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Giancarllo Melito Barcellos Tucunduva Advogados
Giancarllo Melito has been with Barcellos Tucunduva Advogados since 1998 and was made a partner in 2007. He is in charge of the electronic payment system and fintech departments, areas in which he has a solid background and experience. His areas of expertise include contract law, business law and corporate law. He has a PhD in law from the University of São Paulo Law School in Brazil (cum laude, 2013) and a PhD in law from the University of Angers Law School in France (cum laude, 2013), where he also obtained a master’s degree in contract law (honours, 2005). He qualified as a specialist in corporate law at the Law School of FMU University in Brazil (2003), and is a professor of contract and business law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas since 2009. He is a former professor of civil and commercial law at Universidade da Cidade de São Paulo (2007–2012).
Winnie Yamashita Rolindrawan SSEK Legal Consultants
Winnie Yamashita Rolindrawan is a Partner at SSEK and represents major domestic firms and multinational companies in a variety of transactions, with a focus on financial services, fintech, e-commerce, data privacy and M&A.
Winnie advises clients on all aspects of fintech and payment systems, which includes e-money, remittances, payment gateways, switching, P2P lending, digital banking, crowd funding, data security and consumer protection. Her work ranges from advising on cross-border fintech M&A transactions to helping clients obtain the relevant licenses and navigate complex regulatory, legal and commercial challenges to ensure compliance with the relevant fintech and payment system regulations of Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) and central bank.
Winnie leads the SSEK team acting as general local counsel for a global pioneer in payment innovation and technology, advising on critical legal regulatory and policy issues in the fintech and payment system sphere.
Her other projects include acting as lead Indonesian counsel to a large Chinese ride-hailing app in the acquisition of a substantial stake in one of the leading on-demand transportation and mobile payments platforms in Southeast Asia, a transaction valued at over US$1 billion. Winnie was lead Indonesian counsel for a U.S.-based multinational financial services corporation as the lead investor in the series B funding round of an Indonesian fintech startup.
Winnie received her Bachelor of Laws in economic law from the University of Indonesia. She received her LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where she also earned a Business Law Certificate from the Berkeley Center for Law and Business.
Winnie speaks German, in addition to English and her native Indonesian.
Av. Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek, 1726, 4° andar
São Paulo, 04543-000
Tel: +55 11 3069 9080
gmelito@btlaw.com.br
www.btlaw.com.br
WWL says: Giancarllo Melito is “an established name in fintech” who is recognised for being “very knowledgeable” in complex sector issues.
14th Floor, Mayapada Tower I
Jl Jend Sudirman Kav 28
Jakarta, 12920
Tel: +62 21 521 2038
winnierolindrawan@ssek.com
www.ssek.com
WWL says: Winnie Rolindrawan receives extraordinary praise for her “sharp business acumen, deep understanding of the difference between legal requirements and practical implementation, and wide scope of knowledge” on various fintech matters.
Francesco Dagnino
Lexia
Avvocati
A co-founder and managing partner of Lexia, Francesco Dagnino specializes in Capital Markets, M&A, Venture Capital, Financial Services, Fintech & Crypto-Assets.
Francesco’s leadership is recognized in the Italian legal services market with particular focus on the Tech industry, having devised creative and innovative solutions that have left their mark.
He regularly assists clients on financial services regulation and has gained a remarkable expertise in the launch and development of several innovative FinTech and Blockchain platforms.
Francesco obtained a Ph.D. in Corporate and Financial Markets Law from the University of Bologna, and an L.L.M in Corporate Law from the New York University School of Law as a Fulbright Scholar and an Arthur T. Vanderbilt Scholar. He was a visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York. He graduated in Law summa cum laude from the University of Palermo.
Via del Lauro, 9 Milano, 20121
Tel: +39 02 3663 8610
francesco.dagnino@lexia.it www.lexia.it
WWL says: Francesco Dagnino is lauded for his “professionalism and thorough preparation on European financial regulation” surrounding fintech issues.
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Ken Kawai has extensive experience advising financial institutions, Fintech startups, investors and corporate clients on complex finance and financial regulatory matters. Ken focuses primarily on the Fintech industry and regularly advises Fintech companies, financial institutions, international organisations and industry organisations on legal issues surrounding Fintech, including the complex legal framework governing cryptocurrencies, security tokens, NFTs and blockchain.Ken also specialises in derivatives and has counselled global banks, broker-dealers and investors on regulatory matters and best practices with respect to derivatives and related products. Ken’s deep and practical knowledge in this area is rooted in his 17-year career at MUFG Bank, Ltd. (formerly known as the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and, prior to that, the Bank of Tokyo Ltd.), where he was involved in derivatives trading and marketing.Ken serves as the auditing and supervisory officer of Japan Financial Intermediary Business Association (the self-regulatory organization of financial intermediary business operators), the lead counsel of Japan Security Token Offering Association (the self-regulatory organization of the STO issuers, subscribers and platform operators), the lead counsel of Japan Cryptoasset Business Association and an advisor to Global Financial City OSAKA Promotion Committee established by Osaka Prefectural Government. Ken received Band 1 evaluation in the Legal Department in Chambers FinTech (Japan) 2020 and 2021 and selected as one of the Leading Individuals in Legal 500 Japan Fintech 2021
Davidson is a partner at AELEX, a full-service law firm with offices in Nigeria and Ghana, and heads its fintech, technology, innovation, and intellectual property (IP) practice groups.
He advises clients on trans-border issues relating to fintech, IP law, information and communication technology law, cybersecurity, telecommunications, data protection and privacy.
His clients are in a variety of industries, including banking, information technology, private equity, financial services and capital markets.
He has significant experience in representing and advising clients on trans-border issues relating to fintech, project finance, digital assets, cryptocurrency, the Internet of Things, crowdfunding, blockchain technology data protection and cyber security breaches, white collar crimes and data privacy. He assists clients with remediating highstakes multi-jurisdictional cybersecurity breaches, negotiating complex technology transactions, franchising and intellectual property licensing.
He provides practical and strategic advice to leading fintech companies, private equity firms, telecommunications service providers, mobile network operators, infrastructure owners and investors, equipment manufacturers and financial institutions.
He leads the team which provides advisory services to a cryptocurrency mobile money transfer company that recently launched its payment platform that can be used to buy, sell, or transfer cryptocurrency to other users through their mobile phones.
He advised a foremost commodities exchange on the establishment and launch of their digital trading platform which enables investors to trade and invest in commodities backed instruments through their mobile devices. Additionally, he acted as the transaction adviser in the company’s $240m Commercial Paper Issuance.
Otemachi Park Building
1-1-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, 100-8136
Tel: +81 3 6775 1205
ken.kawai@amt-law.com
www.amt-law.com
WWL says: Ken Kawai has the efficiency and prowess needed “to dig into any extremely complex issue, understand it, and distill the various factors involved with concision”.
Presently, he is advising a healthtech on their crowdfunding initiative which is being conducted through an Initial Exchange Offering that will launch their cryptocurrency. He is also advising them on their innovative decentralized mobile application that will be available on Android and IOS platforms.
He is also leading a team providing legal advice to a fintech on the regulatory regime in Nigeria as regards the provision of card switching and processing services among other services.
He is an executive member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Committee tasked with creating a roadmap for the use of fintech in the capital market in Nigeria, and led the team that drafted the Nigerian Startup Bill.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Chartered Management Institute (UK), the International Technology Law Association, the International Trademark Association (INTA), the UK Chartered Institute of Trademark Attorneys, the Intellectual Property Law Association and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb, UK).
He has an LLM from the University of Cumbria, and an MBA from Queen Mary University of London. He also has several certifications in intellectual property, data protection, fintech, cybersecurity and business management.
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Ken Kawai Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Davidson Oturu AÉLEX
4th Floor, Marble House 1 Kingsway Road Falomo, PO Box 52901 Ikoyi, Lagos Tel: +234 1 461 7321 doturu@aelex.com www.aelex.com
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WWL says: Davidson Oturu is celebrated by many for being “a very supportive team player” who “makes conflict resolution look too easy”.
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Caroline Clemetson Schellenberg Wittmer
Caroline Clemetson is a member of the management committee, head of Schellenberg Wittmer’s investment management group, and a partner in the banking and finance group in Zurich and Geneva.
Some examples of Caroline’s expertise include counsel to several Fintech companies, advising on obtaining Fintech licenses with FINMA, advising on regulatory issues related to Blockchain and digital assets, and counsel to several asset management companies investing in crypto-assets and setting investment products related thereto.
Caroline is an authorised representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange, member of the legal and compliance specialist committee of the Asset Management Association of Switzerland (AMAS) and secretary of the executive board of the Swiss Trading and Shipping Association.
Caroline graduated from the Universities of Lausanne and Zurich in 2001 and was admitted to the Swiss Bar in 2003. In 2006, she earned an LLM from Columbia University.
Before joining Schellenberg Wittmer as a partner in 2014, Caroline worked for the Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authority for several years in a senior management position.
Fedor Poskriakov Lenz & Staehelin
Fedor Poskriakov is a partner at Lenz & Staehelin in the banking and regulatory group in Geneva and specialises in banking, securities and finance law. He regularly advises on various regulatory, contractual and corporate matters. His practice covers banking, investment management and alternative investments, including private equity and hedge funds. He also advises on complex asset structuring and protection for business and private assets. His other practice areas include compliance advisory, internal investigations and private clients.
Fedor Poskriakov graduated from University of Geneva (2001) and was admitted to the Geneva Bar (2003). He joined Lenz & Staehelin in 2003 and has been a partner since 2012. He speaks French, English and Russian.
Fedor Poskriakov is a member of the Geneva Bar Association (OdA), the Swiss Bar Association (SAV), the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Willem C Vis Moot Alumni Association (MAA), Joint Chamber of Commerce Switzerland-CIS and Georgia (JCC), the Swiss-Russia & CIS Chamber of Commerce and the Swiss FinTech association.
