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MLF CLASS OF 2015/16 PROFILE GEORG ADLER AUSTRIA [email protected] FOUNDER/PARTNER, JACKTHEPAPER.COM, AUSTRIA German, French, Spanish Provision of proofreading services MLF Profile A EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSISTANT, LECTURER, AUSTRIA, VIENNA BAR EXAM (03/2013) WIRTSCHAFTSUNIVERSITÄT WIEN, AUSTRIA Class of 2015/16 AUSTRIA, UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, DR. IUR. (10/2010) Researching on European and international law With Distinction PUBLICATIONS Adler, G. The Implementation of the Services Directive, in AUSTRIA, UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, MAG. IUR (03/2007) Griller/Klamert Services Liberalization in the EU and WTO EMPLOYMENT (CUP: 2015) INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE PROGRAMME SENIOR ASSOCIATE, SCHOENHERR RECHTSANWÄLTE Adler, G. Aspectos de la implantacíon de la Directiva GMBH, AUSTRIA de Servicios en Austria, in Nogueira López, La Termita Bolkestein, Mercado único vs. Derechos ciudadanos Advising on European regulatory law and international MLF candidates are an ince its inception in 2010, the MLF has gained an unparalleled reputation for (Thomson Reuters: 2012) arbitration (Secondment: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and exceptionally talented and diverse combining academic excellence with practical insights into the important and Dorr LLP, UK) Adler, G. ‘Die typenfreie Beschwerde nach Art 130 Abs group of students. These complex issues at the intersection of law and finance. The MLF is a one-year 2 Z 1 B-VG – eine gesetzliche Klarstellung mit offenen S Fragen.’ Ecolex (2014) candidates arrive having graduated taught masters programme delivered jointly by Oxford's Faculty of Law and Said EXTERNAL LECTURER, WIRTSCHAFTSUNIVERSITÄT at or near the top of their Business School. As part of the curriculum, MLF students undertake graduate level WIEN, AUSTRIA CAREER INTERESTS undergraduate class, often courses in Financial Economics, Corporate Finance, and the Law and Economics of Lecturing on company foundation from a legal/commercial Intersections between law and finance; entrepreneurship; Corporate Transactions. These core courses are then supplemented by courses from perspective combined with several years of European/international law ■ professional experience. They leave with the Law Faculty and Saïd Business School’s deep stable of electives including Principles graduate level training in finance and of Financial Regulation, Corporate Finance Law, Entrepreneurial Finance, Asset economics, along with a sophisticated Management, Private Equity, and Mergers and Acquisitions. This in-depth exposure understanding of the complex to cutting edge research and ideas in the fields of both law and finance makes MLF KRITIKA AGRAWAL  transactional and policy issues at the graduates exceptionally well qualified to address the important challenges facing [email protected] ASSOCIATE MANAGER, VEDANTA RESOURCES PLC, intersection of law and finance. This is the businesses, governments, law and regulators in the 21st century. Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Brahmi script, Gurmukhi, Hungarian INDIA MLF's unique value proposition and the Negotiating mining, technology, and services contracts; Oxford's Faculty of Law was ranked third in the world in 2015 QS World University EDUCATION reason why our graduates go on to managing organisation-wide statutory compliances; successful, high impact careers in law, Rankings for law, and second in the Guardian's UK University Guide 2016. The Saïd UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS, HUNGARY, HUNGARIAN arbitrations; creating the Sexual Harassment Redressal LANGUAGE AND CULTURE (08/2015) finance, policy, and academia. Business School's MBA programme was ranked 22nd in the world and third in the UK Committee; news anchor for satellite channel; in the Financial Times' Global MBA Ranking 2015. Tempus Public Foundation Scholarship Achievement Award of the Year 2011-12

NATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY, INDIA, INTERN, JUSTICE TARUN CHATTERJEE, SUPREME COURT BACHELOR OF LAWS (04/2011) OF INDIA, INDIA Dan Awrey Graduated with First Division in the top five per cent of Analysing briefs; legal research Academic Director, the class PUBLICATIONS MSc in Law & Finance INDIAN LAW INSTITUTE, INDIA, CERTIFICATE CYBER Agrawal K. ‘Hostile Takeovers.’ Corporate Law Cases – All LAW (02/2010) India Reporter 1 (2009) Graduated with First Division Agrawal K. ‘Pardoning Power under the Indian Constitution: Problems and Perspectives.’ CriLJ – All India Reporter 313 EMPLOYMENT (2008) MANAGER, CL EDUCATE, INDIA Agrawal K. ‘Legal Lantern.’ BALCO Newsletter (2011- Financial reporting; deciding on product launches; 2012, monthly) strategising business development CAREER INTERESTS ADVOCATE, SUPREME COURT OF INDIA, INDIA Business strategy; financial analysis and consultation; asset STUDENTS management; policy making/regulation CLASS SIZE COMING % Representing clients; drafting legal documents 46 FROM WORK 61 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Passed the All India Bar Examination (92%) ■

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2 MSC LAW AND FINANCE CLASS OF 2015/16 MLF.LAW.OX.AC.UK 3 CYNTHIA ANG  KANAD BAGCHI INDIA [email protected] INTERN, INVESTMENT FUNDS, SIMMONS & SIMMONS [email protected] INTERN, AMARCHAND & MANGALDAS & SURESH A Mandarin, Cantonese LLP, HONG KONG Hindi, Bengali SHROFF & CO, INDIA EDUCATION Preparing a presentation on regulatory development B EDUCATION Researching the confluence of IPR and competition law; surrounding mutual funds; drafting an investment funds drafting briefs MONASH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA, LLB (HONS) prospectus UNIVERSITÄT DES SAARLANDES, GERMANY, LLM (06/2015) EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW (10/2014) INTERN, CHAMBERS OF GEORGE A. REBELLO, INDIA Graduated with first-class honours; high distinction thesis: CLERK, REAL ESTATE AND TAX, BAKER & MCKENZIE, Graduated ranked first; DAAD Scholarship; Deutschland Working on shipping and maritime arbitrations; drafting ‘The Design of Effective Resolution Regime for Banks and HONG KONG Stipendium ship arrest petitions; attending court its Implications on Shareholder Rights’ Presenting legal memorandum on share pledge clauses; researching cross-border trade with China KIIT UNIVERSITY, INDIA, BBA LLB (HONS) (04/2013) PUBLICATIONS EMPLOYMENT Graduated in top five per cent of the class; Student Bagchi K. ‘A Fervent Call For An Immediate Sovereign CLERK, BANKING AND LITIGATION, ALLEN & OVERY LLP, INTERN, CORPORATE (FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP) Achiever Award; Founder’s Gold Medal Awards Debt Restructuring Plan for Greece.’ Briefing Paper (Jean HONG KONG TEAM, FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER LLP, HONG Monnet Saar, Europa-Institut, Universität des Saarlandes: KONG EMPLOYMENT 2015) Drafting legal opinion on securities and futures ordinance offences; researching on standards of arbitral tribunals; Updating multi-jurisdictional know-how on recent RESEARCH ASSISTANT TO PROF. DR. THOMAS Bagchi K. ‘The Long Road Towards a Genuine Centre Bank summarising and collating a case manual on Hong Kong legislative changes regarding Living Wills in Asia GIEGERICH, UNIVERSITÄT DES SAARLANDES, GERMANY – ECB and Its OMT Program.’ Briefing Paper (Jean Monnet insolvency laws Saar, Europa-Institut, Universitat des Saarlandes: 2015) CAREER INTERESTS Preparing briefs; writing articles; taking tutorials Banking; cross-border transactions; derivatives and Bagchi K. ‘Proposals on a Future European State INTERN, OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INDIA Bankruptcy Law.’ Saar Blueprint (Jean Monnet Saar, structured finance; private equity; corporate insolvency■ Examining public policy issues; analysing the Land Europa-Institut, Universitat des Saarlandes: 2015) Acquisition Bill of 2011 CAREER INTERESTS State bankruptcy; finance; competition law; arbitration■ RAFAEL ARSIE CONTIN BRAZIL [email protected] LEGAL ASSISTANT, BRAZILIAN SECURITIES AND Portuguese EXCHANGE COMMISSION, BRAZIL MIGUEL BAPTISTA PORTUGAL EDUCATION Drafting summary reports; legal research; preparing materials to support decisions and policies [email protected] Researching German anti-cartel cases and decisions to UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, MASTER OF Portuguese, German compare with the Portuguese market LAWS (06/2015) PUBLICATIONS EDUCATION Graduated with Distinction; thesis: ‘Fiduciary Assignment Contin R (co-author). ‘Proxy voting: an out-of-place SUMMER INTERN, DSL LAWYERS, CHINA of Dividends as a Security Interest under Brazilian Law’ idea?’ Mercado de Capitais Brasileiro II. Doutrina, Cases & CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF , PORTUGAL, LLB Drafting memos; assisting on civil and commercial matters Materials (2014) (07/2015) including intellectual property claims, banking operations, FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS, BRAZIL, BACHELOR OF Contin R (co-author). ‘Brazilian Dry Ports and MP Graduated with Distinction; Merit Scholarship; Professor and corporate transactions; examining cases about Golden LAWS (12/2009) 612/2013: redefinition of the legal regime of the Manuel Gomes da Silva Prize for best student in Law of Visas; compiling a report on the main legal aspects of Graduated with Distinction in top five of the class services.’ Latin American Law & Business Report (2013) Obligations; Transnational Law Curriculum Award labour relations in Macao

