general counsels awards - International Legal Alliance Summit

general counsels awards - International Legal Alliance Summit

AWA R D S
2000 One-to-One Alliance Meetings
held & the worldwide Legal Leaders rewarded
Paris, June 25th 2012 and members of international associations of corporate and tax counsels was formed. The Jury made
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On 14 June 2012 the International Legal
their decisions on the basis of their professional exAlliance Summit & Awards gathered 550 ma- perience as well as on the selective application forms
naging partners, General Counsels and leading pro- provided by the distinguished departments.
fessionals of the legal field from over 50 countries.
The International Legal Awards ceremony on
In just one day, the participants had the opportunity June 14th recognized the best independent law firms
to run One-to-One Alliance meetings, applaud the from their domestic markets and countries with 26
best Law, Tax and Intellectual Property departments categories.
during the International General Counsels Awards The process to elect the best firms began 6 months
at lunch, hear well-known speakers on 4 confe- prior to the event and engaged a panel of 145 jury
rence sessions, and celebrate the best performing members composed of exclusively active General
independent law firms during the International Legal Counsels with extensive expertise in their respective
markets and countries. The nomination process was
Awards ceremony in the evening.
based on suggestions made by the jury and internaLeaders League, the organizer of the summit, is an tional rankings. In order to establish the Gold Award
independent information provider with an office in winner, the nominated firms filled in a submission
Paris. Its main three fields of expertise are Strategy, document which was presented to the jury that noFinance and Law. A long lasting French reference with ted the firms and decided the winners.
the “Decideurs” magazine, it also operates internationally through intelligence reports and prestigious Please see below and attached a presentation of the
2012 Gold Award Winners along with the jury
international events.
members, partners and sponsors.
This year, the International Legal Alliance Summit &
Awards was proud to present the first edition of its For more information about the event or to partiExperts Insights panel sessions.
cipate in the International Legal Alliance
Trough 4 conferences, top management executives
Summit & Awards 2013 please visit our webshared their most valuable experiences, knowledge
site www.ilasummit.com and do not hesitate to
and analysis.
contact us.
The International General Counsel Awards
2012, second edition of a successful ceremony,
rewarded the best European General Counsels and
the best international Tax and Intellectual Property
Departments.
In order to elect the Gold Award winners, a high quality and distinguished Jury panel of General Counsels
Contact
Richard Veyrac
Project Manager, Leaders League
Office: +33 (0)1 43 92 93 79
Fax: +33 (0)1 43 92 93 95
rveyrac@leadersleague.com
JURY MEMBERS
We would like to express our deep gratitude to all the Juries who got involved in the process of pre
selection and appointment of the silver and gold award winners.
Their knowledge and experience contribute to the seriousness and reliability of our Awards.
ILASA JURY MEMBERS
Nassib Abou-Khalil, General Counsel Middle East, Yahoo!
Valentin Alexandru, Head of Legal, McDonald’s
Maria Jesús Alonso, Vice President, ACC Europe
Ann-Sophie Anderberg, General Counsel Nordics, GE Money Bank
Cecilia Aquino-Labre, Associate Legal Counsel, Petrobras Netherlands BV
Sergei Avramov, General Counsel, BNP Paribas
Juan Azel, Head of Legal, Private Banking (Americas), Standard Chartered Bank
Michal Balabanow, Director - ECM & Corporate Finance Department, General Counsel, PKO BP Securities
Pedro Pablo Barragan, Associate General Counsel, Grupo Bimbo
François Basdevant, Merger & Aquisition Director, Vivendi
Arnaud Bensoussan, General Counsel, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
Emiliano Berti, Senior Counsel, Commercial Europe, General Electric Power Conversion
Marten Bezemer, Associate General Counsel EMEA, Plantronics BV
Santiago Boccardo, Head of Legal, Austral American Region, Nestlé
Ray Bonci, Senior Legal Counsel &Compliance Advisor, EADS
Gonzalo Braceras, General Counsel, Standard Bank Argentina
Grainne Brankin, International Legal Director, CBS Outdoor International
Esteban Buldú Freixa, Deputy General Counsel, Camper
Nilhan Buyurgan, Former Legal Counsel, Sabanci Holding
Clovis Camargo, President of the General Counsels’ Committee, Amcham Brazil
Marilù Capparelli, Senior Counsel - Head of Google Legal Affairs, Google
Olivier Caremans, Vice President and General Counsel EMEIA, Ingersoll Rand International
Savino Casamassima, General Counsel, Santander Consumer Bank
Jean Cattaruzza, Head Legal Department, ING Belgium
Sameer Chugh, Head Legal - M&A and General Counsel, Essar Telecom
Ray Clinton, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Hagar Cohen, Legal Counsel, Ness Technologies Israel Ltd.