He is the general secretary of the Capital Markets and Technology Association (CMTA), a not-for-profit, non-governmental Swiss organisation formed by leading players from Switzerland’s financial, technological, academic and legal sectors to facilitate the use of the blockchain technology in financial markets.
Lenz & Staehelin is the largest Swiss law firm with over 200 lawyers and with offices in Geneva, Zurich and Lausanne. Lenz & Staehelin’s scope of activities covers all areas of business law for Swiss and international clients.
Favre Schellenberg Wittmer
Olivier Favre is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s banking and finance group in Zurich. Olivier focuses on capital markets, derivatives and structured finance transactions, and advises clients on financial services, securities, commodities, fund, insurance and reinsurance regulation. He advises clients on fintech and blockchain-based solutions and their legal implementation. His clients include financial institutions, buy-side firms, issuers, insurance companies, industry associations and new business ventures.
Some recent cases led by Olivier in the Fintech & Blockchain space include: advising a newly licensed Swiss bank active in the crypto-assets banking business on (i) its derivatives business with crypto assets as underlyings, (ii) its margin lending activities regarding loans secured by crypto assets and (iii) the lending and borrowing of crypto currencies; advising issuers of structured products on the drafting of their issuance documentation for structured products referencing crypto assets as underlyings; and advising financial institutions on the set-up of custody solutions for crypto assets.
Olivier obtained a doctorate in law from the University of Zurich (iur, 2003) and a master’s in law from Harvard Law School (LLM, 2004). For his doctoral thesis, he received the Issekutz Award for outstanding achievements in business law.
Prior to joining Schellenberg Wittmer in 2009, Olivier practiced as an associate at Allen & Overy (2004–2007) and as legal counsel at Goldman Sachs (2007–2009) in London.
15bis, rue des Alpes
PO Box 2088
Geneva, 1211
Tel: +41 22 707 80 00
caroline.clemetson@swlegal.ch
www.swlegal.ch
WWL says: Caroline Clemetson is a trailblazer in the fintech field whose “impressive know-how about the asset management space” routinely places her at “the forefront of any new, innovative business idea”.
Route de Chêne 30 Geneva, CH-1211
Tel: +41 58 450 70 00 fedor.poskriakov@lenzstaehelin.com www.lenzstaehelin.com
WWL says: Fedor Poskriakov receives ample praise for “his capability to comprehend and reason about complex technological aspects” while offering “clear, patient, yet succinct explanations of complex law concepts” to his clients.
WWL says: Olivier Favre is heralded as a leader in the fintech field who is “always courteous, very knowledgeable and adaptable to other time zones”.
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Löwenstrasse 19 Zurich, 8021 Tel: +41 44 215 5252 olivier.favre@swlegal.ch www.swlegal.ch
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Daniel Flühmann is co-head of Bär & Karrer’s fintech practice group and a partner in the financial services department. His work focuses on banking, insurance, investment funds and financial market laws.
Daniel Flühmann advises Swiss and foreign banks, securities dealers and fintechs as well as insurance companies and financial services providers such as e-money institutions and payment services providers on regulatory and contract law matters and in the context of enforcement proceedings.
A special focus of Daniel Flühmann’s practice lies on blockchain/distributed ledger technology and the legal framework of its applications in practice. Furthermore, he advises clients on general corporate and commercial matters as well as on M&A transactions.
Having graduated from the University of St Gallen (HSG) in 2003, Daniel Flühmann obtained his doctorate in 2008 and was admitted to the Zurich Bar in 2011. Prior to joining Bär & Karrer, he worked in the legal department of a reputable Swiss private bank. In 2014 and 2015, he spent several months as a visiting lawyer with a major law firm in New York.
Daniel Flühmann publishes regularly in his areas of practice. Furthermore, he is co-editor of a new comprehensive commentary on Swiss antimoney laundering regulation published in 2021.
Bär & Karrer is a renowned Swiss law firm with more than 170 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano and Zug. Its core business is advising clients on innovative and complex transactions and representing them in litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. The firm’s clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world.
Bär & Karrer has been repeatedly awarded Switzerland’s Law Firm of the Year by the most important international legal ranking agencies in recent years.
Brandschenkestrasse 90
Zurich, 8002
Tel: +41 58 261 56 08
daniel.fluehmann@baerkarrer.ch
www.baerkarrer.ch
WWL says: Daniel Flühmann is a widely recognised fintech and banking expert, who wields his “outstanding ability to comprehend complex banking matters” to provide surplus value to his clients.
Martin Hess
Künzi
Hess MacNab
Martin Hess specializes in financial services and capital market law, FinTech and the digitalization of financial services.
Martin advises Swiss and foreign clients (e.g. banks, start-ups, financial market infrastructures) and represents them before supervisory authorities. He is involved in the legal design of trading venues for ledger based securities, payment and securities settlement systems as well as central counterparties. He advises and represents clients with regard to the securitisation of assets, token generating events and the prevention of money laundering.
Martin participated as an expert in the preparation of Swiss laws on intermediated securities (2010) and on netting (1994). He was an expert for the laws on the digitalisation of assets and on DLT trading facilities (DLT Act 2021). He regularly contributes to legal commentaries and journals and gives lectures on the topics he handles in practice.
Before joining Künzi Hess MacNab, attorneys-at-law, Martin spent 19 years with the law firm Wenger & Vieli and 5 years with the correspondent law firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. From 1987-1994, Martin was legal advisor to the Swiss National Bank (Central Bank). In 1994 and 1997, respectively, he was a member of missions of the International Monetary Fund to Eastern European countries. Before taking up legal practice, Martin was a research assistant at the Faculty of law of the University of Zurich and earned his doctorate at the University of Zurich in 1984 summa cum laude. He was admitted to the bar in 1987.
Florastrasse 47 Zurich, 8008 Tel: +41 44 420 19 20 martin.hess@khm-partners.ch www.khm-partners.ch
WWL says: Martin Hess is an “esteemed and experienced” practitioner in the world of fintech who is known for providing top-notch advice to his clients.
Hsu Bär & Karrer Ltd
Peter
Peter Hsu is a key contact for Bär & Karrer’s practice area of banking and insurance. He has been a partner with Bär & Karrer since 2009 and works in the Zurich office and heads the insurance department.
Peter Hsu advises Swiss and foreign banks, securities firms, asset managers, money transfer providers, insurance companies and other financial institutions as well as fintech and insurtech businesses on M&A, transactional, regulatory and contractual matters. Furthermore, he regularly represents clients in regulatory licensing and enforcement proceedings. Moreover, he advises clients on corporate/M&A and in complex financing transactions as well as other industries.
Peter Hsu is an editor of the comprehensive Basel Commentaries on the anti-money laundering act and on the insurance supervision act. Further he has published several books and articles on topics in banking, insurance and capital markets, and is regularly invited to speak on these topics.
Peter Hsu holds a Dr iur from the University of Zurich (1999) and an LLM from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (2004). He is a member of the Zurich and the Swiss Bar Associations as well as of the International Bar Association. Moreover, he is a member of the organising committee of the Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances - AIDA Swiss Chapter.
He speaks German and English.
Peter Hsu is ranked as a leading individual in the practice areas of banking and finance as well as insurance and reinsurance, and listed as a “most highly regarded” practitioner in insurance and reinsurance and Thought Leader in Switzerland (WWL 2019 and 2018). The Legal 500 refers to him as a “key individual within the banking and insurance sector” (2014) and refers to him as “an outstanding source of advice in banking matters with great experience in the banking and insurance sector” (2020). In WWL, he is quoted as “the ‘go-to guy’ for clients in need of insurance and reinsurance regulatory advice” (2013, 2018) and a “key player in the Swiss insurance and reinsurance regulatory field” (2014), and wins praise for his “unparalleled abilities”. In addition, he is described as “extremely knowledgeable”
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in insurance and regulatory matters, lauded for his “business oriented approach” (2016) and it is further noted that “he is not only an expert on regulatory topics, but also has a very profound understanding of other legal areas”. Furthermore, a source in The Legal 500 2020 describes him as “most user-friendly lawyer – down-to-earth, ready to roll up his sleeves, but also experienced and sage in his advice”.
Bär & Karrer is a renowned Swiss law firm with more than 170 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano and Zug. Its core business is advising clients on innovative and complex transactions and representing them in litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. The firm’s clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world.
Bär & Karrer has been repeatedly awarded Switzerland’s “Law Firm of the Year” by the most prestigious international legal ranking agencies.
Ronald Kogens MLL Legal
Ronald Kogens joined MLL in 2017 as an associate and became partner in July 2019. Before that he worked for a major global consulting firm. He was also part of the legal counsel team of a public listed pharmaceutical company at the headquarters in Switzerland and worked for its subsidiary in California, United States.
He specializes in FinTech, disruptive and new technologies and represents companies at all stages of their life cycles – from formation, business model/product structuring and fundraising through strategic transactions and public offerings.
Ronald has a profound knowledge of technology, IP and financial market law, in particular in the legal and technical aspects of FinTech business models and the tokenization of financial products, cloud infrastructures (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS), data centers, licensing of IP rights (proprietary licenses, open source licenses such as MIT, Apache, BSD, MPL 2.0, GPL 2.0, GPL 3.0 or AGPL 3.0), software development, and forming decentralized ecosystems (decentralized, autonomous organizations or full economies) using DLT as well as blockchain technology (industry related permissioned blockchains, public-chain layer-two scaling solutions or side chains).
Ronald Kogens is also specialized in angel investor financing (seed financing), venture capital financing (series A, series B, series C and series D) and private equity financing transactions in the FinTech space.
