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WORDWIDE ADVISOR SUPERIOR LAWYERS

2016

WORLDWIDE FINANCIAL ADVISOR AWARDS MAGAZINE

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Worldwide Financial Advisor Awards Magazine Superior Lawyers 2016 Worldwide Financial Advisor Awards Magazine 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 Excellence Awards 2016 recognises a select number of leading professional firms around the world working both nationally and internationally in their field of expertise.

Worldwide Financial Advisor Awards selects the best professional & financial institutions from around the world and showcases there 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.

Worldwide Financial Advisor Awards is currently being read by Lawyers, Advisers, Consultants and corporate executives.

We aim to showcase every company individually and to its full potential.

Worldwide Financial Advisor Awards Magazine Superior Lawyers 2016 Afschrift Tax Law Firm of the Year – Belgium Arnecke Sibeth Entertainment Law Firm of the Year – Germany Benchmark International International Corporate Finance Advisor of the Year – UK Cameira Legal Anglo-Portuguese M&A Law Firm of the Year – England Deep & Far Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – Taiwan Dennemeyer Group European Trademark Law Firm of the Year – Romania Devereux Chambers Employment Barrister of the Year – UK DIMAC LAW FIRM Commercial Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year – Vietnam Douglas Silas Solicitors Education Law Firm of the Year – UK Entwistle & Cappucci LLP Securities Litigation Law Firm of the Year – USA

Ernst & Young Transfer Pricing Partners of the Year – Brazil Hampson and Company, Attorneys at Law Litigation Law Firm of the Year – Cayman Islands Kemp IT Law IT Law Firm of the Year – UK Linklaters Private & Public Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year – Belgium Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Securities Law Firm of the Year – USA O'Grady's Solicitors Boutique Law Firm Leading Advisor – Ireland PatentAxis Inc Best Patent Services Firm – Canada Private Advising Group Corporate Law Firm of the Year – USA Sadis & Goldberg Law Firm of the Year – Private Funds – North America

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 well-believed 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 budget-sensitive, 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

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

Transfer Pricing Partners of the Year – Brazil Arthur Young was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated in law, but became interested in banking and investment. In 1890, he moved to the US to pursue his career in accounting. In 1906, he formed an accounting firm, Arthur Young & Company, with his brother Stanley.

Alwin C Ernst was born in Cleveland, USA. After leaving school he worked as a bookkeeper. Then, in 1903, he and his brother Theodore started Ernst & Ernst, a small public accounting firm.

Both Arthur Young and AC Ernst were innovators and appreciated the importance of quality in their work. Ernst pioneered the idea that accounting information could be used to make business decisions and make a difference to clients’ organizations. He inspired his people to deliver better service to clients. Young also positioned himself as a business advisor as much as an accountant.

Both men understood the importance of their people. In 1920, Ernst & Ernst’s operating philosophy stated: “The success of Ernst & Ernst depends wholly upon the character, ability and industry of the men and women who make up the organization.” Young supported the development of professionals. In the 1920s he originated a staff school and, in the 1930s, the firm was the first to recruit from university campuses.

Both firms were also quick to enter the global marketplace. As early as 1924, they allied with prominent British firms: Young with Broads Paterson & Co and Ernst with Whinney Smith & Whinney. These alliances were the first of many for both firms, which opened offices around the world to service their international clients.

AC Ernst and Arthur Young never met in life, but died within days of each other in 1948. However their philosophies lived on and, in 1989, were brought together when the firms they started combined to create Ernst & Young. The new organization quickly positioned itself on the leading edge of rapid globalization, new business technologies and continuous business change.

In Brazil our organization has 5.000 people sharing their ideals and passion to help build a better working world.

Partner for the Transfer Pricing Practice of Rio de Janeiro office, serving particularly in the oil & gas, mining & metal, life & science, automotive and technology industries.

Marcio has experience in providing tax services to different industries and has a wide range of experience including international tax planning, supply chain restructuring, tax compliance and corporate reorganizations.

Marcio is a professor of transfer pricing and tax planning for the MBA in Law program at UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense), PUC (Pontifícia Universidade Católica) in Rio de Janeiro and FGV. We have a full dedicated group to Transfer Pricing practice in Brazil. This represents an important differential to EY in the market.

