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Brian Boyle

Partner; DLA Piper's Deputy Chair, US Antitrust & Competition

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Brian Bundgaard

Brian is a partner in Plesner's Corporate Finance team. He has, over the years, been involved in a significant number of transactions. He advises clients on Danish and international M&A transactions and has worked for a broad range of private equity funds, corporate enterprises, family offices, and founder owners. Brian has extensive experience providing legal assistance in connection with all aspects of M&A transactions. His work is often internationally focused, as he has significant experience in complex cross-border transactions. Brian has a Master's degree in Law from the University of Copenhagen. All M&A transactions require a focused, dedicated team approach and project leadership. Clients frequently seek out Brian and his team due to their commercially focused "can-do" attitude, unwavering availability, and capacity for clear communication.

Plesner

Brian Burgess

Partner

Goodwin

Brian Burke

Brian Burke is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Washington, DC office. He draws on over 20 years of experience to counsel clients on all federal antitrust issues. He assists clients in successfully navigating the merger clearance process before the US as well as international antitrust authorities. Brian also has extensive experience advising clients on civil and criminal governmental antitrust investigations, commercial antitrust litigation, antitrust compliance programs, risk assessments, and pricing and distribution policies. Brian holds multiple leadership positions in the Firm. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the Firm's North American Antitrust Practice Group, as well of the Global Antitrust and Competition Taskforces for Healthcare, Energy Mining and Infrastructure, and Consumer Goods Industries. He also serves as the co-head of the Firm's Merger-Control Task Force.

Baker McKenzie

Brian Burnovski

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Brian Byrne

Mr. Byrne’s practice focuses on the antitrust review of mergers and acquisitions by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the European Commission; criminal investigations, EU cartel proceedings, and other antitrust enforcement matters; and civil antitrust litigation. He has represented clients in a number of industries, including chemicals and plastics, metals and mining, oil and gas, consumer products, telecommunications and technology, defense, health care, finance and banking, pharmaceuticals, insurance, agricultural chemicals and biotechnology, grocery and other retail, building materials, airlines, and automotive and other manufacturing.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Brian C. McManus

Brian McManus, Global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Tax Controversy Practice and Chair of the firm’s Boston Tax Department, advises companies and high net-worth individuals in all phases of civil and criminal tax disputes. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading tax litigators, Brian helps clients confidentially resolve a range of controversies — from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits and appeals to litigation before federal and state courts throughout the United States. He delivers clear and technically astute counsel to a diverse mix of American and international clients, including multinational and Fortune 500 corporations across industries, such as technology, banking, insurance, energy, pharmaceuticals, airlines, entertainment, and retail, as well as global professional services firms, international charitable organizations, trust companies, and offshore corporate service providers. Drawing on more than two decades of “inside the Beltway” experience, Brian regularly handles controversy matters with broader tax policy implications. His Washington ties include serving since 2015 as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center where he currently teaches IRS Practice and Procedure in the graduate tax (LLM) program. Brian brings a winning track record in court handling some of the nation’s largest tax disputes. His work encompasses all areas of federal and state taxation, with an emphasis on disputes involving cross-border and international tax matters, sophisticated corporate transactions, enterprise and asset valuations, transfer pricing, partnerships, tax-exempt organizations, employment taxes, R&D credits, REITs, oil and gas taxation, renewable energy tax credits, tax shelters and promoter penalty defense, and cryptocurrency matters. He also frequently handles sensitive tax matters involving allegations of fraud and potential criminal tax charges, as well as voluntary disclosures of domestic and offshore filing errors. Brian is admitted to practice before the US Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit and First Circuit, the US Tax Court, the US Court of Federal Claims, and the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Brian currently serves as Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Tax Section’s Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee and is a member of the ABA’s Appointments to the US Tax Court Committee. He is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. Brian regularly speaks at national tax conferences and authors tax controversy-focused articles.

