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Index
Alice. G. Gosfield & Associates
Healthcare Law Firm of the Year – USA
Baker McKenzie
Arbitration Specialists of the Year - Switzerland
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP
Product Liability Law Firm of the Year - Asia
Deep & Far Attorneys At Law
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - Taiwan
Desai & Diwanji
Infrastructure Finance Law Firm of the Year - India
Goldstein Law Firm
Complex Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year – USA
Karanjawala & Co
Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year – India
L.C. Hull & Co
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year – Bahamas
Maluks Attorneys
Tax Law Firm of the Year – South Africa
Merits & Tree Law Offices
Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year – China
McKercher LLP
Health Law Firm of the Year - Canada
MCW Todman & Co
Civil Litigation Law Firm of the Year – British Virgin Islands
Nunziante Magrone
Business Contracts Law Firm of the Year - Italy
QLD Law Group
International Law Firm of the Year - Australia
Rich IP & Co
Patent & Trademark Law Firm of the Year – Taiwan

Rime Advokatfirma DA
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year - Norway
Ronan Daly Jermyn
Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year - Ireland
Sassoon & Cymrot LLP
Business Bankruptcy Law Firm of the Year - USA
SMTD Law LLP
Construction Litigation Law Firm of the Year – USA
Solomon Brothers
Corporate Law Firm of the Year - Australia
Stokes Lawrence, P.S.
Aviation Law Firm of the Year - USA
Studio Legal Sutti
Corporate Litigation Law Firm of the Year – Italy
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Criminal Defence Law Firm of the Year - Australia
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP
Commercial Finance Law Firm of the Year - USA
The Juhasz Law Firm
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – USA
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Health Care Law Firm of the Year – USA
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Corporate Governance Law Firm of the Year – USA
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year – USA
Ward Keller
Reassurance & Infrastruacture Law Firm of the Year - Australia
Wildgen S.A.
Full Service Law Firm of the Year - Luxembourg
Zuber Lawler LLP
Class Action Law Firm of the Year - USA

Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year – India
Karanjawala & Co. is an exclusive full-service boutique litigation firm, founded in 1983 by Mrs.
Manik Karanjawala and Mr. Raian Karanjawala. The firm operates today out of three offices in
New Delhi.
The Firm, over the years, has come to dominate the litigation landscape of the country and has
serviced a wide variety of clients from Prime Ministers to captains of industries and from the largest
corporate and media houses to royal families. Notwithstanding its elite client list, the Firm is also
equally at ease handling the day-to- day cases of ordinary litigants.
The Firm began its legal service with a predominant focus on cases in the Supreme Court and High
Court, but over the years, has expanded its legal vision, ensuring that it has a presence in all the
subordinate courts and tribunals of the National Capital Region (NCR). The Firm’s services are
often availed by clients to handle litigation on a pan–India basis.
Recognized as one of India’s top litigation firms with close to 250 awards and recognitions,
Karanjawala & Co. features in over 625 reported judgments only in the Supreme Court itself. The
Firm has filed and dealt with approximately over 25,000 matters till date. The Firm remains at the
disposal of litigants who come up with myriad issues and complex legal problems. Over the years,
the firm has grown to be a one-stop solution for litigants from not just within the country, but also
the ones located abroad. We’ve set best practices by remaining unfazed by the media frenzy
surrounding the high-profile cases handled by the firm. We’ve only tries to better ourselves with
each case handled, without seeking credit or moment of fame while handling sensitive matters.
Client confidentiality and awareness of sensitivity surrounding every high-profile matter are
engrained in the DNA of the firm.
The Firm’s criminal practice has grown substantially in the last five years, with the Firm appearing
in a number of high stake and high profile matters. The Firm has also received acclaim in respect of
its white-collar crime practice particularly for its ability to handle sensitive cases with a quick
turnaround time. In the last four to five years, the Firm has also carved out a niche practice for itself
in the fields of consumer protection and RERA litigation. The Firm’s practice focuses not only on
general consumer litigation but also on medical negligence and real estate, with the Firm
representing a wide range of clients before various tribunals, ranging from the District fora to the
National Commission. The Firm’s consumer team has filed over 1,000 cases in the National
Commission, with a high success rate. The Firm has extensive experience in dealing with high profile
matters under the recently enacted Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 providing advisory
services and appearing for corporations and financial institutions, in relation to issues pertaining to
their restructuring and insolvency.
The Firm’s high profile client list includes the Tata Group, DLF, Arcelor Mittal, the Birlas, the Adani
Group, Google, Astro, Hindustan Unilever, P&G, Colgate, Coca Cola, Vodafone, PWC, GVK,
Mafatlal Industries, Piramal, Ambuja Cement, GMR, Morgan Stanley, Star TV, BCCI, Coffee Board,
Bombay Dyeing, Hindustan Times and MSD Pharmaceuticals among many others. Some of the
renowned individuals who have turned to the Firm for legal representation in the past include, (i)
late Mr. V.P. Singh, former Prime Minister of India (ii) Mr. Ratan N. Tata, former Chairman, TATA
Group (iii) Mr. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman, Fox Corporation (iv) Ms. Karisma Kapoor, Film Actress
(v) late Mr. Jaswant Singh, former Defence and Finance Minister of India (vi) Mr. Sharad Pawar,