Contact Details: Marcio R. de Oliveira Address: Praia de Botafogo, 370 - 7 Andar, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22.250-040, Brasil Tel: + 55 21 3263 7209 Email: marcio.r.oliveira@br.ey.com

European Trademark Law Firm of the Year – Romania Dennemeyer & Associates is a leading patent law firm with a genuine international span. It was founded as a patent law firm in Luxembourg in 1962. We now have six offices in five European countries (Luxembourg, Germany, Poland, Romania, and Croatia) and five offices in non-European countries (United States of America, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Australia, Brazil) with new locations being constantly added.

As a pioneer in strategic international intellectual asset management, we specialize in the preparation and worldwide registration of patents, trademarks and designs. We assist our clients in all steps of the prosecution phase of IP management.

Our international team of patent and trademark attorneys offers world-class expertise in IP law for patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights, domain names and licenses. They are admitted to practice before the Patent and Trademark Offices of several additional European and non-European jurisdictions (e.g. France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, EU, EPO, and New Zealand).

Dennemeyer is the only global, full-service provider. Our worldwide service range is comprised of both legal and portfolio services, as well as strategic IP consulting and cuttingedge software solutions for effective IP management. Due to the synergies between the international patent law firm Dennemeyer & Associates & Dennemeyer IP Solutions, we are in a unique position to make full use of each areas’ strengths and to pass these advantages to our clients.

Benefits of working with us include: •

Experienced and highly qualified patent and trademark professionals

• Worldwide representation through an established global network of local representatives •

Single point-of-contact for worldwide IP outsourcing

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Streamlined internal processes as demonstrated by our ISO certifications

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Flexible processes to meet an organization’s needs

• Seamless integration with Dennemeyer Group’s IP Portfolio Services, IP Consulting and Software Solutions Dennemeyer & Associates scope of intellectual asset legal services ensures cost effective and powerful support to corporations.

I am Raluca Judele, patent attorney, Head of International Recordals, Head of Patent Department and Director of Dennemeyer & Associates (RO). I am active since 2011 in the area of IP and my expertise covers IP law, commercial and civil law.

Contact Details: Luxembourg (Central office, Howald): Dennemeyer & Associates S.A. 55, rue des Bruyères, 1274 Howald Phone: +352 276115-100 Fax: +352 276115-555 E-mail: info@dennemeyer-law.com Romania (Brasov): Dennemeyer & Associates S.R.L. Str. Aurel Vlaicu 94, 1st floor, 500178 Brasov Phone: + 40 268 41 2979 Fax: +40 268 412965 E-mail: info@dennemeyer-law.com

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Your local contact for all intellectual property services: worldwide - around the clock All your IP matters will be handled by a single, dedicated Dennemeyer contact, while more complex tasks may be managed by a team of experts and offices worldwide.

AUSTRALIA • BRAZIL • CHINA • CROATIA • FRANCE • GERMANY • JAPAN • LUXEMBOURG • POLAND • ROMANIA • SWITZERLAND • UAE • UK • US Note: Legal services are provided by our patent law firm Dennemeyer & Associates S.A., respectively its local subsidiaries and branch offices.

Learn more: http://www.dennemeyer.com/contact/

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

Best Patent Services Firm – Canada PatentAxis Inc. holds a tremendous respect for entrepreneurial activity and is always keen to support this activity with analysis and services that aim to provide clients with a competitive edge in patents. A high premium is placed on client relationships. Whether the client is a local start-up or a large international law firm, PatentAxis Inc. is committed to clear communication, transparent billing and steadfast pursuit of patent protection.

PatentAxis Inc. is a Canadian patent services firm located in Toronto, specializing in patent filing and prosecution. For local clients, patent portfolios and international filing strategies are managed and executed.

International clients are represented for Canadian patent prosecution to achieve grant of a Canadian patent.

Accessibility and prompt and clear responses to clients wishing to discuss strategy or query a patent practice is a cornerstone of PatentAxis Inc.’s service model. Client initiated discussion and questions are encouraged by a policy of not charging for short telephone calls. Every attempt is made to have calls directed to and answered by a relevant patent professional during business hours. Open communication channels provide clients with opportunities to make informed decisions when considering multiple parallel options that can arise during filing and prosecution and ultimately obtain patents that are better correlated with client goals.

Billing models can be either based on hourly rates or fixed fees. Historically, a majority of clients provided with both options have chosen fixed fees. Responding to client demand a fixed fee structure has been developed for full Canadian prosecution from filing to grant. PatentAxis Inc. is dedicated to explicit and plain billing, so that invoices are aligned with expectations.

A founding principle of PatentAxis Inc. is to treat every client as a premium client, with an emphasis on client communications and client satisfaction. Regardless of the size of the client a concerted effort is made to provide clear and practical advice at each decision point, and whenever relevant set out options with benefits and risks of each option.

