About Us

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...

Dr. Wolfgang Kühn is a senior partner of Heuking, a major German law firm with about 350 lawyers and offices in Berlin, Brussels, Chemnitz, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and Zurich. The firm engages in general corporate and commercial, international arbitration and M&A.

Michael Bramnick is Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer with enterprise-wide responsibility for corporate compliance, ethics, and investigations, as well as for regulatory compliance. He also oversees Sustainability and positiveNRG, the company's philanthropic arm. Michael reports to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, as well as to the President & CEO. Immediately prior to rejoining NRG in 2014, Michael served as a member of the senior management team at LRN, ...

Stephen Matthews’ practice centers on banking and finance, technology transfer, telecommunications, construction, and international investment, especially cross-border business ventures in Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries. He has worked on contracts and financings for many infrastructure projects in the region, including oil refineries, petrochemical plants, pipelines, manufacturing plants, defense projects and telecommunications networks.

Richard Hays is the managing partner of Alston & Bird LLP. He previously served as financial partner on the firm’s management committee and chaired the Litigation & Trial Practice Group. Mr. Hays received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1982, his M.Sc. in law from Edinburgh University in 1984 as a Rotary Scholar and his J.D. in 1986 from Vanderbilt School of Law, where he was an editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review.

Gary Naftalis is the head of the Litigation Department and firmwide Co-Chair of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel. For over 30 years, Mr. Naftalis has represented individuals and corporations in all phases of complex litigation, including bet-the-company in regulatory, criminal and civil matters. He has also counseled numerous corporations through regulatory matters.

Anne De Wolf was the General Manager of the Institut des juristes d’entreprise – the Institute of Company Lawyers (1800 members). She is also a delegate to the International Company Lawyers Association (ECLA and ACC Europe). As the General Manager, she was responsible for the daily business of the Institute. She leads a team of 6 staff members and is responsible for the permanent education program, the coordination of internal Practice Groups and regional branches. She promotes the profession...

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.

Carter Phillips is the chair of the firm’s Executive Committee and was the managing partner of its Washington, D.C. office from 1995 to 2012. He served as a law clerk to both Judge Robert Sprecher on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger on the United States Supreme Court. Carter also served as Assistant to the Solicitor General and argued nine cases on behalf of the federal government in the United States Supreme Court. He mainly focuse...

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...

Rocky Lee is International Partner and Head of the U.S. Corporate Practice of King & Wood Mallesons. Mr. Lee is a corporate lawyer with broad experience in China cross-border legal matters. He is widely recognized as one of the top legal advisors to founders, CEOs and directors on business and legal issues. He is also highly regarded for his knowledge of the complex regulations governing foreign investment into China.

Lord Brennan QC has been a Queen’s Counsel since 1985 and is a senior associate member of Matrix. His areas of expertise include commercial law, public and private international law and international arbitration. Lord Brennan QC, as an appointed life peer, is active in politics as well as dedicating time to his incredibly varied legal practice. His most notable case during 2009 was the landmark civil Omagh bombing case. The outcome, in favour of his clients – relatives of those ki...