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Børge Alsvik

Børge has held key positions in private practice as well as public service. He has extensive experience as a lawyer specializing in transport and shipping law (including insurance, cover disputes, P&I, LOH, H&M, bills of lading, cargo claims, marine incidents, ship arrests, charter party and contract disputes etc.). Børge has successfully represented clients in a number of reported cases. His practice does in addition to maritime law also include cases arising in relation to Road, Air and Multimodal Transport. Børge has served as acting Judge in the Court of Appeal. He has been senior legal advisor at the County Governor and legal advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Section for Treaty Law, Environmental Law and the Law of the Seas. During his studies, Børge was research assistant at the Department of Public and International law, University of Oslo.

Gjelsten Herlofsen Advokatfirma AS

Børge Nygårdshaug

Partner

SANDS

Børre Arnet

Partner

BAHR

Bülent Gökdemir

Partner / Chief Economist

CoPartners

Bülent Özdirekcan

Bülent Özdirekcan is a partner in the Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions team of Özdirekcan Dündar Şenocak, Gide's affiliate in Türkiye. He specialises in corporate, mergers & acquisition and restructuring operations for listed and non-listed companies with private or public capital, particularly in the automotive, banking & insurance, energy and real estate sectors. He advises major local and foreign companies on their investments in Türkiye, particularly in the automotive, banking and insurance, energy and real estate sectors. He also handles all tax aspects of the above transactions, including those relating to foreign financing. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Franco-Turkish Chamber of Commerce in Turkey since 2012. He has advised numerous companies, notably French, Korean and Chinese, in the creation of joint ventures with Turkish partners in Turkey. He has also assisted such companies with restructuring and tax issues in Turkey. Bülent is a graduate of the Université Paris Val-de-Marne, the Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, the Université Paris Panthéon-Assas and Istanbul University. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1998 and to the Istanbul Bar in 2003.

Özdirekcan Dündar Senocak Ak in partnership with Gide Loyrette Nouel

Büşra Dereli

Attorney at Law

Pi Legal Consultancy

Büşra Özden

Partner Büşra Özden advises on real estate and construction law, as well as corporate and commercial matters, with a particular focus on real estate investment and acquisitions, and project development. Her experience includes construction, design and engineering contracts, real estate development, PPP projects, privatizations and concessions, as well as collateral, lease and zoning matters. She also advises on M&A transactions. Büşra represents domestic and foreign clients, including banks and financial institutions, private equity firms, real estate investors and project developers, across sectors such as energy, data centers, ports, retail and hospitality. In 2026, Büşra became the Young Lawyers’ Committee Liaison Officer of the International Bar Association’s Real Estate Section.

Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli

Błażej Czwarnok

Błażej Czwarnok is a partner in the Real Estate team of Gide's Warsaw office. He specialises in advising investors and developers in the residential, office, retail, hotel, logistics and elderly care real estate markets, as well as financing institutions, on all real estate transactions and investment processes, including structuring transactions, sales and acquisitions, joint venture projects, sale and leaseback transactions and leases. Błażej recently advised a major developer in Poland on the acquisition of a new office project with the potential to convert it to a residential project, a retail developer on the sale of two retail parks in Poland, a retail group on the restructuring of its portfolio and expansion in Poland, a major European hotel group on concluding new hotel lease agreements in Poland and an investor operating in the healthcare and nursing homes sector on acquisition of new assets in Poland. Błażej graduated from the University of Warsaw, the University of Poitiers and the University of Orleans. He is an advocate admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association since 2011.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Błażej Zagórski

Partner in the Corporate/M&A practice

CMS

C Daniel Haaren

C. Daniel Haaren focuses his practice on capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, other equity financings and investment grade, high‑yield and convertible bond offerings. He regularly advises clients on governance, public disclosure and general corporate matters.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

