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Advisory Board Spotlight
Stephen C. Mahon is global managing partner of Squire Patton Boggs. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and hedge fund investing and corporate financing activities. He also provides advice on matters such as corporate governance, securities law, strategic investments and joint ventures. Prior to becoming the firm’s managing partner, Mr. Mahon served as Squire Sanders’ global business practice leader, as a member of the firm’s management committee and as chair of t...
Steve Humke serves as Ice Miller’s chief managing partner. He has extensive experience in negotiating, managing and completing complex business and financing transactions. Most of Steve’s clients are entrepreneurs, but he also represents several private equity firms, and has played a role in many of the larger business transactions completed in Indiana during the past decade.
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...
Pablo Louge has been a partner of the firm since 1996 and has served as managing partner between 2006 and 2014. He specializes in commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, and insurance. He is a member of the International Bar Association and The Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (A.I.D.A.). His practice areas include distribution, licensing and franchising, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate.
Roger Quillen is the full-time Chairman and Managing Partner of Fisher Phillips. He is effectively the CEO of an organization with 350 attorneys and an additional support staff of more than 300 people. Roger has continuously led the firm for 15 years. The firm has tripled in size under Roger’s leadership and is consistently recognized as one of the country’s elite labor and employment law firms. He practices appellate practice, employee benefits litigation, railway labor act, reta...
Press Releases
In Brief
Georgia Laws Taking Effect in 2022
Three new pieces of Georgia legislation aim to improve medical bill transparency, lower the sales tax on vehicles and enact further safeguards to protect children in foster care.
On Neutral Ground
Years after the American Bar Association resolution on diversifying the pool of neutrals, alternative dispute resolution panels still fall short.
Largest Pain and Suffering Award Affirmed in New York History
Preeminent trial lawyer Benedict Morelli on achieving a precedent shifting result.
New England States With Incoming Legislation
Best Lawyers takes an in depth look at newly proposed bills, litigation and cases coming out of four New England states.
Loaded Arguments
The historic Sandy Hook settlement may set precedent for future liability, while some states loosen their gun laws.
Activism In Action
From action to “Action!,” Jeffery Robinson’s Who We Are project and new documentary chronicle his efforts to expose, confront and put a stop to the country’s long history of anti-Black racism.
