What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? I handled an asset deal as a type of M&A transaction...

Sandra Redding is no stranger to supporting extremely complex and high value transactions: ‘As legal counsel for RWE Dea (now Ineos), having responsibility for the legal work needed to bring...

As general counsel for noon, the Middle East’s fastest growing e-commerce company, Justin Dowding has a vast amount of experience in setting up legal entities in new markets. When discussing...

CEPSA is an integrated energy company operating at each stage of the oil value chain, with more than 11,000 employees worldwide. The general counsel of CEPSA Group is Ignacio Pinilla...

One of the biggest corporate groups in Turkey, Zorlu Holding, operates in the areas of textiles, white goods and electronics manufacturing, energy and financial services. Placing a high premium on...

Leading Turkish food and beverages conglomerate Yıldız Holding has been operating in Turkey for the last 70 years. Chief legal counsel, Barış Öner manages the legal department which handles the...

The legal team at Yıldırım Holding is divided into three main sub-teams: corporate and corporate finance, transactional affairs and M&A, and litigation. Iltem Dokurlar manages the entire team as director...

Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding, abbreviated as Sabancı Holding, is one of the largest industrial financial conglomerates in Turkey and holds control over 70 companies, in 15 countries, all recognised as...

Rönesans Holding is a group of companies specialising in construction, real estate investment and energy. The legal department is made up of 22 lawyers and six paralegals and since the...

Koç Holding is at the helm of the Turkish economy having approximately €20bn in turnover and managing 13 joint venture partners in a diverse mix of sectors and operations. It...

Karadeniz Holding is a major energy production holding company operating in 16 countries across the globe and is a major innovator in the power generation industry thanks to its production...

Özlem Akyüz Atamer leads the in-house legal team at Kale Holding, which is made up of four lawyers and one non-lawyer, and divided into separate corporate, litigation and employment departments....

Global Yatırım Holding has been one of the leading independent brokerage and investment banking firms in Turkey since it was founded in 1990. Today, the organisation’s legal team is currently...

Founded in 1959, Turkish industrial giant GAMA has a long history of developing infrastructure and energy projects in 25 countries extending from Ireland in the west to Russia’s Sakhalin Island...

Eczacıbaşı Holding was founded in 1942 and brings together 42 companies with over 12,500 employees. Amongst their staff, the in-house legal team at Eczacıbaşı Holding is highly adaptive to the...

One of the top three largest private-sector conglomerates in Turkey with a portfolio of 250 companies, Doğuş Holding is an important player within Turkish business. General counsel of the organisation,...

The Doğan Şirketler Grubu Holding legal team includes two executives with two senior lawyers specialised in M&As, corporate governance and corporate law. The team also has three lawyers who provide...

Founded in 1958, Çelebi Holding is a major historic international ground services company in the aviation industry based in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the country’s first privately owned ground services...

Continuing to impress, the in-house legal team at ALJ Holding provide stalwart legal guidance to one of the Turkish automotive sector’s most important companies with a diverse portfolio of other...

One of Turkey’s largest corporate groups, Zorlu Holding employs over 26,000 employees across a portfolio of over 60 companies operating in a range of sectors, from textiles to electrical goods....

Leading Turkish food and beverages conglomerate Yıldız Holding has been operating in Turkey for the past 70 years. Global legal affairs president Ibrahim Flood spearheads a legal department which handles...

Türkmen Holding is a group of diversified companies covering textiles, logistics, foreign trade, technology, aviation, marine and yachting. As part of a drive to focus on growing in-house resource, general...

TAV Airports Holding was established in 1997 as a joint venture of Tepe, Akfen and Airport Consulting Vienna and won a tender for the İstanbul Ataturk Airport International Terminal in...

The legal department at Sabancı Holding, the largest industrial and financial conglomerate in Turkey by profit, is a business-oriented, dynamic, dedicated and solid team composed of four experienced lawyers, each...

