About Us

Michael was Chief Executive Partner of Allens from July 2007 to December 2015. He joined KPMG as a Special Adviser in 2017. He provides the firm’s leadership teams with insights supporting a range of growth initiatives including social responsibility, particularly Indigenous businesses and communities; government and infrastructure, with a focus on transport and smart cities; and legal advisory. In addition he will coach and mentor top talented partners and directors. Previously, Michael was ...

Paul Theiss is Chairman of Mayer Brown. He has served on the firm’s Management Committee since 2009 and previously served as a co-leader of the firm’s global Corporate & Securities practice. He joined Mayer Brown in 1985. Paul practices corporate law focusing on a broad spectrum of mergers and acquisitions and capital markets work. He advises clients on both public and private mergers and acquisitions, and serves as general outside counsel to numerous companies as they develop...

Jim Carroll's practice is concentrated in the areas of real estate finance and securitization. He represents national, international, and regional financial institutions, investment banks, pension funds, and investors in connection with the financing, acquisition, disposition and leasing of commercial office buildings, shopping centers, hotels, industrial warehouses, merchandise marts, multifamily housing, and residential and planned unit developments, including golf course developments. Jim ...

Robert M. Dell served as the Global Chair and Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins, and chaired the firm’s Executive Committee for 20 years before retiring at the end of 2014. During Mr. Dell's tenure as Chair and Managing Partner, Latham experienced tremendous success, growing from nearly 600 lawyers practicing in 11 offices, to its current size of more than 2,200 lawyers in 33 offices, including 600 lawyers in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Mr. Dell started his law practice in Chicag...

Marianne D. Short was appointed executive vice president and chief legal officer in 2013. She is responsible for overseeing legal, regulatory and compliance matters across the enterprise. She has more than 35 years of courtroom experiences from her work on the court, the Dorsey firm and the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.

Carlos Creel C. is Senior Partner of Creel Abogados. Mr. Creel’s practice is focused on mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate governance, as well as in banking and finance. Mr. Creel represents public and private companies on corporate governance matters, cross-border joint ventures and strategic alliances, as well as private equity firms in transactional matters. Mr. Creel advised the Mexican Government on the drafting and revisions of venture capital and securities laws and ...

Guy Tremblay is a Consulting Partner at BCF. Over the years, Mr. Tremblay has built a reputation for excellence in labour and employment law. His extensive experience was acquired before the Quebec Labour Relations Board, grievance arbitration boards and common law courts. He has been at the heart of many significant court cases that have shaped labour law. A seasoned negotiator and shrewd strategist, he has been a key player in many labour disputes affecting private companies, and regularly ...

Peter is a member of Loyens & Loeff’s Corporate and M&A Practice Group in Belgium. He is also a member of the Italian Desk. Peter has extensive experience in national and international corporate transactions. His focus is on mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments in a wide variety of economic sectors including insurance, manufacturing, the health care industry as well as traditional and renewable energy providers and the attendant service industry. He also represents ...

Sven Papp is one of the leading and most respected corporate and M&A lawyers in Estonia with uniquely broad domestic and international experience both as an attorney and as general counsel as well as business consultant. Sven has an unrivalled track record having over the past 25 years acted as lead counsel for more than 1,200 landmark local and international M&A transactions across the Baltic and Nordic region. Sven has also served as board member and corporate secretary of a number ...

Fernando Peláez-Pier has been a partner of Hoet Peláez Castillo & Duque since 1977. He has been responsible for setting up the London Office and Director of European Offices (Paris and London) of Bomchil, Castro, Goodrich, Claro, Arosemena & Associates, 1972-1976. His areas of practice are contracts, mergers and acquisitions, general counseling, integral patents, prosecution, telecommunications, information technology and e-commerce, trade, investments, finance, exchange control regul...

Carolina Zang is Partner of Zang, Bergel & Viñes Abogados since 2008 and in May 2013 she was appointed Managing Partner of the firm. Her general corporate practice is focused on capital markets, banking and finance, debt restructuring, M&A, investment funds, real estate, private equity and venture capital transactions.

Giovanni Nardulli focuses on mergers and acquisitions with emphasis on international transactions. He represents Italian and foreign clients, private and listed, including multinationals and private equity funds, in significant M&A transactions, joint-ventures, privatizations, company and commercial law issues and real estate transactions.