Index A & M Bacon Limited Cost Consultancy Law Firm of the Year – UK Afschrift Overall Tax Law Firm of the Year – Belgium D. H. Law Associates Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor of the Year – India
Deep & Far Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - Taiwan EHRLICH & FENSTER Intellectual Property Law Firm of The Year – Israel Gagrats Advocates & Solicitors Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year – India GÜRLICH & Co Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year - Czech Republic Intercorp Group Taxation Law Advisor of the Year KB Associates Offshore Fund Consulting Firm of the Year – UK
Kilburn & Strode LLP Advisor of the Year 2014 - UK Kpmg Advisor Of The Year 2014 - Malaysia KPMG Advisors AE Advisor of the Year 2014 - Greece - Corporate Finance Accountancy Firm of the Year Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo Arbitration & Litigation Law Firm of the Year - Indonesia Nabil Farag Law Firm Advisor of the Year - 2014 - Maritime Law Firm of the Year Egypt
Sadis & Goldberg Overall Law Firm of the Year - USA Saxinger, Chalupsky & Partner Rechtsanwalte GmbH Advisor of the Year 2014 - M&A, Real Estate, Banking & Finance and Corporate Law firm of the Year - Austria Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP Arbitration & Litigation Law Firm of the Year - United Arab Emirates Stillwaters Law Firm Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - Nigeria
Cost Consultancy Law Firm of the Year - UK WHO WE ARE A&M Bacon Limited are an award winning national firm of Civil Litigation Costs Specialists. We have been established for over 25 years and were founded by Michael Bacon, the father of the Leading Costs Counsel, Nicholas Bacon QC. The practice is led by Jessica Swannell and together with Senior Costs Lawyer Caroline Cousins were both awarded the Gold Cup for qualifying as Costs Lawyers as top of their class. A&M are an industry leading practice with a wealth of knowledge in all areas of Legal Costs. A&M are fully regulated by the Costs Lawyers Standards Board and must comply with a strict code of conduct. As fully qualified Costs Lawyers, we have rights of audience in all costs matters up to but excluding the Court of Appeal. We are a special advisors to the Law Society Practice department on practical costs budgeting. WHY A&M A&M are a highly respected firm of Legal Costs Specialists in the Legal Industry. We provide up to date, in-depth knowledge of Legal Costs and we are heavily involved in key industry leading cases and have the experience to back it up. A&M offers technical expertise in all areas of legal costs law. We are concerned with costs relating to every type of legal matter that crosses a Solicitor’s desk. Our Costs Lawyers are therefore not restricted to one narrow area of law and acquire knowledge of law and procedure enabling them to deal effectively with a wide variety of costs work. We handle cases from Tribunals, Arbitrations and the full Court system, Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and Privy Council. A&M offer a personal service providing detailed attention to every case. We are not believers in the ‘production line’ approach but we can react quickly to urgent cases and turn them round promptly in order to maximize our clients’ cash flow. We ensure our service is tailored to suit the
needs of both your client and your firm. We provide detailed, accurate and timely costs information to make the process of legal costs as smooth as possible. A&M do not have different departments for different types of work, the Costs Lawyer who works on your case will be the Costs Lawyer who conducts the file right through to a hearing. You will only ever have to deal with one person on your file throughout the process to ensure consistency and trust. A&M are large enough to cope but small enough to care.
THE KEY TEAM
Jessica Swannell, Senior Costs Lawyer and Practice Manager Jessica Swannell started her career with A&M in 2007 as a Trainee Costs Lawyer. She became a fully qualified Costs Lawyer in December 2011 after sitting the Costs Lawyer examination in which she achieved a 95% pass mark and was awarded the gold cup for achieving the highest marks. Jessica has also attended many training conferences on Management & Leadership to ensure the smooth running of A&M. Jessica provides a personal service to all her clients to ensure that each client has a unique service applicable to their costs needs. Jessica collates a large amount of Management Information to ensure the success of A&M and to continue to improve the high standards of work A&M provide. Jessica Swannell is the designated first choice Costs Lawyer for Gallagher Bassett on Ministry of Defence work. Jessica Swannell was involved in the High Court decision of Patterson v. MoD in which A&M saved the Ministry of Defence millions of pounds. A&M were successful in having the success fee applicable to Non-Freezing Cold Injury cases reduced to 25% based on an Injury rather than 62.5% based on an Industrial Disease. Jessica has vast experience on High Value Complex adverse and recovery cases. E: Jessica.swannell@aandmbacon.co.uk T: 01733 359024
Faith Cosgrove, LLB (Hons), CILEx, Trainee Costs Lawyer and Team Leader Faith joined A & M Bacon in March 2014. Having completed her A-Levels Faith went onto study Law at DeMontfort University in Leicester obtaining a 2:1 degree. She was active with mooting and debating throughout her degree and was Mistress of the Moots for two years. She went onto represent her University in various national competitions. After completing her degree Faith secured a place on the BPTC at Nottingham Trent University. After completion of the BPTC Faith secured a job in legal costs and has continued to work in the sector since. She has worked for several costs companies in and around London, predominantly focused on Defendant work, before relocating back to the Peterborough Area. Faith works as an advocate on Costs hearings and continues to deal with all manner of hearings from applications to CCMC’s and full detailed assessments, even representing clients on a Costs Appeals. She is now in her first year of the Costs Lawyer Course and is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and is hoping to become a Fellow in 2016. Faith is also a team leader of A&M to ensure that the high standard of work is maintained in her team. E:faith.cosgrove@aandmbacon.co.uk T: 01733 359028
Hayley Moore, Trainee Costs Lawyer and Team Leader Hayley joined A&M in June 2012, after starting her career as an investigator into legal liability claims. She started with A&M as a Trainee Costs Lawyer / Legal Costs Consultant, having already had experience in legal costs. Hayley started her first year of the Association of Costs Lawyer
