About Us

Patrick Hofströssler is a Partner at Eubelius, a leading Belgian law firm with 90 lawyers and offices in Brussels, Kortrijk, and Antwerp. Mr. Hofströssler, who focuses his practice on Estate Law and Succession Planning, Procedural Law, Commercial Law, Property Law, and Administrative Procedural Law, frequently acts for the Belgian government.

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...

Terrence O'Donnell's practice has focused on litigation, primarily complex civil and criminal cases involving the representation of business enterprises, members of corporate boards, senior corporate officers, and senior government officials. In addition, he has extensive experience in international dispute resolution, regulatory/administrative disputes, government contract litigation, campaign finance, corporate governance, and non-profit organizations.

Deborah is Thompson Hine's firmwide managing partner. In this capacity, she serves as the firm's chief executive officer. She is also a member of the firm's Executive Committee, the principal governing body responsible for its strategic direction, financial affairs and the oversight of its seven-office operations. Deborah also spends some of her time as a practicing lawyer in the tax exempt, nonprofit corporate, and health care areas. She functions as outside general counsel to two large exem...

Soren Hornbæk Svendsen is part of Horten Law Firm's management team. He specialises in energy law and in general commercial and contract law advice to companies both inside and outside the energy sector. Before his time at Horten, Svendsen was Head of Legal and Vice President at DONG Energy (2001-2005) and as corporate legal counsel at the Danish industrial conglomerate, FL Smidth (1996-2001).

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.

Kathy Mahoney is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of SpartanNash. Kathy was previously the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Nash Finch since November 2009.

Ted Mayer is a member of the firm's Executive Committee and its Compensation Committee. He formerly chaired the firm's Litigation Department and his practice focuses on product liability and on complex litigation generally. Mr. Mayer’s product liability work has included leading successful defense efforts in many of the largest and most complex tort litigations in the US over the past three decades as well as in many individual cases. He has coordinated the national defense of several m...

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.

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...

Active for more than 25 years in the Luxembourg legal sector, François Brouxel joined Wildgen in 1992 and became Managing Partner, his current role, in 2016. While François focuses on the direction and strategy of Wildgen, he also heads the corporate department and specialises in both cross-border and domestic corporate and financial law. He assists his clients with banking, reinsurance, securitisation, capital markets, and business litigation. With his team, François devotes himself to provi...

Morten Smordal is Partner at BA-HR. His practice focuses on Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions law, particularly in the Energy and Shipping industries. Previously, he was Legal Director for Kværner Oil & Gas and then for Aker Kværner following a merger.