Thank you to our Sponsors & Exhibitors
Diamond Sponsor
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
We’re proud to work with some of the world’s most dynamic organizations and the leaders who drive them. We know that on any given day you’re tackling competition, corporate development, asset protection, talent management—some days all of the above. While there’s a bevy of smart folks out there to help you address them on a case-by-case basis, there are few who have the breadth and depth of focused knowledge to help you attend to them all and stay ahead of what’s next.
That’s McDermott.
When you hire us, you don’t just get the experience of an individual. You get a purpose-built, tightly woven network of legal thought leaders who marry their passion for business with a deep, focused understanding of the law.
And your team isn’t just the lawyers working on your business day one. It’s also their colleagues around the world who guide and advise around the edges—the ones who add diverse, nuanced perspectives to elevate strategy and surface highly effective—but often unexpected—solutions when a “simple” transaction becomes a bet-the-company deal or a basic arbitration turns into multi-year litigation.
We don’t just promote this approach—we thrive on it. We know that it’s our ability to tap into the particular knowledge of our individual lawyers and then to harness their collective experience that makes us uniquely qualified to help our clients move faster and propel their success.
You can see it the results we deliver and you’ll feel it when you meet with us to talk about your needs. You’ll know that we’re more than “just” lawyers. We’re scientists, accountants, analysts, policy makers, money managers and family members who love the law. We bring all of those experiences to bear for your business and the people you serve.
Most importantly, we’re committed to helping you make real progress against your goals—to turning those big ideas into actionable plans—and to making it as easy and enjoyable as possible.
Platinum Sponsor
Crowell & Moring LLP
Crowell & Moring is an international law firm with operations in the United States, Europe, MENA, and Asia. Drawing on significant government, business, industry and legal experience, the firm helps clients capitalize on opportunities and provides creative solutions to complex litigation and arbitration, regulatory and policy, and corporate and transactional issues. The firm is consistently recognized for its commitment to pro bono service as well as its programs and initiatives to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Gold Sponsors
Covington & Burling LLP
In an increasingly regulated world, we have an exceptional ability to help clients navigate their most complex business problems, deals, and disputes.
Our distinctively collaborative culture allows us to be truly one team globally, drawing on the diverse experience of lawyers and advisors across the firm by seamlessly sharing insight and expertise.
What sets us apart is our ability to combine the tremendous strength in our litigation, investigations, and corporate practices with deep knowledge of policy and policymakers, and one of the world’s leading regulatory practices.
This enables us to create novel solutions to our clients’ toughest problems, successfully try their toughest cases and deliver commercially practical advice of the highest quality.
Gold Sponsors
Jenner & Block
At Jenner & Block, we shape what’s next through experience, vision, and judgment. In the most sensitive and consequential matters our clients face, we are known for finding a clear path forward. We are the litigators behind some of the most significant victories from the trial level to the US Supreme Court; the dealmakers behind landmark corporate transactions transforming industries and markets; the investigators and compliance monitors restoring public confidence following high-profile legal, economic, and reputational threats; and the advocates advancing clients’ interests and shaping policy. We stand out through bold action, intent, and impact.
Gold Sponsors
GLA & Company
GLA & Company is a regional MENA-based law firm with locations in Bahrain,
Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. It provides strategic, cost-effective and forward-thinking legal representation for companies seeking to do business in the Middle East. The firm boasts a diverse portfolio of clients, ranging from start-ups to global enterprises doing business in the Middle East. GLA’s practice consists of a full-service law firm that handles everything from simple advisory work to complex contentious and non-contentious matters. With extensive experience advising clients in the key Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states plus Egypt, the firm offers unique insights for companies seeking quality legal services. Data protection and privacy, in particular, is a key focus area for the firm, considering the expansion and revamping of applicable laws and regulations across the GCC.
GLA & Company is headed up by Nader Al Awadhi, Senior Partner, and Alex Saleh, Managing Partner. As a founding partner, Nader Al-Awadhi has over 44 years of legal experience. Nader Al Awadhi’s reputation in the Kuwait legal profession is well-known. He has developed a strong forte for commercial and corporate litigation matters representing many of the top Kuwaiti companies and institutions as well as many famous international companies.
Alex Saleh is the Managing Partner of GLA & Company and takes a leading regional role within the firm with respect to its M&A and Private Equity practice. With over 25 years of experience in both the GCC markets as well as the US, he has accumulated sizable expertise in the areas of banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital market deals and infrastructure projects. His experience garners praise from the leading legal directories as he is annually awarded “Market Leader” by the IFLR1000, “Band One” by Chambers & Partners and “Leading Individual” by Legal 500. Alex’s transactions regularly win Deals of the Year by the same institutions and organizations.
Gold Sponsors
College of Law Australia
The College of Law is the school of professional practice for lawyers in Australia and New Zealand. With over 100,000 alumni, we’re the largest provider of practice-focused legal education in Australasia.
Whoever you are, however you learn, whatever stage of your legal career you’re at – there’s a place for you at the College.