course in September 2012 and has now successfully completed the first two years and is now currently working towards her third and final module. Hayley regularly attends training conferences for legal costs, civil and commercial litigation. Whilst working with A&M Hayley has developed a good knowledge of After the Event Insurance and the recoverability of the same. Hayley was involved in the recently published case of Finglands Coachways Ltd v O’Hare which was heard on appeal at the Manchester High Court. A&M were successful in defending the permission to Appeal and the Appeal was dismissed. Hayley has experience in drafting high value Bills of Costs after assisting with 3million Bill of Costs. Hayley is also a team leader of A&M to ensure that the high standard of work is maintained in her team. E:Hayley.Moore@aandmbacon.co.uk T: 01733 359022
A&M also has a highly professional team of a dozen fee earners, these are Costs Lawyers, Solicitors, Trainee Costs Lawyers, dedicated support team and a network of highly respected Costs Counsel. SERVICES A&M provide an in depth service in respect of the following: -
Costs Budgeting Adverse Costs Costs Recovery Advocacy Advice and Consultancy Panel Auditing
CONTACT DETAILS: 300 Eastrea Road Peterborough PE7 2AR 01733 350880 mail@aandmbacon.co.uk
Legal Costs Specialists A&M Bacon Limited are an award winning national firm of Civil Litigation Costs Specialists. We have been established for over 25 years and were founded by Michael Bacon, the father of the Leading Costs Counsel, Nicholas Bacon QC. The practice is led by Jessica Swannell and together with Senior Costs Lawyer Caroline Cousins were both awarded the Gold Cup for qualifying as Costs Lawyers as top of their class. A&M are an industry leading practice with a wealth of knowledge in all areas of Legal Costs. A&M are fully regulated by the Costs Lawyers Standards Board and must comply with a strict code of conduct. As fully qualified Costs Lawyers, we have rights of audience in all costs matters up to but excluding the Court of Appeal. We are a special advisors to the Law Society Practice department on practical costs budgeting.
Commercial Civil Litigation Law Firm of the Year - Brazil Founded by well-known lawyers in Brazil, coming from the main law offices in the country, Basilio Advogados acts in the corporate field, based on services to great companies from several sectors, such as utilities concessionaires, mining companies, banks, construction companies, shopping malls, as well as individuals. The Firm counts on a multidisciplinary team, which performs in several corporate sectors, prioritizing ethics in their relations, and the ongoing search for excellence. Along with the constant evolution of the social demands, and aligned to technological resources, the office has as its main purpose and institutional compromise the provision of services of legal excellence, the hand-made execution and a performance of the works like no other offices, lined on a client's customized treatment policy, we always seek for most objective, fast and adequate solution for every issue. The Office currently counts, in its chart of employees, on lawyers strictly selected from the disputed legal market. They are professionals of proven competence, who bring together the consistent ethical-professional vocation and team spirit with an extent and well succeeded performance experience before several courts of the country. The team is also comprised by Mr. Frederico José Leite Gueiros, former President of the TRF of the 2nd Region and the prestigious Professor Carlos Roberto Barbosa Moreira, legal advisors of the firm. Most of the members of Basilio Advogados have concluded specialization and post graduation courses in the most prestigious universities of Brazil, United States and Europe. The stimulus to the studies is another differential of the team's culture of formation. Area of Practice
Litigation Arbitration and Mediation Real Estate Law Succession Law Consumer Corporate Reorganization Administrative-regulatory Environmental Law Constitutional Law Corporate Law Contact Details Av. Presidente Wilson, 210 – 12th and 13th floors Centro – Rio de Janeiro – RJ Postal Code: 20030-021 Telephone: 55 21 2277-4200 Fax: 55 21 2210-6316
Overall Tax Law Firm of the Year Belgium AFSCHRIFT is a niche tax boutique: its lawyers, most of which teach at the University, practice almost exclusively tax cases. Services are highly personalized and confidentiality is jealously preserved. AFSCHRIFT (Listed several times in www.worldfinance100.com and 3 times recipient of the Belgian legal awards) is a multi-awarded 24 lawyer’s boutique law firm established in Brussels, Antwerp, Geneva, Luxembourg, Madrid, Tel Aviv and Hong Kong. The firm provides personalized consultancy services on the fields of direct and indirect taxation, especially (international) tax optimization and (corporate, estate and real estate) planning, while defending taxpayers in tax and white collar crime cases before the courts; it has participated in the major tax trials of the past 20 years. The firm’s clientele includes individuals, industrial and commercial companies, Luxembourgian, Swiss and Belgian banks, as well as companies established out of Belgium. Due to the partners’ expertise on European tax law, as well as their specific knowledge of Swiss, Belgian, Luxembourgian, Spanish and Israeli tax law, AFSCHRIFT’s lawyers are in position to help companies to achieve the best optimization of their tax situation and individuals to optimize the planning of their estate. Managing partner and founder Thierry Afschrift, professor to the Free University of Brussels, deputy judge to the Court of appeal and referred as “Best Tax Lawyer-Belgium 2009” (World Finance Magazine), is admitted to the Brussels, Antwerp and Madrid Bar, while being member of Luxembourg, Geneva and Hong Kong bars. Companies and individuals have to face the three principal problems in Belgium: over-regulation (but not always of optimal quality), constant increase of the State’s powers and, also constant, increase of taxes. In this frame, Afschrift’s role is to help its clients to prepare, efficiently and legally, future operations… and/or to mend existing ones. That means that the crisis did not really touched the firm, except on the field of consultancy on commercial operations, as business have been slowed down by the crisis. No special measures have been taken, nor have changes of the firm’s policy been made.
