Leading Experts on Legal, Economic & Regulatory Affairs

Nikolaus J. Roever, who has played a key role in a number of high profile turnarounds, has more than 12 years of experience in financial and legal restructuring situations, distressed M&A and organizational restructuring matters. During his career he has advised various German Mittelstand firms, banks,...

Giuseppe L. Rosa is a Partner in Italy at the Law Offices of G.L Rosa & Associated Counsels. He focuses on M&A, interplay of contracts - particularly in the area of foreign direct investment/divestitures - arbitration & ADR consulting, taxation, international class action litigation, contract drafting-negotiation-monitoring,...

Robert Rosenberg is Partner at Slover & Loftus in Washington, DC, practicing primarily in the fields of transportation and energy. His specialties include coal transportation and coal supply matters; railroad rate relief for captive shippers; damages and related economic analysis; price adjustments...

Maria Rosa Rotondo is a Senior Director at Political Intelligence Spain, a consultancy specializing in political and regulatory aspects. Ms. Rotondo focuses on information and communications technology and health issues in the Spanish Government and Parliament, working closely with the national and...

John B. Russo, Ed.D, is the Coordinator of the Labor Studies Program at the Warren P. Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University where he teaches courses on Labor Law and Negotiations, Occupational Safety and Health and Work in America. He is also the Co-Director of...

John W. Ryan is a Partner at Crowell & Moring in Washington, DC, where he focuses on the chemical, biotechnology, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. As the former Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel for IGEN International, he has managed various patent portfolios. Previously, Mr. Ryan...

Chester B. Salomon was a Senior Shareholder and Co-Chair of the Bankruptcy/Workout Practice of Stevens & Lee in New York. Mr. Salomon has represented debtors, creditors, lenders, trustees, litigants and asset purchasers in complex Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases for more than 35 years. He has served...

Mark Saunders was until recently a Senior Partner at Holland & Knight in New York. Currently, he maintains a practice in the international, securities and corporate finance, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions areas. Mr. Saunders has negotiated transactions in over 20 countries around the world...

Thomas Saunders is a Partner at Seyfarth Shaw in Boston, Massachusetts, where he specializes in representing emerging medical technology, biotechnology/genetic engineering and pharmaceutical concerns, particularly as to patent prosecution, patent strategy, IP licensing matters and ANDA Paragraph IV...

Marc Scheineson is a Partner with Alston & Bird where he heads the firm's Food and Drug Law Practice. He has practiced food and drug law, health care law and administrative law for over 20 years in national law firms and at the FDA. His practice focuses on determining the regulatory course of least...

Martin Schulz is a Senior Economist at Fujitsu Research Institute (FRI), a private association focusing on structural reforms and strategic advice in Japan. He specializes in research and consultation on economic policy, macroeconomics, industrial restructuring and corporate FDI strategies. Additionally,...

Jonathan Schwantes is a Partner at Clark & Weinstock in Washington D.C. Prior to that, he spent more than eight years of serving in the United States Senate on the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Schwantes was significantly involved with a wide range of merger review activities, covering the media, high-tech,...

R. Michael Senkowski is Partner and Chair of the Telecommunications Practice Group at Wiley Rein in Washington, DC. He has handled several hundred telecommunications transactions ranging from small deals to five of the largest telecom mergers in history. Mr. Senkowski has engaged in virtually all aspects...

Ronald D. Simpson is Managing Director, Global Currency Analysis for Action Economics, LLC based in USA. Previously, he was the Managing Currency Analyst, Americas, for MMS International, where he oversaw fundamental foreign exchange commentary and strategy. As a currency market analyst, Mr.Ron has...

James C. Sivon 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. Mr. Sivon is a former Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Association of Bank Holding Companies,...

Mark Sloan is a Partner at DTB Associates in Washington, DC, where he specialized in market access analysis related to both the WTO agricultural negotiations and U.S. Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Mr. Sloan has provided advice to the U.S. pork, grain, rice, almond and potato industries, as well...

Jane Smith is the Account Director at Political Intelligence, a consultancy specializing in political and regulatory aspects of information and communications technology, financial services, energy, health, and Transport in UK. She has more than 30 years of experience in the energy and wider utility...

Tracy Spicer is a Partner at Avenue Solutions, a Washington, DC based government relations firm which provides strategic legislative, policy and political expertise. She focuses on the healthcare arena and has played an integral role in some of the most prominent healthcare policy debates on Capitol...

The Honorable Paula Stern is Chairwoman of The Stern Group, an economic analysis and trade advisory firm in Washington, DC. A distinguished scholar and a former chairwoman of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Dr. Stern advises businesses on trade issues that affect their competitiveness...

Joel Sterns is President and founding member at Sterns & Weinroth, where his practice focuses on a variety of significant regulatory matters, ranging from environmental law to banking and insurance. He is perhaps best known as one of the foremost attorneys in the field of casino regulation. Mr. Sterns...