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Joseph Irwin

Joseph qualified as an associate at JHA in December 2017. His practice is primarily focused on tax disputes and he has particular experience in direct tax cases and group litigation. He has represented clients at all levels of the UK courts and tax tribunals, including in several cases before the Supreme Court challenging the lawfulness of UK corporate tax charges and in judicial review proceedings reviewing HMRC decisions. Joseph also acts for clients on a wide variety of commercial, corporate and intellectual property law matters. He has written for various legal and tax publications, including Tax Journal, CCH Daily incorporating Accountancy Live and fivehundred magazine (The Legal 500).

Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen LLP

Tax DisputesLitigation+3
England
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Joseph Ng’ang’ira

Partner

Kaplan & Stratton Advocates

Corporate / M&ACommercial+2
KenyaEnglish, Kiswahili
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Joseph Stephenson

Joe is a Partner and the Head of Shoosmiths' IT & Technology team (IT & technology | Commercial services | Shoosmiths lawyers). Joe is also the Head of Shoosmiths' Technology Sector group (Technology | Sectors | Shoosmiths Lawyers). Joe has helped establish Shoosmiths’ IT and Technology team as one of the leading practices in the UK; winning TMT Team of the Year at the 2023 Legal Business Awards and ranked Band 1 by Legal 500 and Chambers UK Guide. The team is described as a “[t]hriving team that draws on a wealth of expertise to handle the complete range of IT matters and represents a fine choice for clients." (Chambers UK Guide). Joe is consistently ranked as a leading individual in IT and technology by UK legal directories, being described as having “the perfect balance of deep legal expertise, extensive subject area knowledge and strong negotiation and relationship-building skills” (Chambers UK Guide). Joe has extensive experience of advising on all forms of IT and technology transactions across a range of sectors, but has particular expertise in advising on large-scale transformational outsourcings and projects in the automotive, retail and financial services sector. He is also a leading advisor on transactions involving Web3 and the Metaverse. Joe’s major recent transactions include advising: a major telecommunication provider on its £200million+ procurement of a state-of-the art, greenfield IT system; a global automotive manufacturer on various business critical IT projects, including its £50m+ next generation IT services contract and tech-enabled customer contact centre involving a full transformation program for the introduction of AI and chat bots; advising various global brands on the launch of Web3 and Metaverse projects; one of the world's largest banks on the procurement of critical IT systems and infrastructure for the operation of its new motor lending business; a global mass media company on the first generation outsourcing of its technology operations centre based in India to provide IT support and services across its entire global business; one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products on its global procurement of its customer engagement platform with one of the world’s leading providers, as well as other cutting edge technology projects involving AR and social retail; a FTSE 100 company on its multi-million pound global procurement and roll-out of a new CRM system involving various Tier 1 suppliers; one of the world's largest multinational brewing companies on various IT projects, including the design, development and deployment of a pan-European e-commerce platform and a multi-million pound supply chain and demand management system for its UK business.

Shoosmiths LLP

IT & TechnologyTechnology+2
England
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Josephine Noddings

Counsel

Appleby

Corporate / M&ACommercial+3
Bermuda
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Josh Real

Josh Real advises clients at the intersection of business and cutting-edge technology, particularly on transactions within the digital health, healthcare and life sciences, and technology sectors. Josh leverages extensive experience, cultivated both in-house and as external counsel, to lead multidisciplinary teams on business-defining deals involving: Technology and intellectual property licensing and transfers Strategic partnerships and joint ventures Payor contracting and other enterprise sales Outsourced, joint, and other R&D arrangements Medical device, pharmaceutical, supplement, and other manufacturing and supply Consumer-facing product terms and waivers Retail, broker, distribution, and other product promotion and resale arrangements White-labeled technology, supplement, and other product licensing, distribution, and resale Laboratory partnerships Product counseling IP, commercial, and technology aspects of M&A transactions Technology escrow arrangements Before joining Latham, Josh was Assistant General Counsel and Director of Business Development for Everly Health.

Latham & Watkins

Digital HealthHealthcare+6
United States
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Joshua Cohn

Associate

Gornitzky & Co.

Corporate / M&ACapital Markets+5
IsraelEnglish, Hebrew
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Joshua Favel

Senior Associate

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Corporate / M&ACommercial+3
Canada
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Joshua Janks

Partner

Bowmans

Corporate / M&ABanking & Finance+4
South Africa
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Joss Alcraft

Joss is a Partner in the Corporate team Joss acts for a diverse client base which includes multinational corporations, financial institutions, private equity firms, start-ups, entrepreneurs, and high-net-worth individuals and spans multiple sectors including finance, technology, energy, real estate, healthcare, and manufacturing. He advises clients on a full range of corporate and commercial matters, including: Mergers and acquisitions; Corporate governance; Joint ventures; Private equity transactions; Capital markets (IPOs, secondary offers); Corporate restructuring; Securities offerings; and General corporate and regulatory matters. Joss believes in building strong and enduring relationships with his clients and has acted for many of them for more than a decade. His approach is characterised by open communication, active collaboration, and a keen focus on delivering exceptional client service. Joss qualified in 1999 and has worked in firms across London’s West End, Mayfair and the City.

