BTICONSULTING - Key Persons
Amanda G. Alexander is Of Counsel to the Jackson, Mississippi office of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. Mrs. Alexander and her firm Alexander Law represent insurance carriers, businesses, and public entities in the areas of commercial litigation. She handles a wide range of matters involving first-party property claims, premises liability, motor vehicle liability, commercial general liability, insurance defense coverage matters, labor and employment law, worker's compensation and the representation of employers, self-insured employers and their insurance carriers. Mrs. Alexander represents clients in state and federal courts, in arbitration, appeals, mediation, and in administrative hearings. She has attained the highest Peer Review Rating of AV® from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and is recognized as a Mid-South Super Lawyer.
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- Counsel
- Partner
- Co - Chair of Dechert 's International Arbitration
"Mr. Ali is second to none interacting with clients."
Arif Hyder Ali is the co-chair of Dechert's International Arbitration practice, which consists of some 50 partners and associates across the firm's 22 offices. He splits his time between the firm's Washington, D.C. and London offices. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, where he teaches international commercial and investment arbitration. From 2007 to 2012 he was an Honorary Lecturer and Global Faculty Member of the University of Dundee's Centre for Energy, Mining and Petroleum Law and Policy. In 2001, he was decorated with the Order of Bahrain (II) for his role in the resolution of Bahrain's maritime and territorial boundary dispute with Qatar before the International Court of Justice.
Mr. Ali has served as lead trial counsel in international investment, commercial and construction arbitrations under many of the major international and regional arbitral regimes and covering a broad range of industries and economic activity, including foreign direct investment; privatization; the construction, operation and commercialization of thermal, nuclear, and hydro power plants; oil and gas pipeline construction and concession-related matters; mining concessions; gas pricing disputes; natural resource exploitation projects and contracts; the development and operation of tourism and hospitality projects; project finance and development agreements; contract stabilization and renegotiation issues; patents and trademarks; Internet governance and top-level domains; and information technology-related disputes. He has represented parties from the United States, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and across Asia.
David Allen is a business attorney who represents clients in high-stakes corporate transactions, offering practical and strategic insights to help them maximize value and minimize regulatory risk. Based in Holland & Knight's Dallas office, Mr. Allen focuses his practice on guiding clients on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and general corporate and securities matters.
Mr. Allen represents issuers, underwriters, investors and placement agents in a broad range of securities law matters. He assists clients with public offerings and private placements of debt, equity and convertible securities, including through initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary offerings and private investments in public equity (PIPEs).
In addition, Mr. Allen represents acquirers, targets, financial advisors and special committees in a wide variety of transactions involving private and public companies. He counsels clients in a variety of industries, including medical devices, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, real estate, semiconductors, technology, hotels and gaming.
Job Titles:
- Partner / Holland & Knight
David Allen is a business attorney who represents clients in high-stakes corporate transactions, offering practical and strategic insights to help them maximize value and minimize regulatory risk. Based in Holland & Knight's Dallas office, Mr. Allen focuses his practice on guiding clients on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and general corporate and securities matters.
Mr. Allen represents issuers, underwriters, investors and placement agents in a broad range of securities law matters. He assists clients with public offerings and private placements of debt, equity and convertible securities, including through initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary offerings and private investments in public equity (PIPEs).
In addition, Mr. Allen represents acquirers, targets, financial advisors and special committees in a wide variety of transactions involving private and public companies. He counsels clients in a variety of industries, including medical devices, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, real estate, semiconductors, technology, hotels and gaming.
"Mr. Allen has his finger on the pulse of the M&A market."
"He understands our business and he's technologically savvy."
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- Director Marketing Operations
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- Partner / King & Spalding / Atlanta, GA
John M. Anderson represents strategic companies and financial sponsors in a variety of complex business transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, carveouts and joint ventures, and has advised on well over $100 billion in transactions. His deal experience spans the range of M&A activity, including LBOs, strategic mergers, cross-border deals, activist investors and other special situations, SPAC transactions and REIT M&A. John began his career as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York.
Job Titles:
- Director / Executive Client Feedback Programs
"Ms. Anderson knows how to get plaintiff's attorneys attention."
"She is highly responsive and creative."
Ms. Anderson has worked on class action cases recovering over $9.3 billion and currently serves as interim co-lead counsel on behalf of advertiser plaintiffs in Klein v. Facebook, Inc., No. 20-cv-8570 (N.D. Cal.). She is an active member of the American Bar Association's Antitrust Section. She was a contributing author to the Antitrust Section's Proof of Conspiracy Under Federal Antitrust Laws (3d ed.), Antitrust Discovery Handbook (2d ed.), Joint Venture Handbook (2d ed.), and the 2010 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments. In addition, Ms. Anderson served as an editor for Model Jury Instructions in Civil Antitrust Cases (2016 ed.) and numerous other publications. During law school, she served as an extern at the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, in San Francisco and as an extern to Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar of the Supreme Court of California. She was also a research assistant to Professor James R. McCall in the areas of antitrust and comparative antitrust law.
