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, admitted 2004.

Education: License, London School of Economics, 2000 Maîtrise de Droit des Affaires, Université Robert Schuman Strasbourg III, 2001 D.E.A. in Public International Law, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 2002

Languages: English, French, Turkish, Spanish.

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 for most of 2003 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. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. H. was a senior banking associate at Linklaters & Alliance in London.

 

Bar admission: Court of Appeal of Rome, Italy, admitted 1993 England and Wales, admitted 2001.

Education: Law Degree, Luiss University Law, Rome, Honors, 1990 LL.M., Queen Mary & Westfield College – University of London, Merit, 1999.

Languages: Native Italian, fluent English, knowledge of French.

Ms. P. joined the tax practice in January 2004. Before joining the firm, Ms. P. worked as an associate at Alston & Bird LLP, Washington, DC, where her practice focused on negotiating and drafting Advance Pricing Agreements, and advising on international tax issues. She 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. She completed a year of study at Kansai University of Foreign Studies in Osaka, Japan. 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, 1991 J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, summa cum laude, 1995.

Languages: English, Japanese.

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, 2000 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, 1973 Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Edinburgh University, 1977 J.D., Saint John’s University, 1999. Languages: English, French, German.

A privacy, intellectual property and information technology attorney, Z. has extensive experience in contracting, litigation and counseling. He has been active in counseling on matters regarding privacy and data protection, and negotiates and drafts all types of agreements relating to Internet, computer software and hardware matters. He also litigates computer-related disputes and directs privacy audits and intellectual property due diligence investigations. Mr. Z. is the author of a number of law review articles on topics relating to computer, intellectual property and antitrust law. He has published numerous papers in conference handbooks and has been a guest speaker, on privacy and various information technology and intellectual property topics, at more than 200 seminars in the United States and in fifteen other countries.

 

Bar admission: United States Patent and Trademark Office District of Columbia Bar, admitted 1969 New York State Bar, admitted 1971 United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Federal Circuits.

Education: Sc.B., in Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 1961 J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1968 LL.M., in Patent Law, George Washington University, 1969 S.J.D., in Computer Law, George Washington University, 1975.

After 20 years in the Firm’s Asia practice, including 15 years as managing partner of, successively, 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. In 1983, he helped open the Firm’s Singapore office. While there, he assisted in the Firm’s representation of the Republic of Indonesia on matters ranging from infrastructure development projects to sovereign bond offerings. He remained in Singapore for four years, gaining experience throughout Southeast Asia in a broad range of matters including project finance, foreign investment, joint ventures and debt restructuring. Mr. T. relocated to Tokyo to develop and oversee the Firm’s Japan practice. During five years in Japan he represented Japanese engineering and construction firms in oil and gas and infrastructure projects in numerous countries and acted for various Western investors into Japan and Korea. He also represented Japanese companies in foreign investments in various industries and countries. 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, Vietnam and elsewhere. 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, admitted 1979 District of Columbia Bar, admitted 1980 New York State Bar, admitted 1980 Japanese Bar (as Gaikokuho Jimu Benhoshi), admitted 1990 - 1994. Education: B.A., Randolph-Macon College, 1971 M.A., College of William & Mary, 1975 J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1979.

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. Before joining the firm, Ms. W. completed a legal internship with the Center for Justice and International Law in Costa Rica, an NGO active in the Inter-American Human Rights System. She has also studied in Indonesia and worked as an intern for NGOs in Bolivia, Jamaica, South Africa and New Zealand.

 

Bar admission: New York State.

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Distinction and Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Morehead Scholarship, 1998 Juris Doctor (J.D.), Stanford Law School, Pro Bono Distinction, 2004

Languages: English, Spanish.