former Defence and Agriculture Minister of India (vii) Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia, former Minister of
State (Independent Charge) for power (viii) Mr. Goolam Vahanvati, former Attorney General of
India (ix) Mr. Gopal Raheja (x) Mr. Suresh Nanda (xi) Mr. Karim Morani (xii) Mr. Tarun Tejpal (xiii)
Mr. M.J. Akbar (xiv) Mr. Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and many others
Key awards and accolades achieved by Firm in various practice areas over the years:
Corporate Intl Magazine Global has awarded Karanjawala & Co. the "Alternative Dispute
Resolution Law Firm of the Year in India - 2021" award.
India Business Law Journal’s 2021 Indian Law Firm Awards has awarded Karanjawala & Co.
the "Anti- corruption & White-collar crime Law Firm of the year" and "Litigation Law Firm of the
year" award.
Forbes Legal Powerlist 2020 has awarded Karanjawala & Co. the "Top Law Firms of the
Country Award" for Litigation practice.
IBLJ has recognized the firm for its Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice ten times in
the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Chambers & Partners has ranked the firm for its “Dispute Resolution/Litigation” Practice
eleven times in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Chambers & Partners has ranked the firm for its “White Collar Crime” Practice consecutively in the
years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
The Legal 500 has ranked the firm for its “Dispute Resolution/Litigation” Practice 13 times
in the years 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
Asialaw Profiles has included the firm in the list of outstanding firms for its dispute
resolution practice for the years 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Benchmark Litigation has recognized the firm amongst top firms for the following practices
in the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 - International Arbitration, Commercial & Transactional Disputes,
Competition/antitrust practice, Insolvency practice and Government and regulatory and White-
Collar Crime. Benchmark Litigation has also ranked the Firm in Tier 1 for Commercial &
Transactions disputes for the Year 2020.
Legal Era has recognized the firm as Best Litigation Firm in the years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,
2016 and recognized the firm as Best White-Collar Crime Practice Firm in the year 2019.
ACQ5 Country Awards has recognized the firm for its Litigation Practice in the years 2013,
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020. Further, ACQ5 Country Awards 2020 has recognized the firm for
its Alternate Dispute Resolution Practice in the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. It also recognized the
firm for its aviation practice in the years 2015 and 2016 and as Client Care Law Firm of the Year in
the year 2017.
Contact Details:
Mr. Raian Karanjawala, Managing Partner
Email: raian@raian.in

Real Estate Law Firm of the Year – Bahamas
L.C. Hull & Co. - a unique and specialized Conveyancing Firm with its Head Office in
Abaco, Bahamas. The Principal of the Firm is Rhonda L.C. Hull, Attorney, LLB, MBA.
L.C. Hull & Co. is the largest Firm in the Bahamian Out Islands and is celebrating its 20th
year assisting the needs of International Persons purchasing property in the Out Islands.
L.C. Hull & Co. has consistently been recognized as one of the top Bahamian Real Estate
Firms in the Bahamas. Unfortunately, on September 1st, 2019, Hurricane Dorian destroyed
the Island of Abaco. There was some 5 feet of seawater throughout the Head Office of L.C.
Hull & Co. Over 90% of the populace in Abaco were removed from the Island
immediately. Most of them remain displaced 2 years later.
Rhonda and her Team managed to salvage almost all of their client files and immediately
built a special purpose Storage Building to dry out the files and save Client documents.
As there were no utility services on the Island for about 18 months, L.C. Hull & Co. was not
able to operate. In January 2021 - Rhonda and her Team began rebuilding the Firm -
building, files and employees.
While there remain many challenges to commerce efficiency in Abaco - L.C. Hull & Co. has
re-opened, our offices have been rebuilt, some Staff members have returned to the island
and new Staff members have joined the Firm.
L.C. Hull & Co. is very proud to formally announce the beginning of the Second Chapter of
its existence.
Internationally recognized as one of the top Bahamian Real Estate Attorneys, Rhonda now
continues to manage complex Bahamian property purchases, sales, leases and finance
transactions, joint-ownership, and fractional interests. She is knowledgeable in structuring
the most efficient holding of real property assets in the Bahamas.
Rhonda Hull
Rhonda is also a Property Developer / Manager with interests on a national and
international scale. She has built, renovated, and managed multi-level commercial and
residential properties in the Bahamas, as well as in the United States and Mexico.
Rhonda is a true Bahamian, born and raised in Cherokee Sound and Sandy Point, Abaco.
She attended school in Nassau, graduating from Queen's College High School in 1984.
Rhonda then began her international life at University in Switzerland, then her Law

Degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada and her Legal Certificate from
the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad. She later obtained her Master’s in Business
Administration with a concentration in Residential Real Estate from Akelius University in
Sweden. Rhonda is a member of both the Bahamas Bar and the Law Society of Upper
Canada.
Rhonda has 4 children and spends her spare time hiking/biking in Central Europe and
South America. She has also kayaked all over the Abacos and is an accomplished runner
who has completed numerous full and half marathons internationally. Many early
mornings you can find Rhonda putting in her training around Marsh Harbour, Treasure
Cay and beyond before heading into the office. Rhonda loves to travel and enjoys golf,
tennis and "welcoming people to the magical Island of Abaco, Bahamas".
Contact Details:
L.C. Hull & Co.
1100 East Bay Street
P.O. Box AB-20415
Marsh Harbour, Abaco
Bahamas
242-815-9717