It is a distinct honour to be recognized within the Superior Lawyers 2016 edition of the Worldwide Financial Advisor Awards Magazine. This recognition will inspire even greater efforts to provide clients with a competitive advantage that comes from successful patent prosecution and analysis. These awards are useful indicators of being on the right track, and provide a validation from existing clients without having to impose on these same clients with requests to answer surveys or submit testimonials. PatentAxis Inc., is thrilled to celebrate this award as a reflection of a roster of trusted client relationships and sends heartfelt thanks to those who took time out of their schedules to cast favourable votes and make this win possible.

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

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

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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Full Service Law Firm of the Year – UK Mackrell Turner Garrett are International Solicitors in London and Surrey.

As a founder of Mackrell International, an international network of 4,200 lawyers in 90 firms in 110 offices around the world, we can offer immediate international legal advice and assistance in any jurisdiction worldwide.

Nigel is the Managing Partner and Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution in the London office of Mackrell Turner Garrett. He is experienced in complex litigation matters, and various forms of dispute resolution.

Clients include in the banking and hedge fund sector [Indus Capital LLP, KBC Bank NV]; Information Technology and Management [AFD Software, Blue Cube Group]; Property [William Pears Group]; Motor [JLC Ltd (Jaguar Land Rover), Imperial Carriages Limited]; Publishing [Financial-I, Grapo AS]; Restaurant & Entertainment [Sketch, Wainscott Studios]; Architecture & Design [Space Projects Ltd].

Nigel has considerable experience in defending FCA prosecutions, and HMRC Appeals.

He is an International committee member for EMEA on Mackrell International, the independent network of 90+ law firms around the world and Chairman of the Business Development Committee for Mackrell International.

As a result of the firm’s membership of Mackrell International, Nigel is very experienced in cross-border disputes, and multi-jurisdictional litigation.

In 2012 Nigel was named England and Wales Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year as well as being appointed Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, Member of the Diversity Law Institute and Member of the Trial Law Institute.

Contact Details nigel.rowley@mackrell.com Tel: 00 44 (0) 20 7240 0521

COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION LAWYER OF THE YEAR UK CHARLES N. BROWER has been a Judge of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal for 30 years, has served as Judge ad hoc of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and currently serves also as Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice. He is also a member of 20 Essex Street Chambers in London. He has served as Acting Legal Adviser to the United States Department of State and as Deputy Special Counsellor to the President of the United States. Judge Brower in 2009 was awarded the American Society of International Law’s Manley O. Hudson Medal for “pre-eminent scholarship and achievement in international law . . . without regard to nationality”; in 2010 received the Stefan A. Riesenfeld Award of the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in recognition of “outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of international law”; in 2013 received the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law’s Lifetime Achievement Award; and in 2013 received the Pat Murphy Award of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration of the Center for American and International Law “For Exceptional Civic Contributions and Extraordinary Professional Achievements in International Arbitration.” In October 2014 he became the first inductee into the Legal Media Group Euro money “Hall of Fame” for “significant contributions to commercial arbitration during his career.” In February 2015 he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Global Arbitration Review at its awards ceremony held in Washington, DC.

Contact Details The Honorable Charles N. Brower

20 Essex Street Chambers 20 Essex Street London WC2R 3AL England Telephone: +44 20 7842 1200 Fax: +44 20 7842 1270 Email: cbrower@20essexst.com

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – India The Firm Singh & Singh Lall & Sethi (SSL&S) is a merger of two highly acclaimed IP Law Firms of the country. The merger took place in April 2015. The merger brought professionals passionately dedicated to create perfect synergy with specialist IP practitioners and litigators in different fields of intellectual property law. The firm serves as a one stop solution for IP, Telecom, Competition laws, Information Technology and related aspects, as also technology, media and telecommunication laws with a wide bandwidth to handle large portfolios and litigation across all areas.

The firm also handles a large number of non-IP matters especially in the field of pharma regulatory, arbitrations, policy making in IP and Telecom Sectors, including Compulsory Licensing and Copyright Amendment Act 2012.

The firm not only represents a large volume of Patent and Trademark litigation cases in India, but also provides unrivalled IP services, including but not limited to domestic and international filing and prosecution.

The firm currently has offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Colombo and Kathmandu.

The Founders and Partners The founders are four of the most prolific litigators of the country. Mr. Sandeep Sethi, Mr. Maninder Singh and Ms. Prathiba M. Singh are all designated Senior Advocates. Mr. Chander M. Lall took over the mantle from the founders and is the Founding and Managing Partner of the merged firm.

