About Us

Paulo Cezar Aragão is one of the founders of the office and his practice focuses on Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Commercial Arbitration and international transactions. He is considered "individual star" by a specialized publication, in the arena of corporate law and participated in some of the largest transactions of mergers and acquisitions in Latin America. Its clientele includes major national and international companies from various sectors of the economy such...

John Keker, co-founder of Keker & Van Nest, has four decades of trial experience. He largely centers his practice around White Collar Criminal Defense and Intellectual Property Litigation. Mr. Keker is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and International Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Roxana Kahale is the Founding Partner of Kahale Abogados, a law firm whose members have over 15 years of experience in Argentina counseling local and foreign clients. She practices in Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate, Energy, Entertainment, and Antitrust Law. She was selected Co-Chair of The Women Lawyers International Group of the IBA as of January 1, 2009. In 2007, Apertura Magazine voted her the best woman lawyer in Argentina.

Craig Martin's practice includes representing clients in SEC enforcement and DOJ matters, corporate investigations, and private securities litigation. In the last five years, Mr. Martin has conducted more than a dozen internal corporate investigations involving complex accounting and disclosure issues, whistleblower claims, and potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Mr. Martin serves as personal counsel for executives and directors in SEC and DOJ matters involving a...

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...

In 2003, Mario Di Stefano founded DSM Di Stefano Moyse. Prior to founding DSM, Di Stefano Moyse, Mario Di Stefano was a legal counsel, and managing partner with a Luxembourg fiduciary, and later partner in a Luxembourg law firm. His practice areas include: commercial and business law, corporate/mergers and acquisitions, employment and social security law, real estate and construction, restructuring and insolvency, and tax. Mario Di Stefano publishes on legal topics in the specialised press an...

Bruce H. Nagel is the founding partner of Nagel Rice, LLP and is one of New Jersey’s premier trial attorneys. He specializes in medical malpractice, class actions, business tort, wrongful birth and catastrophic personal injury. He has achieved numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements, and has appeared 12 times before the New Jersey Supreme Court, molding the law of medical malpractice, class action, wrongful birth and trial practice.

Jim joined Alliant Energy in 2010 as Vice President and General Counsel. In 2014, he was named Senior Vice President and General Counsel. In February of 2015, Jim was named Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary. From 2003 to 2010, he served as Vice President and Corporate General Counsel for Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Corporation. Prior to Joining Alliant Energy, Jim also worked in a number of roles for Qwest Communications International, Inc., from 1995 throu...

The primary focus of Rodgin Cohen’s practice is acquisition, regulatory, enforcement and securities law matters for U.S. and non-U.S. banking and other financial institutions and their trade associations, and corporate governance matters for a wide variety of organizations. In addition, Mr. Cohen has advised a number of major foreign banks in connection with the establishment of offices in the U.S., including China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., the first Chinese bank to receive the Federal ...

Jon Schlosberg is a partner at Bowman Gilfillan. He was previously chairman and head of the firm's Corporate Department. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, banking and finance, corporate governance, capital markets and securities law. Jon led the firm's team in advising Standard Bank on the acquisition by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) of a 20% interest in the bank in what was then the largest direct foreign investment in South Africa and, according to ...

Herbert Gerson is a partner at Ford & Harrison. His practice focuses on traditional labor and employment issues and he has co-chaired the Labor and Employment Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. He is a member of the Labor and Employment Subcommittees of the American, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations.

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...