Latham & Watkins

Brian Calandra

Of Counsel

Pomerantz LLP

Brian Campbell

Brian Campbell is a Partner at Elsberg Baker & Maruri. Brian Campbell is an experienced trial lawyer whose practice encompasses a wide variety of complex commercial matters. Brian has a depth of experience in litigating cases involving structured finance, monoline insurance, corporate governance, shareholder rights, restructuring and creditor rights, mergers and acquisitions, tax, GAAP accounting, environmental law, construction and engineering, and patent law. Brian has represented corporate clients in various industries, including energy and natural resources, power, petrochemicals, finance, insurance, aerospace, and private equity. Brian is a resourceful litigator who puts his breadth of experience to work in achieving the best outcome for his clients. Brian has appeared numerous times in the Delaware Court of Chancery, the District of Delaware Bankruptcy Court, and New York Commercial Division, in addition to state and federal courts around the country. Brian has tried cases in the Delaware Chancery Court, the New York Commercial Division, and before a panel of AAA arbitrators. Brian has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024, and The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Patent Law, 2021-2024. Before entering the law, Brian earned his bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and worked as an electronics design engineer. Representative Matters Represented David Dunn, as Trustee for Zohar Litigation Trust-A, prosecuting more than $1 billion in claims in the District of Delaware Bankruptcy Court against financier Lynn Tilton and Patriarch Partners. Zohar Litigation Trust-A asserted more than 40 counts against Tilton and Patriarch concerning alleged misconduct in relation to the Zohar Funds, a series of Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) funds that raised $2.5 billion in capital before defaulting and entering bankruptcy in 2018. Brian and his team succeeded in securing a dismissal of more than $500 million in counterclaims asserted by Patriarch. Represented MBIA Inc. and MBIA Insurance Corp. in jury trial in the New York Commercial Division defending against $300 million fraud claim brought by Lynn Tilton. Claims related to alleged promises concerning restructuring of one of the Zohar Funds before its default at maturity. Case was settled on confidential terms after evidence closed at trial. Represented G-I Holdings, Inc., and several Heyman family trusts in defending a series of lawsuits brought by Ashland Inc. over allocation of environmental cleanup responsibilities following M&A transaction through which Ashland acquired International Specialty Products Inc. Represented Lion Copolymer Holdings LLC in defending a suit brought by minority shareholders in Delaware Chancery Court concerning a disputed multi-million dollar capital call. Represented board members Joel Peterson and Rowland Moriarty in expedited corporate governance dispute brought in Delaware Chancery Court under the Delaware LLC Act concerning Packsize International, LLC. Won trial victory for an Alvarez & Marsal subsidiary and the Zohar Funds in the Delaware Chancery Court on claims brought under the Delaware General Corporate Law over the disputed elections of directors to portfolio companies of the Zohar Funds. Represented American Electric Power in defending against investor claims in a power plant sale-leaseback transaction that sought to impose a $1.4 billion obligation on AEP. Case was settled on confidential terms while AEP’s motion for summary judgment was pending. Represented Babcock & Wilcox in defending against claims by P.H. Glatfelter Company seeking nearly $60 million in damages allegedly resulting from an industrial boiler installation contract. While the case remains ongoing, Brian and his team succeeded through motion practice in upholding a damages cap that slashed potential damages to a fraction of what Glatfelter sought. Represented Lenard Liberman in bankruptcy and restructuring dispute in New York Commercial Division and District of Delaware Bankruptcy Court concerning Liberman Broadcasting, Inc.

Elsberg Baker & Maruri PLLC

Brian Catalano

Brian is an associate in the dispute resolution and litigation team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. He maintains a broad general commercial litigation practice. Brian has experience prosecuting and defending complex contractual, shareholder, and construction disputes, oppression and fraud claims, and insurance-related litigation. He has successfully resolved matters for clients through settlement, mediations, summary judgment applications, and at trial.

Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited

Brian Chau

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

Brian Chisling

Brian Chisling is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate department and Energy & Infrastructure Group, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. He advises clients, including utilities, independent power producers, pipeline companies, transmission companies, fiber-optic and other telecommunications companies, private equity funds, and financing parties with respect to mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs and divestitures, securities issuances and financings, and related federal and state regulatory issues. In the power industry, he has regularly advised both strategic utility clients and private equity clients. Examples of high-profile mergers and other transactions include: recent joint ventures and acquisitions of large renewable energy portfolios and developers by private equity firms, ITC Holdings’ sale to Fortis, JPMorgan's sale of its physical commodities trading businesses, American Electric Power's acquisition of Central and South West Corp., and the acquisition of TXU by a group of private equity firms.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Brian Chok

Brian Chok has a broad civil practice with strong emphases on corporate, commercial, land, building management, construction and personal injuries matters. In the commercial and corporate field, Brian has diverse experiences in representing clients in contractual, breaches of directors’ duties and shareholders’ disputes involving local boutique corporate business, as well as corporates including listed companies with strong ties and developments outside Hong Kong, particularly in Mainland China. His exposure also extends to day-to-day transaction mechanisms involving B2B and B2C e-commerce. Brian has also frequently advised owners, Incorporated Owners, management companies and tenants on tenancy, ownership, and water seepage matters. In particular, in Great Tower Development Ltd v The Incorporated Owners of Luso Apartments [2021] HKDC 1138, Brian as sole counsel successfully defended the IO in absolving from its liability even when the source of seepage was adjudicated to be from common parts. Further, he is familiar with the procedural requirements under DMCs and BMO in challenging the validity of meetings of the IO and Owners’ Committee and the propriety of the imposition of management fees. RECENT HIGHLIGHTS Construction New City Construction Co. Ltd v Lik Hang Engineering (HK) Company (HCMP 303/2022) – representing the main contractor in applying for an injunction to restrain presentation of petition involving a cross-claim for prolongation costs REC Engineering Company Limited v Unistress Building Construction Limited(DCCJ 5962/2019) – representing the main contractor in defending sub-contractor’s claim for outstanding payment for installation work. Coxgomyl Hong Kong Limited v Unistress Building Construction Limited (DCCJ 552/2016) – representing the main contractor in defending sub-contractor’s claim for outstanding payment for provision of gandola services. Melofield Nursery and Landscape Contractor Limited v New City Construction Company Limited(DCCJ 4634/2020) – representing the main contractor in defending service provider’s claim for outstanding payment for landscaping services and in counterclaiming the service provider for damages due to its poor performance. Company and Commercial Chong Lo Ching v Chan Kam Him and Another (HCA 288/2020) – representing the Plaintiff director in a claim for unlawful removal of directors and dilution of shareholding under ss. 728-730 of Cap. 622. Du Shui Wing and Others v Fu Kin Fung and Others (HCMP 846/2019) – representing the Interim Manager of the Company for an order of disclosure against the directors. Li Kwan Ho v Tsoi Ka Yin (HCA 1535/2021) (with Mike Lui) – representing the Defendant for indemnity of IPO expenses incurred by the company pursuant to the Deed of Indemnity. Long Hai Hong v Chan Yu, Lydia and Others (HCMP 3179/2013, HCA 175/2018, HCA 721 & 1537/2019) – representing the company in a derivative action and a rectification action to strike the name of a shareholder off the company’s registry.