The legal function at The Limak Group of Companies, a Turkish conglomerate with major interests in construction, energy, cement, and tourism, was only established in 2013 when senior legal counsel...

As an iron and steel producer with a wide international trade network in Turkey and the Balkans, Kurum Holding has been facing tough competition from the aggressive expansion of the...

At Koç Holding, Turkey’s largest industrial and services group in terms of revenues, exports, number of employees and shares on Borsa İstanbul, the in-house legal team of 16 is led...

Founded in 1948, Karadeniz Holding operates in more than a dozen countries, with its primary activities focused on the energy sector.  As the world’s only owner and operator of a...

Legal affairs director Özlem Akyüz Atamer leads a legal team of five at Kale Holding, a conglomerate that initially pioneered the ceramics industry in Turkey but now invests in machinery...

Ibrahim Chechen Investment Holding Co. (IC Holding) is an investment management company that carries out its business activities mainly in construction, energy generation and distribution, tourism, industry, and infrastructure through...

Since June 2014, Ruşen Gürlük Yarpınar has headed the legal team at EWE Turkey Holding, the Turkish arm of German EWEW AG and the first and largest international investor in...

Doğan TV Holding is the largest broadcasting group in Turkey, operating several media companies and channels including one of Turkey’s leading mainstream entertainment channels, KANAL D and other popular channels...

ALJ Holding has established an extensive operation which includes 10 subsidiaries across a range of sectors in Turkey. At the helm of a dynamic team of five in Turkey Group–...

The legal team of SOCAR Trading, a Swiss crude and trading oil company specialised in Azeri Light crude oil of Azerbaijan, has grown from three to six members with four...

The legal department at Schindler Holding supports one of the world’s leading providers of elevators, escalators and moving walkways. In an environment of stagnation and competitive devaluations, the success of...

Led by Gottlieb Keller, general counsel, the exceptional legal team at Roche Holding has been tasked with high profile cases that have led to a series of victories in the...

Made up of four lawyers and one non-lawyer, Ascom Holding’s Swiss legal team stands out for its sophisticated compliance strategy. The sale of one division has led to a recent...

Alpiq Holding was formed as a result of the 2009 merger of two Swiss energy companies Aare-Tessin (Atel Holding) and Energie Ouest Suisse (EOS). Since then the company has established...

Established in 1998 by the Russian software house Reksoft, OZON Holdings was the first Russian company to establish themselves as an online retailer. Currently incorporating five businesses – OZON.ru, OZON.travel,...

Offering corporate, retail, investment, brokerage, pension and insurance services and with assets exceeding $58bn, Otkritie is Russia’s largest independent financial services group. Otrkitie’s group general counsel Alexander Tarabrin is internationally...

The recent past has seen personnel changes in the legal team of Norwegian global maritime industry group Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding, including the appointment of current chief legal officer Morten Aaserud....

VKR Holding is a holding and investment public limited company whose object is to create value through financial investments and ownership of undertakings. The company employs a total number of...

The legal department of Solör Bioenergi Holding, a bio-energy provider, has made a significant mark on the company’s operation despite only recently being created. Formed along with the joining of...

The Grundfos Holding legal department has undergone drastic alterations in the past two years. The team implemented a strategy designed to make its service more customer-centric and its advice focussed...

‘The most important thing is to produce solutions, support the business and not create a barrier or bottleneck. You have to be able to use your tools and make it...

SEDCO Holding (Saudi Economic and Development Company) is one of the country’s largest conglomerates specialising in Sharia-complaint private wealth management for operating companies, real estate, private and public equity. The...

Established in 2006, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company actively manages and grows a portfolio of commercial assets. The growth of the company has prompted the addition of four new members to...

Al Faisal Holding, a leading private company that has had significant input into the development of the Qatari economy, now has over 120 companies that operate under its umbrella from...

Kuwait-based holding company Action Group Holdings has specific interests in the MENA region and Australia, Europe and the United States. The company has a diverse profile covering investment, consultancy, real...