EMPLOYMENT CAREER INTERESTS LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL CAREER INTERESTS SCIENCE, UK, SUMMER SCHOOL, ADVANCED Consulting; dispute resolution; finance; insolvency; ASSOCIATE, MACHADO, MEYER, SENDACZ & OPICE Corporate law; insolvency; infrastructure projects; NEGOTIATION AND MEDIATION (07/2013) taxation ADVOGADOS, BRAZIL securities; investment banking Introduced to ADR; focused on the negotiation and Negotiating and drafting legal/financial documents for ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION mediation of contracts and civil/commercial claims companies in regulated sectors; advising on financial and Member of the Brazilian Bar Association ■ Participant student in the NATO Summit 2010 (Portugal); regulatory matters relating to transportation and logistics EMPLOYMENT co-founder of Associação Duarte Tarré ■ industry; conducting due diligence; M&A INTERN, PORTUGUESE ANTITRUST AUTHORITY, PORTUGAL

JOHN BOYLE IRELAND [email protected] Lodging funds to clients’ accounts for trades; researching Irish, French market trends

EDUCATION INTERN, ENERGY AND PPP DEPARTMENT, ARTHUR COX, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, IRELAND, LLB LAW AND IRELAND BUSINESS (06/2014) Attending Commercial Court; preparing research memos; Graduated with first-class honours; Erasmus year at drafting documents relating to the construction of a major Université de Strasbourg (France); Dean of Students’ Roll wind farm; advising on tenders for a new open-source of Honour 2014; Entrance Exhibition Award 2010 e-learning platform

EMPLOYMENT INTERN, TAXATION DEPARTMENT, A&L GOODBODY, IRELAND PROJECT ASSISTANT, MCCANN FITZGERALD, IRELAND The MLF programme has built a fantastic reputation very quickly. We have been very impressed Researching tax efficient structures for multinational Assisting in facilitating the wind down of a bank in the with the students we have met from the programme, particularly with their level of commercial companies; completing tasks concerning international Irish market and the transfer of its loan book to its foreign mobility issues and the functioning of tax treaties awareness of the challenges facing legal practitioners. parent company CAREER INTERESTS PIERS PRICHARD-JONES, FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER LLP FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR, OPERATIONAL FINANCE, Private equity; investment banking; finance; M&A; DAVY STOCKBROKERS, IRELAND commercial litigation ■

4 MSC LAW AND FINANCE CLASS OF 2015/16 MLF.LAW.OX.AC.UK 5 JULIAN BROWN NEW ZEALAND JACEK CZARNECKI POLAND [email protected] SOLICITOR, BANKING AND FINANCE GROUP, CHAPMAN [email protected] EMPLOYMENT TRIPP, NEW ZEALAND EDUCATION Polish JUNIOR ASSOCIATE, NEW TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, Advising on a broad range of debt and equity capital EDUCATION WARDYNSKI & PARTNERS, POLAND raisings, loan and security documentation, public offer LLB(HONS) (05/2008) Drafting opinions; advising on payment solutions, documentation, lender, and investor due diligence WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, POLAND, PHD Graduated with first-class honours ECONOMICS (PRESENT) crowdfunding, electronic communications, R&D, and data protection; legal support TUTOR, LAW FACULTY, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF Doctoral scholarship; thesis topic: law and economics of VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND digital currencies; simultaneously working as lawyer BCA ECONOMICS, MONEY AND FINANCE (05/2007) TRAINEE, NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT, POLAND Presenting weekly tutorials for compulsory Torts module UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW, POLAND, MASTER OF LAW Advising on real estate and banking law EMPLOYMENT PQE: 7 years (06/2014) ASSOCIATE, COMMERCIAL LITIGATION, ARBITRATION JUDICIAL LAW CLERK, REGIONAL COURT OF WARSAW- Graduated with Distinction; numerous scholarships, PRAGA, I CIVIL DIVISION, POLAND AND TAXATION GROUPS, JOSEPH HAGE AARONSON CAREER INTERESTS including Rector’s Scholarship for the Best Students and LLP, UK International dispute resolution; taxation; corporate the Ministry of Science Scholarship; President, Student Drafting judicial decisions Preparing cases and strategic advice for the resolution of finance; investment banking; private equity Society of Company Law 2012-13; won several academic commercial and financial disputes competitions; Erasmus year at Ghent University (Belgium); SUMMER INTERN, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, POLAND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION completed courses organised by Universities of Florida Legal research; working in the areas of commercial law, SOLICITOR, LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of (USA), of Bonn, and of Münster (both Germany) energy law, and real estate law GROUP, CHAPMAN TRIPP, NEW ZEALAND New Zealand (2008) ■ CAREER INTERESTS Legal research; drafting advice, pleadings, and submissions; interviewing witnesses; appearing as junior Financal regulation; fintech; banking; digital currency; counsel in court hearings distributed ledgers ■

