About Us

Greg Bopp is the managing partner of Bracewell LLP. Greg maintains an active practice focused on tax structuring, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions for midstream and upstream companies, including master limited partnerships (MLPs).

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...

For over 25 years, Ricardo has practiced complex commercial litigation and corporate counseling primarily in federal courts and international arbitration proceedings involving First Amendment defense, product liability, lender's liability, distribution, franchising and trade regulation issues. Since 1987, Ricardo has appeared as lead counsel, primarily for the defense, for many Fortune 500 companies in approximately 50 reported federal cases, that comprise 18 appeals successfully argued or br...

Steve Kestner is the Chairman of BakerHostetler and chair of the firm's Policy Committee, its governing body. During his 10-year tenure as Executive Partner and Chairman, BakerHostetler has grown by more than 50 percent and experienced significant expansions. Steve concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, transactions and securities law. He advises and represents clients in the areas of domestic and foreign mergers and acquisitions, and works with public and private companies, p...

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 ...

Chris Ewing is a consultant in the Corporate and Commercial practice.Chris is also Chairman of the Board of DLA Piper Africa.

Tom Frantz currently serves as Chairman Emeritus of the Board for Williams Mullen. Drawing on his tax background, he also maintains a robust corporate legal practice as a Partner representing multi-national corporations, handling major mergers and acquisitions, and advising corporations on a variety of legal matters.

Mr. Marc E. Manly served as an Executive Vice President and President of Commercial Portfolio Organization at Duke Energy Corporation from December 17, 2012 to June 30, 2015.

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.

Kriton is an expert in Intellectual Property Law and Antipiracy issues, as well as in International Corporate Litigation, White Collar Crime and Asset Recovery. He has represented in many occasions MPAA, the Greek Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Association, major film studios, Dassault Systemes, Warner the International Amnesty a.o. He has also been representing many major players of the Greek entertainment industry and prominent Greek authors, composers, directors and artists.

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.

Frank Darras has dedicated his life to helping the sick, disabled, and elderly recover their unreasonably delayed and wrongfully denied disability insurance benefits. He has seen, evaluated, litigated, and resolved more disability and long-term care cases than any firm in the United States. Darras' tireless work advocating for the disabled has led to stellar results for his clients and earned him the respect of the insurance industry. His firm DarrasLaw has recovered $800 million in wrongfull...