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Editor's Introduction

Winner's Index

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

South America

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Welcome to The Lawyer International Legal 100 – 2016 It gives me great pleasure to be able to finally announce the long-awaited results in The Lawyer International – Legal 100 – 2016 - Awards. Over the last 12 months, we have analysed in excess of 83,000 votes, either provided as self-submission or via third party nomination, and we are now able to provide a comprehensive breakdown as to who are The Lawyer International – Legal 100 – 2016. The world’s leading professional firms are called upon to assist with transactional and corporate matters continually. Helping the corporate team on matters of vital importance in areas associated with the geographical location and the sector that a business may operate within. Regulatory, compliance, property, environmental, fund formation, technology, employment law, banking, corporate, M&A, private equity, insurance & due diligence amongst others all rank high on the agenda. Recognizing the experience and skills that many of the developed nations have, we know how important it is to be recognized as a leader in your field of expertise. The Lawyer International – Legal 100 – 2016 – Awards recognize a select number of leading professional firms and individuals, across the globe, for their individual areas of specialization, within their geographical location. The Lawyer International – Legal 100 – 2016 - Awards provides our Global readership with a definitive guide to those firms, and individuals, that truly are the most able, within all areas, across all geographical locations that the monthly magazine reaches. The Lawyer International – Legal 100 – 2016 - Awards exist to showcase those firms and individuals that continually provide the client with an outstanding level of service, demonstrating an incredibly high degree of ability, whilst delivering the outstanding results that are synonymous with firms and individuals of this calibre. In summary, for a firm and individual to be recognised as a winner in The Lawyer International – Legal 100 – 2016 - Awards there needs to be evidence of unquestionable ability, endorsed with positive comments from both clients and peers.

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AFRICA Donsa-Nkomo & Mutangi Legal Practice IP - Law Firm of the Year - Zimbabwe Georges & Co Attorneys Offshore Law Firm of the Year - Seychelles Kosheri, Rashed & Riad Law Firm Arbitration - Law Firm of the Year - Egypt Miller du Toit Cloete Inc. Law Firm of the Year - Family Law - South Africa Nortons Inc Law Firm of the Year - Asset Recovery - South Africa

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ASIA Aequitas Law LLP Civil Litigation/Dispute Resolution/Mediation/Peer Choice - Corporation Law Firm of the Year - Singapore Al Rowaad Advocates & Legal Consultancy United Arab Emirates - Family Legal Consultant of the Year - Mr. Hassan Elhais, Senior Partner United Arab Emirates - Advocacy and Legal Consultancy of the Year Al Safar & Partners United Arab Emirates - Law Firm of the Year - Full Service Amica Law LLC Trademark Advisory Firm of the Year - Singapore AZB & Partners Law Firm of the Year - Arbitration - India Baker & McKenzie Law Firm of the Year - Arbitration - Singapore Deep & Far Law Firm Law Firm of the Year - Intellectual Property - Taiwan Ella Cheong & Alan Chiu Solicitors & Notaries Law Firm of the Year - Franchise, Trademarks and Patents - Hong Kong and China Karanjawala & Company Boutique Litigation Law Firm of the Year - India Law Firm of the Year – Dispute Resolution – India Commercial Litigation Lawyer of the Year – India Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year – India Arbitration and Litigation Lawyer of the Year – India Arbitration and Litigation Law Firm of the Year – India Kosheri, Rashed & Riad Law Firm Arbitration - Law Firm of the Year - Egypt Loeb & Loeb LLP IPO Transactions - Law Firm of the Year - Hong Kong OKABE & YAMAGUCHI Law Firm of the Year – Shipping & Maritime - Japan Puyat Jacinto and Santos (PJS) Law Offices Editor’s Choice - Energy Law Firm of the Year - Philippines Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Business Litigation - Law Firm of the Year - Japan Ryuka IP Law Firm Law Firm of the Year - Intellectual Property - Japan Singh Singh Lall & Sethi Law Firm of the Year - Intellectual Property - India Zambrano Gruba Caganda & Advincula Law Firm of the Year - M&A and Cross Border Transactions - Philippines Zhong Lun Law Firm Construction Lawyer of the Year - China - Ms. Jihong Wang Zu’bi & Partners Law Firm of the Year – Kingdom of Bahrain

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AUSTRALASIA CTI Law Superannuation/Trusts Lawyer of the Year - Australia Franke Hyland Law Firm Technology Patents Law Firm of the Year - Australia Immigration Solutions Lawyers Pty Ltd Corporate Immigration Lawyer of the Year - Australia - Anne O’Donoghue Kim Wilson & Co Family Financial Law Firm of the Year - Australia Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Law Firm of the Year - Trademarks - New Zealand Full Service Law Firm of the Year – New Zealand Law Firm of the Year - IP - New Zealand

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Index PAGE Civitas Law Best Dispute Resolution Barrister of the Year - United Kingdom, Gareth John Jones Connell Associates Solicitors Commercial Litigation & Debt Recovery - Law Firm of the Year - United Kingdom Copenhagen Chambers Law Firm of the Year - Arbitration - Denmark CREDIT SUISSE AG Full Service Investment Bank of the Year - Switzerland Dillon Eustace Maritime Lawyer of the Year - Ireland, Paul Gill Esquivel Advogados Projects Law Firm of the Year - Portugal FTI Consulting Strategic Communications Consulting Firm of the Year - Belgium Gast Avocats Law Firm of the Year - Franchise Law - France Hager & Partners Law Firm of the Year - Private Equity - Italy Infinity Partnership Limited Corporate Finance Boutique of the Year - Scotland Janson Baugniet Law Firm of the Year - Natural Resources - Belgium Kanzlei National - IT Law Firm of the Year - Germany Kemp Little LLP Law Firm of the Year - Outsourcing - United Kingdom KOBRE & KIM LLP Law Firm of the Year - Asset Recovery - England Lamont Pridmore Dynamic Advisory Firm of the Year – England Lawfirm.biz National - IT - Law Firm of the Year - Germany Law firm Simeonov & Dermendjiev Arbitration, Litigation and Dispute Resolution - Law Firm of the Year - Bulgaria Lett Law Firm Individual - Natural Resources - Lawyer of the Year - Denmark LexDellmeier Boutique Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - Germany TradeMarks Law Firm of the Year - Germany Linklaters Law Firm of the Year - Banking & Finance - United Kingdom Lloyd Platt & Co Law Firm of the Year - Divorce Law - United Kingdom McMillan Williams Solicitors Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year -UK and Personal Injury Law Firm of the Year -UK Midaxo Global M&A Software Solution of the Year MPM Legal International Business - Law Firm of the Year - Italy Outer Temple Chambers UK – China – Arbitration Barrister of the Year - England Preiskel & Co LLP Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year - England PwC LLP Corporate Immigration Lawyer of the Year - UK, Julia Onslow-Cole Sinels Advocates Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year - Jersey, Philip Sinel Peer Choice - Commercial Litigation - Law Firm of the Year - Jersey Studio Legale Sutti Corporate & Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year - Italy, Simona Cazzaniga Law Firm of the Year - Intellectual Property - Italy, Stefano Sutti Law Firm of the Year - Commercial Litigation - Italy The Chambers of William Clegg QC Senior Clerk of the Year - UK, John Grimmer Treumann RECHTSANWALTE Boutique - Distribution Law Firm of the Year - Germany William Fry Law Firm of the Year - Insurance & Reinsurance - Ireland

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NORTH AMERICA Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP Belin McCormick Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP DJ Arbitraje Duane Morris LLP Entwistle & Cappucci LLP Handler Thayer, LLP J.A. Treviño Abogados Klein Lawyers LLP KPMG LLP L.C. Hull & Co. Lerner David Law Firm Lissade Law Firm Marjori Rawls Roberts, P.C. Marvin J. Huberman LL.B., LL.M. Miller Thomson LLP Mintz Quinne Manuel Sadis & Goldberg LLP Woods Litigation Boutique