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – USA
Guiding Your Patent Beyond the Horizon
https://www.patenthorizon.com/
The Juhasz Law Firm provides intellectual property legal services to leading technology, software
and clinical diagnostic companies.
Combining deep IP experience, broad IP capabilities across a wide spectrum of industries and
technologies, and extensive experience in IP strategies, The Juhasz Law Firm collaborates with
clients to help them see, understand and capitalize on the potential strategic value of their
intellectual property.
Aligning IP Strategy to Business Strategy
https://www.patenthorizon.com/intellectual-property-legal-services/total-ip-portfoliomanagement/path-to-value-ip-legal-services/
Juhasz Law aligns our lawyering approach to the business strategy of our clients. We take the time
to understand each client’s needs and provide unique solutions that match their business and
marketing strategy.
The Juhasz Law Path to Value ℠ suite of intellectual property legal services encompasses a ninestage,
multi-disciplinary approach to growing a company’s IP portfolio value. Path to Value
integrates patent management with business strategy and technical innovation so organizations
can leverage intellectual property assets to drive technology leadership, market position, and
competitive advantage resulting in increased economic value.
Patent Law
https://www.patenthorizon.com/intellectual-property-legal-services/patent-law-legal-services/
Juhasz Law Firm patent lawyers have an average more than 15 years of IP legal experience with
deep technical understanding and a tough, litigation-minded approach to patenting. We bring
lessons learned in the courtroom to our patent strategic counseling. Our clients include both industry
leaders and new venture start-ups. Every organization deserves IP and Patent Law representation
that encompasses counseling, prosecution, licensing and litigation expertise to optimize the strategic
value of their intellectual property.
Comprehensive IP Counseling and Services
https://www.patenthorizon.com/intellectual-property-legal-services/total-ip-portfoliomanagement/

Juhasz Law encompasses the full scope of IP counseling, protection, licensing and litigation for
patents, designs, trademarks, and copyrights, including drafting patent applications, patent
licensing, patent litigation and more.
Paul R. Juhasz
Paul R. Juhasz, J.D. is a leading patent attorney specializing in strategic preparation, prosecution,
counseling, monetization, and litigation with degrees in electrical engineering and chemical
engineering. He is an adjunct professor at the New Hampshire School of Law, is extensively
published, and an expert on Alice and 101 Bilski patent eligible subject matter and patent
exhaustion. He has submitted amicus briefs to the United States Supreme Court in several patent
cases. As Director IP Nokia, he lead the protection and enforcement of Nokia IP throughout North
and South America. As assistant general counsel and chief IP counsel at Symbol, he chaired a joint
defense group of companies in defeating the Lemelson patents.
Houston
+1 713 260-9643
Seattle
+1 425 943-7619

Infrastructure Finance Law Firm of the Year – India
Founded in 1935, Desai & Diwanji is one of India's leading law firms, helping clients achieve their
goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. With offices in Mumbai,
Gurgaon, and New Delhi, Desai & Diwanji is also among the largest law firms in the country.
Vishwang Desai is the managing partner of the firm and heads its corporate commercial practice.
He has consistently advised large multinational corporations and Indian business groups,
governments, multilateral agencies, lenders, PE funds, as well as financial investors in some of the
largest M&A, PE and financing transactions in India / involving Indian companies. He has been
named “lawyer of the year” by various global publications and is regularly included in several top
business lawyer lists compiled by global publications.
Contact Details:
Practice Areas:
Aviation
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Competition
Dispute Resolution
Infrastructure & Project Finance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Real Estate & Construction
Technology, Media & Telecoms
Address: LENTIN CHAMBERS, DALAL STREET, FORT, MUMBAI 400 001, INDIA
Tel: +91 22 3984 1000
Fax: +91 22 2265 8245
Email: mail@desaidiwanji.com

Arbitration Specialists of the Year - Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Joachim Frick is a partner at Baker & McKenzie and admitted to the bars of Switzerland
and New York. He graduated from the University of Zurich (lic. iur, Dr. iur.) and Yale Law School
(LL.M., J.S.D). After practicing with Baker & McKenzie in Taipei and Chicago, he in 1997 returned to
Baker & McKenzie in Zurich and became a partner in 2001. He is admitted to practice in Switzerland
and, in addition, has passed the New York Bar exam.
Joachim specializes in commercial litigation and arbitration and has acted as party counsel in various
Swiss and international arbitration proceedings under Swiss, ICC, ad hoc and other arbitration rules.
He regularly represents clients in particular in corporate, post m&a, liability, insurance and
distributorship disputes and advises in litigious and non-litigious insurance/reinsurance matters.
In addition to being a practicing lawyer, he regularly teaches as professor of law (Titularprofessor) at
the University of Zurich and is a lecturer in a number of graduate programs. He was repeatedly
named leading attorney in insurance and reinsurance matters by specialized publications.
Joachim's practice combines disputes and arbitration work with a strong expertise in post m&a and
insurance matters. Given the global reach of Baker McKenzie with more than 70 offices around the
world, Joachim's clients often have an international or foreign background.
In particular in Financial Services and other regulatory matters, the international firm Baker
McKenzie allows to conduct multijurisdictional surveys on a global basis.
While we cannot disclose client names, Joachim Frick regularly advises major Swiss and international
financial institutions (banks, insurers, brokers, etc.) on regulatory matters. Also, Joachim Frick
regularly represents foreign corporate clients in arbitration proceedings with seat of arbitration in
Switzerland and/or governed under Swiss law.
Contact Details:
Joachim Frick
Prof. Dr., LL.M./J.S.D.
Baker & McKenzie Zurich
Holbeinstrasse 30, P.O. Box
8034 Zürich, Switzerland
Tel: +41 44 384 14 14
Fax: +41 44 384 12 84
Direct: +41 44 384 12 31
Email: joachim.frick@bakermckenzie.com

