About Us

Jeff, head of the U.S. banking practice, has over 30 years of experience leading complex domestic and cross-border financing transactions. Jeff’s practice focuses primarily on acquisition finance including syndicated senior and junior debt and bridge loan financings and high yield issuances in the U.S., Europe and Asia including numerous U.S. and European TLB and Yankee loan transactions. He also advises clients on restructurings, liability management transactions and general finance matters....

Johan Aalto is Hannes Snellman’s senior partner. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and capital markets, with an emphasis on public takeovers. During the last few years, Johan has been involved in some of the largest and most complex transactions in Finland. He also focuses on corporate governance issues and acts as the chairman of general meetings of several listed companies in Finland.

Kathy Mahoney is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of SpartanNash. Kathy was previously the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Nash Finch since November 2009.

Deborah Alexander joined Scotiabank in June 2002. As Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Scotiabank, she has responsibility for managing and overseeing globally the Bank’s legal affairs, compliance and regulatory affairs. Deborah also manages and oversees the Corporate Governance Office and the Corporate Secretary’s Department. Deborah is the Chairman of the Reputational Risk Committee and the Disclosure Committee of the Bank. She is a member of the CEO’s Operati...

Paulo Cezar Aragão is one of the founders of the office and his practice focuses on Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Commercial Arbitration and international transactions. He is considered "individual star" by a specialized publication, in the arena of corporate law and participated in some of the largest transactions of mergers and acquisitions in Latin America. Its clientele includes major national and international companies from various sectors of the economy such...

Matt is a partner in the international trade group and a member of the Executive Committee. His practice focuses on adversarial international trade proceedings, including antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings, and international arbitrations. Over the past 30 years, he has represented major international corporations, governments, and associations in matters arising under the international trade and customs laws of the United States, the WTO Agreements (and before it the GATT), the N...

Emily Parker represents taxpayers in IRS audits and appeals proceedings, state tax audits and hearings, and federal and state tax refund and deficiency litigation. She also advises on federal income tax and Texas tax planning, with expertise in taxation of natural resources and partnership and corporate transactions involving the petroleum industry. She has represented clients in a number of precedent-setting cases that decided important industry issues and developed previously unsettled issu...

Kare Stolt is Senior Partner at Accura. Mr. Stolt also heads the Mergers and Acquisitons team at the firm. Kare was one of the founders of ACCURA in 1999. Previously, he was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and managing director of Tellabs Danmark A/S (formerly DSC Communications A/S).

Michelle C. Ifill is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Verizon’s Services Operations & Technologies units, responsible for primary legal oversight and support of the Verizon Corporate Information Technology Organization and the Chief Administrative Office, including Sourcing, Real Estate and Fleet Management. Ms. Ifill’s team also has primary responsibility for a variety of intellectual property areas, including copyright, trademark, and patent licensing.

Pablo Louge has been a partner of the firm since 1996 and has served as managing partner between 2006 and 2014. He specializes in commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, and insurance. He is a member of the International Bar Association and The Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (A.I.D.A.). His practice areas include distribution, licensing and franchising, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate.

Pedro Freitas has extensive experience advising on corporate law, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and infrastructure, and deep specific knowledge about the mining, construction, project finance, energy and natural resources, acquired in years of practice as a consultant internal and external. Pedro Freitas joined Odebrecht as Legal Director of the construction industry, working in the areas of regulatory law, public procurement, corporate, litigation estratégivo financing and c...

Lord Brennan QC has been a Queen’s Counsel since 1985 and is a senior associate member of Matrix. His areas of expertise include commercial law, public and private international law and international arbitration. Lord Brennan QC, as an appointed life peer, is active in politics as well as dedicating time to his incredibly varied legal practice. His most notable case during 2009 was the landmark civil Omagh bombing case. The outcome, in favour of his clients – relatives of those ki...