AFSCHRIFT’s lawyers still work in the same manner, trying to always achieve the best results for their clients. From a business point of view, our goal is to reinforce our position in the Benelux and Switzerland and Luxembourg, where the lawmakers prove themselves of a great creativity on the tax field. The firm will also probably spread its activities in Asia, as the situation in Europe risks to worsen, given the increase of sovereign debts, and the austerity policy followed by the most of the European countries, which will probably result in an new increase of taxes, while the business and labor markets will, in the best of the scenarios, only stabilize. This recession, which will probably touch also the Scandinavian countries, as well as the stagnation of the economic growth, will force a number of European companies to extend their activities in other, more distant, markets.
Contact Details Avenue Louise, 208 1050 BRUSSELS BELGIUM T +32 2 646 46 36 F +32 2 644 38 00
Advisor of the Year 2014 - Greece Corporate Finance Accountancy Firm of the Year KPMG in Greece is member of the global KPMG network of professional services firms. With a presence in Greece since 1971, we are 400 outstanding local professionals providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services, to help our clients meet their goals. Our team combines cumulatively over 100 years of expertise related to various industries and areas of expertise, such as investment banking, industrial companies, audit, tax and legal, thus being able to source the ideal experts for each engagement in order to deliver a unique and value added service to the client. The corporate finance practice of KPMG Greece has served as a pioneering advisor to a large number of clients and decision makers including global corporations in the retail/consumer goods industry, manufacturing, telecoms, banking, infrastructure and pharmaceuticals. Services offered include M&A, Valuations, Capital Raising, Restructuring, and Structured Financial Modelling as well as Private Equity Advisory services. KPMG’s corporate finance arm has been among the leading advisory firms to be appointed as advisors to the Hellenic Republic in advising them in privatizations and restructuring projects. Our Corporate Finance practice is led by professionals having a vast combined experience of over 30 years in advisory and investment banking practices. Certain macroeconomic conditions in Greece have driven many companies in financial difficulties and indebtedness. In this context, companies have to strive dealing with correlated difficulties such as high unemployment, low private consumption, lack of liquidity, low investing appetite, real estate properties devaluation and increased corporate taxation. KPMG has met each client’s expectation in a very challenging and demanding environment, where creativity is also required when taking all these factors in consideration when providing the best advice to our clients. Indicative List of Clients we have worked with recently, include: Forthnet S.A. (listed telco) Power Public Corporation National Bank of Greece
Ilva Group A leading resorts operator (undisclosed) Eurobank SA Starbulk (NASDAQ listed company) Hellenic Republic – restructuring and privatization projects Delhaize Group Goodyear Hellas Dromeus Capital We normally build our solutions based on our previous experience in similar cases, and are flexible enough to draw on the relevant expertise outside our organization when required. That being said, we do also deliver tailor made services to meet our clients’ objectives in very complex projects. The local market will be highly affected by the progress in the political scene and the results of the elections which are to take place by the end of January. The debate for the so-called “Grexit” has come up again, but we believe that a smoother solution will prevail. Assuming that no macroeconomic accident will occur in 2015, we will continue to grow the Corporate Finance practice with a focus on the most promising sectors of the Greek economy such as tourism, the financial sector and telecommunications. Debt restructuring and refinancing issues will continue to be of priority within 2015 too.
