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On June 27, 2019, the 12th edition of the International Le-gal Alliance Summit & Awards brought together more than 450 senior representatives from leading law firms as well as general counsel from all around the world at the prestigious Marriott Essex House Hotel in New York.Organized by Leaders League, the highly interactive one-day program provided participants with unique networking opportunities, thanks to 600 pre-scheduled One-to-One meetings, networking during seated lunch and gala din-ner, and 17 panels chaired by world-class speakers. The General Counsel Awards recognized the best legal and intellectual property in-house departments, while the Law Firm Awards celebrated the best-performing law firms in over 40 countries. For 12 years now, the International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards has supported the members of the legal field in their quest for expertise, networking and achievements.
MORE AND MORE CONFERENCES
The International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards was proud to host the 12th edition of our Expert Insights panels. Over 90 outstanding international speakers shared their experience, knowledge, expertise, and discussed the latest issues in the relevant industry and provided solutions to challenges. Throughout the day, our participants got an overview of the market trends of 2018-19 in Corporate, IP, Dispute Resolu-tion & litigation.
17 panels included well-known speakers such Meeka Bondy, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, Business Affairs and Legal EC, HBO, Alejandra Castro, Head of Law, Patents & Compliance, Bayer - Jennifer Chung, Associate Gene-ral Counsel, AccuWeather - Mike Greenman Senior Vice President, Chief Counsel, Financial Crimes Legal, U.S. Bank Leah Montesano, VP Global Head of Litigation, Discovery Amy Chipperson, General Counsel North America, Atos Amanda Schaffer, Senior Counsel, Macy’s, Nemer Farjart, General Legal Director, Telecommunications Division, Grupo Televisa, Manny W. Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel and As-sociate General Counsel, IBM - Bradley Silver, Chief Intellec-tual Property Counsel, WarnerMedia - Stephan Wolke, Head of IP, Thyssenkrupp IP
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
The One-to-One platform, designed to connect each parti-cipant to their peers, prospective clients and others in the international legal community was a unique opportunity for attendees to enhance their international legal network and build new alliances. In just one day and without having to go on a world tour, they were able to meet peers and clients from more than 40 different countries. This year, around 600 meetings were held.
THE AWARDS CEREMONIES
The International General Counsel Awards took place over lunch rewarded the best legal and intellectual property departments worldwide. In order to elect the Gold Award winner in each category, an independent jury-panel of high-performing general counsel and chief IP counsel voted based on their personal experience as well as on the application forms provided by the distinguished in-house departments.
The International Law Firm Awards took place during the gala dinner recognized the best law firms in their domes-tic market for their excellent annual track record, growth performance and leadership. The Gold Award winner in each category were elected by an independent jury-panels, made up of more than 140 general counsel. In order to elect each Gold Award winner, the nominated firms also filled out an application form which was then presented to our jury. We congratulate the 2019 Gold Award winners and all our nominees, for their hard work and expertise. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our jury members, partners and sponsors.
To find out more about the International Legal Alliance Sum-mit & Awards, please visit our website (www.ilasummit.com) or contact us directly. We would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
2019 A great opportunity to meet in house, lawyers and institutional from all over the world. A renowned event in an intimate place.
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8:30 am REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
CORPORATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISPUTE RESOLUTIONROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3
9:30 to
10:20 am
PANEL 1 Managing the Legal Department
PANEL 1 The Future of IP
PANEL 1Global Dispute
& International Arbitration
ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS
10:30 to 11:20 am
PANEL 2 Innovation & Legal Departments: Bridging the Gaps Between Legal,
IT& Business
PANEL 2 Protecting your Brand through Change
PANEL 2 Antitrust & Competition
11:40 to
12:30 pm
PANEL 3 New Trends in Litigation
PANEL 3 Data Protection, GDPR and More..
