Health of a law firm in turbulent times

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Vasilisa Strizh

Vasilisa Strizh represents global strategic and financial investors on complex corporate projects, including acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures, public and private equity offerings, and structured settlements. For more than 20 years, Vasilisa has served as the lead lawyer on cross-border deals, while successfully bridging cultural gaps for clients seeking to invest in Russia. She brings deep knowledge of the unique local business environment and government expectations from the investor perspective, extending beyond legal issues. She provides substantive transactional skills when brokering negotiations between parties as they settle and agree on difficult terms, while minimizing the stressful aspects of corporate transactions.

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Aku Sorainen

Aku Sorainen founded Sorainen in 1995 and is the senior partner of the firm. Aku was born and educated in Finland and became excited about the Baltic States as soon as they regained independence in August 1991. He then decided to write his master’s thesis at the University of Lapland about the business laws of those three countries and the thesis attracted considerable attention in Finland. It was not long before large corporations began to call for his advice and thus he decided to move to Estonia in 1993 to practice law.

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Vassily Rudomino

Vassily Rudomino is a co-founder of ALRUD Law Firm, Head of Competition/Antitrust practice. He is an expert with profound experience in all aspects of the Russian competition legislation including in merger control clearance of complex transactions and cartel investigations. Vassily represents interests of clients in the Federal Antimonopoly Service and its territorial divisions, during inspections as well as in antimonopoly disputes in courts. Vassily advises clients across a range of industries including healthcare, life science and chemicals, banking and finance, consumer goods and retail, technology, media and telecoms.

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Norman Clark

Norman Clark is one of the founders of Walker Clark LLC. His consulting practice specializes in issues of international business and legal practice strategy, mergers, risk management, internal productivity, partnership governance and compensation, and lawyer performance and profitability. He is also one of the world's leading authorities on business and marketing strategy for law firms in emerging markets, working with progressive law firms in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, central and eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

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Tamara Box

Tamara is the managing partner - Europe & Middle East and a leading lawyer in our Structured Finance team at Reed Smith. She is the former chair of the firm's Financial Industry Group. Tamara has more than 20 years' experience in advising arrangers, dealers, issuers and trustees in a wide range of debt instruments, including bonds (securitisations, project bonds, high-yield, convertible, and exchangeable bonds and Islamic bond issuances), the establishment of debt programmes, liability management, and private placements. She has advised all participants, including arrangers, originators, servicers and trustees, in the securitisation of a wide variety of assets in numerous jurisdictions. She also regularly advises trustees, issuers, arrangers, investors and servicers in securitisations, high-yield bonds, structured debt restructurings and workouts. Further, she has significant experience of derivatives and structured products.

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Itzik Amiel

Itzik is the global leading authority on Networking and Relationship Capital. He was called many times one of the most "connected" individuals cross-countries. His first bestselling book, ‘The Attention Switch™’, is one of the leading networking books globally. Itzik is internationally sought after, dynamic and inspiring speaker, business mentor and a internal trainer. As founder and CEO of THE SWITCH HUB, and of the Power Networking Academy. Itzik holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) cum laude and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in international taxation. He is the founder and first chair of Young IFA, member of many professional associations, an active board member and international ambassador of the CRM Association and in the BOD of international companies and professional publication

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Horacio Bernardes Neto

Horacio Bernardes Neto is the President of the International Bar Association (IBA). His tenure is for the calendar years of 2019 and 2020. Horacio has been a member of the IBA since 1982. He sits on the IBA Management Board and has held the posts of IBA Vice-President (2017–2018); IBA Secretary-General (2015–2016); and Chair of the IBA Bar Issues Commission (2013–2014). He is a senior partner of Motta Fernandes Advogados (MFA), which is continually recognised as a leading law firm in Brazil by specialised vehicles. Before joining MFA, Horacio was a founding partner of Xavier, Bernardes, Bragança – Sociedade de Advogados (1995–2011), a partner at Bomchil, Castro, Goodrich, Claro, Arosemena and Associates, and with Dr Graf von der Goltz, Dr Wessing & Partners in Düsseldorf, Germany (1980–1983) and London (1983). His main areas of expertise are M&A, general corporate law, private equity, antitrust, contracts and arbitration.

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Vladislav Zabrodin

Vladislav Zabrodin is the founder and Managing Partner of Capital Legal Services. Vladislav is one of the leading lawyers in Russia. He is among lawyers recommended for the key practice areas by international legal business guides. LEGAL 500 identifies Vladislav Zabrodin as an expert for corporate / M&A, public-private partnership and real estate projects in Russia. Chambers & Partners Europe indicates Vladislav Zabrodin as one of the most notable practitioners. Vladislav has extensive experience in advising international business clients from different industries and in working as a member of the board of directors at major international companies.

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Zoya Ilyenka

Zoya specializes in commercial, corporate, trademark law and foreign investment. She is Regional Manager for Eastern Europe and responsible for the Russian desk at the firm, providing legal advice in cross-border EU matters in Spanish, English and Russian languages. Zoya has been appointed as European Liaison Officer to the IBA Law Firm Management Committee for 2019 - 2020.