Avocats – United States

Atif Azher

Atif Azher is Managing Partner of Simpson Thacher’s Palo Alto office, where he has led some of the most successful and market-defining M&A transactions in recent years. He provides sophisticated transactional counsel to public and private companies, investment funds and financial institutions, in a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions. He regularly advises on multi-billion dollar mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and JVs, drawing on his substantial experience across a broad range of industries, including technology, technology-enabled services, software, internet, sports and media, healthcare, fintech, retail and consumer products, infrastructure and real estate. Additionally, he has experience working on SPAC transactions, including advising target companies, SPACs and PIPE investors.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Atif Khawaja

Atif Khawaja litigates high-stakes commercial disputes. For more than twenty years, he has tried and won bet-the-company cases across industries and subject matters—from existential disputes surrounding corporate control and investments, to multibillion dollar commercial disputes, to expansive claims of product liability, IP infringement and regulatory violation. Atif has successfully led matters in forums nationwide involving complex claims of antitrust, appraisal, breach of contract, fiduciary duty, fraud and misrepresentation, patent infringement, trade secret theft and unfair competition. Based in New York, Atif is sought out by prominent businesses across the globe when facing material U.S. litigation. He is known for pragmatic solutions, and his matters routinely garner press and public attention, including in The New York Times, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Atoyia Harris

Atoyia Harris is Senior Counsel in Proskauer’s Labor and Employment Law Department, Co-Chair of the Black Lawyer Affinity Group, and a member of the Women’s Alliance Steering Committee. She represents employers in all aspects of employment law, including litigation, counseling, compliance, and workplace investigations. With over a decade of experience, Atoyia provides strategic guidance to help clients manage workplace crises and achieve favorable outcomes in complex, high-stakes disputes. She has successfully defended employers in cases across jurisdictions and forums at both the trial and appellate levels. Leveraging her litigation background, she also advises clients on risk mitigation, helping to prevent issues before they escalate. Atoyia regularly conducts investigations and trainings on discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other employment-related matters, and counsels employers on employment and separation agreements, reductions-in-force, WARN Act compliance, workplace policies, and DEI initiatives. An active leader in the legal community, Atoyia serves as Chair of the Employment Law Committee for the International Association of Defense Counsel, Chair of the Young Lawyers Board for the Federal Bar Association’s New Orleans Chapter, and Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Defense Research Institute (DRI). She has also served as President of the Vernon Crawford Bay Area Bar Association and on the Executive Board of the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Society. Atoyia earned her J.D. with an International Law Certification from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where she served on the Moot Court Board and the Loyola Law and Technology Journal. She also clerked for the Honorable Jay C. Zainey of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the Honorable Robin Giarrusso of the Orleans Parish Civil District Court. She was a member of the award-winning Robert F. Wagner Labor and Employment Moot Court Team. Before law school, Atoyia received her Bachelor of Music in Industry Studies (classical piano emphasis) from Loyola University New Orleans, where she was also a member of the women’s basketball team.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Audra Cohen

Audra Cohen advises clients on all aspects of the formation, fundraising, negotiation and ongoing compliance of private investment funds across various asset classes. Her practice focuses on closed-end and open-end real estate funds private equity funds, infrastructure funds, growth equity funds and credit funds as well as co-investment and other customized arrangements. Audra has particular expertise in core and core-plus open-end real estate funds. She also has represented clients in connection with their investments in private equity vehicles. Audra has experience counseling fund sponsors on compliance with the Investment Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act and the “bad actor” rule in addition to other regulatory compliance matters, fund-related aspects of real estate and mergers and acquisitions transactions, continuation funds and internal sponsor governance and economic arrangements.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Audra J. Soloway

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Audra Soloway

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Audrey Haroz Reed

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Audrey Leigh

Partner

Goodwin

Audrey Paquet

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Audrey Sung

Partner

Holland & Knight

Augusto Maxwell

Chair, Cuba Practice

Akerman LLP

Augustus \"Augie\" Curtis

Counsel

Offit Kurman

Aulden Burcher-DuPont

Aulden Burcher-DuPont is a partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice in internal and government investigations and complex commercial litigation focuses on electronic discovery strategy and data management and protection.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Aundrea (Andi) Gulley

Partner, Gibbs & Bruns LLP

Gibbs & Bruns LLP

Aurelia Tunru

Partner, Corporate Group Practice Leader

Cairncross & Hempelmann

Aurelie Ercoli

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Austin Brown

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Austin Hinel

Attorney

Offit Kurman

Austin Maloney

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Austin Manes

Special Counsel, Silicon Valley

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Austin Ozawa

Austin Ozawa advises private equity funds and their portfolio companies as well as public companies on executive compensation and employee benefits matters. He also advises financial institutions on ERISA compliance and disclosure matters. Austin advises clients in the context of corporate transactions including initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and other financing transactions, as well as day-to-day compliance matters. Specifically he assists clients to: Manage tax and other legal compliance and employee integration issues in complex take-private, carve out, and other acquisitions Negotiate and draft executive employment and separation agreements Design, implement, and administer equity and non-equity incentive compensation plans and arrangements Structure and administer deferred compensation arrangements Analyze and comply with SEC and stock exchange disclosure and other requirements Additionally, Austin counsels issuers and financial institutions regarding ERISA “plan asset” and other issues related to debt and equity financing transactions, including collateralized loan obligation transactions. He brings clients a thoughtful approach to balancing their commercial business goals with legal compliance realities, in order to ensure an efficient outcome. Complementing his commercial work, Austin advises pro bono clients on employee and compensation matters. He has received a Cornerstone Award from Lawyers Alliance in recognition of his commitment to providing pro bono counsel to New York-area nonprofits for more than a decade.

Latham & Watkins

Austin P. Van

Partner

Pomerantz LLP

Austin S. Pollet

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Austin T. Lee

Austin Lee represents and counsels clients in the acquisition and divestiture of oil and gas properties, as well as a broad range of transactional and operational matters regarding upstream and midstream operations. In addition, Austin also counsels clients in the upstream and midstream space who are dealing with distressed situations, whether in the form of restructuring financial arrangements or acquiring or divesting properties. Additionally, Austin represents lenders and borrowers with respect to the financing of oil and gas properties; pipeline systems and other midstream assets; and other development facilities.

Bracewell LLP