Seanergy Maritime Holdings is a Marshall Islands corporation with its executive offices located in Athens. The company is engaged in the transportation of dry bulk cargoes through the ownership and...

Listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, Marfin Investment Group Holdings maintains a highly respected and effective legal department consisting of seven individuals, with a further 30 attached to subsidiary companies....

Cyprus Trading Corporation’s lean in-house legal team achieves fantastic results by leveraging the impressive talents of its lawyers through the adoption of a horizontal organisation, which allows a degree of...

The seven-person Attica Group legal team is led by general counsel and director of legal and corporate affairs Yiota Krassakopoulou, who prioritises a hierarchy that is ‘as flat as possible’...

CEMEX is a multinational building materials company that was originally founded in Mexico, but now has operations in more than 50 countries and is the second-largest company of its kind...

Formed in February 2010 by the merger of the Colombian airline Avianca and TACA Airlines from El Salvador, Avianca Holdings is the second largest airline holding company in Latin America...

Educated both in China and the United States, Len Ding has accumulated professional experience from large multinational corporations, including ArcelorMittal, Michelin and Philips, and from international law firm Simmons &...

Headed by Sean Hughes, a distinguished legal and regulatory compliance leader with deep experience in both specialties, Tabcorp’s legal and regulatory team comprises of 52 employees, of whom 29 are...

Gwenn Vanweddingen first joined LuxairGroup as legal counsel in 2010 but left in 2013 to join deSter, a subsidiary of gategroup, in Belgium. Vanweddingen re-joined LuxairGroup in 2016 as assistant...

Nareva Holding is a major electricity company in Morocco, wholly owned by SNI, the Société Nationale d’Investissement, an investment company owned by the Moroccan Royal Family, and one of the...

Leading South African video entertainment company MultiChoice Holding operates under various brands including Dstv, M-Net, SuperSport and GOtv and was formed out of the subscriber-management branch of the M-Net Terrestrial...

Massmart Holdings is a South African-centred global investment holding company with a large portfolio of consumer goods companies across Africa in retail and wholesale formats. The company is the second...

The legal function at KTDA, one of the largest private tea management agencies in Kenya, is led by assistant general manager of legal and regulatory affairs Susan Musyoka and currently...

Imperial Holdings is large multinational logistics and vehicle company founded in 1948 as a small car dealership in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa; it has since grown to earn R119, 517m...

AFGRI Group is an investment holding company that operates in the food, agriculture and financial services industry, with an interest in companies providing sustainable agriculture, food security and financial management....

An extremely lively past 24 months has borne significant transactional fruit for the VDM Metals Holding legal team, with general counsel Matthias Möhle listing the most impressive of these. ‘As...

The past two years have been a challenging period for the legal department of the helicopter seller Exclases Holdings, as the team led by Sergey Potanin participated in three major...

Hutchinson Ports is a world-leading port network company with over 30,000 employees and ports or terminals in 26 countries across Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe Americas and Australasia. It...

Chinese ecommerce and information technology giant Alibaba is a ubiquitous part of going online in China, as well as across Asia. The company is an online marketplace, infrastructure, marketing tool,...

Richard Pu, deputy general counsel and general manager, oversees around 50 lawyers and one non-lawyer in the compliance and transactions department (CTD) at Tencent. The department is divided into four...

Tencent is a Hong Kong based technology company specialising in innovative new communications platforms, among other digital software. Brent Irvin, is vice president and general counsel of the business and...

Jackson Foo Hei Yee, company secretary and chief legal and compliance officer, leads the legal team at Shanghai Industrial Holdings (SIHL), a Forbes 2000 listed investment company based in Hong...

Founded in China in 1832, Jardine Matheson (Jardines) is a Hong Kong based business conglomerate that has a broad portfolio of market-leading companies. There is a mixture of long term...

CK Hutchinson Holdings is a Hong Kong based investment company specializing in ports and infrastructure and related industries across the world. It is considered a powerhouse of the Hong Kong...

CITIC Capital is one of the top 10 biggest financial groups in Hong Kong and in order to ensure its business is conducted smoothly and compliantly, a highly praised legal...

