Annual awards 2015

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Lawyers Worldwide Annual Awards 2015 Lawyers Worldwide Annual Awards is recognised all over the world for our comprehensive awards programs we run, taking votes from countries all over the world to recognise the most prestigious professionals in their specialised areas of practice.

The 2015 Awards recognises a select number of leading professional firms around the world working both nationally and internationally in their field of expertise.

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Lawyers Worldwide Awards Magazine Annual Awards 2015 A&M Bacon Cost Consultancy Law Firm of the Year - UK Afschrift Overall Tax Law Firm of the Year – Belgium Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP Product Liability Law Firm of the Year - Asia Deep & Far Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – Taiwan De Gaulle Fleurance & Associes Law Firm of the Year - France Desai & Diwanji Infrastructure Finance Law Firm of the Year – India Fulbrook Management Capital Fund Management Firm of the Year – USA Ghellal & Mekerba Amine Ghellal – Lawyer of the Year - Africa Intercorp Group Taxation Law Advisor of the Year

KSI Mexico Accountants of the Year – Mexico Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo Arbitration & Litigation Law Firm of the Year - Indonesia Mathys & Squire Intellectual Property Provider of the Year – UK O'Gradys Personal Insolvency Law Firm of the Year – Ireland PatenetAxis Inc Best Patent Services Firm - Canada Sadis & Golberg Law Firm of the Year – USA Seyfarth Shaw LLP International Employment Law Firm of the Year – Global The Entrepreneur Law Center P.L International Structuring & Domestic Transactions Law Firm of the Year - USA Transfer Pricing Romanian Transfer Pricing Advisory Firm of the Year

International Employment Law Firm of the Year – Global Seyfarth Shaw LLP is an 800+ lawyer firm with global reach and unparalleled capabilities in international employment law.

The firm’s team of specialist international employment lawyers is the largest of its type globally, and its practice is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading practices in the area. All the partners in the international practice are internationally-trained, and each has assisted many of the world’s largest companies with numerous complex and high-profile global employment-related strategic, compliance and transactional projects across a wide range of industries. The team has experience across more than 170 countries and has worked on projects covering up to 150 countries at one time.

Seyfarth’s international employment team is located in key global locations and provides a true crossborder expertise. Its unique service model has been developed over a number of years and is very well tested by many of the world’s largest companies. The team’s success is the result of a constant, unrelenting focus on the needs of its clients and a commitment to excellence using the strength of an integrated team-based approach to deliver international employment law services in a creative, innovative and commercial way.

Seyfarth’s international employment law team has assisted in more than 100 international acquisitions/workforce integrations. In each of these transactions, the team was appointed by the client to provide specialist international employment advice where other firms were the client's appointed transactional counsel. This is a testament to the profile and capability of Seyfarth’s international employment practice.

The experience and credentials of Seyfarth’s international practice have led to its reputation as a global leader in the practice of international employment law and have positioned the team as ‘go to’ advisors for large multinational companies requiring strategic employment advice covering their global operations. Key areas of experience and expertise include:

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Employment and labor issues arising from international mergers and acquisitions

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International outsourcing arrangements

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Multi-jurisdictional privacy/data protection and employment law compliance issues

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Terminations – individual and large scale reductions in force

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Employment and contingent workforce arrangements and documentation

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Employment-related privacy and data protection

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Protection of employers' proprietary and confidential information

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Structuring and implementing employment related strategic initiatives on a multijurisdictional basis

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Workplace harassment, anti-discrimination and equal opportunity law matters

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Workplace policies and handbooks

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International workplace investigations

Contact Details Key Contact: Darren Gardner – Chair, International Practice Firm: Seyfarth Shaw LLP Email: dgardner@seyfarth.com Tel: +1 (415) 544-1018 Website: www.seyfarth.com

Amine Ghellal – Lawyer of the Year – Africa Amine Ghellal, the founding partner of Ghellal & Mekerba, has 44 years of experience and is considered as one of Algeria’s leading law practitioners.

He is said to know the Algerian Business framework “like the back of his hand”.

He has a wide knowledge of all aspects of Algerian law regarding investment, corporate, financing, exchange control, tax and customs law.

