Fernanda Machado, Dauro Schettino Advogados, Brazil

​Fernanda Machado is a Brazilian lawyer admitted to practice in the Rio de Janeiro Bar and in the Paris Bar.  She has a Master’s Degree in Comparative Family Law from the University of Paris 8 and was an intern at The Hague Conference on Private International Law.  Her practice includes cross-border divorce, distribution of assets, marital and child support, maintenance and alimony, issues in relation to children, gender and immigration, protection of persons with disabilities and estates and probates.

Joana Cardoso, JAC Lawyers, Macao

Joana is the founding partner of JAC Lawyers, a well-rounded law firm in Macao, China. Throughout her career she has demonstrated a special interest in Commercial and Corporate and Estate and Tax Planning and Family Law. She is also the President of the International Estate Planning Commission of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA). Joana has been advising international families in cross-border matters of financial and will planning, prenups, divorce and settlements and adoption.

Rinse Elsermans, Cazimir, Belgium

Rinse Elsermans works at Cazimir, a Belgian boutique private clients law firm. Rinse is a lawyer at the Brussels bar. He is specialised in (inter)national estate planning, wealth structuring and private clients litigation. He was an academic researcher at the University of Antwerp and regularly publishes in leading journals and books.

Stephanie Mooney, Kingsley Napley, UK

Stephanie Mooney is a solicitor in the Private Client department at London law firm Kingsley Napley. She recently completed her Trusts & Estates Diploma to become a full member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and has experience in advising on a broad range of Private Client matters, including succession planning (often with a cross-border element), mental capacity issues, trust creation and administration and providing personal tax advice to international clients.

Maria Cecilia Andrade, Member of the Advisory Board of FGV-Ethics, Brazil

Maria Cecilia Andrade is a lawyer, specialised in Economic Law and Compliance. Ms. Andrade graduated from the Catholic University School of Law at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and received a Master Degree in Enterprise Law from Coimbra Law School, Portugal. She also holds a Specialisation Degree in Economic Law from the Fundaçao Getulio Vargas Business School at Sao Paulo, Brazil.  She practiced law for 15 years at well known firms in Brazil focused on antitrust law, international commercial law and compliance advising both Brazilian and multinational companies. In February 2016 she joined Odebrecht Transport as Chief Compliance Officer to assist the company and its invested companies implement a Compliance Program, and more recently she worked for Odebrecht Engenharia & Construçao to assist the company in antitrust, compliance and international governmental affairs matters. Ms. Andrade is recognised as an leading antitrust practitioner by Global Competition Review, Who’s Who Legal, Chambers and Partners,  Latin Lawyer and other international publications. In 2018 she received an award from the publication Women@Competition 2018 (Notable Women Competition Professionals in Europe, the Americas and Africa) and was  shortlisted as one of the best in-house counsels for antitrust matters by Global Competition Review in 2018 and 2019.

DUNCAN GRIEVE, CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT, UK

Duncan Grieve is an associate in Cadwalader’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Group, resident in the London office. Duncan advises a range of organisations, including multinationals. He has experience in dealing with international investigations involving issues in foreign jurisdictions, including Brazil, Russia, China, India, Romania, the Czech Republic, Mozambique, Canada and Japan. He also conducts pre-acquisition anti-corruption due diligence in relation to investments into foreign jurisdictions and advises clients on compliance with trade sanctions and economic embargoes. Duncan also represents individuals subject to internal, regulatory and criminal investigation. His previous work includes advising clients throughout the global investigations into the integrity of financial benchmarks. Duncan speaks fluent Portuguese and spent two years in Brazil working with a Brazilian law firm where he advised corporate and individual clients in investigations. Duncan was recognised as a rising star – and is one of only four lawyers listed as “most highly regarded” – in European investigations by Who’s Who Legal – Future Leaders 2020.