The legal department of Chinese Estates Holdings is led by Connie Mun-yi Cheung, who has been the head of the legal department at the real estate company since 2007. The...

The legal team at China Resources is responsible for the legal affairs relating to the company’s investments, its seven key strategic business units, 18 grade-1 profit centres, 1,987 business entities,...

CK Infrastructure Holdings (CKI) is an international infrastructure company with a global footprint in infrastructure investments. It has a diverse portfolio of investments which include energy, transportation, water, waste, waste-to-energy,...

Johnathan Pyne, general counsel, leads the legal team at SJM Holdings, the holding company of Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, one of six companies authorised to operate in the Macau...

Han Wai Khor leads the legal team at ICBC International Holdings (ICBCI) as general counsel, managing director, supervising eight lawyers with qualifications from Hong Kong, PRC, Singapore, the UK and...

Power Assets Holdings, a Hong Kong based investment company, through HK Electric Investments and CK Hutchinson Group, holds 33.37% of The Hong Kong Electric Company (HK Electric). Founded in 1889,...

The in-house legal team at Avianca Holdings continues to make a great impression in the legal market through its expert management and continued success in the Latin American transport sector....

Tsinghua Holdings Corporation is a high-tech company, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Tsinghua University. It is the largest enterprise in the field of integrated circuit in China and the...

Tencent is one of China’s largest investment holding companies with a diverse portfolio of assets from the IT, AI and entertainment industries. The Tencent Contracts and Transactions department (CTD) has...

Tencent, recently established in a new, multimillion-dollar Shenzhen-based headquarters, has been going from strength to strength. The company – perhaps best known as the creator of mobile chat service WeChat...

Founded in 2001, Sihuan Pharmaceutical Group Holding has since grown into a leading pharmaceutical company in China’s prescription drug market. Some of its notable achievements include becoming the largest cardio-cerebral...

GCL Group, registered in Hong Kong, is a diversified energy conglomerate that specialises in new and clean energy covering various industrial fields of electric power, PV, natural gas, industrial park,...

Since its founding in 2002, CITIC Capital Holdings (“CITIC Capital”) has become a major name in the global alternative investment management and advisory sector. Specialising in private equity, real estate,...

Now with over 500 aircraft in its fleet, China Eastern Airlines is a major player in the global airline industry and looks set to expand even further, with ambitions to...

Coming in for praise from nominating sources on the back of excellent performances on a number of transactions, the Al Dahra Holding legal function is compact but consistently excels in...

Dr Zaid Mahayni holds the most senior position in the team at SEDCO Holding, chief legal officer and is supported by three senior attorneys who oversee the department, which consists...

The legal department at Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company – the sovereign wealth fund of Bahrain – has undergone a major structural overhaul of its previously undocumented processes, in addition to...

UAE Trading Group introduced high-end clothing to the UAE in 1972 and incorporated an affiliate company in Lebanon (Luxury Clothing Company) in 2008 and now has over 78 stores featuring...

The Seddiqi name is synonymous in Dubai with luxury watches (particularly Rolex, for which they have been a franchisee since 1952) and the company enjoys a leading position in the...

In the last two years the internal legal team of Macsteel International Holdings has been involved in a corporate restructuring and several M&A’s, handling all of the legal matters throughout...

With the ambitious stated goal of diversification of investments and the completion of mega projects, through large investments in real estate and other assets, Ezdan Holding Group and its internal...

AGH’s 17-person legal team oversees a multi-billion dollar operation encompassing around 30 subsidiaries and sister companies worldwide. AGH is a diversified family owned global conglomerate based in Kuwait, focusing on...

Barzan Holdings is a newly established company that serves as the investment arm of the Ministry of Defense of Qatar and whose mission is to strengthen Qatar’s sovereignty and support...

The recently consolidated ACWA Holding legal function possesses multiple competencies that allow it to meet the demanding requirements of ACWA’s varied infrastructure development portfolio. The company deals in many sectors,...

