Avocats – United States

Mala Ahuja Harker

Mala Ahuja Harker represents individuals and corporations in the technology, healthcare, life sciences, financial services, and other industries in connection with white collar, securities, employment, and complex commercial litigation matters. She has particular strength in matters with both regulatory enforcement and civil litigation elements and significant experience with cross-border matters. In addition to her active white collar and litigation practice, Mala is also a member of the firm's Management Committee. Prior to rejoining Friedman Kaplan, where she was formerly a partner, Mala served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2011 through 2017.In this role, Mala investigated and prosecuted cases involving sophisticated financial frauds, insider trading, securities violations, mortgage and bank fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, public corruption, identity theft and cybercrime, as well as violent crime and drug offenses, among others. Earlier in her career, Mala practiced at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison LLP. Mala’s recent notable work includes representing Cognizant, one of the world’s leading professional services companies, in a criminal prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey of two former Cognizant executives for violations of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act. She also represented a subsidiary of a Japanese multinational conglomerate in connection with an unauthorized transfer of over $150 million from an account of an overseas subsidiary, including an internal cyber investigation into the theft of the funds (which had been converted to bitcoin), coordination of criminal investigations in the United States and Japan, and the successful recovery through civil forfeiture proceedings of several million dollars more than the company’s original loss due to the well-timed interlocutory sale of the seized bitcoin.

Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP

Malcolm (Mick) Tuesley

Head of Simpson Thacher’s National Security Regulatory Practice. Represents clients in national security reviews before CFIUS and assists with related issues, including mitigation of foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) under industrial security regulations, export control compliance and government contracting. Helps clients navigate worldwide foreign direct investment reviews. Negotiates national security agreements with the U.S. government for some of the largest and most complex transactions in the defense, energy, financial services, telecommunications and technology sectors.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Malcolm Nicholls III

Malcolm B. Nicholls III is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and Proskauer’s Private Investment Funds Group. Malcolm brings more than 30 years of experience representing private fund sponsors and investment advisors globally on a wide range of issues, including fund formations, secondary transactions, internal governance, and divestments and distributions. Malcolm’s practice focuses primarily on representing fund sponsors. He devotes a significant portion of his time to the structuring, formation, organization, and operation of venture capital and other private equity funds, as well as their general partner and management company entities, representing both top-tier industry leaders and first-time managers. In this capacity, Malcolm advises clients on the preparation of offering materials, investor negotiations related to fund formation, the drafting of partnership, LLC, and other governance agreements, and all aspects of day-to-day fund operations. Malcolm also advises fund sponsors on a broad range of secondary transactions, including tender offers, preferred equity financings, continuation funds, fund restructurings, and other GP-led transactions, and has worked with several management teams on large spin-out transactions. In addition, Malcolm has represented domestic and foreign institutional investors in connection with investments in hundreds of private funds across the private equity asset class, including in secondary transactions involving the acquisition and sale of fund interests. The depth and breadth of Malcolm’s experience and market knowledge enable him to provide practical business and strategic advice while balancing the competing interests of fund sponsors and their investors. Malcolm has authored numerous articles and has spoken at many industry conferences both domestically and abroad. Malcom previously served as the co-head of the private investment funds group at Proskauer. More recently, Malcom was a partner at Gunderson Dettmer prior to rejoining Proskauer. He also served as a Sergeant/Russian Linguist in the U.S. Army from 1984 – 1988.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Malcolm Ross

Malcolm Ross focuses his practice primarily on the representation of U.S. and non-U.S. companies, or their underwriters, in the private and public offering of securities, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and debt restructurings. In addition, he has experience in the areas of private equity, the representation of special committees of boards of directors, and general corporate advice to public companies, including regarding corporate governance. He also has particular industry experience in the telecommunications and wine and spirits supply and distribution businesses. For more information about Mr. Ross, please click here to visit his full biography.