PANEL 3Corporate & Commercial Litigation
12:30 to 2:25 pm
2:30 to 3:20 pm
PANEL 4 The M&A Landscape in the USA
and Europe: Current Developments
PANEL 4Global Investigations,
FCPA & Fraud
ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS
3:30 to 4:20 pm
PANEL 5 Doing Business & Deals
in Latin America: Issues, Challenges and Best Practices
PANEL 5IP/IT Transaction and Licensing: Getting the Best of your Assets
PANEL 5Patent Litigation: Managing
Cross-Border Litigation
4:30 to 5:20 pm
PANEL 6 Cross Border Business & Deals
PANEL 6Patent Challenges
in the Pharma Industry
PANEL 6Trademark Enforcement
& Litigation
5:30 to 6:30 pm
COCKTAIL
6:30 to
8:30 pm
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The 2019 International General Counsel Awards Winners are:
NORTH AMERICABest North American legal Departments: Consumer Goods & Retail 2019Ebay
Best North American legal Departments: Energy & Natural Resources 2019AES
Best North American legal Departments: Manufacturing & Industrials 2019Co-winners: Caterpillar and Bombardier
Best North American Legal Department: Pharmaceuticals & Biotech 2019Cronos Group
Best North American Legal Department: Technology, Media & Telecommunications 2019Grupo Televisa
Best North American Legal Department: Financial Services & Insurance 2019U.S. Bank
Best North American IP Department: Patents Co-winners: Facebook and General MotorsBest North American IP Department: Trademarks Discovery
LATIN AMERICA Best Brazilian Legal Department 2019 Co-winners: Carrefour and FCA Fiat Chrysler Automóveis BrasilSpecial distinction: Braskem
Best Central American Legal Department 2019 Cargill
Best South American Legal Department 2019 Enel Américas Special distinction: Despegar.com
Best Central American Legal Department 2019 Cargill
Best Latin American IP Department 2019 Laboratorios Richmond
EUROPE Best Euopean Legal Department 2019 Sonepar
Best European IP Department 2019 Co-winners: British Telecommunications and Danone
WORLDWIDE Most Innovative Legal Department 2019 Facebook
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The 2019 International Law Firms Awards Winners are:
LATIN AMERICABest Brazilian Law Firm: Corporate and M&A 2019Demarest Advogados Special Distinction: Machado Meyer Advogados
Best Brazilian Law Firm: Dispute Resolution 2019L.O. Baptista Special Distinction: Trench Rossi Watanabe
Best Brazilian Law Firm:IP 2019 Co-winners: Dannemann Siemsen Advogados and Gusmão & Labrunie
Best Latin American Law Firm: Corporate 2019Beccar Varela Special Distinction: Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera
Best Latin American Law Firm: Dispute Resolution 2019Co-winners: Miranda & Amado and Claro&Cia Special distinction: Von Wobeser y Sierra
Best Latin American Law Firm: IP 2019Uhthoff, Gomez Vega & Uhthoff Special distinction: Berton Moreno + Ojam
Best Latin America-Wide 2019Garrigues
Best Central American Law Firm 2019BLP Abogados
ASIABest Asian Law Firm 2019Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Special distinction: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Best Indian Law Firm 2019AZB & Partners
Best Chinese IP Firm 2019CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
Best Chinese Law Firm 2019 JunHe
Best Japanese IP Firm 2019Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
EUROPE Best French IP Firm 2019Icosa
Special distinction: Cabinet Netter and Lavoix
Best European IP Firm 2019 Studio Torta
NORTH AMERICA Best Canadian Law Firm 2019 8Bennett Jones
Best Canadian IP Firm 2019McCarthy Tétrault
Best US Law Firm: Commercial Litigation Law 2019Kirkland & Ellis
Best US Law Firm: Corporate Litigation 2019Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Best US Law Firm: Growth Strategy 2019Covington & Burling
Best US Law Firm: International Arbitration 2019White & Case
Best US Law Firm: Investigation & White-Collar Crime 2019Kirkland & Ellis
Best US Law Firm: Media, Entertainement & Copyright 2019Arent Fox
Best US Law Firm: Project, Finance, Infrastructure & Energy 2019King & Spalding Special distinction: Winston & Strawn
Best US IP Firm: Patent Litigation 2019 Fish & Richardson
Best US IP Firm: Patent Prosecution 2019Fenwick & West Special distinction: Ladas & Parry
Best US IP Firm: Trademarks 2019 Debevoise & Plimpton
AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST Best African & Middle East IP Firm 2019
Deris Attorneys at Law