VARUN CHAUHAN INDIA DANIELA DELVALLE PANAMA [email protected] INTERN, KHAITAN & CO, INDIA [email protected] EMPLOYMENT Spanish Hindi, Gujarati Preparing opinions on a corporate restructuring, duties, LEGAL ASSISTANT, ARIAS, ALEMAN & MORA LAW FIRM, and liabilities of a Private Equity fund and its director D EDUCATION PANAMA C EDUCATION Legal research on corporate, commercial, and civil law; GUJARAT NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, INDIA, BCOM LLB UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA SANTA MARÍA LA ANTIGUA, INTERN, VAISH ASSOCIATES ADVOCATES, INDIA assisting with registration and incorporation of companies; (HONS) INTEGRATED (05/2015) PANAMA, LLB (12/2014) preparing due diligence reports; revising and translating Developing document on the laws, licenses, permissions, Graduated with honours, summa cum laude Ranked first in the class of 158 and process for establishing hospitals in three states of corporate documents and contracts India EMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, USA, BA FOREIGN AFFAIRS CAREER INTERESTS (05/2012) INTERN (THREE TIMES), SHARDUL AMARCHAND CAREER INTERESTS Corporate finance; M&A; securities regulations; private Graduated with Distinction MANGALDAS & CO, INDIA Investment banking; management consulting; M&A; asset equity ■ management; corporate law Handling research on raising capital through debt and UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, USA, BA ECONOMICS equity from International funds for a client presentation; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (05/2012) performing due diligence in an acquisition; analysing the Certified Mediator by Bridge Mediation, Italy and USA Graduated with Distinction law on takeovers, share sales, and employee stock options; International Training Program; attended Columbia creating a memorandum for labour law compliance Summer Program on American Law ■

PETER DOELMAN CANADA WEI LING CHOONG MALAYSIA [email protected] STUDENT-AT-LAW, BURNET, DUCKWORTH & PALMER EDUCATION LLP, CANADA [email protected] EMPLOYMENT Drafting legal research memoranda; giving presentations MCGILL UNIVERSITY, CANADA, BA (MAJORS: Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay on legal matters; contributing to law firm publications; LEGAL ASSOCIATE, FINANCE AND PROJECT, WONG PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE; MINOR: assisting with corporate transactions EDUCATION & PARTNERS, MEMBER FIRM OF BAKER & MCKENZIE ECONOMICS) (10/2004) INTERNATIONAL, MALAYSIA UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, UK, BAR PQE: 4 years UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, JD PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSE (06/2012) Assisting in advising clients on syndicated banking facilities, Islamic financing, acquisition financing, and (05/2010) Very Competent; member of the Honorable Society of CAREER INTERESTS project financing; drafting financial transaction documents Lincoln’s Inn EMPLOYMENT Legal practice; corporate law; M&A; corporate finance■ INTERN, ZUL RAFIQUE & PARTNERS, MALAYSIA UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, UNITED ASSOCIATE LAWYER, BURNET, DUCKWORTH & PALMER KINGDOM, ADR GROUP ACCREDITED MEDIATOR Researching laws relating to tort, personal injury, LLP, CANADA (06/2012) company, and employment; drafting legal documents Working on capital markets and M&A, including multi- jurisdictional acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, and ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY, UK, LLB (06/2011) CAREER INTERESTS security holder disputes in addition to general corporate Graduated with first-class honours; second in class; Banking and finance; private equity; financial regulation matters, for clients primarily in the energy and transport Calcott Pryce Finals Prize; Calcott Pryce Subject Prizes sectors or financial institutions; drafting and commenting ADDITIONAL INFORMATION for Commerce and Risk and Introduction to Civil Law; on prospectuses, underwriting agreements and purchase Aberystwyth University Levi Award; HELP University Member of the Bar of England and Wales; Advocate and agreements; negotiating deal terms; conducting and College Scholarship Award Solicitor, High Court of Malaya ■ overseeing due diligence reviews

6 MSC LAW AND FINANCE CLASS OF 2015/16 MLF.LAW.OX.AC.UK 7 TOM DOPSTADT GERMANY CHARLES GHUYSEN FRANCE [email protected] INTERN, EY, GERMANY [email protected] EMPLOYMENT German Drafting memoranda on corporate and tax law; French INTERN, TAX DEPARTMENT, SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP, EDUCATION researching interplay of IP and tax law EDUCATION FRANCE Preparing reports on corporate and tax law; advising MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, NETHERLANDS, LLM PARALEGAL, WHITE & CASE LLP, GERMANY UNIVERSITY PARIS II PANTHÉON-ASSAS, FRANCE, (12/2014) LLB, LLM, ADVANCED MASTER CORPORATE LAW local and foreign corporate clients on matters related Extensive assistance in ICC and DIS arbitration to crossborder taxation and international tax planning; Graduated with distinction; runner-up Best Team and Best MAGISTÈRE-DJCE (06/2015) proceedings; attending and supporting arbitration hearings drafting contracts and corporate documents Pleader in International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot; and cross-examinations Graduated in top five per cent of the class exchange to Bucerius Law School (Germany) INTERN, CAPITAL MARKETS DEPARTMENT, HOGAN UNIVERSITY PARIS II PANTHÉON-ASSAS, FRANCE, ACADEMIC ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN, MAASTRICHT LOVELLS (PARIS) LLP, FRANCE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG, UNIVERSITY, NETHERLANDS CERTIFICATE IN TAX LAW (06/2015) Providing legal support to several securitisation VISITING STUDENT (12/2012) Graduated magna cum laude Drafting country reports (Germany and UK) on the free transactions; drafting prospectuses MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, NETHERLANDS, LLB movement of persons for the European Commission UNIVERSITY PARIS II PANTHÉON-ASSAS, FRANCE, (12/2012) CAREER INTERESTS DIPLOMA OF THE COLLEGE OF LAW (SPECIALISATIONS: CAREER INTERESTS Corporate; M&A; taxation; corporate insolvency Graduated with distinction; Honourable Mentions for MICROECONOMICS, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, LAW AND Dispute resolution; finance; strategy consulting■ Best Individual Oralist and Best Team Orals in Willem C Vis ECONOMICS) (06/2013) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Moot Court; student representative and member of the Graduated cum laude Faculty Council Admitted to the Paris Bar School ■

