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Worldwide Financial Advisor Awards Magazine Continent Awards 2018 Index Afschrift Tax Law Firm of the Year – Belgium Avondale Best UK Acquisition Service Benchmark International International Corporate Finance Advisor of the Year – UK Cavendish Corporate Finance LLP IT & Technology Advisory Firm of the Year – UK Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia Alternative Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year – Philippines Deep & Far Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – Taiwan Ksi Mexico Full Service Firm of the Year MBMG Investment Advisory Co.Ltd Tax Structuring Advisory Firm of the Year – Asia OCCL Cost Consultancy Firm of the Year – UK PAPAPOLITIS & PAPAPOLITIS Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year – Greece Sadis & Goldeberg Overall Law Firm of the Year – USA Singh & Singh Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - India

Alternative Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year – Philippines Mr. Simeon V. Marcelo, in 1979, graduated among the top of his law class in University of the Philippines and placed No. 5 in the bar examinations. With big corporations, then President Ramos and other prominent individuals as clients, he had distinguished himself as a topnotch litigator after twenty years of private practice of law. He caught national public attention during the 2000 impeachment proceedings against President Estrada when he was selected to present the prosecution’s star witness. In February 2001, he was appointed as Solicitor General. Having won all of his major cases, he is considered one of the most successful Solicitors General. This led to his appointment in October 2002 as the youngest head of the country’s independent anti-corruption body. Despite severe lack of resources, he was able to pursue an effective crusade against corruption, earning praises from local and foreign media. The Washington Post stated that Mr. Marcelo actively pursued a crusade “taking on the most powerful vested and entrenched interests in a country that perennially ranks among the worlds’ most corrupt xxx”; “targeting the most corrupt agencies, daring to prosecute even members of the historically untouchable military.” (10 June 2005, at page A14) He led the prosecution team that secured the historical first-ever criminal conviction of a President.

In January 2008, he returned to private practice with two publications describing him as “perhaps the country’s best litigator”. Immediately, he was engaged as counsel of top corporations and even by the Central Bank to prosecute the persons responsible for the biggest bank fraud case in the country’s history. Since then, he won many major legal victories, particularly at the Supreme Court. Just last year, he again led his team in winning a multi-billion case in the Supreme Court.

In 2013-2014, he served with an ICC Arbitral Tribunal that resolved two related disputes that arose from allegations of corruption. The following year, he headed the panel that secured a favorable award in an important construction arbitration dispute. Subsequently, he became the Chairman of the Tribunal that handled a very significant international arbitration case. Incidentally, he handled his first arbitration case in 1984 and was a founding trustee of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. in 1996.

From 2008-2014, he served as a member of the World Bank’s highly-prominent Independent Advisory Board.

He was President of the Philippine Bar Association from 2009-2010, the oldest, largest voluntary organization of lawyers. The University of the Philippines Alumni Association conferred upon him the 2013 Centennial Year’s Distinguished Alumni Award in Public Service.

Currently, he serves as legal counsel in high-profile cases in various courts, including the Supreme Court, aside from being active in arbitration and the crusade for good governance.

Fifteen partners led by former Presidential Legal Counsel/Secretary of National Defense Avelino J. Cruz, Jr. and former Solicitor General/Ombudsman Simeon V. Marcelo, name partners of their former law office, founded Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia (CMTLAW) to establish a lasting legal institution anchored on professionalism, meritocracy, excellence,

innovation and mutual respect. Its leadership is rich in experience in the public/private sectors as well as in international organizations (e.g., World Bank and Asian Development Bank). Consequently, CMTLaw is deeply committed to delivering the best legal services to help its clients attain optimum business success, as well as contribute to national building.

Now, CMTLaw has twenty partners.

CMTLaw’s lawyers have three decades of experience in Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporation & Special Projects, Mining & Natural Resources, Energy, Infrastructure Transportation & Public Utilities, Intellectual Property, and Taxation. By matching arduous training with expansive experience (which also enables it to attract top legal talents), CMTLaw delivers tailored solutions to its broad spectrum of clients that includes established conglomerates, leading banking and financial institutions, multinational corporations and even entire industries and government regulatory institutions like the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

Apart from what was just mentioned above, the Firm has unmatched experience in all aspects of the Philippine legal system, including court litigation, alternative dispute resolution, government and infrastructure programs, intellectual property, corporate structures and anti-corruption initiatives. This experience comes from almost thirty years in legal practice of the Firm’s lawyers. Our founding partners also have the unique distinction of having served in the highest position of government with Atty. Avelino J. Cruz, Jr. as Secretary of Defense and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, Simeon V. Marcelo as Ombudsman and Solicitor General, and Joe Nathan P. Tenefrancia as the Head of the Legal department of the Office of the President. Other Partners have also served in top positions in government. This experience, which has been imparted to other members of the Firm, has allowed us a unique understanding of the Philippine legal system and allows our Firm to serve our clients most effectively.