Contact Details KPMG Greece Thanos Tsotsoros Director, Financial Advisory Services, Head of Corporate Finance & Restructuring. atsotsoros@kpmg.gr tel. + 30 210 60 62 100
Corporate Law Firm of the Year – France Founded in 1920, Cabinet Ratheaux has, over the years, taken part in the creation and development of a considerable number of large corporations in Lyon and the Rhône-Alpes region, and still continues to help its clients in their National and International development. Cabinet Ratheaux has strong expertise in the field of business law covering company, tax and labour law, law of contract, economic law, securities and regulation law, venture capital law, Intellectual property law and acts either as a legal advisor or takes care of litigation matters. The companies which have chosen Cabinet Ratheaux come from large retail, industrial chemical, metallurgical, plastics and the pharmaceutical industries, as well as automobile manufacturing suppliers, IT and software services or venture-capital companies. Cabinet Ratheaux also regularly advises a variety of national and International groups. Cabinet Ratheaux main Lyon office consists of about fifty diversely specialized professionals and is managed by ten partners. It is recognized as one of the leading business law firms in France. Awarded best French full service law firm. Areas of Practice Tax Law Corporate Law Labour Law Contracts Competition – Sales Litigation Law Company Financial Reorganization – Debt Collection Intellectual Property New Technology International Relations Contact Details Cité Internationale 34 Quai Charles de Gaulle 69463 Lyon Cedex 06 E-mail : ratheaux@ratheaux.fr Phone: +33 (0)4 72 61 75 75 Fax: +33 (0)4 78 60 00 09
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR ISRAEL Ehrlich & Fenster is a leading Israel based Patent and Trademark Attorneys Firm, offering premiere expertise in all matters concerning the protection and prosecution of Intellectual Property. The synergism between highly personalized service and unrivalled expertise in all technological fields has made Ehrlich & Fenster the most reputable IP firm in Israel. The Firm provides Patent, Design, Trademark, Litigation Support and Breeder’s Rights services to Corporations, Institutions, Governmental Institutes, Universities and Individual clients around the world. The firm and its team are renowned for excellence in both the local and international professional arena. Extensive professional knowledge and experience, along with scientific insight enables Ehrlich & Fenster to offer an optimal Intellectual Property strategy, and assisting in managing the intellectual property portfolio, for clients in light of the client’s business strategy, be it in licensing, investment, financing and multi-billion buyout exits and deals. The technical depth of the firm and the industrial and academic experience of the key patent attorneys enables our attorneys to get to the heart of the technical and business aspects of the client’s R&D and product line so that it can provide the protection that the client needs and to which the client is entitled. Key clients include all the major universities and medical and research institutes in Israel such as Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.; Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. at the Weizmann Institute of Science; Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.; Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.; Ben Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority. The firm has filed patent applications for several Nobel and Wolf Prize laureates as well. Private and public companies for which the firm have performed substantial Intellectual Property work in the recent year include, inter alia, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.; IBM Corporation; Stratasys; Protalix Ltd.; Cheetah Medical; Ceragon Networks Ltd.; Biosensors International Group, Ltd.; Elminda Ltd.; Mobli Media Inc; Nintendo Co Ltd; Plasson Ltd; Playtech Software Ltd; Real Madrid Club de Futbol; Kaiima Ltd. and Cyber-Ark Software Ltd. Main Areas of Practice: Biotech: The department specializes in IP matters in fields such as nucleic acids, peptides, proteins, diagnostics, cell therapy, embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, protein production, nucleic acid production, modulation of biochemical pathways, immunoreactive and immunomodulating molecules and cells, and their use in the treatment and/ or diagnostics of cancer, cognitive disorders, diabetes, inflammatory
disorders and genetic disorders, genetically modified organisms and their uses in, e.g., agriculture, plant breeding, hybrid seed technology and nutrition to list a few. Contact: DR Hadassa Waterman, Patent Attorney Email: hadassa@ipatent.co.il Pharma/Chemistry: The department specializes in IP matters in fields such as pharmacology, chemistry, nanotechnology, material science, energy conversion, cleantech, agrochemistry, cosmetics, nutrition, etc. Contact: DR Revital Green, Patent Attorney Email: revital@ipatent.co.il Physics: The department specializes in IP matters in fields such as energy conversion, radiotherapy devices, optical waveguides, micro- and nanotechnology, medical signal analyses, medical devices, mechanical devices, solid state devices and many types of imaging technologies. The department also specializes in protecting of non-tangible inventions such as inventions related to data analysis and image processing. Contact: DR Eran Naftali, Patent Attorney Email: eran@ipatent.co.il Hi-Tech: The department specializes in IP matters in fields such as communications engineering and signal processing, imaging technology, image processing, digital printing technologies, digital electronics, electronic design and simulation technology, semiconductor technology, measurement and sensing, including laser sensing, and ultrasound technologies and touch and smell-based sensing, applications of numerical analysis and algorithms including cryptography and steganography, data security and digital rights management, also Data Storage Technologies and Systems and Data Migration, Network Technologies and Network Management Technologies, including Network Security, and Robotics. Contact: Geoffrey L Melnick, Patent Attorney (Israel), European Patent Attorney, UK Chartered Patent Agent Email: geoff@ipatent.co.il Software, Information System: The Software department has substantial experience in advising clients in relation to intellectual property protection for computer implemented inventions in a wide range of technologies (hardware and software), including search engine technology, electronic commerce and financial services, content distribution, database and memory management, internet security, gaming machines, cellular communications, telecommunications, cloud computing, social network platforms, wireless communication, image processing, multi-media data streaming and management, and network management. In providing invention extraction services to startups and inventors, the Software department includes a team of patent attorneys with strong industry experience and legal background. The department provides services to private inventors, start-up companies, universities, medical centers, and international corporations. Contact: Roy S. Melzer, Advocate, Patent Attorney, Email: roy@ipatent.co.il Medical Devices: The department specializes in IP matters in fields such as Medical Devices and Methods, Cleantech, Mechanics, Bio-Tech & Industrial instrumentation, Medical Imaging and Interdisciplinary fields such as