< Zhang Hui and Another v Hangzhou Bicheng Network Technology Co., Ltd and Others(HCA 1609/2020) (with Alexsander Wong) – representing the subsidiary in defending a claim of fraudulent transfers of shares and changes of directorship. Qupital Limited v Cross Hong Kong Trading Limited and Another(DCCJ 75/2021) – representing the Defendants in a restitution claim concerning trade receivables arising from e-commerce platforms. Zhang Jingli v Kai De International Holding Limited and Another(HCA 1187/2020) (with Alexsander Wong) – representing the Plaintiff in suing the company and its director for unauthorised disposition of the company assets under charge. Target Way (HK) Limited v Tollegno Far East Co. Limited and Others(HCMP 2755/2017 & HCA 1257/2017) (with Mike Lui) – unfair prejudice petition against the Company concerning unfair shareholder loan agreements and repayment of shareholder loans against the Company. Re Huaxin Investment Holding Limited(HCCW 113/2011) (with Elaine Liu) – representing the liquidators in a s. 182 Cap.32 application and resisting a claim for variation of adjudication on proof of debts. Bankruptcy and Insolvency Re: Tamimi, Arif Sultan (HCB3055/2021) – representing the petitioner concerning debts of outstanding rental payments Re: Lam Chung Ho (HCB 3766/2021) – representing the debtor in resisting a petition based on a guarantee for assignment of convertible bonds exceeding US$18m. Re: Ke Junxiang (HCB 4496/2020) – representing the debtor in resisting a petition based on loan agreements exceeding HK$23m. Re: Hop Fung Lung Limited, formerly known as Bonjour Cosmetic Wholesale Centre Limited (HCCW 355/2021) – representing the well-known local cosmetic retail company in winding-up petitions Re LeTV Sports Culture Develop (Hong Kong) Co. Limited(HCCW 249/2017) – representing one of the creditors in opposing the winding-up order. Intellectual Property Akris Pret-A-Porter AG v Akris (Hong Kong) Limited(HCA 2001/2016) – representing the Plaintiff to seek an injunction in a passing-off action. Maison Joseph Battat Ltee v HK Nukied Industrial Limited(HCA 3154/2016) –representing the Plaintiff to seek an injunction in a passing-off action. Guangzhou Walkera Technology Co. Ltd v Sung Yung trading as Chrmic Trading Company(HCA 900/2017) – representing the Plaintiff in a security for costs application in a passing-off action. Personal Injuries Wu Wai Ting v The Incorporated Owners of Tung Kin Factory Building (DCPI 719/2020) – representing the IO in a “slip and fall” case taken place at the common stairs. Tsui Choi Fa v Lam Yuet Ping and Others(HCPI 442/2014 & DCPI 2713/2018) (with Damian Wong) – representing the main contractor and sub-contractor concerning an accident taken place at a construction site in a personal injuries action. Chan Chiu Tung v Cheng Ka Fai Philip and Another(HCPI 575/2017) – representing the registered car-owner concerning a motor-cycle accident in a personal injuries action. Wong Suk Chun v New City Construction Co., Ltd(DCPI 1872/2020) – representing the main contractor in defending a claim by a pedestrian allegedly being tripped over by a hose in the construction site. Chong Foo Nyon v Lee Choi Yee and Others(DCPI 1086/2020) – defending the driver in a traffic accident in which serious injuries were sustained by the Plaintiff and the driver himself i.e. amputation of limbs. Property and Building Management Great Tower Development Limited v The Incorporated Owners of Luso Apartments (DCCJ 331/2022) – representing the IO in defending the claim for negligence and nuisance for failure to repair external walls following the Court’s adjudication. Yu Chung Man and Another v The Incorporated Owners of Cheerful Garden (LDBM 294/2019) – representing the IO in a stay application pending appeal concerning the validity of the IO’s resolution to indemnify the IO Chairman his legal expenses in defending a defamation case Wong Fo Keung v Honest Limited and Another (DCCJ 5890/2021) – representing the owner in a water seepage claim Li Wai Keung and Another v Law Chi Leung and Another(DCCJ 2312/2018) – representing the Defendant in a water seepage claim. The Incorporated Owners of the Regalia v Siu Yiu Man and Another; Wong Tak Yun and Another (HCSA 15&16/2018) – representing the owners in challenging the validity of resolution concerning the establishment of Special Fund on the ground of insufficient notice and the right of the IO to collect an increased management fee in breach of procedural requirements under BMO. Great Tower Development Limited v The Incorporated Owners of Luso Apartments(DCCJ 2308/2017) – representing the IO in defending an alleged water seepage from common area and counterclaiming for outstanding management fees. Hong Kong Sunward Fishery Restaurant Management and Another v Leong Yoke Wah