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International
Intellectual
Property
Mr. B. is a member
of New York
Intellectual
Property and
Litigation groups
and is currently
engaged in patent
procurement, both
U.S. and foreign,
and also in
litigation support.
He has extensive
experience in
research and
development in the
biotechnology
industry as a
research scientist
and principal
investigator,
publishing over a
dozen papers in
peer-reviewed
scientific journals.
Mr. B. has assisted
in a major biotech
litigation and is
currently is
responsible for the
development of the
world-wide patent
estate of a small
multinational
biopharmaceutical
client. Mr. B.
current practice
focuses on patent
procurement,
interference, and
opinion work in the
fields of
biotechnology and
pharmaceuticals. Her
experience includes
the preparation and
prosecution of
patent applications,
validity and freedom
to operate opinions,
prior art searches
and analysis, and
inventorship
determinations.
Bar
admission:
Admitted in New
York, U.S.
District Courts for
the Southern and
Eastern Districts of
New York Court of
Appeals for the
Federal Circuit.
Registered to
practice before the
U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office.
Education:
B.A., Biochemistry,
Merton College,
Oxford University,
Honors, Ph.D.,
Molecular Biology,
Edinburgh
University, J.D.,
Saint John’s
University.
Languages:
English, French,
German.
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International
Trade
Ms. F. specializes
in international
commercial
arbitration and
commercial
litigation. Ms. F.
has experience of
arbitral proceedings
conducted under the
auspices of the
International
Chamber of Commerce
(ICC), as well as ad
hoc proceedings,
such as under the
arbitration rules of
the United Nations
Commission on
International Trade
Law (UNCITRAL). Ms.
F. has advised on
matters involving
sovereign State
parties. She has
particular
experience in the
assessment of the
viability of claims
under investment
protection treaties
and under general
international law.
Ms. F. has worked on
disputes involving
both common and
civil laws, in
Russia, Poland,
France, Turkey,
Switzerland,
Algeria, the United
Kingdom, and the
United States.
Bar admission:
Avocate, Paris Bar.
Education:
License, London
School of Economics, Maîtrise de
Droit des Affaires,
Université Robert
Schuman Strasbourg
III, D.E.A. in
Public International
Law, Université
Paris II
Panthéon-Assas.
Languages:
English, French,
Turkish, Spanish.
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International
Investments
Ms. P. concentrates her practice on international tax, including
negotiating Advance Pricing Agreements and resolving business tax issues. Ms. P. has
assisted in negotiating both Advance Pricing Agreements and Advance Pricing Agreement
renewals. She has also assisted in preparing the Annual Reports that accompany the
APA as well as preparing documentation for transactions not covered by the APA. Ms. P. has advised on a variety of international tax
issues. These include permanent establishment, investment, and other business-related
issues. Ms. P. was admitted as a foreign practicing attorney in Japan.
Bar admission: Virginia, District of Columbia.
Registered as Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi in Japan.
Education:
B.A., Mary Baldwin
College, summa cum
laude, J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, summa cum laude.
Languages: English, Japanese.
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International
Banking
Ms. H. has
experience in a
range of banking,
acquisition and
export finance
transactions
representing banks,
borrowers, as well
as sponsors. Ms. H.
has also gained
experience in the
area of financial
restructuring
assisting clients
both from the London
and the New York
office, where she
was based working
within the
bankruptcy and
restructuring team.
In all financing
transactions, Ms. H.
was involved in the
structuring of the
deal, in drafting
and negotiating term
sheets and other
commitment
documents, loan
agreements, trust
deeds and creditor
agreements, escrow
agreements, security
documents and
guarantees. Ms. H.
also has experience
in advising on
export and project
finance transactions
involving the
participation of
ECAs, with
particular reference
to the Italian
market.
Bar admission: Court
of Appeal of Rome,
Italy, England and
Wales.
Education:
Law Degree, Luiss
University Law,
Rome, Honors, LL.M., Queen Mary &
Westfield College –
University of
London, Merit.
Languages:
Native Italian,
fluent English,
knowledge of French.
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International
Business
Transactions
Ms. P. had
previously worked as
an Attorney-Adviser
at the United States
Tax Court,
Washington, DC. Ms.
P. concentrates her
practice on
international tax,
including
negotiating Advance
Pricing Agreements
and resolving
business tax issues.
Ms. P. has assisted
in negotiating both
Advance Pricing
Agreements and
Advance Pricing
Agreement renewals.
She has also
assisted in
preparing the Annual
Reports that
accompany the APA as
well as preparing
documentation for
transactions not
covered by the APA.
In addition to her
APA work, Ms. P. has
advised on a variety
of international tax
issues. These
include permanent
establishment,
investment, and
other
business-related
issues. Ms. P. was
admitted as a
foreign practicing
attorney in Japan.
Bar
admission:
Virginia, District
of Columbia.
Registered as
Gaikokuho Jimu
Bengoshi in Japan.
Education:
B.A., Mary Baldwin
College, summa cum
laude, J.D.,
American University,
Washington College
of Law, summa cum
laude.
Languages:
English, Japanese.
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International Patent
Dr. U. focuses on
patent procurement,
opinion work, and
patent litigation.
