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Index
ABR Solicitors
Criminal Defense Law Firm of the Year - UK
Anne O’Connell Solicitors
Employee Benefits Law Firm of the Year - Ireland
BST Studio Legale
Criminal Law Firm of the Year – Italy
Consorcio Legal
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year - Ecuador
DAHL Law Firm
IT & Technology Law Firm of the Year – Denmark
Fenno Attorneys At Law
Finance & Collateral Law Firm of the Year - Finland
Fladgates LLP
Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year - UK
Fleming McGillivray & Co
Compliance Consulting Firm of the Year – UK
Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year – Canada
Gamboa, Garcia & Cardona Abogados
Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year - Chile
Gurlich & Co
Law Firm of the Year – Czech Republic
Kalus Kenny Intelex
Property Law Firm of the Year - Australia
KETNER LTD
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - Slovenia
Kettani Law Firm
Arbitration Law Firm of the Year – Morocco
KLA – Koury Lopes Advogados
Foreign Trade Law Firm of the Year - Brazil
Lamont Pridmore
Dynamic Advisor Firm of the Year – UK
Lange Venino – Rechtsanwalte
Labor Law Firm of the Year - Germany

Law Office of Ramni Taneja
Constitutional Law Firm of the Year – India
Lee & Li
Patents Law Firm of the Year - China
Llinks Law Office
International Law Firm of the Year – China
LLPO Law Firm
Corporate & Commercial Law Firm of the Year - Cyprus
PAGBAM SCHWENKE Chile
Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year - Chile
PETERKA & PARTNERS s.r.o
Litigation Law Firm of the Year – Belarus
Quijano & Associates
Estate Planning Law Firm of the Year – Belize
Robinson Sheppard Shapiro
Business Law Firm of the Year – Canada
Sit, Fung, Kwong & Shum
Civil Litigation Law Firm of the Year - China
Spadafora De Rosa Law
Tax Law Firm of the Year - Italy
Swiss Financiers Inc
Private Equity Financial Firm of the Year – Switzerland
TGS Baltic
Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year - Estonia
The Richard L. Rosen Law Firm, PLLC
Franchising Law Firm of the Year - USA
Trust Chambers
Criminal Defence Barristers of the Year - Australia
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year – USA
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
David. A. Katz
Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year – USA
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Banking & Investment Law Firm of the Year – USA
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Corporate Governance Law Firm of the Year – USA
Wolpert Rechtsanwalte
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - Germany

Criminal Defence Barristers of the Year – Australia
Jehane commenced her university studies in 1988, graduating in 1991 with a
Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Psychology. In 1992 she completed a Post-
Graduate Honours Degree in Psychology, graduating with Class 1 Honours.
With a keen interest in the rights of individuals and the human psyche, Jehane
commenced a law degree in 1993, graduating in 1995. She graduated with a
Bachelor of Law with Class 1 Honours. Her thesis was on the place of psychopathy
in criminal law.
After graduating, Jehane commenced her career as a solicitor in 1995 at Sparke
Helmore (in Local Government law and property law). Later that year, she
completed the College of Law Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, with Distinction.
In 1996, Jehane was admitted as a solicitor and continued her work at Sparke
Helmore, before moving to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for NSW
in 1998.
In 2002 Jehane became a Professional Assistant to the Director of Public
Prosecutions for NSW at that time, Mr Nicholas Cowdery AM QC. In this role she
gave legal and policy advice on a number of serious and complex areas of criminal
law, practice and procedure. She was also instrumental in achieving legislative
changes to the Traffic Licensing laws and the law on Dangerous Navigation.
When the opportunity arose in 2003 to become counsel assisting to Mr Peter Bodor
QC in an inquiry for the then Commissioner of Police, she took up the role with
enthusiasm. After being admitted to the roll of Barristers in 2004, she continued in
that role until the inquiry report was tabled in Parliament.
Jehane has since practised as a barrister since 2004 in all areas of criminal
defence (in relation to State, National and International crime). In that time, Jehane
has also worked on matters for and with the British Ministry of Defence and the
Australian Securities and Investment Commission (eg, in the One-Tel Investigation)
and prosecuted matters on behalf of the Executive Director of the NSW Food
Authority, the NSW Department of Primary Industries

in relation to biosecurity, and the NSW Commissioner for Fair Trading. She is also
on the panel of lawyers for the British Consulate General in Australia.
In February 2015, Jehane joined the International Society for the Reform of
Criminal Law as a Young Justice Professional Member. The Society is an
international non-governmental association of judges, legislators, lawyers,
academics, and governmental officials who work actively on the administration of
criminal justice both in their own jurisdiction and internationally. It participates as
a professional organization in the work of the United Nations Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice Program.
Jehane appears as a regular judge in various prestigious national and international
inter-university mooting competitions over the last few years.
Not only is Jehane an accomplished and experienced lawyer and advocate, she is
also an official Huffington Post Blogger and an Author known as Gigi G. Her first
book “The Glass Is Full: The secrets to being happy and staying happy” was
published in the USA. Jehane also appeared on Australian national television in
the ABC “On Trial” series and has been a guest speaker and host on live radio in
the USA, Canada and Australia in relation to her practice as a criminal defence
lawyer and also in relation to her inspirational work.
Jehane is a member of the New South Wales Bar Association and is entitled to
appear in all States and Territories of Australia.
Contact
T: (02) 9264 9444
F: (02) 9264 9449
E: ghabrial@counsel.net.au
C: clerk@trustchambers.com.au