Eduardo El Hage, Federal Public Ministry, Brazil

Eduardo is also the Coordinator of the Lava Jato task force in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Lars Raedschelders, Sherpa Law, Belgium

Lars Raedschelders works at Sherpa Law. He advises clients on venture capital, private equity and buy-out transactions with regard to the valuation of potential investments and structuring of their leveraged financing in various types of deals (share deals, asset deals, real estate transactions) taking into account the legal provisions on financial assistance together with a multidisciplinary team of tax, financial, real estate and other professionals. Next to that he is regularly involved in negotiating and reviewing of various kinds of financial documents, such as loan and credit agreements, security documents, factoring agreements or cash pooling agreements.

Birgit M. Liodden, The Ocean Opportunity Lab, Norway

Birgit has been a change agent for next generation & sustainable leadership in the maritime industry for more than a decade. Her former roles include; Director of Nor-Shipping, Founder & SG of YoungShip International, and Project Manager Global Systems & Processes at Wilh.Wilhelmsen, Director of Sustainability, Ocean Industries & Communication at Oslo Business Region, and Project Manager for Oslo European Green Capital’s cross-industry Business program. Birgit holds executive board roles in The Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue, The Factory, GreenStat and Bellona Foundation, and is the Working Chair of the Norwegian Organization for Electric Boats. She serves on the Executive Committee of Polytechnic Association (Norway) and the advisory boards of REV Ocean, SHE Community, Generation Mobility and Southern Africa Norway Association. She is also a popular speaker & moderator, having moderated a.o. President Barack Obama, several Norwegian Ministers and corporate executives. She has received a number of awards & rankings for her leadership in Norway and abroad. In 2018, she was among the 150 top finalists for World Economic Forum´s Young Global Leaders.

JEREMY HERSCHAFT, BLANK ROME LLP, US

JAVIER ZABALA, MEANAGREENMAURA, SPAIN

Sylvia Boer, Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports, Netherlands

Sylvia Boer is Director of Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports (AYOP) and she is President of WISTA The Netherlands. Sylvia has spent her whole life close to the maritime industry. She feels it is important to share her enthusiasm for the industry by emphasising its richness and vitality. This, she feels, is best achieved via the promotion of diversity in the industry. Sylvia is passionate about empowering women in the industry and is a regular speaker on the subject, regionally and internationally. She feels it’s time to make gender equality a reality! Sylvia holds a Master Degree in Business Administration from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Her maritime career started in 2007 at Holland Marine Equipment (HME) where she worked as an Export Manager. After which she became a Policy Advisor Export & Finance at Holland Shipbuilding Association (‘Netherlands Maritime Technology’ nowadays). In 2012 Sylvia started as a Marketing Manager within Damen Shipyards and from September 2016 until the end of January 2020 she was their Head of Communications. Last February Sylvia started as Director AYOP, an association of companies, local authorities and knowledge institutions in the North Sea Canal region that delivers future proof solutions for the offshore energy industry. Sylvia is also President of WISTA the Netherlands. Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) is a dynamic and international networking organisation of women at management level positions in the maritime industry. WISTA unites over 4,000 members in 50 countries. WISTA the Netherlands counts more than 180 strong and ambitious women.

Lorenzo Litta, Brandit.com, Switzerland

Thilo Pachmann, PACHMANN AG, Switzerland

Carolina Saito, University of São Paulo, BRAZIL

PhD candidate in Economic Law at the University of São Paulo (USP) since July 2019. From August 2019 until March 2020, she was a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) consultant regarding the negotiation and signing of Cease and Desist Agreements (TCCs) by the Brazilian Competition Tribunal. Former civil servant at the Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE), from January 2018 until January 2019. She holds a Master’s degree in Constitutional Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUCSP), where she also graduated in 2010. She works with Brazilian Competition Law since 2009, having most of her professional carrier as a lawyer at Grinberg Cordovil Advogados (from June 2009 until November 2017). Author of articles related to economic and competition law. Speaker at national and international events.