Appellate Law Firm of the Year - Texas, USA Law Firm of the Year – Corporate and M&A - Iowa, USA Pension Funds Litigation Attorney of the Year - Illinois, USA White Collar Crime Law Firm of the Year - Florida, USA Firm of the Year - Arbitration - Costa Rica Law Firm Of The Year (Construction And Real Estate) – North America Commercial Litigation - Law Firm of the Year - USA Large Tier - Estate Law Firm of the Year - Illinois, USA Mexico Cross-Border Law Firm of the Year Best in Auto Accidents - Canada Anti-Money Laundering - Firm of the Year – USA Law Firm of the Year - Real Estate Law - The Bahamas Patent Counseling Lawyer of the Year - USA and Patent Counseling Law Firm of the Year - USA Law Firm of the Year - Intellectual Property - Haiti Tax Law Firm of the Year - U.S. Virgin Islands Law Firm of the Year - Commercial Arbitration - Canada Law Firm of the Year - Gaming - Canada Law Firm of the Year (Biotechnology) – North America US - IP Individual Excellence Adviser of the Year in California, USA Law Firm of the Year - Private Funds - North America Law Firm of the Year - Arbitration - Canada

SOUTH AMERICA Casseli Law Firm Durrieu Abogados S.C. Guevara & Gutierrez Intercorp Group Pizarro, Ihnen y Correa Abogados

Law Firm of the Year - Paraguay Law Firm of the Year - Business Crime - Argentina Law Firm of the Year - Arbitration - Bolivia Editors Choice - International Tax Advisory Firm of the Year - Brazil Law Firm of the Year - Employment - Chile

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Africa Seychelles

Offshore Law Firm of the Year

Bernard Georges Senior Partner Georges & Co, Attorneys (formerly Georges & Georges, Attorneys) is a well-established firm focussing on civil and commercial litigation. The firm is built around Bernard Georges, the senior partner, a Barrister and Attorney with close to 40 years of litigation experience. Bernard is not only a lawyer, but also a member of the Seychelles legislature and a judge of the COMESA (Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa) Court of Justice. Additionally, he is actively involved in ADR issues and keenly promotes mediation and arbitration as alternatives to litigation. Supporting Bernard is a team of young associates, each specialising in a particular field: commercial law, property and family issues. The firm has built up a reputation for election-related constitutional litigation, and commercial arbitration, in respect of both of which it is a recognised leader. The firm has acted in numerous high-profile cases, both arbitrated and litigated, over the years. It represents real estate developers, building and civil engineering contractors, importers and wholesalers, company registration agents and other commercial enterprises. It enjoys a close working relationship

with numerous international legal firms and works with foreign litigators in order to bolster its service. The firm brings a wide-ranging knowledge of Seychelles law to its work and prides itself on the hands-on service it provides to its clients. Among the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major clients are Vijay Construction (Pty) Ltd (the largest construction firm in Seychelles) MultiChoice Africa Ltd (cable television provider) and BMIC/Batelco Ltd (telecommunications). Bernard is currently involved in multi-million dollar litigation on behalf of these companies. The firm works often in collaboration with major overseas law firms and counsel.

Address: F26, Eden Plaza, Eden Island and Trinity House, Victoria Mail: PO Box 153, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles Tel: +248 422 4280 Fax: +248 422 4043 Cell: +248 252 5115 Email: info@georgesattorneys.com; bernard@georgesattorneys.com

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Arbitration Law Firm of the Year

Based in Cairo, Egypt; founded in 1978 by Co-founders: Dr. Ahmed El-Kosheri & Dr. Samia Rashed. KRR Law Firm remains a leader in virtually every area of practice such as corporate M&A, banking & finance, Privatization, Up Stream & Down Stream Gas Agreements, Mining and Petroleum Concessions litigation, real estate, telecommunications, Tax, Construction, Labor Law, and International and Domestic Arbitration. Main areas of Practice: Corporation, Litigation & Arbitration. The firm was chosen by Corporate INTL Legal Awards as Arbitration Law Firm of the Year in Egypt in 2015, it was chosen by Global Law Experts Legal Awards as the Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year in Egypt in 2015; chosen by Chambers and Partners as the Dispute Resolution: Arbitration in Egypt in 2015. Also, K, R and R was chosen M&A International Global Legal Awards as Corporate Law Firm of the Year in Egypt in 2015 and was chosen by Global 100 as Commercial Law Firm of the year in Egypt 2015. Based in Cairo, Egypt; founded in 1978 by Co-founders: Dr. Ahmed El-Kosheri & Dr. Samia Rashed. Firm profile: KRR provides a diverse portfolio of legal services including: general practice, international law, corporate law, commercial agencies, licensing contracts, commercial and maritime matters, joint ventures, privatization, insurance, foreign investments, securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions, local and international business contracts, BOT projects, up-stream and down-stream gas agreements, trademark registration and litigation, banking, mining and petroleum concessions, real estate, telecommunications and information technology, tax, construction, labour law, intellectual property, business litigation, international and domestic arbitrations, World Trade Organisation agreements and dispute settlement system. Rashed & Riad were members of the Egyptian Council of State, an Egyptian judicial authority responsible – inter alia for providing the Egyptian Government (including the different ministries) with legal advice for issues including procurement rules and procedures. K, R and R is highly active in the fields of Arbitration and Litigation. Dr. Riad is a member of the Board of Trustees and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Dubai International Arbitration Centre in addition to being an alternate member of the ICC Court of Arbitration, member of the International Chamber of Commerce World Business Law Institute Scientific Council, member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and member of the ICCA. The partners of K, R and R including Dr. Kosheri and Dr. Riad had acted as chairman of arbitral tribunals, arbitrators, counsel and experts on Egyptian Law in numerous arbitrations in front of ICC, Cairo Regional Center, Dubai International Arbitration Centre, Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre and the ICSID. Clients: KRR has numerous Egyptian and international clients such as: Arab African International Bank, Philip Morris, Philips International B.V., AT&T, Caterpillar, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Al Chark Insurance Company, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Standard Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Mashreq Bank, Arab Monetary Fund, Bank of America (London Address:

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16A, Maamal El Sokkar St., Garden City, Cairo 11451, Egypt + (202) 27954795 (10 lines), 27959228, 27952096 + (202) 27958521 mailbox@krr-law.com www.krr-law.com

Branch) and Misr America International Bank.Cyprus Airways, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Lockheed Martin, Servier, Saudi Telecommunications Company, Samsung Gulf Electronics, Voest – Alpine, Asko Deusche Kaufhaus AG, Aero Lloyd, Arab Monetary Fund, B.P.Amoco, Ball Corporation, Codan Insurance, Champion Technologies, INC., Companie Générale de Services et d’Applications de Télécommunications, Elf Oil Deutschland Gmbh, Estee Lauder, EG&G Sealol, Ebasco Services Incorporated, FiduciaryTrust Company International, Grand Travaux de Marseille Hoston Industries Incorporated, KIMBERLYCLARK, Kohler Co., Kuwait Finance House, MAYTAG Co., MSD (Middle East and Africa), Marathon Oil Company, P & I Club, Yves Saint Laurent. Individual Profile: Dr. El Kosheri, the Senior Partner of Kosheri, Rashed & Riad, was the Founding General Counsel of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and the Founding Secretary General of the Islamic Development Bank. Dr. El Kosheri is the Chairman of the Consultative Committee of the Cairo Regional Arbitration Centre in addition to being member of its Board of Trustees of the of the Cairo Regional Arbitration Centre and a member of ICCA. Professor Dr. El Kosheri was granted the lifelong achievement award by the Global Arbitration Review in 2014. Professor Dr. El Kosheri is the first Arab Jurist and Lawyer to be granted said award by the prestigious International Publication Global Arbitration Review. Dr. Tarek F. Riad, the Managing Partner of Kosheri, Rashed & Riad was involved in drafting numerous Egyptian Commercial Laws such as the Companies Law, the Telecommunications Law, the Investment Law and the Special Economic Court Law in his capacity as a member of the Economic Committee of the Supreme Policy Council. Furthermore, Dr. Riad was trained in two US banks, Crocker National Bank and Wells Fargo Bank. Dr. Riad has written numerous publications including two books entitled The Applicable Law in Oil & Gas Arbitrations and The Egyptian Companies Law, as well as many articles about arbitration and litigation in Egypt and in addition the legal aspects of doing business in Egypt. He has also given numerous lectures in Egypt about upstream and downstream gas operations at the Cairo Regional Arbitration Center Conferences and Ain Shams Arbitration Center Conferences. In May 2011, Dr. Riad was appointed as a member of the Consultative Council, responsible for preparing draft laws for the Egyptian Council of Ministries. Kosheri, Rashed and Riad represented the Kuwaiti government in arbitration between the Kuwaiti government and the Aminoil Company. The value of the dispute was US $2.5bn. Dr. Riad has an L.L.B from Cairo Law School (1980) and an L.L.M (1982) and SJD (1985) from Harvard Law School and in addition to being a member of the Egyptian Bar since 1982 and New York Bar since 1985.