The Firm is managed by its Management Committee headed by the Managing Partner and Chairman, Mr. Joe Nathan P. Tenefrancia (a Name Partner); Mr. Manuel L. Manaligod, Jr., Vice-Chairman; Chief Finance Officer, Ms. Susan D. Villanueva; Secretary, Ms. Aida Araceli G. Roxas-Rivera and three (3) Members, Ms. Patricia A. O. Bunye (Senior Partner), Mr. Rodel A. Cruz (Senior Partner) and Mr. Pancho G. Umali (representative of the Junior Partners). The different practice groups of the Firm are supervised by their respective Department Heads.

Contact Details: CRUZ MARCELO & TENEFRANCIA Simeon V. Marcelo – Founding Partner 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th Floor, One Orion Tower 11th Avenue corner University Parkway Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City 1634 Metro Manila Philippines

IT & Technology Advisory Firm of the Year – UK For nearly 30 years, Cavendish has only acted for business owners. In the last past year, we have advised on the sale of 19 businesses, helping proprietors achieve the best possible price for their companies, finding new owners who can take those businesses forward and accelerate their growth and performance.

Understanding the range of businesses and technologies to a micro level is the challenge we at Cavendish have set ourselves. Helping us achieve this objective are our specialist team led by experts with backgrounds in fields such as engineering and finance together with years spent in corporate finance.

Our entrenched expertise in so many subsectors is matched by unrivalled contacts with leading UK and multinationals. In addition, we can leverage centres of excellence within Oaklins such as the oil and gas team in Dallas, our aerospace team in Seattle or the automotive and aerospace hub in Germany.

Oaklins is the world’s most experience mid-market M&A advisor. Over the last 5 years, Oaklins specialists have closed over 1,500 deals involving industry specialists, taking a global view and leveraging our deep local connections.

The relationships across the alliance underpin our commitment to continuous investment in innovation, leadership and the incorporation of best practices from across all of our business activities.

To achieve such success, in a challenging market wrestling with the challenges of Brexit, we have developed an unrivalled knowledge of potential buyer pools and established teams of sector specialists, who are recognised authorities in their areas offering business owners expert advice on the best preparation, strategy and likely buyers to ensure a successful sale. Utilising our international network of M&A advisors we have continued to source overseas buyers, who typically pay a premium for UK businesses – about half of the companies we sold last year were to international buyers.

There are almost no other firms that operate in the corporate finance arena that have the sole purpose of selling businesses; most represent buyers as well and this invariably begs the question by astute owners of business, are our advisors completely aligned with us? For nearly 30 years, Cavendish’s answer has been unequivocally “yes”.

Company: Cavendish Corporate Finance Email: info@cavendish.com Web Address: www.cavendish.com Address: 40 Portland Place, London W1B 1NB Telephone: 020 7908 6000

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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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.

Area of Practice: Intellectual Property, including patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret.

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 50% of the patent-experienced companies in that park have ever entrusted their IPR works to this firm.

Experiences: Mr. Yu-Li Tsai, a patent attorney graduated from Department of Electrical Engineering of National Taiwan University (NTUEE), which is the best engineering school in Taiwan. Because of interest in communication system, he then attended in the Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering (GICE) of NTU. During his research life in GICE, he also started to get involved in knowledge and skills of patent-related matters for taking and receiving the qualification of patent attorney. Mr. Tsai also attended to receive an IP master from Law School of University of New Hampshire, also known as Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, had an internship with InterDigital, Inc., and passed the U.S. Patent Bar Examination. Currently, Mr. Tsai is working for Deep & Far Attorneys-at-Law as a patent attorney.

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. Because the clients become more understood in the knowledge of IP and more budgetsensitive, they usually want to select an agent who can more efficiently and effectively deal with their IP matters. They often invite bids, set out tenders and call for interview before they decide to entrust a service provider. Taking patent for example, they gather information of costs for patent prosecution, previous works, and firm introduction materials in a preliminary choice stage, and hold an interview to obtain further details of the firm which has passed the preliminary choice stage. We

represent international giants, e.g. InterDigital, MPS, Schott Glas, Toyo Ink, Motorola, Cypress, Google, Armani.

