Global Counsel Awards 2011

Global Counsel Awards

Shortlist

Competition (sponsored by Kaye Scholer LLP)

Individual

  • Jorge Fernandez Gonzalez - 3M Iberia
  • Ana Carolina Dellias - Abbott Laboratorios
  • Wafi Nazrin Abdul Hamid - Malaysia Airlines System Berhad
  • Mike Yeh - Microsoft Corporation
  • Louis A Schapiro - The Estée Lauder Companies Inc

Team

  • American Airlines Inc
  • Qualcomm Inc
  • Siemens AG
  • Telstra
  • Vodafone New Zealand

Corporate Tax (sponsored by Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners)

Individual

  • Fabio Calpacci Leone - Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição
  • Mark Hoose - Intel Corporation
  • Luis Silva - Mota-Engil SGPS
  • Linda Lee - National Semiconductor Corporation

Employment (sponsored by Dantas, Lee, Brock & Camargo Advogados)

Individual

  • Anna Carolina de Souza Medina - Gafisa SA
  • Chris Wilhelm - Monumental Life Insurance Company
  • Oliver Dale - RBS Group
  • Sheri London - Xerox Corporation

Team

  • AGCO Corporation
  • Telefónica Germany
  • The Dow Chemical Company (China)
  • Warner Music Group Corporation

General Commercial (sponsored by Sidley Austin LLP)

Individual

  • Joshua Izenberg - Alion Science and Technology Corporation
  • Richard Kenny - AstraZeneca
  • Frederick Wilson - Bacardi USA Inc
  • Ian Whan Tong - Cayman National Corporation
  • Mary Batoff - First Uranium Corporation
  • Wendy Watson - Leggett & Platt Inc
  • Juan Carlos Andrade - Shell Venezuela
  • Tanya Murphy - Zurich Financial Services Group

Team

  • Al Salam Bank Bahrain
  • BHP Billiton
  • Corporación GEO SAB de CV
  • Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Ltd
  • Ferrero Group
  • Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings SA
  • Hitachi America Ltd
  • Insight Enterprises Inc

Intellectual Property (sponsored by Norton Rose)

Individual

  • Torsten Dilly - BMW Group
  • Hilda Maria Arango - Compañía Global de Pinturas
  • J Bruce Schelkopf - Cummins Inc
  • Claudio Buttitta - Leviton Manufacturing Company Inc
  • Mark Carstens - Sasol Synfuels International (Pty) Ltd
  • Deborah Greaves - True Religion Brand Jeans

Team

  • Abercrombie & Fitch Co
  • Baker Hughes Incorporated
  • MasterCard
  • SITA
  • Taiwan Semiconductors Manufacturing Company Ltd
  • Verizon

Litigation (sponsored by Bingham McCutchen LLP)

Individual

  • Jeffrey Blum - DISH Network Corporation
  • Charna Gerstenhaber - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
  • Mary Katherine Brink - Philip Morris International
  • Mariano Sicardi - Standard Bank Argentina
  • Ildiko Mehes - Teva Canada Ltd

Team

  • General Reinsurance Corporation
  • Google Inc
  • Mylan Inc
  • SAP AG
  • XL London Market Ltd

M&A (sponsored by Norton Rose)

Individual

  • Pablo Castilla - Banco Santander
  • Luciano Dequech - ETH Bioenergia SA
  • Mark Hounsell - Groupe Aeroplan Inc
  • Christopher Gaddis - JBS USA Holdings Inc
  • Joseph Braun - Tyco International Ltd

Team

  • Criteria CaixaCorp SA
  • Fibria Celulose SA
  • Kraft Foods Inc
  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • Stantec Inc

Regulatory (Financial Services) (sponsored by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP)

Individual

  • José Roberto Salvini - Banco Votorantim SA
  • Sarah Lee - Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Bevan Richardson - Macquarie Financial Ltd
  • Richard Chase - RBC Capital Markets
  • James McCaughey - RBS Group

Team

  • Banco Itaú BBA SA
  • CIGNA International Expatriate Benefits
  • Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
  • Gottex Fund Management Holdings Ltd
  • Rabobank Australia

Regulatory (Non-financial Services) (sponsored by Shearman & Sterling LLP)

Individual

  • Anneleise Reinhold - Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du)
  • Mary Simmons - Interconnector (UK) Ltd
  • Fern Daves - ITT Corporation
  • Brian Robert Lowry - Monsanto Company
  • Raul Galdo - Orient-Express Hotels Ltd

Team

  • Cellcom Israel Ltd
  • Chevron Corporation
  • Elia System Operator SA
  • Kinder Morgan
  • Marriott International Inc

General Counsel of the Year (sponsored by Association of Corporate Counsel)

Individual

  • Massimo Mantovani - ENI SpA
  • Marc Firestone - Kraft Foods Inc
  • Aline de Almada Messias - Samsung Eletrônica da Amazônia Ltda
  • Joseph Teichman - The Lightstone Group
  • Peter Horton - Woolworths Ltd