Boris Inderbitzin, delacruz beranek Rechtsanwälte AG, Switzerland

Early in his career, Boris realised that digital technologies have a major impact on society. As a lawyer, he specialised in information and communication technologies from the very beginning. In his function as deputy data protection officer of a multinational enterprise, his task was to develop a common denominator between relevant data security and data protection legislation in different countries. For this reason, the exchange with colleagues from AIJA is very important to him. Boris studied law in Switzerland at the universities of Lucerne and Neuchâtel. He graduated in 2012 with a bilingual double master's degree (German and French). Since 2016, he has been working as a lawyer for de la cruz beranek attorneys at law, Ltd., a Swiss law firm specialising in information and communication technologies and data protection.

Luciana Martorano, Martorano Law, Brazil

Luciana Martorano is the founding partner of Martorano Law - an Antitrust and Competition boutique based in São Paulo, Brazil. General Secretary of the Antitrust Division of the São Paulo Brazilian Bar (OAB-SP). She got a Master Degree in Corporate Law at Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and a bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM).

Florencia Rosati, ESTUDIO BECCAR VARELA, ARGENTINA

Florencia Rosati is a partner at Beccar Varela. She co-heads the firm’s Intellectual Property and TMT (Telecommunications, Media and Technology) Departments. She is also a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Her practice areas include litigation and advice to clients on trademarks, patents, copyright, data protection, entrepreneurship, entertainment, communications and new technologies, with broad experience in e-commerce & Internet. Florencia has been recognised by Chambers Latin America, The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250 and Who’s Who Legal, and awarded the INTA Volunteer Service prize for Pro Bono Services by an individual in 2011.

Sven Preiss, SCOUT24 GROUP, GERMANY

Sven Preiss has been working 10 years as a lawyer for media, IP and IT in a Berlin-based law firm. Sven now runs the Commercial Law department as Head of Legal at the Scout24 group. He is a certified expert for copyright and media law and holds a Master Degree of the University of Westminster, London in Entertainment Law. Sven enjoys the advantages of AIJA to connect with like-minded lawyers all around the world.

Sophie Gilliam, DLA Piper, Netherlands

Sophie Gilliam is part of the Litigation & Regulatory team at DLA Piper and based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She specialises in EU & Competition Law and Financial Markets Regulation. She is currently seconded to the legal department of ING Bank NV, a leading bank in the Netherlands with presence in over 40 countries. Sophie is President of the Antitrust Commission of AIJA.

Bernice Donald, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Judge Bernice B. Donald was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by President Barack Obama on December 1, 2010 and re-nominated in January 2011. She was confirmed 96-2 by the Senate on September 6, 2011. Prior to joining the Court of Appeals, Judge Donald served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, where she was appointed by President Clinton in December 1995. Judge Donald served as Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee from June 1988 to January 1996. She was the first African American women in the history of the United States to serve as a bankruptcy judge. When she was elected to the General Sessions Criminal Court in 1982, she became the first African American woman to serve as a judge in the history of the State of Tennessee.

Audrey Jarreton, Stibbe, Luxembourg

Audrey Jarreton assists an array of clients in complex corporate and finance matters. Audrey Jarreton advises multinational clients, including listed companies, major private equity firms, banks, and pharmaceutical groups, on cross-border financing and re-financing, debt issuance, real estate financing, aircraft financing, and the formation of securitisation vehicles. Furthermore, she represents lenders and borrowers in all types of financing transactions and advises on collateral arrangements, financial instruments, and related transactional documents. Audrey holds a master’s degree in Business and Financial Law from Robert Schuman University (Strasbourg) and the University of Luxembourg (2004). She also obtained a master’s degree in Business and Banking Law from Robert Schuman University (2005). Before joining Stibbe in 2020, Audrey worked as a lawyer for the Luxembourg office of a Dutch law firm and for a Benelux law firm. She joined an independent boutique law firm in Luxembourg in 2010 and worked for the Luxembourg office of a Benelux law firm from 2016 to 2020. Audrey is a member and the national representative of the International Association for Young Lawyers (AIJA). She is also a member of the Association Luxembourgeoise des Juristes de Droit Bancaire (ALJB) and the International Bar Association (IBA).

