About Us

Rajesh Bagga is responsible for steering corporate restructuring, mergers and amalgamations, managing legal issues, reputation and regulatory risk in group corporations, and developing systems and resources for driving compliance, as well as developing resources and processes to manage risk. Previously, Rajesh Bagga was with Tata Motors Limited as the Vice President of Legal and Global General Counsel.

Paulo Cezar Aragão is one of the founders of the office and his practice focuses on Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Commercial Arbitration and international transactions. He is considered "individual star" by a specialized publication, in the arena of corporate law and participated in some of the largest transactions of mergers and acquisitions in Latin America. Its clientele includes major national and international companies from various sectors of the economy such...

Pat Swan is a trial lawyer and represents clients in complex civil and criminal litigation in federal and state courts throughout California and the United States. He has extensive experience in intellectual property, trade secrets, business, environmental, securities, fraud, personal injury, product liability, white-collar fraud, false claims, and commercial law matters. Pat also served as a federal criminal prosecutor for eight years and has substantial grand jury, jury trial, and appellate...

Sven Papp is one of the leading and most respected corporate and M&A lawyers in Estonia with uniquely broad domestic and international experience both as an attorney and as general counsel as well as business consultant. Sven has an unrivalled track record having over the past 25 years acted as lead counsel for more than 1,200 landmark local and international M&A transactions across the Baltic and Nordic region. Sven has also served as board member and corporate secretary of a number ...

Giovanni Nardulli focuses on mergers and acquisitions with emphasis on international transactions. He represents Italian and foreign clients, private and listed, including multinationals and private equity funds, in significant M&A transactions, joint-ventures, privatizations, company and commercial law issues and real estate transactions.

Stephen M. Forte is the Managing Partner and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP. In his role as Managing Partner and Chairman, Steve oversees the strategic growth and direction of the firm by cultivating strong relationships with clients and the community. As a leader, he understands the importance of being connected to the business community in order to develop a strategy for the anticipated business needs of the firm’s clients. With more than 35 years ...

Jack H. Olender is president of the malpractice law firm Jack H. Olender and Associates, PC. He has served as president of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the Trial Lawyers Association, D.C., the American Board of Trial Advocates, D.C., and the George Washington American Inn of Court. He lectures regularly on malpractice and trial law to bar associations and medical societies, and has published extensively on legal and medical issues.

Gregory S. Gallopoulos is senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of General Dynamics Corporation, a diversified aerospace and defense company. Prior to joining General Dynamics, Gallopoulos served as Managing Partner of Jenner & Block LLP. Gallopoulos is a director of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, a trustee of WETA, Inc., a trustee of The Supreme Court Historical Society, a trustee of Anatolia College, and a trustee of The Foundation for Intern...

Steven J. Gartner is Chairman of the firm, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and a partner in the Corporate and Financial Services Department. He focuses on private equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Steve regularly advises boards of directors, board committees and senior management on strategic issues and corporate governance. He has also represented activists in a number of proxy fights and campaigns, as well as companies defending against the activists. Steve ...

Michael S. Goldberg is a senior trial partner at Baker Botts, with extensive trial experience in complex commercial, governmental and international arbitration matters. He is co-chair of the firm’s international dispute resolution section (international arbitration and litigation). His experience extends to a broad array of international matters involving clients, adversaries, and/or issues in Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Mexico, the ...

Karim Anjarwalla is the Managing Partner and heads the firm’s Corporate Department at Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K), one of Kenya’s premier law firms and one of the largest in East Africa. Karim has a wide array of experience advising domestic, regional and international clients on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity investments.

Robert M. Dell served as the Global Chair and Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins, and chaired the firm’s Executive Committee for 20 years before retiring at the end of 2014. During Mr. Dell's tenure as Chair and Managing Partner, Latham experienced tremendous success, growing from nearly 600 lawyers practicing in 11 offices, to its current size of more than 2,200 lawyers in 33 offices, including 600 lawyers in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Mr. Dell started his law practice in Chicag...