We always keep updating the newest state of this firm, recruiting elite patent engineers and strictly training them the essential skills, improving the efficiency and quality of service, and developing new strategies that can assist the clients effectively protecting their intellectual property rights. This firm believes that if the efficiency, quality, and enthusiasm of the services can be consistently monitored and maintained, overcoming complexities, challenges or changes is just a result rather than an issue.

Our aspiration and directions would be developing more potential clients either in domestic or foreign countries, and expanding the size of this firm to assist more clients in pursuing most satisfactory IP protection. Although the domestic IP market, especially in the patent field in 2013 shrank a little, we expect this situation may finally change because there is a phenomenon that the gross economy is starting to recover in 2014.

Contact Details: Deep & Far Yu-Li. 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

Business Advisory Services Firm of the Year – Ireland Firm Profile: Averian Global was established in 2008 to meet the needs of clients undergoing organisational or strategic change. The firm has grown organically and through acquisition (most recently Bridgewater Management in Ireland) to become one of the leading consulting firms in Europe and the Middle East offering Strategic, Technical and Solution Consulting to clients of all sizes.

Averian Global now helps meet the needs of the world’s largest companies experiencing strategic challenges and undergoing significant business transformation. Since formation, the company has built a client base of successful SME’s, multinational and blue chip clients.

Averian has been instrumental in adding significant value to these organisations and has a track record of success across many sectors to include Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Financial Services, Insurance, Utilities and Telecommunications.

Our team of experienced and dedicated strategy professionals are chosen for their broad range of skills and are expected to have practical hands on entrepreneurial experience allied with sound academic knowledge.

Our consultants have experience in delivering business strategies, transformation and organizational change programs. Through our innovative ‘CSI’ offering (C-Suite Initiatives) we focus on the achievement of business value along with very strong analytical and communication skills which enable us to manage change initiatives to solution delivery. To date we have created initiatives valued at over $1bln for our clients. On our Technical side, we have built specialist SWAT teams – experts in Software Analysis and Testing to ensure clients position only the best and most appropriate solution to meet their needs.

Averian has also recently acquired BusinessChallenger.com, an innovative cloud based solution to provide consistent and expert reviews of business documents in order to remove ambiguous or vague requirements within initiatives from the earliest possible stage. This solution is currently in use amongst several Enterprise Support agencies and bodies across Ireland and the UK. At Averian, we understand the link between People, Process and Technology – we build on this and develop practical workable solutions through strategic guidance, business analysis, design, and planning and solution delivery. It is our passion for helping businesses grow that makes Averian the best there is.

Areas of Expertise: Our service offerings are as follows –

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Strategy / Business Model Development / CSI – C Suite Initiatives Technical and Solution Design and Programme Management • SWAT – Software Analysis and Testing • Financial/Accounting Services/ PMO / Test Services • Business Restructuring – Operational, Organisational, Strategic • Business Planning and Feasibility Studies • Training & Business Mentoring •

Contact Details: Averian Global – Alan Carey, Chief Executive

Limerick Office: Bridgewater House 89 O’Connell Street Limerick, Ireland T: +353 61 512122

Offices in Dublin, London, New York and Dubai

Most Professional Asset & Trade Finance Law Firm of the Year— International APT Finance is an independent finance company providing asset finance and Trade finance to all kinds of businesses, from start ups and sole traders to some of the biggest companies in the UK. After many years specialising in the Entertainment and IT industries, APT's financial packages now cover any kind of product and all types of businesses.

Our short term (1-6 months) and long term (1-5 years) finance packages enable you to make the most of the assets of your business - your cash resources, your customers, the equipment you own, your sales force and your business track record.

For ten years APT Finance has worked closely with the suppliers and users of equipment in the entertainment industry and although our expertise is the funding of "high tech" equipment such as IT, cameras, pro audio, video, sound and lighting, A/V, multimedia and digital imaging, we also finance "low tech" products used by the same customers, such as fixture and fittings for bars and clubs, signage, vehicles and furniture. If it is tangible, we can finance it!