Renauld G. Clarke, Brown Rudnick LLP, United Kingdom

Renauld Clarke is Brown Rudnick's Director of Equity, Inclusion & Diversity. In this role, Renauld collaborates with the various departments of the firm to develop and implement global strategies to recruit, retain and advance the careers of women, LGBT+ and diverse professionals at the firm and in the legal profession generally. Renauld also assesses and monitors Firm policies and procedures that maintain an equitable and inclusive workplace. Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Renauld was a Senior Manager for diversity and inclusion at a global law firm in New York where he worked for more than 5 years. He also worked as consultant and in-house counsel at The FutureWork Institute where he designed and facilitated inclusion-related workshops for law firms, corporations and municipal organisations. Renauld earned his J.D. and B.A. from Vanderbilt University.

Katja Garvey, Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter, United Kingdom

Katja joined Kegler Brown in 2013, focusing predominantly in the firm’s Corporate and M+A practices, providing legal due diligence expertise and offering creative and efficient strategies on complex domestic and cross-border deals, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, and joint ventures. She is also an active member of the Global Business practice, focusing on the European market.

STÉPHANE DE NAVACELLE, NAVACELLE, FRANCE

Stéphane de Navacelle, a lawyer in New York (2005) and Paris (2008), practices corporate litigation, predominantly in criminal law, internal investigations and compliance. He has worked in the field of white collar crime/corporate crime in New York, London and Paris (at Engel & McCarney and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP). In 2010, Stéphane de Navacelle created NAVACELLE – a white collar crime, regulatory defense and complex litigation firm. With over 15 years’ experience in investigations in France and abroad, led in part in connection with French, Foreign or international organisations, Stéphane de Navacelle has developed an experience and methods to address complex matters involving composite organisations.

Francesca Dalla Volta, Brown Rudnick LLP, United Kingdom

Francesca Dalla Volta is an associate in Brown Rudnick's London office, where her practice focuses on assisting clients involved in international disputes and arbitration. Prior to becoming a qualified solicitor, Francesca worked at the firm as a trainee solicitor and paralegal with the International Disputes Practice group. In these roles she has gained experience in a wide range of disputes, including those arising from complex financial investments and director/shareholder disputes. Further, Francesca's understanding of the principles of both common law and civil law systems helped her to develop unique multi-cultural analytical abilities. In addition to Italian, her native language, Francesca is fluent in English. Francesca has a basic knowledge of French and Spanish.

MANFRED J. WONDRAK, BIAS AND DIVERSITY & INCLUSION EXPERT, AUSTRIA

The Bias and Diversity & Inclusion Expert and owner of factor-D Diversity Consulting, Manfred Wondrak, has gained more than 35 years practical experience in international companies. He is one of the Diversity Pioneers in Austria, operator of the platform Anti-Bias.eu and initiator of Diversity Charter in Austria. Manfred Wondrak advises about 20% of the German DAX and Austrian ATX listed companies as well as other global players in the region. He is a sought-after key-note speaker, lecturer at several universities and publisher of the “1st Practice Book Diversity Management” in Austria.

Tiffany Abreu, Professional Volleyball Player. Brazil

Tifanny Pereira de Abreu is 35 years old. She is a professional volleyball athlete and she played the last 4 season for the Sesi Volley Bauru.

STEFAN JEITLER, PLUG & PLAY, AUSTRIA

Dr. Stefan Jeitler works at Plug & Play. After 10 months as International Counsel in Plug & Play's headquarter in Silicon Valley, Steve was promoted as Associate General Counsel for Europe working out of Plug & Play's office in Vienna. He is responsible inter alia for any investments (and exits) made by Plug & Play in European Start-ups. His endeavours include various types and investment structures. The focus is mostly on investments through convertible loans and early-stage equity rounds. Next to that Stefan is leading on the establishment and corporate documentation of Plug & Play’s entities/subsidiaries in seven European countries. Furthermore, he is involved in drafting and reviewing corporate partnership contracts and various types of other corporate agreements including international financial and tax documents.

