OUR LEADERSHIP

 
In 2009, White & Case reorganized to enable greater global coordination and integration. Our new organizational structure allows the Firm to realize the potential of our diverse global network to better serve our clients. Our organizational structure comprises global practices, global client teams and regional sections, together with our offices around the world. Here is our global leadership as of December 31, 2009.

 
 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Asli Basgoz
Oliver Brettle
Anthony Kahn
Hugh Verrier, Chairman

 
 
PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE

Ian Forrester
Neal Grenley
Petri Haussila
James Hayden
David Koschik
Carolyn B. Lamm
Norbert Majerholc
Jan Matejcek
Hugh Verrier

 
 
GLOBAL PRACTICE LEADERS

Mark Gidley, Antitrust
Paul Friedland, Arbitration
Richard Smith, Asset Finance
Eric Berg, Banking
Petri Haussila, Capital Markets
Glenn Kurtz, Commercial Litigation
Thomas Lauria, Financial Restructuring and Insolvency
Dimitrios Drivas, Intellectual Property
John Reiss, Mergers and Acquisitions
Wendell Maddrey, Oil and Gas
Arthur Scavone, Project Finance
Scott Berger, Real Estate
Philip Broke, Sovereign Wealth Funds
William Dantzler, Tax
Walter Spak, Trade
George Terwilliger, White Collar

 
 
GLOBAL CLIENT TEAM LEADERS

Magdalene Bayim-Adomako
Peter Finlay
Vincent FitzPatrick
Jack Lever
Villiers Terblanche

 
 
AMERICAS REGIONAL SECTION HEADS

David Koschik, US Banking
John Donovan, US Capital Markets
Gregory Spak, US Competition
David Hille, US Disputes
Victor DeSantis, US EIPAF
Oliver Brahmst, US M&A/Corporate
Victor Alvarez, Latin America

 
 
EMEA REGIONAL SECTION HEADS

David Barwise, WEMEA Banking and Capital Markets
François Leloup, WEMEA M&A/Corporate
Philip Stopford, WEMEA EIPAF
John Willems, WEMEA Disputes
Markus Hauptmann, Germany
Jan Matejcek, CEE

 
 
ASIA REGIONAL SECTION HEAD

Barrye Wall

 
 
AMERICAS OFFICE EXECUTIVE PARTNERS

Bryan Merryman, Los Angeles
Alberto Sepúlveda Cosío, Mexico City
Victor Alvarez, Miami
Neal Grenley, New York
Bijal Vakil, Palo Alto
Donald Baker, São Paulo
Victor DeSantis, Washington, DC

 
 
EMEA OFFICE EXECUTIVE PARTNERS

Villiers Terblanche, Abu Dhabi, Doha
Yuriy Maltsev, Almaty
Mesut Cakmak, Ankara
Jörg Kraffel, Berlin
Ivo Bárta, Bratislava
Ian Forrester, Brussels
Delia Pachiu, Bucharest
István Réczicza, Budapest
Claus Wecker, Düsseldorf
Markus Hauptmann, Frankfurt
Brendan McGivern, Geneva
Christian Rohnke, Hamburg
Petri Haussila, Helsinki
Meltem Akol, Istanbul
Tanneke Heersche, Johannesburg
Oliver Brettle, London
Hermann Schmitt, Moscow
Ulf Kreppel, Munich
Vincent Morin, Paris
Jan Matejcek, Prague
Mohammed Al-Sheikh, Riyadh
Ulf Johansson, Stockholm
Witold Daniłowicz, Warsaw

 
 
ASIA OFFICE EXECUTIVE PARTNERS

Xiaoming Li, Beijing, Shanghai
Barrye Wall, Hong Kong
Doug Peel, Singapore
Gary Thomas, Tokyo