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Adam Hakki
Adam Hakki
Partner, Co-Chair of the Executive Committee and Board and U.S. Chair.
Alejandro Gordano
Alejandro Gordano
Alejandro advises corporations, governments and investment banks on corporate finance transactions, including SEC-registered and exempt debt and equity offerings, credit facilities, restructurings, liability management and structured finance transactions, including diversified payment right securitizations. He also provides SEC-disclosure and corporate governance advice, and has knowledge of the banking, transportation, TMT, biotech, retail and energy sectors. Alejandro has been at the forefront of ESG capital market deals across Latin America, leading a number of ESG “firsts”, including the first emerging-market sustainability-linked bond, the first sustainability-linked bond by a sovereign worldwide, the first international sustainability-linked bond out of Peru, and the first exchange offer in Argentina replacing standard bonds with green bonds.
Andrea De Pieri
Andrea De Pieri
Avv. Andrea De Pieri is a partner in the Corporate Group of the Milan office. Mr. De Pieri focuses primarily on assisting corporate clients, investment banks and private equity funds in both public and private mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, sales and joint ventures as well as corporate finance and real estate transactions.
Andrey Panov
Andrey Panov
Andrey Panov is a counsel in Dispute Resolution practice. He has over twelve years of experience representing his clients before Russian and foreign courts, as well before arbitral tribunals. Andrey regularly acts as lead counsel in his cases, and has conducted his own advocacy in numerous commercial, construction and investment arbitration cases under the ICC, SCC, LCIA, SIAC and ICAC Rules. He has also represented clients in many high profile commercial and corporate disputes at all levels of the Russian courts, with some of his cases becoming precedents cited in the information letters of the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation. Andrey has advised his clients on litigation conducted in jurisdictions including England and Wales, Switzerland, Cyprus, Jersey, the British Virgin Islands and the Marshall Islands. In addition, Andrey sits as an arbitrator in domestic and international cases under various sets of rules, including the ICC.
Anna Gamvros
Anna Gamvros
Anna is data and technology lawyer, and heads Norton Rose Fulbright's cyber risk practice for Asia Pacific. Anna's practice focuses primarily on privacy, technology and communications related issues. She advises clients on privacy and data protection; cybersecurity and breach response; telecommunications and Internet regulatory issues; technology agreements; and outsourcing transactions. She has assisted clients with Hong Kong and China based projects, as well as having a wealth of experience in multi-jurisdictional projects, particularly on implementing e-commerce and data management projects in Asia and across the globe.
Anton Konnov
Anton Konnov
Anton Konnov is the Managing partner of the Moscow office and Head of the Moscow corporate practice. He has advised extensively on a broad range of corporate, regulatory, infrastructure and general commercial matters and on a number of high-profile corporate transactions including M&As, joint ventures and corporate restructurings in Russia and the CIS in a wide range of business sectors including TMT, oil and gas, metals and mining, financial institutions and manufacturing.
Azam Aziz
Azam Aziz
Global Head of Corporate and a partner in the Derivatives & Structured Products practice
Bulat Zhambalnimbuev
Bulat Zhambalnimbuev is a partner and co-head of the Russian corporate practice. He has extensive experience of advising both Russian and foreign investors, including major Russian state-owned companies and multinational corporations, on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital raisings, including both private and public offerings, general corporate and antitrust matters. Bulat's experience includes transactions in a wide range of sectors with a particular focus on TMT, oil and gas, mining, power and financial institutions.
Dan Gold
Dan Gold
Dan Gold is a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice. His practice focuses on securities class actions, fiduciary duty cases, class actions and other complex commercial litigation matters. He has successfully represented numerous corporations, boards of directors, individuals and financial institutions, including the dismissal of shareholder derivative cases against the directors of AT&T and the dismissal of securities class actions against Tenet Healthcare and ExxonMobil. Dan also obtained denial of class certification and dismissal of all claims in a matter brought by hedge fund investors seeking more than $1 billion in damages, summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging improper competition with the American Airlines Center, summary judgment on a $780 million claim arising from a major telecommunications transaction and denials of class certification in significant consumer class actions for the National Football League (NFL). He also played a leading role in successfully defending the NFL in a jury trial against fraud claims brought by Super Bowl XLV ticketholders. Dan has been recognized for securities litigation by Chambers USA, with clients noting that he is “a really smart lawyer,” an “excellent strategist” and a “great writer,” with “very good common sense” and “problem-solving” abilities. He has also been recognized by The Legal 500 for his work in M&A Litigation, Acritas as an “Acritas Star – Standout Lawyer,” by Thomson Reuters as a “Texas Super Lawyer” and by D Magazine as a “Best Lawyer in Dallas” for Securities Litigation and Enforcement. Dan frequently writes and speaks on issues related to class actions, securities litigation and fiduciary duties. Dan has presented, interviewed and published articles for various organizations and publications, including the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Dallas Business Journal, Bloomberg, Compliance Week, Corporate Counsel, Securities Regulation Law Journal, Business Insurance, DFW Financial Services Counsel Roundtable, Securities Reform Act Litigation Reporter, Law360, UT Conference on Securities Regulation and Business Law, Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association Securities Section and the Dallas Bar Association Business Litigation and Antitrust and Trade Regulation sections. For his service commitment, Dan received the I. Zesmer Young Leadership Award from the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas in 2019 and was honored as the Cardozo Society 2014 Young Attorney of the Year. He also serves as a member of the Anti-Defamation League Regional Board for North Texas and Oklahoma, a member of the board of Levine Academy and Co-Chair of the Professional Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas.
