Leading Experts on Legal, Economic & Regulatory Affairs

Mr. Som Mandal is the Managing Partner of Fox Mandal Little. His focus is mainly in M&A, corporate law and project finance. Mr. Mandal is rated by Legal 500 as a Leading Individual Lawyer for Corporate and M&A. The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers has accredited him for the Mergers & Acquisitions...

Sebastian Mariz is managing partner of EPPA España, a management consultancy specialised in European and Spanish policy and legislation, with over 12 years of experience lobbying in Spain. EPPA España works with clients in a wide range of sectors. Our expertise is based on knowing how policy works and...

Joe McNamee is EU Affairs Director in the Brussels, Belgium office of Political Intelligence, a public affairs consultancy. He has previously worked with the European Parliament. Mr. McNamee has a particular interest in international law and trade issues, and he focuses on telecommunications, media,...

Michael McNeely is in private practice in Washington, DC, where he provides antitrust counseling and representation. Mr. McNeely consults on the antitrust and antitrust agency aspects of mergers, generic drug approvals, telecommunications, patents, standard setting, and other topics. He also represents...

Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier is a Partner at Snell & Wilmer LLP in Phoenix, Arizona, where her practice is concentrated in general litigation, with emphasis on business matters, Indian law, and gaming law. Her professional experience includes representation of clients involved in gaming, financing, leasing,...

Miguel Mesquita da Cunha is a Consultant in Belgium who specializes in EU policy and regulatory trends that affect business. Previously, Dr. Mesquita da Cunha worked in the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) under Lord Carrington, before becoming a member of the 'Group...

Glenn Miller is a Partner at Bingham McCutchen in Washington, DC, where he has a particular experience with structured finance transactions in the affordable housing field and transactions involving investments by pension funds, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and tax-exempt organizations in real...

Sarah L. Miller is President and Co-Founder of Regulatory Watch in New York, where she has over eighteen years experience monitoring New York's regulatory agencies. Her background includes extensive interaction with the New York Public Service Commission ("PSC"), Commission on Cable Television, Department...

Thomas Mills is Office Managing Partner and Chair of the Health Care Practice at Winston & Strawn in Washington, DC. He concentrates his practice on the legislative and regulatory aspects of health care. Mr. Mills has represented the interests of a range of health care providers, including hospitals,...

Rick Moore is a Partner at Book Hill Partners in Washington, DC, where he brings over 20 years of public policy, public affairs and public relations experience at the highest levels of government and the private sector. His practice is focused on technology, media relations and public affairs. His...

Maurice Murphy is Founder and Senior Principal of TMT Legal, a Technology, Media and Telecommunications consultancy in London. He advises clients on complex commercial transactions; corporate and governance matters; and intellectual property issues, including exploitation and enforcement. With respect...

Kirk Nahra is Partner at Wiley Rein in Washington, DC, where he is chair of the Privacy Practice and co-chair of Health Care Practice. He specializes in healthcare, privacy, information security and insurance fraud litigation and counseling for the health care and property/casualty insurance industries...

Kou Nakayama is Director & Senior Economist at the Bank of Japan, the Japanese central bank. He serves as a senior Economist/Planning Director of economic projection and assessment on Japanese economy. He has worked at the BoJ since 1993. Mr. Nakayama is also knowledgeable on Asian Economies. He previously...

Raymond Natter is Partner at Barnett Sivon & Natter in Washington, DC, where he specializes in representing financial institutions before the U.S. Congress and federal regulatory agencies. Previously, Mr. Natter served as Deputy Chief Counsel of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), where...

Thomas Navin is Partner at Wiley Rein LLP. Previously, he was Chief of the Federal Communication Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau. Mr. Navin played a key role in developing national policies governing broadband networks, VOIP services, local telephone competition, customer privacy, universal...

Richard O'Keeffe is Of Counsel at Wiley Rein in Washington, DC, where he focuses on government contracts. Mr. O'Keeffe has over 14 years of experience handling all aspects of federal procurement matters. He is knowledgeable about all stages of federal contract law and litigation, including terminations,...

Hugo Oppelaar is a Partner and Advocate in the Banking, Finance and Restructuring practise group at Houthoff Buruma in Amsterdam. He assists in matters relating to the Dutch financial regulators (the Authority for the Financial Markets and the Dutch Central Bank) and is often engaged in relation to...

James O'Reilly is a Volunteer Professor of Law at University of Cincinnati. He counsels large and small drug, biotech, device and food firms. Prof. O’Reilly’s 31 books and 137 articles have been widely cited, and as an FDA expert over many years he has led trade association and NGO projects dealing...

Doug Orvis is Partner at Bingham McCutchen in Washington, DC. He represents clients on telecommunications regulatory compliance, with particular emphasis on issues relating to the federal Universal Service Fund (USF). Mr. Orvis assists numerous telecommunications carriers in all aspects of USF compliance....

Deborah Outlaw is the Principal of The Outlaw Group in Washington, DC, where she provides legislative, regulatory and medical coding services to physician specialty groups, allied health providers, medical device manufacturers, and non-profit organizations interested in medical research. With over 25...