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – Taiwan
Deep & Far attorneys-at-law was founded in 1992 and is dealing with all phases of laws with a focus
on the practice in separate or in combination of all aspects of intellectual property rights (IPRs)
including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, and/or licensing,
counselling, litigation and/or transaction thereof.
Yu-Li Tsai: Partner & Patent Attorney
Practice area/industry focus: Intellectual Property, Unfair Competition, Litigation
Career highlights: Mr Tsai is a patent attorney who holds a degree from the Department of Electrical
Engineering and Master’s degree from the Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering, both
awarded from the National Taiwan University.
His practice covers patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, unfair competition, licensing and
litigation.
Mr Tsai also studied and gained a Master’s degree from the Law School, University of New Hampshire,
also known as Franklin Pierce Centre for Intellectual Property. Upon graduation, he worked for
InterDigital, Inc. in Delaware for a short period and later studied and passed the US Patent
Registration Examination.
The patent attorneys and patent engineers in Deep & Far normally hold outstanding and advanced
degrees and are generally graduated from the top five universities in this country. Our prominent
staffs are dedicated to provide the best quality service in IPRs in this country. As a proof, about one
half of top 100 incorporations in this country have experiences of seeking patented their techniques,
but more than one fifth of the top 100 incorporations has ever used services of this firm. Furthermore,
Hi-Tech companies in the science-based industrial park located at Hsin Chu had ever played the
most important role in booming the economy of this country. About one half of them has experiences
in seeking patented their techniques, and out of more than 60% of the patent-experienced
companies in that park have ever entrusted their IPR works to this firm. Certainly, we must also
represent international giants, e.g. InterDigital, MPS, Schott Glas, Toyo Ink, Motorola, Armani…
It is our philosophy to provide competent legal services that other firm cannot comparably provide.
The necessitated ensuing problem is how we can so provide? Deep & Far so achieve by selecting,
edifying and nurturing peoples who have the following personalities: learned in expertise, morally
earnest and sincerely behaved in mind and strictly disciplined between give and take. It is wellbelieved
that such properties are key factors for peoples to properly and competently behave
themselves.
Deep & Far (D&F) is willing to take challenges to prove that it is the best IP firm, and to verify its
supreme competence by e.g.:
1) Sending to D&F a pending or granted patent for its comments about how it can improve the
claims;

2) Sending to D&F a pending patent specification without the claims for it to draft the claims for
comparison with the original claims; or
3) Sending to D&F and the firm the client is currently using at the same time an initial disclosure so
that the client can compare and find out where better claims are.
Deep & Far assures the clients that no competitors can escape from the patent rights D&F safeguards
for the clients at reasonable service fees.
Because the tough economic downturn we are encountering in Taiwan, we are also encountering
severe price competition. This situation also leads to that there are too many poor quality patents
being granted because most enterprises do not have proper knowledge of the importance of patents.
For example, they might only want to spend lower cost to file a patent application without
considering the quality, or could not be alerted timely that narrow claims can protect their products
of the current version only although there are reduced fees in responding to office actions. Therefore,
the patent agents or firms of the enterprises sometimes cannot help but sacrificing the quality to keep
profits under the limited budgets of the clients. Under such social environment, it is very hard to
anticipate that the clients have strong patents, or the patent firms or attorneys can nurture the ability
of drafting wonderful scope of the claims.
Accordingly, it will not be surprised to find that there are some patent firms which cannot provide
competent services but offer extreme low price to attract clients only caring about the price of filing
a patent. This does also explain that there are poor quality patents being granted
We persist in providing quality service rather than participating into the price war because we believe
the Client will finally find the quality is the most important thing for intellectual property. If you
sacrifice the quality and surrender to the price, you actually get negative return because .a poor
quality IP is valueless. We did suffer a little last year in view of the reduced local generated works,
but we see the situation began to change this year.
This firm is used to focusing on IPR, and takes deliberate steps to practice in all fields of law. In recent
year, we make progress in either general civil law, business law or criminal law fields.
Contact Details:
13th Fl., 27 Sec. 3, Chung San N. Rd., Taipei 104, Taiwan, R.O.C.
': 886-2-25856688
7: 886-2-25989900/25978989
Email: email@deepnfar.com.tw
www.deepnfar.com.tw