Professor Dr. Ahmed El Kosheri Senior Managing Partner

Dr. Tarek F. Riad Managing Partner

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Asia United Arab Emirates

Advocacy and Legal Consultancy of the Year

Al Rowaad Advocates & Legal Consultancy is a full-service law firm committed to deliver sound judgment to its clients on their most difficult and important matters. Established in 2003, the firm was first known as Advocates Without Frontiers before it expanded and was recently renamed Al Rowaad Advocates & Legal Consultancy, the company's license owner, with a head office in Dubai and a branch office in Abu Dhabi. Al Rowaad Advocates & Legal Consultancy is duly licensed to perform legal services and advocacy in the U.A.E., reaching out to local and U.A.E.-based international clients. Among Al Rowaad's strong practice areas are labor, corporate & commercial, banking, maritime & transport, litigation & arbitration and real estate. Our law firm recognises the importance of staff training so that our clients can count on our expertise in the various and complex aspects of the law, and receive the highest level of personalized service. We are a multi-lingual firm offering services in Arabic, English, French, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Iranian and Tagalog. Unlike other black letter law firms, we value practical experience as much as our legal know-how. That is why we recruit high-calibre people who have extensive legal experience in other countries. We value our team’s collective background which allows us to approach clients’ issues from a variety of angles. We provide our legal advisers with

on-the-job training and research facilities so that they are well-equipped to deal with current and specific legal issues in the UAE. Our partners are to the fore throughout every transaction and they lead small, close-knit teams that stay with clients for the long-term, allowing them to develop real relationships with our clients and a genuine in-depth understanding of their businesses. We value our partners’ experience and skills that go beyond providing legal advice. Our size allows us to be entrepreneurial in approach and exceptionally efficient. We are able to move in tandem with the fast-paced economy of the UAE. We value our ability to adapt quickly to the new situations and act swiftly on developing areas of law and business. Address: Al Rowaad Advocates & Legal Consultants The H Office Tower, 29th floor Sheikh Zayed Road, PO Box 40073, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel: +971 4 325 4000 Fax: +971 4 358 9494 Email: info@alrowaad.ae Website: www.alrowaad.ae

Family Legal Consultant of the Year – Mr. Hassan Elhais, United Arab Emirates Senior Partner, Al Rowaad Advocates & Legal Consultancy

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Asia United Arab Emirates

Law Firm of the Year - Full Service

Al Safar & Partners advocates & legal consultants was established in 1981 by advocate Mahdi Al Safar and has completed 33 years among the best of UAE’s law firms. The firm provides general legal advice to its clients. In the year 2008 senior advocate Ms Kavitha Panicker, managing partner of the firm, undertook the mission of growing the firm to its current status and the setting up of operational processes for quality management, which secured the firm its rare ISO 9001:2008 certification, a very valuable characteristic to a firm operating on international standards. Today, while entrusted by thousands of clients to provide a selection of legal services in Dubai and all other Emirates of the UAE, the firm has secured its place among the top four UAE law firms, receiving the prestigious Dubai Courts Strategic Partners award in 2013 for representing one of the highest number of cases in the Dubai courts. Additionally the firm’s matters are extensively represented in the DIAC (Dubai International Arbitration Centre) where a majority share in cases is also credited to the firm. Al Safar & Partners advocates & legal consultants is also one of the very few ISO 9001:2008 quality management certified law firms in the GCC and Middle East and maintains operations in accordance with the American Bar Association’s strict code of conduct. That, coupled with the law firm’s deep understanding of the UAE laws and legal system, means the firm provides international clients excellent service while maintaining a tradition of the highest legal and business standards and a continued pursuit of justice. The firm’s legal consultants and lawyers in Dubai come from diverse nationalities with strong international experience of practising as local Arabic lawyers, British barristers and solicitors, and Russian, Iranian, Indian, Pakistani, Spanish, Italian, Swiss, Norwegian, Iraqi, Egyptian, Sudanese, Jordanian, Syrian and African advocates and lawyers, to name a few.

Areas of practice Al Safar & Partners is devoted to providing legal services to its clients. The firm’s work encompasses diverse legal areas including, but not limited to, civil, commercial, corporate, criminal, employment,

family, intellectual property, banking and insurance. Its lawyers are skilled at litigation and arbitration as well as negotiating settlements and are together handling thousands of legal matters annually. The firm maintains a strong dispute resolution practice. As business booms in the UAE, legal issues arise across most business sectors. UAE is the proud holder of some of the most notable projects around the world with investments flowing in from all corners of the globe. The firm has been handling matters relating to business disputes for a majority of clients and has successfully secured their rights as investors, purchasers and sellers. The law firm is diverse and offers a variety of corporate commercial legal services inclusive of business services such as incorporation and franchising, intellectual property law and anticounterfeiting and enforcement in the UAE. The firm maintains a strong track record in litigation on behalf of major international brands. With the majority of residents being ex-pats, the UAE has strong labour laws which provide for the protection of the workforce of the UAE. In order to ensure humane working conditions in the UAE, the government has set up the UAE labour laws to suit its environment and maintain a steady flow of white and blue-collar workers into the country. Al Safar & Partners serves numerous international corporations in their internal labour disputes, corporate set up and legal requirements. Its lawyers are experts in analysing labour matters while conducting legal action and are understanding when negotiating settlements.

Address: Al Safar & Partners Advocates and Legal Consultants Old Town Islands, Downtown Dubai, Al Saaha Offices Block D, Office # 401A Kavitha Panicker Tel: +971 4 4221944 Fax: +971 4 4221943 Email: reception@alsafarpartners.com Website: www.alsafarpartners.com

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Asia Taiwan

Law Firm of the Year - Intellectual Property

As long as reasonable, we accept our service fees as competitive as you desire. As long as you desire quality works, you shall find no reasons not to use Deep & Far taking challenges for competence verification by receiving from the client, e.g.: 1) a pending or granted patent for comments about how it can improve the claims; 2) a pending patent specification without the claims for drafting a set of new claims for comparison with the original claims; or

3) an initial disclosure for preparing a claim set at the same time with the firm the client is currently using so that the client can compare and find out which firm can provide the better claims. Address: 13th Fl., 27 Sec. 3, Chung San N. Rd., Taipei 104, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: 886-2-25856688 Fax: 886-2-25989900/25978989 Email: email@deepnfar.com.tw Website: www.deepnfar.com.tw

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Arbitration Law Firm of the Year

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16A, Maamal El Sokkar St., Garden City, Cairo 11451, Egypt + (202) 27954795 (10 lines), 27959228, 27952096 + (202) 27958521 mailbox@krr-law.com www.krr-law.com

Professor Dr. Ahmed El Kosheri Senior Managing Partner

Dr. Tarek F. Riad Managing Partner

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Asia Japan

Law Firm of the Year – Shipping & Maritime

Shuji Yamaguchi OKABE & YAMAGUCHI is Japan’s leading firm in the field of maritime law and related international legal affairs in Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Hiroki Okabe established the firm in 1987 and Mr. Shuji Yamaguchi joined it in 1990. The firm is highly recognized by its professional experience and expertise in cargo claims, charterparty disputes, collision and salvage, aviation claim, domestic transport claims, maritime insurance claims, litigations, arbitrations and other maritime related cases. The firm has 9 lawyers and all are specialized in maritime and transport law. They are studied and trained in japan as well as foreign countries, United Kingdom, United States, China etc. The firm is serving clients in Japan and around the world, insurance companies, shipping companies, NVOCC, PI clubs, Shipbuilding companies, trading companies, product companies etc. Listed in the Who’s Who Legal and recognized as a top-tier firm in marine law by the Legal 500, OKABE & YAMAGUCHI was founded in 1987. In Legal 500, Okabe & Yamaguchi advises on all aspects of shipping, including enforcement procedures, collision investigations and on charter party disputes. Shuji Yamaguchi leads on cargo claims and maritime insurance, and collision and salvage specialists Hiroki Okabe and Teruyuki Sago are acknowledged market leaders. Yamaguchi led proceedings against the Japanese ship builder of the MOL Comfort, which sank in 2013; he also filed cargo claims against the limitation fund set up by the carrier.

