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4B Ukraine
International Business Law Firm of the Year – Ukraine
Adly Bellagha & Associates
Investment Law Firm of the Year – Tunisia
ARNECKE SIBETH
Entertainment Law Firm of the Year – Germany
Carsted Rosenberg
Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year - Denmark
Cavendish Corporate Finance
Business Advisory Firm of the Year – UK
Cruz Marcello & Tenefrancia
Alternative Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year – Philippines
Deep & Far
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – Taiwan
DSM Avocats a la Cour
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year - Luxembourg
E.Morace & Co
Professional Liability Law Firm of the Year – Italy
Forgo, Damjanovic & Partners Law Firm
Private Equity Law Firm of the Year - Hungary
GoldGate Lawyers
Corporate Law Firm of the Year – China
Grispo Abogados
Corporate Law Firm of the Year – Argentina
Inal Law Office
Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year – Turkey
Kinstellar
Private Equity Law Firm of the Year – Czech Republic

KPMG
Corporate Finance Accountancy Firm of the Year – Greece
Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo
Arbitration & Litigation Advisor of the Year - Indonesia
Masotti Cassella
International M&A Law Firm of the Year – Italy
McW Todman & Co.
Civil Litigation Law Firm of the Year – British Virgin Islands
Muggenburg, Gorches y Penalosa SC
Energy & Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year – Mexico
Oliver Wyman
M&A Law Firm of the Year - USA
Rajinder Narain & Company
Aviation Law Firm of the Year - India
Romulo
IP Litigation Law Firm of the Year – Philippines
Seward & Kissel LLP
Asset Securitizations Law Firm of the Year – USA
Spadafora De Rosa Law
Tax Law Firm of the Year – Italy
Thomas & Thomas Partners LLP
Most Trusted Licensing Solicitors of the Year – UK
Valente Associati GEB Partners
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year - Italy
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Cross Border Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year – USA
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Private Equity & Strategic Investments Law Firm of the Year – USA
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
David. A. Katz
Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year

Asset Securitizations Law Firm of the Year –
USA
Founded in 1890, with offices in New York, Washington, D.C. and London, Seward & Kissel
is internationally recognized as a leading law firm in the areas of securitization and
structured finance, leveraged finance, hedge funds, private equity, maritime, energy, and
transportation finance. The Firm advises both domestic and international banks in the
Americas, Europe and Asia in various roles in connection with a broad range of domestic
and cross-border financing transactions, secured and unsecured, asset-based, and cash
flow transactions. In addition to representing the full range of participants in the finance
industry, the Firm is one of the largest providers of corporate trust legal services, with
extensive experience representing indenture trustees, security trustees, master servicers,
collateral agents, paying agents, and depositaries.
Seward & Kissel is at the forefront of asset securitization transactions, backed by virtually
every type of asset. In particular, as one of the leading law firms in structuring assetbacked
transactions and CLO structures, the Firm has a unique perspective regarding the
various approaches to credit and liquidity enhancement.
With a long history of developing innovative structures in the asset securitization area,
beginning in 1979 with the establishment of some of the earliest transactions which utilized
bankruptcy remote special purpose vehicles, Seward & Kissel has substantial experience in
transforming new ideas into workable financing vehicles and adapting existing deal
structures to new situations. Our expertise extends to all areas of law associated with the
issuance of asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, including corporate, regulatory,
insurance, bankruptcy, real estate, tax, and derivatives. Seward & Kissel is committed to
providing each client with the highest quality legal services in the most efficient and
responsive manner.
Kalyan (“Kal”) Das is the head of the Global Bank and Institutional Finance & Restructuring
Practice Group at Seward & Kissel. He maintains offices in New York City and London,
England, although he spends most of his time in the Firm’s New York office.
Kal focuses primarily in the areas of structured finance, asset-backed and mortgage-backed
securities transactions, domestic and international banking transactions, project finance,
capital markets, distressed debt trading, second lien financing, institutional finance and
private placements. He represents numerous domestic and international banks, hedge
funds, investors, trustees, servicers and other institutions in all types of domestic and
cross-border financing transactions, including structured financing, CLOs, asset based
lending, fintech lending, ADR/GDR and corporate trust transactions.
Kal is a member of the Board of Directors and Vice President of the New York University
Law School Alumni Association. Kal is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Skidmore
College in Saratoga Springs, New York. In addition, Kal is the President of FISH (London)
Inc., a not-for-profit organization that works with SOAS, London University and ISH
(London) with respect to higher education for deserving students.
Kal is a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of
New York, the New York Bar Association and The Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn,
London, England. He has served as a co-chair of the Annual Meeting of the American
College of Investment Counsel (“ACIC”), and as a panel member for The American
Securitization Forum (ASF), and American Bankers Association (ABA) and Strategic

