About Us

Soren Hornbæk Svendsen is part of Horten Law Firm's management team. He specialises in energy law and in general commercial and contract law advice to companies both inside and outside the energy sector. Before his time at Horten, Svendsen was Head of Legal and Vice President at DONG Energy (2001-2005) and as corporate legal counsel at the Danish industrial conglomerate, FL Smidth (1996-2001).

With her qualification in both economic and legal areas she is able to provide top legal services in all her assignments requiring complex legal and economic analyses. By working for local and international corporate clients Miriam gained experience in the areas of tax law, corporate law and dispute resolution, including representing clients in arbitration and court proceedings. In tax law, Miriam has broad experience in all areas of corporate and international taxation, as well as in tax str...

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...

Manuel Galicia Romero is the Founding Partner of Galicia Abogados, SC specializes in commercial transactions and his practice focuses primarily on issues related to representation of companies and national and foreign financial institutions, counseling for lending, public loans and private securities and credits, finance leases, restructurings, structured projects, programs mortgage loans, high yield issues, exchange of public and private sector debt, advising national and foreign companies a...

Michael Blair is the firm’s Presiding Partner. Mr. Blair has served as lead counsel in a host of major M&A transactions, advised senior executives and boards of directors on governance matters and handled securities transactions for clients across a range of industries. Mr. Blair joined Debevoise in 1981 and became a partner in 1989. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1977 and his J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1981. Mr. Blair is a Director of The Partnership for New Yor...

Dr. Thomas Werlen is the Managing Partner of the Zurich office. Thomas’ practice focuses on white collar and corporate investigations as well as on cross-border litigation, international arbitration, and complex financial disputes. Due to his expertise in developing corporate governance and legal strategies across the globe, Thomas regularly appears as a panelist or keynote speaker at international seminars and conferences, and features on TV and radio shows.

Kye Sung Chung is a senior partner and is the chair of the Finance Department at Kim & Chang. Mr. Chung is also the managing partner of the firm’s Hong Kong office. His practice focuses on financial regulatory matters, corporate finance, securities law, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Chung has extensive transactional experience, representing publicly and privately-held multinational and Korean companies in cross-border acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, securities offerings and fin...

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.

Glenn Hendrix is the Chair of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP. He is litigator, with a practice focused on False Claims Act defense and commercial litigation and arbitration, including international arbitration. Glenn is active in the American Bar Association, serving as a member of the ABA’s House of Delegates. He is a past Chair of the ABA’s 24,000-member Section of International Law and continues to serve on the Section’s Council. He has served since 2010 as the ABA’s representative to the U.S. ...

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...

Keith served as chair and chief executive partner of Morrison & Foerster from 2000–2012, serving four three-year terms, the longest tenure of any chair in the modern era. As such, he took the lead in setting policy and providing strategic direction to the 1,000-lawyer global law firm. During his tenure, the firm more than doubled its revenue and tripled its net income without increasing attorney headcount. He was personally engaged in virtually every lateral hire at the firm. He also led ...

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...