About Us

Michael Solow has more than 30 years of experience representing creditors, trustees and governmental agencies and other parties in the bankruptcy and insolvency area. He has represented these clients in cases throughout the United States.

Catalin Baiculescu has advised on many high-profile mergers & acquisitions and Romanian privatisations, and is recognised as an expert in the due diligence process, the negotiation of assets and share-purchase agreements, as well as post-acquisition restructuring matters. As recognition for his legal publishing activity, Catalin Baiculescu has been admitted as Honorary Fellow of the Centre for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria. Prior to becoming an attorney, he was a Parliame...

Marialuisa (ML) Gallozzi has helped for-profit and nonprofit policyholders develop and execute efficient and practical insurance recovery strategies that have secured over half a billion dollars for complex, high-value claims. She also helps clients to place and renew insurance coverage, transfer risk in contracts and transactions, and prepare for and manage crises.

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...

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...

Valerie Mann is the Chair of the firm's Technology law group and Co-Chair of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions practice group. Her practice is transactional (mergers and acquisitions / corporate finance) as well as advisory. After obtaining an honours bachelor of commerce degree, Valerie worked in marketing management with a large US based consumer packaged goods company, prior to obtaining her law degree. She has been involved in transactions for private and public companies including merg...

George Vincent's understanding of business and the drivers behind growth and profitability, combined with a background of political party leadership have, for over three decades, made him an invaluable resource to his clients. Widely respected as a corporate attorney, clients see George as a fair-minded, success-oriented and accessible business connector.

Rafael E. Cañas is a founding partner at Sfera Legal, one of Costa Rica’s leading firms. His 20-year legal career focuses on advising U.S. clients in investment and development activities, mainly in complex real estate transactions and development. Rafael is also a trusted corporate counsel to multinational and free trade zone companies based in Costa Rica. He complements his legal practice with leadership roles in several professional, business, and educational organizations.

Gary Wingens is Chairman and Managing Partner of Lowenstein Sandler. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Media of New Jersey and the Council of Trustees of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (where he also serves as outside counsel).

Larry D. Thompson has served on the University of Georgia School of Law’s faculty as the holder of the John A. Sibley Chair of Corporate and Business Law since 2011, noting he was on a leave of absence from June 2012 through 2014. He is presently a member of the Faculty Division of the law school's Dean Rusk International Law Center Council. From 1982 to 1986, he served as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia where he led major political corruption and drug trafficking prosecuti...

Timur Bondaryev is Managing and Founding Partner of Arzinger, an Attorney, Head of the Real Estate and Construction, Antitrust and Competition, IP, Advertisement and Promotion practices at Arzinger. Besides, he heads Automotive, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Food and Beverages, Retail industrial practices. He has extensive experience in working at state authorities and large corporations. He was Head of Division in the Legal Department at the State Property Fund of Ukraine and Head of the Leg...

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...