He is an international arbitrator and a member of the International Arbitration Institute. He has a perfect knowledge of contractual mechanisms and precautions governing dispute resolution. Dr. Ghellal acts as an arbitrator before the International Chamber of Commerce (CCI) and the Algerian Chamber of Trade and Industry (CACI).

He is also currently seen as one of Africa’s leading gas and oil practitioners and regularly advises major international firms on all the intricacies of energy regulation. Dr. Ghellal has counseled the Algerian Ministry of Energy and has also headed Sonatrach’s “International Legal” and “International Negotiation” departments. Between 1979 and 1981, he was Algeria’s legal expert within the OPEC and the OPAEC. Dr. Ghellal is a graduate in both public and private law and in political sciences. He studied in France and obtained a Higher Diploma in Public law with Magna Cum Laude, a Higher Diploma in Political Sciences with Magna Cum Laude and a PhD with Summa Cum Laude and praises of the examination board. He also taught public law, both in France and Algeria, for many years, and has published many articles. Dr. Ghellal is a member of the Algerian Bar Association, a member of the International Bar Association, a member of the International Arbitration Institute (IAI), a correspondent of the World Bank in Algeria, an honored Member of the International Who’s Who of Professionals and of Project Finance, a member of the International Lawyers Club (Head Office in France), a member of the International Lawyers Association “Mackrell International” (Head Office in Great Britain), he is a member of Primerus and is one of the 5 ambassadors worldwide of the Chinese European Arbitration Center.

Contact Details 7 Rue Doudou Mokhtar, Lot no. 2, Ben Aknoun, 16000, Alger, Algérie Tel: 213 21 91 42 30 Mobile: +213 661400248 Fax: 213 21 91 42 36 Email: amine.ghellal@ghellal.com

Accounting Firm of the Year – Mexico KSI México is a global network, member of KS International, an association of independent accountancy firms with over 100 offices; we operate in some 50 countries around the world to deal with your international business need.

KSI México offers a personal service, focused on the growth and success of our clients. We outstand for the quality of our services, offering a complete solution for each client.

We provide a wide range of business service to companies in a variety of industries. The firm specializes in corporate finance advice, accounting, tax planning, consultation, and auditing services.

We belong to the PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board), as a corporation to oversee the audits of public companies in order to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate and independent audit reports.

Our commitment is to help your business succeed by keeping up-to-date with your affairs and offering a high standard of both commercial and supportive advice.

The Key to our approach is to build a close relationship between partner and client.

Qualities you will find in a KSI México firm include: A real understanding of your business.

The partners are in tune with your needs and aspirations.

Regular attention and support from accessible partners.

Commercial realism in the advice you receive.

Technically reliable responses to your enquiries.

Additionally, KSI México firm attach great importance to recruiting and training quality staff.

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – Taiwan Deep & Far attorneys-at-law was founded in 1992 and is dealing with all phases of laws with a focus on the practice in separate or in combination of all aspects of intellectual property rights (IPRs) including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, and/or licensing, counselling, litigation and/or transaction thereof.

Yu-Li Tsai: Partner & Patent Attorney Practice area/industry focus: Intellectual Property, Unfair Competition, Litigation Career highlights: Mr Tsai is a patent attorney who holds a degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Master’s degree from the Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering, both awarded from the National Taiwan University.

His practice covers patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, unfair competition, licensing and litigation.

Mr Tsai also studied and gained a Master’s degree from the Law School, University of New Hampshire, also known as Franklin Pierce Centre for Intellectual Property. Upon graduation, he worked for InterDigital, Inc. in Delaware for a short period and later studied and passed the US Patent Registration Examination.

The patent attorneys and patent engineers in Deep & Far normally hold outstanding and advanced degrees and are generally graduated from the top five universities in this country. Our prominent staffs are dedicated to provide the best quality service in IPRs in this country. As a proof, about one half of top 100 incorporations in this country have experiences of seeking patented their techniques, but more than one fifth of the top 100 incorporations has ever used services of this firm.

Furthermore, Hi-Tech companies in the science-based industrial park located at Hsin Chu had ever played the most important role in booming the economy of this country. About one half of them has experiences in seeking patented their techniques, and out of more than 60% of the patentexperienced companies in that park have ever entrusted their IPR works to this firm. Certainly, we must also represent international giants, e.g. InterDigital, MPS, Schott Glas, Toyo Ink, Motorola, Armani…

It is our philosophy to provide competent legal services that other firm cannot comparably provide.