EMPLOYMENT INTERN, GRANT THORNTON, GERMANY JODIE GIBSON UK Assisting in the valuation of companies; identifying target companies and investors for transactions; preparing pitch [email protected] EMPLOYMENT presentations Spanish, Catalan SUMMER INTERN, TAX LAW DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION CUATRECASAS, GONÇALVES PEREIRA, SPAIN POMPEU FABRA UNIVERSITY, SPAIN, BARCELONA, Providing legal advice to international clients on tax BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN LAW (06/2015) implications of acquisitions and investments in Spanish RAFAL DOSTATNI POLAND companies; drafting memos relating to transactions with Final overall grade of 9.13/10; ranked first in class of 248; [email protected] INTERN, TAX DEPARTMENT, BANK PEKAO, POLAND related entities and participating inspection proceedings and tax information requests French Preparing drafts of court petitions and support opinions UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, UK, DIPLOMA IN LEGAL STUDIES (06/2014) EDUCATION for business divisions of the Bank INTERN, CORPORATE LAW DEPARTMENT, GARRIGUES, Graduated with Distinction; College Prize SPAIN UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW, POLAND, MASTER OF LAW PUBLICATIONS (06/2015) Researching litigation cases; assisting corporate Dostatni R, Koczwara M. ‘Interests in cash pooling POMPEU FABRA UNIVERSITY, SPAIN, BARCELONA, transactions; preparing legal advice for clients; drafting First year completed at Jagiellonian University structure are entirely tax deductible.’ Rzeczpospolita BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ECONOMICS (06/2013) memos, shareholder’s agreements and other legal (2015) Final overall grade of 9.08/10; ranked third documents EMPLOYMENT CAREER INTERESTS CONSULTANT, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TEAM, CAREER INTERESTS Taxation; banking and finance; management consulting; DELOITTE, POLAND Corporate finance; consulting; investment banking; energy sector Providing tax advisory services for the most renowned international taxation ■ domestic and international financial institutions; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION participating in tax planning and optimisation projects; Project manager in a Polish prominent NGO Civic preparing memos on restructuring processes (M&A); Development Forum ■ drafting court petitions and pleadings; cooperating in tax RICHARD HALPIN IRELAND due diligence of corporate entities [email protected] INTERN, ASSET MANAGEMENT, MATHESON, IRELAND EDUCATION Assisting in the interpretation and application of EU H TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, IRELAND, LLB (05/2014) directives and regulations; compiling legal and regulatory ELIZABETH GEORGE USA reports for clients; devising step plans to guide clients Graduated with first-class honours: Erasmus year at through complicated issues associated with establishing [email protected] INTERN, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP, LUXEMBOURG University of Helsinki (Finland) new funds; completing further professional training German Assisting in filing British funds with the Luxembourg courses EMPLOYMENT G EDUCATION investment fund authority, including drafting the Articles of Incorporation and other Agreements, and ensuring that INTERN, CORPORATE FUNDS, A&L GOODBODY, PRE-TRAINEE, BANKING, MATHESON, IRELAND LANCASTER UNIVERSITY, UK, LLB (HONS) EUROPEAN all funds complied with new EU Regulations IRELAND Managing an online system which records transactional LEGAL STUDIES (07/2015) Compiling and maintaining an encyclopaedic record on information of a number of clients (this had never been Graduated first in the class; FH Lawson Prize for Highest INTERN, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP, CHINA a developing EU directive; completing a programme of stored online before); legal research; preparing booklets of Marks on an International Degree Scheme; Erasmus year Researching PRC foreign investment scenarios; assisting professional development courses designed to increase transaction documentation; drafting correspondence at Trier Universität (Germany), studying German law in corporate transactions; writing briefs regarding commercial awareness, drafting skills, professionalism, soft new PRC anti-bribery developments for international skills, and researching CAREER INTERESTS EMPLOYMENT pharmaceutical clients Intellectual property; taxation; finance; M&A; corporate law ■ SUMMER VACATION SCHEME, BANKING AND PENSIONS DEPARTMENTS, LINKLATERS LLP, UK CAREER INTERESTS Corporate law; international investment regulation; Assisting in drafting and editing documents for corporate financial regulation; investment funds■ transactions; writing case summaries for client updates

EASTER VACATION SCHEME, SLAUGHTER AND MAY, UK Legal research; completing assigned student projects

8 MSC LAW AND FINANCE CLASS OF 2015/16 MLF.LAW.OX.AC.UK 9 CHARLOTTE HORNBY UK NIKLAS KATTER AUSTRIA [email protected] Drafting skeleton submissions; conducting legal research [email protected] LEGAL INTERN, INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, WILMER EDUCATION and analysis German, French CUTLER PICKERING HALE & DORR, UK UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, , LLB LAW K EDUCATION Solving contractual dispute in investment management INTERN, FIMC LTD AT CMS CAMERON MCKENNA, UK WITH A YEAR ABROAD (07/2015) and pharmaceutical industries Conducting research on European financial institution VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS, Graduated with first-class honours; Linklaters Prize for regulation for the RegZone publication, targeted at clients AUSTRIA, LLM BUSINESS LAW (02/2015) SUMMER ANALYST, CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT the best performance in Company and Commercial law; working in banking and finance, insurance, asset funds, and Member of Centre of Excellence BANKING, DEUTSCHE BANK, CHINA Eversheds LLP Prize for the best examination performance securities and derivatives; writing and publishing a report Advising the largest German companies on financing their in Commercial Law; 3 Verulam Buildings Prize for best on the Financial Conduct Authority’s price cap on high- VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS, China activies overall performance in Commercial Law; Erasmus year at cost-short-term credit AUSTRIA, LLB BUSINESS LAW (10/2012) Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain), studying Spanish and Graduated in top one per cent of the class; Dean’s List SUMMER ANALYST, INVESTMENT BANKING, GREENHILL Catalan law CAREER INTERESTS 2011 & CO, GERMANY Commercial litigation; financial regulation; M&A; banking Working on two private equity buy-side mandates with EMPLOYMENT and finance■ VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND deal value of more than EUR200m MINI-PUPIL, 3 VERULAM BUILDINGS, UK BUSINESS, AUSTRIA, BSC INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (02/2015) CAREER INTERESTS Graduated in top one per cent of the class Finance; management consulting; legal practice

CHINEDU IHENETU-GEOFFREY NIGERIA EMPLOYMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional work experience in public sector (Consulate [email protected] PQE: 3 years SUMMER ASSOCIATE, MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, General of Austria, NYC) and banking law (DLA Piper) ■ French (basic) MCKINSEY & COMPANY, GERMANY/AUSTRIA PUBLICATIONS I EDUCATION Working on digital transformation strategy for global Ihenetu-Geoffrey C. (foreword by Prof M Hunter). Power automotive company NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL, NIGERIA, BARRISTER AT LAW of Advocacy - A Moot Guide for Global Law Students, DEGREE (11/2013) Boundless Concepts Nigeria Enterprises (2012) Graduated in top one per cent of 7000 students Ihenetu-Geoffrey C, Oladipo K. ‘Bridging the Infrastructure Gap: The Lekki- Ikoyi tolling debate.’ Made NIKOLAOS KONTRAROS-TSIOKOS GREECE LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, NIGERIA, LLB (08/2012) in Africa 12 (2014) [email protected] process; assisting a trade union register its constitution’s Best Graduating Student (first out of 389); seven Ihenetu-Geoffrey C & al. ‘Oil and Gas Regulation in Greek, French modifications University Awards Nigeria: The Petroleum Industrial Bill 2012.’ UK Practical Law Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2014 Energy and Natural EDUCATION LEGAL INTERN, IN-HOUSE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS OF EMPLOYMENT Resources (2014) YORK, UK, LLB (06/2015) REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND CRIMINAL DIVISION, ASSOCIATE, OLANIWUN AJAYI LP, NIGERIA ALPHA BANK, GREECE CAREER INTERESTS Graduated with first class honours; York Law School Advising on finance and infrastructure-related projects Citizenship Award; Academic Representative of the Year Examining whether upcoming policies for internal matters, Finance; renewable energy; corporate advisory; private 2014; Winner of Clifford Chance Mooting Competition new retail products, and services complied with the equity; consulting INTERN, ROUQ AND COMPANY LEGAL ADVISORY 2012-2013 appropriate regulatory framework; filing criminal charges SERVICES, NIGERIA for a case of embezzlement on behalf of the bank ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Researching; preparing/reviewing legal documents; EMPLOYMENT Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK ■ CAREER INTERESTS advising on contractual risk LEGAL INTERN, MERGERS & AQUISITIONS DIVISION, Financial regulation; corporate governance; mergers and FORTSAKIS, DIAKOPOULOS, MYLONOGIANNIS & acquisitions; corporate finance; investment banking■ ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM, GREECE Drafting parts of the legal due diligence report in ADRIAN JIMENEZ FALLAS COSTA RICA the context of a privatisation tender; drafting forms [email protected] LAWYER, LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION DEPARTMENT, necessary for a corporate client to participate in a tender Spanish GOMEZ Y GALINDO ABOGADOS Y NOTARIOS, COSTA RICA J EDUCATION Providing advice to clients (mostly financial institutions) UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA, COSTA RICA, COURSE, regarding administrative, judicial, and arbitration BANKING ADMINISTRATION TECHNICIAN (03/2014) proceedings Honourable Mention INTERN, NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE UNIVERSIDAD LATINOAMERICANA DE CIENCIAS Y IMPROVEMENT OF JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT, COSTA TECNOLOGIA, COSTA RICA, SPECIALTY IN NOTARY AND RICA REGISTRATION LAW (10/2012) Helping the Director of the Commission and the Graduated magna cum laude probatus respective Supreme Judges with the execution of certain tasks related to projects or campaigns in connection to UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA, COSTA RICA, JURIS the protection of refugees in Costa Rica, as part of a DOCTOR (12/2010) program in which the Office of the United Nations High Graduated with honours Commissioner for Refugees was involved CAREER INTERESTS EMPLOYMENT Commercial and transnational lending; securitisation; SENIOR LEGAL COUNSELLOR, REGIONAL LEGAL M&A; consumer financial services; project finance; manage The magic of the place is only incidental, and yet for our students there is a certain DEPARTMENT, BAC CREDOMATIC NETWORK, COSTA RICA of legal risk; corporate governance connection between living in Oxford and the study of law: the sense that there is Providing advice to Group’s Board of Directors and Shareholders; managing legal risk for the Financial Group ADDITIONAL INFORMATION something amazing to be discovered. (Corporate Governance, Litigations, Contracts, Regulatory Member of the Bar Association of Costa Rica ■ TIMOTHY ENDICOTT, PROFESSOR OF LEGAL PHILOSOPHY Compliance); coordinating legal process for M&A transactions