Kuert CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd
Matthias advises clients in general contract, commercial and financial law matters (including capital markets law). In these fields, he also handles proceedings, be it in front of state courts, arbitral tribunals or regulatory authorities. A special focus of his practice concerns regulatory and contract law advice to companies in the FinTech and blockchain field, regulatory advice to financial services providers, and advice to large shareholders of listed companies.
Matthias was instrumental to the creation and development of CMS Switzerland’s FinTech Group. His clients in the FinTech field consist of Swiss and foreign early stage companies, large FinTech players and traditional financial institutions expanding into the field.
Matthias graduated from the University of St. Gallen in 2006. After his traineeships in the legal department of a global technology company and at CMS, he was admitted to the Zurich Bar in 2010. Thereupon, Matthias was engaged as a research assistant at the Institut für Rechtswissenschaft und Rechtspraxis of the University of St. Gallen (chair of Prof. Dr Vito Roberto), before joining CMS again in 2012. In 2014, he was seconded to the legal department of another global company and in the 2015/2016 term he obtained an LL.M. in International Business Law from King’s College, London. Matthias wrote his thesis on the treatment of public law norms of conduct in Swiss liability law with a special focus on financial markets law (“Öffentlich-rechtliche Verhaltensnormen im schweizerischen Haftungsrecht - Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Finanzmarktrechts”, Zürich 2018). He is author of numerous further publications in his fields of activity and a regular speaker at industry events.
Brandschenkestrasse 90
Zurich, 8002
Tel: +41 58 261 53 94
peter.hsu@baerkarrer.ch
www.baerkarrer.ch
WWL says: Peter Hsu is “a well-established and very well known” regulatory specialist who is designated as “a very important player” in the fintech field.
Schiffbaustrasse 2 PO Box Zurich, 8031 Tel: +41 44 386 60 00 ronald.kogens@mll-legal.com www.mll-legal.com
WWL says: Ronald Kogens comes highly recommended in fintech matters on account of his “deep technical understanding” and prodigious problem-solving abilities.
Räffelstrasse 26 PO Box Zurich, 8022 Tel: +41 44 285 11 11
matthias.kuert@cms-vep.com www.cms.law
WWL says: Matthias Kuert seamlessly “masters all the pertinent legal content, carefully listens to his clients’ needs, and is an active sparring partner for legal questioning”.
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Eva Künzi specializes in financial services and capital markets law. Her practice focuses particularly on digitalization of financial services, asset management, derivatives, collective investment schemes and structured investment products. Eva regularly advises banks and other financial service providers in regulatory matters and supports the implementation of upcoming Swiss and European regulation.
Eva was admitted to the Swiss bar in 1998 after graduating from the University of Zurich Law School. In 2001 she received a master’s degree (LLM) from Georgetown Law School.
She regularly contributes to legal commentaries, including the Swiss Banking Act, the Swiss Financial Markets Infrastructure Act and the Swiss Financial Services Act.
Prior to joining Künzi Hess MacNab, Eva worked for a major Swiss law firm and in the legal department of a Swiss bank.
Reto Luthiger MLL Legal
Reto Luthiger joined MLL in 2010 and is a counsel in the firm’s regulatory practice as well as a co-Head of the firm’s legal practice group regulatory, fintech & DLT as well as of the industry groups blockchain technologies, insurance, internal Investigations & compliance. Before joining MLL, he worked in the enforcement division with the Swiss regulator FINMA.
He advises and represents domestic and international clients in traditional as well as fintech and-crypto-related financial markets regulatory and civil law matters as well as in enforcement, license and other proceedings before FINMA, self-regulatory organisations (SROs), supervisory organisations (SOs) and other authorities and courts. He has wide-ranging experience in banking, anti-money laundering, financial services, financial markets infrastructure and collective investment schemes law.
Since 2011, Reto acted in different functions for the Self-Regulatory Organization of Swiss Association of Investment Companies (SRO SAIC) and today he is the CEO. In 2021, he joined SR Saphirstein AG having a fintech license from FINMA as a member of the board of directors. He served as member of the board of Vita Joint Foundation until 2021.
Reto has a profound understanding of technology and business models as well as sound knowledge particularly in banking, AML, FinTech, DLT/blockchain, tokenization, payment, structured products, FATCA and AEOI and made his PhD in the area of AML. Further, he co-published to commentaries about the Swiss Financial Services Act/Swiss Financial Institutions Act as well as the Swiss Financial Market Infrastructure Act/Swiss Book-Entry Securities Act and is co-author in the book Developments in Swiss Blockchain-Law. He is fluent in German and English.
Thomas Müller is a partner with the Banking & Finance practice in Zurich and advises financial institutions and FinTech companies in complex regulatory matters and represents market participants before the Swiss regulatory authorities and as recognised representative before the SIX Swiss Exchange. He has been advising and managed a large number of e-money and payment services, cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. In finance, he focuses on corporate debt finance, structured finance (asset based lending, securitisation, covered bond, risk transfer), leasing (in the rail and shipping industry), and note issuance programs. Other special services include international legal assistance, white collar crime and insolvency law.
Thomas Müller was educated at the University of Berne Law School (lic iur, 2000; Dr iur, 2008) and holds an LLM degree from the New York University School of Law (2005). In 2007, he was a visiting scholar at Fordham University School of Law, New York. Prior to joining Walder Wyss, Thomas Müller was an associate with major law firms in Zurich and in New York. In 2009, he was seconded to the Swiss Bankers’ Association in Basel where he was responsible for the revision of the Swiss deposit protection scheme. Thomas Müller lectured at University of Geneva Law School.
Thomas Müller practises in English, German and French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.
With around 250 legal experts, Walder Wyss is one of the most successful and fastest growing Swiss commercial law firms, with offices in Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Berne, Lausanne and Lugano. The firm specialises in corporate and commercial law, banking and finance, intellectual property and competition law, dispute resolution and tax law. Clients include national and international companies, publicly held corporations and family businesses as well as public law institutions and private clients.
Florastrasse 47
Zurich, 8008
Tel:
eva.kuenzi@khm-partners.ch
www.khm-partners.ch
WWL says: Eva Künzi is distinguished in the fintech space for her “clear, concise, and pragmatic manner of expression”.
Schiffbaustrasse 2
Zurich, PO Box 803
Tel: +41 44 396 91 77
reto.luthiger@mll-legal.com
www.mll-legal.com
WWL says: Reto Luthiger receives heaps of praise not only for his “ability to highlight risk in an understandable way”, but also for his “his excellent handling of complex and sensitive matters” in the fintech space.
Seefeldstrasse 123 PO Box Zurich, 8034 Tel: +41 58 658 55 60 thomas.mueller@walderwyss.com
www.walderwyss.com
WWL says: Thomas Müller is held in high esteem in the fintech space for his “great regulatory knowledge” and his breadth of experience advising key clients on complex financial matters.
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Eric Stupp heads Bär & Karrer’s financial services department and co-heads the internal investigation and cross-border proceedings team. He is based in Zurich and has been a partner since 2000.
His practice focuses on advising banks, insurance companies, asset managers and other financial intermediaries on regulatory matters, enforcement proceedings and on M&A transactions. He is also co-head of the fintech practice group of the firm and advises clients in connection with large-scale Blockchain projects.
In recent years, he has regularly advised financial institutions and regulatory bodies in connection with internal investigations on cross-border issues. In particular, he has assisted clients in numerous proceedings initiated by the US Department of Justice, the New York Department of Financial Services and other US and European authorities.
Eric Stupp is a regular speaker at expert conferences addressing these matters. He was a member of Bär & Karrer’s management committee for eight years. He is the vice chairman of the board of directors of Goldman Sachs Bank Ltd., Zurich and a member of the boards of other financial and non-profit institutions. He is further a member of the specialist committee Legal and Compliance of the Swiss Asset Management Association as well as a member of the Steering Committee of the Forum of Financial Institutions Enforcement, USA.
IFLR1000 2016 and Who’s Who Legal 2015 list Eric Stupp as one of the leading banking lawyers in Switzerland. Eric Stupp is listed as a leading lawyer in The Legal 500 in the category Hall of Fame. In 2018, the Weizmann Institute of Science awarded Eric Stupp the Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa for his professional achievements and his support of scientific research carried out in the Institute.
Eric Stupp speaks German, English and French.
Bär & Karrer is a renowned Swiss law firm with more than 170 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano and Zug. Its core business is advising clients on innovative and complex transactions and representing them in litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. The firm’s clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world.
Bär & Karrer has been repeatedly awarded Switzerland’s “Law Firm of the Year” by the most prestigious international legal ranking agencies.
Tranchet Lenz & Staehelin
Marcel Tranchet heads the banking and finance practice group in Zurich. His practice includes syndicated financings, acquisition finance, structured finance, project finance, bond offerings and other securities transactions, financial restructurings, derivatives, regulatory matters and fintech matters.
Marcel Tranchet holds a law degree from the University of St Gallen (2000) and an LLM from the Morin Centre for Banking and Financial Law, Boston University (2005). He has been admitted to the Zurich bar (2003). He joined Lenz & Staehelin in 2003 and has been a partner since 2011. He speaks German, English and French.
Marcel Tranchet is a member of the following professional associations: the Zurich Bar Association (ZAV), the Swiss Bar Association (SAV) and the International Bar Association (IBA).
Lenz & Staehelin is the largest Swiss law firm with over 200 lawyers and with offices in Geneva, Zurich and Lausanne. Lenz & Staehelin’s scope of activities covers all areas of business law for Swiss and international clients.
Brandschenkestrasse 90 Zurich, 8002 Tel: +41 58 261 50 00 eric.stupp@baerkarrer.ch www.baerkarrer.ch
WWL says: Eric Stupp is renowned for being a top-tier banking and fintech practitioner who is “well-regarded by regulators and clients alike” for his leading practice in the financial sector.
Brandschenkestrasse 24 Zurich, CH-8027 Tel: +41 58 450 80 00 marcel.tranchet@lenzstaehelin.com www.lenzstaehelin.com
WWL says: Marcel Tranchet is a “a wellknown figure in fintech” who receives accolades for his top-level expertise.
