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Christoph Lang

Practice in corporate law with focus on corporate governance, M&A, Swiss and European antitrust law and insurance law, representing major Swiss and multinational clients in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures. Frequently advises clients on policy and governance issues.

Pestalozzi

Corporate / M&ACorporate Governance+4
SwitzerlandGerman, English +2
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Christoph Raab

Counsel, specialised in national and eu competition law, national and eu merger control, private enforcement - proceedings before civil courts, compliance and internal investigations / eDiscovery audits.

Binder Grösswang

CompetitionMerger Control+5
AustriaEnglish, German
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Christoph Richter

Counsel | Lawyer Competences: German and European Antitrust Law; Merger control; EU State Aid Law; Cartel Procurement Law; Compliance

LUTZ | ABEL RECHTSANWALTS PARTG MBB

Competition / AntitrustMerger Control+4
Germany
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Christoph Wolf

Christoph Wolf is a partner at CMS and heads the employment and pensions team together with Bernhard Hainz. For over 15 years he has been particularly advising companies with respect to judicial and extra-judicial labour law matters, including the implementation of restructuring measures, negotiating works agreements and redundancy plans as well as settling disputes with works councils and employees. An additional focal point of his work revolves around providing support to former state-owned companies, as well as dealing with various labour law-related issues in the area of compliance projects. He also advises clients on legal issues concerning the international secondment of staff as well as all labour law topics relevant in the field of compliance. In addition, Christoph Wolf has served and continues to serve as a lecturer at the University of Vienna, the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, the Danube University Krems as well as the Medical University of Vienna.

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Employment LawPensions+3
AustriaGerman, English
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Christopher Cestaro

Partner

WilmerHale

White Collar DefenseGovernment Enforcement+3
United States
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Christopher Frey

Christopher D. Frey, a former federal prosecutor, an experienced trial attorney, and a partner in the firm's San Francisco office, focuses his practice on white collar and regulatory defense, government and internal investigations, and high-stakes civil litigation. Christopher regularly advises major global companies and leading financial institutions, individual executives, and Boards of Directors in highly sensitive and confidential matters. He routinely provides counsel to clients facing investigations involving the US Department of Justice, the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal and state regulatory bodies, and has amassed significant experience in matters related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), money laundering, economic sanctions, securities fraud, and cryptocurrency. Christopher also routinely provides strategic counseling on compliance issues and crisis management. Before joining Latham, Christopher was a partner in the Tokyo office of another global law firm, where he advised clients based in Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and elsewhere in Asia. Christopher also served as the head of that office for approximately two and a half years. Earlier in his career, Christopher served for over six and a half years as an Assistant US Attorney in the Criminal Division of the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. As a member of the Securities & Commodities Fraud Task Force as well as the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit, he investigated and prosecuted a wide array of complex white-collar matters, including FCPA violations, insider trading, accounting fraud, market manipulation, investment fraud, money laundering, intellectual property, cybercrimes, and criminal tax offenses. During his tenure as a prosecutor, Christopher was the lead trial lawyer in numerous jury trials, and he has substantial appellate experience, having briefed and/or argued over a dozen appeals before the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. From 2014 to 2015, Christopher served as Associate Counsel in the Office of the White House Counsel under President Barack Obama. In that capacity, Christopher helped develop and execute the White House’s response to various Congressional investigations and related hearings, and provided legal and strategic advice to White House staff and Executive Branch officials on compliance, oversight, and risk management issues. Christopher also maintains an active pro bono practice, which focuses on LGBTQ rights and the representation of indigent criminal defendants, among other matters. Christopher has previously served on both the New York City Bar Association’s Criminal Advocacy Committee and its Judiciary Committee, which reviews and evaluates all judicial candidates for the federal and state courts in New York City. Christopher is currently a member of BALIF (the Bay Area’s LGBTQ Bar Association) and LeGal (the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York).