Shuji Yamaguchi was the chair of the Maritime Law Committee of Inter-Pacific Bar Association from 2009 to 2011. He was a Counselor of Commercial Code (Transport and Maritime Law) for Ministry of Justice. He is a Professional Partner of International Union of Marine Insurance. He is a co-author and contributor of “International Cargo Insurance” (Informa), “Maritime Law Handbook” (Kluwer), “Getting the Deal Through Shipping in 35 jurisdictions”, “Judgment Commentary of Civil Code Vol.1 General Rules” (Seirin Shoin)”, “Yoken Jijitsu Taikei Maritime Law” (Daiichi Hoki), “New International Jurisdiction Law from practical points of view” (Shoji Homu), “Rotterdam Rules in Asia Pacific Region” (Shoji Homu), “Handbook for International Multi-Modal Transport” (JIFFA) etc.

Address: Okabe & Yamaguchi 5th Fl., Eiha Shinkawa, 1-5-17, Shinkawa, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, 104-0033 Japan Tel: +81-3-3555-7931 Fax: +81-3-3555-7934 Email: s-yamaguchi@olo.gr.jp Website: www.olo.gr.jp

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Law Firm of the Year - Intellectual Property

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Asia China

Construction Lawyer of the Year

Jihong WANG Biography Ms. Wang primarily advises within the infrastructure, construction, energy, natural resources, and environmental protection sectors, and many of her projects have obtained annual awards for her law firms. She is currently a senior partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm, and co-chairs the Infrastructure, Real Estate and Construction Department. As a renowned legal expert on urban infrastructure, Ms. Wang has advised Chinese and foreign clients on countless infrastructure projects collectively exceeding USD 700 billion in investment such as power plants (coal, nuclear, and hydro), river training, petroleum and natural gas pipelines, water works, water treatment, land reclamation, expressways, railways, subways, bridges, airports, ports, docks, stadiums, municipal buildings, schools, hospitals, hazardous waste disposal, providing comprehensive legal services throughout all project stages. Ms. Wang has extensive experience in public-private partnership (including concessions) and overseas EPC projects, not only in providing comprehensive legal services including assisting cross-border investors with transactional structure design, contract negotiations, tendering, construction, transfers and operations, but also advising on various avenues of project financing such as bond issuance, government sub-loans, financial leasing, collective trusts, and loan schemes, as well as providing post-construction legal services such as introducing and working with strategic partners both in China and abroad on capital increases, M&A, and asset securitization. She has advised on cross-border projects throughout the world including in Italy, France, Mongolia, Argentina, Columbia, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Oman, and Tunisia. As attorney for real estate developers and owners both in China and abroad, Ms. Wang has managed the legal services for some of Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prominent real estate projects such as the new CCTV Building, National Museum, and National Indoor Stadium. She has also participated in all aspects of development and M&A projects, from development method selection and preliminary financing through project company establishment, corporate acquisitions, public tenders, contract negotiation and execution, to land use right acquisition, construction design, insurance, construction claims and counterclaims, and sales and leasing. Examples of real estate project types include commercial, residential, public, tourism, community spaces, diplomatic, industrial, and offices. As one of the first attorneys to connect insurance funds with infrastructure and real estate projects, she has expertise in land development projects, urban city project development, urbanization projects, and combining real estate projects with infrastructure as well as real estate development projects with land leveling. She protects the interests of

her clients and ensures the success of projects through effectively coordinating between related parties. Ms. Wang began her environmental, natural resources and energy practice at an early stage in her career, and has advised on the financing, M&A, and dispute resolution aspects of numerous projects both in China and abroad. Related clients include Chevron, China National Offshore Oil, China Gold International Resources, Sinochem, the National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Fuel Tec, Stellar Energy, Datang Environment Industry Group, and China Minsheng New Energy. Ms. Wang was/is the legal advisor for the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, the China Environmental Protection Foundation and several other domestic and foreign environmental organizations. She has participated in discussions and deliberations of several important environmental administrative and appellate cases including the Songhua River case, and provided legal support throughout Beijingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first environmental assessment hearing. As an evaluation expert, Ms. Wang has participated in property rights transaction evaluations in Beijing, Tianjin, and other areas; as an arbitrator, she has extensive experience presiding over and arbitrating various types of arbitration cases. Ms. Wang has participated in the drafting and revision of PRC legislation including the Construction Law, Environmental Protection Law, Air Pollution Prevention Law, Law on Environmental Impact Assessment, Renewable Energy Law, Energy Conservation Law, Solid Waste Pollution Prevention Law, Provisions on the Management of Construction Market, Interim Measures on Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment, Rules on Environmental Impact Assessment of Planning, and Administration Measures on Joint Venture Railways, Rules on the Construction Market and Transit Administration Regulations of Tianjin Municipality. Ms. Wang is an active participant in professional organizations including the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, where she presides as Energy and Natural Resources Committee ViceChair, and the China Chamber of International Commerce (Environment and Energy Committee Vice-Chair). Additionally, she is often invited by governments, business organizations and clients to give presentations throughout the world. Address: 31-37/F, SK Tower, 6A Jianguomenwai Avenue, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022, P.R.China Tel: 86-10-5957 2288 Fax: 86-10-6568 1022/1838 Email: wangjihong@zhonglun.com Website: www.zhonglun.com Ms Jihong Wang

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EUROPE Afschrift Tax Law Firm of the Year - Switzerland Aleksey Pukha and Partners Law Firm of the Year – Litigation - Ukraine Alison Matthews Consulting Limited Anti Money Laundering - Firm of the Year - UK APC Law Firm Law Firm of the Year - Family Law - Ukraine Bargate Murray Limited Boutique Law Firm of the Year – UK Law Firm of the Year - Shipping – UK Beauchamps Solicitors Renewable Energy - Law Firm of the Year – Ireland Blackrock PM Firm of the Year - Arbitration - England BLM Law Firm of the Year - Health & Safety - United Kingdom Boller Langhammer Schubert Dispute Resolution - Law Firm of the Year - Austria Cabinet Bornhauser Trust & Estate Lawyer of the Year - France CABINET M. OPROIU Pharmaceutical Law Firm of the Year - Romania Carter Wood Property Consultancy Firm of the Year - United Kingdom Christos Patsalides L.L.C. International Tax Planning Law Firm of the Year - Cyprus Chryssafinis & Polyviou LLC Law Firm of the Year - Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Insurance and Competition - Cyprus Civitas Law Best Dispute Resolution Barrister of the Year - United Kingdom, Gareth John Jones Connell Associates Solicitors Commercial Litigation & Debt Recovery - Law Firm of the Year - United Kingdom Copenhagen Chambers Law Firm of the Year - Arbitration - Denmark CREDIT SUISSE AG Full Service Investment Bank of the Year - Switzerland Dillon Eustace Maritime Lawyer of the Year - Ireland, Paul Gill Esquivel Advogados Projects Law Firm of the Year - Portugal FTI Consulting Strategic Communications Consulting Firm of the Year - Belgium Gast Avocats Law Firm of the Year - Franchise Law - France Hager & Partners Law Firm of the Year - Private Equity - Italy Infinity Partnership Limited Corporate Finance Boutique of the Year - Scotland Janson Baugniet Law Firm of the Year - Natural Resources - Belgium Kanzlei National - IT Law Firm of the Year - Germany Kemp Little LLP Law Firm of the Year - Outsourcing - United Kingdom KOBRE & KIM LLP Law Firm of the Year - Asset Recovery - England Lamont Pridmore Dynamic Advisory Firm of the Year – England Lawfirm.biz National - IT - Law Firm of the Year - Germany Law firm Simeonov & Dermendjiev Arbitration, Litigation and Dispute Resolution - Law Firm of the Year - Bulgaria Lett Law Firm Individual - Natural Resources - Lawyer of the Year - Denmark

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LexDellmeier Linklaters Lloyd Platt & Co McMillan Williams Solicitors Midaxo MPM Legal Outer Temple Chambers Preiskel & Co LLP PwC LLP Sinels Advocates Studio Legale Sutti The Chambers of William Clegg QC Treumann RECHTSANWALTE William Fry