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Gadi Winter Bär & Karrer Ltd
Gadi Winter’s practice focuses on banking and finance, capital markets, M&A and corporate governance. He advises banks, financial institutions, fintechs and other companies in regulatory, corporate and commercial law matters and represents them before courts and other authorities. Furthermore, he assists companies in internal investigations, especially with regard to regulatory enforcement-proceedings and cross-border white collar crime matters.
The Legal 500 2020 describes Gadi Winter as a “Rising Star” in the FinTech space. Bär & Karrer is a renowned Swiss law firm with more than 170 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano and Zug. Its core business is advising clients on innovative and complex transactions and representing them in litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. The firm’s clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world.
Bär & Karrer has been repeatedly awarded Switzerland’s Law Firm of the Year by the most important international legal ranking agencies in recent years.
DIRECTORY
An asterisk denotes practitioners who have profiles in the preceding pages.
Nominees have been selected based on comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practitioners worldwide.
Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.
Argentina
Juan M Diehl Moreno Marval O’Farrell Mairal jd@marval.com
Diego M Serrano Redonnet
Pérez Alati Grondona Benites & Arntsen dsr@pagbam.com
Australia
Andrew Carter Ashurst andrew.carter@ashurst.com
Austria
Andrea Gritsch Wolf Theiss andrea.gritsch@wolftheiss.com
Bryan Hollmann Stadler Voelkel bryan.hollmann@svlaw.at
Ursula Rath Schoenherr Attorneys At Law u.rath@schoenherr.eu
Belgium
Pierre Berger DLA Piper UK LLP pierre.berger@dlapiper.com
Joan Carette Simont Braun joan.carette@simontbraun.eu
Philippe De Prez Simont Braun philippe.deprez@simontbraun.eu
Etienne Dessy Linklaters LLP etienne.dessy@linklaters.com
Sylvia Kierszenbaum Allen & Overy (Belgium) LLP sylvia.kierszenbaum@allenovery.com
Scott McInnes Bird & Bird scott.mcinnes@twobirds.com
Sarah Michot
Brandschenkestrasse 90
Zurich, 8002
Tel: +41 58 261 53 59
gadi.winter@baerkarrer.ch
www.baerkarrer.ch
WWL says: Gadi Winter is commended for his “very keen perception and a very high level of commitment”. His “ability to resolve complex issues, iterating creatively on deliverables” in fintech matters is received with additional plaudits.
Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick s.michot@liedekerke.com
Tom Van Dyck
Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick t.vandyck@liedekerke.com
Bermuda
Chris Garrod Conyers chris.garrod@conyers.com
Natalie Neto Walkers
natalie.neto@walkersglobal.com
Steven Rees Davies Carey Olsen steven.reesdavies@careyolsen.com
Brazil
João Fernando Araújo Nascimento CSMV Advogados jnascimento@csmv.com.br
Bruno Balduccini
Pinheiro Neto Advogados bbalduccini@pn.com.br
Matheus Campanhã Cruz
Pinheiro Neto Advogados mcruz@pn.com.br
Paulo de Tarso Cordeiro Pinotti CSMV Advogados ppinotti@csmv.com.br
Vanessa Fialdini
Fialdini Advogados vfialdini@fialdiniadv.com.br
Giancarllo Melito* Barcellos Tucunduva Advogados gmelito@btlaw.com.br
Fernando Mirandez Del Nero Gomes Pinheiro Neto Advogados fgomes@pn.com.br
Raphael Palmieri Salomão Pinheiro Neto Advogados rsalomao@pn.com.br
Rubens de Camargo Vidigal Neto Vidigal Neto Advogados rubens@vidigalneto.com.br
Rodrigo de Campos Vieira PG Advogados rvieira@pgadvogados.com.br
Cameroon
Danielle Moukouri Djengue D. MOUKOURI AND PARTNERS d.moukouri@moukourilaw.com
Canada
Ontario
Ana Badour McCarthy Tétrault LLP abadour@mccarthy.ca
Chad Bayne Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP cbayne@osler.com
Simon Grant Bennett Jones LLP grants@bennettjones.com
Wendy Gross Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP wgross@osler.com
David C N Ma
Blaney McMurtry LLP dma@blaney.com
Tracy Molino Dentons Canada LLP
tracy.molino@dentons.com
Bonny Murray Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP bonny.murray@blakes.com
Usman Sheikh Gowling WLG
usman.sheikh@gowlingwlg.com
Jacqueline D Shinfield
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP jacqueline.shinfield@blakes.com
Lori Stein
McCarthy Tétrault LLP lstein@mccarthy.ca
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Kirsten Thompson
Dentons Canada LLP kirsten.thompson@dentons.com
Cayman Islands
Nick Rogers
Ogier nick.rogers@ogier.com
Daniella Skotnicki
Harney Westwood & Riegels daniella.skotnicki@harneys.com
China
Yu Leimin
King & Wood Mallesons yuleimin@cn.kwm.com
Xinyu Liu
Zhong Lun Law Firm jeffreyliu@zhonglun.com
Jun Wan
Han Kun Law jun.wan@hankunlaw.com
Colombia
Juanita Acosta
Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas Abogados juanita.acosta@dentons.com
Carlos Fradique-Méndez
Brigard & Urrutia Abogados cfradique@bu.com.co
Santiago Gutiérrez Borda
Lloreda Camacho & Co sgutierrez@lloredacamacho.com
Denmark
Jacob Høeg Madsen
Kromann Reumert jhm@kromannreumert.com
Rasmus Mandøe Jensen Plesner Advokatpartnerselskab rmj@plesner.com
Annette Printz Nielsen
Bird & Bird Advokatpartnerselskab annette.nielsen@twobirds.com
Martin von Haller Grønbæk Bird & Bird Advokatpartnerselskab martin.vonhaller@twobirds.com
Ecuador
Margoth Chiriboga López
Lexvalor Abogados mchiriboga@lexvalor.com
Luis Marín-Tobar
Lexvalor Abogados lmarin@lexvalor.com
England
Nicholas Berry
Norton Rose Fulbright nicholas.berry@nortonrosefulbright.com
Victoria Birch
Norton Rose Fulbright victoria.birch@nortonrosefulbright.com
John Buyers Osborne Clarke LLP john.buyers@osborneclarke.com
Peter Chapman Clifford Chance LLP peter.chapman@cliffordchance.com
Jonathan Chertkow Hogan Lovells International LLP jonathan.chertkow@hoganlovells.com
Martin Cook Burges Salmon LLP martin.cook@burges-salmon.com
Julian Cunningham-Day Linklaters LLP
julian.cunningham-day@linklaters.com
André Duminy
Clifford Chance LLP andre.duminy@cliffordchance.com
Harry Eddis Linklaters LLP harry.eddis@linklaters.com
Jonathan Emmanuel Bird & Bird LLP
jonathan.emmanuel@twobirds.com
Jane Finlayson-Brown Allen & Overy LLP
jane.finlayson-brown@allenovery.com
David Futter Ashurst LLP david.futter@ashurst.com
Jonathan Garforth Dentons jonathan.garforth@dentons.com
Imogen Garner Norton Rose Fulbright LLP imogen.garner@nortonrosefulbright.com
Fiona Ghosh Ernst & Young LLP
Jacqui Hatfield Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe jhatfield@orrick.com
Chris Hill Deloitte chill@deloitte.co.uk
Amanda Hulme Addleshaw Goddard LLP amanda.hulme@addleshawgoddard.com
William James Addleshaw Goddard LLP william.james@addleshawgoddard.com
Kate Johnson Osborne Clarke LLP kate.johnson@osborneclarke.com
Etay Katz Ashurst LLP etay.katz@ashurst.com
Rachel Kent Hogan Lovells International LLP rachel.kent@hoganlovells.com
Jonathan Kewley
Clifford Chance LLP
jonathan.kewley@cliffordchance.com
Ben Kingsley Slaughter and May ben.kingsley@slaughterandmay.com
Richard Lister
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP richard.lister@freshfields.com
Mahmood Lone Allen & Overy LLP mahmood.lone@allenovery.com
Dominic Long
Allen & Overy LLP dominic.long@allenovery.com
Al Mangan
Addleshaw Goddard LLP al.mangan@addleshawgoddard.com
Angus McLean
Simmons & Simmons LLP
angus.mclean@simmons-simmons.com
Sue McLean
Baker McKenzie sue.mclean@bakermckenzie.com
Penny Miller
Simmons & Simmons LLP
penny.miller@simmons-simmons.com
Marcus Pearl
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Ben Regnard-Weinrabe
Allen & Overy LLP
ben.regnard-weinrabe@allenovery.com
Emily Reid
Hogan Lovells International LLP
emily.reid@hoganlovells.com
John Salmon
Hogan Lovells International LLP
john.salmon@hoganlovells.com
Jonathan Segal
Fox Williams LLP
jsegal@foxwilliams.com
Adrian Shedden
Keystone Law adrian.shedden@keystonelaw.co.uk
Mark Simpson Baker McKenzie mark.simpson@bakermckenzie.com
Harry Small Baker McKenzie harry.small@bakermckenzie.com
Rob Sumroy Slaughter and May rob.sumroy@slaughterandmay.com
Mark Taylor Osborne Clarke LLP mark.taylor@osborneclarke.com
Harriet Territt
Jones Day hterritt@jonesday.com
Nikki Worden Osborne Clarke LLP nikki.worden@osborneclarke.com
Estonia
Veikko Toomere NJORD Law Firm vt@njordlaw.ee
Finland
Jon Hautamäki Nordic Law jon.hautamaki@nordiclaw.fi
Olli Kiuru Waselius & Wist olli.kiuru@ww.fi
France
Arnaud Grünthaler Fieldfisher arnaud.grunthaler@fieldfisher.com
Benjamin May
Aramis may@aramis-law.com
Hubert de Vauplane
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP hdevauplane@kramerlevin.com
Germany
Timo Förster Bird & Bird LLP timo.foerster@twobirds.com
Susanne Grohé
Annerton Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH sgrohe@annerton.com
Michael Jünemann Bird & Bird LLP
michael.juenemann@twobirds.com
Markus Kaulartz CMS Hasche Sigle markus.kaulartz@cms-hs.com
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Richard Reimer Hogan Lovells International LLP
Florian Reul Linklaters LLP florian.reul@linklaters.com
Johannes Wirtz
Bird & Bird LLP johannes.wirtz@twobirds.com
Indonesia
Winnie Yamashita Rolindrawan* SSEK Legal Consultants winnierolindrawan@ssek.com
Christian Teo Christian Teo & Partners cteo@cteolaw.com
Fahrul S Yusuf Ernst & Young fahrulyusuf@ssek.com
Ireland
Mark Adair