Cristelle Albaric, Partner, Simon Associés
Juan Pablo Alvarado, General Counsel, Despegar.com
Paul Anderson , Associate General Counsel, IP & Commercial Counsel, Forbes Media
Matthew D. Asbell, Partner, Ladas & Parry
Sneha Ashkitar, US Country Manager, Leaders League
Simone Bertolotto, European and Italian Patent and Design Attorney, Studio Torta
Arunabha Bhoumik, Director, Dispute Resolution, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Eric Blinderman, Chief Executive Officer, Therium
Julianne Bochinski, Senior Trademark Counsel, Conair
Meeka Bondy, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, Business Affairs and Legal EC, HBO
Erica Brown -Lee, Assistant General Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection, Mastercard
Glenn Camus, Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Eastern Generation
Patricio Carballes, General Counsel, Laboratorios Richmond
Alejandra Castro, Head of Law, Patents & Compliance, Bayer
Olivier Catherine, Group General Counsel, Sonepar
Frédéric Chateauvieux, Country Head – Brazil, Leaders League
Amy Chipperson, General Counsel North America, Atos
Jennifer Chung, Associate General Counsel, AccuWeather
Celia A. Cohen , Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel Government Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement Group, JPMorgan & Chase
Timothy Collins, Director Intellectual Property, Bombardier
Anne Cortina Perry, Partner, Jenner & Block
Lawrence Cruz, Chief Patent Counsel, Conair Corporation
Gary. E Davidson, Partner, Diaz Reus & Targ
Caroline de Mareüil – Villette, Founding Partner, Icosa
Gustavo Dias, Head of Legal & Government Affairs- LATAM, Expedia
Harold Dichter , Deputy General Counsel, Aramark
Brian Dunning , President, Spain US Chamber of Commerce
SPEAKERS 2019
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Richard Edlin, Vice Chair, Greenberg Traurig
Hadi El-Duweini, VP Business Development, Bureau Joseph
Nemer Farjart, General Legal Director, Telecommunications Division, Grupo Televisa
Maria Feeley, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, University of Hartford
Emmanuel Fenet, Managing Editor, Leaders League
Patrick Flaherty, Managing Associate General Counsel, Verizon
Roberto A. Fortunati, Partner, Beccar Varela
Joan Fox, Senior Sales Executive, Legal Suite
Louise Golding, Partner, Dehns
Lida Gontika, General Counsel, Open Classrooms
Mariana Gonçalves, Head of Data Protection, Enel
Gloria Irene Loza Murrugarra, General Counsel, Avianca
Dave Green, Assistant General Counsel, IP Law & Policy, Microsoft
Mike Greenman Senior Vice President, Chief Counsel, Financial Crimes Legal, U.S. Bank
Aaron Gruber, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Laurent Hayat, Head of international Departement, Leaders League
Ana Hieaux, General Counsel Brazil, Carrefour
Tim Hirsch, General Counsel, CaaStle
Desiree Jaeger-Fine, Director of International Programs, Brooklyn Law School
Juan Jose López-de-Silanes, Partner, Basham, Ringe y Correa
David Joyal, Vice President, Patent, Coty
Lauren Kennedy, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Thomas Kreuder, Senior Corporate Counsel / Senior Vice President Legal, IP Management & Compliance, Evonik Industries
François Le Grand, Editor in Chief, Leaders League
Marc Lemberg , General Counsel, AccuWeather
Márcio Lima, General Counsel, Fiat Chrysler
James Lord, Vice President, TIS & SCM Legal Services, Enbridge
Lucio Martins, Head of Legal, JBS
SPEAKERS 2019
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Margot Miller, Global Legal Director, Anheuser-Busch InBev
David Modzeleski, Senior Vice President, Intellectual Property and Litigation, Discovery
Leah Montesano, VP Global Head of Litigation, Discovery
Catalina Morales Ramirez, Data Privacy Manager, Bayer
Greg Naviloff, Director, RSM US
Cindy Nelson, Former Vice President, Warner Bros
Jeremie Palacci, Partner, Cabinet Netter
Iván Pérez Correa, Partner in the corporate practice, SMPS Legal
Elizabeth Plumlee, Board of Advisors, East Africa Chamber of Commerce
Luis Fernando Prado Chaves, Partner and Head of Digital Law and Data Protection, Daniel Law
Ronald Prague, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Synchronoss Technologies
Rose Prey, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Joe Quinn, Regional Sales Director, INCOPRO
Rekha Rangachari, Executive Director, New York International Arbitration Center