Jacobo Cohen Imach, Vice President General Counsel - Government Relations, MercadoLibre.com
Stephane Collinet, European Legal Counsel - Southern Europe, CIT Group Inc.
Gonzalo M. Cornejo, Vice President and Associate General Counsel Latin America and Caribbean, GlaxoSmithKline
Gloria Dagnini, General Counsel, Corporate Activities, Legal Coordination, Eni Group
Danièle Dardy, Legal Director, Johnson Controls
Vincent de Dorlodot, General Counsel, RTL Group
Aline de Almada Messias, General Counsel, Samsung
Daniel Desjardins, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Bombardier
Benjamin Dornic, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Lafarge S.A
Shruti Dvivedi Sodhi, Director-Legal, Colt Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
Tijen Enon, Legal Director, Samsung Electronics
Yasemin Erden, Former Vice President Legal Counsel, Rhea Asset Management
Elena Fedotova, Chief Compliance Officer, Vimpelcom
JURY MEMBERS
Barry Fisher, Vice President General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, SAP Canada Inc.
Catherine Fox, General Counsel, Hediard
Jacques Gaboury, Associate General Counsel and Executive Director, CBC
Marie G. Gauchenot, Vice President & General Counsel, Novus Aviation Services S.A.
Jean-Marie Gauvain, Vice President & General Counsel, Suez Environnement
Francesco Giobbe, Group General Counsel, MBDA
Marisol Gonzales Ortega Roque, Director Legal Affairs Mexico, Ford Motor Company
Ralph Gonzales, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, American Life Insurance
Laurent Gravier, Deputy General Counsel, Keolis
Christine Guerrier, Vice President General Counsel Disputes Resolution & Litigation, Thales
Dominique Haudiquert, General Counsel, Dexia
Harald Hoelder, General Counsel & Director of Contracts, Honeywell
Nicolas Hubert, Global Legal Counsel, Bayer Environmental Science
Andre Jerome, General Counsel, Vodafone India Services Private
Buse Pinar Kaçar, Legal Manager, ING Bireysel Emeklilik
Ian Kayanakis, Group Vice President Legal, Technip
Anthony Kenny, Chief Counsel Europe, The Boston Consulting Group UK LLP
Ortal Klein, Legal Advisor, Alon Israel Oil Company Ltd
Maurice Kuitems, Managing General Counsel, Fluor Corporation
Amitabh Lal Das, Senior Legal Director & General Counsel, Yahoo! India
Iohann Le Frapper, Vice President & General Counsel Networks Group, Alcatel-Lucent
Geraldine Le Maire, General Counsel, GE Real State
Elli Levinson-Sela, Former General Counsel and Corporate secretary, Blue Square-israel Ltd
Randall Lewis, Associate General Counsel Asia Pacific, Danone
Colin Loth, Director of Legal, Robert Walters
David Mace Roberts, Associate General Counsel, Samsung
Marielle Marichy, Senior Legal Counsel, Thales SA
Ten Marina, General Counsel, Femco
Todd Martin, Vice President, Associate General Counsel, CoreLogic
Gustavo Martinez, Director Legal Affairs, Ban
Andrade Martinez Roberto, Legal Director, Telefonica Mexico
Balázs Máthé, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, Margyar Telekom
Tom Melbye Eide, Head of Legal Global Strategy and Business Development, Statoil Hydro ASA
June Mesrie, Director, Shilton Sharpe Quarry
Huma Muhaddisoglu, Legal Manager, Corporate & International Operations, Coca Cola Icecek
Prasanna Mysore, Former Group General Counsel, Aditya Birla Group
Geza Nagy, Regional Head of Legal & Compliance, Nokia Siemens Networks
Jamie Nelson, General Counsel & Managing Director, Dubai International Capital
Alexander Neumann, Vice President, Corporate Legal Affairs, Cardiopulmonary Business Unit & Intercontinental, Sorin Group
Solomon Osagie, Chief Legal Counsel, TSYS
Ebru Ozer Ersoy, Country Head of Legal Director, RBS Turkey
Nicola Palmieri, General Counsel, Parmalat
Pavel Pavel Klimov, General Counsel EMEA, Unisys
Jorge Peon, General Counsel, Grupo Financiero Barclays
JURY MEMBERS
Marcelo Peviani, Legal Counsel, Nokia
Valeria Plastino, Vice-President, General Counsel Latin America, Level 3 Communications
Alejandro Plaza, Manager General Legal Matters Legal & Contracting, Vestas Mediterranean
Ewa Podgorska, General Counsel, Nfi Empik Media & Fashion
Stephen Polakoff, General Counsel, Integra Group
Henrik Rasmussen, General Counsel, Vkr Holdings
Mathias Reimer, Associate General Legal Counsel, Oracle
Tom Robertson, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Microsoft Corporation
Edward Rockwell, General Counsel, Datadirect Networks