Product Liability Law Firm of the Year –
Asia
A leader in global litigation management, Carroll Burdick has over 60 lawyers on three
continents, speaking more than 16 languages including German, English, Mandarin Chinese,
French, Latvian, Romanian, Russian and Spanish, with over 20 percent of the firm’s lawyers
having legal educations in two or more countries. This unparalleled experience provides the
cultural insights necessary for effectively working with international clients to meet their
business goals.
Founded in 1948 by three highly respected San Francisco lawyers—Jack Dale Burdick, Francis
Carroll and Richard McDonough—Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP has enjoyed a stellar
reputation for providing legal excellence, creativity, intellectual aggressiveness, and client
confidence for over 65 years.
Practice Areas:
Appellate
Class Action
Commercial & Business Litigation
Construction Litigation
Consumer Litigation Defence
Corporate, Finance & Commercial
Law
Emerging Companies & Venture
Capital
Employment Litigation
Financial Institution Practice
Food and Beverage Litigation
German Practice
Insurance Coverage Litigation
Intellectual Property
International Business
Mass Tort Litigation
Media & Entertainment Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Patent and Intellectual Property
Litigation
Pharmaceutical & Medical Device
Litigation
Privacy and Data Security
Products Liability
Real Estate
Renewable Energy
Technology
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David Goh, managing partner at its Asia practice, has significant experience in large, complex and
international commercial disputes, with particular emphasis on corporate issues and product liability
matters. He also advises clients on regulatory matters, compliance, and anti-bribery/corruption cases,
including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act. His experience includes leading
or coordinating investigations on behalf of both corporations and regulators, as well as advising or
acting in the defence of any prosecutions.
In his more recent roles in senior management at various multinational corporations, Mr Goh
developed significant experience in handling corporate and commercial matters, in particular, M&A
transactions across the Asia Pacific region. He has developed proven methodologies in assisting
companies to coordinate and manage their in-house and external legal service and continues to be
consulted on such matters.
“Some cases carry more strategic weight than others. When your markets are threatened, when your
business model is under pressure, when your operations are attracting lawsuits, then legal matters
are no longer just about favourable results—it’s about your company’s core mission. At Carroll
Burdick, we’re known for helping companies with matters of strategic value.”
Contact Details
David Goh
CARROLL, BURDICK & McDONOUGH LLP
Suite 5904, 59/F
Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wan Chai
Hong Kong SAR
Tel: +852.2511.1040
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Criminal Defence Law Firm of the Year – Australia
Our firm has been running for the past 20 years and we specialise in criminal and traffic
law cases.
We are a specialist criminal defence law firm based in Sydney.
We work as a team in order to provide different level of experience and skills to our client
cases with a strong focus on getting excellent results.
We have worked with many clients that have had high profile cases in the media, we
cannot however disclose their names due to the nature of work we do.
We try to provide Fixed Fees were possible and a strong focus on getting the best possible
results for our clients.
Due to the current world health situation, we have had to focus on changing the way we
are accessible to clients and we have turned it around to be more efficient as we provide
conferences not just face to face anymore but via zoom or skype. We have also made sure
that each lawyer has more electronic equipment options so that they do not need to meet
client’s face to face and set up new systems to manage diaries and calendars. We also now
do a lot more prison conferences via iPad which is also much more cost efficient for our
clients.
Our future aspirations are to continue what we are doing as it is working well for us.
Contact Details:
Head Office:
Museum Towers
Suite 503, Level 5
267 Castlereagh Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Ph: 02 9261 8881 | Fax: 02 9264 0880
info@sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au

Construction Litigation Law Firm of the Year – USA
Ali Salamirad founded the firm ten or so years ago and, then, in 2014, SMTD Law LLP was created. SMTD
Law is a boutique law firm concentrating in construction, surety and business litigation. The Firm’s attorneys
are highly experienced in handling disputes unique to the construction and surety industries and they
understand the rigors and challenges of litigation. Because of the Firm’s experience, our attorneys are well
prepared to work with our clients to achieve their goals. We take pride in knowing that our clients trust us to
handle all of their legal needs, and, as a result, we do everything in our power to help our clients succeed.
The firm’s managing partners are Ali Salimirad and Jonathon Dunn. The firm overall is managed by six
partners. The two managing partners, Chris Morrow, one of the founding partners, and the managing
partners for Oakland, Michael Timpane, Phoenix, Bob Berens, and Los Angeles, Marilyn Klinger. All of the six
partners are construction law experts who do both transactional work and litigation including trials and
arbitration.
Ms. Klinger serves as the Managing Partner of SMTD Law’s Los Angeles office. She is involved in all aspects of
construction law on a state and national level, representing the full spectrum of the construction industry,
from owners, contractors, subcontractors and sureties. Ms. Klinger’s practice includes time-related claims and
litigation (e.g., delay/impact), legal advice and counsel regarding the contracting process (e.g., bidding and
contract disputes/performance bond claims), payment enforcement/defense (e.g. payment bonds/mechanics
liens/stop payment notices), administrative and scope claims and litigation (e.g., differing site conditions,
change and extra work orders/inadequate plans and specifications and subcontractor substitutions) and
counseling and transactional services to the construction industry (e.g., general advice and counsel, including
contract preparation, evaluation and negotiation). In addition, she has extensive experience in dispute
resolution including litigation, trial, appeals, arbitration and mediation.
Ms. Klinger is a hard-working “straight shooter.” Early in her career, she became a pioneer in construction law,
being one of the first women attorneys to practice in the primarily male-dominated field. Through her
passion and unique intelligence she has established a vital, nationwide practice involved in all aspects of
construction law and a career marked by increasingly prominent leadership positions. She is recognized as an
innovator in legal problem-solving and as a thought leader who is a frequently published author and soughtafter
speaker for professional legal, construction and educational publications and organizations. Marilyn
loves humor and thinks everyone is way too serious. Chambers USA 2019 ranked Ms. Klinger one of the top
Construction lawyers in California. Recently, she has been selected as Top Attorney of the Year in
Construction Law by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) for her outstanding
leadership and commitment to the profession.
Contact Details:
Marilyn Klinger
SMTD Law LLP
355 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 2450
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 943-1425 main
(213) 943-1427 direct
(213) 268-8105 cell
mklinger@smtdlaw.com
www.smtdlaw.com