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP madair@mhc.ie
Rowena Fitzgerald Mason Hayes & Curran LLP rfitzgerald@mhc.ie
Fionnuala Savage Mason Hayes & Curran LLP fsavage@mhc.ie
Israel
Ran Dlugin
Raz Dlugin & Co ran@raz-dlugin.co.il
Noam Gavish
GSCB-Glusman Shem-Tov Chowers Broid & Co noam.gavish@gcl-law.co.il
Yair Geva
Herzog Fox & Neeman gevay@hfn.co.il
Yuval Shalheveth
Yigal Arnon & Co yuvals@arnon.co.il
Keith Shaw S Horowitz & Co keiths@s-horowitz.co.il
Ariel Yosefi
Herzog Fox & Neeman yosefia@herzoglaw.co.il
Italy
Francesco Dagnino*
Lexia Avvocati francesco.dagnino@lexia.it
Stefano Febbi
Studio Legale Bird & Bird stefano.febbi@twobirds.com
Vincenzo Troiano Chiomenti vincenzo.troiano@chiomenti.net
Japan
Ken Kawai*
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune ken.kawai@amt-law.com
Takafumi Ochiai
Atsumi & Sakai takafumi.ochiai@aplaw.jp
Korea
Jong Baek Park
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC jb.park@bkl.co.kr
Kwang Bae Park Lee & Ko kbp@leeko.com
Doil Son Yulchon dison@yulchon.com
Malaysia
Deepak Pillai
Christopher & Lee Ong deepak.pillai@christopherleeong.com
Mexico
L. Alberto Balderas Fernandez Jáuregui y Del Valle, S.C. lbalderas@jaureguiydelvalle.com
Narciso Cuevas
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez SC narciso.campos@creel.mx
Eduardo Flores
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez SC eduardo.flores@creel.mx
Adrián López G Nader Hayaux y Goebel SC alopez@nhg.com.mx
Andrés Nieto
Creel Abogados andres.nieto@creelabogados.com
Netherlands
Arno Voerman Dentons arno.voerman@dentons.com
Nigeria
Dan Agbor
Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie dan.agbor@uubo.org
Yinka Edu Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie yinka.edu@uubo.org
Dolapo Kukoyi
Detail Commercial Solicitors dolapo@detailsolicitors.com
Chukwudi Ofili
Detail Commercial Solicitors chukwudi@detailsolicitors.com
Davidson Oturu*
AÉLEX
doturu@aelex.com
Damilola Oyebayo Olaniwun Ajayi LP doyebayo@olaniwunajayi.net
Damilola Salawu
Olaniwun Ajayi LP dsalawu@olaniwunajayi.net
Norway
Tore Mydske
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS tmy@thommessen.no
Klaus Wiese-Hansen
Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS kwh@schjodt.no
Morten Wilhelm Winther
Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS mww@svw.no
Pakistan
Mustafa Munir Ahmed RIAALAW mustafa.ahmed@riaabg.com
Peru
Janett Burga Baker McKenzie - Peru
janett.burga@bakermckenzie.com
Luis Ernesto Marin Baker McKenzie - Peru
luis.marin@bakermckenzie.com
Maria del Carmen Yuta
Vodanovic Legal maria.yuta@vodanovic.pe
Philippines
Rose Marie M King-Dominguez
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan rmmking@syciplaw.com
Divina Gracia E Pedron
Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia de.pedron@cruzmarcelo.com
Aiken Larisa Serzo Disini & Disini Law Office lars.serzo@disini.ph
Poland David Dixon Dentons david.dixon@dentons.com
Wojciech Jarosiński Maruta Wachta sp. j. wjarosinski@maruta.pl
Krzysztof Korus
DLK Legal krzysztof.korus@dlklegal.com
Daniel Smarduch
Wardyński & Partners daniel.smarduch@wardynski.com.pl
Sławomir Szepietowski
Bird & Bird Szepietowski i wspólnicy sp.k slawomir.szepietowski@twobirds.com
Portugal
Mariana Albuquerque Morais Leitão msalbuquerque@mlgts.pt
Ricardo Henriques Abreu Advogados ricardo.henriques@abreuadvogados.com
Filipe Lowndes Marques Morais Leitão
flmarques@mlgts.pt
Tiago Correia Moreira VdA tcm@vda.pt
Luis Roquette Geraldes Morais Leitão lrgeraldes@mlgts.pt
Singapore
Adrian Ang Allen & Gledhill LLP adrian.ang@allenandgledhill.com
Stella Cramer
Norton Rose Fulbright (Asia) LLP stella.cramer@nortonrosefulbright.com
Chia-Ling Koh OC Queen Street chialing.koh@osborneclarke.com
Paul Landless
Clifford Chance paul.landless@cliffordchance.com
Kok Leong Tham Allen & Gledhill LLP tham.kokleong@allenandgledhill.com
Alexander Yap Allen & Gledhill LLP alexander.yap@allenandgledhill.com
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Slovenia
Suzana Jamsek
ODI Law Firm suzana.boncinajamsek@odilaw.com
Andrej Kirm
Kirm Perpar andrej.kirm@k-p.si
Bojan Sporar
Rojs Peljhan Prelesnik & Partnerji sporar@rppp.si
South Africa
Angela Itzikowitz ENSafrica aitzikowitz@ensafrica.com
Kirsten Kern
Bowmans kirsten.kern@bowmanslaw.com
Desiree Reddy
Norton Rose Fulbright desiree.reddy@nortonrosefulbright.com
Christine Rodrigues
Bowmans christine.rodrigues@bowmanslaw.com
Switzerland
Geneva
Caroline Clemetson*
Schellenberg Wittmer caroline.clemetson@swlegal.ch
Fedor Poskriakov* Lenz & Staehelin fedor.poskriakov@lenzstaehelin.com
Zurich
Rashid Bahar Advestra rashid.bahar@advestra.ch
Olivier Favre*
Schellenberg Wittmer olivier.favre@swlegal.ch
Daniel Flühmann*
Bär & Karrer Ltd daniel.fluehmann@baerkarrer.ch
Jürg Frick Homburger juerg.frick@homburger.ch
Andreas Glarner
MME Legal Tax Compliance andreas.glarner@mme.ch
Martin Hess*
Künzi Hess MacNab martin.hess@khm-partners.ch
Peter Hsu* Bär & Karrer Ltd peter.hsu@baerkarrer.ch
Ronald Kogens*
MLL Legal ronald.kogens@mll-legal.com
Stefan Kramer
Homburger stefan.kramer@homburger.ch
Matthias Kuert*
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd matthias.kuert@cms-vep.com
Eva Künzi*
Künzi Hess MacNab eva.kuenzi@khm-partners.ch
Reto Luthiger*
MLL Legal reto.luthiger@mll-legal.com
Benedikt Maurenbrecher
Homburger benedikt.maurenbrecher@homburger.ch
Thomas Müller* Walder Wyss Ltd thomas.mueller@walderwyss.com
Luka Müller-Studer
MME Legal Tax Compliance luka.mueller@mme.ch
Martin Peyer Wenger Vieli Ltd m.peyer@wengervieli.ch
Bertrand Schott Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd bertrand.schott@nkf.ch
Cornelia Stengel Kellerhals Carrard KlG cornelia.stengel@kellerhals-carrard.ch
Eric Stupp* Bär & Karrer Ltd eric.stupp@baerkarrer.ch
Marcel Tranchet* Lenz & Staehelin marcel.tranchet@lenzstaehelin.com
Gadi Winter* Bär & Karrer Ltd gadi.winter@baerkarrer.ch
Thailand
Stephen Bennett Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP bennetts@huntonak.com
Kullarat Phongsathaporn
Baker McKenzie Ltd kullarat.phongsathaporn@bakermckenzie. com
Kraisorn Rueangkul DFDL kraisorn@dfdl.com
Turkey
Muhsin Keskin Esin Attorney Partnership, a member of Baker McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein muhsin.keskin@esin.av.tr
Ukraine
Nazar Chernyavsky
Sayenko Kharenko nchernyavsky@sk.ua
Oleksandr Kurdydyk Kinstellar Ukraine LLC oleksandr.kurdydyk@kinstellar.com
Adam Mycyk
Dentons
adam.mycyk@dentons.com
Nazar Polyvka
Axon Partners polyvka@axon.partners
United Arab Emirates
Tom Butcher
Allen & Overy LLP tom.butcher@allenovery.com
James Coleman Simmons & Simmons
james.coleman@simmons-simmons.com
Jack Hardman
Clifford Chance LLP
Jack.Hardman@cliffordchance.com
Raza Rizvi Simmons & Simmons LLP raza.rizvi@simmons-simmons.com
USA California
Francisco Flores Winston & Strawn LLP fflores@winston.com
Grant Fondo
Goodwin gfondo@goodwinprocter.com
Abradat Kamalpour Jones Day akamalpour@jonesday.com
District of Columbia
David Beam Mayer Brown LLP dbeam@mayerbrown.com
Todd Beauchamp
Latham & Watkins LLP
todd.beauchamp@lw.com
Joel D Feinberg
Sidley Austin LLP jfeinberg@sidley.com
Lawrence D Kaplan
Paul Hastings LLP
lawrencekaplan@paulhastings.com
Gregory Lisa Hogan Lovells US LLP gregory.lisa@hoganlovells.com
Jai R Massari Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP jai.massari@davispolk.com
Evan R Minsberg
Venable LLP
erminsberg@Venable.com
Michael Nonaka Covington & Burling LLP mnonaka@cov.com
Richard Schaberg
Hogan Lovells US LLP
richard.schaberg@hoganlovells.com
David E Teitelbaum
Sidley Austin LLP
dteitelbaum@sidley.com
Pratin Vallabhaneni White & Case LLP pratin.vallabhaneni@whitecase.com
Georgia
Michael Cochran Dentons michael.cochran@dentons.com
Chris Daniel
Paul Hastings LLP
chrisdaniel@paulhastings.com
Robert J Pile
Eversheds Sutherland robertpile@eversheds-sutherland.com
Sara Weed
Paul Hastings LLP saraweed@paulhastings.com
Illinois
Rebecca S Eisner
Mayer Brown LLP
reisner@mayerbrown.com
Samuel G Kramer
Baker McKenzie LLP samuel.kramer@bakermckenzie.com
New York
Christopher Austin
Paul Hastings LLP
christopheraustin@paulhastings.com
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Adam Chernichaw White & Case LLP ac@whitecase.com
Lewis R Cohen Hogan Lovells US LLP
lewis.cohen@hoganlovells.com
Sarah Davidoff Ropes & Gray LLP
sarah.davidoff@ropesgray.com
Luigi De Ghenghi Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP luigi.deghenghi@davispolk.com
Andrew Gerlach Sullivan & Cromwell LLP gerlacha@sullcrom.com
Randall D Guynn Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP randall.guynn@davispolk.com
Scott Joachim Goodwin sjoachim@goodwinlaw.com
Ryan Johansen Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP ryan.johansen@davispolk.com
Douglas Landy White & Case LLP dlandy@whitecase.com
Stuart D Levi Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP stuart.levi@skadden.com
Colin D Lloyd Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP clloyd@cgsh.com
Sheryl Orr Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP sheryl.orr@morganlewis.com
Judith Rinearson K&L Gates LLP judith.rinearson@klgates.com
Lee A Schneider Debevoise & Plimpton LLP lschneid@debevoise.com
Rebecca J Simmons Sullivan & Cromwell LLP simmonsr@sullcrom.com
Stephen P Wink Latham & Watkins LLP stephen.wink@lw.com
