Avocats – United States

Ricky Cox

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Ridge Blanchard

Ridge Blanchard is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where his practice focuses on government investigations and congressional oversight. He regularly provides strategic counsel to major tech companies, financial institutions and other industry-leading clients facing corporate crises and high-stakes reputational matters. He has deep experience in advising clients in connection with public affairs challenges and regularly prepares CEOs and other senior executives to appear before Congress. Additionally, Ridge counsels clients facing regulatory and litigation-related inquiries brought by state attorneys general, and he provides prospective high-level public officials with advice related to government ethics and financial disclosure requirements.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Rifka Singer

Rifka Singer is counsel in the Tax Department of the New York office of Latham & Watkins, where her practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits matters for public and private companies in a variety of industries. Rifka’s experience includes the negotiation and drafting of executive employment, consulting, retention, severance and change in control agreements, the design and implementation of equity and non-equity incentive compensation plans, and the structuring of non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements. In addition, Rifka counsels clients in connection with executive separations, mass layoffs and other reductions in force, assists clients with legal compliance issues in the administration of their benefit plans, and advises clients regarding the employee benefits, executive compensation, and labor and employment issues that arise in the context of mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, financings, and other corporate transactions.

Latham & Watkins

Rikke Dierssen-Morice

Partner Rikke represents commercial policyholders in the United States and abroad on insurance claims and in recovery litigation, helping her clients recover hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance proceeds. Rikke advises and litigates for top-tier corporate clients and individuals. She is a Fellow in the American College of Coverage Counsel (“ACCC”) and is ranked in General Commercial Litigation in Chambers USA. Recent client commentary includes Chambers 2023: “Rikke is really knowledgeable in the insurance coverage area, has a pragmatic style, is very business-friendly and understands risks.” Rikke is a fierce advocate on behalf of her clients, skilled at documenting, negotiating and litigating for maximum insurance recoveries. Nationally, Rikke has worked on matters involving: Directors and officers (“D&O”) insurance procurement and recovery; Food contamination general liability and recall insurance recovery; Cyber coverage procurement and claims; Pollution/alleged groundwater contamination claims under general liability, property, and pollution policies; Theft and fraud claims under financial institutions bonds, crime, and liability policies; Errors and omissions (“E&O”) and professional coverage claims; Product liability insurance recovery for manufacturers; International shipping/marine and property coverage for lost or destroyed products and container leakage claims; and Property and appraisal recovery claims for storm destruction damages. Internationally, Rikke has worked extensively on non-admitted insurance issues and international policy drafting in addition to recovering insurance funds for losses in Europe, Asia, and South America. In addition, she has extensive experience advising U.S. companies across Europe on contract drafting, retention of and work with in-country counsel, and provision of supporting opinions and analysis. Rikke is fluent in French and Danish. For Rikke's full biography please visit Rikke Dierssen-Morice | Blank Rome LLP

Blank Rome LLP

Rikki Bagatell

Partner

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Riley Kate Lancaster

Attorney

Balch & Bingham LLP

Riley Roby

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Rishi Zutshi

Rishi Zutshi’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts, including class actions and securities litigation, with extensive experience in disputes relating to complex financial instruments and derivatives. Rishi also has experience in internal investigations and enforcement matters, including representing clients in matters involving federal, state and and overseas government regulators and agencies.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Rita Celebrezze D’Souza

Special Counsel, New York

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Rita Glavin

Principal at Glavin PLLC

Glavin PLLC

Rita Molesworth

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Rita Patel

Partner; Chair of DLA Piper's US Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice; Co-Chair of DLA Piper's Transactions Services Practice

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Rita Yoon

Partner

Jones Day

Roald Nashi

Roald Nashi is a partner in the Washington, D.C., and Houston offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He represents private equity and infrastructure fund clients on investments in energy and infrastructure assets, including structured equity financings, bank and bond financings, tax structured financings, leveraged lease, and margin loan facilities. Roald has been recognized by The American Lawyer as a 2023 Dealmaker of the Year, Chambers Global in Projects, Chambers USA in Projects, Legal 500 as Next Generation Partners for Project Finance, IFLR1000 as Highly Regarded in Project Finance, Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America, and Law360 as a 2019 Project Finance MVP.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Rob Adams

