BEST OF THE BEST

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METHODOLOGY 2

BANKING AND FINANCE 3

COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION 7

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 16

INVESTMENT FUNDS 19

ISLAMIC FINANCE 25

LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 28

L IFE SCIENCES 35

L IT IGATION 37

MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT 41

MERGERS AND ACQUISIT IONS 43

PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION 51

PROJECT FINANCE 55

REAL ESTATE 58

SHIPPING AND MARITIME 61

STRUCTURED FINANCE AND SECURITISATION 66

TAX 69

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 79

TRADE MARK 81

WHITE COLLAR CRIME 85

INDEX 90

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EXPERT GUIDESRESEARCH

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Welcome to the 2019 edition of the Best of the Best, the international legal market’s leading guideto the top legal practitioners.

When first published in 1994, the Expert Guides were the first-ever guides dedicated to leadingindividuals in the legal industry. Since then we have continued to focus on individualsconsidered by clients and peers to be the best in their field. The Best of the Best compiles the top30 practitioners in 19 areas of law. All the other practice areas we cover are included in the 2016edition and will be updated in 2020. In the event of a tie on the number of nominations bothpractitioners are included.

Our research process involves sending over 4,000 questionnaires to senior practitioners or in-house counsel involved in each practice area in over 90 jurisdictions, asking them to nominateleading practitioners based on their work and reputation. The results are analysed and screenedfor firm, network and alliance bias. The list of experts is then discussed and refined with advisersin legal centres worldwide.

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ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION

Practice Areas: Commercial Arbitration, Investment Arbitration,Litigation

Gerold Zeiler is a founding partner of zeiler.partners and an expert innational and international dispute resolution, with a strong focus oninternational commercial arbitration and complex litigation. Gerold has25 years of experience, acting as chairman, sole arbitrator, party-appointedarbitrator and expert witness, as well as counsel in more than 200 ad hocand administered arbitration proceedings, including proceedings underthe Vienna Rules (VIAC), the ICC Rules of Arbitration, the UNCITRALArbitration Rules, the Rules of the Arbitration Court of the EconomicChamber of the Czech Republic, the Rules of the Court of InternationalCommercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce andIndustry of Romania, as well as ICSID arbitration proceedings. Moreover,he is a seasoned litigator before Austrian courts. He is admitted to theAustrian bar (1993) and the Bar of California (2018).

Gerold graduated at the University of Vienna (Mag.iur. 1988; Dr.iur. 1996)and Washington University in St. Louis (LL.M. 2016). He is a fellow of theChartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), a member of the ICCCommission on Arbitration, and a former board member and presidentof the Austrian Arbitration Association. He is listed on the panel ofarbitrators of a number of arbitration institutions, including the ViennaInternational Arbitral Centre, the Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration atthe Serbian Chamber of Commerce, the Permanent Tribunal ofArbitration of the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce, the InternationalCommercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerceand Industry, the Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce andIndustry of Romania, the Russian Arbitration Center at the RussianInstitute of Modern Arbitration and the Indian Council of Arbitration. In2018, the ICC World Council appointed Gerold as the Austrian memberof the ICC Court.

Gerold Zeiler is the author of numerous articles and books oninternational and domestic arbitration, including a commentary on theAustrian Arbitration law, Schiedsverfahren (“Arbitration”) (second edition2014), and is also a co-editor of the Austrian Yearbook on InternationalArbitration. Inter alia he co-authored Dispute Resolution in Austria(Kluwer, 2015) and is the editor of Austrian Arbitration Law (2016), anEnglish language commentary on the rules governing arbitration inAustria. More recently he edited The European Convention on InternationalCommercial Arbitration A Commentary (Kluwer, 2019). Gerold regularlyspeaks at international conferences and guest lectures a university course.

zeiler.partners is a commercial law firm with a particular focus on DisputeResolution. Since the foundation in 2014, the firm has constantly beengrowing and it currently consists of five partners, one of counsel and nineassociates. All partners have considerable experience and are well-regardedspecialists in their fields of law. The firm focuses on arbitration, litigationand employment law. It specialises in the conduct of national andinternational arbitration proceedings and commercial litigation before allAustrian courts, as well as in litigation and advisory work in the field ofemployment law.

Gerold Zeilerzeiler.partnersStubenbastei 2Entrance Zedlitzgasse 7 A-1010 ViennaAustriaTel: (43) 1 890 1087 80Email: gerold.zeiler@zeiler.partnersWebsite: www.zeiler.partners

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Dr Colin Ong QC is a Chartered Arbitrator and Queen’s Counsel at 36Stone(London); Counsel at Eldan Law LLP(Singapore); and SeniorPartner at Dr Colin Ong Legal Services. He has over 27 years ofexperience as lead counsel and arbitrator and actively leads manyinternational teams or sits as arbitrator across 7 countries. He is wellknown in areas including banking/finance; infrastructure projects(airports, bridges, pipe-lines; ports; railways and roads), entertainmentindustries, insurance, energy disputes (coal mining/supply disputes,production sharing contracts, electricity supply, gas and oil contracts),information technology, insolvency shipping, intellectual property (bankATMs; computing/software licensing; games software; reverseengineering; insurance, manufacturing issues (automobile parts, militaryequipment, pharmaceutical; software), telecoms, technology transfer andgeneral commercial trade related matters. He is a Civil Law professor,known for his mastery of civil law in numerous arbitrations governedunder Civil law. He is the first ASEAN national lawyer appointed EnglishQueen’s Counsel. In 2010, he became the first ASEAN non head of stateor senior judge to be elected as a Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple.

