About Us

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 ...

Dan McMahon is chairman of Wilson Elser. Overseeing Wilson Elser’s Executive Committee and Operations Group, he is responsible for setting the firm’s strategic vision, establishing and enforcing policy, and ensuring operational efficiency and effectiveness. Dan has prosecuted or defended numerous lawsuits and arbitrations in a wide range of practice areas. He has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation involving breach of contract, tortious interference, trade secrets, insurance...

Sabine Chalmers is our Chief Legal Officer. Sabine is a US citizen of German and Indian origin and holds an LL.B. from the London School of Economics. She is qualified to practice in England and New York State. Sabine joined us in January 2005 from Diageo plc where she was General Counsel of the US and Latin American businesses. Prior to Diageo, she was an associate at the law firm of Hogan Lovells in London, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. She is a member of the Advisory Board of D...

Eric J. Friedman has served as Skadden’s Executive Partner since 2009, furthering the firm’s mission to provide the highest quality legal service to clients, attract and develop top legal talent, and maintain our deeply rooted commitments to pro bono and diversity and inclusion. In 2011, the firm received the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s first-ever Law Firm of the Year Award, for our commitment to public service and diversity; and in 2012, Mr. Friedman received...

James Rishwain, an accomplished Pillsbury partner, has served as a preeminent legal adviser to global market leaders, Fortune 100 companies, real estate companies, professional service firms, family offices and corporate boards. Jim served more than a decade as Pillsbury’s Chair and CEO. Before becoming Firm Chair and CEO, he spent a decade as Pillsbury’s Global Head of Real Estate. Jim presently serves as the Global Real Estate and Construction Industry Leader, with real estate and construct...

As Managing Partner, Steven Sonberg is the chief executive officer of the firm, overseeing the strategic growth and direction of the firm and the management of all aspects of the firm's operations. With more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Sonberg is a corporate lawyer whose practices have focused on the areas of securities law and mergers and acquisitions. His practice has included the representation of domestic and international businesses in public and private offerings of debt and equity...

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 ...

Frank R. Jimenez is vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Raytheon Company. He is a member of Raytheon's senior leadership team and participates in the operational management and strategic planning of the company. Jiminez provides leadership for the company's legal and regulatory affairs, ethics and compliance programs, and corporate governance activities. He is also responsible for corporate staff activities in the areas of real estate, risk management, and safety and en...

Mr. John Page serves as Chief Corporate Social Responsibility & Legal Officer at Golden State Foods Corporation and has been its Corporate Senior Vice President since March 23, 2017 also served as its Senior Corporate Vice President until March 23, 2017 and General Counsel. Mr. Page served as Corporate Vice President at Golden State Foods Corporation.

Jeffrey E. Stone is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who has tried over 40 federal and state jury trials to verdict, in addition to having tried dozens of bench trials, arbitrations and contested regulatory hearings. A Fellow and Regent of the American College of Trial Lawyers, he concentrates his practice on white-collar criminal defense, complex commercial litigation, internal investigations, and counseling to boards of directors and senior business executives.

Robert Hays serves as Chairman of King & Spalding. In this role, he oversees the strategic growth and direction of the firm and focuses on building strong relationships with the firm’s clients. Mr. Hays has amassed extensive experience as lead trial counsel in high exposure product liability and other mass tort litigation, with over 20 years of courtroom experience as lead trial counsel in state and federal courts.

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...