Member Spotlight

Our publications are coordinated via our various practice group steering committees. They each provide multi-jurisdictional perspective and thought leadership on the key issues affecting businesses today.

  • Laura Thalacker: A practical idealist in law and life

    Laura Thalacker, a distinguished management-side labour and employment lawyer based in Las Vegas, Nevada, celebrates two significant milestones this year: the 30th anniversary of her legal career and the 10th anniversary of her firm, Hartwell Thalacker, Ltd. “We’re super proactive on the business side, working with clients and building personal relationships to help them stay… Read more

  • Why the fast-paced environment of Dubai suits Francesca Romana Valeri

    Francesca Romana Valeri – a certified Italian lawyer – blends her Italian legal expertise with international business experience in Dubai. “My role is to be the contact point between the law firm and our clients in the Middle East, and I co-ordinate our two offices here.” As Head of Legal for the Middle East, Francesca… Read more

    • Francesca Romana Valeri
      Corporate Law in United Arab Emirates

      Francesca Romana Valeri

      bronzeFrancesca is a bronze member
      Head of Legal for Middle East, PAOLETTI LAW GROUP
  • Laurel Bellows: Navigating the complex terrain of executive career transitions

    With decades of experience breaking barriers in the legal profession, Laurel Bellows has become the go-to advisor for corporate leaders facing pivotal career moments. As Founder and Managing Principal of The Bellows Law Group, P.C., Laurel has earned an international reputation for her incisive negotiation skills and unwavering advocacy on behalf of senior executives at… Read more

  • Markus Stadler: From finance to law – a global approach to asset recovery

    Markus Stadler is a distinguished lawyer specialising in debt and asset recovery at Martin Kenney & Co (MKS). Based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), the firm is a cross-border international litigation boutique. “As litigators, we are generally involved in dispute resolution. Specifically with asset recovery, we will get into a case at all different… Read more

  • Why Paul Beare’s Success is Defined Through Helping Others

    Paul Beare has built a successful career by helping others, staying true to himself, and constantly pushing the boundaries he sets for himself and his firm. As the founder of Paul Beare Ltd., he specialises in helping clients establish their businesses in the UK. “I describe myself as working in financial services, but actually the… Read more

    • Paul Beare
      Company Formations and Foreign Direct Investment in England

      Paul Beare

      goldPaul is a gold member
      Digital PartnerPaul is a Digital Partner
      MOTY 2023Paul was Member of the Year winner in 2023
      Founder, Paul Beare Ltd
  • How Justine Fletcher ensures the continued success of JCL Law Partners

    Justine Fletcher is a successful and dynamic practice manager at JCL Law Partners, where she oversees the firm’s operations to streamline administrative processes and support the legal team. “The whole idea of my being here is to make the lawyers’ lives easier. So to take away from them everything that is admin related, so that… Read more

  • How Hub van Grinsven makes doing business in the Netherlands as easy as possible

    Hub van Grinsven holds the esteemed position of leading the business support team at Maprima, where he acts as the primary point of contact for clients aiming to establish or expand their operations into the Netherlands. “Whether they want to set up an entity and hire people, or import into the Netherlands, we help them… Read more

    • Hub van Grinsven
      Company Formations and Corporate Services in Netherlands

      Hub van Grinsven

      bronzeHub van is a bronze member
      Director Business Support, Maprima
  • Andrew Stebbins: Navigating the complex niche of internet defamation

    Andrew Stebbins – a seasoned litigation lawyer and Partner at Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs – has carved out a niche for himself in the legal world, specialising in internet defamation and online harassment. “Generally, what we do is, if people or businesses are having problems online, we try to come up with solutions for how… Read more

  • Why Nevada is the best location for Lou Robinson’s business

    Lou Robinson likes to focus on solutions – in both his personal and professional life. When we caught up for the interview, he admitted that following our conversation he was going to be digging his house out from an overnight snowdrift and then helping his neighbour to dig out their house too. “Yes, I’ll be… Read more

  • Deniz Ulas Göçen: in harmony with music and the law

    Deniz Ulaş Göçen is a lawyer with a difference. As an aspiring pianist and potential composer, music was always his first love – and as a teenager he assumed composing would be his vocation in life. But as he went through high school and college, Deniz also got interested in economics and business. Indeed, he… Read more

  • From Norway to Malta: why Thomas Jacobsen chose a career path less ordinary

    Thomas Jacobsen’s career path was far from the ordinary. After graduating from the prestigious University of Oslo, where he specialised in international tax, he spent a year in the Royal Norwegian Air Force before looking for his ideal career move. While wondering what to do next, he met a Maltese girl through an international law… Read more

  • How Mackenzie Dimitri found her niche in franchise law

    Mackenzie Dimitri, a partner at New York-based Einbinder & Dunn, is a franchise attorney who splits her time between litigation and transactional work. “My litigation is all different sorts of commercial business matters. But my transactional work typically stems from franchise issues. For instance, I cover a lot of regulatory work, due diligence related to… Read more