Research Institute (SRI) conferences and the Practicing Law Institute (PLI) Seminar. He is a
Fellow of the ACIC and was on the Board of Trustees of ACIC until 2007. He has also
conducted numerous in-house training seminars for banks and financial institutions.
Kal is admitted to practice law in New York, the United Kingdom (England & Wales),
Australia and India. He received a Barrister-at-Law degree from The Lincoln’s Inn in 1979
and an LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 1989.
Seward & Kissel provides a one-stop-shop for all of our clients’ banking & finance needs,
and represents many of the world’s leading banks, financial institutions and companies.
The firm represents numerous banks and financial institutions including Deutsche Bank,
US Bank, Citibank, BNY Mellon, Wells Fargo, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, M&T
Bank/Wilmington Trust, HSBC, CIM and SST in numerous matters involving structured
transactions, loan transactions, restructurings/bankruptcies, litigations, new products and
regulatory matters.
Contact Details:
Kalyan “Kal” Das
Partner
Head of the Global Bank and Institutional Finance & Restructuring Practice Group at
Seward & Kissel LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY 10004
212.574.1391
das@sewkis.com

IP Litigation Law Firm of the Year – Philippines
Romulo traces its roots to the law firm of Gibbs, McDonough and Ozaeta, which practiced
law in the Philippines in the early 1900s. Allison D Gibbs was a well-known tax and
corporate lawyer and Charles A McDonough was a name in criminal law practice. Roman A
Ozaeta, who later became a distinguished justice of the Supreme Court, and his son,
Herminio, an outstanding corporate lawyer in his own right, re-established the firm in
1957. The firm underwent several name changes because of a rule limiting the partnership
name to living and active partners (a rule which was subsequently abolished), and
eventually acquired its present name.
The current partners are Ricardo J Romulo and Jose F Buenaventura. One partner,
Exequiel B Javier, is on leave, having been elected as governor of Antique province. In
addition, the firm currently has 98 lawyers.
Romulo is the only Philippine firm with an office in Hong Kong. It provides international
investors with advice on Philippine law and advises Philippine clients on international
transactions. However, it is not permitted to practice Hong Kong law.
Practice Areas:
Banking & Finance
Corporate
Intellectual Property
Labour & Immigration
Litigation & Arbitration
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Project Development & Finance
Real Estate & Natural Resources
Securities
Taxation
Transportation
Contact Details:
21st FLOOR, PHILAMLIFE TOWER, 8767 PASEO DE ROXAS, MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES
Tel: +63 2 848 0114 Fax: +63 2 810 3110
www.romulo.com

Aviation Law Firm of the Year – India
Rajinder Narain & Company is one of the oldest solicitors and advocates firm in Delhi, having
come into existence in the year 1950. The firm was the first to be registered with the newly
formed Supreme Court of India and was allotted Chamber No. 1 in Supreme Court precincts.
It operates out of a well-equipped and technologically advanced offices in New Delhi, and has
associate lawyers in all commercially significant cities of India.
The firm has the unique distinction of having two of its founding partners elevated as chief
justices and two others elected as President and the Honorary Secretary of the High Court
and Supreme Court Bar Association. Mr. P. L. Vohra the founding partners was the president
of Delhi High Court Bar Association for a continuous period of 3 years. The firm now has
about 25 lawyers including partners and associates at various levels. As it gazes back at the
last 50 years of its existence, the firm has a reason to feel pride in its lineage and satisfaction
at its work and reputation. Today the firm’s legacy is upheld by a dedicated team of lawyers
who excel in their fields of practice and are so recognised and who have at their command,
the state of art technology, office facilities and an extensive library.
Ravi Nath, managing partner, was the first Indian to be the president of the Inter-Pacific Bar
Association and chair of the IBA aviation committee. He is on the legal advisory panel to the
Aviation Working Group and on IBA’s credentials committee. He has a BCom and an LLB in
international and competition law from King’s College London, and a PIL from Harvard.
He frequently advise major, leading lessors, manufacturers and others concerned with
aviation finance and structuring transactions. Almost all major banks and lessors are clients
including the Exim Bank of the USA, Canada and Japan; export credit agencies in Europe;
Aercap; Avolon; Apollo; BBAM; Aircastle; Orix and equipment manufacturers such as Boeing,
Airbus, Pratt & Whitney, CFM, Rolls-Royce and so on.
A second area of advice is the regulatory aspect of civil aviation: cross-border taxation and
matters relating to aviation authority; the Cape Town Convention; Aircraft Protocol and the
International Registry, and others.
The third and final area of practice in aviation law is litigation/dispute resolution:
enforcement proceedings in Indian and foreign courts, and before the regulatory authorities.
Contact Details:
Maulseri House
7, Kapashera Estate
New Delhi - 110 037
India
Cell:+91.9811027193
Tel: +91.11.4122.5000
Fax:+91.11.4122.5001
Email: ravi.nath@rnclegal.com
www.rnclegal.com

