Avocats en Compliance

Aurelija Balčiūnė

Aurelija Balčiūnė is a leading expert in anti-money laundering (AML) and financial regulatory compliance, with over 15 years of experience advising international and local banks, fintech companies, and financial institutions. As a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Associate Partner of COBALT’s Banking & Finance Practice Group, and Head of the AML and Sanctions Task Force, she helps clients navigate complex AML frameworks, implement robust compliance programs, and address challenging regulatory issues in Lithuania. Chambers Europe 2025 praises her “great knowledge about the market in Lithuania” and being able “to solve things that are very demanding,” ranking her as “Up and Coming” in Banking & Finance. IFLR1000 has also recognised her as a Rising Star in Banking in Lithuania, reflecting her prominence in high-value financial deals and compliance advisory. Aurelija is committed to delivering tailored solutions that protect clients’ interests while ensuring full regulatory compliance. Her expertise makes her a trusted advisor for institutions seeking to navigate the evolving complexities of the market with confidence.

Cobalt

Auriane DAMEZ

Partner - Fromont Briens

Fromont Briens

Aurora Solís

Associate

BLP

Aušra Brazauskienė

Partner, Attorney at Law, Head of Banking and Finance

WIDEN

Avi Kabani

Partner, Capital Markets and securities

S. Friedman, Abramson & Co.

Axel Hoppe

Dr Axel Hoppe is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises clients on all topics of Corporate and Capital Market Law. He provides ongoing advice to managers and board members, especially pertaining to the identification, prevention and defence of risks of liability (Corporate Compliance). Furthermore he advises issuers, investors and persons discharging managerial responsibility on all topics of capital market law (Capital Market Compliance). In addition he focuses on strategic and conceptual advice in the context of the implementation of manager and employee bonus plans. A core area of his work is the support and organization of shareholders' meetings of listed and unlisted companies (Corporate Housekeeping). In this context he advises strategically and conceptually not only on amendments of the statutes, capital increases, issuance of participating certificates and convertible bonds, share buyback programmes but also on group law topics and corporate restructuring, in particular on mergers and changes of corporate form, e.g. in a Societas Europaea (SE). Moreover he advises clients in Corporate law suits, particularly in recission and nullification proceedings pertaining shareholders resolutions, or in proceedings pertaining shareholder compensation claims as well as in liability and damage suits.

Fieldfisher

Aylin Aydoğmuş

Partner

NSN Law Firm

Ayman Al Dardiri

Litigation and Corporate Manager

Al Alawi & Co. Advocates & Legal Consultants

Ayça Berker

Founding Partner

Berker Berker Law Firm

Azucena Marin

Partner

Cuesta Campos y Asociados S.C.

Bahar Alaeddini

Partner

Harris Hagan

Baiba Krieviņa-Sutora

Senior Associate

WALLESS

Baran Bas

Of Counsel

Inal Law Office

Barbara Jones

Barbara S. Jones, former judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, focuses her practice on corporate monitorships, compliance issues, internal investigations and arbitrations and mediations. During her 16-year term in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Jones presided over a diverse range of cases, including accounting and securities fraud, antitrust, fraud and corruption involving city contracts and federal loan programs, labor racketeering and terrorism. In May 2010, Judge Jones was appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States to serve on the seven-member Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation; she served on the panel until October 2012.

Bracewell LLP

Barbara Reinhard

Partner

KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht

Barbora Obračajová

Barbora Obračajová is an associate, innovation ambassador, and a member of the Energy and Corporate practice at Dentons Prague office. Her focus is energy and environmental regulation, M&A, administrative and civil proceedings, as well as compliance, including environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Barbora has strong track record in cross-border M&A transactions, especially helping Czech businesses heading abroad and coordinating multinational teams. She also has significant experience with complex regulatory and technical issues (such as IPPC and emission trading under the EU ETS). Barbora regularly presents at conferences and other business events.

Dentons

Barry M. Sabin

Partner

Latham & Watkins

Barry Nigro

Barry Nigro is Chair of Fried Frank’s Global Antitrust and Competition Department. Mr. Nigro’s practice is focused on the clearance of mergers, antitrust investigations and litigation, grand jury proceedings, and compliance counseling and training. Mr. Nigro rejoined Fried Frank from the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, where as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General he served as the second highest-ranking Division official responsible for overseeing all civil and criminal antitrust enforcement, including all major merger reviews. Previously, he served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General. While serving at the Department of Justice, Mr. Nigro played a critical role in advancing the Department's antitrust enforcement priorities and numerous policy developments, including implementation of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force, the 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines issued in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission, and modernization of the Department's Merger Remedies Manual and merger review process. He also served as Deputy Director for the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, where he managed the Bureau’s merger and anticompetitive practices investigations and litigation.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Batuhan SAHMAY

Partner

Bener Law Office

Başak Aygün Aykut

Senior Associate

Solak & Partners Law Firm

Beatrijs Gielen

Counsel

ALTIUS

Beatriz Cocina

Uría Menéndez

Beatriz Rodríguez Gómez

Partner since 2021

RocaJunyent

Belén Jaramillo

Partner

CorralRosales