About Us

Gregory B. Jordan is General Counsel and head of Regulatory and Government Affairs for PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. He serves on the boards of Highmark Inc., the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, the Global Business Coalition on Education, and the Extra Mile Foundation.. Formerly, he was the Global Managing Partner at Reed Smith, and Chairman of the Senior Management Team and Executive Committee.

Michelle C. Ifill is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Verizon’s Services Operations & Technologies units, responsible for primary legal oversight and support of the Verizon Corporate Information Technology Organization and the Chief Administrative Office, including Sourcing, Real Estate and Fleet Management. Ms. Ifill’s team also has primary responsibility for a variety of intellectual property areas, including copyright, trademark, and patent licensing.

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.

Jean-François Bellis is a founding partner of Van Bael & Bellis in Brussels. He has more than 40 years of experience handling complex EU competition and international trade law issues, representing clients in numerous landmark cases before the European Commission and the EU Courts.

Wade Cooper is the firmwide Managing Partner of Jackson Walker. His duties are those of the Chief Executive Officer of the firm, and he chairs two of the major committees of the partnership: the Management Committee and the Compensation Committee. In his legal practice, Mr. Cooper has handled substantial commercial litigation, arbitration, and bankruptcy matters in Texas, and in federal and bankruptcy courts in a number of other states. His clients include telecommunications carriers, nationa...

Mr. Chen serves as FBC’s Managing Partner and heads the Real Estate and Planning & Zoning Department. He focuses on the planning and execution of large-scale and complex real estate projects, real estate-related financing, and real property tax matters. Mr. Chen is recognized as one of Israel’s leading deal-makers and is consistently ranked by international and domestic indices as one of the pre-eminent Israeli real estate attorneys. He advises and comments upon legislation in the real es...

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 ...

Santiago Nicholson has been a partner at Nicholson y Cano Abogados and a managing partner for more than 20 years. He has participated in several acquisitions, mergers and restructuring processes of Argentine companies, advising national and international clients, and has offered guidance to various business chambers on institutional issues: ADEBA (the Argentine Banks Association), Centro Azucarero Argentino (Argentine Sugar Manufacturing Center), and AFJP (the Association of Retirement and Pe...

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...

Rainer Hilli is the managing partner of Roschier and the Head of its Intellectual Property practice. Roschier is a leading law firm in the Nordics. The firm’s offices are located in Finland and Sweden. He has a wealth of experience in intellectual property transactions and intellectual property litigation including multi-jurisdictional patent litigation.

Eric J. Friedman has served as Skadden’s Executive Partner since 2009, furthering the firm’s mission to provide the highest quality legal service to clients, attract and develop top legal talent, and maintain our deeply rooted commitments to pro bono and diversity and inclusion. In 2011, the firm received the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s first-ever Law Firm of the Year Award, for our commitment to public service and diversity; and in 2012, Mr. Friedman received...

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...