Boutique Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - Germany TradeMarks Law Firm of the Year - Germany Law Firm of the Year - Banking & Finance - United Kingdom Law Firm of the Year - Divorce Law - United Kingdom Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year -UK and Personal Injury Law Firm of the Year -UK Global M&A Software Solution of the Year International Business - Law Firm of the Year - Italy UK – China – Arbitration Barrister of the Year - England Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year - England Corporate Immigration Lawyer of the Year - UK, Julia Onslow-Cole Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year - Jersey, Philip Sinel Peer Choice - Commercial Litigation - Law Firm of the Year - Jersey Corporate & Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year - Italy, Simona Cazzaniga Law Firm of the Year - Intellectual Property - Italy, Stefano Sutti Law Firm of the Year - Commercial Litigation - Italy Senior Clerk of the Year - UK, John Grimmer Boutique - Distribution Law Firm of the Year - Germany Law Firm of the Year - Insurance & Reinsurance - Ireland

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Law Firm of the Year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Litigation

Aleksey Pukha and Partners Company is one of the leading Ukrainian law firms with worldwide business contacts. Company details are included in all official State Registries. The headquarters of the Company is located in Kyiv, in the heart of Ukrainian business. Aleksey Pukha and Partners agency was opened in Sweden, Stockholm for the convenience customer service in 2016. The Company is a member of the most reputable organizations and professional associations, which include the Court of Arbitration, the Taxpayers Association of Ukraine, the Union of Lawyers of Ukraine, the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Ukrainian Bar Association. Aleksey Pukha is the managing partner of the company and the head of the Commission in Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and member of the Commission in International Chamber of Commerce and NGO Public Private Partnership Development Platform. Aleksey Pukha and Partners Company cooperates with USAID, the World Bank Group, GIZ and IDLO within international research projects. Every day the Company provides legal services to international companies and individuals in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia and North Africa. Annually, the Company contracts with clients worldwide and from all continents. Aleksey Pukha and Partners Company follows high standards of legal services and has vast experience

in a wide range of industries and legal practices including agriculture, pharmaceutics, real estate and construction, media and communication, insurance, intellectual property, banking and finance, capital market, trade, energy and natural resources, automotive, oil and gas industry, hotel and restaurant industry, metallurgical industry, primary industry, transport, chemical and sport industry, public and private partnership. The Company also provides services for private clients on family law, surrogacy, adoption, divorce, representation and protection of interests, business decisions, contracts, real estate, migration, inheritance, taxation, licensing and criminal and civil law. The Company has many publications in the fields of bank law, labor, corporate, litigation, immigration, criminal, investment, inheritance, customs, agricultural, medical, family law, arbitration, intellectual property, M&A, patents and public private partnership.

Address: 21 John Paul II / Patrisa Lumumby, St., office 416, Kiev, Ukraine, 01042 Tel: +38 (044) 528 30 94 Fax: +38 (044) 528 30 54 Email: office@puhaipartnery.com.ua Website: www.puhaipartnery.com.ua/en/

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Europe Cyprus

Law Firm of the Year Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Insurance and Competition

The law firm of Chryssafinis & Polyviou LLC is the oldest law firm in Cyprus, established in 1903, and continuing its long history reputation of providing the highest standards of legal services both in the local and in the international sector. Being amongst the biggest law firms in Cyprus its legal team consists of more than 30 lawyers who are highly qualified in their own areas of expertise. The Senior Partner Mr. Polis Polyviou, Barrister-at-Law, formerly fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, and former Lecturer in Law in the University of Oxford, stands out as being “an excellent banking lawyer” and as an excellent and experienced corporate and commercial lawyer. Mr. Polyviou 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

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corporate structures (including restructurings), corporate finance, take-overs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, fiduciary and escrow services and trusts. The main areas of practice of the firm are Banking, Insurance, Corporate, Competition, Contract, Commercial, Finance, Business, Employment, Media, Aviation, Arbitration, Trust, and Trademarks and Patents Law. Its clients include, inter alia, leading banks of the island, insurance companies, petroleum companies, municipalities, media groups and other international and local entities. The firm is an active member of the International Chamber of Commerce in Cyprus and is also a member of MI InterAct and of STEP. Its extensive and powerful network of correspondent law firms, which includes some of the world’s leading firms, allows it to provide an effective and efficient response to the needs of its clients worldwide. Address: Chryssafinis & Polyviou LLC 37 Metochiou Street, Agios Andreas, CY-1101, Nicosia, Cyprus. Tel: +357 22 361000 Fax: +357 22 678011 Website: www.cplaw.com.cy

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Europe UK

Best Dispute Resolution Barrister of the Year

“Gareth has been practising law since 1987, he first worked in the City before moving to the bar where he has specialised in Chancery work for about 20 years. Wills Probate and Trust Disputes as well as negligence actions arising out of those areas make up the bulk of his practice. He says; “Emotions often run very high in these cases and a lawyer needs to be able to understand the clients feelings as well as the facts. However there is no substitute for knowing the law inside out and knowing how to apply it, a great deal of the latter comes from experience and knowing how the judge will react to certain points of evidence. Where necessary cross examination skills are highly important, happily coming from a background of a mixed early practice means that I know how to cross examine a witness, something that people who go straight into chancery work sometimes are unable to do effectively. There is a great deal that you cannot learn from the books but only from experience.” Reflecting the increasing reach of taxation Gareth’s practice encompasses Inheritance Taxes and a wide range of other non contentious

issues. He has experience too of the Probate Registry and the sometimes Byzantine world of the Non Contentious Probate Rules. In taxation and construction matter he is able to draw on his experience in commercial law in the City. “Construing a will is these days very similar to the construction of any other document, but with some quirks, people are often surprised how easy it can be, but wills have been made for centuries and many of the problems we see today, misdescriptions and mistakes, have been made countless times before, the machinery exists to put nearly all mistakes right”. Recently he was involved in a major case of the misnaming of a local cancer charity, successfully guiding the bequeathed funds to their intended destination, “The Court very simply aims to do what the testator wanted, it won’t stand for technical nonsense if it sees the way clear to achieving that”.

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Gareth John Jones Head of Chancery group The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 provides a large amount of work for this busy practitioner. “The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 is an amazingly flexible statute” Says Gareth “ applications are growing and in part this is due to the increase in divorce and second time around marriages and families, whilst non marital relationships also make a significant contribution”. Estates often face challenges too from Proprietary Estoppel and other Equity Claims, Gareth has acted both for and against such claims and indeed often for bewildered Executors facing them. “Usually an Executor should remain neutral” he says” but it is not always possible. In such cases Executors should be careful to obtain Re Beddoes or other orders to preserve their position” he adds.

Finally he gives general advice “avoid positions, whether for Claimant or Defendant that have only technical merit. Ask yourself whether your case really makes sense from the point of view of fairness and common sense that is what a judge will do.” Address: Civitas Law Civil and Public Law Barristers The Mews 38 Cathedral Road Cardiff CF11 9LL Tel: 0845 0713 007 Fax: 0845 0713 008 Email: clerks@civitaslaw.com Website: www.civitaslaw.com Twitter: @CivitasChambers

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Europe Ireland

Maritime Lawyer of the Year

The Rights and Wrongs of Ship Arrest in Ireland Conventions One of the main things worth bearing in mind when considering the arrest of a ship (or a sister ship) in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) is the applicability of the various arrest conventions. Whereas the ROI is party to the Arrest Convention of 1952 and has given effect to it in its legislation, it is not a party to the 1999 Arrest Convention, and nor indeed is it a party to the Maritime Liens and Mortgages conventions of 1926 and 1993. On the one hand, this necessitates a certain degree of caution when considering an arrest, but nonetheless, the sanctions in place for the perpetrators of wrongful arrests can be said to be less severe than those for many other jurisdictions, as will be seen below. Accordingly, the ships of both Convention states and non-convention states can be arrested in ROI, for the maritime claims enumerated in Article 1 of the Arrest Convention 1952, and not otherwise. In addition a sister ship not registered in a 1952 Convention State may not be arrested in ROI, as was held in Constante Trading Limited v. The owners and all persons claiming an interest in the M.V. Kapitan Labunets (The Kapitan Labunets). In this case the defendant owner was a company with its principal place of business in the Ukraine (which was not a party to the 1952 Convention) and flew its flag. The plaintiff maintained that the defendant ship owner was indebted to it in respect of services rendered to sister ships of the Kapitan Labunets. Subsequently, the defendant company brought a motion seeking the release of the vessel. It was held by the High Court in granting the relief sought, 1. That the Act incorporating the 1952 Convention into Irish law merely did that, and did not otherwise extend the domestic law of the State. 2. That the arrest of a ship for the debts of a sister ship was not a concept that existed in the domestic law of the State prior to the adoption of the Convention of 1952. 3. That, accordingly, sister ship arrest existed in the domestic law of the State only insofar as it was specifically authorised by the Convention. Further, that