Sharon and Chung So Si Fong Dessert Limited (HCA 1165/2019) (with Mike Lui) – representing the Plaintiffs against the chained desert restaurants and their staff in obtaining a quia timetinjunction for threat to dispose of documents and in pursuing the claim for derogation from grant, trespass to goods and conversion. Chan Wing Kin and Others v The Incorporated Owners of Covent Garden[2019] 4 HKC 186 – representing the Applicants in arguing that the user of the car-park includes the car-parking space owners, not being a residential flat owner. Tsuei Sheng Chen and Another v Tsuei Ka Yee Grace(HCA 3388/2016) – representing the Plaintiffs to seek an injunction, recovery of land and damages for trespass to person. OTHER NOTABLE CASES Construction New City Construction Co. Ltd v Lik Hang Engineering (HK) Company (HCMP 303/2022) – representing the main contractor in applying for an injunction to restrain presentation of petition involving a cross-claim for prolongation costs REC Engineering Company Limited v Unistress Building Construction Limited(DCCJ 5962/2019) – representing the main contractor in defending sub-contractor’s claim for outstanding payment for installation work. Coxgomyl Hong Kong Limited v Unistress Building Construction Limited (DCCJ 552/2016) – representing the main contractor in defending sub-contractor’s claim for outstanding payment for provision of gandola services. Melofield Nursery and Landscape Contractor Limited v New City Construction Company Limited(DCCJ 4634/2020) – representing the main contractor in defending service provider’s claim for outstanding payment for landscaping services and in counterclaiming the service provider for damages due to its poor performance. Company and Commercial Chong Lo Ching v Chan Kam Him and Another (HCA 288/2020) – representing the Plaintiff director in a claim for unlawful removal of directors and dilution of shareholding under ss. 728-730 of Cap. 622. Du Shui Wing and Others v Fu Kin Fung and Others (HCMP 846/2019) – representing the Interim Manager of the Company for an order of disclosure against the directors. Li Kwan Ho v Tsoi Ka Yin (HCA 1535/2021) (with Mike Lui) – representing the Defendant for indemnity of IPO expenses incurred by the company pursuant to the Deed of Indemnity. Long Hai Hong v Chan Yu, Lydia and Others (HCMP 3179/2013, HCA 175/2018, HCA 721 & 1537/2019) – representing the company in a derivative action and a rectification action to strike the name of a shareholder off the company’s registry. Zhang Hui and Another v Hangzhou Bicheng Network Technology Co., Ltd and Others(HCA 1609/2020) (with Alexsander Wong) – representing the subsidiary in defending a claim of fraudulent transfers of shares and changes of directorship. Qupital Limited v Cross Hong Kong Trading Limited and Another(DCCJ 75/2021) – representing the Defendants in a restitution claim concerning trade receivables arising from e-commerce platforms. Zhang Jingli v Kai De International Holding Limited and Another(HCA 1187/2020) (with Alexsander Wong) – representing the Plaintiff in suing the company and its director for unauthorised disposition of the company assets under charge. Target Way (HK) Limited v Tollegno Far East Co. Limited and Others(HCMP 2755/2017 & HCA 1257/2017) (with Mike Lui) – unfair prejudice petition against the Company concerning unfair shareholder loan agreements and repayment of shareholder loans against the Company. Re Huaxin Investment Holding Limited(HCCW 113/2011) (with Elaine Liu) – representing the liquidators in a s. 182 Cap.32 application and resisting a claim for variation of adjudication on proof of debts. Bankruptcy and Insolvency Re: Tamimi, Arif Sultan (HCB3055/2021) – representing the petitioner concerning debts of outstanding rental payments Re: Lam Chung Ho (HCB 3766/2021) – representing the debtor in resisting a petition based on a guarantee for assignment of convertible bonds exceeding US$18m. Re: Ke Junxiang (HCB 4496/2020) – representing the debtor in resisting a petition based on loan agreements exceeding HK$23m. Re: Hop Fung Lung Limited, formerly known as Bonjour Cosmetic Wholesale Centre Limited (HCCW 355/2021) – representing the well-known local cosmetic retail company in winding-up petitions Re LeTV Sports Culture Develop (Hong Kong) Co. Limited(HCCW 249/2017) – representing one of the creditors in opposing the winding-up order. Intellectual Property Akris Pret-A-Porter AG v Akris (Hong Kong) Limited(HCA 2001/2016) – representing the Plaintiff to seek an injunction in a passing-off