Cementir Holding is a leading producer of cement and mixed-concrete, and is a holding company with subsidiaries manufacturing cement and concrete primarily in Turkey and Denmark. In 2018 the company...

SOCAR Trading distributes and trades crude oil worldwide and operates in the areas of trading gasoline, naphtha, LPH, condensates, gasoil and fuel oil. As of December 2007, SOCAR Trading was...

Mövenpick Holding is a Swiss group company headquartered in Switzerland and fully owned by AccorHotels since September 2018. General counsel Christian Müller is responsible for all legal and IP matters...

As a specialist in real estate, transport, infrastructure and banking services, Yue Xiu Enterprises (Holdings) legal work involves multiple industries and a broad range of legal work, ranging from banking...

Tencent Holdings is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate founded in 1998, whose subsidiaries specialise in various internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology, both in China and...

Sa Sa International Holdings is a leading cosmetics retailing group in Asia. Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1997, it has over 270 retail stores in Asia selling...

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China was established in Shenzhen in 1988. It was the first insurance company in China to adopt a shareholding structure and has now developed...

Continuing to achieve great success in the real estate investment industry, the in-house legal team at Jardine Matheson Holdings demonstrates the transactional and commercial legal acumen that sets it apart....

Since featuring in last year’s GC Powerlist: Hong Kong Teams, the legal team at ICBC International (ICBCI) has contributed to a list of significant transactions whilst seamlessly overseeing regulatory demands...

Hutchinson Ports continues to deserve recognition as a top in-house legal team in Hong Kong after its inclusion in last year’s edition of the GC Powerlist. The company is a...

“CLP Holdings is one of the two main electric power generation companies in Hong Kong. Headed by David Simmonds, group general counsel and chief administrative officer, CLP’s legal team consists...

CITIC Capital Holdings (CITIC Capital) is an alternative investment management and advisory company. Yong Kai Wong is the managing director, head of special projects and co-general counsel at the company...

Described by a nominator as ‘technically sound with strong business skills to boot’, head of legal at China Orient Asset Management (International) Holding Jin Zhai has oversight of all of...

As head of legal and compliance at China Great Wall AMC (International) Holdings, Lulu Zhang, who practised in an international law firm for over a decade in both Hong Kong...

‘Cathy Liu is the de facto head of legal of CCB International Holdings since the departure of Andrew Ning. She heads a team that regularly advises on a wide variety...

‘Tim Steinert, who has led the [Alibaba] Hong Kong subsidiary’s legal functions for over a decade, is widely hailed as the forerunner and one of the most incisive legal minds...

Led by the notable group general counsel Claudio Criscuolo, the Cementir Group legal function is a 15-member team, located at the Rome headquarters as well as abroad in Cementir affiliates...

Conducting its financial services businesses through various subsidiaries, L&T Finance Holdings is an Indian holding company offering a focused range of financial products and services across rural, housing and wholesale...

MHB is a globally trusted heavy engineering and marine solutions provider for a wide range of offshore and onshore facilities and vessels. It has an over 40-year track record of...

Astro Malaysia Holdings (AMH) relies on a 4,800-strong workforce to manage its sprawling media and entertainment operation, and the need for constant innovation in this competitive sector provides fertile ground...

All bets have been off in the fast-changing and highlyregulated gaming and betting industry in recent years. It has seen everything from high-level consolidation between some of the industry’s biggest...

Cape-Town based Woolworths Holdings is a retailing group with a diverse range of activities including grocery stores, clothing lines and in-store restaurants. Head of legal Mateboho Rantofi oversees a function...

The 20-strong legal team at Massmart Holdings – a holding company which controls a large number of diverse brands and retail outlets across a number of sectors, including high-profile brands...

Led by award winning Group Legal Officer & Group Compliance Officer Kurt Drieselmann, Aspen Pharmacare Holding Limited’s legal team in 10 jurisdictions, consists of approximately 30 professionals and 20 support...