10 MSC LAW AND FINANCE CLASS OF 2015/16 MLF.LAW.OX.AC.UK 11 JULIEN LEMAITRE BELGIUM MARTINA NUEESCH SWITZERLAND [email protected] INTERN, LINKLATERS, UK/LUXEMBOURG [email protected] TRAINEE, VOLKSWIRTSCHAFTSDEPARTEMENT (KT. French, Japanese (fair) Conducting redaction of memoranda; providing of legal German, Swedish, French BERN); FRIEDLI & SCHNIDRIG; DISTRICT COURT OF INTERLAKEN-OBERHASLI, SWITZERLAND L EDUCATION advice to clients N EDUCATION Internship for Bar admission; drafting legal documents and UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, MASTER IN INTERN, LINKLATERS, LUXEMBOURG UNIVERSITÄT BERN, SWITZERLAND, MASTER OF LAW memoranda SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LAW (06/2015) (JAN-09) Graduated magna cum laude CAREER INTERESTS Graduated summa cum laude; exchange to Lund University INTERN, EMBASSY OF SWITZERLAND, SWEDEN Legal and financial services industry; investment banking; (Sweden) Monitoring, researching, and analysing international private equity funds ■ UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, BACHELOR politics; meeting with government officials OF LAWS (06/2013) UNIVERSITÄT BERN, SWITZERLAND, BACHELOR OF LAW Graduated cum laude; in top five per cent of the class (02/2007) PUBLICATIONS Graduated magna cum laude Pfenninger M, Nueesch M. ‘Commentary on Articles EMPLOYMENT 2, 6, 20-23, 30-31, Swiss Federal Act on Collective EMPLOYMENT Investment Schemes.’ Basler Kommentar zum STUDENT ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, Kollektivanlagerecht (2015) BELGIUM ASSOCIATE, BANKING AND FINANCE, WALDER WYSS, Researching green bonds issues and teaching of legal SWITZERLAND Nueesch M. ‘Compliance with Public Law Requirements in methodology Advising on regulatory issues; project managing; the Buyer’s Jurisdiction as a Seller’s Obligation under Art. coordinating international financing transactions 35 CISG?’ Jusletter (2009) CAREER INTERESTS SECONDEE, DEUTSCHE BANK (SUISSE) SA, Finance; investment funds; structured products MONIKA MECEVIC AUSTRALIA SWITZERLAND Providing general legal advice [email protected] companies; advising lenders on all aspects of secured ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Bosnian finance transactions including regulatory compliance; Passed the Bar in Switzerland (9/2011) ■ assisting in the negotiation of key terms; drafted facility M EDUCATION documents and ancillary security documents; managing MURDOCH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA, POSTGRADUATE transactions to financial close CERTIFICATE IN CHINESE LAW (06/2012) MARYANNE NWOSISI NIGERIA CAREER INTERESTS MURDOCH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA, LLB (11/2012) Cross-border corporate insolvency and disputes; financial [email protected] LEGAL OFFICER, T. ALUKO & CO., NIGERIA Graduated with first-class honours market regulation; corporate and risk management Yoruba, Ibo, Mandarin (fair) Handling real estate development transactions and advisory EDUCATION perfection of title over land and interests in realty MURDOCH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA, BCOM NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL, NIGERIA, BL (05/2011) ACCOUNTING (11/2012) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INTERN, ALPHA JURIS CHAMBERS, NIGERIA Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court Graduated magna cum laude; called to Nigerian Bar Assisting with registration and incorporation of companies, EMPLOYMENT of Western Australia and the High Court of Australia ■ litigation, and preparation of court processes UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA, LLB (11/2009) SOLICITOR, LITIGATION AND INSOLVENCY, HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS LLP, AUSTRALIA Graduated magna cum laude; top of graduating class PUBLICATIONS Nwosisi M. ‘Jurisdiction in the Conflict of Laws: An Advising and acting on matters in relation to general EMPLOYMENT Overview.’ Lord Justice Magazine (2008) commercial disputes, priority disputes between creditors, security enforcement, the appointment of insolvency ASSOCIATE, ADVISORY SERVICES GROUP, OLAJIDE CAREER INTERESTS practitioners, and recovery options for insolvent OYEWOLE LLP, NIGERIA Finance; international arbitration; private equity; academia M&A; researching and preparing legal/transaction documents; providing statutory and regulatory compliance ADDITIONAL INFORMATION services Associate member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK ■ DENNIS MOK AUSTRALIA ASSOCIATE, MCPHERSON BARRISTERS AND [email protected] INTERN, KPMG, AUSTRALIA SOLICITORS, NIGERIA EDUCATION Auditing; providing tax advice Advising foreign corporations and funds on inbound UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, LLB (HONS), acquisitions, joint ventures,foreign direct investments, ECONOMICS TUTOR, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, BCOM (HONS) ECONOMICS (12/2012) litigation, and private equity; conducting due diligence AUSTRALIA Graduated with first-class honours in both degrees; Joye Teaching postgraduate and undergraduate economics Prize for best performance in Economics; Dean’s list; twelve other academic accolades CAREER INTERESTS M&A; ECM; competition law; investment banking; private EMPLOYMENT equity SOLICITOR, HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS, AUSTRALIA Focusing on M&A, investment funds, and securities law ADDITIONAL INFORMATION matters; advising global asset management clients on fund Admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South formation, capital-raisings, and joint venture negotiations; Wales and the High Court of Australia ■ drafting transaction documents and due diligence reports; preparing legal advices, notably on corporate governance, contracts, and competition law issues

SUMMER ANALYST, MACQUARIE GROUP, AUSTRALIA Providing sell-side equity research; generating portfolio strategy that combines fundamental stock and economic analysis for institutional investment managers

