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Aaron Kok

Deputy Managing Partner

Bih Li & Lee LLP

Aaron Kriss

Managing Partner

Gesmer Updegrove LLP

Aaron Lang

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Aaron Lapniewski

Associate - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Aaron Le Marquer

Partner Aaron leads the Policyholder Disputes team and specialises in representing policyholders in high-value and complex coverage disputes with insurers. Aaron acts for clients facing insured losses in diverse sectors including financial services, hospitality and retail, manufacturing, logistics, sports and entertainment. He is experienced in all commercial lines of business, including directors and officers, business interruption, product liability, environmental risks, property and casualty. Aaron spent eight years practising in the Asia Pacific region (Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok), and is particularly experienced at resolving international and cross-border claims, often via arbitration. Aaron’s cases were selected by The Lawyer as the only insurance cases to feature in the publication’s annual Top 20 Cases list in both 2022 and 2023, and as a Top 10 Appeal in 2024. In June 2023 he was named by The Times as Lawyer of the Week in recognition of the successful verdict in London International Exhibition Centre v RSA & Ors [2023] EWHC 1481 (Comm). Aaron has acted for: London’s ExCel centre as lead claimant in London International Exhibition Centre v RSA(the ‘ATP Test Case’), named as one of the Top 20 Cases of 2023 and Top 10 Appeals of 2024 in The Lawyer. A US drilling operator in relation to LCIA arbitration proceedings under a political risk policy issued by a consortium of Lloyd’s syndicates, arising from deprivation of assets in Russia following the commencement of hostilities with Ukraine The UK’s largest pub owner in Stonegate v MS Amlin, a £1.1bn claim that tested market-critical issues of aggregation, causation and treatment of government support, and selected as one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2022. An offshore property developer in relation to claims estimated at over £70m arising from alleged cladding defects. A Swiss private equity fund in relation to coverage of its claim under a buyer-side warranty and indemnity policy, following its failed acquisition of a UK trading company. An investment management company in relation to coverage of significant losses sustained as a result of a sophisticated cyber crime operation.

Stewarts Law LLP

Aaron Lee

Partner

Hylands Law Firm

Aaron Lipson

Partner

King & Spalding

Aaron Lloyd

Partner

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Aaron Lorber

Aaron Lorber is a partner in Kirkland’s Chicago Technology & IP Transactions practice. He focuses his practice on structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex business transactions, including corporate and M&A deals, joint ventures and strategic alliances, IP licenses, supply chain agreements, and outsourcing and other commercial arrangements. Aaron counsels clients on IP and technology issues that arise in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions, debt financing transactions and other forms of corporate and financing transactions. He also is experienced with respect to data security and data privacy issues. Aaron has also represented clients in patent infringement litigations involving a variety of technologies and actively represents pro bono clients, including various clients referred through the Lawyers for the Creative Arts.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Aaron M. Lampert

Partner

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.

Aaron M. Levine

Aaron Levine is a Shareholder in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Levine, whose practice is focused on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation, has experience handling all phases of litigation from inception through resolution. His clients include multinational corporations, energy companies, financial institutions, apparel companies, fashion designers, technology companies, and small business owners. Mr. Levine was selected by Super Lawyers Magazine as a Rising Star from 2020-2024. In addition, he was also named to Best Lawyer’s “Ones to Watch” list in 2024 & 2025. Prior to law school, Mr. Levine represented Fortune 500 technology companies, international film festivals, and an assortment of celebrities and other media personalities at an award-winning entertainment, lifestyle, and corporate-focused public relations firm. Mr. Levine also spent several years as a talent agent at a boutique entertainment agency. In this role, Mr. Levine was charged with routing nation-wide tours and helping nationally-recognized recording artists cultivate and develop previously under-utilized revenue streams

Buchalter Law Firm

Aaron Mah Zhee Haang

Senior Associate

Lim Chee Wee Partnership

Aaron Mahler

Aaron Mahler is a partner in the Consumer Financial Services and Litigation group at Paul Hastings, and is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Aaron has established himself as a valued counselor for financial services companies and individuals navigating government enforcement, litigation, and regulatory matters. He focuses much of his practice on representing bank and nonbank financial institutions in government examinations, investigations, and enforcement actions.

Paul Hastings LLP

Aaron Marcu

A partner in Freshfields’ litigation group, Aaron focuses on white collar defense and regulatory enforcement investigations, and related civil litigation. He also conducts internal corporate investigations and advises boards of directors, audit committees and special committees on sensitive matters involving possible misconduct by corporate personnel.