Bioinformatics and Computational Chemistry. The department also specializes in strategic design of patent portfolios, value-oriented approach to IP decision making, patent mining services for TTOs, managing re-examinations with licensing and litigation at stake and fine-tuning patents and patent applications for specific needs. Contact: Maier Fenster, Patent Attorney, US Patent Agent Email: maier@ipatent.co.il Litigation Support: Headed by Dr. Paul Fenster, who has over 20 years’ experience in this area, this department deals with cases which involve actual or potential litigation or which involve due diligence or analysis of patents or patent portfolios during acquisition or investment. The firm advises clients on preparing for litigation and help clients to find suitable representation overseas. The firm continues to be involved in the technical and interface aspects of these litigations remaining deeply involved in these cases during their entire lifetime. The firm has a major part in cases of this type in the US, the EPO, the UK, Germany, Japan, China and Singapore. The firm also represents clients in discussions with foreign patent holders who assert their patents against our clients. Contact: DR Paul Fenster, Patent Attorney Email: paulf@ipatent.co.il Trademarks, Design Patents: The firm provides trademark availability and infringement analysis, advising clients on practical ways to enhance protection of their IP rights by searching and clearing proposed trademarks, obtaining local and foreign trademark registrations, complex prosecution of 3D trademarks and slogans, trademark oppositions, rival proceedings and cancellation actions before the Israeli Trademark Office. Clients range from individuals and start-ups to large Israeli and foreign companies. Example of foreign clients includes Giorgio Armani, Nintendo, Real Madrid, Ulker, Re/Max International. Contact: Yoel Sztybel, Advocate, Email: yoel@ipatent.co.il
Contact Details: G.E. Ehrlich (1995) LTD., The Rogovin-Tidhar Tower, 15th Floor, 11 Menachem Begin Road, 5268104 Ramat-Gan, Israel Tel: +972-73-7919199 | Fax: +972-73-7919100 | www.ipatent.co.il | patents@ipatent.co.il
G. E. Ehrlich (1995) Ltd. The Rogovin-Tidhar Tower, 15th Floor 11 Menachem Begin Road Ramat-Gan, 5286104, Israel Tel.: 972-73-791-9199 Fax.: 972-73-791-9100 info@ipatent.co.il
Advisor of the Year - 2014 - Maritime Law Firm of the Year – Egypt Nabil Farag Law Firm is dealing with all aspects of business, Trade, Maritime, Arbitration and Financial affairs. We also handle both straightforward and complex legal matters, the firm is covering all aspects of litigation, Legal defence and all other legal affairs, the partners are charging for each department in the firm and may act as a focal point for the client's contact with the firm. Many of our lawyers are specialists in their legal field. In fact, they are experts in their legal work in the firm. Nabil Farag Law Firm was founded in 1991 by its managing partner, DR Nabil Farag. The firm has grown up steadily and is now one of the largest firms in the field of Maritime Law and all aspects of litigation in Egypt. The head office is based in Port Said, and headquarters are based in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez. Each of our clients is unique with particular business concerns. We are giving a personal commitment for all of our clients to understand their cases and objects rapidly and effectively and to expedite solutions by means of clear and practical legal advice and action. The practical application of excellence and cross-utilization of special skills which are provided by all of our lawyers, as professional, culminate in the production of a comprehensive legal package and tailored to the specific circumstances of each client. We have a huge numbers of clients from Europe, USA, Asia, Africa and all over the world, each of our clients is unique with particular business concerns. We are giving a personal commitment for all of our clients to understand their cases and objects rapidly and effectively and to expedite solutions by means of clear and practical legal advice and action. The practical application of excellence and cross-utilization of special skills which are provided by all of our lawyers, as professional, culminate in the production of a comprehensive legal package and tailored to the specific circumstances of each client. Practice Areas: Banking & Finance Commercial & Corporate Litigation Intellectual Property International trade agency disputes
Capital Markets Insurance & Reinsurance Oil & Gas Privatization Tourism & Hotels
Tax Law Mergers and Acquisitions Accounting & Auditing Company management Business Formation Taxation & insolvency Credit work Business consultancy Marketing services Anti-dumping and Trade disputes
Travel & Services Translation Services Project Finance & PPP Law Probate Law Guardianship & Conservatorship Franchising Immigration Bankruptcy & Restructuring Family & Divorce Law School Law (and Special Education).
The Arab Transport Ministers Council, Which was hold on the last year in Alexandria, Egypt, had decided to adopting "The suggestion of establishing specialized maritime courts in the Arab World" which was submitted by Mr/ Nabil Farag, The managing partner of Nabil Farag Law Firm, The Arab Transport Ministers Council, had decided in the article No 4 of his decisions to highly adopted this suggestion and to move this suggestion to "The Arab Justice Ministers Council" to take the necessary steps to execution. Our law firm is handle both straightforward and complex legal matters, We study the case by extra-ordinary ways and preparing searches in full in a high class levels such as a master and doctorate searches exactly to be presenting to the courts in order to get the full success and progress to the clients Our law firm is aspire and preparing to prolong the branches in Europe, USA and Asia through the next few year, The firm is see the market in 2013/2014 is good but it's expected to goahead and straight-forward in 2015.
Contact Details: Nabil Farag Law Firm. ------------------------------------------------Office: 23 July & Abou El-Feda St., El-Shark. Second Floor, El - Shammaa Tower, 42111. P. O. Box: 1036. Port - Said, Egypt. -------------------------------------------------Tel: +20 66 3208888 - +20 66 3208963. Fax: +20 66 3355061. +20 66 3208255. nbllaw@interlink.com.eg - www.nbllaw.com
Tax Consulting Firm of the Year – Brazil Intercorp Group is a privately owned high-level consulting firm, which provides tax, estate planning and fiduciary structures solutions to high net worth families. Intercorp Group provides advice with responsibility, liability and execution. It functions as an accessible interface, streamlining intelligence from an elite global network of professionals and specialists; ultimately bestowing on clients knowledge, confidence and solutions to handle their matters in the best possible way. With a strong heritage in tax consulting, the scope of Intercorp Group’s expertise has evolved and developed in observation of its clients’ changing requirements, while maintaining a tradition of outstanding client service and the very best intelligence for our clients. The majority of the firm’s engagements comprise the application of an international perspective to traditional concerns such as estate planning and succession, investment structuring, wealth protection, and corporate restructuring. Intercorp works closely with major law firms, consultancies and professional services firms across the world, commissioning and curating a unique library of tailored expertise. Intercorp Group’s clientele is largely represented by high-net-worth Brazilian families whose circumstances benefit from global expertise in the handling of their matters. Families and family businesses across a diverse range of industries retain Intercorp Group as global counsel to design and implement new solutions through a use of widely international resources. Intercorp therefore, becomes part of a consulting committee, contributing a deep multi-jurisdictional understanding to the complex opportunities and challenges they may face. Because of this, we have accrued an unparalleled understanding of matters in the context of many different sectors, affording us the scope to provide bespoke expertise to each family as their needs diversify and evolve.