Pennsylvania Peter D Hardy Ballard Spahr LLP hardyp@ballardspahr.com
Washington J Dax Hansen Perkins Coie LLP dhansen@perkinscoie.com
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Belgium Japan Nigeria
Steven De Schrijver Astrea
Steven De Schrijver is a partner in the Brussels office of the Belgian law firm Astrea. He has almost 30 years of experience advising some of the largest Belgian and foreign technology companies, as well as innovative entrepreneurs on complex commercial agreements and projects dealing with new technologies, most of the time with a cross-border element. Steven has been involved in many outsourcing, software and cloud application development, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, cryptocurrency, fintech and data protection (now GDPR) compliance projects. He has a passion for artificial intelligence, robotics and drones.
Steven is also considered one of the most prominent Belgian tech M&A lawyers, and has used his in-depth knowledge of the tech sector and expertise in technology law matters (privacy, open source) to assist his clients with the acquisition and sale of numerous Belgian software and technology companies.
Steven is the Belgian member of EuroITCounsel, a quality-led circle of independent IT lawyers. He is also a former board member of ITechLaw and a former president of the International Federation of Computer Law Associations. In 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 he was granted the Global Information Technology/Data Lawyer of the Year award by Who’s Who Legal and, in 2012, he received the ILO Client Choice Award in the corporate law category for Belgium.
Steven has been admitted to the Brussels Bar. He holds a juris doctor (1992) and an LLM in business law (1995) from the University of Antwerp and an LLM (1993) from the University of Virginia School of Law. Steven obtained his CIPP/E in 2018.
Ken Kawai Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Ken Kawai has extensive experience advising financial institutions, Fintech startups, investors and corporate clients on complex finance and financial regulatory matters. Ken focuses primarily on the Fintech industry and regularly advises Fintech companies, financial institutions, international organisations and industry organisations on legal issues surrounding Fintech, including the complex legal framework governing cryptocurrencies, security tokens, NFTs and blockchain.
Ken also specialises in derivatives and has counselled global banks, broker-dealers and investors on regulatory matters and best practices with respect to derivatives and related products. Ken’s deep and practical knowledge in this area is rooted in his 17-year career at MUFG Bank, Ltd. (formerly known as the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and, prior to that, the Bank of Tokyo Ltd.), where he was involved in derivatives trading and marketing.
Ken serves as the auditing and supervisory officer of Japan Financial Intermediary Business Association (the self-regulatory organization of financial intermediary business operators), the lead counsel of Japan Security Token Offering Association (the self-regulatory organization of the STO issuers, subscribers and platform operators), the lead counsel of Japan Cryptoasset Business Association and an advisor to Global Financial City OSAKA Promotion Committee established by Osaka Prefectural Government.
Ken received Band 1 evaluation in the Legal Department in Chambers FinTech (Japan) 2020 and 2021 and selected as one of the Leading Individuals in Legal 500 Japan Fintech 2021
Oturu AÉLEX
Davidson is a partner at AELEX, a full-service law firm with offices in Nigeria and Ghana, and heads its fintech, technology, innovation, and intellectual property (IP) practice groups.
He advises clients on trans-border issues relating to fintech, IP law, information and communication technology law, cybersecurity, telecommunications, data protection and privacy.
His clients are in a variety of industries, including banking, information technology, private equity, financial services and capital markets.
He has significant experience in representing and advising clients on trans-border issues relating to fintech, project finance, digital assets, cryptocurrency, the Internet of Things, crowdfunding, blockchain technology data protection and cyber security breaches, white collar crimes and data privacy. He assists clients with remediating highstakes multi-jurisdictional cybersecurity breaches, negotiating complex technology transactions, franchising and intellectual property licensing.
He provides practical and strategic advice to leading fintech companies, private equity firms, telecommunications service providers, mobile network operators, infrastructure owners and investors, equipment manufacturers and financial institutions.
He leads the team which provides advisory services to a cryptocurrency mobile money transfer company that recently launched its payment platform that can be used to buy, sell, or transfer cryptocurrency to other users through their mobile phones.
He advised a foremost commodities exchange on the establishment and launch of their digital trading platform which enables investors trade and invest in commodities backed instruments through their mobile devices. Additionally, he acted as the transaction adviser in the company’s $240m Commercial Paper Issuance.
Otemachi Park Building
Louizalaan 235 Avenue Louise
Brussels, 1050
Tel: +32 2 215 97 58
sds@astrealaw.be
www.astrealaw.be
WWL says: Steven De Schrijver “is highly appreciated in the international legal community for his great expertise and practical advice” in the realm of data and blockchain.
1-1-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, 100-8136
Tel: 81-3-6775-1205
Ken.Kawai@amt-law.com
www.amt-law.com
WWL says: Ken Kawai stands out as a leading blockchain expert with vast experience assisting large-scale multinationals in complex legal frameworks.
Presently, he is advising a healthtech on their crowdfunding initiative which is being conducted through an Initial Exchange Offering that will launch their cryptocurrency. He is also advising them on their innovative decentralized mobile application that will be available on Android and IOS platforms.
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Martin Hess
Künzi Hess MacNab
He is also leading a team providing legal advice to a fintech on the regulatory regime in Nigeria as regards the provision of card switching and processing services among other services.
He is an executive member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Committee tasked with creating a roadmap for the use of fintech in the capital market in Nigeria, and led the team that drafted the Nigerian Startup Bill.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Chartered Management Institute (UK), the International Technology Law Association, the International Trademark Association (INTA), the UK Chartered Institute of Trademark Attorneys, the Intellectual Property Law Association and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb, UK).
He has an LLM from the University of Cumbria, and an MBA from Queen Mary University of London. He also has several certifications in intellectual property, data protection, fintech. Cybersecurity and business management.
Martin Hess specializes in financial services and capital market law, FinTech and the digitalization of financial services.
Martin advises Swiss and foreign clients (e.g. banks, start-ups, financial market infrastructures) and represents them before supervisory authorities. He is involved in the legal design of trading venues for ledger based securities, payment and securities settlement systems as well as central counterparties. He advises and represents clients with regard to the securitisation of assets, token generating events and the prevention of money laundering.
Martin participated as an expert in the preparation of Swiss laws on intermediated securities (2010) and on netting (1994). He was an expert for the laws on the digitalisation of assets and on DLT trading facilities (DLT Act 2021). He regularly contributes to legal commentaries and journals and gives lectures on the topics he handles in practice.
Before joining Künzi Hess MacNab, attorneys-at-law, Martin spent 19 years with the law firm Wenger & Vieli and 5 years with the correspondent law firm of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. From 1987-1994, Martin was legal advisor to the Swiss National Bank (Central Bank). In 1994 and 1997, respectively, he was a member of missions of the International Monetary Fund to Eastern European countries. Before taking up legal practice, Martin was a research assistant at the Faculty of law of the University of Zurich and earned his doctorate at the University of Zurich in 1984 summa cum laude. He was admitted to the bar in 1987.
Ronald Kogens MLL Legal
Ronald Kogens joined MLL in 2017 as an associate and became partner in July 2019. Before that he worked for a major global consulting firm. He was also part of the legal counsel team of a public listed pharmaceutical company at the headquarters in Switzerland and worked for its subsidiary in California, United States.