Arbitration & Litigation Advisor of the Year –
Indonesia
Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo (LGS) was founded in 1985 by Timbul Thomas Lubis,
Mohamed Idwan (‘Kiki’) Ganie and Arief Tarunakarya Surowidjojo. LGS specializes
in both Commercial Transactions and Commercial Disputes, including criminal
law. As well as helping to put the deal together we can also help to prevent or solve
problems in its implementation.
Our lawyers are specialized in confirming what the legal problem is, but do not
leave the solution to the client, they are also trained to suggest commercial
solutions to what has started as a legal problem or legal solutions to what has
started as commercial problems.
Mohamed Idwan (‘Kiki’) Ganie is the Managing Partner of Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo
(LGS). He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Indonesia and
holds a PhD in Law from the University of Hamburg. Dr. Ganie is a Chairman of
the Association of Indonesian Anti-Trust Lawyers, a member of the Regional Panel
of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), and a fellow (FSIarb) of the
Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.
Dr. Ganie has more than 30 years of legal experience, and specializes in
commercial transactions and commercial litigation, including alternative dispute
resolution and has acted as an expert in a number court and arbitration
proceedings. His expertise covers general corporate/company law, banking law,
finance, bankruptcy and restructuring, mining, investment, acquisitions,
infrastructure projects/project finance, antitrust, and shipping/aviation, with a
particular focus on corporate governance and compliance.
Founding Partners:
Mr. Timbul Thomas Lubis heads the Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo litigation section. Mr.
Lubis specialises in commercial transactions and company law, as well as labour,
property and real estate law.
Dr. Mohamed Idwan Ganie is the Managing Partner of Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo. Dr.
Ganie specializes in commercial transactions and commercial dispute resolution,
and has a focus on corporate governance.
Mr. Arief Tarunakarya Surowidjojo specializes in corporate law and has acted as
the lead lawyer in hundreds of IPOs, rights issues and other capital market
transactions, and more than 100 M&A deals.
Partners:
Mr. Abdul Haris Muhammad Rum’s field of expertise includes general corporate,
restructuring, capital markets, M&A, project finance, syariah, and oil and gas law.

Mr. Harjon Sinaga has a strong general corporate background and specializes in
commercial litigation, concentrating in the fields of bankruptcy and antitrust.
Mr. Rofik Sungkar’s practice focuses on litigation, debt restructuring and general
corporate law.
Ms. Dini Retnoningsih specialises in corporate transactions.
Mr. Mochamad Fajar Syamsualdi specialises in M&A.
Mr. Ahmad Jamal Assegaf specialises in restructuring, investment, M&A, and
telecommunications.
LGS has experience representing a diverse range of clients, including domestic and
multinational corporations, public and private companies, Government
instrumentalities and State Owned Enterprises.
Dr. Ganie’s international commercial transaction and litigation clients include:
Goldman Sachs (US), Temasek Holdings (Singapore), Hutchison Whampoa (Hong
Kong) and Mitsui (Japan).
Clients are increasingly looking for stability (or better: sustainability) and strategic
direction. We have made it our mission not only to service existing but also
anticipated client needs. We are therefore skilled not only to advice what the "the
law says", but also what the clients could or should do to solve the legal aspects of
a legal or commercial problem or to support our Clients' strategic direction.
In three years’ time we see the firm to have achieved its mission to be the
Indonesian firm with the largest transaction and dispute resolution division and
with the largest network of branch offices throughout Indonesia to provide not only
expertise on central government laws, regulations and policies, but also regional
laws, regulations and policies, and to provide assistance wherever the legal issues
arise within Indonesia. All that with a view to increase value, to be more effective
and cost efficient for the benefit of our clients and also to assist other firms who
require legal services in the region (provinces) of Indonesia.
Contact Details:
Dr. Mohamed Idwan (‘Kiki’) Ganie
Managing Partner
Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo
Address:
Menara Imperium 30th Floor
Jl. H. R. Rasuna Said Kav. 1 Kuningan
Jakarta 12980, Indonesia
Tel: +62 21 831-5005, 831-5025
Fax: +62 21 831-5015, 831-5018
Email: ganie@lgslaw.co.id
Website: www.lgsonline.com