12 MSC LAW AND FINANCE CLASS OF 2015/16 MLF.LAW.OX.AC.UK 13 DANIEL O’BRIEN AUSTRALIA TRISHNA RAO INDIA [email protected] SUMMER VACATION SCHEME, CORPORATE TEAM, [email protected] EMPLOYMENT DUNDAS & WILSON, UK EDUCATION Hindi, Telugu INTERN, CENTRE FOR COMPETITION AND REGULATION, O UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, UK, LLB (HONS) LAW AND Carrying out corporate due diligence; reviewing M&A R EDUCATION INDIA documentation; organising company books; handling ACCOUNTANCY (07/2014) Legal research; paper: ‘Does Competition Law need to Companies House documentation KIIT UNIVERSITY, INDIA, BA/LLB (06/2015) adjust its enforcement mechanism with respect to High Graduated with first-class honours; Edinburgh Award; third Top of the class; Achievers Award; Merit Scholarship; Technology Industries?’ year abroad at McGill University (Canada) INTERN, REAL ESTATE AND PROJECTS TEAMS, ALLENS, winner All India Justice B.R.Sawhny Moot Court AUSTRALIA Competition; Diploma in Entrepreneurship, Administration, INTERN, CORPORATE TEAM, AMARCHAND & EMPLOYMENT and Business Law CAREER INTERESTS MANGALDAS & SURESH A. SHROFF & CO., INDIA VOLUNTEER, AMICUS, UK Corporate law; public policy; taxation; IP ■ LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UK, SUMMER Preparing legal documents; paper: ‘Comparative Analysis Organising fundraising events; coordinating project SCHOOL (07/2012; 08/2013) of Corporate Restructuring under the Indian Companies stakeholders; assisting in grant proposals for Amicus, a Act, 1956 and 2013’ charity helping people on death row in the USA Grade A all courses (‘Introduction to Corporate Law and Governance’, ‘Commercial Law’, ‘International Commercial INTERN, CORPORATE LEGAL CELL, ITC, INDIA INTERN, CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY DISPUTES TEAM, Litigation and Arbitration’) Researching IP rights PINSENT MASONS, UK LEIDEN UNIVERSITY, NETHERLANDS, COLUMBIA Helping coordinate and prepare an adjudication, as well as SUMMER PROGRAMME, AMERICAN LAW (07/2014) INTERN, CONSULTING GROUP, INTELLECAP, INDIA providing advice on its binding nature; providing input into Assessing Indian financial market for IFC submissions; legal research Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale Scholarship CAREER INTERESTS Finance; corporate law; M&A ■ ANTRIA PANTELIDOU CYPRUS [email protected] INTERN, PHILIP ROSS SOLICITORS, UK Greek Assisting with all areas of commercial and residential ZLIL SALOMON ISRAEL P EDUCATION property; participating in due diligence [email protected] LECTURER, LAW FACULTY, HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF Hebrew JERUSALEM, ISRAEL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, GREECE, DIPLOMA LAW AND SUMMER INTERN, HARRIS KYRIAKIDES LLC, CYPRUS ECONOMICS (06/2015) S EDUCATION Preparing and delivering lectures and personal tutorials; Researching; drafting legal documents Top Honour Lecturer (first out of Faculty’s 110 teachers) UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, CYPRUS, LLB (06/2014) HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, LLM PUBLICATIONS (HONS) (11/2014) Graduated first in class with first-class honours; House of TEACHING ASSISTANT, LAW FACULTY, HEBREW Hatzimihail N, Pantelidou A. ‘Cyprus National Report in Representatives Prize Graduated with Distinction; specialised in commercial and UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, ISRAEL Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi et al. (eds), Immoral Contracts in corporate law Supporting academic staff; setting and marking Europe.’ (Common Core of European Private Law Series, EMPLOYMENT assessments CUP: 2015) HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, LLB RESEARCH ASSISTANT, LAW FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF (HONS) (08/2013) PUBLICATIONS CYPRUS, CYPRUS CAREER INTERESTS Graduated with Distinction; Dean’s Award; member of Benshalom I, Salomon Z. ‘Taxation of Natural Resources in Competition law; antitrust; finance; M&A; risk Legal research; helping professor integrate e-learning tools Mishpatim Law Review editorial board Israel.’ 45(1) Mishpatim Law Review (2015) management TRAINEE, NICOLAOU & SAVVIDES LLC, CYPRUS CENTRE FOR TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES, CAREER INTERESTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GEORGETOWN LAW, UK, EXCHANGE (12/2011) Finance; commercial and administrative litigation; Working in all major fields of law; representing clients; Member of Cyprus Bar Association (08/2015), passed competition law; energy and natural resources; public appearing before District Courts in proceedings and bar exams ranked second; certificate course in E-shop Certificate in transnational law hearings; litigation policy Development (06/2015) ■ EMPLOYMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ASSOCIATE, S. HOWOWITZ & CO., ISRAEL Admitted to the Israel Bar Association ■ Advising on handling profound revisions in the regulation IZABELA PRAGER POLAND of natural resources laws for high-profile corporations; [email protected] EMPLOYMENT handling litigation of construction and infrastructure projects; representing clients in tender proceedings French, Polish ASSOCIATE, JSLEGAL, POLAND EDUCATION Advising on different stages of PE and VC transactions; MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR COMPARATIVE AND advising on corporate governance matters INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW, GERMANY, VISITING RESEARCHER (06/2015) PUBLICATIONS I Prager. ‘A Bridge Too Far, or Does the European Union COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, USA, VISITING SCHOLAR Need a Binding Say on Pay?’ Polish Yearbook of Law and (03/2015) Economics Vol. 5 (2015)

UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW, POLAND, PHD LAW (BEGAN CAREER INTERESTS 10/2013) Corporate governance; capital markets; M&A; shareholder activism UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW, POLAND, MA LAW (06/2013) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Graduated summa cum laude, in the top ten of a class of Third Prize in Best Master’s Thesis Competition by Wolters 800; Scholarship of Polish Minister of Science and Higher Kluwer/Commercial Law Review; co-prepared a report Education for Outstanding Academic Achievement (three on development prospects for VC funds market in Poland times); exchange to Université Panthéon-Assas (France) for PARP; also holds BA in Cultural Studies (Mediterranean Civilisation) ■ © TIMOTHY ENDICOTT © TIMOTHY © STEVE ALLEN