Healthcare Law Firm of the Year – USA
Alice Gosfield founded the firm in 1986 after practicing with her husband, Edward Shay, in
Gosfield & Shay since 1978. The practice has been focused on a range of issues that can be
seen on this web page which describes "What We Do." (https://www.gosfield.com/aboutus/what-we-do).
Daniel Shay joined the firm in 2003 and over the last almost 18 years has
expanded some of the focus of our work to areas including HIPAA, electronic health
records, social media, telehealth and other emerging and developing mechanisms our
clients deploy to serve their patients as well as data and intellectual property issues for our
sector of clients.
Since 1986, this practice has been devoted exclusively to health law with a special emphasis
on physicians, their groups, and entities and organizations that seek to do business with
them. We are a transactional, regulatory firm which provides guidance to clients
throughout the country, doing no litigation whatsoever.
With Alice the daughter of a cardiologist, and Dan married to a family physician, we know
intimately the concerns and needs of physicians. We are a high touch, high service firm. We
turn around work faster at more reasonable rates than any other firms we know. We pride
ourselves on the depth of what we do rather than its breadth.
We have worked on major transactions of many millions of dollars over relatively long
terms (as much as ten years) in helping physician groups lease themselves to health systems.
We have helped physicians transition from lease arrangements to employment
arrangements helping to maximize their influence in their new settings. We have reviewed,
written and advised regarding literally hundreds of physician participation agreements
with payers as well as physician employment agreements from both sides of the table. We
have multiple clients who are manufacturers or developers of new and innovative
technologies in cardiac monitoring, as well as other new forms of diagnostic testing. We
advise regularly with respect to the requirements of the Stark statute both internally for
physician groups and in their relationships with others to whom they refer. We advise on all
aspects of the federal anti-kickback statute, except those involving litigation, including
advising clients who are operating under Corporate Integrity Agreements.
Our biggest challenge over the last few years has been the consolidation of independent
groups we have represented on a very long term basis into health systems to which they
used to refer. While we advise on the front end when the physicians become employees,
because of our focus on technical health law involving physicians we try to make ourselves
useful to the systems that are now the physicians' employers.
We hope to continue to advise physicians, their groups and innovative, entrepreneurial
companies that seek to work with them, but we also hope to help more systems confront

the clinical integration of physicians into their systems as well as compliance on with the
unique laws that govern their operations and reimbursement.
We have developed and provide to all our new clients Our Attorney-Client Compact
(https://www.gosfield.com/about-us/how-we-work) which offers a unique perspective on
what they can expect from us in serving their needs as well as what we expect from them if
they seek to maximize the utility and efficiency of our relationship. It is a joint bargain into
which we enter with all of our clients.
Contact Details:
Alice G. Gosfield, Esq.
Alice G. Gosfield and Associates, PC
2309 Delancey Place
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-735-2384 (ph)
215-735-4778 (fax)
www.gosfield.com