Corporate Finance Accountancy Firm of the Year—Greece
KPMG in Greece is member of the global KPMG network of professional
services firms. With a presence in Greece since 1971, we are 400
outstanding local professionals providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services,
to help our clients meet their goals. Our team combines cumulatively over
100 years of expertise related to various industries and areas of expertise,
such as investment banking, industrial companies, audit, tax and legal,
thus being able to source the ideal experts for each engagement in order to
deliver a unique and value added service to the client.
The corporate finance practice of KPMG Greece has served as a pioneering
advisor to a large number of clients and decision makers including global
corporations in the retail/consumer goods industry, manufacturing,
telecoms, banking, infrastructure and pharmaceuticals. Services offered
include M&A, Valuations, Capital Raising, Restructuring, and Structured
Financial Modelling as well as Private Equity Advisory services. KPMG’s
corporate finance arm has been among the leading advisory firms to be
appointed as advisors to the Hellenic Republic in advising them in
privatizations and restructuring projects. Our Corporate Finance practice is
led by professionals having a vast combined experience of over 30 years in
advisory and investment banking practices.
Certain macroeconomic conditions in Greece have driven many companies
in financial difficulties and indebtedness. In this context, companies have to
strive dealing with correlated difficulties such as high unemployment, low
private consumption, lack of liquidity, low investing appetite, real estate
properties devaluation and increased corporate taxation.
KPMG has met each client’s expectation in a very challenging and
demanding environment, where creativity is also required when taking all
these factors in consideration when providing the best advice to our clients.
Indicative List of Clients we have worked with recently, include:
Forthnet S.A. (listed telco)
Power Public Corporation
National Bank of Greece
Ilva Group
A leading resorts operator (undisclosed)
Eurobank SA

Starbulk (NASDAQ listed company)
Hellenic Republic – restructuring and privatization projects
Delhaize Group
Goodyear Hellas
Dromeus Capital
We normally build our solutions based on our previous experience in similar
cases, and are flexible enough to draw on the relevant expertise outside our
organization when required. That being said, we do also deliver tailor made
services to meet our clients’ objectives in very complex projects.
The local market will be highly affected by the progress in the political scene
and the results of the elections which are to take place by the end of
January. The debate for the so-called “Gr-exit” has come up again, but we
believe that a smoother solution will prevail.
Assuming that no macroeconomic accident will occur in 2015, we will
continue to grow the Corporate Finance practice with a focus on the most
promising sectors of the Greek economy such as tourism, the financial
sector and telecommunications. Debt restructuring and refinancing issues
will continue to be of priority within 2015 too.
Contact Details
KPMG Greece
Thanos Tsotsoros
Director,
Financial Advisory Services, Head of Corporate Finance & Restructuring.
atsotsoros@kpmg.gr
tel. + 30 210 60 62 100

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, in 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
P.O. Box 3342
Road Town, Tortola
Email: mail@mctodman.com
Phone: +1 284-494-2810
Practice Areas:
Company & Commercial law
Banking
Mergers and Acquisitions
Intellectual Property
Civil and Corporate Litigation
Real Estate
Wills, Estate Planning & Succession
Shipping
Family Law
Personal Injuries
Employment Law
Insolvency
Administrative Law
Debt Collection

Corporate Law Firm of the Year – Argentina
We are a leading corporate law firm that provides innovative and effective legal
solutions to companies of various specialties and fields.
We foster a pioneering culture based on high performance, teamwork and results
orientation, aligning legal advice with the objectives of our clients.
JORGE DANIEL GRISPO born in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires on
December 10, 1965, is a nationally recognized lawyer specialized in corporate law,
advising and representing companies of various specialties and fields, with a
profuse academic and professional activity.
He is a member of the Argentine Institute of Commercial Law and publishes
periodic publications in the main legal media in the country, such as La Ley, El
Derecho, Abogados.com, Errepar, Rubinzal-Culzoni, among the most prominent.
He is a lecturer and has participated as an exhibitor in numerous academic events
of his specialty.
He began his law studies at the Universidad del Salvador School of Law, obtaining
the title of lawyer on September 28, 1993. Later, he completed a master's degree in
Business Law at the Austral University, obtaining the title of “Magister in Business
Law”, the December 18, 1995, University in which, later did a Postmaster with
specialization in Corporate Law.
In October 2002, he graduated as a “Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Legal
Studies” from Pacific Western University, Los Angeles, California. Later he
continued his studies obtaining a master’s degree in Business Administration at
the Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA). In 2008 he completed a specialization in
Small and Medium Business Management (DPME) at the IAE (Institute of High
Business Studies of the Austral University).
His academic career led him to be a professor of Commercial Law, Bankruptcy Law,
Commercial Societies, Strategy of the Loyal Department and Corporate Dynamics,
both in undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Buenos Aires, at
the Austral University, at the Catholic University. Argentina and in other
prestigious private universities in the Argentine Republic.
Contact Details:
Tucumán 637, 3 ° (CABA)
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
studio@estudiogrispo.com.ar