He has sat as arbitrator or acted as lead counsel in over 350 arbitrationsgoverned under civil and common law.in commercial disputes and ad-hoc investor state disputes governed under most institutional rulesincluding AAA, BANI, CIETAC, HKIAC, ICC, ICDR, KLRCA, LCIA,LMAA, OIC; SIAC, TAI, UNCITRAL and WIPO rules under diverseapplicable laws including English, Indian, Indonesian, Malaysian, NewYork, Hong Kong, Philippine; PRC, Kazakh, Korean, Singapore,Thai andVietnamese law. Author of arbitration publications with 2 books listed asEnd-note 1 reference books in separate CIArb Practice Guidelines (Costsin International Arbitration (Lexis Nexis) and Interim Measures inInternational Arbitration (Juris). He authored several texts on advocacyincluding chapter one for the GAR Guide to Advocacy.

At the 2016 GAR Awards, the split decisions in PT Perusahaan GasNegara v CRW [2015] SGCA 30, where he was lead counsel, were namedrunner up most important decision of 2015. He was lead counsel in anearlier arbitration which led to amendments to the 1999 FIDIC FormContracts (http://fidic.org/node/1615)

He is a visiting professor of law and has been visiting professor at bothleading Civil and Common law jurisdictions. He holds LLB (Sheffield),LLM, PhD (Queen Mary), FCIArb, FMIArb, FSIArb and DiplCArb.

President, Arbitration Association Brunei Darussalam(AABD); VicePresident, Appointing Council; Thailand Arbitration Center(THAC);Advisory Governing Council, Indonesian National Board ofArbitration(BANI). He was a GAR 45 under 45. He is a member of ICCCommission on Arbitration; Vice President, APRAG; ICCA-Queen MaryTask Force on Third-Party Funding and Vice Chair (Arbitration), InterPacific Bar Association. One of 18 Most-in-Demand Arbitrators (Asia-Pacific Chambers&Partners 2019) described as “top person in the field”.WWL Arbitration 2019 Analysis:- “maintains a worldwide reputation forhis skill in arbitration....great experience in both civil and common law”.

Languages include Bahasa Indonesia/Bahasa Melayu (written awards),Chinese, and English (written awards).

Colin Ong QCDr Colin Ong Legal ServicesSuites 2-2 to 2-8, Gadong Properties CentreKm 3-6, Jalan GadongNegara Brunei DarussalamBandar Seri Begawan BE4119BruneiTel: (67) 32420913Email: contacts@onglegal.com

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AU S T R A L I ADoug Jones AOIndependent arbitratorSydney

AU S T R I AGerold Zeiler See biozeiler.partnersVienna

B E L G I UMBernard HanotiauHanotiau & van den BergBrussels

B R A Z I LAdriana BraghettaL.O. Baptista AdvogadosSão Paulo

B R UN E IColin Ong QC See bioDr Colin Ong Legal ServicesBandar Seri Begawan

C ANADAPierre BienvenuNorton Rose FulbrightMontréal

Robert J C DeaneBorden Ladner GervaisVancouver

D E NMA R KJosé Rosell See bioIndependent arbitratorCopenhagen

F R AN C EJason FryClifford ChanceParis

F R AN C EEmmanuel GaillardShearman & SterlingParis

Michael A PolkinghorneWhite & CaseParis

Michael Young QCQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanParis

G E RMAN YAnke MeierNoerrFrankfurt am Main

HONG KONGS A RMatthew Gearing QCAllen & OveryHong Kong

James Kwan See bioHogan LovellsHong Kong

Ing Loong YangLatham & WatkinsHong Kong

M E X I C OClaus Von WobeserVon Wobeser y SierraMexico City

N E T H E R L AN D SGerard J MeijerNautaDutilhRotterdam

S I N G A PO R EAlastair HendersonHerbert Smith FreehillsSingapore

SW I T Z E R L A N DDomitille BaizeauLaliveGeneva

Elliott E GeisingerSchellenberg WittmerGeneva

Paolo Michele PatocchiPatocchi & MarzoliniGeneva

Philippe PinsolleQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanGeneva

Anne Véronique SchläpferWhite & CaseGeneva

UN I T E DK I N G DOMGary B BornWilmerHaleLondon

Stephen Jagusch QC See bioQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanLondon

Karyl Nairn QCSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & FlomLondon

John Savage QCKing & SpaldingLondon/Singapore

UN I T E D S TAT E SJulie BédardSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & FlomNew York/São Paulo

Nigel BlackabyFreshfields Bruckhaus DeringerWashington DC

Grant Hanessian See bioBaker McKenzieNew York

David B Wilson See bioSherman & HowardDenver