Lawyers in United States

Alexandra Whitworth

Partner - Litigation and Investigations Co-Leader - Consumer Fraud

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Alexandre Wibaux

Partner

Jones Day

Alexandre de Gramont

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Alexandria Zeizel

Alex Zeizel is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of the Private Funds Group. Alex counsels private equity fund sponsors across all facets of their business with a particular focus on the formation of private investment funds, co-investment funds and managed accounts, fund ownership and operational matters, as well as a broad spectrum of complex secondary transactions. Her fundraising experience spans the private equity asset class for sponsors, including strategies such as buyout, venture and growth capital, real estate, private credit, fund-of-funds and special situations. Alex also regularly advises secondary clients and private fund sponsors on a diverse range of secondary transactions, including traditional portfolio sales, fund restructurings, co-investments, stapled secondaries and GP-led liquidity transactions. In addition, Alex regularly represents U.S. and non-U.S. institutional investors in their primary investments. Alex has significant experience with a wide range of private investment firms and select clients include Atlas Holdings, Atomico, Lexington Partners and Värde Partners. te fund sponsors on a diverse range of secondary transactions, including traditional portfolio sales, fund restructurings, co-investments, stapled secondaries and GP-led liquidity transactions. In addition, Alex regularly represents U.S. and non-U.S. institutional investors in their primary investments. Alex has significant experience with a wide range of private investment firms and select clients include Atlas Holdings, Atomico, Lexington Partners and Värde Partners.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Alexandro Padrés

Alexandro M. Padrés is a partner in the Infrastructure and Energy practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. He focuses on infrastructure projects as they relate to the electricity (both conventional and clean/renewable), oil and gas telecommunications and mining sectors, with a particular emphasis on Mexico and Latin America. Most recently, his practice has consisted of portfolio financings in several jurisdictions in Latin America (in various modalities and levels of complexity), including advising sponsors and lenders on the financing of renewables projects being developed under the auspices of power purchase agreements under the new legislative framework in Mexico arising from the constitutional energy reform of 2013, as well as the development and financing of gas transportation infrastructure and legacy independent power producer projects in Mexico issued by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE).

Paul Hastings LLP

Alexei Cowett

Alexei J. Cowett is a leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate finance dealmaker, with a focus on emerging growth companies in the consumer and tech sectors and production companies, content creators, and high-profile talent in the media, entertainment, and sports industries. He is the co-head of the firm’s Media, Entertainment & Sports practice. In addition to his leadership role, Alexei advises high-profile talent in endorsement and equity deals tailored to their unique priorities. He also advises recognized brands in other industries, including the food and beverage and health and wellness sectors.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Alexis Gilman

As a former head of a Federal Trade Commission division, Alexis anticipates antitrust enforcement risks and equips clients with the foresight and strategy needed to navigate complex merger and non-merger (conduct) investigations and litigation, and counsels clients on antitrust compliance matters. Alexis’s understanding of agency processes stems from seven years at the FTC, where he led the Mergers IV Division, overseeing some of the agency’s most high-profile merger investigations and litigation. He draws on this government experience to guide clients through complex antitrust issues, including merger reviews and clearances, deal negotiations, HSR and foreign filings, investigations, and litigation by the FTC, DOJ, and state attorneys general, as well as compliance counseling, including guidance on information sharing and labor-related antitrust issues such as employee noncompete agreements. His insight into enforcement policies, procedures, and priorities enables him to anticipate challenges and craft effective strategies to reduce antitrust risks and maximize the chances of deal clearances and favorable resolution of investigations. Alexis has represented Fortune 100 companies, nonprofits, and other organizations across a wide range of industries such as health care, retail, consumer goods, technology, financial services, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, gaming, and energy, among others. He focuses his practice on advising merging parties and third parties in merger investigations and litigation, leveraging his FTC background to deliver practical, informed counsel.

Alston & Bird LLP

Alexis Gilroy

Practice Leader Health Care & Life Sciences

Jones Day

Alexis Gilroy

Practice Leader Health Care & Life Sciences

Jones Day

Alexis Gomez

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Alexis Guinan

Alexis focuses her practice on economic sanctions, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption laws and the application of those laws as well as other international trade laws to transactional matters. With her deep knowledge of fund structures, Alexis handles complex investor- and investment-related challenges related to Russia and other sanctions programs. She routinely supports Funds, Corporate and Financial Restructuring clients in due diligence and negotiation of sanctions and other trade-related terms for debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, long-term supply agreements, and other types of transactions requiring international trade expertise. Alexis has leveraged her experience in sanctions and each other subspecialty within Akin’s renowned International Trade group to more effectively identify and evaluate potential liabilities and risks in sanctions and other areas of international trade on a transaction-specific basis. To learn more about Ms. Guinan, please visit his/her profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/alexis-h-grant

Akin

Alfred Rose

Partner

Ropes & Gray LLP

Alfred Xue

Alfred Xue, Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Banking & Private Credit Practice, represents clients in complex leveraged finance transactions, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions and acquisition financings. Over nearly two decades, Alfred has led on hundreds of unitranche, direct lending, and syndicated loan transactions, with an issuance value exceeding several hundred billion dollars. He draws on a sophisticated understanding of the market and commercial perspective to advise a full spectrum of market participants, including private credit funds and investment banks. A pioneer in the private credit space, Alfred has led the practice through multiple market evolutions. He regularly garners top recognition from leading legal authorities. Alfred is a member of the firm’s Finance Department’s Opinions and Confirmations Committee and formerly served on the Recruiting Committee.

