About Us

Jim joined Alliant Energy in 2010 as Vice President and General Counsel. In 2014, he was named Senior Vice President and General Counsel. In February of 2015, Jim was named Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary. From 2003 to 2010, he served as Vice President and Corporate General Counsel for Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Corporation. Prior to Joining Alliant Energy, Jim also worked in a number of roles for Qwest Communications International, Inc., from 1995 throu...

Don Lents' practice focuses on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities law and general corporate matters with particular emphasis upon responsibilities of boards of directors, multinational and domestic mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, anti-takeover planning, and related matters. He is co-author of a treatise on Missouri Corporation Law and Practice and of articles on various corporate law issues. He has been an adjunct professor at the Washington University Law School.

Yong Suk YOON is a senior partner in the international litigation and arbitration practice group at Lee & Ko. With more than 30 years of experience in successfully advising and representing clients in resolving legal disputes in a wide range of areas, including various corporate, commercial, M&A, construction, aviation & shipping, real estate and insurance matters, he is very highly regarded for his professional expertise in advising clients on the handling of complex internationa...

Since 1997, Mr. Boies has been the Chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, a law firm with offices in New York, Washington D.C., California, Florida, Nevada, and New Hampshire. Prior to 1997 Mr. Boies was a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Mr. Boies has been selected as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine (2010). He has been named Global International Litigator of the Year by Who’s Who Legal an unprecedented seven times, including 2013. Mr....

Bob Van Brocklin is a partner and immediate past Managing Partner of the firm (2008-2015). Prior to becoming Firm Managing Partner, Bob chaired Stoel Rives' Land Use, Environmental, Natural Resource, and Real Estate practice group firm wide. He concentrates his practice in real estate and energy development, including on complex project siting and administrative law and policy matters. Bob has represented industrial, commercial, retail, public institutions, private colleges, mixed use, natura...

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...

As founding Partner of the firm, Mr. Morales represents principals in major corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions; equity capital markets transactions, international corporate debt restructurings and public and private securities issuances.

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.

Mr. Brocker specializes in commercial litigation and arbitration and has acted as counsel in a large number of Swedish and international proceedings. His arbitration experience includes acting as counsel to parties in international ICC Arbitrations, international UNCITRAL and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce arbitrations and in numerous national arbitrations. He is co-chair of the firm’s Shipping and transportation group and has extensive experience in shipping related matters such as joint vent...

Filips K. Klavins is a Founder and Managing Partner of Ellex Klavins, one of the largest firms in Latvia and a member of Ellex, a circle of leading Baltic law firms. He is a Member of the Board of Directors for Arbitration of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Country Representative for Latvia of the American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice.

Russ is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and serves as the firm’s managing partner. Russ engages in the practice of general corporate and contract law, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and initial public offerings (IPO). He acts as general counsel to a variety of public and private corporations. Russ received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and his B.A. from Rutgers University. Russ is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Associ...

Mr. Doo-Sik Kim is a senior partner of Shin & Kim, and is qualified in Korea and New York. Mr. Kim’s main areas of practice include cross-border investments, general corporate transactions, mergers & acquisitions, WTO/GATT & international trade law, and international litigation & arbitration. Mr. Kim has been involved in many significant cross-border investments and major mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Kim has also participated in many governmental negotiations on internation...