Complex Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year – USA
The Goldstein Law Firm is a boutique national law firm that represents exclusively
franchisees and dealers, not franchisors, suppliers or manufacturers. There are only a
handful of franchisee lawyer specialists remaining in the country, as most have begun
representing both franchisors and franchisees.
Franchise law is a multifaceted area of law that requires specialization. Any franchise
attorney can tell you about a variety of cases where franchise agreements have gone
south.
Here at Goldstein, our attorneys have as much as 30 years of experience handling all
aspects of franchise litigation throughout the county.
We also specialize in franchise agreement assistance, bringing you the latest developments
in franchise and distribution law. With the publishing of our Franchise Trends newsletter, we
can help franchisees stay updated on developments concerning different legal aspects of
franchising.
Dealing with the complexities and challenges of franchise law requires focus and
specialization, which is why we represent dealers and franchisees exclusively. Unlike other
firms, we at Goldstein are on the side of the franchisee. We can help you decipher the fine
print of your franchise agreement and single out details your franchisor may not want you
to know.
Without a knowledgeable and competent franchise consultant, you may be vulnerable to
the pitfalls of franchise law. Simply walking away is not a viable solution if you’re looking
to protect your assets and yourself from financially damaging consequences. For those who
have already signed an agreement and are struggling with franchisor difficulties, our
franchise law firm also provides legal assistance through its franchise attorneys.
Jeffrey Goldstein, the Founder and Chairman of the Franchise Litigation Department, has
over three decades of litigation experience in complex commercial litigation, with a
specialization in distribution and franchise law. Jeff Goldstein’s reputation relies upon not
only his unique ability to construct and devise winning legal and business strategies, but
also on his exceptional talent to regularly cut through the legalese to achieve great business
win-win results for his franchisee and dealer clients. Our firm has litigated against or
consulted regarding probably the top few hundred franchise systems in the country over
the years.
Jeffrey Goldstein has been working as a franchise attorney in the franchise and distribution
niche for over three decades. During that time, he and the Attorneys at the Goldstein Law
Firm have received unrivaled accolades for their talented, skillful, shrewd, insightful and
compelling efforts on behalf of their winning franchisee and dealer clients. Goldstein’s clients
from around the world benefit from Goldstein’s skills in both litigation and strategy. Here
are some of the reasons why the Goldstein Law Firm puts Jeff Goldstein and the lawyers at
Goldstein Law Firm at the top of national franchise attorneys.

There are very few franchisee lawyer specialists practicing in the country. Almost every
franchisee-only lawyer has begun representing both franchisors and franchisees, although
they do not fully disclose this to the franchisee community. This is because it is clear which
side of the aisle has greater funds and resources to fund their law offices.
Many times these franchise lawyers try to argue either that they were only lending minimal
assistance to the franchisor on its case and were not acting officially as the lead lawyer;
however, this excuse rings hollow when you realize that these lawyers’ names are part of
the law firm’s name itself – these very apologist lawyers make the final decisions regarding
representing both franchisees and franchisors at the same time.
This joint representation of franchisors and franchisees, especially in the litigation context, is
directly harmful to your status and position as a franchisee or dealer, despite any fast-talk
otherwise. When shopping for advice, and seeking legal counsel, make sure to include this
important factor in your review process — you want a franchisee lawyer looking out
exclusively only for your interests; not a franchise lawyer, no matter how charming, that
rides both sides of the fence.
Contact Details:
Goldstein Law Firm, PLLC
1629 K St. NW, Suite 300,
Washington, DC 20006
Website: www.goldlawgroup.com
Email: jgoldstein@goldlawgroup.com
Phone: 202-293-3947
Fax: 202-315-2514

Tax Law Firm of the Year – South Africa
Maluks Attorneys is a full-service corporate law firm based in Sandton, Johannesburg
within the Republic of South Africa.
The firm was established as a niche corporate and commercial law firm whose objectives
are to provide small, medium enterprises and the public sector a legal experience that is
fast, transparent, and cost effective. We specialise in corporate and commercial law, tax
law, mergers and acquisitions, mining and energy law, intellectual property, and more.
Maluks Attorneys was established in June 2019 by Joseph Maluleke who has 18 years post
admission experience, Joseph is the former Chairman of one of South Africa’s oldest law
firm based in Pretoria for more than 10 years.
In his practise, Joseph acted for the South African Revenue Services (SARS) as lead attorney
on several tax matters pertaining to Income Tax, Value Added Tax (VAT), customs and
excise tax. He was also appointed by the Minister of Finance as chairman of the Tax Board
in North Gauteng. As an acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa, Joseph also acted
as President of the Tax Court of the Republic of South Africa.
Joseph Maluleke – Executive Chairman
Joseph Maluleke is a seasoned tax, corporate and commercial lawyer, a conveyancer, and
notary public of the High Court of South Africa.
As a commercial and corporate lawyer, Joseph assist many companies (including state
owned companies) with administrative legislative compliance issues as well as board
governance. He applies the PFMA and other governance benchmarking instruments on
good cooperative governance. In this regard he also assists state owned companies to deal
with investigations of alleged procurement and supply chain irregularities in municipalities
and other government entities.
In his current practice Joseph acted for BEE shareholders in a platinum mining restructuring
and refinancing transaction of approximately R11,9 billion where he did the commercial
and Tax review of the deal structure for his clients.
He continues to act for high-net-worth individuals and blue-chip companies in South
Africa.
Maluks Attorneys has grown and almost doubled its revenue from the past financial year.
If Covid-19 and lockdown restriction were not in place the firm could have performed a lot
better.