action. Maison Joseph Battat Ltee v HK Nukied Industrial Limited(HCA 3154/2016) –representing the Plaintiff to seek an injunction in a passing-off action. Guangzhou Walkera Technology Co. Ltd v Sung Yung trading as Chrmic Trading Company(HCA 900/2017) – representing the Plaintiff in a security for costs application in a passing-off action. Personal Injuries Wu Wai Ting v The Incorporated Owners of Tung Kin Factory Building (DCPI 719/2020) – representing the IO in a “slip and fall” case taken place at the common stairs. Tsui Choi Fa v Lam Yuet Ping and Others(HCPI 442/2014 & DCPI 2713/2018) (with Damian Wong) – representing the main contractor and sub-contractor concerning an accident taken place at a construction site in a personal injuries action. Chan Chiu Tung v Cheng Ka Fai Philip and Another(HCPI 575/2017) – representing the registered car-owner concerning a motor-cycle accident in a personal injuries action. Wong Suk Chun v New City Construction Co., Ltd(DCPI 1872/2020) – representing the main contractor in defending a claim by a pedestrian allegedly being tripped over by a hose in the construction site. Chong Foo Nyon v Lee Choi Yee and Others(DCPI 1086/2020) – defending the driver in a traffic accident in which serious injuries were sustained by the Plaintiff and the driver himself i.e. amputation of limbs. Property and Building Management Great Tower Development Limited v The Incorporated Owners of Luso Apartments (DCCJ 331/2022) – representing the IO in defending the claim for negligence and nuisance for failure to repair external walls following the Court’s adjudication. Yu Chung Man and Another v The Incorporated Owners of Cheerful Garden (LDBM 294/2019) – representing the IO in a stay application pending appeal concerning the validity of the IO’s resolution to indemnify the IO Chairman his legal expenses in defending a defamation case Wong Fo Keung v Honest Limited and Another (DCCJ 5890/2021) – representing the owner in a water seepage claim Li Wai Keung and Another v Law Chi Leung and Another(DCCJ 2312/2018) – representing the Defendant in a water seepage claim. The Incorporated Owners of the Regalia v Siu Yiu Man and Another; Wong Tak Yun and Another (HCSA 15&16/2018) – representing the owners in challenging the validity of resolution concerning the establishment of Special Fund on the ground of insufficient notice and the right of the IO to collect an increased management fee in breach of procedural requirements under BMO. Great Tower Development Limited v The Incorporated Owners of Luso Apartments(DCCJ 2308/2017) – representing the IO in defending an alleged water seepage from common area and counterclaiming for outstanding management fees. Hong Kong Sunward Fishery Restaurant Management and Another v Leong Yoke Wah Sharon and Chung So Si Fong Dessert Limited (HCA 1165/2019) (with Mike Lui) – representing the Plaintiffs against the chained desert restaurants and their staff in obtaining a quia timetinjunction for threat to dispose of documents and in pursuing the claim for derogation from grant, trespass to goods and conversion. Chan Wing Kin and Others v The Incorporated Owners of Covent Garden[2019] 4 HKC 186 – representing the Applicants in arguing that the user of the car-park includes the car-parking space owners, not being a residential flat owner. Tsuei Sheng Chen and Another v Tsuei Ka Yee Grace(HCA 3388/2016) – representing the Plaintiffs to seek an injunction, recovery of land and damages for trespass to person. PUBLICATIONS Legal Publications Brian Man-ho Chok, ‘Let the Responsible be Responsible – The Judicial Oversight and Over-Optimism of the International Court of Justice in the Arrest Warrant Case and the Falling of the Head of State Immunity Doctrine in International and Domestic Courts’ (2015) 30 American University International Law Review 490. Brian Man-ho Chok, ‘The Struggle between the Doctrines of Universal Jurisdiction and Head of State Immunity’ (2014) 20(2) UC Davis Journal of International Law and Policy 233. Seminars “Building Management Disputes” (with Andrew Mak and Carol Wong) “The Practical Aspects of Injunctions in Litigation” (with Andrew Mak and Carol Wong) “PRC Cross Broader Litigation Part II: Recognition and Enforcement of the PRC Judgment and Arbitral Award in Hong Kong” (with Andrew Mak and Chantel Lin) “Practical Aspects of Building Management and Property Litigation” (with Andrew Mak and Carol Wong) “Masterclass in Land Resumption Law” (as sole speaker) “Multi-Storey Building Litigation” (with Andrew Mak and Carol Wong)