SSL&S is a professionally managed firm with 9 partners, over 40 attorneys and patent agents and a total strength of over 120 personnel. Out of the 9 partners in the Firm, the Managing Partner and two other Partners are involved in Patent litigation. One Partner heads the Patent Prosecution. Four Partners are heading IP Prosecution and Enforcement teams and one partner is involved in Telecom & Broadcasting. There is an entire team of lawyers and patent agents working under each Partner.

Patents The patent professionals of SSL&S have wide ranged experience in drafting applications of various technologies and liaising with inventors, technical experts and in-house patent counsels in the preparation of specifications. Because of its day to day experience in patent litigation, SSL&S is able to provide assistance in strategizing complex innovation related issues, enforcement of patents, and analysing strength of patents prior to enforceability, streamline prosecution etc.

SSL&S is estimated to be engaged in over 70% of the patent litigations currently pending in the country concerning technologies like pharmaceuticals, bio-similar, medical devices, mechanical engineering, chemicals, electrical and electronics, to name a few. In the area of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), the firm is engaged in virtually all pending cases in India and is instrumental in assisting development of the law in this field.

Trademarks On the trademarks front, SSL&S has been instrumental in laying down the law in several areas such as comparative advertising, trade dress protection and a wide variety of internet and IT law related issues. The firm has been involved in many civil and criminal anti-counterfeiting actions. The firm currently represents 7 of the top 25 of the world renowned trademarks listed by Interbrand. SSL&S is

the preferred firm not just in India but the entire South Asian region, including Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives and Bhutan.

Telecom and Broadcasting SSL&S practices extend beyond core IP. It has a strong presence in the area of telecom and broadcasting representing a large number of broadcasters in different forums including the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).

Bespoke IP Management Software All the work is carried out on a unique bespoke IP management software platform ClickIPR. The software has IP law engines for all jurisdictions around the world ensuring automated docketing of files worldwide and populating of forms. The use of the software system, which is far superior to any known IP software system, ensures that deadlines are never missed and costs are kept low. The firm was perhaps the first in the world to maintain all its files in electronic form.

Clients SSL&S has a very wide list of clients from all over the world which include The Coca-Cola Company, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, GSK, Bayer, Merck KgaA, Monsanto, Citibank, Mondelez, KraftHeinz, Diageo, Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox, United Technologies Corporation, Kimberly-Clark, Lacoste, Gant, Hewlett Packard, Nike, Ebay, Cisco, Amazon, Samsung, Reckitt Benckiser, Panasonic, DuPont, to name a few International one with an equally impressive list of Indian clients which includes Zee, Marico, Havells, Woodland, HCL, NIIT, Essel, ITC, Eicher, HeroEco and Fabindia.

Awards SSL&S is the more extensive awarded firm of 2016 being acknowledged as a leader in IP law. The firm has bagged several awards and maintains highest rankings in many categories. The `Managing Intellectual Property` has ranked Singh & Singh Lall & Sethi as Tier 1 for Patent Contentious, Trade Mark Contentious and Copyright respectively for 2016. The `Chambers & Partners` has ranked the firm as `Band 1 in Intellectual Property` and Chander Lall as `Band 1 Intellectual Property Litigation Lawyer in India`. `Legal Era` positioned Singh & Singh Lall & Sethi as the `IP Law Firm of 2015`.

The firm also bagged `WTR Gold award for Enforcement and Litigation` and Chander bagged the `Gold award` in individual category. The firm shot the `Deal of the Year 2015` award for representing Glenmark Pharmaceuticals in Merck Sharp & Dohme and Sun Pharma v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

by India Business Law Journal besides bagging the `2015 - Indian Law Firm Awards - Intellectual Property`. The M&A magazine declared the firm as the Law Firm of the Year - Intellectual Property – India. `Professional Sector Network` has accolade the firm with `IP Law Firm of the Year – India`.

WIPR chose Chander Lall as `Leaders 2016 in Patents & Trademark`, while Sudeep Chatterjee was chosen for Trademarks.

CHANDER M. LALL- FOUNDER & SENIOR PARTNER Co- founder of the previously reigning IP boutique, Lall & Sethi Advocates, Mr. Chander M. Lall is currently the Managing Partner and spear-head of the merged entity ‘Singh & Singh Lall & Sethi’ (Singh & Singh is India’s leading IP litigation firm – the two firms merged to form this IP Powerhouse since April 2015).