Employee Benefits Law Firm of the Year – Ireland
Anne O’Connell Solicitors, also known as AOC Solicitors, is a leading specialist Employment
Law firm. Established in 2017 by Founder and Principal Anne O’Connell, the Firm has
achieved great success in the last number of years and continues to grow and expand.
Drawing on a combined 25 years of employment law experience, AOC Solicitors provides a
strategic approach to employment law issues, focusing on advising clients on the best
solution to achieve their objectives while meeting their commercial needs and business
requirements. AOC Solicitors advises large multi-national companies, semi-state
companies, small and start-up businesses. It also advises individual employees facing
employment law disputes, particularly executives and directors.
Qualified as a solicitor and a New York Attorney in 2001, Anne O’Connell, Founder and
Principal, practiced employment law with the Chief State Solicitors Office and two top tier
Irish law firms. With over 19 years employment law experience Anne formed her own
specialist employment law firm in 2017 and thus AOC Solicitors was born.
Within its first year AOC was ranked by Legal 500 as Leading Firm in Employment Law in
Ireland and has received numerous awards.
The Firm provides dedicated and expert legal advice that is tailored to the unique
requirements of its clients. The scope of services of the Firm include, advising private and
public sector companies, international clients and individuals on all contentious and
noncontentious employment law issues. AOC Solicitors represents its clients before
employment law statutory bodies, regulatory boards, the Civil Courts and at Mediation.
The Firm offers a full suite of employment law services including advices and representation
in respect of all contentious employment matters and non-contentious employment related
issues including advices in respect of all day to day employment law queries such as
disciplinary procedures, grievance procedures, dignity at work complaints, protected
disclosures, working time queries, the drafting and reviewing of contracts of employment
and staff policies and procedures, the negotiation of and drafting and reviewing of severance
agreements and the handling of industrial relations issues.
AOC Solicitors also routinely advises its employer clients in respect of redundancy and
restructuring, transfer of undertakings and trade union recognition. It also carries out
employment law compliance audits and offers bespoke training and seminars for its
employer and consultant clients.
ANNE O’Connell – Founder and Principal
As stated above, Anne qualified as a solicitor and a New York Attorney in 2001 and
practiced employment law with the Chief State Solicitors Office, two top tier Irish law firms
and also established the Employment Law Department in a smaller firm. With over 19 years
of extensive employment law experience, Anne has acquired an in-depth experience from
every angle in employment law through the various firms in which she has practiced and
this has given her a high-calibre strategic and practical approach to employment law

issues. The large firms where Anne previously worked regularly refer clients to Anne when
they are conflicted and colleagues turn to Anne when they have queries regarding their own
clients’ issues.
Anne loves assisting clients in employment law and is very passionate about what she does.
She becomes as vested in finding a solution to the issues as the client is.
Anne was honoured to have received the Lawyer Monthly Women in Law 2019 Award for
Employment Law in Ireland. The Firm was also awarded Client Choice Award for
Employment Law in Ireland 2019 for a second year running; the ACQ5 Global Award for
Employment & Benefits Lawyer 2019 also for the second year running and ‘Leading
Specialist Employment and Labour Lawyer of the Year 2019, Ireland’ awarded by
Acquisition International. The Firm won the Employment Law Firm/Lawyer of the Year
2019 at the Irish Law Awards.
Anne is also a member of the Law Society Employment Law Committee and lectures and
tutors on employment law in the Law Society of Ireland. In 2020, Anne has been invited to
be a speaker and contributor at the annual Employment Law Conference of the
International Bar Association. Anne is also in the process of writing A Practical Guide to
Protected Disclosures for the Irish Institute of Charted Accountants.
Laura Reid – Associate Solicitor
In 2019, the Firm expanded by hiring Laura Reid as an Associate Solicitor. Laura has over
six years of specialist Employment Law experience. Laura has advised and represented
corporate employer clients of all sizes from small start-up employers to large global
corporations. Laura’s experience includes advising these employers in relation to the
numerous day to day employment issues arising in the work place including the handling of
grievance and disciplinary processes, workplace investigations and mediations, advising on
protected disclosures, advices in respect of bullying and harassment complaints, drafting
and reviewing contracts of employment and company handbooks, advising and representing
employers in respect of the negotiation and conclusion of exit agreements and advising and
representing employers in respect of the defence of all kinds of employee claims. Laura also
has valuable experience assisting employers in respect of the employment law aspects of
due diligence upon the sale/transfer of businesses.
Laura has carried out a considerable amount of public sector work having advised a
number of different employers within the public sector in respect of day to day employment
law issues arising and the defence of employee claims. She has particular experience in
advising public sector employers within the education sector.
Laura is a Recommended Lawyer by Legal 500. Laura is also a member of the Employment
Law Association of Ireland Committee and has lectured for the Law Society of Ireland’s
Diploma on Employment Law.
Both Anne and Laura have great experience working as employment law solicitors in large
and small firms. It is this experience that provides the foundation of our strategic approach
to addressing our client’s issues.
Contact Details:
Email: anne@aocsolicitors.ie
Tel: +353 (1) 6698550
Website: www.aocsolicitors.ie

