About Us

Jack H. Olender is president of the malpractice law firm Jack H. Olender and Associates, PC. He has served as president of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the Trial Lawyers Association, D.C., the American Board of Trial Advocates, D.C., and the George Washington American Inn of Court. He lectures regularly on malpractice and trial law to bar associations and medical societies, and has published extensively on legal and medical issues.

Timur Bondaryev is Managing and Founding Partner of Arzinger, an Attorney, Head of the Real Estate and Construction, Antitrust and Competition, IP, Advertisement and Promotion practices at Arzinger. Besides, he heads Automotive, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Food and Beverages, Retail industrial practices. He has extensive experience in working at state authorities and large corporations. He was Head of Division in the Legal Department at the State Property Fund of Ukraine and Head of the Leg...

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...

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...

Jan Fougner specializes in litigation and employment law and has extensive experience from a number of high-profile cases involving legal, political and reputational risks. He has litigated about 20 cases in the Supreme Court. Besides working Jan Fougner with contract law, petroleum law, administrative law, environmental law and torts. He is Adjunct Professor of Labour Law at BI and author of several textbooks. He lectures regularly and has extensive experience in public and private boards, c...

John Montgomery became a litigation partner in 1985, and served as managing partner of the firm from 2004 through 2012. He retired as a partner on December 31, 2012, but he continues to be active in pro bono and other public interest matters. John focuses on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on trials and appeals in high profile cases involving novel or publicly sensitive issues. His litigation practice has included a variety of complex matters involving securities, pharmaceutical pri...

Elisabeth is Chief Negotiator and Chief Legal Counsel of Sierra Oil and Gas. She is a senior energy negotiator and lawyer with significant experience in the upstream and midstream business in Latin America. Ms. Eljuri's legal practice is focused on corporate, M&A, project finance and energy matters. She heads the corporate and oil and gas practice of her firm in Caracas. She Chairs the firm's Latin American Practice Group. Elisabeth was President worldwide of the Houston-based Association...

Stanley Twardy, Day Pitney's Managing Partner, is a leading corporate litigator. He helps clients with criminal, civil and regulatory investigations conducted by federal and state agencies. Clients have included Fortune 500 companies, their executives and others involved in federal and state criminal, regulatory and SEC investigations. Stan has argued many civil and criminal cases in federal and state appellate courts, and been counsel of record before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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...

José Evenor Taboada Arana is the president of Consortium - Taboada & Asociados. His practice areas include banking and financial, corporate law, foreign investment and international commerce, and regulated sector.

Heleen’s expertise and experience focus on mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, corporate law and corporate governance. She acts on behalf of leading domestic and international clients, both listed and privately held. From 2008 to 2013, Heleen held the position of managing partner in Amsterdam whilst remaining active in her areas of specialism.

Dan has a nearly 40-year career in law and business, most notably serving from 1997 until 2007 as senior vice president and general counsel at Oracle under Larry Ellison and from 2007 to 2010 as senior vice president and general counsel of Apple under Steve Jobs. With DLA Piper, he continues to focus on issues related to corporate governance and boards of directors, as well as the role of the general counsel and management of global corporate law departments. Dan also serves as a member of th...