the Convention did not purport to authorise the arrest of a sister ship flying the flag of a State not party to the Convention. 4. That an international convention or treaty could not lawfully bind, to its detriment, a state which was not party to it, save only by the inclusion of terms therein comprising a re-statement of universally accepted provisions of customary international law. 5. That sister ship arrest was not a universally accepted provision of customary international law. 6. That, accordingly, a ship flying the flag of a state not party to the Convention of 1952 was not liable to arrest, in respect of the debts of its sister ship, under the Convention, or otherwise Irish law. 7. And therefore, the arrest of the M.V. Kapitan Labunets was unlawful. The appeal to the Irish Supreme court failed. Nevertheless it was something of a surprise outcome as it ran contrary to internationally acknowledged academic texts. Accordingly, it is the wise practitioner who “looks before he leaps”, prior to a sister ship arrest, in ROI. Security for Arrest, and Sanction for Wrongful Arrest In order to obtain an Order for Arrest in ROI, the claimant’s solicitor is required to give an undertaking to indemnify the Admiralty Marshal in respect of all charges and expenses that may be incurred incidental to arresting the vessel, or any claim made against the Admiralty Marshal in connection with such arrest or detention. In the event that such charges are not recovered from the Defendant, the Plaintiff’s solicitor remains liable for them. In order to maintain proceedings, and therefore an Admiralty arrest in ROI, the arresting party may be required to give security for costs if it is domiciled outside the state or is a company, provided that the arrestor’s inability to provide security for costs has not been caused by the alleged wrong complained of. So the rules in this respect are not peculiar to actions in rem. Where an arresting party seeks to maintain an arrest in ROI as security for the satisfaction of any judgement which may eventually be pronounced by a foreign court or in arbitration, the ROI Admiralty Court may make such an order to that effect if the judgement may be enforced in

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ROI (say, under EC Regulation 2015/2012) and in doing so may, under the Jurisdiction of the Courts (Maritime Conventions) Act 1989, Section 5 (5), “attach such condition to the Order as it thinks fit, in particular conditions relevant to the institution and prosecution of the relevant arbitration or legal proceedings” In the UK, similar legislation has been interpreted to allow the court to require an undertaking as to damages. In relation to wrongful arrest in ROI, if the claim for which the vessel has been arrested is subsequently rejected by the court hearing the case on its merits, the arrestor cannot be liable in damages by reason of the mere rejection of the claim. It would only be liable if proof were given to the Court of bad faith, negligence, or malicious instigation of the claim. In other words, negligence simplictur in bringing the claim, is excluded. The position is similar if the vessel is arrested pursuant to a decision by a court of first instance, but the arrest is subsequently repealed by a higher court without deciding on the merits of the claim. Even if the arrest claim was not against the owner of the ship, and could not be enforced against that ship under the law of the state where the vessel was arrested, the arrestor would not be liable in damages except in cases of bad faith, gross negligence or malice. Should the arrest claim turn out to have been grossly exaggerated, the arrestor would not be liable in damages to the owner of the ship for the extra cost of the security required (on the basis that the amount of the security, if disputed, will be fixed by the Court at the time of the application for the release of the ship upon the giving of the security), nor for losses incurred by the owner by reason of the delay caused by the greater time required to procure the security, nor indeed for losses incurred as a result of the owner being unable to provide the excessive security. Even if the party liable for the arrest claim is largely solvent and it is possible to enforce judgements or arbitration awards against him (for example, if he owns many ships - not under separate corporate veils, - which call regularly at ports where enforcement can take place) the arrest cannot be considered wrongful as a result, so as to attribute liability to him under ROI national law. There are, however, circumstances in which under ROI law, an arresting party can be held liable in damages for the wrongful arrest of a ship. Section 47 of the Admiralty Court (Ireland) Act provides that “The party at whose instance any property is arrested under a Warrant of the High Court of Admiralty shall be liable to be condemned in all costs and expenses occasioned thereby, and in damages for detention of the property, unless he shows to the satisfaction of the Court that he could not, without such arrest, have obtained bail or other security for the sum in which the cause is

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instituted, or that he had otherwise good and sufficient reason for having caused the issue and execution of the warrant of arrest”. However, it is worth noting that ROI national law does not provide for a penalty or other sanction to be levied on the arrestor, separate and distinct from damages, if he is held liable for the arrest. As can be seen from the above, apart from a case in which Section 47 applies, it would take little short of egregious tactics or behaviour on the part of an arresting party to attract court censure or sanction in a case of wrongful arrest.

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TradeMarks Law Firm of the Year

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UK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; China â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Arbitration Barrister of the Year

Robert Rhodes QC specialises in mediation and arbitration, particularly within business crime. His extensive work in this area covers the following sectors: *civil and criminal fraud * tax investigations * bribery and money laundering * financial services * regulatory and disciplinary Robert is

A published author, Robert has spoken across the globe on fraud, money laundering, bribery and arbitration. He has published extensively on those subjects, and has been interviewed by the media. For your mediation and arbitration needs contact Robert now on: robert.rhodesqc@outertemple.com www.outertemple.com www.outertemple.com/barristers/robertrhodes-qc

*registered for direct access with the public * a member of several Far Eastern panels of arbitrators / mediators * able to practise with rights of audience in the Dubai International Financial Centre * a member of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, of the London Court of International Arbitration and of the International Chamber of Commerce. He has been a member of the Corporate Panel of the Dispute Board Federation, and recommended as a Leading Silk in Fraud, Banking and Finance by the Legal 500.

Robert Rhodes QC Expert Mediator and Arbitrator Email: robert.rhodesqc@outertemple.com Website: www.outertemple.com www.outertemple.com/barristers/robert-rhodes-qc

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Julia Onslow-Cole

Corporate Immigration Lawyer of the Year

Andrea Als

Lindsey Barras

Areas of Specialism PwC is a global powerhouse that operates in 221 countries worldwide. We are supported by 163,000 partners and staff, approximately 15,000 of whom are based in the UK. We offer a unique style of integrated legal advice, with access to specialists from across the whole of the PwC network. We have over 3,500 lawyers in 90 countries and we provide immigration law services in 154 countries via our over 1500 immigration experts. We specialise in building strategic immigration partnerships with our clients, and are renowned for our expertise in dealing with complex compliance matters and one of the world’s leading private client teams. Globally we have the largest in-house network of any immigration provider allowing us to provide multinational clients with seamless high quality advice.

Leadership team The team are led by Julia Onslow-Cole, Head of Global Immigration and winner of the Corporate Immigration Lawyer of the Year award. Julia has over 25 years of experience and is ranked No 1 in a number of legal directories. Her leadership team is made up of five directors with each one having their own specialist areas for which they are known for in the market. This strong immigration leadership team has specific expertise across all sectors, manage many multinational clients and provide strategic advice on geopolicitical impacts including Brexit.

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Andrea Als is the Government Liaison Lead for the immigration team. She is a sought after speaker on immigration compliance and has written a number of highly publicised reports including a joint report with the City of London entitled ‘ Regional Visas – A unique immigration solution’ which was debated in the House of Commons. Lindsey Barras leads on global Short Term Business Visitors, consulting with international clients on this complex area and is an expert in ensuring firms have effective governance and innovative technology. Katrina Cooper overseas the private client practice including emphasis on various investor and citizenship by investment options globally. Sharan Kundi is a tax and immigration specialist and advises global mobility clients on how they approach tax and immigration compliance holistically. Sapna Patel leads on crisis management and black swan planning for clients operating in high risk jurisdictions. She has proven expertise in emergency evacuations from locations such as Egypt, Libya and Algeria. In addition, they manage a team of over 130 immigration consultants in the UK and they are viewed externally as leaders in their field and a force to be reckoned with. Address: 1 Embankment Place, London WC2N 6RH Tel: 0207 563 5000 Website: www.pwc.co.uk

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Law Firm of the Year - Divorce Law

which so dramatically affected most of the families involved in them. There are however certain new trends that we have seen gradually growing over a two to three-year period that have now turned into a ground swell.