14 MSC LAW AND FINANCE CLASS OF 2015/16 MLF.LAW.OX.AC.UK 15 FELIX FERNANDO SAM CHEC PERU MORITZ SEILER SWITZERLAND [email protected] INTERN, TAX / CORPORATE AFFAIRS, EDELNOR/EDEGEL, [email protected] JUNIOR ASSOCIATE, TAX AND BANKING DEPARTMENTS, Spanish, Cantonese PERU German HOMBURGER AG, SWITZERLAND EDUCATION Preparing financial reports; aiding restructuring of EDUCATION Traineeship for Bar exam company operations PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ, PERU, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, LICENTIATUS INTERN, ARBITRATION DEPARTMENT, WILMER CUTLER LLB (07/2012) INTERN, CIVIL LAW AND REAL ESTATE, ESTUDIO IURIS (10/2010) PICKERING HALE & DORR LLP, UK Graduated summa cum laude, top student of faculty; ECHECOPAR (BAKER & MCKENZIE INTERNATIONAL), Graduated with summa cum laude; top two per cent of Academic Excellence Stimuli Scholarship; Academic PERU the class PUBLICATIONS Seiler M, Fischer D. ‘“Bonus Bonds” for Bankers: A New Excellence Prize; thesis: ‘The usefulness of ‘law and Advising on real estate investment and contract law; Type of Debt-Based Remuneration in the Financial economics’ as an explanatory tool of the particularities of managing arbitration and litigations EMPLOYMENT the Peruvian local tax system’ Industry.’ European Company and Financial Law Review ASSOCIATE, TAX DEPARTMENT, HOMBURGER AG, (forthcoming) PUBLICATIONS SWITZERLAND EMPLOYMENT Sam Chec F. ‘System: State | Freedom | Information’ in Law Sethe R, Seiler M. ‘Dokumentation und Rechenschaft im Writing appeals in tax matters; advising HNWI on tax and goes to the cinema (2013) geplanten FIDLEG.’ Law & Economics, Festschrift für Peter TAX ADVISOR, EDELNOR, PERU wealth planning; M&A Nobel zum 70 Geburtstag (2015) Executing cross-border investment and divestment CAREER INTERESTS operations; advising on business conduct and strategies RESEARCH ASSISTANT, PROF. SETHE, CHAIR FOR Sethe R, Seiler M. ‘Commentary of articles 732 – 735 of M&A; finance; private equity; business taxation in energy sector; evaluating transaction documents, BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LAW, UNIVERSITY OF the Code of Obligations (statutory provisions regarding ZURICH, SWITZERLAND reduction of share capital).’ Kurzkommentar OR (2014) including SPAs ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Lima Bar member; DerechoPUCP Law Review Board Writing articles; preparing lectures; giving tutorials TAX ASSISTANT, EDELNOR, PERU CAREER INTERESTS member; teaching roles at PUCP and UP ■ Conducting due diligence; implementing transfer pricing Taxation; finance; consulting■ policies; international training programme

NIDHI SINGH INDIA MARTIN SCHILD GERMANY [email protected] TRAINEE, ALLIANCE LEGAL, INDIA [email protected] INTERN, SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP, GERMANY Hindi Drafting legal documents German, Russian, Spanish, French Conducting arbitration EDUCATION TRAINEE, TRILEGAL, INDIA EDUCATION NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, INDIA, DIPLOMA INTERN, HOGAN LOVELLS INTERNATIONAL LLP, COMPETITION POLICY AND LAW (10/2014) Preparing due diligence; paper: ‘Mergers under the current KAMMERGERICHT BERLIN, GERMANY, SECOND LEGAL GERMANY Competition regime in India’ STATE EXAMINATION (08/2014) Graduated with Distinction; ranked first Drafting legal opinion on recognition and enforcement of PUBLICATIONS RUPRECHTS-KARLS-UNIVERSITY HEIDELBERG, arbitral awards in Germany KIIT UNIVERSITY, INDIA, BBA LLB (HONS) (09/2012) Singh N. ‘Regulating M&A in Pharmaceutical Sector.’ GERMANY, FIRST LEGAL STATE EXAMINATION Chancellors’ Gold Medal; Nanibala Memorial Gold Medal Administrator Journal (2015) (01/2012) PUBLICATIONS Schild M. ‘Development of construction contracts in Rechtsanwalt-Göring-Scholar; Scholarship of the German Banerjea D, Singh N. ‘Statutory Powers of the Executive Germany and Switzerland’ (in German). Vertragstypen in EMPLOYMENT National Academic Foundation Magistrates in India.’ LBSNAA (2015) Europa (2011) TEACHING ASSOCIATE, LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI Singh N. ‘Tax Implications in India for Cross-Border M&A.’ NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ADMINISTRATION, INDIA UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, CÉRTIFICAT DE Schild M. ‘Commercial agents in Ecuador’ (in German). Manupatra CAPJ (2015) DROIT TRANSNATIONAL (06/2009) GTAI GmbH (2010) Developing procedural and substantive law case studies; preparing modules CAREER INTERESTS State Scholarship; Scholarship of the German National Schild M. ‘Investment law in Ecuador’ (in German). GTAI Academic Foundation GmbH (2010) Competition law; finance LEGISLATIVE AIDE, PRS, PARLIAMENT OF INDIA, INDIA EMPLOYMENT CAREER INTERESTS Working on bills including Debt Securities Bill, Competition ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Amendment Bill and Banking Amendment Bill Passed Bar Examination; qualified advocate in India; Louis TRAINEE, FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER LLP, Consulting; finance; restructuring Dreyfus Weidenfeld Scholarship for MLF ■ GERMANY/USA ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Advising on US and EU financial sanctions against Russia Qualified attorney in Germany; participant, Petersburg and Iran and on business practice Dialogue (2014) ■ WILLIAM STEEL NEW ZEALAND TRAINEE, 1ST COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT, GERMANY [email protected] SUMMER RESEARCH SCHOLAR, NEW ZEALAND Drafting amendment for Code of Procedure of the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF COMPETITION AND Parliament (adopted) EDUCATION REGULATION, NEW ZEALAND VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, Producing two reports on the effects of the NZ LLB (HONS) (10/2014) government’s policy of allowing low value goods Graduated with first-class honours; Victoria Excellence purchased from offshore online retailers to enter NZ duty Scholarship; Dean’s List (four consecutive years) and tax free

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, PUBLICATIONS BCOM ECONOMICS AND FINANCE (06/2015) Steel W. ‘Judicial Specialisation in a Generalist Jurisdiction: Is Commercial Specialisation Within the High Court EMPLOYMENT Justified?’ Victoria University of Wellington Law Review SUMMER CLERK, LEGAL ASSISTANT, CHAPMAN TRIPP, (2015) NEW ZEALAND Steel W. ‘Drowning Publisher’s ‘Baby’ in Judicial Advising on issues arising under NZ’s Financial Markets Bathwaters.’ Competition and Regulation Times (2013) Conduct Act 2013; reviewing documents for their compliance with NZ securities legislation; drafting trust CAREER INTERESTS deeds and governing documents Investment banking; finance; consulting; legal practice■ IMAGE LEFT AND CENTRE © STUART COX LEFT IMAGE AND CENTRE © STUART

16 MSC LAW AND FINANCE CLASS OF 2015/16 MLF.LAW.OX.AC.UK 17 SHAN-YING SUK TAIWAN WOUTER VAN DER VEKEN BELGIUM [email protected] LEGAL ADVISOR, NTU LEGAL SERVICE, NATIONAL [email protected] SUMMER TRAINEE, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP, BELGIUM Mandarin TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, TAIWAN Dutch, French Assisting in acquisitions and financing transactions EDUCATION Providing free legal counsel on civil, criminal and V EDUCATION administrative disputes; advising on procedure and legal CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY OF AALST, BELGIUM NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, TAIWAN, BL (HONS) document drafting UNIVERSITY OF GHENT, BELGIUM, LLM (07/2014) (06/2014) Elected 2012 (youngest member); chairman of Council Graduated summa cum laude, first of the class; second Financial and Legal Affairs subcommittee; member of National Taiwan University Presidential Award (twice); CAREER INTERESTS prize ING Thesis Awards 2014; thesis topic: financial executive board AGSA (subsidiary in charge of large urban 22nd Li-Mo Pragmatic Law Foundation Scholarship Corporate law; finance; securities and exchange law; transaction tax projects) Excellence Award; Best Written Overall Submission in 11th academia ELSA Moot Court Competition Asian-Pacific Round BUCERIUS LAW SCHOOL, GERMANY, EXCHANGE SUMMER ASSOCIATE, CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMME INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE HAMILTON LLP, BELGIUM EMPLOYMENT Organising committee and Chair of Discussion Forum in BUSINESS LAW (12/2013) Assisting in cross-border transactions and acquisitions the Asian Law Students’ Association 2012 Taipei Study RESEARCH ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, TAIWAN Average grade: A Workshop; NTU College of Law Student Ambassador and Researching clearing and settlement in the Taiwanese CAREER INTERESTS Law Student Orientation Committee ■ UNIVERSITY OF GHENT, BELGIUM, LLB (07/2012) securities market; assisting in drafting paper Finance; capital markets; private equity; M&A Graduated magna cum laude; third of the class INTERN, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AND CROSS- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION STRAIT LEGAL AFFAIRS, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, TAIWAN EMPLOYMENT Member of Brussels Bar ■ Drafting and translating official documents on issues such ASSOCIATE, BANKING, FINANCE AND CORPORATE as the Trade in Services Agreement; assisting in events; PRACTICE GROUP, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP, BELGIUM receiving foreign government officials and scholars Focus on banking and finance, ECM/DCM, and private/ public M&A