Hamlins LLP

Corporate / M&APrivate Equity+6
England
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José A. Tiscornia

His professional practice focuses on comprehensive advice on corporate, corporate, contractual, and registry matters, guiding national and international companies. His professional practice covers all areas of commercial law, advising on matters related to the design, planning and implementation of corporate structures; the constitution, modification, dissolution and liquidation of companies and other types of legal persons, whether of public, mixed, private origin, both open or closed; the registration and exercise of legal representation of branches of foreign companies; the layout, advice and implementation of corporate reorganizations, including mergers, spin-offs, acquisitions and corporate transformations, including participation in legal audits (“due diligence”); the negotiation of agreements between shareholders (of internal corporate/contractual regulation and/or syndication of shares); the celebration and registration of business collaboration agreements, temporary unions of companies, cooperation consortiums and joint ventures; the representation of shareholders in assembly acts or meetings between conventional parties; the integration of corporate bodies (administration, audit or inspection); advice to companies, shareholders, directors and trustees in the ordinary business course and/or in matters of corporate conflicts; participation in the development, certification and application of good practices in the corporate sphere and business ethics (“compliance”); collaboration and participation in the preparation and definition of accounting statements and other instruments in the accounting and financial field. He also advises clients on contractual matters, intervening in the negotiation, closing, and perfectioning process of all types of contracts included in the corporate and commercial activities of the business sphere, with experience in preparing and defining bidding processes (public and private).

Pozo Gowland Abogados

Corporate / M&ACorporate Governance+5
Argentina
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José Ballón

Senior partner

Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera Abogados

Corporate / M&ACommercial
PeruSpanish, English
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José Costa Pinto

Founding Partner

Costa Pinto

Corporate / M&APrivate Equity+2
PortugalPortuguese, English
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José María Miralles

José María joined Pérez-Llorca in 2023 as a partner in the Infrastructure and Telecommunications practice.

Pérez-Llorca

InfrastructureTelecommunications+3
Spain
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José Meléndez Alfonzo

Director of Operations Head of Corporate and Commercial Practice

Estrella LLC

Corporate / M&ACommercial+3
Puerto RicoEnglish, Spanish
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Jovana Bingulac

Senior Attorney at CMS Belgrade

Petrikic & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz

Banking & FinanceCommercial+6
SerbiaSerbian, English
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Jovita Bislytė

Senior Associate | Attorney at Law

WALLESS

Intellectual PropertyArbitration & Dispute Resolution+2
LithuaniaLithuanian, English
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Joyce Karanja

Partner

Bowmans

Corporate / M&ACommercial+4
Kenya
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Joyce Yen Yen Teh

Partner; Corporate; Mergers & Acquisitions; Healthcare

Raja, Darryl & Loh

Corporate / M&AHealthcare+2
MalaysiaEnglish, Bahasa Malaysia +1
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Juan Antonio Borràs

Partner since 2006

RocaJunyent

Restructuring & InsolvencyDispute Resolution+2
SpainEnglish, Spanish +1
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Juan Antonio Duque

Juan Antonio Duque is the leading partner of our Corporate and M&A practice. He has a solid track record in corporate, commercial, and contractual law, combined with a strategic vision of business and regulatory matters. Since joining the firm in 2009, he has led processes that integrate tax considerations with the design of efficient corporate structures. His professional background includes practice at renowned firms such as Martínez Neira Abogados Consultores and Posse Herrera Ruiz, as well as the founding of his own law firm, Suárez y Duque Abogados. From 2015 to 2017, he served as Deputy Superintendent for Economic and Accounting Affairs at the Superintendence of Companies, where he deepened his expertise in regulatory and corporate oversight matters. In addition, he is a full professor at the Faculty of Legal Sciences of Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and at the Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración (CESA), where he combines his professional practice with the education of new generations of lawyers and business leaders.

Godoy

Corporate / M&ACommercial+3
ColombiaEnglish, Spanish
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Juan Bernardo Guarderas

Juan Bernardo is a Senior Associate at BUSTAMANTE FABARA and a member of the firm’s Corporate, Commercial, Finance, Banking, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions teams. He focuses his practice on finance, capital markets, corporate and banking matters. He advises multilateral, bilateral, national and international creditors, investors, debtors, borrowers, sellers and buyers in complex banking and finance operations, generally with mercantile, commercial, fiduciary, securities and regulatory components and collaterals. He has been involved in the most sophisticated financial and banking operations in Ecuador, including the first issuance of green, thematic and blue bonds in the country and the region. Before joining BUSTAMANTE FABARA, Juan Bernardo was an associate at a prestigious firm in Ecuador where he was part of banking, finance and M&A areas, focusing his practice and experience on advising clients with emphasis in corporate financing, senior, subordinated or guaranteed loans and financings, local or international issuances; as well as cross-border transactions with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, purchases, sales, and joint ventures, among other operations, in all business areas. Currently, Juan Bernardo works in the Banking and Finance department, advising and assisting clients in syndicated loans and bilateral loans, as well as in bond or share issuances in local and international capital markets, among other transactions of the Firm’s line of business. He also actively collaborates with in the M&A area, on local and international transactions, acquisitions, joint ventures, asset purchases, share purchase agreements (SPA), shareholder agreements (SHA), among other complex corporate matters. He has also developed and has extensive experience in tax and corporate structuring and advice to companies

Bustamante Fabara

Banking & FinanceCapital Markets+4
Ecuador
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Juan Camilo Rodríguez

Partner

CMS Rodríguez-Azuero

Corporate / M&ACommercial+1
ColombiaSpanish, English +1
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Juan Carlos Garantón-Blanco

Partner Director

Torres, Plaz & Araujo

Corporate / M&AEnergy+6
VenezuelaSpanish, English
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Juan Carlos Rocha

Partner / Country Manager

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

Real EstateCorporate / M&A+1
ChileSpanish, English +1