Rede Chambers

Brian Clarke

Partner

Dentons Ireland LLP

Brian Clifford

Senior Land Use Planner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Brian Coburn

Brian is a partner who practices in the commercial property sector. He is a highly regarded commercial property expert with over 30 years’ experience. He specialises in premium office property sales, acquisitions and leasing. A large part of Brian’s practice has involved representing offshore high net worth investors over the past 20 years in the acquisition and leasing of an extensive portfolio of premium commercial office buildings throughout the country. He is highly trusted by such investors to act as their domestic representative for the purpose of acquiring commercial investment properties and negotiating leasing agreements with corporate and public sector tenants. Notably, his work has also included assisting offshore investors to obtain regulatory consent for the acquisition of islands and other sensitive land in this country. Brian is also an expert in retirement village law in this country. He has advised both large and small corporate operators in the village industry on best practice regulatory compliance and documentation. He has represented Metlifecare Limited, one of the leading retirement village operators in the country and also smaller fresh field village developments such as Speldhurst Village , The Palms Lifestyle Village and Richmond Villas.

Hesketh Henry

Brian Collins

Brian is part of the niche costs team responsible for providing a costs service that combines technical excellence with a commercial approach, together with training that can lead to continuous improvement. He is an expert in advocacy and costs control during litigation including budgeting and case management. Brian qualified as a costs lawyer in 2007 giving him rights of audience and authority to conduct costs litigation. Although costs lawyer qualification was only given regulated professional body status in 2007, Brian has 37 years' experience in costs litigation and was a Fellow of the Association of Law Costs Draftsman (now the Association of Costs Lawyers).

Weightmans LLP

Brian Cordery

Brian specialises in intellectual property dispute resolution with a focus on patent litigation in the life sciences sector. Brian has more than 20 years’ experience of litigating patents for successful pharmaceutical products – predominantly for originators. He has also handled patent cases for other sectors including electronics and consumer goods. Brian is presently engaged in several projects relating to the global defence of the intellectual property for some of the world's best–selling pharmaceutical products. This involves the co–ordination of legal teams across the world to ensure that the optimal strategy is pursued at both global and local levels. He is also involved in several intellectual property cases in the English Courts across a broad range of industry sectors. Brian’s practice includes resolving disputes relating to biological medicines as well as small molecule drugs in disease areas including oncology, respiratory, and immunology. Brian is the co–author of an annual review of UK patent cases which is published annually in the CIPA Journal. He also teaches patent law on the Oxford University Diploma on Intellectual Property Law and Practice. He is the co-editor of the Kluwer Patent Blog. In 2018 and 2019, Brian was chosen by Who’s Who Legal as the Life Sciences Patent Litigation lawyer of the year and the Patents lawyer of the year.

Bristows LLP

Brian Cuneo

Brian J. Cuneo is a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Cuneo practices general securities and corporate law, with an emphasis on the representation of public and private companies in the technology and life sciences industries, venture capital funds and investment banks.

Latham & Watkins

Brian Cunneen

Whitney Moore

Brian D. Miller

Brian Miller advises public companies, private equity funds, and large stockholders on monetizing equity positions and complex securities reporting requirements. Brian draws on extensive experience and a sophisticated understanding of Securities and Exchange Commission regulations to guide clients on: Initial public offerings Mergers and acquisitions Registered and unregistered sales of securities by private equity sponsors, significant stockholders, and executives Strategies to effectively monetize large public equity positions SEC beneficial ownership reporting He serves as a trusted advisor to clients and devises effective transaction structures and strategies most critical to their commercial objectives. Brian also regularly leads on SEC disclosure and corporate governance matters. Brian maintains an active pro bono practice, including on asylum matters, and he prioritizes mentoring associates, especially within the Washington, D.C., office. Before joining Latham, Brian served as Legislative Director to US Representative Anthony Weiner of New York.