Professional Liability Law Firm of the Year – Italy
E.Morace&Co. is the product of an old tradition based on the principles of passion, competence, hard work,
and client satisfaction since 1938.
They work with passion and take full care of the Clients’ position, interests and targets suggesting the best
solution to their needs. Working internationally, E.Morace&Co. team is composed by lawyers with foreign
experiences and different specializations who speak Italian, English, Spanish, French and German.
The Law Firm has always been operating mainly in Maritime, Insurance and Transport Law but over the years,
the practice gradually expanded now including: Accident & Personal Injury; Administrative & Antitrust; Banking
& Finance; Professional Liability; Tax; Civil Law; Collections & Asset Recovery; Marine Insurance; Yacht &
Superyacht; Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Criminal Law & Defence; Employment & Labour; Commercial &
Corporate; Insurance & Reinsurance; Family Law; Intellectual Property; Shipping & Offshore; Real Estate.
Marco Morace is a Partner and head of the insurance and reinsurance team at E.Morace&Co. He graduated in
Law from the University of Naples "Federico II" and joined the firm in 2003. Prior to this he worked for the
legal department of P&G in Rome, had an internship with a leading London insurer and was a visiting lawyer
with international law firms in London.
Marco’s areas of expertise are: accident and personal injury, insurance counter-fraud, reinsurance, insurance
and commercial litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property, marine insurance, professional liability,
shipping and offshore, yachts & superyachts.
Our Firm is a legal boutique of excellence and we work every day to maintain high standards of quality and
care in the services we offer. This is a very demanding challenge, especially considering that we have to
compete with mega firms.
In order to better assist our international clients with interests in Italy, we opened our new office in Milan on
1st April 2019.
Our future target is to develop the insurance as well as the corporate and M&A practice thanks also to our
Milan office, headed by our local partner Mr. De Biasi who is a Professor of Corporate and Capital Markets
Law.
We trust we will have another excellent business season.
We always try to achieve the best result for the Client and build with him a strong business relationship.
Our Clients love our:
Care – we work hard to advise our Clients as soon as possible within the same day from our instruction or
within 1 business day at latest with a preliminary advice;
Flexibility – we are keen to discuss with our Clients on fees considering that the reason of our instruction is
always to achieve the best result for the Client, not the best opportunity for the Firm;

Transparency – any Client wants to keep legal costs and budgets under control especially in litigation; we
always keep our Clients up to date on case developments and costs so that they can check their budget needs
are met;
Update - working internationally, with Clients based around the world we are aware of the absolute
importance of comprehensively updating the Client promptly as soon as there is a development on its case /
file.
We have recently acted on behalf of an extra-EU shipping company in a dispute against the Italian Customs
Authority successfully so far. The dispute referred to the exemption on excise duties in relation to a supply of
bunker made by our Client, whose ship was moored at an operational dock with the crew on board.
Specifically, the Customs Authority first granted the exemption and then revoked the previous permit, by
requesting the payment of the excise duties.
Additionally, we have recently assisted an Italian company specialised in providing software solutions for
booking and ticketing online in the negotiation of a software agreement with an international shipping
company.
We are regularly appointed by leading international insurers and reinsurers to protect their interests in
professional liability claims in Italy.
Recently, we have been appointed to represent Lloyd’s Underwriters in a 60 ML claim brought by the
Receivership of one of the most famous Italian fashion group that went bankrupt in 2016.
Contact Details:
m.morace@morace.com
Office: +39 081 0145 607
Website: www.morace.com

Alternative Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year –
Philippines
Mr. Simeon V. Marcelo, in 1979, graduated among the top of his law class in
University of the Philippines and placed No. 5 in the bar examinations. With big
corporations, then President Ramos and other prominent individuals as clients, he
had distinguished himself as a topnotch litigator after twenty years of private
practice of law. He caught national public attention during the 2000 impeachment
proceedings against President Estrada when he was selected to present the
prosecution’s star witness. In February 2001, he was appointed as Solicitor
General. Having won all of his major cases, he is considered one of the most
successful Solicitors General. This led to his appointment in October 2002 as the
youngest head of the country’s independent anti-corruption body. Despite severe
lack of resources, he was able to pursue an effective crusade against corruption,
earning praises from local and foreign media. The Washington Post stated that Mr.
Marcelo actively pursued a crusade “taking on the most powerful vested and
entrenched interests in a country that perennially ranks among the worlds’ most
corrupt xxx”; “targeting the most corrupt agencies, daring to prosecute even
members of the historically untouchable military.” (10 June 2005, at page A14) He
led the prosecution team that secured the historical first-ever criminal conviction of
a President.
In January 2008, he returned to private practice with two publications describing
him as “perhaps the country’s best litigator”. Immediately, he was engaged as
counsel of top corporations and even by the Central Bank to prosecute the persons
responsible for the biggest bank fraud case in the country’s history. Since then, he
won many major legal victories, particularly at the Supreme Court. Just last year,
he again led his team in winning a multi-billion case in the Supreme Court.
In 2013-2014, he served with an ICC Arbitral Tribunal that resolved two related
disputes that arose from allegations of corruption. The following year, he headed
the panel that secured a favorable award in an important construction arbitration
dispute. Subsequently, he became the Chairman of the Tribunal that handled a
very significant international arbitration case. Incidentally, he handled his first
arbitration case in 1984 and was a founding trustee of the Philippine Dispute
Resolution Center, Inc. in 1996.
From 2008-2014, he served as a member of the World Bank’s highly-prominent
Independent Advisory Board.
He was President of the Philippine Bar Association from 2009-2010, the oldest,
largest voluntary organization of lawyers. The University of the Philippines Alumni
Association conferred upon him the 2013 Centennial Year’s Distinguished Alumni
Award in Public Service.

