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Joanne Verbiesen is a partner based in Harneys’ Hong Kong office. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Restructuring Department, servicing Asia-based clients involved in Cayman Islands and BVI litigation. Her practice involves high value contentious insolvency matters, general commercial litigation and contentious trust matters. A barrister by training, she regularly appears as […]

Etsuko Hara is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, and her practice focuses on the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions and antitrust law. Ms. Hara has extensive experience advising on inbound and outbound transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and cross border distribution, license and franchise agreements. She regularly handles multi […]

Ariane is a Principal Associate in our Projects group, based in Dubai. She specializes in OHADA law. Ariane advises on legal aspects of projects in Africa, further to an extensive general experience acquired by working for over seventeen years with two major law firms in Africa (Ivory Coast and Cameroon), and in the Paris office […]

Carolyn Dong, Julia Gorham and Susheela Rivers partners at global law firm DLA Piper in join WLN Carolyn Dong is ranked as a leading energy lawyer in IFLR1000, Chambers and the Euromoney Business Law Awards. She has rich experience in advising on Chinese clients’ overseas investments and international investors for their investments into China. She […]

Regina is partner of the Energy and Infrastructure area of RGRH. She specializes in structuring all types of energy and natural resources infrastructure projects in Mexico and assisting transnational companies in the energy (conventional and renewable), gas, pipeline, transmission, and water sectors. She has vast experience with regards to the energy reform, power auctions, and […]

Ms. Mata-Perez was born in Cebu City, Philippines. She is a certified public accountant and a member of the Philippine bar. She has worked as an auditor in SGV & Co., and as Senior Associate at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan. She has been a consistent honor student, having graduated valedictorian in her elementary and […]

Professional experience Partner of Ferreira Rocha Advogados since 2014 Associate Lawyer of Ferreira Rocha Advogados (2013-2014) Associate Lawyer with Abreu Advogados since 2012 Associate Lawyer ABBC & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados RL (2008-2012) Legal Advisor Member of the European Parliament in Brussels (2007-2008) Junior Analyst at Deloitte in Barcelona (2006-2007) Official Agent Intellectual Property […]

Kokila joined as Managing Partner of MHLF as one of the founding members of the Firm from its inception. Kokila has more than 12 years of experience as a corporate, commercial and real estate lawyer in UAE. Prior to joining MHLF, Kokila has worked as partner in one of UAE’s well reputed mid-size law firm. […]

Melissa has a wealth of commercial expertise in the Middle East across a variety of sectors. Melissa is a partner and the head of our Commercial and IP practices in the Middle East, based in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. She provides advice to international businesses on commercial, corporate and general litigation matters relating to their […]

Attorney educated at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo), PUC/SP (1993), with graduate studies in Civil Procedural Law at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, PUC/SP (1997). Attended the qualification course for Mediators and Arbiters at Instituto Nacional de Mediação e Arbitragem (National Mediation and Arbitration Institute) […]