Gideon Rosenberg, Senior Corporate Counsel and Director of Israeli Compliance,
President ACC Israel, Mellanox Technologies Ltd
Itai Sadeh, General Counsel, EFIX Foreign Exchange Ltd
Valeria Schmitke, Head of Legal and Compliance Brazil, Zurich Insurance
Peter Schøtt Knudsen, General Counsel, Royal Unibrew
Arpita Sen, General Counsel, Qyuki Digital Media
Maria Cristina Serturini, Country Legal Director, Thales Italy
Rajinder Sharma, Director Corporate Affairs & General Counsel - South Asia, DuPont
Brian Sheridan, Vice President Corporate Legal Affairs, Sorin Group
Anastasia Shkarina, Legal Director, Sochi 2014
Michael Shu, Former General Counsel, Adidas
Thierry Sueur, Vice President Intellectual Property, Air Liquide
Stephen Swanson, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Group Secretary, Abu Dhabi Investment
Company
Caghan Tansel, Legal Counsel - Marketing & Regulation, British American Tobaco
Bjarne Tellmann, Associate General Counsel, The Coca Cola Company
Peter Thomas, Vice President Acquisitions and Head of Legal, Precis Management Services Limited
Kenneth Tung, Legal Director, PepsiCo
Günter Untucht, Associate General Counsel & Director of EMEA Legal, Trend Micro
Miroslav Uricar, General Counsel, Legal, Regulatory & External Affairs, T-Mobile
Juan Velazquez, General Counsel, France Telecom Spain
Gerard Willsher, Vice President & Chief Counsel Global Operations, Pitney Bowes
Carol Xueref, Director for Legal Affairs and Group Development, Essilor International
David Zakin, Vice President - Head of Capital Markets, EADS
Simon Zinger, Group General Counsel, Aegis Group
JURY MEMBERS
International General Counsels Awards JURY MEMBERS
Maria-Jesus Alonso, Vice-President, ACC Europe
Michał Bałabanow, General Counsel, PKO Bank Polski
Jacques Bauvir, Head of the Intellectual Property Department, Michelin
Emiliano Berti, Senior Counsel Europe, General Electric Power Conversion
Marten Bezemer, Associate General Counsel EMEA, Plantronics
Patrick Bignon, Founding Partner, Bignon De Keyser
Esteban Buldú Freixa, Deputy General Counsel, Camper
Albert Castro, General Counsel & Tax Director, Lazard
Jean Cattaruzza, Head Legal Department, ING Belgium
Stéphane Collinet, European Legal Counsel Southern Europe, CIT Group
Renato Conti, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, ACEA
Guido De Clercq, Group General Counsel, GDF Suez
Hervé Delannoy, Head of Legal, Rallye
Thierry Dufresne, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel EMEA, Schneider Electric
Xavier Durand, Group Tax Vice President, Sodexo
Elena Fedotova, Chief Compliance Officer, Vimpelcom
Marie Gauchenot, Vice President & General Counsel, Novus Aviation
Pierre Gendraud, Director of Intellectual Property Division, PSA Peugeot Citroën
Catherine Henton, Group Tax Director, Sanofi-Aventis
Nicolas Hubert, Global Legal Counsel, Bayer Environmental Science
Olivier Laffaille, Vice President European Tax Affairs, L’Oréal
Laure Lavorel, General Counsel Southern Europe, CA Technologies
Rémi Leonforte, Legal Counsel in Corporate Affairs, PPR
Pierre Lorenceau, CEO & International Publishing Director, Leaders League
Drew Marszal, Vice President, European General Counsel, Quad/Winkowski
Balázs Máthé, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, Magyar Telekom
Nicola Palmieri, Group General Counsel, Parmalat
Peter Schøtt Knudsen, General Counsel, Royal Unibrew
Brian Sheridan, General Counsel, Vice-President Legal Affairs, Sorin Group
Anastasia Shkarina, Legal Director, Sochi 2014
Julien Soisson, Group Tax Director, Pernod Ricard
Thierry Sueur, Vice President Intellectual Property, Air Liquide
Peter Thomas, Vice President Acquisitions & Head of Legal, Precis Management Services Limited
Karine Uzan Mercie, VP Europe Tax & VP Corporate Initiatives, Coca Cola Enterprises
Carol Xueref, Group General Counsel, Essilor
Simon Zinger, Group General Counsel, Aegis Group
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL AWARDS
LATIN AMERICA
Best Brazilian Law Firm 2012: Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Best Mexican Law Firm 2012: Basham, Ringe y Correa
Best Argentinean Law Firm 2012: Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal
Special Distinction: Allende & Brea
NORTH AMERICA
