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Public and private REITs, investment firms, lenders, property management and brokerage firms, retailers and academic hospitals and universities look to Marty Fantozzi for his legal acumen. With more than 20 years of experience, Marty helps clients resolve matters such as disputes among stockholders, partners and members of limited liability companies, land use, zoning, construction and other real property-related disputes, commercial disputes and employment matters.

Daniel O'Donnell is Chief Executive Officer of Dechert and a member of the firm's Policy Committee. He is a nationally recognized advisor to private equity fund sponsors, corporations, and financial institutions as well as company managements, boards of directors, and special committees. He represents clients on public and private mergers and acquisitions — both domestically and internationally — as well as corporate restructurings and corporate governance matters.

Christian has 25+ years’ transaction and real estate experience. He assists Danish and international businesses and private equity funds in their acquisition and divestiture of businesses, including real estate-related transactions as well as private equity transactions and capital market transactions. Christian has also contributed to the Danish Bar & Law Society’s guidelines on company and securities law. Christian was elected the first managing partner of the firm with effect from 2009.

Gavin was formerly the joint Chief Executive Officer of Herbert Smith Freehills. He commenced his career in 1982 as a graduate solicitor in Freehills’ litigation group. In 1988 Gavin became a partner, in 2005 the managing partner and CEO of Freehills and, in 2012 the joint Chief Executive Officer of the firm on the merger of Freehills and Herbert Smith. He continues as a consultant to the firm. Gavin has been involved in dispute resolution and infrastructure development throughout his career....

Kenneth M. Doran is the Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn LLP and serves as the Chairman of the Firm's Executive Committee. Mr. Doran has extensive experience in a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, leveraged buy-outs and "going private" transactions, cross-border transactions, corporate reorganizations and other restructurings. Mr. Doran regularly counsels clients regarding corporate governance issues, fiduciary duties and o...

Alberto Estrella is a Member of the firm and is its Managing Member. Since Alberto joined the firm in 1994, he has been involved in hundreds of trials and earned a reputation as a distinguished and sought-after trial lawyer. He is involved in litigation and asked to advise business clients on a diverse variety of matters, including commercial and contract disputes, complex litigation, premises liability and insurance defense, antitrust and business regulation, federal laws and litigation, tra...

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...

Dr. Bernt Elsner is head of the department for procurement law, EU competition law and public commercial law and head of the CMS-wide Section Procurement. He studied business administration at the University of Vienna Law and at the Vienna University of Economics, was 1993/1994, a researcher at the Austrian Constitutional Court for constitutional judge Prof. Dr. Karl Spielbüchler and Prof. Dr. Karl Korinek worked and has 17 years of experience as a lawyer including an activity for Cleary Gott...

William Perlstein is a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Practice Group, and a former co-managing partner of the firm. Among his many professional activities, Mr. Perlstein is a Fellow and Counsel to the American College of Bankruptcy.

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...

Panayotis has been the Managing Partner of the Firm since 1984 and is Head of the Land & Property Development Department. He has an active, broad-based commercial practice and is particularly well known for his EU & Competition practice, having represented a number of high profile clients in alleged cartel cases heard before the Hellenic Competition Commission. Panayotis has extensive experience in all types of Dispute Resolution, representing his clients in civil and administrative a...

Uriel F. O´Farrell, Estudio O´Farrell’s Senior Partner practice focuses on corporate work, mergers & acquisitions and energy transactions regulation and disputes. He is a Partner of the firm since 1982. Mr. O´Farrell advised numerous domestic and foreign companies in corporate matters and in the energy and infrastructure sectors including oil production and exploration; natural gas production and distribution and electricity generation, transmission, marketing and distribution. In the abo...