Latham & Watkins

Alfredo L. Gonzalez

Gunster

Alfredo Pérez

Managing Partner of Houston office

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Alfredo Silva

Alfredo B. D. Silva | Morrison Foerster Alfredo Silva is a partner in the Transactions Department, co-chair of the firm's Social Enterprise and Impact Investing Group, and a member of the ESG Strategy Committee. Alfredo represents companies and investors in a broad range of corporate and securities law matters, with a focus on businesses in the life sciences, agtech and fintech sectors. Alfredo’s practice includes capital markets transactions, venture capital, growth equity and corporate venture financings, tender offers and other secondary offerings, digital token matters, and mergers and acquisitions. Alfredo also helps clients leverage environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors to evaluate risk and opportunities and to invest responsibly in businesses seeking sustainable growth and impact. In his private company practice, Alfredo has served as company or investor counsel in early- and late-stage financings, minority strategic investments and impact investments in dozens of private companies, including representation of SoftBank and SoftBank Vision Fund in financings with a combined value of over $2 billion, Temasek in its $800 million minority investment in Verily Life Sciences, an Alphabet company, and Visa Ventures in strategic fintech investments around the world.

Morrison Foerster

Ali Burney

Partner, Hong Kong

Steptoe LLP

Ali Jessani

Counsel

WilmerHale

Ali Nierenberg

Ali Nierenberg is a corporate partner and a member of the Investment Management Group. Her practice focuses on advising sponsors of private investment funds, co-investment vehicles and separately managed accounts, covering numerous sectors and strategies, including buyout, infrastructure and real estate. Ms. Nierenberg’s recent experience includes acting for clients such as Bain Capital, Breakthrough Properties, EIG Global Energy Partners, Global Infrastructure Partners, Leeds Equity Partners, JP Morgan and Tishman Speyer. Ms. Nierenberg joined Debevoise in 2017. Ms. Nierenberg received a J.D. from New York University in 2017, where she was an articles editor for the Annual Survey of American Law. She received a B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Ali Panjwani

Partner

Pryor Cashman LLP

Ali Perry

Counsel

Mayer Brown

Alice Connaughton

Alice L. Connaughton | Morrison Foerster Alice Connaughton is co-chair of the firm’s REIT practice and a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Capital Markets practice group. Ali’s practice focuses on representing public and private companies, including real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other direct participation programs, in a variety of corporate and securities matters, including, among other things, public and private securities offerings and tender offers. Ali regularly advises boards of directors, audit committees, and management with respect to strategic matters and corporate governance issues. Ali also routinely counsels public company clients with respect to complex regulatory matters, compliance with federal and state securities laws, corporate governance and general corporate matters.

Morrison Foerster

Alice Eaton

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Alice S. Fisher

Alice Fisher serves as Latham's General Counsel and is a partner in Latham’s Washington, D.C. office. She focuses her practice on white collar criminal investigations and internal investigations, and advises clients on a range of criminal matters and civil government enforcement matters. Alice has significant experience with corporate investigations and enforcement matters and frequently provides strategic counsel to corporations on managing the legal risks of operating in a global economy. She has particular experience in: International criminal matters relating to alleged bribery under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-corruption laws, economic and export sanctions, and other cross border investigations Criminal and civil fraud matters such as healthcare fraud, accounting and securities fraud, and procurement fraud Government enforcement inquiries and investigations in front of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), including the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Consumer Fraud Protection Bureau, and Congress Alice previously served on Latham's Executive Committee and as Managing Partner of the firm's Washington, D.C. office. From 2005-2008, she served as assistant attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division of the US DOJ. As assistant attorney general, Alice led more than 750 attorneys and staff responsible for federal criminal enforcement policy as well as handling criminal matters in federal courts across the country in all areas of federal criminal law enforcement. Under her leadership, the Criminal Division pursued a broad array of federal criminal investigations and prosecutions, with particular focus on corporate fraud matters, including securities fraud, procurement fraud, financial institution fraud, anti-money laundering, healthcare fraud, computer hacking and cyber security, national security, as well as US-domestic and international corruption. Alice also chaired the National Procurement Fraud Task Force, supervised the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, and served as a member of the President's Corporate Fraud Task Force. She handled various transnational and multinational law enforcement operations and policies, including bilateral agreements and treaties involving information sharing and global criminal enforcement initiatives. Representing the DOJ in front of Congress, Alice testified on criminal enforcement policies and served on the Federal Criminal Rules Committee. Alice previously held other positions in government, including deputy special counsel to a US Senate Special Committee. Alice has published articles and spoken on criminal law topics such as the criminalization of corporate conduct, the FCPA, healthcare and procurement fraud, the False Claims Act, the US criminal enforcement environment, public corruption and the honest services statute, financial crime in the financial services industry, securities fraud, identity theft, cybercrime, and national security. She is also an elected member of The American Law Institute.

Latham & Watkins