The necessitated ensuing problem is how we can so provide? Deep & Far so achieve by selecting, edifying and nurturing peoples who have the following personalities: learned in expertise, morally earnest and sincerely behaved in mind and strictly disciplined between give and take. It is wellbelieved that such properties are key factors for peoples to properly and competently behave themselves.

Deep & Far (D&F) is willing to take challenges to prove that it is the best IP firm, and to verify its supreme competence by e.g.: 1) Sending to D&F a pending or granted patent for its comments about how it can improve the claims;

2) Sending to D&F a pending patent specification without the claims for it to draft the claims for comparison with the original claims; or 3) Sending to D&F and the firm the client is currently using at the same time an initial disclosure so that the client can compare and find out where better claims are.

Deep & Far assures the clients that no competitors can escape from the patent rights D&F safeguards for the clients at reasonable service fees.

Because the tough economic downturn we are encountering in Taiwan, we are also encountering severe price competition. This situation also leads to that there are too many poor quality patents being granted because most enterprises do not have proper knowledge of the importance of patents. For example, they might only want to spend lower cost to file a patent application without considering the quality, or could not be alerted timely that narrow claims can protect their products of the current version only although there are reduced fees in responding to office actions.

Therefore, the patent agents or firms of the enterprises sometimes cannot help but sacrificing the quality to keep profits under the limited budgets of the clients. Under such social environment, it is very hard to anticipate that the clients have strong patents, or the patent firms or attorneys can nurture the ability of drafting wonderful scope of the claims.

Accordingly, it will not be surprised to find that there are some patent firms which cannot provide competent services but offer extreme low price to attract clients only caring about the price of filing a patent. This does also explain that there are poor quality patents being granted We persist in providing quality service rather than participating into the price war because we believe the Client will finally find the quality is the most important thing for intellectual property. If you sacrifice the quality and surrender to the price, you actually get negative return because .a poor quality IP is valueless. We did suffer a little last year in view of the reduced local generated works, but we see the situation began to change this year.

This firm is used to focusing on IPR, and takes deliberate steps to practice in all fields of law. In recent year, we make progress in either general civil law, business law or criminal law fields.

Contact Details 13th Fl., 27 Sec. 3, Chung San N. Rd., Taipei 104, Taiwan, R.O.C. -2-25856688 -2-25989900/25978989 Email: email@deepnfar.com.tw www.deepnfar.com.tw

Full Service Law Firm of the Year – India Founded on 1 April 1935, Desai & Diwanji is one of India’s leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise.

With offices in Mumbai, New Delhi and Gurgaon, Desai & Diwanji is also amongst India’s largest law firms.

The firm focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: Corporate and M&A; capital markets; banking, finance & insurance; project finance; energy, natural resources and infrastructure; aviation; admiralty & maritime; technology, media & telecommunications; life sciences & pharmaceuticals; outsourcing; real estate & construction; litigation & dispute resolution.

We also have cross-practice groups formed to respond to the needs of our clients and the market and which comprise lawyers drawn together from a range of our main practice areas, to offer legal advice covering sector-wide issues.

Practice Areas Desai & Diwanji provides flexible support for day-to-day business needs as well as for specific transactions. With specialised knowledge of both the legal framework as well as the specific business requirements of various industry sectors, our team of lawyers work on some of the most challenging, complex and stimulating transactions in India.

The firm is structured around the following practice areas: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Mergers and Acquisitions Equity Capital Markets Banking, Finance and Insurance Project Finance Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Aviation Admiralty and Maritime Technology, Media and Telecommunications Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals Employment, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Outsourcing Real Estate and Construction Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Insolvency Competition

Our Clients

We are privileged to work with an impressive array of high calibre corporations, financial institutions, funds, and governments. Our continuing success relies on our building and sustaining the trust of our clients. We aim to build long-term relationships with them – relationships that over time take the form of a real partnership.