Silver Sponsor
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Benesch is an Am Law 200 business law firm with nearly 450 attorneys and offices in Cleveland, Chicago, Columbus, New York, San Francisco, and Wilmington.
We have had extraordinary success in welcoming many new attorneys to Benesch over the past several years, including opening a Chicago office (nearly 140 attorneys strong) and establishing offices in San Francisco and New York. The vast majority of our new attorneys are highly accomplished partners who have joined us from AmLaw 50 firms, bringing additional depth and breadth to our practices. These BigLaw attorneys joined Benesch to be part of the exciting growth, entrepreneurial spirit and ability to service clients by providing elite talent under a sustainable coststructure that eliminates unnecessary overhead. A significant proportion of our recruits and lateral hires identify as members of under represented groups, and we are proud to be building a law firm that looks more and more like the global marketplace of the future.
Bronze Sponsor
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
With approximately 900 lawyers across 18 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide.
Our high-caliber legal representation and advanced delivery capabilities allow us to take on our clients’ unique challenges and opportunities―no matter the scale or complexity. Whether navigating complex litigation, negotiating transformational deals, or advising on cross-border projects, our attorneys achieve exceptional legal outcomes. Our drive for excellence leads us to seek out better ways to work with our clients and each other. We have been first-to-market on many legal service delivery innovations―and we continue to break new ground with our clients every day. This long history of excellence and innovation has created a culture with a sense of purpose and belonging for all. In turn, our culture drives our commitment to the growth of our clients, the diversity of our people, and the resilience of our workforce.
Bronze Sponsor
Romulo Law
Our mission is to pursue at all times the path of excellence, to develop our capabilities to the fullest, and to extend ourselves to the limit.
Our vision is to faithfully adhere to the principles of dedicated service in the finest traditions and highest ideals of a learned and noble profession.
From a modest commercial law practice in downtown Manila at the turn of the 20th century, today we are one of the largest and most highly regarded law firms in the Philippines with a full offering of legal services, including advice and representation in banking and finance, capital market and securities, energy and infrastructure, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation and arbitration, real estate and natural resources, taxation, and technology, media, and telecommunications.
We are composed of more than 90 lawyers – all of whom speak English fluently and a good number of whom have received training and graduate degrees from universities abroad. Our lawyers are also active officers and members of business and civic associations in the Philippines and around the world.
We are the sole Philippine member of Lex Mundi, a global network of about 160 independent law firms, with a combined total of more than 21,000 lawyers in all commercially significant jurisdictions throughout the world. We are also the TRACE partner firm in the Philippines and join other TRACE firms around the world in providing practical and cost-effective anti-bribery compliance to global businesses.
Bronze Sponsor
Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell Ltd.
We Know Business in the U.S.
Our Practice
Masuda Funai removes barriers and eases the process for international companies entering, operating and expanding into the United States. For nearly a century, our cross-border experience and knowledge of the business and legal systems in the U.S. have enabled us to provide solutions to the challenges and assist with the opportunities that our domestic and international clients face. Whether we are representing a small corporation entering the U.S. for the first time, or an established global entity with U.S. facilities, we know every aspect of the business life cycle and provide the full range of requisite legal services, from simple matters to highly complex transactions and disputes.
Our Clients
While the majority of our clients are foreign owned and operated, our practice spans many different industries, including automotive, advanced manufacturing, transportation and logistics, professional services, consumer products, food and food processing, and real estate. We represent both emerging and established global and domestic businesses, as well as academic and financial institutions. What we do best is simplify the process of doing business in the U.S. Notably, we have handled more Japanese mid-market acquisitions than any of our rivals. We also represent the U.S. operations of many European and other foreign companies. Having served a broad array of businesses from many different industries, we know what matters most to our clients.
Our Reach
Our diverse language capabilities and cultural acumen aid us in successfully understanding each client’s concerns, while developing solutions that effectively support their distinct business goals. We provide our clients that have international business interests access to global solutions through our membership with Alliott Global Alliance, an alliance of independent, mid-market, professional services firms. Alliott Global Alliance members are located in 80 countries throughout North, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Australia, and the Asia Pacific. Our global alliance has proven to be a valuable resource for the clients we serve.
Bronze Sponsor
PSA Legal
We are a solution-driven, pragmatic business law firm that has carved a special niche in the Indian legal market by the high quality of its legal service, responsiveness, and client commitment. The range, breadth, and depth of the firm is broad-based and full-service, with its commercially savvy and dynamic lawyers experienced across the range of its practice areas. Be it start-ups, or large conglomerates with global footprints, PSA provides legal services in a timely and cost-effective manner. The USP of the firm is a global mindset coupled with a focus on practical and innovative legal solutions that help our clients succeed.
Possessing a uniquely diverse experience, our rigorously trained lawyers work closely with each other so that clients get the benefit of exceptional professional judgment and creative solutions.
Headquartered in India’s capital city – New Delhi, we work all over the country.
Bronze Sponsor
Pillsbury Law
The vision to spot opportunities where others see only obstacles. A passion for the work matched only by an unshakable dedication to client interests and needs. Preeminent lawyers operating within collaborative teams known for exceptional performance. This is Pillsbury.