Blank Rome LLP

Malcolm S Dorris

Dechert

Malcolm Slee

Principal

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Malik Stewart

Associate - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Malika Levarlet

Malika Levarlet is special counsel in the Governmental Practice in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Malika advises international and domestic companies in connection with cross-border transactions (with a focus on U.S. and European companies), joint ventures, complex commercial agreements and corporate governance. She represents clients operating in the technology, financial services, telecommunications, aerospace, and automotive industries. Malika also counsels international and domestic clients regarding compliance with U.S. trade and antitrust laws and regulations, including those pertaining to mergers (e.g., the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act) and consumer protection (e.g., the Federal Trade Commission Act). Malika has extensive experience coordinating the merger-control, foreign direct investment (CFIUS) and regulatory reviews of multi-jurisdictional transactions for U.S. and foreign clients.

Sheppard

Mallory Chandler

Associate

Pryor Cashman LLP

Mamta Shah

Partner

ArentFox Schiff

Mana Ghaemmaghami

Associate

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Manasi Bhattacharyya

Counsel

Latham & Watkins

Mandee Gruen

Partner

Goodwin

Mandi Moroz

Mandi Moroz assists clients with both energy and environmental regulatory matters. She has extensive experience advising oil and natural gas pipeline, terminal and LNG facility operators on a variety of regulatory compliance matters under the Pipeline Safety Act. This work includes enforcement defense and counseling clients on matters related to operations, maintenance, incident response, integrity management and other regulatory requirements. In her practice, Mandi also has experience collaborating with trade groups, advising clients on protections for confidential and security information and assisting clients involved in federal and state rulemaking. In addition to her energy regulatory practice, Mandi also has experience working with clients at all stages of environmental representation, including litigation, regulatory and transactional matters. She has experience working with clients involved in toxic tort, Clean Water Act (CWA) and Administrative Procedure Act (APA) litigation. She has also worked to advise clients on a variety of regulatory needs, ranging from potential Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) liability in the acquisition of a property to permitting compliance issues under the CWA.

Bracewell LLP

Mandy Chan-Lucero

Associate

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Manu Gayatrinath

Manu Gayatrinath, a member of the firm's Executive Committee and former Global Chair of the firm’s Private Equity Finance Practice, advises private equity sponsors and borrowers on a full range of financing transactions. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience, Manu advises private equity sponsors and private and public company borrowers in secured lending and complex cross-border financings involving: Acquisition and carve-out financings Term loan A and B financings Cash-flow and asset-based loans Mezzanine and subordinated debt facilities Private equity bridge loan facilities Bridge capital call facilities, including umbrella facilities for multiple funds, uncommitted and committed lines, feeder fund structures, and NAV and GP facilities Secured notes offerings Debt restructurings and liability management transactions She draws on a broad understanding of syndicated and private capital structures and unlocks the capabilities of the firm’s robust platform, particularly relating to M&A and regulation, to help clients effectively achieve their commercial goals. A recognized leader at Latham, Manu previously served as Global Chair of the firm’s Recruiting Committee and as a member of the Associates, Knowledge Management, and Succession Committees.

Latham & Watkins

Manuel (Manny) A. Abascal

Manny Abascal is a partner in the Litigation & Trial Practice of Latham & Watkins and is based in Los Angeles. Manny handles complex and high-stakes litigation and government investigation matters for clients in several industries. Over his 20-year career at Latham, he has represented clients from several industries in their most important and challenging legal matters. He has been recognized by many organizations for his professional and community achievements, including receiving the Learned Hand Award from the American Jewish Committee, a professional achievement award from the Mexican American Bar Foundation, and a pro bono service award from the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Prior to joining Latham in 2000, Manny was an assistant United States attorney in Los Angeles, where he prosecuted and tried numerous and diverse fraud cases. Manny has played a leading role in various nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in Los Angeles, including serving as the founding Chairman of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, a safety net hospital based in Watts/Willowbrook, and as a director and board member of the Altadena Recovery and Rebuild Corporation.

