About Us

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...

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

Terrence O'Donnell's practice has focused on litigation, primarily complex civil and criminal cases involving the representation of business enterprises, members of corporate boards, senior corporate officers, and senior government officials. In addition, he has extensive experience in international dispute resolution, regulatory/administrative disputes, government contract litigation, campaign finance, corporate governance, and non-profit organizations.

Thomas J. Bender is Co-President and Managing Director of Littler. He was a founding member of the firm’s Philadelphia office, serving as office managing shareholder for nine years, and was also a member of the firm’s Board of Directors, prior to his election as Co-President and Managing Director. He is an active member of a number of professional organizations including the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Casey Ryan represents employers in a wide variety of employment-related disputes, including harassment, retaliation, discrimination, wrongful discharge, equal pay and breach of contract litigation. She has successfully litigated in federal and state courts throughout the United States, and routinely appears before both federal and state agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and various state human relations commissions. She also has successfully defended employers in...

Mr. Dannhauser is now retired. He joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in 1975. He was named as the Firm's Executive Partner in 1989, becoming Chairman in 2002, a position he held through the end of 2012. Mr. Dannhauser continued in a consulting capacity through 2015 endeavoring to expose his client and community relationships to the Firm. He played a key role in crafting and executing the business strategies that catapulted Weil into the top tier of international law firms, expanding from i...

Thomas A. Russo served as executive vice president and general counsel, with responsibility for legal, compliance, regulatory affairs, and government affairs, at American International Group, Inc. from February 2010 to November 2016.

David Frick is Senior Vice President, Corporate Governance, Compliance and Corporate Services on the Executive Board of Nestlé. Prior to joining Nestlé, Mr. Frick was Group General Counsel, Head of Legal and Compliance at Credit Suisse Group in Zurich. Mr. Frick received a JD degree from Zurich University and a Masters of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Zurich and the New York bar. Mr. Frick is a member of the Boards of economiesuisse, ICC Switzerland and Allianz Su...

Kai Thøgersen has extensive national and international experience with providing corporate and strategic advice, contract drafting and negotiations in mergers, acquisitions, capital market transactions and other major restructuring processes. Thøgersen is also an experienced team and negotiation leader, and for more than eight years he was the Managing Partner of one of Norway's leading law firms.

Richard is a recognised leader in commercial dispute resolution in the UAE and has practised contentious business law in the UAE for most of his career. His areas of specialisation are in the litigation and arbitration fields, particularly with reference to maritime, trade and insurance law in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East area. Prior to working at Hadef, Richard trained with Clifford Chance in London and Dubai, later joining another UAE law firm as a partner. He graduated from...

Daniel J. Rosický is a Partner at PRK Partners specialising in real estate law, joint ventures and inbound investment. In addition to leading the firm’s real estate team since its inception in 1998, Daniel provides practical business advice as part of his practice. He specialises in all facets of real estate law, as well as in joint ventures and inbound investments in the Czech Republic.

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...