Michael Appelbaum, a leader of the firm's Retail and General Liability Practice Groups, is a seasoned litigator who tries cases in the state, federal, and appellate courts of New York involving personal injury, sexual torts/abuse, truck and motor vehicle accidents, and the sports and entertainment industry. As Leader of the Firm's Sexual Tort and Abuse Defense Team, Mr. Appelbaum has successfully represented businesses, institutions, religious orders and national entities in the defense of abuse claims arising out of the Child Victims Act and the Adult Survivors Act. His diverse background also includes the representation of professionals pr
Michael J. Aiello is Chairman of the over 600-lawyer Corporate Department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and a member of the Firm's Management Committee. Michael regularly represents companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures involving public companies. He also advises clients on corporate governance issues. Michael regularly represents acquirors, targets, buyout groups, boards of directors, special committees, investment banks, investors and shareholder groups in complex domestic and international negotiated and unsolicited merger and acquisition transactions, including Aéropostale, Dow Chemical, Goldman Sachs, Herbalife, Kroger, Ontario Teachers', Procter & Gamble, Sanofi, Thomas H. Lee and Willis Group Holdings.
"Michael is my first call for significant M&A matters."
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Co - Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department
"Neil has the full faith and confidence of our management team."
Neil Abramson is the co-chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department and head of the Public Sector Group. He handles all types of employment litigation, including discrimination claims, claims for breach of contract and claims arising from the collective bargaining relationship, as well as arbitrations, administrative proceedings and collective bargaining.
Neil regularly handles complex collective bargaining disputes for private and public sector employers, including litigating matters before the New York State Public Employment Relations Board, various public interest arbitration panels, private grievance arbitrators and the National Labor Relations Board. Neil leads the legal representation of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in its collective bargaining disputes with transit and railroad workers and the City of New York in its collective bargaining disputes with teachers, police, fire, nurses and hospital staff. Neil also regularly handles collective bargaining disputes for multiemployer bargaining associations and single employers for such clients as Major League Baseball, The League of Voluntary Hospitals, The New York Times, Pratt Institute and The Broadway League. He also provides advice and guidance to clients, counseling employers on how to avoid litigation and achieve their employee relations objectives. Neil also has litigated single and multiple plaintiff matters in the state and federal courts of New York and a number of other jurisdictions and has extensive appellate advocacy experience.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner / Kirkland & Ellis
- Partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the New York
Rajab Abbassi is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a member of the Financial Institutions and Insurance Transactions & Regulatory Practice Groups. Rajab's practice focuses on corporate transactions in the insurance industry, and he has advised on many of the most significant transactions in the industry over the last 15 years. He regularly advises on mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance transactions, joint venture transactions and strategic investments, as well as securities offerings and other corporate transactions. Rajab also frequently counsels boards of directors and senior management on strategic and governance matters.
Since 2016, Rajab has been ranked annually by Chambers USA, as a leading practitioner in Insurance Transactional and Regulatory matters. Clients describe him as off the charts intelligent and note that he is a super knowledgeable subject matter expert who "stands out for his knowledge and ability to provide practical advice [when dealing with] complex law and issues." He has also been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, and has been recognized by The Legal 500 U.S.
"Rajab is aggressive and provides the highest level of service. I wouldn't enjoy being opposite him."
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner in Willkie Farr
"Sameer's recommendations and practical business advice are always appreciated."
"He is a highly effective litigator."
Sameer Advani is a partner in Willkie Farr & Gallagher's Litigation Department and serves as Vice-Chair of the firm's Business and Corporate Litigation Practice Group. He regularly represents clients in connection with a broad range of complex commercial disputes and appears in federal and state courts throughout the country, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions litigation, federal securities class actions, and shareholder derivative claims. His practice also includes litigating matters in bankruptcy court and under various foreign and domestic arbitration rules. He has particular experience in matters with an international dimension, having represented a number of clients in litigation that involved parallel ongoing proceedings in North America, Europe and Asia. Sameer also has an active practice counseling corporate boards, special committees and management on issues of corporate governance and fiduciary duties.
Mr. Aaronson is co-head of Davis Polk's global Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He advises clients on public and private mergers and acquisitions transactions, joint ventures and other corporate partnering arrangements, corporate governance matters, shareholder activism and other general corporate matters.