From its inception, Maluks Attorneys was set up as cloud based virtual firm. We were
amongst the first most innovative law firms at the point of our establishment in 2019 that
were already on Microsoft Teams, meeting and consulting virtually. This enabled us to
seamlessly adapt into the new virtual world of working smart when the Covid19 pandemic
broke out during 2020. Our technological infrastructure enables us to continue working
smarter based on our work philosophy of collaboration. Our team and clients could
collaborate effortlessly online resulting in increased productivity and revenue.
By employing a diverse team of highly competent lawyers and other professionals; and by
utilising the best technological applications to ensure our professionals spend time and
energy efficiently, with the aim of providing quality value-adding service to all our clients.
Maluks Attorneys acted for the following blue-chip clients:
5.1 National Lotteries Commission:
The Republic of South African Lottery regulator, assisted with tax, white collar crime,
regulatory issues, litigation matters on illegal lotteries, etc.
5.2 Main Street:
A BEE shareholder in Total SA and Tax litigation against South African Revenue Services
(SARS) involving over R400million Tax disputes.
5.3 South African Police Medical Scheme (Polmed):
Our firm assists Polmed with disputes as well as commercial transactions with the regulator
on a plethora of issues.
Polmed is a R16 billion annual turnover entity.
Contact Details:
Address: Office 1106, 11th Floor, The Leonardo, 75 Maude Street, Sandown, Sandton, 2196
Postnet Suite #13, Private Bag 9976, Sandton, 2146
Tel: +27 (0) 11 568 8330
Fax: +27 (0) 86 666 5249
Email: hello@maluks.com

Patent & Trademark Law Firm of the Year – Taiwan
Rich IP & Co. has a team of attorneys and engineers with deep and varied educational
and experiential backgrounds, providing professional patent and trademark law services in
Taiwan, Chinese Area and worldwide.
Our experts have acted as trainers and educators for local patent examiners, judges, public
prosecutors, and thousands of local patent attorneys, engineers and in-house counselors
since 1992. Our professional capability always give our clients advantages of better quality
services with less service charge as compared with other IP firms in Taiwan and Chinese
area.
Clarice Chen
Specialism:
Patent (in pharmaceuticals, biotech, semiconductor, chemistry, polymer, chemical
engineering, material science, etc.)/trademark prosecution, invalidation/revocation,
infringement analysis, portfolio management and litigation
Education:
National Taiwan University (MS and BS in Chemical Engineering)
Franklin Pierce Law Center, Research in Intellectual Property (IPSI & ALI)
Shih Hsin University (MS in Law)
Professional Positions:
Patent Attorney (1997)
Editor for Taiwan area of Manual for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs and
Trademarks throughout the World (The Brown Book (2005~))
Patent Counselor Assigned by Taiwan Intellectual Property Office for providing pro bono
patent services (1998~)
Experiences:
Review for the Counselor of Lee & Li Attorneys-at-Law Passed (2004)
Principal (2003-2004), Deputy Principal (2002) in Patent and Technology Department of
Lee & Li Attorneys-at-Law
Senior Patent Attorney (1990-2005.3) in Patent and Technology Department of Lee & Li
Attorneys-at-Law
Contact Details:
E-mail: clarice.chen@richip.com
Tel: +886 2 2713-1060 ext. 888

Civil Litigation Law Firm of the Year – British Virgin
Islands
McW. Todman & Co is a law firm founded by the late Dr. McWelling Todman CBE, QC in
1969. The firm is situated on the upper floors of the Todman building at 116 Main Street, the
centre of Road Town, Tortola, the capital of the British Virgin Islands. The late Dr. Todman
was the first native British Virgin Islands to operate a law firm in these islands. Despite his
untimely passing, the firm has retained its roots in the community of the Virgin Islands while
continuing to grow and strive in the fast paced international legal environment that
characterizes the Virgin Islands.
While the firm is ranked as one of the top litigation practices in the Virgin Islands, it also
offers discreet service to clients in corporate formation and management through its wholly
owned subsidiary McNamara Corporate Services Limited.
Contact Details:
McW Todman & Co.
McNamara Chambers
116 Main Street
Road Town, Tortola
P.O Box 3342
Phone: +1 284-494-2810
Practice Areas:
Company law
Banking
Mergers and Acquisitions
Intellectual Property
Civil and Corporate Litigation
Real Estate
Probate
Shipping
Family Law
Personal Injuries
Criminal Litigation
Labour Law
Insolvency
Administrative Law
Debt Collection

Corporate Litigation Law Firm of the Year – Italy
Studio Legale Sutti is an international business law firm headquartered in Italy and active
as well throughout the Balkans, with representative offices in London, Tokyo and Berlin.
The Firm also offers IP agency and business/tax consulting services.
Studio Legale Sutti was founded in 1953 by Dr. Angelo Sutti, Knight of the Italian Republic,
as an Italian law firm with a strong focus on Company-Commercial Law and Intellectual
property & Competition Law, offering its services to local businesses and entrepreneurs.In
the late seventies the Firm began an uninterrupted growth cycle, making it eventually one
of the ten largest independent Italian firms, Thus, the Firm was dramatically reorganised –
profiting also from an early investment in state-of-the-art IT infrastructures – into a
structure based on four firm-wide departments (Company Commercial and Business Public
Law; IP & Competition; Labour; Tax), which is still in place.
All lawyers at Studio Legale Sutti, including those mostly involved with transactional work,
undergo advocacy and litigations continuing education programmes for their entire
careers, and each file is entrusted to an ad hoc team led by a partner and including
lawyers specialising in each relevant angle of the case at hand.
Contact Details:
Studio Legale Sutti http://www.sutti.com
Headquarters: Via Montenapoleone 8 20121 Milan, Italy
Tel. +39 02 76204.1
maildesk@sutti.com

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