He specializes in FinTech, disruptive and new technologies and represents companies at all stages of their life cycles – from formation, business model/product structuring and fundraising through strategic transactions and public offerings.
Ronald has a profound knowledge of technology, IP and financial market law, in particular in the legal and technical aspects of FinTech business models and the tokenization of financial products, cloud infrastructures (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS), data centers, licensing of IP rights (proprietary licenses, open source licenses such as MIT, Apache, BSD, MPL 2.0, GPL 2.0, GPL 3.0 or AGPL 3.0), software development, and forming decentralized ecosystems (decentralized, autonomous organizations or full economies) using DLT as well as blockchain technology (industry related permissioned blockchains, public-chain layer-two scaling solutions or side chains).
Ronald Kogens is also specialized in angel investor financing (seed financing), venture capital financing (series A, series B, series C and series D) and private equity financing transactions in the FinTech space.
4th Floor, Marble House
1 Kingsway Road
Falomo, PO Box 52901
Ikoyi, Lagos
Tel: +234 1 461 7321
doturu@aelex.com
www.aelex.com
WWL says: Davidson Oturu bears the great distinction of being designated “an industry thought expert” in the field of blockchain, on account of his “significant contributions to the industry”.
Florastrasse 47 Zurich, 8008
Tel: +41 44 420 19 20 martin.hess@khm-partners.ch www.khm-partners.ch
WWL says: Martin Hess comes highly recommended by peers and clients as “a practitioner at the forefront of cutting-edge fintech and blockchain matters”.
Schiffbaustrasse 2 PO Box Zurich, 8031 Tel: +41 44 386 60 00 ronald.kogens@mll-legal.com www.mll-legal.com
WWL says: Ronald Kogens is highly sought after for possessing “deep expertise in blockchain”, as well as “a very solution-oriented approach”.
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Michèle Landtwing Leupi MME Legal Tax Compliance
Legal Partner, Attorney at Law, Notary public, Dipl. International & Swiss Fund Officer.
Protecting, defending and enforcing rights in the financial market: Your go-to expert for FinTech through to anti-corruption topics.
Michèle Landtwing Leupi is a Legal Partner at MME and an expert in complex compliance cases, internal investigations and regulatory matters. She advises companies in the authorization process and other requests to be submitted to the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
Michèle advises clients in the financial sector with a focus on financial market law, FinTech, DLT, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and compliance topics.
As an external compliance officer, she has been working for fund management companies and asset managers for many years. Prior to joining MME, she worked at a medium-sized commercial law firm in Zurich.
Reto Luthiger MLL Legal
Reto Luthiger joined MLL in 2010 and is a counsel in the firm’s regulatory practice as well as a co-Head of the firm’s legal practice group regulatory, fintech & DLT as well as of the industry groups blockchain technologies, insurance, internal Investigations & compliance. Before joining MLL, he worked in the enforcement division with the Swiss regulator FINMA.
He advises and represents domestic and international clients in traditional as well as fintech and-crypto-related financial markets regulatory and civil law matters as well as in enforcement, license and other proceedings before FINMA, self-regulatory organisations (SROs), supervisory organisations (SOs) and other authorities and courts. He has wide-ranging experience in banking, anti-money laundering, financial services, financial markets infrastructure and collective investment schemes law.
Since 2011, Reto acted in different functions for the Self-Regulatory Organization of Swiss Association of Investment Companies (SRO SAIC) and today he is the CEO. In 2021, he joined SR Saphirstein AG having a fintech license from FINMA as a member of the board of directors. He served as member of the board of Vita Joint Foundation until 2021.
Reto has a profound understanding of technology and business models as well as sound knowledge particularly in banking, AML, FinTech, DLT/blockchain, tokenization, payment, structured products, FATCA and AEOI and made his PhD in the area of AML. Further, he co-published to commentaries about the Swiss Financial Services Act/Swiss Financial Institutions Act as well as the Swiss Financial Market Infrastructure Act/Swiss Book-Entry Securities Act and is co-author in the book Developments in Swiss Blockchain-Law. He is fluent in German and English.
Zollstrasse 62, Zurich
8005, Zurich
Tel: +41 41 254 99 66
Fax: +41 44 254 99 60
michele.landtwing@mme.ch
www.mme.ch
WWL says: Michèle Landtwing Leupi is rated by market commentators as “highly effective at understanding key points to review, assess, and structure in managing deliverables” that pertain to blockchain.
Schiffbaustrasse 2
Zurich, PO Box 803
Tel: +41 44 396 91 77 reto.luthiger@mll-legal.com www.mll-legal.com
WWL says: Reto Luthiger is renowned in the blockchain field for his exemplary “responsiveness and creativity” that generates a wealth of “legally sound and workable business advice” for his clients.
Roland Mathys Schellenberg Wittmer
Roland Mathys heads Schellenberg Wittmer’s information and communication technology (ICT) and data law group. He often advises clients in outsourcing transactions and major technology projects. Roland also advises in all matters related to software development, digital platforms, technology IP protection and licensing, and emerging technologies (e.g., blockchain, IoT and AI). Data protection (both under Swiss law and in relation to the EU GDPR), cybersecurity, technology-related compliance issues and ICT dispute resolution are additional areas of strength in his practice.
Examples of Roland’s expertise include: counseling CSS, Switzerland’s largest health insurance provider, in the setup and launch of a landmark digital health application; counseling Pax, a major Swiss pension and life insurance company, in its tech sourcing and data protection related matters; counseling Manor, Switzerland’s largest department store chain, in ICT and data related matters; advising several large Silicon Valley technology companies in data privacy, telecommunications and regulatory matters under Swiss law and counseling one of the largest Swiss Cantonal banks in backsourcing its banking platform software and related IT services.
Roland is chair of the oversight committee of the International Technology Law Association; cyber security officer of the International Bar Association’s technology law committee; chapter co-chair for Switzerland of the International Association of Privacy Professionals; and co-chair of swissICT’s law committee. Roland is also board member, mediator and arbitrator for the Association for IT and Data Dispute Resolution ITDR as well as panellist to the arbitration and mediation centre of the World Intellectual Property Organization. He has recently been appointed as co-editor of sic! Switzerland’s leading publication for intellectual property, competition and information technology law.
Löwenstrasse 19 Zurich, 8021 Tel: +41 44 215 5252
roland.mathys@swlegal.ch www.swlegal.ch
WWL says: Roland Mathys is a top-tier practitioner in the field of fintech who has “long-standing experience” working with cutting edge technologies.
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Dr Kilian Schärli is a partner and notary public of MLL’s IP team and co-head of the firm’s Regulatory, FinTech and DLT team, which are consistently ranked as one of the top Swiss teams by peers and clients. Kilian Schärli works with domestic and international clients in the technology, industrial and internet sectors. He specializes in the fields of IP, blockchain technology, licensing and distribution. He has particular expertise in commercial and transactional work relating to these fields. Kilian Schärli serves as member of various boards of directors of Swiss as well as international companies. He appears as an opinion leader in his field in client and peer feedback ratings. Kilian Schärli has authored various publications in his areas of expertise and regularly speaks at expert conferences.
DIRECTORY
An asterisk denotes practitioners who have profiles in the preceding pages.
Nominees have been selected based on comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practitioners worldwide.
Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.
Australia
Nick Abrahams Norton Rose Fulbright Australia nick.abrahams@nortonrosefulbright.com
Michael Bacina Piper Alderman mbacina@piperalderman.com.au
Natasha Blycha Herbert Smith Freehills Natasha.Blycha@hsf.com
Dudley Kneller Gadens Lawyers dudley.kneller@gadens.com
Adrian J Lawrence Baker McKenzie Adrian.Lawrence@bakermckenzie.com
Robert Neely Lander & Rogers rneely@landers.com.au
Tae Royle Ashurst tae.royle@ashurst.com
Amor Sexton Adroit Lawyers amor@adroitlawyers.com.au
Georgina Willcock Gilbert + Tobin gwillcock@gtlaw.com.au
Austria
Axel Anderl DORDA Rechtsanwälte GmbH axel.anderl@dorda.at
Bryan Hollmann Stadler Voelkel bryan.hollmann@svlaw.at
Stefan Paulmayer CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH stefan.paulmayer@cms-rrh.com
Belgium
Steven De Schrijver* Astrea sds@astrealaw.be
Canada
Ontario
Ana Badour
McCarthy Tétrault LLP abadour@mccarthy.ca
Chad Bayne
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP cbayne@osler.com
Eric Boehm
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP eboehm@blg.com
Simon Grant Bennett Jones LLP grants@bennettjones.com
Wendy Gross Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP wgross@osler.com
Simon Hodgett Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP shodgett@osler.com
Mike Hollinger Dentons Canada LLP mike.hollinger@dentons.com
Christine G Ing
McCarthy Tétrault LLP christineing@mccarthy.ca
Matias Milet Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP mmilet@osler.com
Tracy Molino Dentons Canada LLP tracy.molino@dentons.com
Usman Sheikh Gowling WLG usman.sheikh@gowlingwlg.com
Lori Stein McCarthy Tétrault LLP lstein@mccarthy.ca
Quebec Naïm Antaki Gowling WLG naim.antaki@gowlingwlg.com
Cayman Islands
Bradley Kruger Ogier bradley.kruger@ogier.com
Nicholas Pattman Conyers nicholas.pattman@conyers.com
Nick Rogers Ogier nick.rogers@ogier.com
Alistair Russell
Carey Olsen alistair.russell@careyolsen.com
China
Schiffbaustrasse 2 Zurich, PO Box 803 Tel: +41 41 768 11 04
kilian.schaerli@mll-legal.com www.mll-legal.com
WWL says: Kilian Schärli is a highly esteemed and well-connected practitioner in the field of fintech who is highly sought after for his practical advice.