Vanessa Lloyd Platt The impact and of events on families and finances in 2016 - by Vanessa Lloyd Platt When most people look back on the year 2016, for most it will mark a milestone for so many different reasons. It is the year that marked the beginning of the disintegration of the EU, the increase in world unrest and the rise of a discernible shift to the right in political quarters across the globe. It is also the year that has perhaps had the most impact on relationships and with it a huge societal shift of finances and how they are to be viewed in families. Whilst I will leave it to others to ponder as to just why there have been a general anti-establishment revolution, the globalism and elitism now regarded as truly passé concepts, I will seek to explain the impact of this on families and relationships at this time. As a divorce lawyer, I have seen many emerging trends over my 37 years of untangling matrimonial disputes. It was of course divorce lawyers that were the first to see the rumblings of the property market crash of 2008/9 since families represent a tiny cosmos in themselves of what is occurring in the wider solar system of finances and social trends. We saw the overborrowing in families resulting in the rise of bankruptcies and IVA’s and company liquidations

The rise of the Silver Splitter –quoted statistics of divorce rates and trends were made by Office of National Statistics this year and related to the period of 2013. This week they released the statistics for 2014. They noticed that there had been a drop in the divorce rate. They indicated that most petitions were issued by women with an average age of between 40 – 44. 58% of women petitioned on the grounds of their husband’s unreasonable behaviour with 38% of men petitioning on the same ground against their wives. Whilst the statistics for 2015 and 2016 have yet to be analysed in the Office of National Statistics, practitioners already know what they will show. The rates of divorce that have steadily fallen from 2010-2014 have now steadily increased in the years since, with one group standing out above all others ie those aged 50 to 60 plus. This group consists of both men and women where the children have grown up, left home or “flown the nest”. Women have decided that they want to go back to their teenage years and explore the world with bucket lists forever growing. Men in this age group are tending to divorce and to trade in for younger models. They are then finding that those younger models are wanting to start families and are greatly calling on their finances. The reality is that in these cases of older petitioners, the assets have generally been built up during the course of the marriage and have spanned a period of twenty years plus. This means that in those cases, the starting point will inevitably be 50:50 split of the assets and in some cases maintenance on top. There are not many arguments that husbands can use in those cases to ring fence pre-acquired assets. That being the case, many in this category stand to lose 50% of their assets to their wives and thereafter lose

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even more when they are hit yet again in divorce proceedings by their younger and subsequently bored wives. This is not simply a cynical view by a divorce lawyer but a statistical reality. Whilst the trend for men dating younger and younger girlfriends particularly those in the 60 plus age group, which was at one stage very de rigueur, it is now seemingly falling to the wayside as the reality of what is actually going to happen dawns on them. this is all the more so, as they realise that they are being targeted by very beautiful young women who have every financial advantage to gain in such relationships. The women by contrast seem to be fairing extremely well by going on to start up businesses that they never thought they would, whilst in their lengthy marriages and becoming ever more successful. There have been women who have been housewives all their lives who are starting up home businesses in the food industry, in interior design, in fashion and all nature of businesses that seem to have hit a particular niche in all cases and have proved to be extremely successful. What would have been virtually unheard of a few years ago, certainly ten years ago, has now become a very common occurrence. This means that this group has by far the greatest spending power of any other group. This is starting to be recognised by the biggest stores and the advertising agencies who hitherto had directed most of their target audience towards those that were younger. Another impact of this is that there has now been emerging a new kid on the block, namely the forensic style family accountants who themselves are seeing a new niche opening up whereby they can easily offer to compute the partiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; assets and come up with tax efficient options and formulas to deal with the 50:50 division of family assets in divorce proceedings. This in itself is already having an impact on some of the city firms of matrimonial lawyers who are finding that they are being ousted out in favour of the accountants. For my firm, we have fortunately worked with these accountants for many years in order to be able to assist our clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in giving many different options to put forward to minimise the impact of capital gains tax, transfers of family shares and other financial consequences. These kinds of combined forces can produce a far better outcome than that that would inevitably be imposed by a Judge in a sterile court setting. Is it therefore bye bye magic circle, hello magic accountants?

We are also already seeing the impact of Brexit and Trump. Brexit saw the immediate jump in divorce rates, while many women terrified of their husbands losing all of their finances, either by way of loss of job or investment decided to bail out before that could occur. Men whose businesses were already being effected by Brexit who saw a slump in their profits, regarded this as an ideal time to end their marriages. Whilst again this might appear to be a cynical approach, the reality is that this is what has been occurring. The Trump effect has similarly brought a massive increase to the extent that pre-Christmas divorces have been at all-time high. There are many who fear the impact on the divorce laws of our leaving the EU and accordingly there has also been a lot of forum shopping in the UK where settlements are regarded as being highest before Britain leaves the EU. This has meant that parties have been arriving from all parts of the globe to look at whether they have a jurisdictional ability to divorce in the UK now. One area where accountants did somewhat fall down in 2016, was in the unravelling of many of the tax schemes such as film schemes etc, that seem to spectacularly fail. This has resulted in the clawback of enormous sums from footballers, presenters etc and with the BBC being forced also to abandon the concept of a serviced company for their presenters and other workers. The tax consequences of the end of serviced companies have impacted on families everywhere and if these occurrences have taken place in the midst of a divorce case, this has proved extremely difficult for the lawyers to predict how much of the assets will actually be available for division. That in turn has led to many cases having to be adjourned until the outcome of many of the tax schemes and the Revenueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decisions have been determined. The Autumn Statement, albeit the last, has also brought panic to families. The loss of the benefit of mobile telephone bills being paid for and other such benefits, will eat into the available income earmarked for other necessities. Whilst this is likely to be challenged by many companies, nevertheless the worry about these issues is causing family breakdown generally. Many families rely on their income from investment properties, and there is no doubt that the increase in the stamp duty for investment

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Law Firm of the Year - Divorce Law

properties and the eradication of the mortgage interest deductions that were previously allowable in rental properties will impact over the next few years. All of this is a squeeze on families, and anything that represents a squeeze on middle range families causes pressure that can bubble into divorce and family breakdown. The final trend that will be growing at the end of the 2016 into 2017 will be a slow march towards improving rights for cohabitees that is people who live together and are not married. Hitherto, there has been a complete resistance to any change in the law particularly led by the religious body in Parliament. However, whilst it is being said that there has been a slight reduction in the number of cohabitees, there does not appear to be any statistical data to support this and there are growing numbers of these relationships breaking down. That being the case, the good news for cohabitees is that the lawyers are firmly behind this proposition which will not only produce new swathes of work, but will inevitably bring protection for those that have needed this for some considerable time. There has also been a growing move to add a new ground to those already existing for divorce, namely to be able to divorce without alleging fault of the other party. This is currently before Parliament. However, there is one precautionary warning, for those who have currently preferred to use two yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; separation with consent, an existing ground or five yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; separation, that they must be aware that because of the impact of capital gains tax, there may be a heavy implication of using those grounds. Whilst the Government appears to have introduced some taper reliefs that relate to any delay in the sale of a matrimonial home, it is something to watch very carefully if the parties are considering any delay in issuing divorce proceedings where it may

impact on the transfer of the matrimonial home or any investment properties. The year of 2016 has been a fascinating year, but with the unravelling of laws as we exit from the EU, it is currently impossible for divorce lawyers to ascertain with absolute accuracy which laws will be retained and which will go. It is very important therefore that before instigating divorce proceedings, if your finances are complex, that you take very full advice from your accountant and a divorce lawyer, as to any tax or other implications of the timing of the divorce and the manner in which this is undertaken. Divorce law is now a minefield where only specialists can truly direct you on the right path. Vanessa Lloyd Platt ÂŠ

Fee Earners at Lloyd Platt Address: Lloyd Platt & Co 3rd Floor, Elscot House Arcadia Avenue London N3 2JU Tel: 0208 343 2998 Fax: 0208 343 4950 Email: lloydplatt@divorcesolicitors.com Website: www.divorcesolicitors.com

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Law Firm of the Year – Family Law

The Law Firm APC is leading company that provides services to clients worldwide. The company is headquartered in Kiev - the capital of Ukraine.

insurance for individuals and legal entities, sale and registration of immovable property, banking, financial accounts and private investment.

APC team of experts provides high quality services in many areas of law. Lawyers of the company specialize in family law issues, surrogacy, adoption, marriage on foreigner, divorce, immigration, representation in court, agriculture and food, aviation, automotive, banking and finance, chemical industry, energy and natural resources, hotels and restaurants industry, insurance, intellectual property, metallurgical industry, oil and gas industry, pharmaceutics, primary industry, real estate and construction, sport industry, media and communication, trade, transport.