Currently, he serves as legal counsel in high-profile cases in various courts,
including the Supreme Court, aside from being active in arbitration and the
crusade for good governance.
Fifteen partners led by former Presidential Legal Counsel/Secretary of National
Defense Avelino J. Cruz, Jr. and former Solicitor General/Ombudsman Simeon V.
Marcelo, name partners of their former law office, founded Cruz Marcelo &
Tenefrancia (CMTLAW) to establish a lasting legal institution anchored on
professionalism, meritocracy, excellence, innovation and mutual respect. Its
leadership is rich in experience in the public/private sectors as well as in
international organizations (e.g., World Bank and Asian Development Bank).
Consequently, CMTLaw is deeply committed to delivering the best legal services to
help its clients attain optimum business success, as well as contribute to national
building. Now, CMTLaw has twenty partners.
CMTLaw’s lawyers have three decades of experience in Litigation & Alternative
Dispute Resolution, Corporation & Special Projects, Mining & Natural Resources,
Energy, Infrastructure Transportation & Public Utilities, Intellectual Property, and
Taxation. By matching arduous training with expansive experience (which also
enables it to attract top legal talents), CMTLaw delivers tailored solutions to its
broad spectrum of clients that includes established conglomerates, leading banking
and financial institutions, multinational corporations and even entire industries
and government regulatory institutions like the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Apart from what was just mentioned above, the Firm has unmatched experience in
all aspects of the Philippine legal system, including court litigation, alternative
dispute resolution, government and infrastructure programs, intellectual property,
corporate structures and anti-corruption initiatives. This experience comes from
almost thirty years in legal practice of the Firm’s lawyers. Our founding partners
also have the unique distinction of having served in the highest position of
government with Atty. Avelino J. Cruz, Jr. as Secretary of Defense and Chief
Presidential Legal Counsel, Simeon V. Marcelo as Ombudsman and Solicitor
General, and Joe Nathan P. Tenefrancia as the Head of the Legal department of the
Office of the President. Other Partners have also served in top positions in
government. This experience, which has been imparted to other members of the
Firm, has allowed us a unique understanding of the Philippine legal system and
allows our Firm to serve our clients most effectively.
The Firm is managed by its Management Committee headed by the Managing
Partner and Chairman, Mr. Joe Nathan P. Tenefrancia (a Name Partner); Mr.
Manuel L. Manaligod, Jr., Vice-Chairman; Chief Finance Officer, Ms. Susan D.
Villanueva; Secretary, Ms. Aida Araceli G. Roxas-Rivera and three (3) Members, Ms.
Patricia A. O. Bunye (Senior Partner), Mr. Rodel A. Cruz (Senior Partner) and Mr.
Pancho G. Umali (representative of the Junior Partners). The different practice
groups of the Firm are supervised by their respective Department Heads.
Contact Details:
CRUZ MARCELO & TENEFRANCIA
Simeon V. Marcelo – Founding Partner
9th, 10th, 11th & 12th Floor, One Orion Tower
11th Avenue corner University Parkway
Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City 1634 Metro Manila, Philippines