Latham & Watkins

White Collar DefenseRegulatory Defense+10
United States
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Christopher Grobbel

Counsel

Goodwin

Securities RegulationBroker-Dealer Regulation+2
United States
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Christopher Hestnes

Partner. Hestnes provides day-to-day advice to clients needing expertise in the fields of intellectual property law, technology, IT, media and marketing. His assistance encompasses the protection and commercialisation of intellectual property and industrial rights, such as copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and protection from knockoff/counterfeit products. He assists with the framing and negotiation of licensing and technology contracts and the framing of contracts for R&D projects, as well as providing advice on compliance issues and day-to-day media and marketing activities. Hestnes has also assisted clients in major dispute proceedings and complex negotiations relating to intellectual property rights and IT projects. Hestnes is well-versed in the business sectors he assists, and understands his customers’ needs and commercial drivers. This makes him an excellent strategic advisor for his clients.

Arntzen Grette

Intellectual PropertyTechnology+6
Norway
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Christopher Wu

Chris Wu is a transactional partner in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He has a diverse corporate practice that focuses on mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on private equity transactions. Chris also has extensive experience in representing issuers and investment banks in public and private securities offerings and counsels clients on matters of corporate governance, securities law and compliance.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Mergers and AcquisitionsPrivate Equity+4
United States
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Christos Pilafas

Of Counsel Christos specializes in the fields of Greek and EU competition law. He provides legal advice on all antitrust and competition related issues including horizontal and vertical agreements (cartels, distribution networks), abuse of dominant position and merger control cases. His practice also includes antitrust compliance for clients. He represents clients before the Hellenic Competition Commission and the Administrative Courts in cases of cartels, abuse of dominance and distribution agreements, as well as merger clearance filings.

Papapolitis & Papapolitis

Competition / AntitrustCorporate / M&A+2
GreeceGreek, English
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Claire Burrows

Claire is a Partner in our regulatory and professional conduct team. A specialist regulatory compliance lawyer with expertise in health and safety, environmental, food safety, product safety, medical device regulation, coronial law and anti-bribery legislation, Claire is often involved in complex regulatory investigations. She helps clients to navigate their way through regulatory requirements and assists them to investigate, defend and mitigate enforcement action when things go wrong. She is known for having significant expertise in crisis management, incident response and major investigations. With over a decade’s experience as a regulatory specialist, Claire has acted on numerous high-profile health and safety cases following fatal and serious incidents. An experienced advocate who has appeared in the Magistrates and Coroners Courts on numerous occasions, Claire also advises clients on their regulatory obligations and how to effectively demonstrate compliance. She is able to conduct regulatory due diligence across a wide range of topics to offer advice on compliance issues and practical risk mitigation to corporate clients during acquisitions. Claire advises large, corporate clients (both national and international) across various sectors including construction, demolition, manufacturing and healthcare. Strategic thinking and being fully immersed in her clients’ businesses enables her to offer practical, honest and commercial advice. Claire has advised many clients on the complexities of placing products on the market to ensure that they meet specific product requirements including in respect of medical devices, personal protective equipment, children’s toys, cosmetics and food and drink. She advises clients on their specific legal obligations in respect of health and safety considerations, conformity testing and certification, technical file and labelling requirements. This allows clients to ensure that fully compliant products are placed onto the UK market and regulatory liability is effectively managed in complex supply chains. Claire joined us in April 2023 and is based in our Leeds office although she operates across all of our office locations.

Brabners LLP

RegulatoryHealth & Safety+6
England
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Clara Poglia

Clara Poglia is a partner and member of the firm's Management Committee. Her practice areas include white collar crime, international mutual assistance proceedings, internal investigations, asset tracing and recovery, and compliance. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Criminology. Experience: Representation of a company in a major Swiss investigation involving potential wrongdoing (allegations of corruption); Representation of a corporation in criminal proceedings targeting a large Ponzi scheme and in related bankruptcy proceedings and assets recovery; Representation of multiple individuals and corporations in large scale requests for mutual legal assistance in tax matters addressed to Switzerland by France, Spain and Netherland notably; Representation of Brazilian individuals and companies in Swiss criminal proceedings related to the lava jato Brazilian scandal; Representation and assistance to a former high ranking executive in proceedings conducted by a sports authority and authorities in Switzerland; Representation of European corporations targeted by a request of mutual legal assistance in criminal matters addressed by the U.S. Department of Justice to Switzerland and representation of the same entities in the related Swiss domestic criminal proceedings

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

White Collar CrimeMutual Legal Assistance+5
SwitzerlandFrench, Italian +2
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Clara-Ann Gordon

Clara-Ann Gordon is specialized in the areas of TMT/Outsourcing, data privacy, internal investigations/e-discovery, compliance and represents clients in these areas in court proceedings (including mediation/arbitration) and in transactions.

Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd

TMT/OutsourcingData Privacy+5
SwitzerlandGerman, English
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Claudia Cristina dos S. Abrosio

Acts in consulting refering to IRPJ, CSLL and PIS/COFINS (Brazilian taxes) and tax planning, involving all the taxes and corporate aspects. Attends national and international clients in tax actions (legal opinion and planning) and compliance (revisions of calculations and identification of opportunities) with focus on the comercial taxation.

Ayres Westin Advogados

TaxCorporate / M&A+1
Brazil
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Claudia Götz Staehelin

Claudia Götz Staehelin is a partner and specialises in dispute resolution and investigations, representing and advising clients in complex domestic and cross-border court and arbitration proceedings. She is a trusted expert in internal and government-led investigations, with experience in white-collar crime, bribery, fraud, sanctions, ESG, cybercrime, and workplace incidents. She also has extensive expertise in international legal assistance, asset tracing, and compliance. Claudia advises clients across various industries, including technology, industrial, chemical and raw materials, and financial services, and has a particular focus on highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, life sciences and healthcare. With deep understanding of pharmaceutical regulatory matters, compliance risks and industry-specific disputes makes her a sought-after advisor. With over 20 years of experience, including as Head of Litigation at Novartis, Claudia navigates high-stakes disputes, regulatory proceedings and crisis management. She also serves as an arbitrator, particularly in ICC and Swiss Rules arbitrations.

Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte AG

LitigationArbitration+6
SwitzerlandGerman, English
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Claudia Soares Garcia

Partner

Peixoto e Cury Advogados

Corporate / M&ABanking & Finance+2
BrazilPortuguese, English
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Claudio Bazzani

Partner. Claudio Bazzani heads Homburger’s White Collar Crime & Investigations team. He specializes in large-scale internal and regulatory investigations and advises corporate clients in compliance matters, with a particular focus on anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and economic sanctions compliance. He represents clients in investigations and enforcement proceedings before Swiss and foreign governmental agencies, including U.S. authorities, and in domestic and international litigation proceedings.

Homburger

White Collar CrimeInvestigations+3
Switzerland
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Cliff Chow

Partner

Ashurst

LitigationWhite Collar Crime+3
Hong Kong
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Colleen Conry

Office Managing Partner of the Washington, DC office

Ropes & Gray LLP

Government InvestigationsWhite Collar Criminal Defense+7
United States
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Constanza Burgos

Associate at Aninat Abogados.

Aninat Abogados

Competition / AntitrustCorporate / M&A+6
ChileSpanish, English
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Consuelo Toresano

Associate

Vergara Galindo Correa Abogados

ComplianceRegulatory+2
Chile
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Cormac Little SC

Cormac is a Partner and Head of William Fry’s Competition & Regulation Department, specialising in EU and Irish competition, merger control and public procurement rules. He advises on the compatibility of business arrangements with EU and Irish competition laws and has represented clients in antitrust investigations by both the European Commission and the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and in proceedings before the European and Irish courts. Cormac has also secured Irish regulatory approval regarding many high-profile corporate transactions. He also advises both public bodies and disappointed bidders regarding challenges to contract decisions under public procurement rules. Cormac also has a broader regulatory focus. He advises clients on complying with anti-money laundering rules and on 'white-collar' crime issues. He has also been appointed as senior counsel by the cabinet.

William Fry LLP

Competition / AntitrustMerger Control+5
Ireland
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Corrine Bentham

Principal Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

EmploymentImmigration+3
England
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Cosmin Todirascu

Associate

Baciu Partners

Gaming & GamblingRegulatory+6
Romania