The three directors of APT Finance each have over twenty years experience in general management, finance or marketing for both small and large IT manufacturers and so, whether you are a supplier wanting to implement your own label leasing programme or an end user needing advice on the tax implication of leasing versus hire purchase, you can be sure of getting responsive and experienced help from APT. Designing and implementing supplier (vendor) leasing programmes is one of APT's key activities because the directors have each spent over 20 years, before setting up APT, in senior marketing and finance roles with a variety of IT companies, from own start up ventures to major international PLCs. The APT Team are here to rapidly source funding for your business. We have considerable expertise in:

Lease Hire Purchase Sale and Leaseback Business Start-ups Sales-Aid Finance

Extended Hire Schemes Operating Leasing

Over the last 15 years, APT established itself as the clear Service Leader in Broker Finance, and has funded thousands of assets of every description to thousands of small, medium and large UK businesses, from sole traders to PLC's.

Over the years our expertise has expanded from financing Film & Television production equipment, professional sound & lighting, production CD & DVD, into event finance, entertainment venue finance, Video Walls, Plasma Screens, CCTV systems, Computer Equipment and Software-only Leasing.

For example, if a club owner often wants finance for his bar and kitchen equipment, or a recording studio needs some air conditioning - and so to provide a comprehensive service to our customers, APT has the resources and experience to finance any asset costing between ÂŁ1000 and ÂŁ1 million.

The APT's team are all seasoned business professionals and we have recruited management and support staff with years of experience in the relevant disciplines and markets in order to provide our customers with informed, competent and responsive service and advice.

Contact Details: APT Finance 22, Reading Road, Henley on-Thames Oxon RG9 1AG United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1491 642077 Fax: +44 (0)1491 642078

Labour & Employment Law Firm of the Year – Canada Through their innovative virtual law office they deliver professional legal services at reasonable rates directly to clients by utilizing reliable, cutting-edge technology. Labour Rights Law Office excel at developing creative, practical solutions to today’s most challenging legal issues in employment, labour law, and human rights law.

Labour Rights Law Office provides legal advice and representation to unions and their members in the private and public sectors as well as the construction industry and unionized police officers.

They offer confidential legal assistance to managers, excluded-employees, workers, and police officers in the non-unionized sector in all aspects of the employment relationships.

Additionally, they offer legal advice and representation to complainants, unions and respondent-employees involving claims of discrimination contrary to human rights legislation.

Their objective is to obtain a resolution to clients’ legal problems quickly and efficiently. If such a settlement is not forthcoming, we will advocate fearlessly on their behalf.

Their firm assists workers, unions, employee associations and other individuals to resolve legal issues in an efficient, cost-effective and timely manner.

They provide a broad range of professional legal services in matters before the BC, Alberta and Federal courts, as well as before a variety of administrative tribunals, including labour relations boards, human rights tribunals, and arbitration boards.

Sebastien Anderson brings extensive experience in a surprisingly broad range of intersecting fields of law including: accommodation of addictions, bankruptcy & insolvency, defamation, disability, torts, and police law, to name a few.

His personal interest in computers and technology has led me to develop a highly automated and selfsufficient approach to the practice of law. As a result, they introduce to the legal marketplace one of the first virtual labour/employment law offices in Canada.

Sebastien Anderson has more than 35 years of labour relations experience, which aids him to find innovative solutions for employment issues.

In 1983, he successfully completed the CLC’s Labour College of Canada residential program at the University of Ottawa. In 1983, he worked labour relations officer and an adult educator..

He presented my first arbitration case in 1987, and shortly thereafter began presenting cases in hearings before provincial and federal labour boards, arbitration boards, and human rights tribunals.

In 2001, he graduated from the University of Alberta, Faculty of Law. In 2001, he was an articling student at a downtown law firm in Vancouver, BC, and was called to the Bar in BC in 2002 and in Alberta in 2004.

In 2008, he successfully represented a client to purchase a pulp mill out of bankruptcy and to negotiate an employee ownership agreement.

As an associate, partner, and managing partner of a Vancouver law firm, he has gained experience in a surprisingly broad range of intersecting fields of law including: accommodation of addictions, bankruptcy & insolvency, defamation, disability, torts, and police law, to name a few.

His personal interest in computers and technology has led me to develop a highly automated and selfsufficient approach to the practice of law. As a result, have brought to the legal marketplace one of the first virtual labour/employment law offices in Canada: Labour Rights Law Office.