C Ray Lees

Ray Lees advises oil and gas companies on corporate transactional and commercial matters, with an emphasis on upstream and midstream oil and gas transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, finance, and real estate. He has advised clients on some of the oil and gas industry’s largest conventional and unconventional oil and gas acquisition and divestiture transactions, including deals with a combined value of more than $100 billion over the last fifteen years in the Bakken, Barnett, Eagle Ford, Fayetteville, Haynesville, Marcellus, Mississippi Lime, Niobrara, Permian, SCOOP, STACK, Uinta, and Utica plays. He has also counseled clients in equity commitments from private investors and energy financing transactions involving oil and gas and midstream assets across the country. Ray’s oil and gas experience includes negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements, swap agreements, development agreements, limited liability company agreements, transition services agreements, seismic licenses, mineral leases, royalty agreements, net profit interest agreements, marketing agreements, and other agreements and instruments customary in connection with oil & gas joint ventures, acquisitions, and divestitures. Prior to joining the Porter Hedges, Mr. Lees was the managing partner at the Commercial Law Group, P.C. in Oklahoma City.

Porter Hedges LLP

C. Bailey King, Jr.

Partner

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

C. Cowden W. Rayburn

Moore & Van Allen, PLLC

C. J. Chido

C.J. focuses his practice in the maritime sector and primarily acts for banks, financial institutions and private equity funds in cross-border asset-backed financings. He also frequently advises ship owners in connection with the leasing, operating, sale and purchase of a variety of vessels in domestic and international markets. In these roles C.J. also regularly advises on matters of Marshall Islands and Liberian corporate and maritime law.

Watson Farley & Williams (New York) LLP

C. J. Erickson

Partner. Head of the Customs, International Cargo and Regulatory Compliance Group C.J. represents domestic and multinational corporations before U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Food and Drug Administration, Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Trade Commission, State Department, Department of Commerce and other government agencies impacting global trade. He concentrates on Customs and International Trade law. He advises importers, exporters, manufacturers, Customs brokers, freight forwarders, and others involved in the international supply chain on production, compliance, classification, valuation, transportation, admissibility and related Customs and other agency trade matters. His practice covers regulatory compliance in the areas of import and export controls including, ITAR, Free Trade Agreements, origin verifications, Customs audits, penalty and liquidated damages cases, Consumer Product Safety and other enforcement matters.

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC

C. J. Kim

Senior Partner

Choi & Kim

C. Randall King

Randy King is a former Co-Chair of the firm’s Energy Section. His practice focuses on a wide range of energy-related projects located onshore, offshore, upstream, midstream, and internationally, including: Acquisitions, divestitures, construction, and financing of pipelines, gathering systems, and storage facilities for natural gas, crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids, and LNG Acquisitions and divestitures of producing and non-producing oil and gas properties Oil and gas joint ventures and exploration and development programs Exploration and development project agreements, including joint operating agreements and COPAS accounting procedures Natural gas purchase, sales, and marketing agreements; NAESB agreements Natural gas processing and treating agreements, oil and gas transportation agreements, natural gas storage agreements, natural gas supply agreements Operating and maintenance agreements for mid-stream facilities Production handling agreements Master service agreements and IADC drilling contracts Hedging, derivative, swap, and ISDA agreements Credit support annexes, cash collateral agreements, and letters of credit Master setoff and netting agreements Reserve-based and mezzanine oil and gas producer and mid-stream financings Seismic data licenses and acquisition agreements Prior to becoming a lawyer, Randy spent 13 years practicing as an independent petroleum landman. His experience included negotiating oil and gas leases, title examination, structuring oil and gas property acquisitions, and exploration transactions. Randy has been a Certified Professional Landman since 1984.

Porter Hedges LLP

C. Timothy Fenn

Tax Partner

Latham & Watkins

C. William Thomas, Jr.

C. William Thomas, Jr. is a partner in the Corporate Transactions Department of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. His practice emphasizes the formation and operation of U.S. and non-U.S. private investment funds, including real estate funds, private equity funds and credit funds. Bill also advises investment management firms on their operations, regulatory matters and internal governance arrangements.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

C.J. Chido

Partner

Watson Farley & Williams (New York) LLP

C.Y. Ho

Consultant

Nixon Peabody CWL

CARLOS ENRIQUEZ

Partner

EC Rubio

CHIJIOKE OKOHA

ASSOCIATE

AUGUSTSONS

CHRISTOPHER S. MCKENZIE

Investment Funds Asset Management and Corporate

Deynecourt