About Us

In addition to his responsibilities as managing partner, Mr. Pearlman advises and represents clients in private equity transactions, as well as in the corporate aspects of corporate restructuring and bankruptcy. Mr. Pearlman’s private equity experience over the past 35 years has included representing leveraged buyout sponsors, management and providers of debt financing in complex and often high-profile LBO transactions. He also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions involv...

Hugh Verrier is the Chairman of White & Case LLP and directs the Firm's strategy and operations around the world. With White & Case for 30 years, Hugh became a partner in 1994. He was elected to the Firm's global management in 2004 and has been Chairman of the Firm since 2007. A New York-qualified lawyer, Hugh spent most of his career with White & Case overseas in Indonesia, Turkey and Russia, where his practice was focused on the development of natural resources.

Philippe Dupont is a Founding Partner of Arendt & Medernach law firm and head of the firm’s Banking and Finance business unit. He specialises in banking and finance and has considerable experience in bank regulatory matters as well as capital markets, lending, securities and structured finance transactions and litigation in finance matters. He has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1986. He is a Conciliator and Arbitrator at the International Centre for Settlement of Investme...

Mr. Chu is a partner of Irell & Manella LLP. He was Co-Managing Partner of the firm for two terms from 1997 to 2003 and has been a member of its Executive Committee since 1985. He is presently Chair of the Litigation Group. After law school, Mr. Chu clerked for the Honorable Charles M. Merrill of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, joined Irell & Manella as an associate in 1977, and became a partner in 1982. Mr. Chu is a member of the Board of Directors of Public...

Tim Murphy's practice focuses on transactions with a public component with a particular emphasis on project finance, infrastructure, energy and public private partnerships. Tim also brings extensive experience in the public sector. Tim has advised national and international clients in diverse areas including project finance, construction law, infrastructure and renewable energy, government procurement and bid practices generally. His public sector experience also includes serving as Chief of ...

Dr. Francisco González de Cossío focuses his practice on international arbitration, antitrust, and corporate law. He is an expert in arbitration. His main activity is acting as arbitrator in all kinds of cases, particularly in complex ones. Areas of particular specialty are construction and energy. He also acts as advocate and expert. González de Cossío is Director, Treasurer and former Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the Mexican Bar Association, as well as its Law and Economics Working...

In addition to his management responsibilities, James Lehman practices in the areas of business and securities litigation, white collar investigations, and professional liability. Mr. Lehman has also served in senior executive management positions. In 2001, he joined Safety-Kleen as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, which at the time was one of the largest bankruptcies in US history.

Igor is a founding partner of ACI Partners. Igor has more than ten years of experience, representing local and international companies in a large number of complex real estate and securities transactions, corporate restructuring and insolvency, mergers and acquisitions in Moldova. Igor has vast experience in foreign investments projects and EU accession. His areas of practice are banking and finance capital markets, corporate / M&A insolvency competition, and intellectual property.

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wegen is a partner with Gleiss Lutz, a leading German law firm with more than 200 lawyers and with offices in Stuttgart, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels, Prague, and Warsaw. His practice focuses on corporate and M&A. He has an outstanding track record advising international clients in all aspects of cross-border M&A projects. Furthermore Gerhard also participates regularly in international arbitration proceedings as both an arbitrator and a counsel in more than 1...

Thomas Mason serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.

Steven J. Nataupsky’s practice involves all aspects of intellectual property, including protecting inventions, trademarks, domain names, copyrights, and trade secrets, enforcing those rights against infringers, and defending clients against allegations of infringement. He has obtained numerous patents, trademarks and copyrights in various fields and tried several cases resulting in 8 digit jury verdicts in favor of his clients.

Mary is the Chair of the Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board. She is a board member of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Limited and Victorian Legal Admissions Committee. Mary was formerly Chairman of Ashurst Australia and Vice Chairman of Ashurst. She was a partner from 1989-2018. Mary served three terms as Ashurst Australia's (Blake Dawson) elected chairman from 2005-2013 after being an Executive Partner with responsibilit...