Latham & Watkins

Manuel Fishman

Manuel Fishman, who serves as the Chair of the firm’s northern California Real estate practice group focuses his practice on representing real estate developers and owners in the acquisition, sale, and financing of commercial properties. He has an active leasing practice representing owners of several major office buildings in San Francisco, including the Transamerica Pyramid, as well as tenants in lease and sublease transactions. His expertise includes letters of intent, tenant improvement work agreements, security deposits/letters of credit, signage rights, expansion and contraction rights, permitted transfers, operating expense audits, and lender and master landlord recognition agreements. Mr. Fishman maintains close relationships with the real estate brokerage community and utilizes these relationships to provide clients with market based information important to their existing and prospective real estate requirements. Mr. Fishman also has extensive experience in the area of ground leasing and retail leasing and is recognized as a leading attorney in the area of landline and wireless communications and Internet-based services in commercial properties and rooftop installations. In addition, Mr. Fishman acts as outside general counsel to start-ups that seek to leverage some part of commercial real estate into a tech application, and helps guide these companies in their efficient use of legal time and expertise in various subject matters, from employment and IP to enterprise contracts and web site privacy policies. Mr. Fishman also represents clients in equity structuring for, and the acquisition of, value add properties, including the formation of single purpose entities and joint ventures, and acquisition financing. Mr. Fishman has negotiated numerous construction management, project development and property management agreements, as well as all types of easements, declarations and restrictions and other adjoining owner agreements. Most recently, Mr. Fishman has been recognized as a 2026 Best Lawyer in America in Real Estate Law, an honor he has received since 2007, and was recognized as a 2014 Top Rated Lawyer by American Lawyer Media in conjunction with Martindale Hubbell. He has also been recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyer since 2012 and as one of Bay Area Magazine’s Top Lawyers in the Bay Area. Additionally, he was the recipient of the 2019 Associate Member of the Year award from BOMA San Francisco. Mr. Fishman is a frequent lecturer on office and shopping center leasing matters and writes frequently for industry newsletters. He has served as a speaker for the annual Practicing Law Institute’s Commercial Real Estate Law program since 2015.

Buchalter Law Firm

Manuel Garciadiaz

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Manuel S. Frey

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Manuel Silva

Manuel's practice focuses on cross-border transactions, principally in Latin America. He regularly represents Latin American corporations, state-owned entities and investment and commercial banks in connection with debt and equity capital markets, acquisition, project and structured financings and liability management transactions. He also represents corporations in mergers and acquisitions and corporate and sovereign clients in debt restructurings across the region.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Manuel Vera

As a lawyer licensed in Mexico, Manuel Vera represents U.S. financial service institutions, energy companies and investment firms in acquisitions in Mexico and Latin America, also guiding them through cross-border project finance transactions and joint ventures. Manuel has worked with clients on projects in more than a dozen Latin American countries, with a special emphasis on Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Chile and Argentina, as well as Spain.

Bracewell LLP

Mara Cusker Gonzalez

Partner

Dechert

Mara Glaser McCahan

A seasoned transactional lawyer, Mara Glaser McCahan advises on mergers and acquisitions, financings and a wide range of other deals in both regulated and unregulated industries. Her breadth of practice makes her a creative problem solver and her experience navigating deals across industries gives her valuable insight into how to get transactions closed, while staying attuned to the specific nuances of each industry and deal. Mara represents banks, private equity funds and enterprises of all sizes, including multibillion-dollar public companies. Her clients touch industries from real estate to technology and from fintech to manufacturing. She helps them with complex corporate transactions, including M&A, joint ventures and debt and equity financings. Known for her technical savvy and business acumen, she also advises on general corporate matters and often acts as outside general counsel to her clients. She does substantial work involving distressed companies and restructurings, including Section 363 asset sales. In addition, Mara has experience in the highly specialized area of guaranteed and unguaranteed tax credit investment funds, working closely with Katten's tax practice in representing these highly tax-sensitive investment vehicles.

Katten