Criminal Law Firm of the Year – Italy
The law firm provides legal assistance in criminal matters all over the Italian
territory, also making use of a capillary and established network of
correspondents, as well as through the support of technical expertise.
It actively participates and collaborates in judicial activities forward the
judicial authorities of foreign countries, Europe and beyond.
The competence of the law firm is mainly focused on commercial criminal
law (corporate crimes, financial crimes and bankruptcy), environmental
criminal law, crimes against property, Public Administration crimes, medical
professional negligence, job security, intellectual property crimes and related
crimes.
Partners:
Mario Brusa
Sergio Spagnolo
Paolo Tosoni
Mauro Carelli
The main purpose of legal advice on criminal law given to private citizens,
public entities and firms concerns the risk management related to the
activity of the criminal enterprise, in the several field of economic criminal
law.
The law firm offers, systematically, advice and assistance regarding
‘Corporate administrative liability’ (D.lgs 231/01), prevention of accidents,
environmental protection, ‘Voluntary Disclosure’ and ‘privacy’.
Contact Details:
Studio Legale
Brusa Spagnolo Tosoni Carelli
Viale Piave, 11 - 20129 Milano
Tel: 02/796498
Fax: 02/76000670
E-mail studio@studiobst.com

Arbitration Law Firm of the Year – Morocco
KETTANI LAW FIRM (KLF) was created in 1971.
In 2011, KLF was the first legal entity to register as a private lawyers’ partnership (“Société Civile
Professionnelle”) in Casablanca under the name of KETTANI LAW FIRM SCP.
KLF is the largest Moroccan independent law firm composed of 120 employees in its Casablanca
head office.
Practice Areas:
Arbitration;
Consulting;
Litigation; and
Dedicated units.
Professor Azzedine Kettani is also widely recognized as arbitrator both nationally and internationally.
He is a member of the Moroccan Court of Arbitration of the ICC Morocco and was recently ranked as
the president of the Mediation Centre of this chamber in 2013.
He is frequently named as sole arbitrator, as well as member or chairman of arbitral tribunals, and is
a chartered arbitrator of the Court of appeal of Casablanca.
Internationally, his recognized expertise allowed him to be appointed by the International Chamber
of Commerce (ICC Paris) as an arbitrator for many years.
Professor Azzedine Kettani has also been appointed by the ICSID (International Centre for
Settlement of Investment Disputes) as an arbitrator or chairman of arbitral tribunals for many years.
In September 2011, he was named for six years by the President of the World Bank, acting as the
ICSID’ s Chairman of the Board of Director, as a member of the panel of 10 international arbitrators.
He is also a member of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre panel of arbitrators and as such,
he was named as sole arbitrator or chairman of the arbitral tribunal on many occasions.
All these activities reflect favourably on KLF, which reputation in the field of domestic or
international arbitration is well established.
Contact Details:
Address: 8 Rue Lahcen El Basri, Casablanca 20100, Morocco
Phone: +212 5224-38900

Criminal Défense Law Firm of the Year – UK
ABR Solicitors is a nationally recognised criminal defence solicitors practice
specialising in fraud, crime, and regulatory defence. Our mental health and prison
law teams are highly regarded throughout the North of England. We have offices in
Leeds, Liverpool, and London.
Rob Rode
Practice Areas:
Criminal Defence
Business Defence
POCA/Confiscation
Regulatory Solicitors
Professional Discipline
Military Law
Mental Health
Prison Law Advice and Representation
Firearms
Private Prosecution
Rob is a nationally and internationally recognised specialist criminal defence
solicitor. He is an acknowledged specialist fraud (white collar) and regulatory
defence solicitor. He is described in one of the leading guides to the profession as
“like a terrier that never stops digging”. Rob is a supervisor on the Specialist Fraud
Panel set up by the Legal Aid Agency. He is a higher court advocate.
He is described in Chambers 2019 as “a very good lawyer” and a “fearsome
advocate” and recognised as a leading individual in crime fraud and financial crime
by the most recent Legal 500 and Chambers editions, both nationally and locally.
He represents individuals and companies in the UK and abroad facing
investigation/prosecution under the Bribery Act or multijurisdictional legislation
including FCPA. He has experience of dealing with prosecution authorities across
several jurisdictions.
Rob undertakes fraud defence, regulatory defence, white collar defence involving
international/cross-jurisdictional issues, defence of tax /VAT fraud, motoring, and
general criminal matters with (again, according to a leading independent guide) “a
certain panache”.
Rob undertakes private prosecutions on behalf of individuals and companies.

Rob has acted as defence solicitor successfully in numerous cases defending
historic and present-day sexual offence allegations. He also has a particular
interest in defending allegations of serious violence and murder.
He is tactically astute and will ensure that when appropriate a pro-active defence is
pursued in all cases.
Rob trained at Irwin Mitchell and joined the firm in 1998 becoming a partner in
2002 and senior/managing partner in 2013. He was chairman of the Serious Fraud
Association and is a member of SAHCA,POCLA,CLSA the International Criminal
Bar, The American Bar Association, and a member of the criminal duty solicitor
defence scheme.
Contact Details:
81 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1DD
0333 009 8181
rob.rode@abrsolicitors.com