Business Advisory Firm of the Year – UK
For nearly 30 years, Cavendish has only acted for business owners. In the last past year,
we have advised on the sale of 19 businesses, helping proprietors achieve the best possible
price for their companies, finding new owners who can take those businesses forward and
accelerate their growth and performance.
Understanding the range of businesses and technologies to a micro level is the challenge we
at Cavendish have set ourselves. Helping us achieve this objective are our specialist team
led by experts with backgrounds in fields such as engineering and finance together with
years spent in corporate finance.
Our entrenched expertise in so many subsectors is matched by unrivalled contacts with
leading UK and multinationals. In addition, we can leverage centres of excellence within
Oaklins such as the oil and gas team in Dallas, our aerospace team in Seattle or the
automotive and aerospace hub in Germany.
Oaklins is the world’s most experience mid-market M&A advisor. Over the last 5 years,
Oaklins specialists have closed over 1,500 deals involving industry specialists, taking a
global view and leveraging our deep local connections.
The relationships across the alliance underpin our commitment to continuous investment
in innovation, leadership and the incorporation of best practices from across all of our
business activities.
To achieve such success, in a challenging market wrestling with the challenges of Brexit, we
have developed an unrivalled knowledge of potential buyer pools and established teams of
sector specialists, who are recognised authorities in their areas offering business owners
expert advice on the best preparation, strategy and likely buyers to ensure a successful
sale. Utilising our international network of M&A advisors we have continued to source
overseas buyers, who typically pay a premium for UK businesses – about half of the
companies we sold last year were to international buyers.
There are almost no other firms that operate in the corporate finance arena that have the
sole purpose of selling businesses; most represent buyers as well and this invariably begs
the question by astute owners of business, are our advisors completely aligned with us?
For nearly 30 years, Cavendish’s answer has been unequivocally “yes”.
Contact Details:
Company: Cavendish Corporate Finance
Email: info@cavendish.com
Web Address: www.cavendish.com
Address: 40 Portland Place, London W1B 1NB
Telephone: 020 7908 600

Entertainment Law Firm of the Year – Germany
ARNECKE SIBETH is an independent law firm with 35 partners and more than 100
attorneys at four locations: Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin and Dresden. It ranks among the top
legal service providers in Germany.
We offer comprehensive legal services in selected practice areas and sectors. We call this
approach focused full service.
Our specialists are organised in six strong practice groups which are fully integrated across
the locations and are working together closely as a team.
●Corporate / M&A / Tax
●Real Estate
●Public Law
●Employment
●IP/IT/Commercial (with sports + media)
●Transportation / aviation / logistics
Our Corporate/M&A Practice is highly valued both domestically and in cross-border
transactions. In the area of Real Estate and Construction/Engineering we can boast one of
the most successful and largest teams in Germany. Many of our professionals working in
the areas of Public Law and IP/IT/Commercial have received multiple awards. We are
leading experts in the Law of Transportation, Aviation and Logistics and our TAL practice
enjoys high acclaim internationally.
We advise multinational groups as well as medium-sized enterprises in various industry
sectors, both domestically and in cross border matters. We have an excellent international
network. Our carefully selected partners Meritas and Interlaw offer access to first class
attorneys in all important legal systems who share our comprehensive approach to legal
services and meet the high expectations of our clients.
At our firm you will deal with partners directly – throughout the entire project. Teams will
be set up in the size as required. We can also handle complex matters with
multidisciplinary and well integrated teams. Always under the clear leadership of a partner
who keeps a watchful eye on the matter and stays in close contact with the client.
We take pride in providing services. It takes more than just legal considerations to find the
right entrepreneurial decision. Therefore we offer “more than law”. It is our ambition to take
a 360-degree look at the picture and thus to have a clear view of all facets of a topic.
Contact Details:
ARNECKE SIBETH, FRANKFURT
HAMBURGER ALLEE 4 (WESTENDGATE)
60486 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Tel.: +49 69 979885-0
E-Mail: Frankfurt@ArneckeSibeth.com

Adly Bellagha
Adly Bellagha and Associates
Investment Law Firm of the Year – Tunisia
Adly Bellagha & Associates is a leading firm established in various fields of work, and its excellent
practice is ranked in the LEGAL 500 EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA, Chambers UK, IFLR 1000,
the Centre for International Legal Studies, the Global IP and the World Bank.
The firm was primarily founded in 1952 by Lamine Bellagha, the firm was focused on the Stateowned
entities requiring economic and commercial advises, as well as international clients for audit
and arbitration (banks; insurance companies; oil and gas companies) and act both as counsellors and
litigators and is mainly oriented on all aspects of the law of contract, administrative and criminal
litigations and has a solid presence in corporate and securities regulations.
The Firm today is led by Adly Bellagha and the team which include Madame Hend Ben Achour,
Madame Faiza Telissi, Maître Ismail Ben Farhat, and Maître Yassin El Hafi
is proactive with commercial responsive & practical approach and ability to handle deals under
pressure.
Management Specialist Areas:
Hend Ben Achour:
Intellectual property:
Copyright
Trademark law
License agreements
Faiza Tellissi:
Privatizations
Audit
Arbitration
Yassin El Hafi:
Tax law
Insurance companies
Ismail Ben Farhat:
Law of contract
Administrative
Criminal Litigations
Due to the political situation whereby on July 25, 202 the President of the Republic suspended the
Parliament and a new constitution has been enacted in July 2022, the firm faced political instability

that brought the Administration to slow the procedures fearing on accusation of corruption. This
delayed their business but working internationally, this did not create insurmountable difficulties but
delays that impacted their business reactivity toward their clients.
Contact Details:
Company Practice Areas:
• Corporate and commercial
• Privatisation
• Dispute resolution
• Projects and energy
• Regulatory
• Employment
• Tax
• Foreign direct investment
• Litigation and arbitration
• Asset finance/securitisation
• Aviation
• Insolvency/corporate restructuring
• Banking and finance
• Insurance
• Capital markets
• Intellectual property
• Commercial property/real estate
• • Mergers and acquisitions
• Construction
• Private client and trusts
•Competition and EU
• E-commerce
• Shipping and transport
Media and entertainment
Adly Bellagha and Associates
Address: 126 Rue Radhia Haddad –Tunis 1000- Tunisia.
Telephone: +216 71 329 117
Email: a.bellagha@gnet.tn