The resolved approach is always to maintain an omniscient character to the work we provide, never imparting advice or developing solutions in isolation of the context in which they will operate. Intercorp Group operates as a pivotal structure to reconcile the broader needs and nuances of each family with exceptional skill in handling matters internationally whilst retaining its capability to apply a variety of different solutions to ensure the very best outcome. On the occasion that a client’s needs fall outside our sphere of understanding, we will assume the role of that client, engaging our first-class network of professionals to proffer the most effective result. Through our work with many successful and prosperous families, our consultants have developed a deep understanding of the tax systems throughout many jurisdictions across the globe. This expertise is consulted during each of our engagements, from personal estate planning to corporate restructuring of a family business. Intercorp Group provides counsel to clients who are looking to explore the benefits an international perspective may bestow upon their matters. As part of our promise to clients, advice and execution manifest as one service. Intercorp Group is involved throughout the entirety of the process: from determining the scope of the project and explaining its consequences to carefully mapping out its implementation. We are advisors that see ourselves in alliance with the client both unyieldingly liable and responsible for the advice we provide.
Contact Details E-mail: leonardo@intercorpgroup.com www.intercorpgroup.com
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Bankruptcy Law Firm of the Year – Mexico Alonso Rivera Gaxiola is a Mexican attorney with more than 20 years of experience. He is a specialist in civil, commercial, corporate and administrative litigation, in bankruptcy proceedings, in national and international financial restructuring, as well as in national and international commercial arbitration. He is founder and directing partner of Rivera Gaxiola, Carrasco y Barrera, S.C. (indistinctly “RGCyB”) Throughout his career, Alonso has faced the most complex cases with tremendous challenges and superb success. Given the complexity and sophistication of international commerce, relations and transactions, financial restructures regularly involve more than one judicial system and culture. This implies that Alonso must exercise great understanding and abilities, as well as a great deal of creativity. When dealing with shareholder disputes, Alonso’s greatest challenge is to avoid a negative effect on the company’s operations and business while the shareholders resolve their differences and the courts adjudicate claims. The cases Alonso takes on regularly require complex strategies focused on solutions that meet his clients’ goals and objectives. Rivera Gaxiola, Carrasco y Barrera (formerly Rivera Gaxiola y Asociados) is a law firm dedicated to litigation, made up of professionals who have the highest level of responsibility and care for its clients. Our main office is located in Mexico City and we have an office in Monterrey, Nuevo León. Our firm has practice throughout Mexico, through our own staff, and by strategic alliances with the most prestigious local firms. Rivera Gaxiola Carrasco y Barrera’s practices include: civil, commercial and administrative litigation in its vast areas, such as bankruptcy proceedings, financial restructuring, shareholder disputes, national and international commercial arbitration, telecommunications, anti-trust, aviation and maritime law, amongst others. “Our firm specializes in civil, commercial and administrative litigation and our practice covers each and every type of litigation in those areas. The added individual experience of our members is incomparable. Some of our partners have more than 20 years of experience litigating at the most diverse courts, both local and federal, in Mexico, in addition to participating in countless disputes that involve bi-national and multi-national litigation. Also, Rivera Gaxiola, Carrasco y Barrera is nationally and internationally recognized as one of the best firms specialized in litigation and in bankruptcy proceedings. Our practice includes the defense of companies under court supervised restructuring proceedings, as well as creditors and government agencies. We have participated not only in countless national proceedings, but the most relevant ones in Mexico, as well as in parallel proceedings in other jurisdictions. Our practice includes counsel and representation to national, international and multi-national entities, governments and governmental agencies. We continuously and very specifically face conflicts between shareholders and their by-laws and regulations, both in public and in privately-owned companies. We know which situation could lead to a
potential dispute, and we either pave the road to mitigate it, or we identify the moment when it is convenient to take actions for our clients. Additionally, we counsel our clients on how to face actions when they are brought up by antagonist groups. In our practice we have represented multiple companies in procedures and amparos (constitutional challenge) against laws, regulations and several general rules. We also provide representation against different administrative actions like those related to public bids and administrative rescission proceedings, for instance. We have great ability and experience in arbitration, having participated in several national and international proceedings, in accordance with the ICC and AAA rules, among others. We have the experience necessary to counsel any operator in the aeronautic, maritime and port industries. Our counsel is not only limited to administrative proceedings directly related to the industry, but includes any other related conflict and dispute, be it against authorities or between individuals.” Despite the economic recession being experienced globally and locally, the biggest challenge for Rivera Gaxiola, Carrasco y Barrera was to ensure that the economic downturn would not affect our customers in the way that is happening in the rest of the world, by ensuring the effective completion