Compliance Consulting Firm of the Year - UK
Background
Established in 2004, Fleming McGillivray & Co. Limited (“FMConsult”) is a specialist
compliance, collective investment schemes, and operational and investment risk
management consultancy that services a whole host of global and local financial services
firms. FMConsult’s mission is to provide solutions to their clients so that they can continually
meet regulatory requirements. Headquartered in London, FMConsult has offices in Ireland
and USA, with an associate in Italy. Their highly experienced team have first-hand experience
in asset management, wealth management, financial regulations and operational /
investment risk which provides the all-round expertise you require from a consultancy. To
learn more about our senior team, please refer to www.fmconsult.co.uk
FMConsult is an independent regulatory consultancy committed to assisting clients in
aligning financial services processes with regulatory requirements. They provide risk and
compliance solutions that enable senior management of financial services firms to
demonstrate that they and their firm are currently, and will continue to be, aligned with
regulatory requirements.
Dallas J McGillivray
Group Chief Executive & Founder
Experienced international regulatory and business manager. Previous Global Head of
Compliance and Operational Risk at a major asset management company for all business
outside of the Americas with over 30 years of experience in UK and global regulatory issues,
covering both retail and institutional. Over 8 years with Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC) in
four different countries covering audit, accounting services, insolvency and regulation.
Specialist in providing corporate governance and operational risk services to asset
management and investment companies.
Contact: dmcgillivray@fmconsult.co.uk
Andrew J Hicks
Group Director and Head of Monitoring Services
More than 10 years of experience as a compliance manager for a major international asset
management company, covering compliance monitoring/advisory, internal audit and
operational risk. This role primarily covered the UK marketplace but also extended to US,
Irish, Luxembourg, German, French and Italian regulated businesses covering both retail and
institutional clients. Also, a further 8 years as a financial and regulatory auditor for a medium
size audit and accountancy firm based in London. Specialist in providing accountancy, audit,
compliance monitoring, regulatory, advice and operational risk services to asset management
and investment companies. Andrew has over 25 years of compliance experience
Contact: ahicks@fmconsult.co.uk

Ross Revell
Director
Ross is an experienced regulatory professional who has held the Compliance Officer and
MLRO roles at both a leading Insurer and separately at an IFA Network, has also worked at
two of the Big Four Consultancy firms and the FSA. He started his career in financial services
in the Banking sector 28 years ago. His experience covers Banking, Mortgages, Life &
Pensions, General Insurance, Wealth Management, Private Banking and Stock Broking.
Contact: rrevell@fmconsult.co.uk
As we know from the allegations in the FINCEN files, UK financial services are not exempt
from being used for Money Laundering purposes. In the latest news regarding Anti-Money
Laundering these offences relate to the regulations requiring firms to determine, conduct and
demonstrate risk sensitive customer due diligence (CDD) and ongoing monitoring of its
relationships with its customers for the purposes of preventing money laundering. FMConsult
has been engaged in a 4th Money Laundering Directive documentation remediation project
for a large asset management firm that includes up to twelve employees for a two year project.
FMConsult are well placed to assist firms, large or small, who in light of the tough stance
being taken by the FCA may want to review their current arrangements and look to remediate
documentation or assess internal control weakness in their CDD. This major project was
headed by Charles McGillivray, Senior Anti-Monitoring Laundering and Corporate
Authorisation Consultant.
Contact cmcgillivray@fmconsult.co.uk
Contact Details:
FLEMING MCGILLIVRAY & Co
Minster Building
21 Mincing Lane
London EC3R 7AG
www.fmconsult.co.uk
Tel: 07905357790

Law Firm of the Year – Czech Republic
The law office GÜRLICH & Co was founded on 1st February 2002. All members of
the firm are experienced lawyers possessing outstanding professional expertise in
various branches of law.
Skilled lawyers, qualified office staff and a lot of experience – that’s our law firm.
We are fully capable of offering legal Services to both individuals and legal entities
in almost all fields of civil and commercial law, all over the territory of the Czech
Republic, both in Czech and English language. We also cooperate with a number of
external lawyers, all experts in their respective fields, to ensure the best possible
outcome for our clients.
In the event of cross-border transactions and litigation, this office hires its
cooperating international law offices as well as external foreign lawyers. Still, this
Law Firm remains a purely Czech legal office free of any financial or other influence
exerted by foreign and/or local nationals. This allows the firm to provide its
services in compliance with law, professionally and independently.
Our law firm focuses mainly on the following areas of law: Civil law, Corporate and
business law, Real Estate law, Intellectual property, Labor law and Litigation.
Above all we deal with, among the advisory on real estate property transactions
(e.g. sale, purchase or lease of apartments and commercial property), drafting all
documents relating to real estate financing, drafting all security related documents
(mortgages, lien over property and other assets including sets of movable assets,
lien over IP or a business or part thereof, security / collateral agreements relating
to banking accounts, shares and ownership interests, as well as numerous
fiduciary assignments of rights demanded by banks), arranging registration and all
other related steps, including advice on governing law. Moreover, we focus on
advisory to developers, on investment in real estate, lease and sublease
agreements, liens on real estate, creation of easements, building law.
Our law firm provides its services at a high professional level, quickly and with
complete independence. Two of our key values that help to drive businesses of our
clients are flexibility and personal approach that we manage to maintain through
the hard work of our young but skilled colleagues who are at all times prepared to
offer tailor-made solutions. Within the scope of legal assistance, our law firm
provides prevailingly advisory services in selecting the most suitable procedure with
a view to client’s needs, prepares various documents and arranges for the
preparation of opinions and legal analyses.

