About Us

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.

Mr. Marc E. Manly served as an Executive Vice President and President of Commercial Portfolio Organization at Duke Energy Corporation from December 17, 2012 to June 30, 2015.

Robert Hays serves as Chairman of King & Spalding. In this role, he oversees the strategic growth and direction of the firm and focuses on building strong relationships with the firm’s clients. Mr. Hays has amassed extensive experience as lead trial counsel in high exposure product liability and other mass tort litigation, with over 20 years of courtroom experience as lead trial counsel in state and federal courts.

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...

Pascale Lagesse is a Partner at Bredin Prat. She specializes in the labor and employment issues arising out of mergers and acquisitions and corporate downsizings and restructurings. She is a seasoned litigator and frequently defends corporate clients in complex employment litigation. Ms. Lagesse lectures on a regular basis, notably at the Paris I Sorbonne University, and has authored numerous publications on labor and employment topics. She is the Past Chair of the International Bar Associati...

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.

Bob Clifford is the founder of Clifford Law Offices, which concentrates its practice in helping victims of personal injury, medical malpractice, mass torts, consumer and health care fraud, product liability, and aviation and transportation disasters. Bob regularly handles complex damage cases and routinely receives multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements. He's also an advocate for the consumer and has filed several class actions, holding companies accountable for their defective products...

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...

Vladimir Penkov has extensive experience in negotiating, studies, preparation of legal documents and representation of clients in various areas of commercial law, such as banking and finance, corporate law and commercial contracts, competition, privatization and foreign investment, investment management, mergers and acquisitions, project financing, procurement, licensing and know-how contracts, tax law, telecommunications & media, energy law and renewable energy.

Tom Minogue is the Chairman of Thompson Coburn. His legal practice is focused on corporate law and governance, mergers and acquisitions and finance. He has over 30 years of experience in board of director counseling, business acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, shareholder relations and redemptions, private placements, commercial finance, asset securitizations and other types of corporate work. Tom regularly represents both for-profit and not-for-profit businesses. He has successfu...

José Evenor Taboada Arana is the president of Consortium - Taboada & Asociados. His practice areas include banking and financial, corporate law, foreign investment and international commerce, and regulated sector.

Barton J. Winokur, who joined Dechert in 1965, has been a corporate partner for more than forty years and is the Immediate Past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the firm. Throughout his career, he has served as chair of Dechert’s mergers and acquisitions and international law groups, and was the resident partner of the London office from 1975 to 1979. He has devoted his practice to the representation of large public and private companies, global leveraged buyout funds, and ventur...