Adriano Ribeiro, General Counsel, JBS
Edward Rockwell, General Counsel, EPAM
Arjun Sajip, Managing Editor, Leaders League
Manny Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel and Associate General Counsel, IBM Corporation
Bradley Silver, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, WarnerMedia
Ithti Toy Ulit, Director, Legal Affairs, Alvogen
Shaun M. Van Horn, Partner, Jenner & Block
Sergey Vasiliev, Senior Lawyer, Gorodissky & Partners
Brent Whitman, Deputy General Counsel, Capgemini
Olivier Wolf, Head of IP Management, Evonik Industries
Stephan Wolke, Head of IP, Thyssenkrupp IP
Linus Wretblad, CEO, IP Screener
SPEAKERS 2019
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JURY MEMBERS
Maria Gabriela Alvarez De La Fuente, Regional Legal Director Southern Cone, Colgate Palmolive
Alfredo Apestagui, Chief Legal Officer, Mesoamerica
Vittorio Aversano, IP & Brand protection counsel, Bulgari
Patrick Baeten, General Counsel, Engie
Michal Balabanow, Director, Bank Polski
Benoit Balmary, Group General Counsel, Michelin
Aymeric, Balmont, General Secretary , UI Gestion
Rafael Balthazar, Associate General Counsel EMEA and LATAM, Nexteer
Marie Victoire Barsi, Group Legal Director, Babilou
Sarah Barton, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, ABS Group
Shahana Basu, Independant Director, Voith Paper Fabrics Company Limited
Marie Batut DajeaN, Head of Legal, Elior
Guido Baumgartner, VP Global Brand Protection, Coty
Tracey Beaudoin, General Counsel, Packers Plus
Peter Berg, VP Intellectual Property, Infineon Technologies
Emiliano Berti, Head of Legal and Compliance, Nokia
Marc Sandy Block, IP Counsel, IBM
Jeffrey Buchakjian, Senior Manager, EisnerAmper
Liz Bui, Vice President & IP Counsel, Viacyte
Clovis Camargo, President, AmCham
Glenn Camus, Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Eastern Generation
Lucie Carteret Roustang, Head of Legal, URW
Florence Carterot, Legal Director and Compliance Program Officer, Nexans
Patrick Carty, General Counsel, Zurich Global Life North America
Alejandra Castro, Head of Legal, Patents and Compliance, Bayer
Olivier Catherine, Group General Counsel, Sonepar
Miroslav Cerny, Coordinator of IP Department, Skoda Auto
We would like to express our deep gratitude to the following jury members who were involved in the pre-selection process and in choosing the Silver and Gold Award winners in our thirty-nine categories.
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JURY MEMBERS
Renaud Champetier de Ribes, VP Global Projets Legal Manager, Schneider Electric
Elsa Chantereau, Head of Public Affairs and CSR, Coca Cola
Jacobo Cohen Imach, SVP - General Counsel, Legal and Public Affairs, Mercado Libre
Susan Coles, General Counsel & Finance Director, Vivet Therapeutics
Timothy Collins, Director Intellectual Property, Bombardier
Joseph Conklin, SVP, Global Deputy General Counsel, Coty
Gabriel Costa, Managing Counsel Litigation Latin America, Shell Brasil
Ann Critchell-Ward, Vice President IP Operations, TomTom
Furio Curri, Head of Group General Legal Affairs, Assicurazioni Generali
Panagiota Dafnitos, Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Sponsorship & Marketing, Royal Bank of Canada
Alexandre de Tourtier, General Counsel, Solocal
Berengere Demoulin, Group Legal Director, Orpea
Kathleen Denoodt, Managing Consultant, Kdenoodt International Consult BVBA
Daniel Desjardins, Senior VP Legal Affairs & Corporate Secretary, Bombardier
Sylvestre Dhombres, General Counsel, Pylones
Jay Diamond, Adjunct Professor of Law, Pace University of Law
Benjamin Dornic, General Counsel, Louvre Hotels Group
Valérie Dussaussois, Head of Trademarks & Copyrights, Alstom
Stephane Faucher, General Counsel, Spie Batignolles
Inaiê Ferraz Mendes Reis, Regional General Counsel Latam, Andritz
Favio Luciano Flores, Director of Legal Affairs, Ficohsa
Chek Tsang Foo, General Counsel, Asia Pacific, Dimension Data
Simone Frattasi, Senior IP Manager, Sony Mobile Communications
Michel Friocourt, Group CEO Advisor, Kering
Sophie Gelbert, General Counsel, Air France
Dominikus Golsong, Vice President Legal & Compliance EMEA General Counsel, Goodyear Corporation
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We would like to express our deep gratitude to the following jury members who were involved in the pre-selection process and in choosing the Silver and Gold Award winners in our thirty-nine categories.