The highest level of professionalism that we try to maintain encompasses taking
into account forthcoming legal amendments, detailed continuous study of
judicature of both the national and European courts. However, while focusing on
professionalism we never forget that it goes hand in hand with a personal approach
which ensures that clients can always rely on our services and we provide our best
in the shortest possible time with a broad level of transparency and detailed
records of our performance.
Scope of Legal Services:
Business Transactions
Civil Law
Intellectual Property
Corporate Law and Business Law, Public Procurement
Labour Law
Real Estate
Litigation
Contact Details:
GÜRLICH & Co
Politickych veznu 19
110 00 Prague 1
Czech Republic
tel.: +420 222 101 591
fax: +420 222 101 590
email: info@akrg.cz
web: www.akrg.cz

Franchising Law Firm of the Year – USA
The Richard L. Rosen Law Firm, PLLC and its predecessors have been providing
high quality legal services for over 40 years. While the firm is located in New York
City, at 110 East 59th Street, and services many clients in the tri-state area, it also
represents franchise clients nationwide. The Richard L. Rosen Law Firm has earned
Martindale Hubbell’s highest rating for legal ability and integrity, listed by US News
and World Report as being among the best franchise law firms in the United States
and Richard Rosen is rated amongst Martindale Hubbell’s list of Preeminent
Attorneys. In 2018 and 2019 The Richard L. Rosen Law Firm, PLLC was named one
of the 50 Best Law Firms in the World by LegalComprehensive.com.
The Firm is familiar with virtually every franchise related issue that its clients may
face, whether it be buying or selling a franchise, negotiating a lease for a new
restaurant, setting up a franchise program and preparing the necessary
agreements and disclosure documents, forming or counseling a franchisee
association or litigating, arbitrating, mediating (or negotiating) a dispute. The
Firms experience, gained in hundreds of transactions, enables it to guide and
counsel its clients effectively and efficiently wherever they are located.
Richard L. Rosen, the founding member of The Richard L. Rosen Law Firm, PLLC,
has been actively engaged in the practice of franchise law in New York City for over
40 years, during which time he has represented countless franchisors and
franchisees, both as counsel and as a business adviser. Richard Rosen has been
engaged in virtually all aspects of franchising during his career. He has counselled
and represented franchisors in the setting up of franchising systems and programs;
formed franchising entities; drafted and negotiated franchise agreements, multiunit
area development agreements, master franchise agreements, registration
statements, disclosure and other ancillary franchise documents; represented
franchisees and franchisee associations; litigated in both state and federal courts;
and mediated, arbitrated and litigated matters on behalf of both franchisors and
franchisees. He has represented franchisors and franchisees in virtually every
field, including: fast food, fitness, education, senior care, clothing sales, real estate
brokerage, eyewear, auto care, party planning, health care, coffee shops, ice cream
shops, fitness and gyms, employee staffing, nutrition centers, child care and
learning, tanning salons, yogurt shops, gas and service stations, sign design and
more.
Mr. Rosen is a founding member and immediate past chairman of the Franchise,
Distribution and Licensing Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, a
member of the Steering Committee of the National Franchise Mediation Program,
The CPR Institute For Dispute Resolution, Distinguished Panel of Neutrals and a
member of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the New York
State Bar Association. He is the chairman of the American Association of

Franchisees and Dealers’ Fair Franchising Standards Committee and a member of
the AAFD’s board of directors. In 2008 he received the AAFD’s Total Quality
Franchising Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of
franchising. Richard Rosen and his firm have earned Martindale-Hubbell’s highest
rating for legal ability and integrity, and Richard is rated amongst Martindale
Hubbell’s list of Preeminent Attorneys. Richard has frequently lectured on a variety
of franchise topics before various groups and organizations, including the American
Bar Association, the International Franchise Association, the New York State Bar
Association, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American
Association of Franchisees and Dealers. He has been interviewed on both television
and radio, the American Bar Association Journal, the Franchise Times and Forbes
Magazine, regarding franchising. Mr. Rosen is a contributor to “Franchising 101,
The Complete Guide to Evaluating, Buying and Growing Your Franchise Business”
compiled by the Association of Small Business Development Centers and has
written many articles on the legal and business aspects of franchising. Mr. Rosen
and his firm are the authors of the sections on Franchise Law in the United States
which appear in the Third, Fourth and Fifth Editions of the (International)
Franchise Law Review, as well as the US Franchise Law Analysis which appears in
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Franchise, in 2017, 2018 and 2019
Editions.
Mr. Rosen is listed in: Who’s Who in America; and recently received the Marquis
Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award; Who’s Who in American Law; Who’s Who
in the World; Best Lawyers in America; “101 Best Franchise Lawyers in America”
(the Franchise Times); the Franchise Times’ “Hall of Fame” of Franchise Attorneys
(a charter member); Best Lawyers in the US; Franchise Attorney of the Year, New
York, 2015; America’s Super Lawyers; Chambers; Best Attorneys In America; Who’s
Who Legal: Franchise; and International Who’s Who Legal (compendium edition),
and is a recipient of the Global Award for Franchise Law. In 2016, 2017 and 2018,
Richard Rosen was named Franchise Attorney of the Year for the United States by
Lawyer Monthly. He received the Global 100 Award as Franchise Attorney of the
Year in the USA in 2017. Richard was named Franchise Lawyer of the Year in the
United States by Intercontinental Finance and Law in 2017 and 2018. In 2018 and
2019, Richard was named one of the 100 Best Attorneys in the World by
LegalComprehensive.com.
Richard L. Rosen and his firm are engaged in a general, commercial practice which
includes active involvement in the fields of franchising, corporate, real estate and
trust and estates law. Mr. Rosen has been a real estate developer for many years
and has represented many commercial clients in their real estate development,
acquisition and leasing endeavors. The firm also maintains an active state and
federal court litigation practice and regularly engages in other forms of Alternative
Dispute Resolution, including arbitration and mediation.
Contact Details:
The Richard L. Rosen Law Firm PLLC
110 E. 59th Street, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
212-644-6644
212-644-3344 (fax)
www.richardrosenlaw.com