Latham & Watkins

Brian Daigle

Partner

Holland & Knight

Brian Daly

Brian Daly advises fund managers on regulatory, compliance and operational matters. He has extensive experience helping clients navigate their regulatory compliance obligations under the rules and regulations of the SEC, CFTC and NFA. Brian also regularly represents clients in regulatory examinations, enforcement actions, trading inquiries and in seeking no-action or similar relief. Having spent nearly a decade in-house as general counsel and chief compliance officer at several global investment management firms, Brian is well versed in the wide range of legal and business challenges facing investment advisers, commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors. To learn more about Brian, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/brian-t-daly

Akin

Brian Davidoff

Brian Davidoff tackles his clients’ problems with experience, drive, and focus. He helps middle-market companies and their principals navigate difficult financial waters. Brian also guides lenders, creditors, and vendors seeking to maximize their recoveries, and represents buyers and sellers of distressed assets. His early experience as a corporate attorney allows him to address both insolvency and business needs of his clients. Frequently, he acts as general counsel to both distressed and thriving businesses, advising them on their business growth, financings, and M&A activity. Accomplishing your objective. “If you’re having difficulty figuring out how to deal with your company’s financial distress, seeking to recover funds from a financially troubled company, or looking to buy assets of a financially distressed seller, I work with you to devise the right strategy to accomplish your objective,” he says. “I often get involved in high-stress situations. Clients’ livelihoods and their companies are at stake and they put a lot of trust in you. The process can be complex and uncertain. Helping my clients understand the component pieces of the process along the way is very important. It is also difficult at the outset to predict the final outcome of a restructuring, however, by working closely with my clients I build a partnership that dramatically increases the chances of a successful result.” For example, Brian knew what was at stake for a downtown Los Angeles furniture manufacturer and retailer that ran into financial distress. The company founder and owner knew that the livelihoods of over 200 workers depended on the ongoing success of the business. “We were able in the course of a chapter 11 reorganization to restructure the balance sheet and re-negotiate the senior credit facility with the lender. The company survived, the owner again has a successful business, and the jobs of the hundreds of workers were saved.” Restoring a level of confidence. Brian has succeeded for his varied clients—cutting across industries and objectives—by bringing a high level of skill, integrity, and commitment to the process. “When representing a company going through a restructuring, you quickly learn that the client is often taking fire from different quarters because creditors have lost money and typically no one is happy. A critical aspect of a restructuring is to restore a level of confidence and integrity in the business operations,” he says. “This usually goes far in gaining the confidence of judges and other key stakeholders, including creditors, lenders, vendors and employees.” With over thirty years’ experience in counseling his clients on their varied business issues, specifically in restructuring and bankruptcy, Brian has built a wealth of collegial relationships. “In Southern California we repeatedly appear before the same bankruptcy judges and having credibility with the court is important, as is having credibility with other professionals in the restructuring and bankruptcy community with whom you may be adverse from time to time in client matters. In such a high-stress situation credible relationships can be vitally important and often enables you to work through difficult issues.” Collaborating with other professionals. Also important in reaching the best results for his clients is the breadth and depth of Brian’s Greenberg Glusker colleagues in other practice groups. “It is common in a bankruptcy or restructuring case that I collaborate with my corporate, real estate, employment, litigation, or entertainment partners. In this way I can bring the various legal skills needed to properly guide the client. Outside of my law firm, I often work with financial and operational restructuring professionals to bring a complete approach to addressing the client’s issues.” Brian’s passion outside of the practice of law is competing in triathlons. He says, “This takes a significant level of dedication and commitment. I bring this same commitment to resolution of my client’s issues.” Brian has been married over 30 years and has two adult daughters, who enjoy competing with Brian in his athletic endeavors.

Greenberg Glusker LLP