Desai & Diwanji provides its clients with: • A professional service of the highest calibre, combining technical excellence with commercial awareness and a practical, constructive approach to legal issues • Access to the best legal advice in a seamless and integrated manner • a client-focused service which means that our lawyers know their clients well, understand the operations and requirements of their businesses, and give proactive advice that goes beyond just getting the law right • a multi-specialist approach which enables our lawyers to advise on a broad range of their clients’ needs rather than bringing in many different specialists who may be unknown to the client. This further develops the trust between our lawyers and their clients • An imaginative approach to our work in all its forms, and consistently trying to develop new, more relevant solutions to issues faced by our clients We judge our success by the extent to which we satisfy our clients and motivate our people.

Contact Details: Vishwang Y Desai Desai & Diwanji Lentin Chambers Dalal Street Mumbai-400001 Email: vydesai@desaidiwanji.com Tel: +91-22-39841000 Fax: +91-22-22658245

Product Liability Law Firm of the Year – Asia A leader in global litigation management, Carroll Burdick has over 60 lawyers on three continents, speaking more than 16 languages including German, English, Mandarin Chinese, French, Latvian, Romanian, Russian and Spanish, with over 20 percent of the firm’s lawyers having legal educations in two or more countries. This unparalleled experience provides the cultural insights necessary for effectively working with international clients to meet their business goals.

Founded in 1948 by three highly respected San Francisco lawyers—Jack Dale Burdick, Francis Carroll and Richard McDonough—Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP has enjoyed a stellar reputation for providing legal excellence, creativity, intellectual aggressiveness, and client confidence for over 65 years.

Practice Areas: Appellate Class Action

Patent and Intellectual Property Litigation

Commercial & Business Litigation

Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Litigation

Construction Litigation

Privacy and Data Security

Consumer Litigation Defence

Products Liability

Corporate, Finance & Commercial Law

Real Estate

Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Employment Litigation Financial Institution Practice Food and Beverage Litigation German Practice Insurance Coverage Litigation Intellectual Property International Business Mass Tort Litigation Media & Entertainment Law Mergers & Acquisitions

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David Goh, managing partner at its Asia practice, has significant experience in large, complex and international commercial disputes, with particular emphasis on corporate issues and product liability matters. He also advises clients on regulatory matters, compliance, and antibribery/corruption cases, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act. His experience includes leading or coordinating investigations on behalf of both corporations and regulators, as well as advising or acting in the defence of any prosecutions.

In his more recent roles in senior management at various multinational corporations, Mr Goh developed significant experience in handling corporate and commercial matters, in particular, M&A transactions across the Asia Pacific region. He has developed proven methodologies in assisting companies to coordinate and manage their in-house and external legal service and continues to be consulted on such matters.

“Some cases carry more strategic weight than others. When your markets are threatened, when your business model is under pressure, when your operations are attracting lawsuits, then legal matters are no longer just about favourable results—it’s about your company’s core mission. At Carroll Burdick, we’re known for helping companies with matters of strategic value.”

Contact Details David Goh CARROLL, BURDICK & McDONOUGH LLP

Suite 5904, 59/F Central Plaza 18 Harbour Road Wan Chai Hong Kong SAR Tel: +852.2511.1040

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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

Best Patent Firm – Canada PatentAxis Inc. is a patent services firm located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada that was founded with the mission to provide streamlined and practical solutions to clients trying to obtain patent protection. Emphasis is placed on client communications and understanding client goals and objectives so that each patent prosecution strategy and work product is uniquely suited to each client. For Canadian clients the firm provides a full service international patent prosecution, and directs and manages patent protection and analysis for desired markets worldwide. Conversely, for International clients the firm provides a focused approach to obtaining patent protection and patent analysis in Canada, prosecuting Canadian counterpart patent applications stemming from PCT International applications or priority applications filed in other countries.

When notified of the win, the firm’s Director Jai Chatterjee expressed appreciation: “Recognition from Lawyers Worldwide Awards is an invigoratingly happy event and enthusiastically accepted. Accolades such as this are valuable as they provide a relevant measure of client satisfaction. PatentAxis Inc. understands that clients are fully occupied executing business models to commercialize inventions, and therefore the significance of taking time to vote and the value of each vote is never taken for granted. Sincere gratitude is extended to all those who voted to provide a cumulative compliment in the form of this award win.”