Law Office of Ramni Taneja
Constitutional Law Firm of the Year – India
Born on 4th December 1955 in New Delhi, Ramni Taneja is a citizen of
India, having been educated in Mumbai, India, and London, England. She
enrolled as an Advocate on 17th October 1980, on the Roll of the Bar
Council of Maharashtra, [Mumbai], India; subsequently transferred to the
Bar Council of Delhi, India, on 20th October 1997. On 3rd March 1997,
she was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and
Wales, [now known as the Senior Courts of England and Wales]. In 1999,
she was appointed as a Notary by the Government of India, New Delhi,
India.
Since 1997, Ramni Taneja practises in New Delhi, India, as an Advocate in
the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi, apart from various
other tribunals and courts in Delhi and in India. From 1980 till 1982 she
practised as an Advocate with Little & Co., Advocates and Solicitors,
Mumbai, India; she headed the office of Little & Co., Advocates, in New
Delhi, India, from 2002 till 2006. From 1983 till 1997, Ramni Taneja was
licensed and practised as a Legal Consultant with A.R. Hilal & Associates,
Advocates and Legal Consultants, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Her law
firm, Law Office of Ramni Taneja, began in New Delhi, India in August 2006.
Ramni Taneja completed her school education in the United Kingdom [UK]
at Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster, London, England, UK, as a
consequence of which she obtained the University of London, General
Certificate of Education, Ordinary Levels and Advanced Levels, between
1972-1974. She obtained her BA Honours [First Class Honours] Degree in
English Literature [Major] French Literature [Subsidiary] in 1977 from
Elphinstone College, University of Bombay, India. She obtained her LLB
Degree [First Class] in 1980 from Government Law College, University of
Bombay, India. She was awarded the Diplôme Supérieur d’Etudes
Françaises Modernes in 1975 by l’Alliance Française, Paris, France,
[Mention Tres Honorable: i.e. Distinction] and was ranked first in the
examination in 1975 in India and Asia.
Ramni Taneja is the author of Foreign Direct Investment and Globalisation,
published by Eastern Book Company, 2014. She has written legal articles
that have been published in international and Indian legal journals on
various legal issues
Ramni Taneja’s principal areas of legal practice covering litigation and
transactional legal work are: all areas of commercial law, civil law,
corporate law, constitutional law and criminal law.

Other areas of legal practice covering litigation and transactional law inter
alia are:
Arbitration [international and domestic], air law, banking law, consumer
protection law, due diligence, direct and indirect taxation and international
taxation, extradition law, laws relating to asylum, family law, foreign direct
investment, including foreign exchange law, insurance law, initial public
offerings, intellectual property law, infrastructure law, employment law,
laws governing the media, mergers and acquisitions, immigration and
nationality law, maritime law, succession law, private international law,
public international law and property law.
Contact Details:
Address:
A 34 DEFENCE COLONY
NEW DELHI 110024, INDIA
Telephones: +91 11 4155 2051; +91 4155 2052
Fax: +91 11 4155 2053
email id: ramni@ramnitaneja.com
http://www.ramnitaneja.com/

Private Equity Financial Firm of the Year –
Switzerland
Swiss Financiers, Inc., is a FinTech that incubates and orchestrates IPOs
from financing to listing. They are dealmakers between incubated
companies, industry leaders and executives worldwide, fast tracking
successful transactions with investment banks, institutional investors, and
debt lenders. Collectively, the team came to the same conclusion that
business and investment banks’ approaches were too complex and too
expensive to correctly serve the majority of companies in need of support.
Swiss Financiers is particularly designed to support entrepreneur-driven
companies.
Their unique market position as a dealmaker is at the crossroads of
advisory, debt and investment banking, without competing with them.
Practice Area’s:
Initial Public Offering – IPO
Financing IPO – Costs
SPACs
Swiss Financiers is managed by a group of entrepreneurs and experts that
have a proven track record in finance, innovation, start-up funding,
governance, management and leadership. Its team has a vast historic
experience in financial affairs and banking. Each of the founding partners
has a distinctive background from specialized yet complimentary sectors of
the industry. Swiss Financiers has expertise in areas such as: investments,
venture capital, private equity, debt, securities and investment banking.
Collectively, the team came to the same conclusion that business and
investment banks approach were too complex and too expensive to correctly
serve the majority of companies in need of support. The team is committed
to innovative IPO financing solutions supporting companies when they need
it and not when they are successful.
IPO Cost Financing is one of the key building blocks of Swiss Financiers
Taking a company public demands a certain amount of disposable cash that
is often considered a high barrier to entry.