Partner and Co-Chair, General Liability Litigation Practice Group

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Rob Addy

Bartlit Beck LLP

Rob Bennett

Partner

White & Case LLP

Rob Ellison

Rob Ellison, Vice Chair of the firm’s Southern California Litigation & Trial Department, advises clients in the areas of real estate, entertainment, sports, and media, and general commercial litigation. He is also a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice. Rob has successfully represented clients ranging from public companies, real estate developers and firms, private equity backed portfolio companies, and sports franchises to leading internet, entertainment, and emerging companies. Rob is a seasoned trial lawyer and has co-first chaired numerous successful arbitrations. He also has extensive experience conducting highly sensitive internal investigations and regularly consults on transactional matters with an emphasis on limiting clients’ litigation exposure. Since joining the firm, Rob has also actively participated in the firm’s pro bono activities, ranging from helping Holocaust survivors secure reparations from the German government to advising the Humane Society of the United States and other animal rights organizations. Rob currently serves on the firm’s Ethics Committee, and he previously served on the firm’s Recruiting and Training & Career Enhancement Committees.

Latham & Watkins

Rob Emerson

Rob Emerson, Co-Head of the Investment Funds - Secondaries Group, advises private investment firms and their senior management on a wide variety of legal, compliance, and business issues, with an emphasis on fund formation and the funds transactional space. Rob draws on two decades of vast experience in private equity and investment funds to guide clients through complex transactions, including: Sponsor, fund, and investor-level preferred equity and other structured solutions Buy-side and sell-side secondaries transactions Innovative co-investment arrangements Crisis management for key person, succession, and change of control situations Strategic partnerships, spinouts, and joint ventures Foreign and domestic fund formation As a trusted strategic advisor, clients praise Rob for bringing a commercially calibrated approach to their most critical matters, delivering outcomes that are both technically rigorous and commercially viable. Complementing his transactional practice, he has led fundraises for products that scale to over US$15 billion in size and actively counsels sponsors in navigating the evolving regulatory environment applicable to the private equity industry and registered investment advisors. Rob is a frequent contributor to media publications, trainings, and industry conferences surrounding the private funds market. In the community, Rob devotes significant time volunteering in the Scouting America program, including serving on the Board of Directors for Connecticut Yankee Council, the local organization where he previously received his Eagle Scout.

Latham & Watkins

Rob Hoffman

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Rob Lehman

Senior Public Policy Advisor Co-Chair, Public Policy and Legislative Affairs Practice

WilmerHale

Rob Manoso

Rob Manoso | Morrison Foerster Rob Manoso is a trial lawyer and partner in Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law Practice Group. His practice focuses on advising clients on all aspects of antitrust investigations, litigation, and compliance. Rob regularly represents clients in a wide range of antitrust matters, including criminal and civil investigations before state and federal antitrust regulators and private antitrust litigation. He also routinely provides advice on all aspects of antitrust compliance. His clients span a broad range of industries, including pharmaceuticals and life sciences, healthcare, technology and software, financial services, and government contracting. Rob has significant experience defending against novel claims in both government investigations and private litigation. This includes claims involving AI and algorithms, as Rob recently represented a large REIT in a putative class action alleging that multifamily property owners engaged in anticompetitive conduct, based on the use of a common pricing algorithm. Rob has also provided counseling to revenue management software providers and customers in various industries regarding antitrust risks associated with AI. Rob’s active pro bono practice includes criminal litigation, asylum applications, election security, and benefits appeals. Before joining MoFo, Rob worked as an associate at a large international law firm. Prior to private practice, he served as a judicial law clerk for Chief District Judge Thomas Varlan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Rob earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2012 and received his B.A. from the University of Virginia in 2009.

Morrison Foerster

Rob Marcus

Partner Office Managing Partner

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Rob McNary

Rob McNary, a former Deputy Attorney General at the California Attorney General’s Office Antitrust Section, represents clients on high-stakes antitrust and competition law matters. Rob leverages considerable experience leading large teams and handling antitrust litigation and investigations to represent clients on matters related to federal conduct and mergers. He has particular experience with companies in the technology, airline, sports, and media industries. Rob brings an exceptional perspective to his representations, drawing on an academic background in engineering economics, and work as an analyst with the National Bureau of Economic Research and JP Morgan, prior to his private antitrust litigation practice. Rob’s experience in the California Attorney General’s Office has included several high-profile California state law investigations and litigations. He is experienced evaluating and litigating California Cartwright Act and California Unfair Competition Law Cel-Tech competition matters. Before his public service with the California Attorney General’s office, Rob was counsel at an international law firm. A significant aspect of his practice involves working with expert witnesses through discovery, motions, and trial.

Latham & Watkins