We queried Mr. Chatterjee to provide further details of the firm’s winning approach to patent services.

He has over 10 years of experience helping clients obtain patent protection for various technologies. His scientific background is in the health sciences having received a PhD in Biochemistry from McGill University. Early in his career his patent practice focused on biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and has since grown to include other technologies.

“When I first started in patents, working with inventions related to medical and biotechnology fields was a natural progression from my doctoral research, but over the years I have been fortunate to work with a great variety of clients having diverse technologies to the point that now I welcome discussions on most technologies,” explained Chatterjee commenting on the firm’s varied client roster. “Exposure to the enthusiasm of inventors and their new concepts in varying technologies keeps me fully engaged and inspired to ensure that each client receives excellent service.”

PatentAxis Inc. is dedicated to providing high value service and achieving successful results for clients of all sizes and technology areas. Innovation and impactful inventive ideas can originate from any source – ranging from an independent inventor to a large corporation. The firm’s client roster reflects this belief with clients ranging from small companies to large universities. While a strict confidentiality policy prevents naming of

clients, ultimately, the recruitment of any new client or new business from an existing client is considered a successful and significant event.

Whether in good economic times or tough times the firm’s adherence to cost efficiency serves clients well and maintains a positive outlook on client relationships. Sophisticated entities holding large patent portfolios can readily recognize the value provided. With smaller companies that are novice patent filers a more managed approach is often needed to explain steps and associated costs and implications. Innovation is a cyclical relative to economic trends, and regardless of an expanding or retracting economy, clients are ready to invest time and money to protect inventions. In tough times however, clients can benefit from greater transparency and predictability of their patent budgets, an area where PatentAxis Inc. excels.

PatentAxis Inc. provides several distinguishing advantages in its business approach. The firm is dedicated to providing service with time and cost efficiency - the intent is to always provide a value to cost ratio that exceeds client expectations. PatentAxis Inc. is also committed to accessibility and quick responses to client inquiries – clients always feel included and engaged in the patent process Management of the firm’s distinguishing advantages comes down to a constant focus on client service details. For example, invoices or debit notes are always checked to ensure that costs are in line with client expectations for each work product. Prior to initiating each work product estimates can be provided and fixed price options are available. As another example, an environment of client accessibility is fostered by encouraging discussion so that clients maintain an understanding of the patent process and are able to input questions and comments at each step. Moreover, communication with clients to explain options and implications of each step is a staple of the firm’s business approach.

The firm’s future is bright. PatentAxis Inc. is fortunate to have a client roster of talented innovators that reflects a variety of technologies and a variety of business models.

Experience indicates that these innovators will continue to invent and develop patent portfolios. The firm is excited to expand a new service product of a fixed cost Canadian prosecution that covers all steps from patent application filing to issuance of a patent grant – this product provides a highly distinguished advantage of cost transparency and predictability and has been overwhelmingly encouraged in client surveys. Finally, this recognition from Lawyers Worldwide Awards will inspire a continued devotion to achieving client success and providing a rewarding client experience.

CONTACT DETAILS Company: PatentAxis Inc. Name: Jai Chatterjee Email: mail@patentaxis.com Web Address: www.patentaxis.com Address: 10 King Street East, suite 500, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1C3 Canada Telephone: +1-416-556-2999

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), and a fellow (FSIarb) of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

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.

LGS has 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.

Dr. Ganie’s international commercial transaction and litigation clients include: Goldman Sachs (US), Temasek Holdings (Singapore), Hutchison Whampoa (Hong Kong) and Mitsui (Japan).

Founding Partners: Mr. 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.

Dr. 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.

Mr. 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: Mr. Abdul Haris Muhammad Rum’s field of expertise includes general corporate, restructuring, capital markets, M&A, project finance, syariah, and oil and gas law.

Mr. Harjon Sinaga has a strong general corporate background and specializes in commercial litigation, concentrating in the fields of bankruptcy and antitrust.

Mr. Rofik Sungkar’s practice focuses on litigation, debt restructuring and general corporate law.

Ms. Dini Retnoningsih specialises in corporate transactions.

Mr. Mochamad Fajar Syamsualdi specialises in M&A. Mr. Ahmad Jamal Assegaf specialises in restructuring, investment, M&A, and telecommunications.