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.
Area of Practice: Intellectual Property, including patent, trademark, copyright and trade
secret.
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 50% of the patent-experienced companies
in that park have ever entrusted their IPR works to this firm.
Experiences:
Mr. Yu-Li Tsai, a patent attorney graduated from Department of Electrical Engineering of
National Taiwan University (NTUEE), which is the best engineering school in Taiwan.
Because of interest in communication system, he then attended in the Graduate Institute of
Communication Engineering (GICE) of NTU. During his research life in GICE, he also
started to get involved in knowledge and skills of patent-related matters for taking and
receiving the qualification of patent attorney. Mr. Tsai also attended to receive an IP master
from Law School of University of New Hampshire, also known as Franklin Pierce Center for
Intellectual Property, had an internship with InterDigital, Inc., and passed the U.S. Patent
Bar Examination. Currently, Mr. Tsai is working for Deep & Far Attorneys-at-Law as a
patent attorney.
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 well-believed that such properties are key factors for peoples to
properly and competently behave themselves. Because the clients become more understood
in the knowledge of IP and more budget-sensitive, they usually want to select an agent who
can more efficiently and effectively deal with their IP matters. They often invite bids, set out
tenders and call for interview before they decide to entrust a service provider. Taking
patent for example, they gather information of costs for patent prosecution, previous works,
and firm introduction materials in a preliminary choice stage, and hold an interview to

obtain further details of the firm which has passed the preliminary choice stage. We
represent international giants, e.g. InterDigital, MPS, Schott Glas, Toyo Ink, Motorola,
Cypress, Google, Armani.
We always keep updating the newest state of this firm, recruiting elite patent engineers and
strictly training them the essential skills, improving the efficiency and quality of service,
and developing new strategies that can assist the clients effectively protecting their
intellectual property rights. This firm believes that if the efficiency, quality, and enthusiasm
of the services can be consistently monitored and maintained, overcoming complexities,
challenges or changes is just a result rather than an issue.
Our aspiration and directions would be developing more potential clients either in domestic
or foreign countries, and expanding the size of this firm to assist more clients in pursuing
most satisfactory IP protection. Although the domestic IP market, especially in the patent
field in 2013 shrank a little, we expect this situation may finally change because there is a
phenomenon that the gross economy is starting to recover in 2014.
Contact Details:
Deep & Far
Yu-Li. Tsai
Tel: 886-2-25856688#900
Fax: 886-2-25989900//886-2-25978989
Add: 13th Fl., 27 Sec. 3, Chung San N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan
Web: www.deepnfar.com.tw
Email: lawtsai@deepnfar.com.tw

International Business Law Firm of the Year –
Ukraine
4B Ukraine is law firm with HQ in Kyiv, Ukraine, specialized in international trade
and eCommerce industries.
The firm was established in 2014 with main aim: to help Ukrainian business with
developing in international market. Ukraine has a lot of manufacturers who want
to sell their products in other countries. Some of them found Amazon, Etsy and
other eCommerce marketplaces, so they decided to help them with understanding
of foreign markets, requirements and rules. During last few years some of their
clients received a good offers for M&A, and in period of 2021 and 2022 (in the
period of war) the team helped to close over 10 M&A deals.
The last year,2022, is a year of total changes for Ukrainian business. First of all,
since February 24 4B Ukraine insured that the team and their family members
were in safe places, after they made contact with each client and continued with
supporting them. Despite the state of war, the clients are developing their business.
In 2022 4B Ukraine accompanied and closed 7 M&A deals. This fact is a
confirmation – Ukrainian market is alive.
4B Ukraine have overcome all the challenges over the last year with their team and
clients. It is a very big success when your team and clients works together to
achieve common goal. And they have such success.
Management:
Andrii Matyash – Managing partner, attorney, expert in eCommerce, corporate and
tax law.

Tetiana Stoliar – partner, expert in financial, tax and management accounting,
DipIFR, VAT (EU)and Sales Tax (USA) specialist.
Volodymyr Bezditnyi – partner, attorney, expert in M&A, financial and corporate
law.
Contact Details:
4B Ukraine
Kyiv
Parkovo-Syretska str, 4b
v.bezditny@4b.ua

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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