JURY MEMBERS
Ilba Lucia Gonzalez, Intellectual Property Advisory and Management of Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Mechanisms, Ecopetrol
Jalila Gouich, Head of Legal, Synlab
Rekha Hanu, Executive Director, Chief IP Counsel, Akorn
Carmen Hunt, Director, Trademark Enforcement, MLB Properties
Buse Pinar Kacar, General Counsel, Yorsan
Craig Katerberg, Head of M&A and Corporate Development, Asia Pacific, Anheuser-Busch InBev
Helena Kazamaki, General Counsel Europe & France, Group SVP, Head of Legal and Integrity Robotics and Discrete Automation, ABB
Gildas Kettanjian, Legal Director, Messer
Brian Klein, Director of IP Portfolio Strategy and Development, Boeing
Richard Krzyzanowski, Consultant, Crown Holdings
Rohit Kumar, General Counsel, United Phosphorus
Amitabh Lal Das, Director & Head Legal Compliance & Regulatory, Max Life Insurance Company Limited
Sandrine Landreau, In-House Counsel, Laboratoires Multaler
Pierrick Le-Goff, General Counsel, Alstom
Oscar Lira Valdes, Legal Manager, Pacific Hydro
Isabelle Melody, General Counsel, Orolia
Vanessa Michoud, General Counsel, Sequens
Sandrine Millet, Patent Director, Orange
Luc Monteil, Head of Real Estate, Bolloré Transport & Logistics
Didier Moutard, Group General Counsel, Groupe Duval
Denis Musson, Special legal advisor to the board, Imerys
Prasanna Mysore, Lawyer, Arbitrator & Mediator, Aditya Birla Group
Alexander H.J Neumann, Vice President, Corporate Legal Affairs, Livanova
Eduardo Nogueira, Vice President, Legal & Compliance, DHL
Gerardo Paz, General Counsel Pampa, Energia
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We would like to express our deep gratitude to the following jury members who were involved in the pre-selection process and in choosing the Silver and Gold Award winners in our thirty-nine categories.
JURY MEMBERS
Ronald Peppe, Vice President Legal & Human Resources, Canam Steel Corporation
Florence Peysson, Head of Legal Transverse & Corporate Activities, Servier
Jennifer Picenoni, Group General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Lindt & Sprüngli
Valeria Plastino, VP, General Counsel LATAM, Century Link
Helena Pons-Charle, Head of Legal Digital Crimes Unit, Microsoft
Ronald Prague, Chief Legal Officer, Synchronoss
Franck Raimbault, SVP HR Legal, Air France
Edgar Nicolas Ramirez, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Ecopetrol
Henrik Ramussen, General Counsel, VKR Holdings
Olga Ribeiro Spencer, General Counsel, Spie Batignolles
David Mace Roberts, General Counsel, Electronic Transaction Consultants
Franck Rohard, General Secretary, Europcar
Daniel Roslokken, VP & General Counsel, Insurance Design Administrators
Delphine Rullier, Head of Intellectual Property, Groupe Canal +
Ivan Sandoval, Vice President Chief of Legal Affairs Latin America, Colgate Palmolive
Anne-Sophie Schaefer, Head of Intellectual Proerty, Arkema
Bruce Schelkopf, Group SVP - Legal & Global Chief IP Officer, ABB
Valeria Schmitke, Latam Regional General Counsel, Zurich Insurance Brazil
Marcus Senna, General Counsel, Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias
Guido Silveira, Legal General Counsel, Companhia Brasileira de Petroleo Ipiranga
Jared Sine, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, Match Group
Adam Smith, Chief Legal Officer, OVH
Mark Smolik, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, DHL Supply Chain Americas
Anne-Céline Truchot-Bothner, Intellectual Property Senior Legal Counsel, Alstom
Kenneth Tung, General Counsel, Lex Sigma
Gail Zazrick, Counsel, IBM
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We would like to express our deep gratitude to the following jury members who were involved in the pre-selection process and in choosing the Silver and Gold Award winners in our thirty-nine categories.
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