About Us

Fernando Koury Lopes is a partner at Koury Lopes Advogados which he established in 2002. Known for his Corporate and M&A and Wealth Management work, he is head of the department and led the team that counselled Thomson Reuters when it absorbed Revista dos Tribunais.

Irina Paliashvili began her private practice by co-founding one of the first private law firms in Ukraine, and expanded by founding the Washington-based RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A., where she serves as the President and Senior Counsel. She also serves as the Managing Partner of the Kiev-based Ukrainian Legal Group LLC.

Pablo Louge has been a partner of the firm since 1996 and has served as managing partner between 2006 and 2014. He specializes in commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, and insurance. He is a member of the International Bar Association and The Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (A.I.D.A.). His practice areas include distribution, licensing and franchising, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate.

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.

Fernando Peláez-Pier has been a partner of Hoet Peláez Castillo & Duque since 1977. He has been responsible for setting up the London Office and Director of European Offices (Paris and London) of Bomchil, Castro, Goodrich, Claro, Arosemena & Associates, 1972-1976. His areas of practice are contracts, mergers and acquisitions, general counseling, integral patents, prosecution, telecommunications, information technology and e-commerce, trade, investments, finance, exchange control regul...

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 ...

Professor Stanislaw Soltysinski completed legal studies (1961) and acquired further academic titles (Ph.D. in 1965, doctor hab. (doktor habilitowany) in 1970, associate professor (profesor nadzwyczajny) in 1979 and full professor (profesor zwyczajny) in 1988) at the Law and Administration School of Poznan University. Professor Soltysinski is a renowned specialist in civil law, intellectual property rights, commercial law and foreign investment law.

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 ...

During his 43 years with the firm, he drove the firm’s litigation practice. Mr. Ciresi’s trial practice and consulting is focused in the areas of product liability, intellectual property, business and commercial litigation. He has represented individuals, corporations, and governmental entities throughout his career. In 1999, he founded and serves as the Chairman and President of the Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Foundation for Children. The Foundation has made grants in excess of $18 m...

Lee Eng Beng has an active practice in commercial litigation and arbitration, with emphasis on banking and financing disputes, debt enforcement and insolvency litigation, shareholders' and joint venture disputes and general commercial disputes. He has also handled a wide range of insolvency and banking advisory work, and the debt restructuring of large businesses and public listed companies. He has published widely in the field of insolvency law and commercial law generally and his articles a...

Chris Ewing is a consultant in the Corporate and Commercial practice.Chris is also Chairman of the Board of DLA Piper Africa.

Eugenio J. Torres-Oyola is a Capital Member, Managing Partner of the firm and the Chair of its Intellectual Property Practice Group. He concentrates his practice on intellectual property and technology, and entertainment law. He focuses on intellectual property, advertising, meria and communications law, copyrights, internet & e-commerce law, IP licensing, IP litigation, patents, portfolio management, trade secrets, and trademarks. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Inte...