of those procedures entrusted to this firm. In addition, today's world requires professionals prepared to face the new challenges that society increasingly demands. The market has become competitive with professional degree in law being graduated by thousands each year, and that is why RGCyB believes on added values of an attorney to stand out from the crowd professionals. Rivera Gaxiola, Carrasco y Barrera has always pursued excellence and success from rigorous recruitment processes for paralegals, lawyers and other professionals involved in the firm in order to maintain the highest levels of competitiveness, with full commitment of all our members with the objectives of this law firm and our clients. We have a large capacity network and its success largely depends increasingly on our ability to interact with other law firms and potential customers. Rivera Gaxiola, Carrasco y Barrera is a law firm that can overcome any obstacle given the strength and solidarity of our team work, effort, knowledge and effectiveness, in costumer benefits. We are professionals able to innovate, to generate favorable results for our clients, and be a trusted agent that transmits honesty, solidarity and confidence. We are increasing our number of of-counsels and making strategic alliances with other professionals that potentially complement our development as a leading law firm in México. Contact Details •Boulevard Manuel Ávila Camacho 32, 11th floor Torre Esmeralda III, Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México, CP 11000 Distrito Federal, México. • Telephone: +52 55 1084 1230 • contacto@rgcyb.com
Arbitration & Litigation Law Firm of the Year Indonesia Mohamed Idwan (‘Kiki’) Ganie is the Managing Partner of Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo (LGS). He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Indonesia and holds a PhD in Law from the University of Hamburg. Dr. Ganie is a Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Anti-Trust Lawyers, a member of the Regional Panel of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), a fellow (FSIarb) of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, and a Panellist of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KRLCA). Dr. Ganie has more than 30 years of legal experience, and specializes in commercial transactions and commercial litigation, including alternative dispute resolution and has acted as an expert in a number court and arbitration proceedings. His expertise covers general corporate/company law, banking law, finance, bankruptcy and restructuring, mining, investment, acquisitions, infrastructure projects/project finance, antitrust, and shipping/aviation, with a particular focus on corporate governance and compliance. Dr. Ganie’s international commercial transactions and litigation clients include: Goldman Sachs (US), Temasek Holdings (Singapore), Hutchison Whampoa (Hong Kong), and Mitsui (Japan). In the course of Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo’s more than 29 years of service, they have secured their position as the premier Indonesian corporate transaction and commercial litigation law firm. This combination of commercial law experience and litigation uniquely positions LGS to deal with the full range of commercial issues faced by their clients, who include domestic and multinational corporations, public and private companies, Government instrumentalities and State Owned Enterprises. LGS have recently entered into an association with Clyde & Co., an international law firm based in the United Kingdom with offices throughout the world. The goal of the association is to serve the firms’ clients throughout Indonesia and to cater to Indonesian businesses that conduct business abroad, some of their clients are: Adaro Indonesia; American Bureau of Shipping; Astra International; Astratel Nusantara; Bank Mandiri; Charoen Pokphand Indonesia; DBS Bank Ltd; Goldman Sachs; Hitachi; Hutchison (Hong Kong); Indonesia Infrastructure Guarantee Fund; Indonesian State Electricity Company (PLN); Japan Tobacco International Indonesia; Krakatau Steel; Liga Primer Indonesia (LPI); Medco Energi International; Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia; Mitsui & Co., Ltd; Mitsui Banking Corporation; Mitsui Indonesia; Pamapersada Nusantara; Sampoerna Strategic; Sime Darby (Malaysia); Simpson, Spence & Young (SSY); Standard Chartered Bank; Sumitomo; Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited; and Unilever Indonesia. LGS’ Founding Partners: Timbul Thomas Lubis heads the Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo litigation section. Mr. Lubis specialises in commercial transactions and company law, as well as labour, property and real estate law.
Mohamed Idwan Ganie is the Managing Partner of Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo. Dr. Ganie specializes in commercial transactions and commercial dispute resolution, and has a focus on corporate governance. Arief Tarunakarya Surowidjojo specializes in corporate law and has acted as the lead lawyer in hundreds of IPOs, rights issues and other capital market transactions, and more than 100 M&A deals. Partners: Abdul Haris Muhammad Rum’s field of expertise includes general corporate, restructuring, capital markets, M&A, project finance, syariah, and oil and gas law. Harjon Sinaga has a strong general corporate background and specializes in commercial litigation, concentrating in the fields of bankruptcy and antitrust. Arisia A. Pusponegoro specializes in M&A, banking and finance and more recently, infrastructure and public private partnerships. Rofik Sungkar’s practice focuses on litigation, debt restructuring and general corporate law. One of their unique selling points is the combination of long-standing commercial law practice and our premier litigation department that has extensive experience in dealing with commercial disputes in the context of alternative dispute resolution as well as litigation in the Indonesian courts. This allows their corporate transaction departments to benefit from such litigation experience to ensure that any transactions handled by the firm are carried out with a view to the potential for future disputes and any existing risks.