In August 2013, Sebastien Anderson founded the Labour Rights Law Office, one of the first virtual employment, labour law and human rights firms in Canada. They incur lower overhead costs due to our innovative web-based virtual environment and that allowed us to reduce our lawyers’ hourly-billing rates, which has had the net affect of increasing “access to justice.” They are able to provide our clients with timely legal advice via web conference in the comfort and privacy of their own homes. The only things our clients need is an email account and either a computer equipped with a web camera or a smartphone. If necessary, or if their clients prefer to meet in person, we can arrange an appointment to meet our clients in a business centre office or boardroom. Their firm sends correspondence digitally and we share our digital files with our clients via a secure file-sharing facility. They send digital copies of our invoices, which clients can pay online conveniently using their credit or debt cards. At the same time, their lawyers enjoy “work-life-balance” provided by flexible hours of work and being able to work from home. They conduct conferences between our lawyers or firm meetings via web conference with only a few mouse clicks. As a means to increase lawyer self-sufficiency, and to minimize the demands placed on our administrative staff, they utilize automation provided by various applications.

Their firm’s model is also environmentally conscious since none of our firm members have to drive a vehicle to commute to work, and all our files are digital.

The success of their innovative approach to the delivery of legal services is demonstrated by the growth of their client-base across Canada and by the consistent gradual growth of our legal team.

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Labour Law

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Employment Law

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Wrongful Dismissal

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Employment Standards

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Employment Insurance •

Human Rights

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Civil Litigation

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Administrative Law

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Accommodation of Addictions •

Bankruptcy & Insolvency •

Defamation •

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Torts Police Law

These were articles in the news. They are on the website.

The RCMP has been forced to reinstate a Mountie who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after the deadly 2005 standoff in Mayerthorpe, Alta., his lawyer told The Globe and Mail.

Giorgio Cima’s WorkSafeBC claim was denied, even though the organization has never interviewed him. The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered WorkSafeBC’s independent appeal tribunal to take another look. Sebastien Anderson represented him pro bono.

[He] wrestled with the sudden onset of a debilitating speech impediment and then received a profanitylaced text message from his boss that described him as a “retard” as he sat down with family for Christmas dinner, has won his B.C. Supreme Court bid to have his rejected WorkSafeBC claim reconsidered.

RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dubeau misrepresents Privacy Commissioner’s findings!

Sebastien acts as Parliamentarian for conventions and conferences..

As a growing company, Labour Righta Law Office are seeking to expand by hiring litigators with three to five years experiencein human rights, and labour-side labour & employment law. Many of these lawyers are seeking to hold onto their current jobs with the hope of working their way to partnership. As such, finding the right personnel to fill these posts has been difficult.

They have hired an articling student, and will continue to advertise for experienced lawyers. As not many lawyers are aware of the opportunities that exist in a virtual law office, we are increasing our advertising to appeal to individuals who prefer the flexibility of work-life balance that working from home offers, while they develop collegial, professional, and mentoring relationships.

They are currently able to offer our legal services to clients from across Canada. We have staff in both Alberta and British Columbia and would also like to expand within these provinces, as well as in other provinces.

Contact Details: Labour Rights Law Office.

Sebastien Anderson Ext#222 Office: 604.475-0041

Fatemeh Saidi-Ext#221 Karlan Modeste-Ext#225

Toll-Free: 1.877.708-8350

Sherry Shir-Ext#224

Toll Free Fax: 1.877.700-8879 Alberta Fax: 1.780.665-7427 Email: info@LabourRightsLaw.com

Securities Litigation Law Firm of the Year — USA Entwistle & Cappucci is a national law firm providing exceptional legal representation to clients globally in the most complex and challenging legal matters. Our practice encompasses all areas of litigation including securities, antitrust, corporate transactions, general corporate and commercial, creditor’s rights and bankruptcy, corporate governance and fiduciary duty, government affairs, insurance, investigations and white collar defense. Our clients include public and private corporations, major hedge funds, public pension funds, governmental entities, leading institutional investors, domestic and foreign financial services companies, emerging business enterprises and individual entrepreneurs.

Andrew J. Entwistle is the firm’s managing partner in New York City. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his law degree from the University of Syracuse College of Law. Mr. Entwistle's practice principally involves the representation of public and private institutional investors and public and private corporations in complex litigation (including both the prosecution and defense of securities and antitrust cases), corporate finance and transactional matters and internal investigations.

Our senior partners have diverse experience in the management of complex business litigation, transactions and corporate investigations in bet the company situations. Over the years, the Firm represented an impressive roster of clients including the nation’s largest public pension systems, publicly traded corporations, private equity firms, hedge funds, high net worth investors and charitable organizations.

