Leading Experts on Legal, Economic & Regulatory Affairs

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...

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...

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...

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...

Antony Page is an Associate Professor, John S. Grimes Fellow and Dean's Fellow at Indiana University School of Law. He primarily teaches and publishes in the areas of M&A, Corporations, Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance. His scholarly work has been cited by U.S. courts, including the Supreme...

Carlos Mateo Paz-Soldan is a Partner at DTB Associates, LLP in Washington D.C. For the past 12 years, he has practiced law in Washington D.C. focusing on international trade, immigration policy, and Native American and fisheries policy and legislation. Mr. Paz-Soldan has represented foreign embassies,...

Brett Perlman is President of a management consulting firm that provides services to telecommunications and electric utility clients. Prior to his current role, Mr. Perlman served as Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas from 1999 to 2003. In this role, he was responsible for leading...

Peter Pfohl is Partner of Slover & Loftus, a boutique law firm located in Washington, DC, where he specializes in transportation law. He regularly participates in Surface Transportation Board (STB) proceedings, with a focus on rail transportation. Mr. Pfohl also has worked on the major rail mergers...

Ulises Pin is a Partner in the telecommunications, media and technology practice of Bingham McCutchen in Washington, DC. He represents U.S. and foreign communications companies before the Federal Communications Commission as well as communications regulators in Mexico, Brazil, and Latin American countries....

Ronald Platt is a Senior Managing Director in the Public Law and Policy Strategies practice at Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal in Washington, DC. Mr. Platt specializes in governmental and administrative matters, as well as strategic planning, taxation, communications, appropriations and gaming. His service...

Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak is the Director of the Institute of Security and International Studies and Associate Professor of International Political Economy at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. His expertise is on Thai politics and macroeconomy. He is a frequently quoted commentator and columnist on...

Mary Neil Price is a Member at Miller & Martin in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is a member of their Business and Tax Department. Ms. Price practices business law with special emphasis on financial institutions, securities, mergers and acquisitions and both for profit and tax exempt organizations....

Shradha Puri is Senior Associate at K.R. Chawla & Co, India. She specializes in Corporate and Commercial Laws, Joint Ventures / Collaborations, SEBI, and advises global corporate in respect of India Entry Strategies, with focus on retail and real estate. Ms. Puri is also knowledgeable on Equity joint...

Ana Ribo is a Partner at Ventura Garces & Lopez-Ibor Abocados in Barcelona, Spain. She specializes in litigation, insolvency and arbitration. Ms. Ribo is the author of the chapter on Spain in ‘Serving process and obtaining evidence abroad’ and the chapter on Service of process in Spain in "International...

Thomas Rihm, PhD, is Partner with the commercial law firm of Thouvenin Rechtsanwalte in Zürich, Switzerland. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, supply distribution, financing and labor, as well as in other commercial law areas, and advising mostly foreign corporate...

Peter D. Robertson is a Partner at Crowell & Moring in Washington, DC, where he focuses in the area of public policy, especially environmental/energy law and policy. His work ranges from representing clients on energy and environmental policy matters to negotiating settlements of environmental enforcement...