About Us

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...

Peter John Sacripanti represents clients in complex business disputes, including whistleblower actions, products liability litigation, multi-party mass tort matters and bankruptcy litigation. He is co-chair of McDermott and chair of the Firm's Executive Committee. He also serves as liaison counsel to the petroleum industry in various environmental and products liability matters.

Sandra H. Robinson, an experienced trial attorney with The Cochran Firm, D.C., handles catastrophic medical malpractice and personal injury cases. She has settled or won at trial malpractice cases in the six- and seven-figure range; in a single year she won more than $20 million in jury awards on behalf of victims of malpractice.Ms. Robinson has served as president of the Civil Justice Foundation and was the first African-American president of the Public Justice Foundation. She is a past memb...

As Global CEO, Elliott is responsible for management of the global Firm and its unwavering commitment to integrated client service across more than 130 locations across 50 countries. Under Elliott’s leadership, Dentons is experiencing a period of exceptional growth and success.

Mr. Negri is a partner of Negri, Busso & Fariña Attorneys, a major Argentine law firm, where he practices in the areas of Domestic and International Banking, Financial Transactions, Privatization, and International Mergers and Acquisitions. He received the Argentine Legal Profession Award granted by the Argentine Press Association and the Argentine Federation of Bar Associations in 1990.

Pascale Lagesse is a Partner at Bredin Prat. She specializes in the labor and employment issues arising out of mergers and acquisitions and corporate downsizings and restructurings. She is a seasoned litigator and frequently defends corporate clients in complex employment litigation. Ms. Lagesse lectures on a regular basis, notably at the Paris I Sorbonne University, and has authored numerous publications on labor and employment topics. She is the Past Chair of the International Bar Associati...

Mr. Doo-Sik Kim is a senior partner of Shin & Kim, and is qualified in Korea and New York. Mr. Kim’s main areas of practice include cross-border investments, general corporate transactions, mergers & acquisitions, WTO/GATT & international trade law, and international litigation & arbitration. Mr. Kim has been involved in many significant cross-border investments and major mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Kim has also participated in many governmental negotiations on internation...

Krzysztof A. Zakrzewski is one of the Law Firm’s founders and Managing Partner since 1999. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, privatization, capital markets and the trade in securities, as well as commercial and civil law and has been recommended as a leading expert in these areas by Polish and foreign publications.

Fernando Peláez-Pier has been a partner of Hoet Peláez Castillo & Duque since 1977. He has been responsible for setting up the London Office and Director of European Offices (Paris and London) of Bomchil, Castro, Goodrich, Claro, Arosemena & Associates, 1972-1976. His areas of practice are contracts, mergers and acquisitions, general counseling, integral patents, prosecution, telecommunications, information technology and e-commerce, trade, investments, finance, exchange control regul...

In 2003, Mario Di Stefano founded DSM Di Stefano Moyse. Prior to founding DSM, Di Stefano Moyse, Mario Di Stefano was a legal counsel, and managing partner with a Luxembourg fiduciary, and later partner in a Luxembourg law firm. His practice areas include: commercial and business law, corporate/mergers and acquisitions, employment and social security law, real estate and construction, restructuring and insolvency, and tax. Mario Di Stefano publishes on legal topics in the specialised press an...

Bob Lewis serves as Chair of the firm-wide Directors and Officers Practice. Mr. Lewis has more than forty years of experience in the insurance defense field with his practice focusing on complex civil litigation with emphasis in the area of directors and officers liability class action security cases as well as professional liability. He has acted as both coverage and monitoring counsel in numerous class action lawsuits and security class action litigation. His practice focuses on complex civ...

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 ...