About Us

Gelu has over 20 years of experience in the legal profession, holds an LL.M awarded with distinction by Warwick University, UK, and is constantly ranked amongst the most prominent lawyers in Romania. Before founding Maravela & Asociatii, Gelu has acted as a judge, attorney at Linklaters` London office and equity partner of Mu?at & Asocia?ii.

A partner and co-chair of the Antitrust Group, Rick Rule focuses his practice on providing U.S. and international antitrust advice to major corporations in connection with “bet-the-company” matters, particularly high-profile mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. Formerly head of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Rick currently represents corporate clients in connection with civil and grand jury investigations by the DOJ, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC...

Marko J. Mrkonich focuses his practice on discrimination and other employment litigation, client counseling, and traditional labor law issues. Marko represents clients in federal and state jury and bench trials, in appellate courts and in administrative hearings before federal and state agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. He also handles labor arbitrations and...

W. Mark Lanier is the founder of The Lanier Law Firm, where he also serves as lead litigation counsel. Mr. Lanier is certified as a personal injury trial specialist by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and practices nationwide. In addition to his active practice, Mr. Lanier serves on the Board of Trustees of the Committee for Economic Development and the Board of Directors for the National Center for State Courts.

Debra Kuper joined Kubota in 2016 as Vice President, General Counsel. As a member of the senior executive team, Kuper will preside over corporate governance, regulatory/compliance, data security and legal business strategies. With extensive legal knowledge and industry experience, she will oversee and direct the company’s risk management and compliance initiatives. Kuper is an industry veteran, having previously held in-house corporate counsel positions at several Fortune 500 companies within...

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...

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 S. Heather joined the Firm in 1981 and became a partner in 1982 thru 2005; he rejoined Ritch, Mueller, Heather y Nicolau as a partner in 2013. Mr. Heather has more than 40 years of experience and has earned recognitions and distinctions as a leading lawyer in Mexico and Latin America. He specializes in banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, and alternative dispute resolutions. He is currently a director and member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committees of Grupo Financ...

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...

Brad Brian is a national trial lawyer and Co-Managing Partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson. He specializes in complex civil and criminal litigation. Mr. Brian has been active in the leadership of the ABA Litigation Section since 1986, and served as the chair of the section in 2005-2006. In addition to his practice, he is current chairman of the RAND Civil Justice Institute and is a past president of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Foundation.

For more than 40 years, Dallas attorney Frank L. Branson has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to victims of dangerous products, commercial airplane crashes, injuries from gas explosions or electric burns, medical negligence, major trucking accidents, and industrial catastrophes. He and the legal team at The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson also successfully pursued companies and corporate representatives in high-stakes business disputes. In addition to accepting referrals from other lawye...

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...