Donna Parisi
Donna Parisi
Global Co-Head of International DCM, Derivatives & Securitization and Financial Institutions Sector Lead
Eliana Cioffi
Eliana Cioffi
Eliana Cioffi is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice group of the Rome office.
Elvira Aliende Rodriguez
Elvira Aliende Rodriguez
Elvira Aliende Rodriguez is a partner in the Antitrust practice. She focuses on Spanish and EU competition law. Elvira advises clients across a range of sectors, including air transport, chemicals, telecommunications, energy, pharmaceuticals, steel, hotel accommodation, textiles and financial services. She has extensive experience in advising clients on Article 101 (restrictive agreements) and the equivalent provisions under Spanish law. She has also participated in State aid procedures and in Article 102 (abuse of dominance) cases before the EU competition authorities. She has in-depth knowledge of working before the European Commission and the European Courts.
Emanuele Trucco
Avv. Trucco is a partner in Shearman & Sterling’s Capital Markets and M&A Groups who has considerable experience in Italian and U.S. transactions including public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and capital markets transactions.
Eugenio Zupo
Eugenio Zupo
Eugenio Zupo is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice of the Milan office.  He practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and corporate governance. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, he worked for the law firm of Prof. Augusto Fantozzi in Milan.
Igor Gorchakov
Igor Gorchakov
Igor Gorchakov is a partner in Banking and Dispute Resolution practices. He is an experienced and versatile Russian lawyer specialising in banking and dispute resolution, including domestic and cross-border litigations and arbitrations. His wide ranging banking and finance expertise includes general lending, syndicated lending, project finance, real estate finance, securitisation, derivatives and bank regulation. Igor also practises in the areas of international capital markets and M&A.
Ilya Dvorkin
Ilya Dvorkin
Ilya Dvorkin is a partner and the head of the Structured and Asset Finance practice in Russia. He is a recognised expert in the field of asset finance and acts for all of the leading players in the Russian and international aviation market. Ilya’s practice features a wide range of aircraft-financing matters, including pre-delivery payment financings, ECA financings, aircraft sale and purchase transactions, portfolio sales and leasing, as well as related Russian tax, customs and regulatory issues. Ilya was one of the first lawyers to successfully lead the repossession of aircraft from Russia on behalf of an international lessor. He represents major Russian and international aircraft lessors and banks on their restructurings, aviation related disputes and airline bankruptcy cases in Russia.
Jennifer Morton
Jennifer Morton
Partner and leader of firm's broker-dealer regulatory practice
Lorna Xin Chen
Lorna Xin Chen
Partner Asia Regional Managing Partner Head of Greater China Executive Group Member
Masahisa Ikeda
Masahisa Ikeda
Partner Asia Regional Managing Partner Head of Tokyo Office
Mei Lian
Mei Lian
Mei Lian is a partner in the Financial Restructuring practice, based in London. She has a broad and extensive practice with years of experience across a wide spectrum of high-end finance transactions, which often involve cross-border features. Ms. Lian focuses her practice on representing institutional investors, as well as corporate borrowers, issuers, private equity funds and sponsors on a wide range of finance transactions. She has particular expertise navigating complex stressed and distressed situations, advising across the entire capital structure, and utilizing various finance instruments. Ms. Lian also represents hedge funds and alternative credit providers in connection with bespoke financing transactions and distressed and restructuring investment opportunities.
