About Us

Carolina Zang is Partner of Zang, Bergel & Viñes Abogados since 2008 and in May 2013 she was appointed Managing Partner of the firm. Her general corporate practice is focused on capital markets, banking and finance, debt restructuring, M&A, investment funds, real estate, private equity and venture capital transactions.

Guy Tremblay is a Consulting Partner at BCF. Over the years, Mr. Tremblay has built a reputation for excellence in labour and employment law. His extensive experience was acquired before the Quebec Labour Relations Board, grievance arbitration boards and common law courts. He has been at the heart of many significant court cases that have shaped labour law. A seasoned negotiator and shrewd strategist, he has been a key player in many labour disputes affecting private companies, and regularly ...

Thomas J. Bender is Co-President and Managing Director of Littler. He was a founding member of the firm’s Philadelphia office, serving as office managing shareholder for nine years, and was also a member of the firm’s Board of Directors, prior to his election as Co-President and Managing Director. He is an active member of a number of professional organizations including the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association.

For over 25 years, Ricardo has practiced complex commercial litigation and corporate counseling primarily in federal courts and international arbitration proceedings involving First Amendment defense, product liability, lender's liability, distribution, franchising and trade regulation issues. Since 1987, Ricardo has appeared as lead counsel, primarily for the defense, for many Fortune 500 companies in approximately 50 reported federal cases, that comprise 18 appeals successfully argued or br...

Evan R. Chesler is Cravath’s Chairman. He has broad experience in both trial and appellate courts, and has tried numerous cases in federal and state courts all over the country.

Norman Steinberg is currently the Vice Chair of BFL Canada, having acted previously as Global Vice Chair of Norton Rose Fulbright and Chairman of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada. He is also Chair of the Partnership Committee, Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee, a member of the Global Audit Committee and of the Global Supervisory Board. He chairs Canada’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and is a member of the Global Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council. He focuses on mergers and acquisit...

Charla Aldous, founder of Aldous Law Firm, is an active trial attorney representing plaintiffs. In addition to her extensive trial experience, she sits as a member of the Executive Committee of the American Board of Trial Advocates' Dallas Chapter and was its previous President. Ms. Aldous is also a member of the American Association for Justice and the Inner Circle of Advocates.

Kimberly Leach Johnson has been practicing trusts & estates law for more than 30 years. She specializes in post-mortem tax-mitigation techniques, comprehensive estate planning, which includes understanding the client's wishes, explaining and reducing the tax impact to carrying out the estate plan after a client's death.

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...

Peter Kleinschmidt is a partner of Blaum Dettmers Rabstein. He is General Counsel for Airbus Group, a global technology and research company. Before entering the role of General Counsel, Mr. Kleinschmidt held a few positions with Airbus and its family of companies including Senior Vice President in the Office of the Chief Operating Officer handling its legal affairs and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Airbus. He also held different senior positions in legal affairs and M&A with...

Richard is a recognised leader in commercial dispute resolution in the UAE and has practised contentious business law in the UAE for most of his career. His areas of specialisation are in the litigation and arbitration fields, particularly with reference to maritime, trade and insurance law in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East area. Prior to working at Hadef, Richard trained with Clifford Chance in London and Dubai, later joining another UAE law firm as a partner. He graduated from...

Kai Thøgersen has extensive national and international experience with providing corporate and strategic advice, contract drafting and negotiations in mergers, acquisitions, capital market transactions and other major restructuring processes. Thøgersen is also an experienced team and negotiation leader, and for more than eight years he was the Managing Partner of one of Norway's leading law firms.