An adventure sports enthusiast by heart and a successful Advocate by profession, Mr. Lall is a renaissance man, who has many firsts in his name in the legal profession. He was the first to have the foresight to commence patent drafting outsourcing to India in the year 2002, when the concept was relatively unknown. Under his mentoring and leadership, in the year 2007, his firm developed one of the world’s first proprietary IP Management Software (Click IPR) for international filing and management. His firm went completely paperless as long back as in the year 2010, perhaps one of the first, internationally. He argued his first case with the complete file on a tablet in that year itself.

In court, Mr. Lall is rated amongst the best IP litigators. He was counsel for a winning cause in two of the lead decisions (whirlpool and Ocuflox) of the Supreme Court of India on well-known and famous marks – decisions which were path-breaking not just in India, but internationally. His litigation and enforcement foresight is legendary when one considers the impact his strategies had on bringing down film piracy levels in India whilst representing a consortium consisting of the Motion Pictures Association of America, the leading Hollywood studios and many leading Indian film producers. The Supreme Court decision on curtailing cable piracy stands at the forefront of this initiative. He is widely acknowledged as one of the best in the field of copyright and copyright litigation.

Post his graduation, Mr. Lall enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of India in 1989. He has been practicing in various forums including the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, in addition to other High Courts around the country for over 25 years. He was also a part of the Core Group to make amendments in the copyright laws of India. Mr. Lall is a leading member of the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group and advises and represents many leading pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Bayer and Merck on various IP issues. His firms protects 8 of the top 30 brands of the world listed in the Interbrand 2014 Rankings.

Besides having an illustrious career as a litigator, Mr. Lall is also a proud member of various globally renowned network and associations. He was perhaps the youngest, and the first Indian and south Asian member to be on the Board of Directors of the International Trademarks Association (INTA), a worldwide association of trademark owners & professionals from the year 1998 to 2000. He was also the Chairperson of the World-Wide Anti-Counterfeiting and Enforcement Committee at INTA for a two year term and also serves as the President of the Intellectual Property Rights Attorney Association.

Besides his exceptional litigating skills, Mr. Lall demonstrated his outstanding writing abilities by being the contributing Author and Editor for the publication entitled "Trademark Anti-Counterfeiting in Asia and the Pacific Rim". He has also authored the chapter on Indian law in both the editions of the publication of INTA entitled "Trademark Law and the Internet".

Mr. Lall has is consistently listed as one of the leading IP practitioners in India by virtually all leading international publications. He frequently attends and speaks at national and international IP conferences and is on the WIPO Panel of speakers and resource persons for their Training of Trainers (TOT) Programs. He has participated in well over 20 TOT programs in over 3 continents including Africa, South America and Asia.

In addition to being a distinguished lawyer, Mr. Lall is an advanced certified scuba diver, a fervent mountaineer, an avid and former national lever cyclist, a bold bungee jumper, a one-time sky diver, a wanna-be Harley Davidson Hog and a passionate water and alpine skier.

Contact Details Chander M. Lall cmlall@indiaip.com D - 17, South Extension II, New Delhi - 110 049, India Ph: 91-11-4289 9999 Website. www.IndiaIP.com

Accountants 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.

Contact Details Miriam Robles Toll Free: 018008496614 www.ksi.mx

Corporate Tax Law Firm of the Year - USA At Fredrikson & Byron, we’ve built a reputation as the firm “where law and business meet” by bringing business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to our work with clients, and by operating as business advisors and strategic partners as well as legal counselors.

A proactive, problem-solving mindset runs throughout our service areas, from our traditional legal areas of support like litigation, real estate, and intellectual property to our more consultative practices like government relations and health care consulting. It’s a mindset that enables us to understand and keep client objectives firmly in mind, and to anticipate and address problems before they arise.

Our lawyers blend a common sense approach with in-the-field experience, and we utilize our firm’s strong reputation and our lawyers’ broad networks of business and industry contacts to get things done for clients.

Clients have relied on us since 1948 for great solutions that help them minimize legal risks and maximize business benefits. We look forward to an opportunity to show you what it is like where law and business meet.

Tom Wilhelmy has practiced Property Tax and Real Estate Law since 1978 and has been an MSBA Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law since the inception of that designation.

Practice Areas: Property Tax Appeals Tax Disputes & Resolution Real Estate Litigation Real Estate Litigation Contact Details: 200 South Sixth Street Suite 4000 Minneapolis, MN 55402-1425 Phone: 612.492.7000 Email: twilhelmy@fredlaw.com Office: 612.492.7058

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