As an entrepreneurial firm, we approach the issues facing our clients not merely as lawyers but as business owners who understand the realities of the modern business environment. We partner closely with our clients both in formulating highly effective solutions to the challenges they face and in identifying opportunities that present themselves. This approach has rewarded us with loyal and expansive relationships of which we are immensely proud. Our reputation as the most highly skilled and accomplished litigators among clients, adversaries and the judiciary has not been inherited from prior generations but has been earned day-by-day, client-by-client and matter-by-matter.

Our Firm has litigated newsworthy, high profile and complex cases across a broad spectrum of substantive areas, representing public and private corporations, major hedge funds, public pension funds and other leading institutional investors.

We managed through all of these changes on the strength of our Chief Financial Officer and Paralegal Manager who led the restructuring and move with fantastic support from the rest of our staff.

In late 2015 we restructured our entire IT department in order to move to a cutting edge cloud based platform that would provide a more collaborative environment for clients and co-counsel. At the same time we moved to new space with a more flexible floor plan.

We are wholly focused on serving the most complex and serious of our clients' litigation, investigative and transactional needs. This is work that cannot be efficiently or cost effectively handled in-house at the level these fast moving situations require.

Contact Details: Andrew J. Entwistle 299 Park Avenue 20th Floor New York, NY 10171 aentwistle@entwistle-law.com Telephone: (212) 894-7200 Fax: (212) 894-7272

Arbitration & Litigation Advisor of the Year – Indonesia Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo (LGS) was founded in 1985 by Timbul Thomas Lubis, Mohamed Idwan (‘Kiki’) Ganie and Arief Tarunakarya Surowidjojo. LGS specializes in both Commercial Transactions and Commercial Disputes, including criminal law. As well as helping to put the deal together we can also help to prevent or solve problems in its implementation.

Our lawyers are specialized in confirming what the legal problem is, but do not leave the solution to the client, they are also trained to suggest commercial solutions to what has started as a legal problem or legal solutions to what has started as commercial problems.

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.

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.

LGS has 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).

Clients are increasingly looking for stability (or better: sustainability) and strategic direction. We have made it our mission not only to service existing but also anticipated client needs. We are therefore skilled not only to advice what the "the law says", but also what the clients could or should do to solve the legal aspects of a legal or commercial problem or to support our Clients' strategic direction.

In three years’ time we see the firm to have achieved its mission to be the Indonesian firm with the largest transaction and dispute resolution division and with the largest network of branch offices throughout Indonesia to provide not only expertise on central government laws, regulations and policies, but also regional laws, regulations and policies, and to provide assistance wherever the legal issues arise within Indonesia. All that with a view to increase value, to be more effective and cost efficient for the benefit of our clients and also to assist other firms who require legal services in the region (provinces) of Indonesia.

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

Corporate & Commercial Leading Lawyer – Thailand SCL Law Group (formerly known as Chavalit Law Group) provides a full range of legal services to serve the needs of clients. We have structured our group of law firms in such a way that general legal work, such as corporate, securities, banking and finance, corporate recovery services, expatriate services, labour, mergers and acquisitions, property, taxation, litigation and arbitration, are handled by Siam City Law Offices (SCL); and intellectual property, information technology and telecommunications work is handled by Chavalit & Associates (CA).

Our clients are both domestic companies and multinational corporations. We have worked with law firms in many jurisdictions for cross-border transactions.

The firm was started with 4 partners and a number of support staff, totalling 30 people and now after 11 years, our staff count is 100 people with head office in Bangkok and branch office in Hua Hin, along with offices in Myanmar, Loa PDR and Cambodia.

Nilobon Tangprasit is one of the founding partners of Siam City Law Offices Limited (SCL Law Group). Prior to the group’s establishment, she was a partner and member of the Corporate & Commercial Practice Group of International Legal Counsellors Thailand Ltd. (ILCT) (Russin & Vecchi). Her previous professional experience includes a three-year period as an in-house lawyer with B. Grimm & Co., in addition to successful stints with Siam Yamaha Co., Ltd. and Coopers & Lybrand Associates Ltd. Nilobon Tangprasit is a well-renowned corporate attorney within the Thai legal industry and has headed the Corporate Practice Group of SCL Group since its inception. In a career that has spanned more than 25 years, she has gained extensive expertise in advising and assisting international and Thai corporations, both in the private and public sectors, in the areas of business organisation and structure, foreign business law, investment law, joint ventures, dissolution and liquidation, corporate recovery, M&A, taxes, exchange control laws, share sales and purchases, public offerings and listing and delisting from the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). In addition, Nilobon Tangprasit also has vast litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) experience involving general commercial and corporate matters.