At Swiss Financiers they have the experience to drive and manage the
financing requirements to go public on securities markets through
transaction financing.
Their team is committed to innovative Initial Public Offering (IPO) financing
solutions supporting companies when they need it and not when they are
already successful. Their team has decades of experience in IPOs (170+
IPOs) and one of our founding partners, Marc Deschenaux recently wrote an
article on IPO Financing Investments and was nominated in the Who’s Who
Legal.
Christian Frampton is a hands-on financier that work closely with
technologists, scientists & entrepreneurs. Historically he has helped earlystage
companies get to the next stage of their business development. He has
supported ventures by helping them achieve a strong operational backbone
whilst simultaneously organizing and structuring these businesses in-order
to ensure that they attract the right foundation capital & partners. He
helped establish business plans & organize fund raising and marketing
strategies. Allowing entrepreneurs to focus on their inventions and products.
PERSONAL OBJECTIVES for the firm:
• To be part of an entrepreneurial & forward-looking asset firm.
• To implement best of breed process & investor nurturing.
• To lead business development & growth strategies.
• To build a long-term sustainable portfolio of impact investments.
• To build on over twenty-five years of expertise in business
development, marketing & establishing networks & investment.
• Contribute to the financial success of our financial partners & clients.
• To dynamically manage teams & projects from inceptions to closings.
The firm’s Unique Business Proposal consists of decades of our team’s
experience in successfully accompanying companies through their Private
Equity needs – and then listing their businesses on the public security
markets. For its diverse client base, Swiss Financiers orchestrates the
processes of going public and improves cost efficiency at all times. Their firm
has developed an extensive international network, notably amongst
international financial institutions, licensed brokers, law firms, auditors,
and various additional stakeholders from around the globe. Developing
bridges across businesses, regions, people, cultures is one of the ingredients
of our “secret sauce”. These bridges are also one of the reasons we have
offices in the United States and in Switzerland and are planning to expand
in the next years in Asia.

Their Unique Business Proposal consists in several patent pending methods
and decades of experience of successfully listing businesses on the public
security markets.
Their disruptive platform is designed to offer double digit returns due to the
value created by the shift from early stage to public securities markets.
They modernize the processes to improve cost efficiency, notably on the
Nasdaq. It allows stock options holders to sell their shares on the public
market to interested institutional and retail buyers with improved ease.
SFI’s IPO Incubator structure is the foundation on which Swiss Financiers is
built.
Their Fin-Tech platform accompanies selected businesses by funding IPO
costs through Mezzanine Debt and/or Equity Capital. Furthermore, SFI
orchestrates the process of taking private security issuing companies to the
public securities markets.
SFI offers an all-in service covering the complex IPO process of quoting
businesses on securities market.
Taking a company public demands a certain amount of disposable cash that
often is considered a high barrier to entry.
By using Swiss Financiers proprietary Incremental Business Method, they
are able to manage a fundraising process effectively to finance the costs of
an IPO.
They have a proven track record of using our method to raise capital
effectively. Up until 1995 there was only the funding rounds method to sell
shares of a non-listed company. This method was exclusively used each time
a company needed to distribute securities. The price was fixed according to
the current state and valuation of the issuing company.
The Swiss Financiers Team has a proven history of taking companies public,
ensuring a transparent and accretive value proposal along the entire
process. Their unique platform streamlines and fast track an IPO process
through a time/cost-effective patent pending business method to
successfully raise capital on the public security markets.
Their major challenge has been filtering the sheer volume of companies that
approach us and selecting the right business to work with. There is a lot of
demand to take companies to the public markets and this demand is
accelerating.
They have been affected by the current economy and the events from around
the world currently but not necessarily in a negative way. Entrepreneurs are
increasingly interested in exploring the route of the public security markets
as this crisis has only accelerated the amount of unprecedented liquidity.
This liquidity is eager to find new companies and they position themselves

as one of the privileged routes of gaining access to the public markets. So,
the number of companies looking to engage with us has increased during
the Pandemic.
They have been accompanying the following companies over the last year.
MobiGroup
Intellectual Property Securitization (IPSE)
Eiffel International Corporation
Earth & Sky Corporation
Adreal Corporation
European Press Agency
The IPO Institute
Wild News Corporation
Swiss Financiers has an active deal flow of 6 companies ready to go public.
Our aim is to orchestrate approximately 4 IPOs per year. Swiss Financiers
aims also to organize and implement its own listing on the NASDAQ in a 24-
month period.
Contact Details:
Geneva Office
Swiss Financiers S.A.
Operations & Administration
Rue du Rhône 84
1204 Genève,
Switzerland
Email: info@SwissFinanciers.com