In the course of Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo’s (LGS) more than 29 years of service, we have secured our 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 our clients.

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.

One of our unique selling points is the combination of our 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 our 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.

Contact Details:

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

Law Firm of the Year – France As one of the leaders on the Paris market, we are an entrepreneurial independent law firm benefiting from recognised experience in all fields of business law and from international practice. We endeavour to remain in control of our strategy and development. This is why we have always resisted merging with other law firms or networks, whilst still sustaining our international strategy and continually persevering with the view to establishing our firm on the French and European law markets.

We also ensure our financial independence which is the best guarantee of our freedom: our growth is financed by the efficient management of resources and fixed costs, without recourse to debt. The entirety of our share capital is held by our firm partners. Finally, we are not dependant on any client: none represents a substantial portion of our revenue.

Our strategy is to build a leading integrated full service law firm: 

“Full service”, because we can address all the needs of our clients;

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“Integrated”, because our expertise and practice areas are transversal, pooled and consolidated to provide our clients a service with added value.

We have adapted an organisational structure driven towards this strategy: 

An original organisational structure divided in two divisions (Corporate Structure and Corporate Operations) which address the main two principal needs of businesses: capital structures and business operations.

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Pooled skills and rapidly deployable.

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Project-based team work: for each new case we use talent and skill synergies to assemble a tailored team of experts to resolve all issues of the legal matters in question.

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We are available to discuss this with you in order to assemble the best team for your project and your budget.

We continue to invest in new talent to complement and reinforce our existing expertise, to widen and develop the range of activities and skills we offer and improve the services we provide our clients.

Our organisation is divided into two divisions (Corporate Structure and Corporate Operations), rather than in departments, which creates a cross practice and integrated approach to legal cases. This organisation is combined with dynamic resource management, making use of practice area synergies.

Corporate Structure Division: Responding to the activities of the deal with business assets and human capital, their governance and funding.

Corporate Operations Division: Responding to the industrial and commercial activities, and more generally, the day-to-day running of businesses and public entities.

Practice Areas: Insurance Risk Capital Corporate Litigation & Arbitration White Collar Crime Labour & Employment Distressed Companies Taxation Finance Real Estate M&A Corporate Financial Market Regulation Patents Commercial – Distribution Competition European Law & Litigation Health – Biotechnologies Public Law – Town Planning Energy Trademarks – Design Media – Copyrights New Technologies – E-Commerce Contact Details: France 9 rue Boissy d’Anglas – 75008 Paris T. +33 1 56 64 00 00 F. +33 1 56 64 00 01 contact@dgfla.com Belgium 222 avenue Louise – 1050 Bruxelles T: +32 (0)2 644 01 64 F: +32 (0)2 644 31 16 contact@dgfla.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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International Structuring & Domestic Transactions Law Firm of the Year USA Worldwide Financial Advisor Magazine has named Orlando’s Entrepreneur Law Center as the winner of its prestigious Golden Advisor Award and International Structuring & Domestic Transactions Law Firm of the Year in the United States in 2014. Worldwide Financial Advisor Awards selects the best professional & financial institutions from around the world and showcases their work ethic and skills within their area of expertise. The Awards Magazine is aimed at not just the large corporations but the smaller companies of the advisory business sector. The Golden Advisor Award is based on a global study of research and analysis of law firm achievements over the past year, including the complexity, strategic nature, scale, and any groundbreaking or innovative processes that the firm undertakes.

The Entrepreneur Law Center, with offices in Orlando and Tampa, Florida, is a unique boutique law firm that offers a wide range of specialized multidisciplinary services. The firm not only offers services related to business planning, mergers & acquisitions, venture capital and private equity, and strategic planning, but its forensic accounting and fraud examination services truly sets the firm apart. This small boutique firm has engaged in a wide range of advisory services, including conducting merger and acquisition due diligence for large multinationals on crossborder transactions as well as advising and structuring foreign acquisitions of companies in the United States. The firm has also been engaged by the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation, a multi-jurisdictional task force established to fight organized crime, narcotics, racketeering, and vice-related offenses, such as human trafficking. Providing forensic accounting and other financial services related to investigations evolved into a general counsel and outsourced CFO role with the Fraternal Order of Police. Ken Hamner, the firm’s Managing Member said, “having no prior law enforcement background, I never saw myself working on Civil RICO and forfeiture cases or managing the financial affairs of police officers. This is some of the most rewarding work I’ve done.” Steve Klapka, the District 7 Director of the Fraternal Order of Police said, “Hiring Ken as our General Counsel is one of the best moves this organization has ever made. He not only has helped us tremendously with helping us manage our financial and legal affairs, but he has helped many of our members through their lodges negotiate higher compensation in their contract negotiations with the counties. His combined financial and legal skills make him an invaluable strategic advisor.”