Michel Houdayer
Michel Houdayer
Michel Houdayer is a partner in the Finance Department in the Paris office. His practice covers a variety of finance transactions, with a particular emphasis on acquisition finance and private equity. Mr. Houdayer regularly advises leading French and foreign financial institutions, as well as investment funds and corporate borrowers. He primarily advises clients on leveraged finance (senior and mezzanine), banking, and private equity. He is also member of the firm's Opinion Committee.
Oleg Khomenko
Oleg Khomenko
Oleg Khomenko is a partner in Banking practice. He advises lenders and borrowers on a broad range of complex cross-border financing transactions, and has extensive experience in margin lending, acquisition finance and financing in emerging markets (including Russia, the CEE and the Middle East) in addition to general corporate and real estate finance.
Ruby Kwok
Ruby Kwok
Ruby Kwok’s practice focuses on regulatory issues in the technology media and telecommunications sectors of Hong Kong and China, with an emphasis on privacy and data protection, online services and telecommunications. She has also advised on technology and commercial agreements.
Sergey Blinov
Sergey Blinov
Sergey Blinov is a counsel in Banking practice. He is an all-round finance lawyer with substantial experience in a broad range of banking and finance transactions, covering trade finance, export credit finance, project finance, acquisition finance, subordinated loans, syndicated lending, restructurings (both consensual and contentious), and debt capital markets transactions. He has also advised various financial institutions on major insolvency proceedings and related litigation.
Thad Behrens
Thad Behrens
Thad Behrens is a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice. His practice focuses on the representation of companies, boards of directors, executives or underwriters in high-stakes commercial disputes, including securities actions, shareholder derivative cases, M&A litigation, tender offer litigation, proxy contest lawsuits and internal investigations. He also has extensive experience in defending class actions involving consumer protection, environmental issues, healthcare and telecommunications. He has obtained major victories for some of the most recognizable companies in the U.S. For example, Thad recently obtained dismissals for two matters on behalf of Tenet Healthcare, a securities case and the other a medical care case. He also won a putative environmental class action lawsuit for AT&T by first obtaining denial of class certification and then securing voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit. Thad led the successful defense of the National Football League (NFL) in a consumer class action brought by ticketholders to Super Bowl XLV—first obtaining a denial of class certification and then winning the subsequent federal jury trial against the remaining individual plaintiffs. He also obtained summary judgment for the NFL in two different lawsuits brought in Texas state courts by a fantasy football convention company. Thad has also led BP Products North America, Inc. to victory by defeating class certification and securing a voluntary dismissal in a $10 billion environmental litigation brought by property owners who claimed to have been harmed by alleged air emissions from one of the company’s oil refineries. Ranked by Chambers USA for securities litigation, sources tell the directory that Thad is “the smartest lawyer I’ve ever worked with and 100 steps ahead of most counsel” and “one of the smartest lawyers you will find in the securities area,” noting that he “is thought of really highly and is really good on his feet.” Clients also describe him as “trusted,” “very client-friendly, very smart and very strategic in his thinking” an “excellent writer, thoughtful and cost efficient” who “works well with other law firms” and “always has in mind the overarching goal and our broader interests, as opposed to just trying to win litigation.” Thad is also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America of Woodward/White, Inc. for Litigation – Securities, by Thomson Reuters as a “Texas Super Lawyer” and by D Magazine as a “Best Lawyer in Dallas” for Class Actions and Securities Litigation and Enforcement. In addition, Thad was named “Litigator of the Week” by Texas Lawyer in recognition of his successful representation of client AT&T in a federal class action suit. Prior to entering private practice, Thad served as a law clerk for the Honorable Garland E. Burrell, Jr. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Thad is also a recognized leader in the community. He is a Master of the Bench in the esteemed Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court, a former president of the Dallas Federal Bar Association and an alumnus of the Dallas Regional Chamber’s famed Leadership Dallas program.
Ward McKimm
Ward McKimm
Europe and Middle East Regional Managing Partner
William Schwitter
Bill is Global Co-Head of Sector Strategy and has a diversified practice covering mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities law, and he is a recognized long-standing leader in the US debt capital markets. He has extensive experience advising clients on domestic and cross-border transactions, which frequently involve complex structuring and financing arrangements, as well as on corporate governance and other strategic advisory matters. Bill’s clients range from global public corporations to famous restaurateurs and their investment funds, and he regularly represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in their M&A and finance activities. His broad-based experience includes advising on leveraged buyouts, private placements, public equity offerings, bond issuances, special purpose acquisition companies, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and board of director and special committee fiduciary matters. His work covers a variety of industries, including technology, media and entertainment, hospitality, consumer retail, telecommunications and manufacturing.

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