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year –
Slovenia
KETNER®, Legal Consultancy, Representation and Protection, Ltd., PATENT ATTORNEY, is
a Slovenian law firm, founded in 2008 by Meti Ketner, an excellent lawyer with extensive
practice in the field of intellectual property and beyond.
Slovenia, as KETNER® Ltd.’s home country, was in the year 2020 classified as part of the
advanced economies group by the International Monetary Fund. It is a country with brilliant,
inventive people possessing top-notch knowledge in all fields of activity, which is the winning
and forward-looking base for a bright future in which KETNER® Ltd. proudly ranks.
KETNER® Ltd. brings together the best experts in the field of Intellectual property law (IP).
Some of the experts have been active in intellectual property for more than 20 years, which
enables the company to achieve the best results in obtaining protection with patents,
registered trademarks, and industrial designs… The key strengths of KETNER® Ltd. are many
years of experience, and personal approach to each client, a great collaboration with partner
patent and law firms globally, enabling its clients to acquire intellectual property rights in
most countries around the world.
KETNER® Ltd. offers:
- Patent protection for inventions in Slovenia, in Europe and around the world:
consultation, preparation, and filing of patent applications and client’s representation
in patent protection procedures in Slovenia, in the PCT international patent protection
procedure for 153 countries and other countries worldwide;
- Trademark protection in Slovenia, Europe and worldwide: consultation, preparation,
and filing of trademark applications and client’s representation in trademark
registration procedures in Slovenia, throughout the European Union, in the
international trademark registration procedure for 125 countries and other countries
around the world;
- Industrial design protection in Slovenia, in Europe and around the world:
consultation, preparation, and filing of industrial design applications and client’s
representation in industrial design protection procedures in Slovenia, throughout the
European Union, in the international industrial design registration procedures for 92
countries and other countries around the world;
- Consultation and preparation of IP contracts: IP rights transfer agreements, license
agreements, copyright agreements and other agreements in the field of IP;
- IP appraisals: partners are court appraisers and specialized in inventive activity. IP
Appraisal may include knowledge gained by experience or by accidental events,
knowledge, and skills gained outside traditional work, know-how, innovations,
trademarks and/or service marks, patents, industrial designs… Court appraised IP
can be, in accordance to the Slovenian law, used as the share capital of the company;
- Preparation and filing of opposition in IP protection procedures;
- IP monitoring;
- Legal consultation, negotiations, representation, protection and enforcement of
intellectual property rights in the field of IP in Slovenia and worldwide;
- Registration of copyright works with the Copyright Agency of Slovenia;

- Representation in domain name alternative dispute resolution procedures;
- Professional translations of legal texts.
KETNER® Ltd. is a member of AIPF (https://aipf.com/), an Association of Intellectual
Property Firms based in New York, USA, international associations of independent specialized
firms that most of their practice dedicates to patents, trademarks, and copyrights, and boasts
a team of established experts, both at the national level, as well as worldwide. KETNER® is
also a member of the AEA International Lawyers Network (AEA) (aeuropea.com). The AEA,
which aims to offer customers the best services around the world, is one of the largest legal
networks in the world in what relates to the number of countries covered.
Meti Ketner, the CEO, Director, and Owner of KETNER® Ltd. is a passionate and innovative
lawyer and a businesswoman, European Trademark and Design Attorney. She takes care
that KETNER® Ltd. is constantly progressing, expanding, and providing services on which
clients can rely on. Before practicing law in her own company, Meti Ketner worked for the
larger Slovenian professional legal offices and institutions of public importance, participating
in international projects of great importance for Slovenia. Meti Ketner is a member of the
FICM (Federation of Integrated Conflict Management) based in New Delhi, India
https://mediationhub.org/) and is a member of the Global Law Expert
(https://www.globallawexperts.com/), based in London, UK. She is also a recommended
member of ADVISORY EXCELLENCE (Meti Ketner - Advisory Excellence) in the field of
intellectual property for the Republic of Slovenia.
KETNER® Ltd., with a wide range of highly qualified experts through the network of its
intellectual property experts, patent attorneys, trademark and design attorneys, and lawyers
worldwide, has developed into a successfully growing modern company open to current and
future challenges to provide its clients with the best protection of their IP rights standing the
test of times.
KETNER® Ltd… For Strong, Secure and Reliable future…
Contact Details:
Practice Areas:
Intellectual Property
Industrial Property
Patents
Trademarks
Industrial designs
Geographical indications
Domain names
IP appraisals
ZEBRA® - sound trademarks
TEMPELJ®-translation of texts from the field of IP
KETNER®, Legal Consultancy, Representation and Protection, Ltd., PATENT ATTORNEY
Tržaška cesta 134, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
T: +386 (0) 51 344 655, F: +386 (0) 599 42 142, E: info@ketner.si
Web: www.zascita.si , www.zebra.expert
Meti Ketner, CEO, director, owner

Tax Law Firm of the Year – Italy
Spadafora De Rosa Law has more than 15 years of history and can provide a full
range of services through its professionals and/or its broad international network.
Alessandro De Rosa has more than 20 years of experience in Contracts, Civil Law,
International Deals, Real Estate, Soccer, Aviation, Fashion, Hotels, VIP Properties,
Apps, etc.
He has a 24/7 problem solving attitude for any emergency of his clients.
Spadafora De Rosa Law has more than 15 years of history and can provide a full
range of services through its professionals and/or its broad international network.
The level of experience reached and the creativity of its professionals represent a
tremendous added value for its clients.
Practice Areas:
- Real estate transactions for VIP properties
- Hotels transactions
- Aviation Global business project start up
- Football deals closed in EU
- App contracts for a new international platform
- Distribution agreements for an international consortium
“Our work and commitments remain the same since our foundation 15 years ago. We
to work hard every single day, the success is proportional to the hours dedicated to
Your structure and clients.”
Contact Details:
Sede di Roma
Via di Trasone, 52 00199
Tel. 06 858221
Fax. 06 8582250
Email: a.derosa@spadaforaderosa.com

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