The firm’s Managing Member, Ken Hamner, began his career in the financial services practice at Arthur Andersen, and after a stopover at Ernst & Young’s consulting practice, became the CFO of an early stage venture before returning to school to retool. Already holding a BS in Accounting and a BS in Finance from George Mason University, Ken went on to earn a JD and MBA from Florida State University, a MS in Entrepreneurship in Applied Technologies from the

University of South Florida and a Master of Accounting in Forensic Accounting from Florida Atlantic University. He is a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics, a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor, a Certified Due Diligence Professional, a Certified Business Intermediary, a Licensed Real Estate Broker, and holds a Series 63 FINRA securities license. Internationally, he also completed specialized certificate programs in law at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, China, and the University of the West Indies in Barbados.

Dennis Wilkinson, the General Manager of Transpacific Services for DHL Global Forwarding and previously a senior executive with Kuehne + Nagle and Worldlink Logistics said, “I have worked with many attorneys and Ken was absolutely the best. Without a doubt his common sense approach coupled with flawless strategy produced positive results far greater than expected. Ken has so many skill sets not commonly found in even large law firms. I have called on Ken’s expertise to structure M&A deals, to conduct due diligence on acquisition targets, and for general business insight into a wide variety of matters over the years.”

Ken said, in closing, “I’ve enjoyed a career ranging from negotiating cross-border acquisitions in the hundreds of millions of dollars down to buying and selling small businesses. I’ve also had the opportunity to help in turnarounds of companies and help small companies grow to be large and successful. Globalization has started to erode borders and make relationships viable that never would have been possible. I’ve had clients all over the United States, in Canada, the Caribbean, South Korea, Japan, China, in Europe and South America. Technology and global markets have changed our world and will continue to provide opportunities for this firm to help companies expand into new markets and find new customers. This is just the beginning.”

Contact Details The Entrepreneur Law Center, P.L. 250 North Orange Avenue, Suite 1200 Orlando, Florida 32801 Phone: 407-601-4980 Fax: 407-601-4981 khamner@entrepreneurlawctr.com www.entrepreneurlawctr.com

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Biography of Selvyn Seidel and Fulbrook Capital Management, LLC

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Selvyn Seidel founded and chairs Fulbrook Capital Management LLC. Fulbrook is an independent third party financing advisor on complex national and international commercial claims.

Fulbrook has created and occupies a special space in the funding industry, representing (1) claimants who need assistance in: evaluating their claims; preparing and/or improving the claim for investment, and prosecution; and/or sourcing capital – where Fulbrook identifies and attracts potential investors for the claimant and its claim, from (a) the institutional dedicated third party funders, as well as (b) from individual investors interested in committing only a portion of their capital into litigation finance (e.g., a family office, pension fund, hedge fund, or a private equity entity) and (2) representing and counseling investors looking for good investment opportunities.

If needed and acceptable within a jurisdiction’s rules, Fulbrook will assist in buying, selling, or otherwise trading the claim or the claimant itself.

Fulbrook also consults and advises claimants and investors, without the counseling having anything to do with linking with capital, but assisting in some fashion in monetizing investment opportunities.

Fulbrook emphasizes certain areas, particularly: patents and other IP; international litigation and arbitration; insolvency, and other serious financial distress situations; and mediation in general and high stake disputes. In exceptional circumstances, it will also work on other claims, such as those involving oil and gas, antitrust, securities fraud, insurance, whistleblower claims, and serous breach of contract and fraud claims.