Maarten Stassen Crowell & Moring LLP mstassen@crowell.com
Brazil
Ricardo Binnie Pinheiro Neto Advogados rbinnie@pn.com.br
Alexei Bonamin TozziniFreire Advogados abonamin@tozzinifreire.com.br
Fernando Mirandez Del Nero Gomes Pinheiro Neto Advogados fgomes@pn.com.br
Jack Ding Duan & Duan jack.ding@duanduan.com
Patrick Phua
Ashurst: China, Beijing patrick.phua@ashurst.com
Luping Yu
Zhong Lun Law Firm yuluping@zhonglun.com
Croatia
Edin Karakas
Zuric i Partneri
edin.karakas@zuric-i-partneri.hr
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Czech Republic
Vojtěch Chloupek
Bird & Bird s r o advokátní kancelář vojtech.chloupek@twobirds.com
Tomás Scerba
White & Case (Europe) LLP tomas.scerba@whitecase.com
Lenka Suchánková
Pierstone lenka.suchankova@pierstone.com
Denmark
Lars Lüneborg Horten lar@horten.dk
David Moalem Bech-Bruun dmm@bechbruun.com
Marlene Winther Plas
DLA Piper Denmark Law Firm mwp@lett.dk
Thomas Weisbjerg
Mazanti-Andersen Korsø Jensen twe@mazanti.dk
Martin von Haller Grønbæk Bird & Bird Advokatpartnerselskab martin.vonhaller@twobirds.com
Egypt
Girgis Abd El-Shahid
Shahid Law Firm girgis.shahid@shahidlaw.com
Tarek Badawy
Shahid Law Firm tarek.badawy@shahidlaw.com
Sara Abdel Gabbar
Zaki Hashem & Partners sara.abdelgabbar@hashemlaw.com
Mohamed Ghannam
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker McKenzie International) mohamed.ghannam@bakermckenzie.com
Yasser Hashem
Zaki Hashem & Partners yasser@hashemlaw.com
England
Victoria Birch
Norton Rose Fulbright victoria.birch@nortonrosefulbright.com
Tim Bird
Fieldfisher tim.bird@fieldfisher.com
Jonathan Chertkow
Hogan Lovells International LLP jonathan.chertkow@hoganlovells.com
Stuart Davis
Latham & Watkins stuart.davis@lw.com
Jonathan Emmanuel Bird & Bird LLP jonathan.emmanuel@twobirds.com
Jonathan Garforth
Dentons
jonathan.garforth@dentons.com
Tom Grogan
Mishcon de Reya tom.grogan@mishcon.com
Jacqui Hatfield
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe jhatfield@orrick.com
Etay Katz
Ashurst LLP etay.katz@ashurst.com
Charles Kerrigan
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP charles.kerrigan@cms-cmno.com
Jonathan Kewley
Clifford Chance LLP
jonathan.kewley@cliffordchance.com
Ben Kingsley Slaughter and May ben.kingsley@slaughterandmay.com
Sue McLean
Baker McKenzie sue.mclean@bakermckenzie.com
Andrew C Moyle Latham & Watkins andrew.moyle@lw.com
Ben Regnard-Weinrabe Allen & Overy LLP ben.regnard-weinrabe@allenovery.com
John Salmon Hogan Lovells International LLP john.salmon@hoganlovells.com
Rob Sumroy Slaughter and May rob.sumroy@slaughterandmay.com
Harriet Territt Jones Day hterritt@jonesday.com
France
Emilien Bernard-Alzias
Simmons & Simmons emilien.bernard-alzias@simmons-simmons.com
Etienne Drouard
Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP etienne.drouard@hoganlovells.com
Arnaud Grünthaler
Fieldfisher arnaud.grunthaler@fieldfisher.com
Mahasti Razavi August & Debouzy mrazavi@august-debouzy.com
Germany
Lutz Auffenberg FIN LAW
Lutz.Auffenberg@fin-law.de
Jörn Heckmann
CMS Hasche Sigle joern.heckmann@cms-hs.com
Michael Jünemann Bird & Bird LLP
Markus Kaulartz
CMS Hasche Sigle markus.kaulartz@cms-hs.com
Robert Michels Dentons robert.michels@dentons.com
Nick Wittek Jones Day nwittek@jonesday.com
Hong Kong
Urszula McCormack King & Wood Mallesons urszula.mccormack@hk.kwm.com
Mark Parsons
Hogan Lovells mark.parsons@hoganlovells.com
Yu Pui Hang
L&Y Law Office hyu@lylawoffice.com
Scott Thiel
DLA Piper Hong Kong scott.thiel@dlapiper.com
Indonesia
Putu Raditya Nugraha UMBRA raditya@umbra.law
Christian Teo
Christian Teo & Partners cteo@cteolaw.com
Zacky Zainal Husein
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners zacky.husein@ahp.id
Ireland
Leo Moore
William Fry leo.moore@williamfry.com
Claire Morrissey Maples Group cmorrissey@maples.com
Japan
Ken Kawai* Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Ken.Kawai@amt-law.com
Korea
Joon Young Kim Kim & Chang joonyoung.kim@kimchang.com
Mexico
Diego A Ramos Castillo Ramos Ripoll & Schuster Abogados dramos@rrs.com.mx
Netherlands
Martijn Schoonewille Loyens & Loeff NV martijn.schoonewille@loyensloeff.com
Femke Stroucken
CMS Derks Star Busmann femke.stroucken@cms-dsb.com
Katja van Kranenburg
CMS Derks Star Busmann katja.vankranenburg@cms-dsb.com
Nigeria
Funmilayo Otsemobor Aluko & Oyebode funmilayo.otsemobor@aluko-oyebode.com
Davidson Oturu* AÉLEX doturu@aelex.com
Damilola Salawu Olaniwun Ajayi LP dsalawu@olaniwunajayi.net
Pakistan
Khozem A Haidermota Haidermota & Co khozem.haidermota@hmco.com.pk
Philippines
Mark S Gorriceta
Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra msgorriceta@gorricetalaw.com
Poland
Krzysztof Wojdylo
Wardyński & Partners krzysztof.wojdylo@wardynski.com.pl
Tomasz Zalewski
Bird & Bird Szepietowski i wspólnicy sp.k tomasz.zalewski@twobirds.com
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Portugal
Bruno Ferreira PLMJ
bruno.ferreira@plmj.pt
André Figueiredo PLMJ
andre.figueiredo@plmj.pt
Paulo Costa Martins
Cuatrecasas
pcmartins@cuatrecasas.com
Tiago Correia Moreira VdA
tcm@vda.pt
Gonçalo dos Reis Martins PLMJ
goncalo.reismartins@plmj.pt
Fernando Resina da Silva VdA
frs@vda.pt
Singapore
Li Chuan Hsu
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP lichuan.hsu@dentons.com
Stephanie Magnus Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow Stephanie.Magnus@BakerMcKenzie.com
Kenneth Oh
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP kenneth.oh@dentons.com
Switzerland
Zurich
Jana Essebier VISCHER AG jessebier@vischer.com
Andreas Glarner MME Legal Tax Compliance andreas.glarner@mme.ch
Martin Hess*
Künzi Hess MacNab martin.hess@khm-partners.ch
Ronald Kogens* MLL Legal ronald.kogens@mll-legal.com
Michèle Landtwing Leupi* MME Legal Tax Compliance michele.landtwing@mme.ch
Thomas Linder MME Legal Tax Compliance thomas.linder@mme.ch
Reto Luthiger* MLL Legal reto.luthiger@mll-legal.com
Roland Mathys* Schellenberg Wittmer roland.mathys@swlegal.ch
Luka Müller-Studer MME Legal Tax Compliance luka.mueller@mme.ch
Kilian Schärli * MLL Legal kilian.schaerli@mll-legal.com
Cornelia Stengel Kellerhals Carrard KlG cornelia.stengel@kellerhals-carrard.ch
United Arab Emirates
Nasser Ali Khasawneh Eversheds Sutherland nasseralikhasawneh@eversheds-sutherland.com
Brian A Meenagh Latham & Watkins LLP brian.meenagh@lw.com
USA
California
Mitzi Chang Goodwin Procter LLP mchang@goodwinlaw.com
Grant Fondo
Goodwin gfondo@goodwinprocter.com
Abradat Kamalpour Jones Day akamalpour@jonesday.com
Mark F Radcliffe
DLA Piper LLP (US) mark.radcliffe@dlapiper.com
Timothy Spangler Dechert LLP timothy.spangler@dechert.com
District of Columbia
David Beam Mayer Brown LLP dbeam@mayerbrown.com
Jenny Cieplak
Latham & Watkins LLP
jenny.cieplak@lw.com
Alan Cohn Steptoe & Johnson LLP acohn@steptoe.com
Joel D Feinberg
Sidley Austin LLP
jfeinberg@sidley.com
Gregory Lisa Hogan Lovells US LLP
gregory.lisa@hoganlovells.com
Pratin Vallabhaneni White & Case LLP
pratin.vallabhaneni@whitecase.com
Illinois Glynna Christian
Holland & Knight LLP
Glynna.Christian@hklaw.com
Marcelo Halpern Perkins Coie LLP
MHalpern@perkinscoie.com
New York
Howard Altarescu
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP haltarescu@orrick.com
Sarah Davidoff
Ropes & Gray LLP
sarah.davidoff@ropesgray.com
Charles Gelinas
Dentons US LLP
charles.gelinas@dentons.com
J Christopher Giancarlo
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
jcgiancarlo@willkie.com
Douglas Landy White & Case LLP dlandy@whitecase.com
Stuart D Levi Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP stuart.levi@skadden.com
Joel Telpner
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
jtelpner@sullivanlaw.com
Washington
Joseph Cutler Perkins Coie LLP
JCutler@perkinscoie.com
J Dax Hansen Perkins Coie LLP
dhansen@perkinscoie.com
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