Best USA Law Firm 2012: Independent Corporate Law Firm: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Special Distinction: Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Best USA Law Firm 2012: Intellectual Property & Information Technology: co-winners Fulbright & Jaworski
and Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
Best USA Law Firm 2012: International Arbitration: King & Spalding
Special Distinction: Dechert
Best USA Law Firm 2012: Project Finance, Infrastructure and Energy: Vinson & Elkins
Best USA Law Firm 2012: Regulatory and Public Procurement: Patton Boggs
Special Distinction: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Best USA Law Firm 2012: Regional Leader: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Best USA Law Firm 2012: Best Growth Strategy: co-winners Kirkland & Ellis and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Best Canadian Law Firm 2012: co-winners Fasken Martineau DuMoulin and Stikeman Elliot
MIDDLE EAST
Best Middle Eastern Law Firm 2012: co-winners Badri & Salim El Meouchi Law Firm, Mohamed Ben Laden
Law Firm and Hassan Radhi & Associates
Best Turkish Law Firm 2012: Pekin & Pekin
Best Israeli Law Firm 2012: Herzog Fox & Neeman
ASIA
Best Chinese Law Firm 2012: Jun He Law Offices
Best Indian Law Firm 2012: AZB & Partners
EASTERN EUROPE
Best Central & Eastern European Law Firm 2012: co-winners Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak and Musat &
Asociatii and Arzinger
Best Russian Law Firm 2012: Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners
WESTERN EUROPE
Best UK Law Firm 2012: Macfarlanes
Best Benelux Law Firm 2012: Altius-Tiberghien
Special Distinction: Loyens and Loeff
Best German Law Firm 2012: co-winners Beiten Burkhardt and Gleiss Lutz
Best Italian Law Firm 2012: co-winners NCTM Studio Legale Associato and Gianni, Origoni,
Grippo, Cappelli & Partners
Best Spanish Law Firm 2012: Garrigues
Special Distinction: Araoz & Rueda
Best Nordic Law Firm 2012: co-winners Advokatfirman Lindahl and Bugge Arentz-Hansen & Rasmussen
Best French Law Firm 2012: August & Debouzy
EUROPE
Best European Law Firm 2012: Ashurst
RISING STARS
Central & Eastern European Rising Stars:
Boga & Associates
Kalo & Associates
Tark Grunte Sutkiene
Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic
Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii
Turkish Rising Stars:
Balcioglu Selcuk Akman
Ismen
Çaga & Çaga Law Firm
Indian Rising Stars:
Wadia Ghandy & Co
Bharucha & Partners
Tatva Legal
Chinese Rising Stars:
Woo Kwan Lee & Lo
Run Ming Law Office
Duan & Duan
Richard Wang & Co
Brazilian Rising Stars:
Levy & Salomão Advogados
Xavier Bernardes e Bragança
Lefosse Advogados
Mexican Rising Stars:
z Ugarte y Aznar, S.C.
Cervantes Sainz SC
Nader, Hayaux & Goebel
Argentinean Rising Stars:
Abeledo Gottheil Abogados
Alfaro-Abogados
Brons & Salas
Hope, Duggan & Silva
Nicholson y Cano Abogados
USA Rising Stars in Intellectual Property and Information Technology:
Kenyon & Kenyon
Bracewell & Giuliani
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
USA Rising Stars in Independant Corporate Law
Firm:
Edwards Wildman Palmer
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
Troutman Sanders
USA Rising Stars in Regulatory and Public Procurement:
McKenna Long & Aldridge
WilmerHale
USA Rising Stars in Project Finance, Infrastructure
and Energy:
McDermott Will & Emery
Nossaman
Dickstein Shapiro
GENERAL COUNSELS AWARDS
LAW DEPARTMENTS
Best Law Department 2012: Benelux
ArcelorMittal Group and Solvay
Best Law Department 2012: Eastern Europe and Russia
Telekomunikacja Polska
Best Law Department 2012: France
BNP Paribas
Special Distinction: Total
Best Law Department 2012: Italy
ENI
Special Distinction: Ferrero
Best Law Department 2012: Nordic Countries
Statoil
Best Law Department 2012: Spain
NH Hoteles
Pullmantur
Best Law Department 2012: UK
Barclays
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT
Best Intellectual Property Department 2012
SEB
Special Distinction: PPR
TAX DEPARTMENT
Best Tax Department 2012
Accor
Special Distinction: General Electric
Sponsors
Société d’Avocats
Partners
CCCA
ACCJE
Canadian Corporate Counsel Association
Association canadienne des conseillers (ères)
juridiques d’entreprises
CERCLE MONTESQUIEU
Contacts
Rosalie Sunderland
Head of Events, Leaders League
Office: +33 (0)1 43 92 93 66
Fax: +33 (0)1 43 92 93 95
rsunderland@leadersleague.com
Richard Veyrac
Project Manager, Leaders League
Office: +33 (0)1 43 92 93 79
Fax: +33 (0)1 43 92 93 95
rveyrac@leadersleague.com