The Partners and the team manage each and every case in an individual manner. Great emphasis is given to the fine details of each matter. No one case is the same. We always try to understand what our clients want not only immediately but also for the long team goals of our client. This creates the trust and ultimate establishing a long working relationship. Being in the Asean region, often there is much cross boarder transections and client trust us in handling these matters. The fact that we have offices in Myanmar, Lao PDR and Cambodia makes is easier for us to provide values added service to our clients.

We have been in the business in this region for over 35 years and with it comes a vast amount of experience and a great deal of knowledge of how business is done in this region and specifically Thailand. This knowledge and expertise is used in assisting our clients in obtaining the best deals in negotiations and in various areas of our practice. We understand what our clients want and we deliver quality service, be it the setting up of a new company or restructuring a company, just as an example.

With this amount of experience comes by itself the strong business network that has been established over the years. Some of our partners have over 35 years of working experience. They know who to go for different matters, especially when dealing with Government officials.

A few prominent cases are as follows: i.

A major deal involving an aerospace supplier/manufacturer based in the USA and a leading premium built-to-measure warehouse, distribution centre and factory developer, both in Thailand and the South East Asia region. ii.

The closing of a lucrative deal between an industrial packaging container supplier/manufacturer based in Germany; and Thailand’s leading developer of industrial estates, utilities, and power and property solutions.

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Assisted in a consortium agreement between a prominent utilities management services company, and (undisclosed), a division of a foreign company, the world’s largest supplier of water services; with regard to the purchase of the bid documents on the hire of work via an eauction system from the local water authority. The result of this is that its name is on the recipient list of the bid documents regarding hire of work with the e-Auction System of PWA. Assisted (undisclosed) on a contract on hire of work for water system supervision, operation and management at Suvarnabhumi Airport with Airports of Thailand PCL (“AOT”).

This year has been a tough year indeed, but we have always been in close contact with our client and have always provided them with top notch quality service. There have been compromises that we have made for our clients. These go towards showing that we value our clients and we are not merely counsels for hire. We go beyond our expectation to provide best value added service and provide the best possible solution to our clients.

We as a law firm have always believed in evolving with the times and changes in the legal frame work. A most significant development this year has been the implementation of the Asean Economic Community (AEC). We as a group have embraced this significant change and gone further to advice clients on not just their needs for Thailand, but the AEC as a whole. Educating the clients of the momentous cooperation and getting them to look beyond just Thailand, and how they can benefit and venture out into the Asean countries. When there is complexity and challenges, or changes we look at how it can work well not just for us as lawyers but also for our clients.

Our goals have always been clear for us – always provide service excellence to our clients. In achieving this aim we evolve as a group, we better ourselves in learning and adapting ourselves and our practice group in servicing our clients.

We would like to be known as a leading firm, not only in Thailand but a firm with an excellent reputation in the Asean region.

Other notable awards to evidence our excellent service are: Asian Women in Business Law Awards in the following categories: 1. Best firm in Thailand; and 2. Best national firm for work/life balance.

Contact Details: Siam City Law Offices Limited Rajanakarn Building, 20th Floor 3 South Sathorn Road, Yannawa Sathorn, Bangkok 10120, Thailand Tel: +66 (0) 2 6766667-8 Fax: +66 (0) 2 6766188 www.siamcitylaw.com

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Entertainment Law Firm of the Year – Germany ARNECKE SIBETH is an independent law firm with 35 partners and more than 100 attorneys at four locations: Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin and Dresden. It ranks among the top legal service providers in Germany.

We offer comprehensive legal services in selected practice areas and sectors. We call this approach focused full service.

Our specialists are organised in six strong practice groups which are fully integrated across the locations and are working together closely as a team. ●Corporate / M&A / Tax ●Real Estate ●Public Law ●Employment ●IP/IT/Commercial (with sports + media) ●Transportation / aviation / logistics Our Corporate/M&A Practice is highly valued both domestically and in cross-border transactions. In the area of Real Estate and Construction/Engineering we can boast one of the most successful and largest teams in Germany. Many of our professionals working in the areas of Public Law and IP/IT/Commercial have received multiple awards. We are leading experts in the Law of Transportation, Aviation and Logistics and our TAL practice enjoys high acclaim internationally.