His field of
specialty includes
pharmaceuticals,
chemicals, and
biotechnology. U.'s
experience includes
drafting and
prosecuting patent
applications,
rendering
patentability and
infringement
opinions, managing
patent portfolios,
and advising clients
on their patent
strategies. He has
been involved in
patent litigations
as well.
Bar
admission:
Virginia;
registered to
practice before the
United States Patent
and Trademark Office
(limited
recognition).
Education:
Yonsei University,
Seoul, Korea (B.S.
in Biochemistry); University of
Houston (Ph.D. in
Biochemistry);
Georgetown
University (J.D.).
Languages:
Korean.
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International
Financing
After several years
in the Firm’s Asia
practice, including
as managing partner
of the Tokyo and
Singapore offices,
T. has recently
relocated to Europe,
where he focuses on
project finance,
mergers and
acquisitions and
foreign investment
to and from Asia. He
supervised and
assisted the
development of the
Firm’s practice in
South and Southeast
Asia, including
India, and focused
as well on client
transactions in
Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand, the
Philippines, and
Vietnam. With his
relocation to
Europe, Mr. T. now
focuses on project
development and
finance as well as
on servicing clients
who seek to develop
or expand their
business between
Western Europe and
Asia.
Bar
admission:
Virginia State Bar,
District of Columbia
Bar, New York State Bar,
Japanese Bar (as Gaikokuho Jimu
Benhoshi).
Education:
B.A., Randolph-Macon
College, M.A.,
College of William &
Mary, J.D.,
University of
Virginia School of
Law.
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International IP
Litigation
B. is a member of
New York
Intellectual
Property and
Litigation groups
and is currently
engaged in patent
procurement, both
U.S. and foreign,
and also in
litigation support.
He has extensive
experience in
research and
development in the
biotechnology
industry as a
research scientist
and principal
investigator,
publishing over a
dozen papers in
peer-reviewed
scientific journals.
Mr. B. has assisted
in a major biotech
litigation and is
currently is
responsible for the
development of the
world-wide patent
estate of a small
multinational
biopharmaceutical
client.
Bar
admission:
Admitted in New
York, U.S.
District Courts for
the Southern and
Eastern Districts of
New York Court of
Appeals for the
Federal Circuit.
Registered to
practice before the
U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office.
Education:
B.A., Biochemistry,
Merton College,
Oxford University,
Honors, Ph.D.,
Molecular Biology,
Edinburgh
University, J.D.,
Saint John’s
University.
Languages:
English, French,
German.
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International
Arbitration
W. is an associate
in the firm’s
international
arbitration and
commercial
litigation practice
groups. Ms. W. has
assisted in the
representation of
clients in
international
commercial
arbitrations under
the rules of the
International
Chamber of Commerce
(ICC) and the
International Centre
for Settlement of
Investment Disputes
(ICSID), and with
regard to issues of
public international
law and foreign
investment. Ms. W.
has also been
involved in the
representation of
pro bono clients in
immigration and
asylum matters. Ms.
W. is the recipient
of a Fulbright
Scholarship and the
Carl Mason Franklin
Prize in
International Law.
Bar
admission:
New York.
Education:
B.A., University of
North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, with
Distinction and
Highest Honors, Phi
Beta Kappa, Morehead
Scholarship, J.D.,
Stanford Law School,
Pro Bono
Distinction.
Languages:
English, Spanish.
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International Tax
N. specializes in
French and
international tax
matters. He is
particularly active
in structuring the
acquisition of
French and foreign
companies. N. also
regularly advises
French and foreign
investment funds
with their
investment in French
real estate. N.
regularly works with
foreign companies to
implement foreign
employee incentives
plans in France
(stock options,
restricted stock
units, etc.). In
addition, N.
practices in the
area of tax planning
for French and
foreign individuals.
Furthermore, N.
assists taxpayers in
tax and customs
audits as well as
litigation with tax
and customs
administration
before French
courts. He recently
assisted a German
corporate client
facing a corporate
tax reassessment in
relation to its
French permanent
establishment.
Bar
admission:
Paris Bar.
Education:
Université de Paris
II-Panthéon Assas
(LLM; Diploma of the
Institute for
Business Law; Université de Paris
IX-Dauphine
(Bachelor of
Business
Administration); HEC Université Paris II-Assas
(Postgraduate degree
in International
Taxation); Université de Paris
I-Panthéon Sorbonne
(Postgraduate degree
in International
Economic Law);
New York University
(LL.M. in Taxation).
Languages:
English, French.
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International
Technology
An intellectual
property attorney,
H. worked for the
Sony Corporation in
Tokyo, Japan and in
the United States,
serving in several
management positions
and responsible for
world-wide patent,
design and trademark
prosecution for all
Sony Groups, before
joining his current
firm.
Bar
admission:
United States Patent
and Trademark Office
District of Columbia
Bar, New York State Bar,
United
States Courts of
Appeals for the
Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Ninth
and Federal
Circuits.
Education:
Sc.B., in Applied
Mathematics, Brown
University,
J.D., University of
Pennsylvania Law
School, LL.M., in
Patent Law, George
Washington
University, S.J.D.,
in Computer Law,
George Washington
University.
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