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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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