Women’s Reception Supporting Sponsor
BakerHostetler
Established in 1916, BakerHostetler is one of the largest law firms in the U.S., with more than 1,000 lawyers and 18 offices across the country. We handle clients’ most critical legal matters – securing advantageous outcomes amid regulatory scrutiny and bet-the-company litigation; closing deals that fuel strategic growth; managing intellectual property and digital assets; and providing advice and counsel to facilitate long-term competitiveness.
Our attorneys represent companies across every industry, from market-leading global powerhouses to trailblazing startups, helping clients minimize risk and capitalize on opportunities that will strengthen and grow their businesses.
Practices
BakerHostetler’s six core practice groups – Business, Digital Assets and Data Management, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation, and Tax – include nationally ranked lawyers backed by the organizational and technological resources only a large firm can offer.
Our specialty services include Antitrust and Competition, Blockchain and Digital Assets, Class Action Defense, Commercial Litigation, Digital Risk Advisory and Cybersecurity, Financial Services, International Tax, Labor Relations, and Patent Litigation, among many others.
Our Approach
We provide our clients with a unique depth of institutional knowledge, developed over more than a century, and our collaborative culture prioritizes innovation and creative problem-solving.
Whether it’s monitoring the courts and tapping into our extensive networks to stay informed about potential changes to law and regulation, getting to know every facet of our clients’ businesses, or providing cutting-edge legal tech services through IncuBaker, we commit daily to 360-degree service.
In other words, we help our clients manage enterprise risks, meet the challenges they face and reach their business goals.
Tour and Activity Desk Sponsor
Cochingyan & Partners Law Office
Cochingyan & Partners Law Offices is a full-service business law firm that offers more than two decades of experience as trusted counsel of mostly multinational companies. Our main focus is to provide multi-faceted solutions to issues uniquely confronting international corporations.
We cater to a wide array of both established and emerging industries ranging from industrial and agricultural chemicals, animal health, food, textile, radio and telecommunications, games and software development, business process outsourcing, and finance. Our legal experience as strategic partners to our clients is grounded on the firm belief that a profound appreciation of business objectives complemented by thorough knowledge-based service is essential to providing efficient and dynamic solutions.
Conference Support
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
From our offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, we work with clients ranging from established, global Fortune 100 companies to enterprising startups.
Our team of more than 2,200 lawyers and legal professionals provides comprehensive corporate, transactional, litigation, and regulatory services in major industries, including energy, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, retail and ecommerce, sports, technology, and transportation. We focus on both immediate and long-term goals with our clients, helping them address and anticipate challenges across vast and rapidly changing landscapes.
We approach every representation with an equal commitment to first understanding, and then efficiently and effectively advancing, the interests of our clients and arriving at the best results. If a client has a question, we’ll immediately find the person in our global network with the answer. If there’s a shift in the legal landscape, we’re on top of it, and our clients will be too.
Founded in 1873, we stand on the shoulders of more than 150 years of achievement, but we never rest on our reputation.
Exhibitor
IMS Legal Strategies
IMS has evolved alongside our clients’ needs. In the early 90s, we began as Media Management Resources and Intelligent Management Solutions, founded by Mike and Bill Wein to provide high-end executive search services to the telecommunications industry. The transformation to the organization IMS is today was born from a desire to accommodate the expert witness needs of major corporations. In response to growing requests, Mike and Bill had the foresight to create IMS Expert Services.
IMS pioneered the executive-recruiting approach to align our law firm and corporate clients with the very best subject matter experts across every industry. After nearly 30 years, we knew clients would benefit from a collaborative approach to connect the tools and services needed at every phase of complex litigation. We were inspired to evolve even further, leading to strategic acquisitions that have resulted in an innovative, integrated approach to legal consultation and an unmatched level of personalized service and tailored methodologies.
Today, IMS positions clients for success across the full lifecycle of high-stakes dispute resolution. We help the world’s most formidable lawyers achieve optimal outcomes through best-in-class advisory support, expert witness services, litigation consulting, visual advocacy, and presentation technology for on-site and online proceedings.
Exhibitor
Winston & Strawn LLP
For more than 170 years, Winston & Strawn has served as a trusted adviser and advocate for clients across virtually every industry. Our law practice—built on the talent, creativity, and determination of our lawyers and an unwavering commitment to our clients—has grown into a global firm of tremendous breadth. While many things have changed since the firm’s inception, our goal has remained steadfast: provide the highest echelon of service by developing strategic partnerships with our clients, creating and implementing tailored business solutions, and identifying opportunities for innovation. Complementing this service model is the priority we place on diversity and inclusion, as well as our role in serving critical needs in our communities. We continue to learn from our storied history, while looking ahead to effect change in our industry.
Exhibitor
Henley & Partners USA Inc.
Henley & Partners is the global leader in residence and citizenship by investment. Each year, hundreds of wealthy individuals and their advisors rely on our expertise and experience in this area. Our highly qualified professionals work together as one team in over 60 offices worldwide.