Freshfields

Aaron Marks

Aaron Marks has a broad commercial litigation practice, which focuses on contractual disputes, M&A and securities litigation, real estate, restructuring, entertainment, mass torts and consumer fraud, and trade secret misappropriation. Many of the cases that Aaron litigates are bet-the-company matters for clients. Aaron’s clients have included Blackstone Group, National Australia Bank, H.I.G. Capital, Tapestry, AMC Networks, and Hilton Worldwide. Aaron is an accomplished trial lawyer, having taken more than 15 jury trials to verdict. He also frequently argues as lead counsel, recently wining several favorable decisions after oral argument before trial and appellate courts.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Aaron Michaeli

Partner, Head of the Commercial and Class Action Litigation Department

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.

Aaron Mulcahy

Aaron is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Dublin office. He advises on a wide variety of legal and regulatory issues facing Irish domiciled collective investment schemes (CIS) and has particular expertise in the establishment, operation and regulation of all types of Irish CIS, including UCITS and AIFs. Aaron's expertise also extends to the establishment and operation of Irish regulated AIFMs, UCITS management companies, "mega-ManCos", MiFID investment firms and unregulated 1907 Act limited partnership and SPV structures. His practice also covers the governance, cross-border distribution and management of such entities into and out of Ireland, as well as the impact of wider regulatory initiatives such as compliance with the SFDR and the Taxonomy Regulation.

Maples Group

Aaron Newell

Partner, Solicitor

J A Kemp

Aaron O\'Dell

Winston Taylor

Aaron O\'Malley

Senior Solicitor

K J Smith Solicitors

Aaron Patience

Aaron heads our Tokyo office. He specialises in guiding Japanese businesses through international corporate transactions and global businesses on their Japanese operations. A fluent Japanese speaker who has lived in Japan for over 10 years, Aaron advises Japanese businesses on all areas of cross-border M&A, including sales, acquisitions and alliances in a variety of sectors, including TMT and Healthcare & Life Sciences. His experience includes acting on the full range of corporate and commercial documentation, including in connection with share sales, business sales, shareholders’ arrangements and business alliances, transitional services arrangements, supply and distribution agreements and licences of IP.

Simmons & Simmons

Aaron Payas

🙋🏻‍♂️ Web3 & Funds lawyer. BAYC #3338. Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. Degree in Mathematics. 🎯 Leading a team which helps clients build in Web3. 📚 Self-motivated, goal oriented and client-focused. Biggest attribute is an endless pursuit of self-improvement through multi-disciplinary studies. 👨🏻‍💻 Connecting the dots to bring disruptive Web3 closer to the mainstream with every matter, Aaron is focused on helping projects build with solid legal and regulatory foundations. Aaron’s practice enables his clients to leverage all the advantages Gibraltar offers as a proof-of-concept jurisdiction for crypto projects. Marrying a traditional practice in financial services with industry-leading work, Aaron has been instrumental in many clients’ achievements in the challenging DLT space. 🔍 Focus: Web3, NFTs, metaverse, crypto funds, crypto foundations, token sales, DAOs, DLT licences, VASPs & tokenisation of assets. 🏆 Recent practice highlight: In a landmark achievement for INX, a Gibraltar-based token issuer, Aaron assisted in INX’s successful application to the SEC in the US for the first SEC-approved security token. Aaron described the listing at the time by saying: “It is a matter of some pride for Hassans, INX and for Gibraltar that the first security token offering approved by the SEC for distribution to the US public isn’t even a US entity – it is a Gibraltar company, constituted and operating under the Laws of Gibraltar. This is an excellent development for the jurisdiction, the efforts of which in the DLT and wider fintech space are being validated by the successful filing of the INX security token.” 📜 Aaron is ranked as a leading fintech and funds lawyer by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. 🎤 Available for speaking engagements. Aaron regularly presents at seminars, and is a published author, on crypto funds, crypto foundations, VASPs, DLT licences, sports law and cannabis. 🐦 Twitter: @aaronpayas 🖼 ENS: AaronPYS.eth www.linkedin.com/in/aaronpayas/ 🎥 If you would like to schedule an initial Zoom call with Aaron, please click the link: www.calendly.com/AaronPYS

Hassans

Aaron Potter

Partner

White & Case LLP

Aaron R. Katz

Associate

Greenberg Traurig P.A