assurance

Business Assurance is of extremely high importance for Kleopas Alliott. Thus, it has developed and applies rigorous policies to achieve the highest standards to the Personal Data Protection, the Code of Ethical Conduct, and the Anti-Bribery – Anti-Corruption approach, ensuring that its

ACCOUNTANTS AND TAX ADVISERS OF THE YEAR – GREECE

professionals, employees and third parties involved, are acting in compliance with the applicable local and international laws and regulations. The advanced Full Disaster Recovery Plan along with an Annual Penetration Test are completing the comprehensive security strategy of the firm.

Social Responsibility

Kleopas Alliott is taking its commitment to the society seriously, participating in a good number of programs to make the community a better place for all. The firm enthusiastically supports a variety of organizations that help children, the elderly, and the environment.

Locations

Greece: Athens and Mykonos

Romania: Bucharest.

Biography

Maria Gratsia is the Managing Partners of the firm, which she first joined as a trainee back in 1996. She graduated in Business Administration of the Athens University of economics in 1998. Her capability and efficiency to manage projects and her professional skills in problem solving are making her a high value-added professional for the firm and its clients. Maria is the connecting link of the firm with its international partners and regularly participates in conferences and training courses. She is a member of the Economic Chamber of Greece. Maria is fluent in English

Damien Laracy Managing Partner

Hill Dickinson Hong Kong

+852 2525 7525 https://www.hilldickinson.com/offices/hong-kong

Damien.Laracy@hilldickinson.com

33B United Centre, 95 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong SAR China

Hill Dickinson Hong Kong is a leading and award-winning full service international commercial law firm delivering advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, and one of the fastest growing international practices in Hong Kong. Over the last five years the firm has doubled in size, increased its client base threefold and developed new practice areas. Best known for its expertise in commercial litigation, international arbitration, contentious shipping and trade matters, HDHK also has significant non-contentious capability including corporate transactional, corporate finance and regulatory matters.

With a strong international practice and experienced network, the Hong Kong team works closely with colleagues within the Hill Dickinson international network of offices in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Greece, and Monaco to identify and maximise opportunities for clients and to resolve their problems. Our close relationships with other premier regional law firms provide us with legal and procedural capabilities in other jurisdictions, thus enabling our practice internationally. We draw on long-standing experience in major industry sectors to deliver the highest quality, actionable legal advice and solutions possible.

Particularly, the team works with the firm’s Singapore office to provide combined legal services offering for APAC clients that also accommodates the needs of both offices’ growing nonmarine client portfolios, which span sectors included insolvency and restructuring, banking and finance, regulatory, health and tech, real estate, luxury and leisure, international trade, and construction and engineering.

Insolvency and restructuring

The value of seeking good advice early when your business is in trouble can’t be overstated. Hill Dickinson’s Hong Kong team are experts not only in insolvency and restructuring but in helping clients take steps to mitigate or avoid the failure of their business and protect their assets.

Shipping and International trade

The firm assist and advises banks, brokers, traders, ship owners, charterers, underwriters and the international group of P&I clubs. Hill Dickinson’s wet specialists also assist and advise in relation to marine collisions, groundings, salvage and pollution issues. Specifically, the team handles Admiralty claims arising from collisions, salvage, groundings and pollution; cargo loss and damage claims, mis-delivery claims, ship mortgage enforcement and charterparty disputes, together with insurance and reinsurance matters.

On the non-contentious side, the team handles sale and purchase (including superyachts), corporate shipping, shipping finance, ship leasing, ESG and decarbonisation in shipping, escrow arrangements, pooling agreements, and joint ventures. The firm also represents cruise line operators and high net worth superyacht owners.

Commercial litigation and arbitration

The Hong Kong team is well versed in handling and winning commercial cases at all levels in the Hong Kong courts and before specialist tribunals and boards. It has also embraced the shift towards arbitration as a practical, quicker and often more costeffective route towards dispute resolution.

Long involvement throughout the firm’s 210-year history in transport, trade finance, commodities, financial institutions and construction enables us to combine an understanding of the law, practice and conventions of these industry sectors with our clients’ commercial objectives. We place emphasis on the negotiation of arbitration clauses, and when disputes do arise, we work closely with our clients to achieve an early and satisfactory resolution through mediation and negotiation and are deeply involved in drafting submissions ourselves, while simultaneously providing advice.