Gilly Orr, Social and Sustainable Capital, United Kingdom

Gilly is currently External Affairs Director at Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC). She joined the firm in 2018 at Fund Development Director to build and launch the now successful Social and Sustainable Housing fund. The fund enables frontline support charities to purchase high quality housing for their vulnerable clients. Gilly has extensive experience of large-scale project management in the public, private and third sectors. Prior to joining SASC she worked in youth services where she helped charities take on social investment allowing them to scale their work. Before that, Gilly spent 14 years in journalism at the BBC, where she edited the award-winning Today programme and co-ordinated global radio coverage of major UK events. She has a Masters in Inequality and Social Sciences from the LSE and believes that it is incumbent on western societies to deliver equity for all if they want to truly flourish. Gilly volunteers on projects, run by the Order of Malta, that supports marginalised communities across the globe. She is a former volunteer, trustee and advisor for its UK youth branch, the Order of Malta Volunteers

DIEgo gilardoni, executive coach and global business expert, france

Diego Gilardoni is an Executive Coach, Advisor, Speaker, and Author working with executives and companies at the nexus between leadership, culture, and change. A global business expert with a background spanning different sectors, continents, and cultures. He is an Associate Partner of Hofstede Insights, a global culture advisory firm specialising in helping international companies become truly global. A sought-after international public speaker, Diego was recently invited to give a speech at the Recovery Summit, the first and biggest global virtual conference of the “Covid Era”, along with Nobel Laureates and some of the leading thinkers of our time.

George Arabbu, Architect, Kenya

An alumnus of the University of Nairobi, he is currently a director at Sitescape Studio Limited, an architectural practice with offices in Nairobi and Mombasa. He serves as the vice chairperson of the Architects Chapter of the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) and a member of the Association's umbrella Governing Council. He has served for 6 years as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Nairobi department of Architecture and Building Science, and at the Nairobi Institute of Technology departments of Building and Interior Designed. He is enthusiastically pursuing integrated urban design planning via sustainable community setups. He is intentionally seeking and consulting for groups of young professionals who are looking to build their first homes in towns or at their rural homes with the aim of creating sustainable communities with shared financial obligations, values and dreams. He believes that there’s an urgent need to curb uncontrolled individualistic developments in Nairobi, and will give us an insight into the related problems and current developments, e.g. city dwellers answering the cultural call to build at their ancestral land.

Louise Wong, The Law society of hong kong, hong kong

An alumnus of the University of Nairobi, he is currently a director at Sitescape Studio Limited, an architectural practice with offices in Nairobi and Mombasa. He serves as the vice chairperson of the Architects Chapter of the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) and a member of the Association's umbrella Governing Council. He has served for 6 years as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Nairobi department of Architecture and Building Science, and at the Nairobi Institute of Technology departments of Building and Interior Designed. He is enthusiastically pursuing integrated urban design planning via sustainable community setups. He is intentionally seeking and consulting for groups of young professionals who are looking to build their first homes in towns or at their rural homes with the aim of creating sustainable communities with shared financial obligations, values and dreams. He believes that there’s an urgent need to curb uncontrolled individualistic developments in Nairobi, and will give us an insight into the related problems and current developments, e.g. city dwellers answering the cultural call to build at their ancestral land.

Evelyne Mbula Nzuki, MN LEGAL, KENYA

Mbula is a seasoned Commercial Attorney with strong background in Dispute Resolution (Commercial Litigation & Arbitration) and keen interest in LegalTech, TMT, StartUp, International Business, Oil & Gas, Energy & Environmental Law practice areas. She has a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Public International Law, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)London and is Founder & Principal Attorney at MN Legal Advocates - a futuristic, client-oriented, innovative law firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. Mbula is very keen on diversity and inclusion as well as sustainable development especially in urban city developments and the policies that further the global sustainability agenda.