In a recent Report by two think tanks that discussed Funders, Fulbrook was identified along with four other entities, as among the “prominent third-party funders” in the industry worldwide.

Additionally, Fulbrook has been awarded, since inception of operations about two years ago, 20 awards in the industry, and important aspects of the industry, as being the best in the industry globally and/or in specific important jurisdictions such as the U.S.A. Such awards include: ACQ Magazineʼs Global Award as the “Third Party Litigation Advisory Firm of the Year,” in both 2013 and 2014, based on international surveys taken from its over 50,000 subscribers, in addition to InterContinental Financer Magazine’s “Third Party Funding Firm of the Year (2013) – USA.” In November 2013, the Lawyers World, a global publication, after polling subscribers and internally judging the results, recognition as the “Third Party Funding Firm of the Year 2013 – USA.” In 2014, Fulbrook received Corporate LiveWire’s Global Award for the “Third Party Litigation Advisory Firm of the Year,” and its Global Award for the “Evaluation of International Arbitration Claims Advisory Firm of the Year.” Also in 2014, Fulbrook was awarded Dealmakers

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Magazine’s Annual Award for the “Third Party Funding Firm of the Year – USA.” Furthermore, in 2014, Fulbrook received InterContinental Finance Magazine’s Award the “Leading US Third Party Funding Firm of the Year,” in addition to the Manhattan Business Recognition Award for the “2014 Best of Manhattan Awards for Management Services.” Most recently, Fulbrook has been awarded the 2015 Corporate International Magazine’s Legal Award for the “International Finance Law Firm of the Year in New York”; the Professional Sector Network’s Global Award for the “Capital and Fund Management Practice of the Year”; the Corporate International Magazine Legal award “International Finance Firm of the Year in New York”; the 2015 Global Award of Dealmakers of the “Leading U.S. Third Party Funding Firm of the Year”;

and the Lawyers’ Worldwide Awards Magazine 2015 award as “Most Trusted Third Party Funding Firm of the Year- USA.” Before Fulbrook, in 2007, Mr. Seidel founded and chaired Burford Advisors, an expert advisor in third party finance, and then, in October of 2009, co-founded and chaired Burford Group Ltd., the investment manager for Burford Capital, LLC, which has gone public on the U.K. Aim market of the London Exchange, and is now among the leading and the largest institutional litigation funder in the world with over $500 million under management.

Mr. Seidel is recognized in the industry as a pioneering voice. He was described in the Report referred to above as “probably the frontrunner in the industry,” and is usually described as a leader or the leader in the industry.

Before Burford and Fulbrook, Mr. Seidel practiced as a litigation attorney for over 40 years in complex litigations and arbitrations, specializing in international. In 1985, he co-founded the New York office of Latham & Watkins, a premier international law firm. Until December 31, 2006 and for almost 25 years, he was a senior litigation partner at Latham and was, at different times, the Chairman of the firm’s International Practice, the founder and Chairman of Latham’s International Litigation and Arbitration practice, and the Chairman of its New York Litigation practice.

Mr. Seidel has been and is an active educator. He was for ten years an Adjunct Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law, teaching courses related to litigation and arbitration.

He is an Alumnus Lecturer at Linacre College, Oxford University. He chaired for a number of

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years the Advisory Board of Oxford Law Alumni of America, and chaired the Advisory Board of Columbia’s Law School’s Center on International Commercial and investment Arbitration. He currently works with the New York University Law School’s Center for Justice. He lectures on third party finance and participates in conferences and presentations at various law schools in the U.S. and U.K. (including Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, Oxford Law, and the University of Iowa Law School), and at various Institutes (such as the RAND Institute of Civil Justice, and at LEXIS NEXIS programs on litigation costing and funding). He has authored many articles and papers in the industry, (see www.fulbrookmanagment.com for references to lectures, presentations, articles and papers), the Fulbrook Primer on Third Party Finance of Commercial Claims, and the Fulbrook Snapshot on Third Party Finance of Commercial Claims.

He is regularly referred to and cited in the media. (See www.fulbrookmanagement.com) Mr. Seidel is a graduate of the University of Chicago (B.A. in Economics, 1964), J.D. Berkeley School of Law, 1967, member of Law Review), and University of Oxford, 1968, Diploma in Law).

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