ROSIE THOMAS AUSTRALIA [email protected] pro-bono secondment to the National Children’s and Youth MIREILLE VAN DONGEN NETHERLANDS EDUCATION Law Centre [email protected] bringing together contributors; assessing sales, pro-bono contracts, and donation agreements T UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, LLB (06/2011) Dutch LAW CLERK, KING & WOOD MALLESONS, AUSTRALIA EDUCATION Graduated with first-class honours Working on M&A, competition law, and real estate CUSTOMER SERVICE, TRIODOS BANK, NETHERLANDS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS, BA Answering questions regarding loans, investments, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, BEC (11/2008) ECONOMICS WRITER AND TUTOR, LEADING EDGE (HONS) (MAJORS: LAW AND ECONOMICS; MINOR: accounts, and Triodos’ sustainable mission; working with Faculty of Economics and Business Scholarship; ranked ECONOMICS, AUSTRALIA STATISTICS) (07/2014) other departments to streamline processes and improve second in Intermediate Macroeconomics, Capital & Contributing to economics textbooks and other Graduated magna cum laude; thesis: ‘The dual economic accessibility Growth, and Labour Economics; ranked third in Monetary publications; teaching economics in small classes and effects of Research Joint Ventures in the European Union: Economics larger conference style workshops Are they dealt with effectively?’; secretary, Career ECONOMICS TEACHER, SSL LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS Conference Team 2014; member, university PR team Preparing students for final exams EMPLOYMENT PUBLICATIONS (three years) ASSOCIATE, ALLENS, AUSTRALIA Thomas R. ‘Case Update’ at Law Council of Australia CAREER INTERESTS Superannuation Lawyers’ Conference (2015) CAROLL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, BOSTON Consultancy; M&A; international organisations; health Providing financial services regulatory advice on COLLEGE, USA, EXCHANGE (05/2014) superannuation (pensions), life and general insurance, CAREER INTERESTS funds management, and consumer credit; secondments to Took courses in Econometrics, Business and Public Policy ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Financial regulation; financial services; legal practice; wealth management businesses Participated in summer school on European Health, Austria ■ consulting; academia EMPLOYMENT SOLICITOR, KING & WOOD MALLESONS, AUSTRALIA ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INTERN ANALYST, FOOD SECURITY, UN WORLD FOOD Providing regulatory advice; preparing agreements; Admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales PROGRAMME, ITALY conducting due diligence for public company M&A; (10/2012) ■ Co-producing funding proposals; reviewing innovative mVAM project through setting terms of reference and

CALVIN YANG SINGAPORE [email protected] VACATION SCHEME, PROJECT FINANCE AND Mandarin, Cantonese COMMERCIAL LITIGATION DEPARTMENTS, HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS LLP, UK Y EDUCATION Working on the financing of renewable energy projects UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, UK, LLB (06/2015) in Africa, including Tanzania, in the Project Finance Graduated with first-class honours department; assisting in the rights issue litigation of a major bank in the Commercial Litigation department EMPLOYMENT ARMOURED VEHICLE COMMANDER, SINGAPORE Legal and financial professionals have never been more sought after. Graduates of the MLF, with VACATION SCHEME, ASSET FINANCE AND DEBT CAPITAL ARMED FORCES, SINGAPORE MARKETS DEPARTMENTS, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP, UK Serving in an armoured infantry regiment their first class understanding of legal and financial principles, will be very well equipped to play Working on several aircraft financing deals in the Project their part in the global economy. Finance department; preparing documents in relation to CAREER INTERESTS the issuance of mortgage-backed securities in the Debt BEN HIGSON, HOGAN LOVELLS INTERNATIONAL LLP M&A; private equity; investment banking ■ Capital Markets department

18 MSC LAW AND FINANCE CLASS OF 2015/16 MLF.LAW.OX.AC.UK 19 JAKUB ZIVANSKY CZECH REPUBLIC [email protected] INTERN, ALLEN & OVERY LLP, CZECH REPUBLIC NOTES Czech, French Assisting with corporate and financing transactions Z EDUCATION including EMTN, international covered bond programmes, and aircraft leases CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, MASTER OF LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE (06/2015) INTERN, HAVEL, HOLASEK & PARTNERS, CZECH Graduated with Distinction; received merit based REPUBLIC scholarships Drafting legal documents

UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS, PRAGUE, CZECH RESEARCH INTERN, PARLIAMENTARY INSTITUTE, CZECH REPUBLIC, BC FINANCE (06/2013) REPUBLIC Graduated with Distinction; received merit based Preparing legal analyses; co-authoring a publication on scholarships; attended Global Business Leadership public relations in parliaments Programme, University of Texas PUBLICATIONS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, UK, DIPLOMA IN COMMON Zivansky J, Vybiral P. ‘Financial Assistance after LAW (06/2012) Recodification.’ Rekodifikace & praxe (2014) Graduated with Distinction Zivansky J, ‘In Rem Security Interests in Syndicated Loan Finance.’ Diploma Thesis (2015) EMPLOYMENT JUNIOR LAWYER/TRAINEE, ALLEN & OVERY LLP, CZECH CAREER INTERESTS REPUBLIC/UK Capital markets; private equity; international finance; Advising on financing, on international capital markets investment banking; M&A ■ transactions involving debt and structured finance instruments, and on cross-border syndicated corporate loans

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ADVISORY BOARD Robin Brooks, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Mark Campbell, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP Jeremy Cross, Head of London and European Finance, King & Wood Mallesons Frédérique Dahan, Lead Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Ben Davey, Chief Strategy Officer, Investment Bank, Barclays Robin Dicker QC, Barrister, 3–4 South Square Geoff Fuller, Partner, Allen & Overy LLP Stephen Gillespie, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Chris Hale, Senior Partner, Travers Smith LLP Ben Higson, Partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP Alec Innes, Managing Director & Head of Relationship Solutions, Commercial Banking, Lloyds Banking Group George Karafotias, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP Peter Kiernan, Senior Adviser, Canaccord Genuity Limited Helen Lamprell, Corporate & External Affairs Director, Vodafone UK Paul Lewis, Partner, Linklaters LLP Chris Saul, Senior Partner, Slaughter and May Nick Segal, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Roland Turnill, Partner, Slaughter and May Anthony Whittaker, Managing Director, UK/Australasian DCM + Solutions, Natixis Simon Witty, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP

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