Wayne Goetz, Actor, Germany

Mbula is a seasoned Commercial Attorney with strong background in Dispute Resolution (Commercial Litigation & Arbitration) and keen interest in LegalTech, TMT, StartUp, International Business, Oil & Gas, Energy & Environmental Law practice areas. She has a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Public International Law, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)London and is Founder & Principal Attorney at MN Legal Advocates - a futuristic, client-oriented, innovative law firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. Mbula is very keen on diversity and inclusion as well as sustainable development especially in urban city developments and the policies that further the global sustainability agenda.

Katie Newbury, Kingsley Napley LLP, United Kingdom

Katie Newbury in a senior associate in the immigration team at Kingsley Napley LLP. With experience across all areas of UK immigration, she specialises in handling challenging personal immigration instructions. This includes cases involving human rights issues, complex applications and appeals for families as well as working with investors, entrepreneurs and those in the tech industry looking to relocate to the UK. She is also the deputy chair of the Kingsley Napley Diversity and Inclusion committee.

Claire Huijts, Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn N.V., Netherlands

Claire is a Dutch employment lawyer based in The Hague. She has a keen interest in all issues at the interface of employment law and human rights and is specialized in equal treatment, employer’s liability and business and human rights.

Paulo Nasser, M Nasser Advocacia Estratégica, Brazil

Paulo Nasser is an AIJA member since 2017 and is VP of the Insolvency Commission. Paulo has extensive expertise in cross-border litigation and arbitration, advising clients in complex cases involving business and commercial matters. He is the founding partner of M Nasser Dispute Resolution, in Sao Paulo. Nasser was educated at the Catholic University of Sao Paulo, where he obtained his masters in Private Law (Direito Civil) and his Ph.D. in Procedural Law and Arbitration. He also holds a LL.M. degree from the London School of Economics (LSE).

Hector Sbert, LAWANTS, Spain

Hector Sbert is a Spanish litigation & insolvency attorney. His areas of specialisation include enforcement proceedings, asset tracing & recovery, contentious insolvency and business reorganisations and liquidations. He is founding partner of the law & tax boutique firm Lawants, in Barcelona. His education includes a Ph.D. in civil asset tracing methods and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School. Hector is also former Chair of AIJA's Insolvency Law Commission.

Marine Simonnot, UGGC Avocats, France

Marine Simonnot is a partner at UGGC Avocats, a full business lawfirm based in Paris. She has been a member of the restructuring and insolvency department of UGGC since 2005. She advises any stakeholder that may face to a pre-insolvency or to an insolvency proceedings (companies that suffers financial difficulties in view of their restructuration, shareholders, directors whose liabilities is sought, creditors, bidders and insolvency practioners). She has also a recognized experience in dispute resolution within the context of an insolvency. Marine is also teacher at the Paris Bar Law School in insolvency law and regularly a speaker at various events related to restructuring and insolvency. Marine is the current President of the Insolvency Law Commission of AIJA.

Lara Vivas, Cuatrecasas, Spain

An expert in labor law, Lara specialises in employment compliance and restructuring, and currently develops the global sustainability focus group in Cuatrecasas. She has conducted collective bargaining negotiations, including negotiating collective agreements and mediating in collective disputes and strikes. She has participated in restructuring processes under Spanish and European law and represented clients in proceedings in first- and second-instance courts in Spain. Thanks to her training in law, HR, and business in Spain, to her studies in law & economics at the University of Chicago, and to her work experience in France, she has developed an international practice. She advised American, Asian and European companies on ongoing legal matters, and has advised human resources departments on their strategic analyses from a legal and economic perspective. She reviews and designs global policies for international and local clients.