We advise multinational groups as well as medium-sized enterprises in various industry sectors, both domestically and in cross border matters. We have an excellent international network. Our carefully selected partners Meritas and Interlaw offer access to first class attorneys in all important legal systems who share our comprehensive approach to legal services and meet the high expectations of our clients.

At our firm you will deal with partners directly – throughout the entire project. Teams will be set up in the size as required. We can also handle complex matters with multidisciplinary and well integrated teams.

Always under the clear leadership of a partner who keeps a watchful eye on the matter and stays in close contact with the client.

We take pride in providing services. It takes more than just legal considerations to find the right entrepreneurial decision. Therefore we offer “more than law”. It is our ambition to take a 360-degree look at the picture and thus to have a clear view of all facets of a topic.

Contact Details: ARNECKE SIBETH, FRANKFURT HAMBURGER ALLEE 4 (WESTENDGATE) 60486 FRANKFURT AM MAIN Tel.: +49 69 979885-0 E-Mail: Frankfurt@ArneckeSibeth.com

Employment Disputes Law Firm of the Year – Turks & Caicos Mark Anthony Fulford is a Managing Partner at F Chambers Attorneys based in Providenciales. He is an organizer and communicator with extensive experience in public administration and policy making, public relations, banking, sales and marketing. His expertise lies in Inward Investment, Corporate Structuring, Development, Immigration, Employment and Real Estate.

He is an outstanding graduate of the University of Buckingham Law School where he was the first Turks and Caicos Islander to receive the coveted Merit Prize Award. At Buckingham University he served as President of the Law Society a position that ushered him into the company of distinguished leaders including His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. Prior to returning to the TCI where he is now the Managing Partner of F Chambers, he gained work experience in an array of practice areas with reputable law firms in London, and in Bermuda.

Fulford has successfully conducted numerous cases in the Magistrate Court, Labour Tribunal, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in the Turks and Caicos Islands. He serves as the President of the Legislative Committee of the TCI Bar Association. He is a founding member and Chairman of the Advocates Legal Group, which is the largest group of Legal Aid lawyers that undertake litigation for the indigent. He is a member of the International Bar Association and sits on the Law Firm Management committee. Fulford has served as Special Assistant to the first Premier of the TCI and as an Advisor to the second Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands. He regularly provides his opinion on specially commissioned work to the current Premier.

Contact Details Unit 007 Emily House, 1105 Leeward Highway, P.O. Box 666 Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands

Email: info@fchamberslaw.com Telephone: +1 649 339 6275 Fax: + 1 649 941 7777

Private Equity Law Firm of the Year - USA Attorney JosĂŠ E. Latour emigrated to the U.S. from Cuba with his parents at the age of four. Growing up in South Florida, he attended the University of Florida for both undergraduate and law studies. Upon graduating law school, Mr. Latour was appointed to the U.S. Department of State as a Diplomatic and Consular Officer by the late President Ronald Reagan. After serving abroad in Mexico and Equatorial Guinea (Africa), he left government service to begin private law practice.

Focusing on business immigration, international trade, and consular law, the firm rapidly expanded in the 1990s, opening branch offices in Washington D.C., Manila (Philippines), and Hong Kong. In 2003, Mr. Latour sold his US immigration practice and co-founded One World Development, a non-profit organization created to battle malaria in Equatorial Guinea, West Africa, where he had served as administrative officer for the State Department; the project, funded by the U.S. oil industry, ultimately resulted in a dramatic reduction in malaria-caused infant mortality. Upon completion of the five year contract, in 2008 he returned to private practice, since focusing exclusively on representing high net worth individuals and families and structuring EB-5 projects for U.S. and international businesses and developers.

In 1992, shortly after beginning private practice, Mr. Latour received the highest possible A/V peer rating by Martindale-Hubble law directory, a distinction which he has preserved continuously until today. Long a proponent of technology in the practice of law, he pioneered the concept of Internet-based delivery of legal services in the 1990s, providing direct client case management online for a broad spectrum of leading national healthcare and technology clients. Port of Entry, his daily Web column - online long before the term "blog" existed - had over 30,000 daily readers in its prime in the 1990s. Mr. Latour has received a number of awards and distinctions from organizations including Inc. Magazine, Florida Trend Magazine, and Cisco Systems.

Today Mr. Latour heads LatourLaw, P.A., and a private client law practice based in Miami, Florida.

Contact Details: LatourLaw, P.A. Jose E. Latour, Esq. 4500 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 206 Miami, Florida 33137 Telephone: (786) 866-9775 Fax: (305) 675-6195 Email: jlatour@latourlaw.com

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