APC is working closely with the authorities and has many awards of international ratings company which noted company as a professional on the legal market.

Over the years, APC clients are citizens of more than 100 countries: USA, Australia, Japan, EU, Iraq, Brazil and other countries. The Company assists clients in matters of marriage on foreigners, a visa or an invitation execution for coming to another country, surrogacy, divorce, division of property, inheritance, privatization, migration, various types of

Italy

Address: Office 7, 55 Chigorina Street, Kiev 01042, Ukraine Tel: +38 (044) 221-12-14, +38 (068) 855-52-62, +38 (063) 101-81-83, Email: office@apc-firm.com Website: www.apc-firm.com

Corporate & Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year – Stefano Sutti Law Firm of the Year - Intellectual Property – Simona Cazzaniga Law Firm of the Year - Commercial Litigation

Corporate & Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year Studio Legale Sutti was founded in 1953 by Dr. Angelo Sutti as an Italian law firm with a strong focus on companycommercial law and intellectual property & competition law offering its services to businesses and entrepreneurs. SLS had become both an interdisciplinary and multinational firm having welcomed tax advisors to its ranks and established the single largest practice of South-Eastern Europe. Stefano Sutti Stefano Sutti was born in Milan, in 1960 and studied law and business administration at the Catholic University of Milan. He is a member of the Bar of Milan and of the Italian Supreme Court Bar. In 1980 he started working as a paralegal for Studio Legale Sutti and he became partner in 1989 and then managing partner in 1992, and promoted the establishment of the firm’s offices in London, Tokyo and Sofia. His specialty is, and has always been, international disputes and complex corporate cases. However, recently Dr Sutti has been requested, by domestic and foreign colleagues on behalf of their clients, to assist and to plead, in Italian, English and French.

Areas of expertise: family law, medical law, pharmaceutical, private investments funds, banking and finance, immigration, insurance, real estate, hotels and restaurant industry, energy and natural resources, intellectual property, trade.

Simona Cazzaniga Simona Cazzaniga was born in Abbiategrasso, in1962. She graduated at Università degli Studi di Milano on 1985, with a thesis in Copyright Law. Since 2015 she is teaching Intellectual Property at Politecnico di Milano and since 2016 at Università Statale di Milano. Besides her academic and research work, she work at Studio LegaleSutti in Milan where she became Partner during her thirties and where she is the head of the Intellectual Property Law and Competition Department.

Address: Via Montenapoleone, 8 - 20121 Milan, Italy Tel: + 39 02 762041 Fax: + 39 0276204805 Email: maildesk@sutti.com Website: www.sutti.com

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LEGAL 100 | 2016

North America

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LEGAL 100 | 2016

North America Iowa - USA

Canada

Law Firm of the Year – Corporate and M&A

Best in Auto Accidents

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 car accidents. The class action group has handled a wide range landmark class action cases. 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 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 the practice will continue to grow and prosper over the months and years to come. Address: Klein Lawyers 400-1385 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6H3V9 Tel: (604) 800-8888 Email: info@callkleinlawyers.com Website: www.callkleinlawyers.com

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North America Canada

Law Firm of the Year - Commercial Arbitration

Marvin J. Huberman Lawyer, Mediator And Arbitrator Marvin J. Huberman, LL.B., LL.M. (ADR), C.Arb, C.S. (Civil Litigation) is a senior lawyer, commercial arbitrator and mediator with over 30 years of experience. He represents individual and business clients, financial institutions, insurers and governments in Toronto, Ontario, and has acted in cases in the U.S. and Europe and internationally. His lifetime of tireless dedication to advancing the legal profession also continues to win him numerous accolades and distinctions.

A Lifetime Of Dedication To The Profession

From the start of his career, Mr. Huberman has maintained a firm belief that pursuing justice is a noble endeavour. It is not a destination that one attains upon being called to the bar, but a lifelong journey imbued with meaning and purpose. This philosophy forms the bedrock of Mr. Huberman’s entire approach to practising law.

Mr. Huberman has acted in many noteworthy cases that have furthered the interpretation of law. He has numerous reported cases, including some top 10-rated cases. Mr. Huberman is deeply involved in promoting and elevating the legal profession. He is a frequent speaker and the author of numerous books and articles. He chairs and participates in numerous legal organizations and committees. He has also served as an instructor at Osgoode Hall Law School and the Law Society of Upper Canada. Read testimony by colleagues and clients about his work, view his CV and professional qualifications or access his profile by following the link below: • Marvin J. Huberman

Core Values Of A Decades-Long Practice

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Mr. Huberman strives mightily to integrate respect for the profession’s ideals and traditions into a strong sense of community and greater good. The three pillars of his practice are built on: • Client focus — Mr. Huberman holds himself to a duty of fidelity toward all clients as he works to win them their rightful due from society. • Community — Mr. Huberman feels a strong obligation to the courts, to our system of law and to the community as a whole. He works sincerely and continually at refining his qualifications, skills and personal qualities while administering the law. • Conscience — Mr. Huberman is dedicated to high moral standards and using ethical means to pursue an ethical end, both in the legal profession and in life.

To consult with Mr. Huberman on litigation, mediation or arbitration, call 416-800-4374 or email him via the site’s online form. • Commercial Litigation • Commercial Arbitrator Service • Mediator Service • Other Practice Areas

The Law As A Noble Pursuit

Address: Marvin J. Huberman, LL.B., LL.M. 20 Dundas Street W., Suite 1100 Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2G8 Tel: 416-646-1372 Fax: 416-946-1961 Email: mhuberman@marvinhuberman.com Website: www.marvinhuberman.com

LEGAL 100 | 2016

South America

SOUTH AMERICA Casseli Law Firm Durrieu Abogados S.C. Guevara & Gutierrez Intercorp Group Pizarro, Ihnen y Correa Abogados

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South America

LEGAL 100 | 2016

South America Paraguay

Law Firm of the Year

Areas of Practice As part of its civil, commercial and corporate practice, Casseli Law Firm offers various professional services aimed at covering the varied needs of its clients. Among others, it provides advice on the most suitable corporate and tax structure to handle projects, having experience in drafting and negotiating all types of contracts. These include the various forms of joint venture - contractual and corporate-; Sale of companies - shares and goodwill; Shareholder, corporate governance and management agreements; License agreements, transfer of technology and know-how, franchise, distribution, agency and representation; Leasing and trusts, among other modern and sophisticated forms of hiring. Casseli Law Firm has advised clients on transactions and topics of the highest specialty and complexity. At present, it represents leading clients in the world from the automotive, chemical, cosmetic, entertainment, media and advertising, banking, financial and private equity industries, oil and energy, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and satellite, textile, tobacco, Tourist and hotel, among others. With regard to Foreign Investment, Casseli Law Firm provides advice to investors with interests in Paraguay and projection to other Latin American countries, structuring and coordinating multijurisdictional transactions that allow its clients to establish or increase their presence in the regional market. Caroline Casseli In 2006 Casseli Law Firm was first founded under the name of Sacco, Casseli & Gaona with the association of three renowned lawyers within the Civil, Administrative and Penal area, acting as consultants for national and international clients. Within the years, the firm changed to Casseli Law Firm aiming mainly to assist several clients comprehending particulars and companies,

establishing a strong working relationship with each and every one of them, offering a full, intact and quick solution for each legal situation. In the year 2008, the name changed to Casseli Law Firm with the incorporation of other legal associates and with head of the IP Department, Ms.Caroline Casseli, attorney at Law whom for more than 10 years practiced IP within a very well known Law Firm inAsuncion becoming a general practice Firm, serving all areas including Intellectual Property. Casseli Law Firms counts with the latest technology which makes possible a quick and effective communication with their clients, a well formed and bilingual staff qualified to give legal advice within all areas of Law. Moreover, our Offices are located strategically in the most traditional neighbourhood ofAsuncion, minutes away from the Court and from the Industrial Property Office;; besides, we also count with a full equipped Office in Ciudad del Este, border city withBrazilandArgentina. It is the commitment of Casseli Law Firm to provide their clients the proper legal advice for each particular case, protecting their clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests and assets, with efficiency, know-Âhow and quickness.

Caroline Casseli Address: Casseli Law Firm JOSE BERGES 346 C/ BRASIL Asuncion, Paraguay Tel: 595 21 455 053 / 455 052 Email: marcas@casselilawfirm.com Website: www.casselilawfirm.com

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South America

LEGAL 100 | 2016

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