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Dr. Mohamed Idwan (‘Kiki’) Ganie Managing Partner Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo Address: Menara Imperium 30th Floor Jl. H. R. Rasuna Said Kav. 1 Kuningan Jakarta 12980, Indonesia Tel: +62 21 831-5005, 831-5025 Fax: +62 21 831-5015, 831-5018 Email: ganie@lgslaw.co.id Website: www.lgsonline.com
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – Taiwan Lu-Fa Tsai earned his LLB and LLM from National Taiwan University, which is the nation’s top university and the most widely-known College of Law in Taiwan. Following graduation, he worked at the CSP law firm, where he gained experiences involving various types of legal cases, including civil cases, criminal cases, administrative cases and I provided services and advice to clients. After he joined Deep & Far Attorneys-at-Law, he was encouraged to expand the legal departments of the firm with the goal of helping Deep & Far become a more comprehensive law firm. His areas of expertise include Intellectual Property Law, International Trade Law and Corporation Law.Deep & Far attorneys-at-law was founded in 1992 and is dealing with all phases of laws with a heavy percentage now on the practices in separate or in combination of all aspects of intellectual property rights (IPRs) including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, and/or licensing, counseling, litigation and/or transaction thereof. Nevertheless, company establishment, debt collection, civil or business laws and criminal law are also daily practices of this firm. Deep and Far’s most significant clients are the Hi-Tech companies in the science-based industrial park located at Hsin Chu had ever played the most important role in booming the economy of this country. About one half of them has experiences in seeking patented their techniques, and out of more than 50% of the patent-experienced companies in that park have ever entrusted their IPR works to this firm. Certainly, we must also represent international giants, e.g. InterDigital, MPS, Schott Glas, Toyo Ink, Motorola, Cypress. Contact details Deep & Far Lu-Fa Tsai Tel: 886-2-25856688#900 Fax: 886-2-25989900//886-2-25978989 Add: 13th Fl., 27 Sec. 3, Chung San N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan Web: www.deepnfar.com.tw Email: lawtsai@deepnfar.com.tw
DEEP & FAR Attorneys-at-Law 13th F1., No. 27, Sec. 3, Chung San N. Rd. Taipei 104, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: +886-2-2585-6688 Fax: +886-2-25989900/25978989 email@deepnfar.com.tw Deep & Far was founded in 1992 and is one of the largest law firms in this country. The firm is presently focused on the practice in separate or in combination of all aspects of intellectual property rights (IPRs) including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, and/or licensing, counseling, litigation and/ or transaction thereof. Since this firm edges itself into the IPRs field, the firm quickly comes to fame. As an illustration, this firm often is one of the largest sources from which foreign filing orders originate. The fascinating rise of this firm begins from the founder of Deep & Far attorneysat-law, C. F. Tsai, who is the one first patent practitioner in this country who both has technological and law backgrounds and is qualified as a local attorney-at-law. The patent attorneys and patent engineers in this firm normally hold outstanding and advanced degrees and are generally graduated from the top five universities in this country and/or the university in the US. Our prominent staffs are dedicated to provide the best quality service in IPRs. As a proof, about one half of top 100 incorporations in this country have experiences of seeking patented their techniques, but more than one fifth of the top 100 incorporations are/were clients of this firm. Furthermore, Hi-Tech companies in the science-based industrial park located at Hsin Chu play an important role in booming the economy of this country. About one half of which have experiences in seeking patented their techniques, and out of more than 60% of the patent-experienced companies in that park have ever entrusted their IPR works to this firm. We have experienced in seeking IPR-protections for our clients in more than 100 territories all over the world. We have thousands of IPR-cases respectively prosecuted before official Patent Offices of major industrialized countries. This firm not only is the most competent in IPR-related matters in this country but also is very familiar with IPR-practices in major industrialized countries. As a matter of fact, this firm oftentimes tries and makes precedents of new claim-drafting styles. While we might have become wonderfully famed locally with remarkable appreciation and respects, we would like to extend our services for internationalized or quality service-requiring foreign conglomerated giants, corporations or individuals. We strongly believe that we will win more
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About LGS In our more than 29 years of service, we have secured our position as the premier Indonesian corporate transaction and commercial litigation law firm. We have over a hundred lawyers and experience representing a diverse range of clients, including domestic and multinational corporations, public and private companies, Government instrumentalities and State Owned Enterprises. We work closely with our clients to understand their problems, determine their needs, and arrive at practical solutions that are both cost-effective and viable over the long term. Representative Clients Adaro Indonesia; American Bureau of Shipping; Astra International; Astratel Nusantara; Bank Mandiri; Charoen Pokphand Indonesia; DBS Bank Ltd; Goldman Sachs; Hitachi; Hutchison (Hong Kong); Indonesia Infrastructure Guarantee Fund; Indonesian State Electricity Company (PLN); Japan Tobacco International Indonesia; Krakatau Steel; Liga Primer Indonesia (LPI); Medco Energi International; Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia; Mitsui & Co., Ltd; Mitsui Banking Corporation; Mitsui Indonesia; Pamapersada Nusantara; Sampoerna Strategic; Sime Darby (Malaysia); Simpson, Spence & Young (SSY); Standard Chartered Bank; Sumitomo; Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited; and Unilever Indonesia. ISO LGS has obtained Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance certifications of ISO 9001:2008 for Quality Management systems and ISO 14001:2004 for Environmental Management systems to ensure that all aspects of the firm’s operations and the quality of services are on par with the most well managed companies and organizations in the world.
Our Practice Areas • ADR and Arbitration • Antitrust • Bank and Debt Restructuring • Banking and Secured Transactions • Bankruptcy • Capital Markets • Construction • Consumer Protection Defence Litigation • Corporate Finance • Distribution of Goods and Services • E-commerce
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