Gissel Cabrera Torrez is the chief compliance officer at Banco Ecofuturo. She has over 12 years of experience and is qualified in Bolivia, Argentina and Spain. Her background includes a...

Number of years practice: 12 Principal practice areas: Capital markets Bar admissions: New York Languages spoken: English, Spanish Outside of Grissel Mercado’s capital markets work, she is involved with Abogadas...

Can you briefly explain how the legal team is structured? The ISS India legal team comprises of 12 talented individuals based at the ISS India corporate office in Mumbai. The...

What are the most significant cases and/or transactions that your legal team has been involved with in the last two years? The India legal team deals with a wide array...

The Office of the Parliamentary Legal Advisers (OPLA) provides a full range of independent legal services to the Ceann Comhairle and Cathoirleach, members and Committees of the Houses, and parliamentary...

Rena Hozore Reiss, executive vice president and general counsel of Marriott International, rejoined Marriott as general counsel in December 2017. She had served as executive vice president, general counsel and...

Team size: 25 Major law firms used: Linklaters, RPC, Slaughter and May Charlotte Heiss’s career has gone from strength to strength since being named as a Rising Star in the...

Practice areas: Capital markets Bar admissions: New York Languages spoken: English and Spanish Grissel Mercado is a partner in Shearman & Sterling’s capital markets group where she advises issuers and...

The legal team of ISS Facility Services is mostly structured by legal specialisations, with some of those subjects managed locally due to the specifics of the different jurisdictions of Spain...

Vice president and associate general counsel Jeffrey Weissman joined World Fuel Services in 2009. He led the Company’s defense of complex environmental and related wrongful death and personal injury tort...

Representing the world’s largest provider of ground and cargo handling services in the aviation industry, the legal team at Swissport is made up of six lawyers, two insurance specialists and...

Led by general counsel Elizabeth Leonhardt, the SwissMarine legal team has gone from strength to strength representing the shipping transportation business, which has a turnover of over $1.34bn and in...

‘Our goal is finding ways and means which allows our business to realise complex projects and services which fulfil the needs of our customers in a compliant manner’, says Jlona...

Following its takeover by Zürcher Kantonalbank, legal team at Swisscanto Asset Management has recently adopted a new structure and assumed various new responsibilities. However, based on the legal requirements of...

The legal team at global reinsurer Swiss Re, led by group chief legal officer Hermann Geiger, is known industry-wide for its operational excellence. The team consists of senior lawyers that...

The importance of Swiss Post’s legal team is reflected in the sprawling web of logistics and financial services the company provides on a global scale. Founded in 1849 and headquartered...

The legal and compliance team at Swiss Federal Railways (known as SBB) has led numerous complex commercial settlements and international transactions which have gained global recognition. The team is currently...

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) is the country’s leading radio and TV broadcaster. Founded in 1931, SRG SSR is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence...

Headed by general counsel Romeo Cerutti, the legal team at Credit Suisse has had substantial contribution in recent years by successfully guiding the company through persisting challenges occurring in the...

As one of the largest insurance groups in Switzerland, Allianz Suisse is among the entities most affected by the increasingly tight regulatory focus on market conduct. Headed by general counsel...

Matteo Missaglia impressively set up the legal division of Helsinn many years ago with initially just one assistant. Now the legal department provides full in-house legal support to all business...

Peter heads a team comprising both legal and non-legal employees working in Trina’s European and African operations, which has grown under his supervision from four employees to up to 70....

Founded in 1901 in Copenhagen, the ISS Group has grown to become a world leading facility services company offering a wide range of services including facility management, cleaning services, support...

A ‘diligent’ and ‘devoted’ lawyer, Swaiss is valued both inside and outside his organisation, for his legal skills and ‘exceptional’ intrapersonal skills. Heading a small legal team Ahmad Swaiss established...

Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan, first entered Mexico in 1959 and has since established itself as one of the largest carmakers in the country. Led by general counsel Armando Curiel since...

Having made ‘substantial changes’ to the Piaggio group legal department, Ulisse Spada presides over a function organised into three main areas of practice, marking a change to the previous structure...

An internationally educated lawyer Fabio Missori, completed his post graduate studies at Georgetown University Law Centre and boasts 10 years’ experience in private practice and a further 18 years in-house....

Established in 2014, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is a unique organisation dedicated to achieving the best results possible for consumers in Ireland by virtue of its work on...

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) are the regulator for Irish internet, television, radio and all other sectors in the telecommunications field. General counsel Caroline Dee-Brown leads 10 staff in...

Organised across three departments devoted to property law and land acquisition, contracts and labour law and legislative and regulatory affairs teams, all sections being manned with both senior and junior...

Independent Power Transmission Operator (also known as IPTO or ADMIE) is the transmission system operator for the Hellenic Electricity Transmission System. The mission of the company is the operation, control,...

The in-house legal team at CySEC is highly adept at translating EU financial regulatory frameworks into a Cyprus context and other financial oversight activities, including anti-money laundering. It is involved...

An in-house legal counsel with vast experience in international transactions and private equity, Melissa Obegi has been at the head of innovative legal work throughout her career. Before being asked...

Melissa Kennedy joined Sun Life Financial, one of the largest life insurance companies in the world with operations dating back to 1865, in 2014 and became chief legal officer in...

Khalil Kaddissi is legal director at JBS, the largest meat processing company in the world, overseeing the corporate law department. Upon joining JBS in 2014, Kaddissi gained responsibility for contracts,...

A recognised national expert, Larissa Vaughan has drawn particular notice for her ground-breaking work with New Zealand’s recent FMCA legislation. ‘I feel I have been able to draw on my...

Melissa Anastasiou has created a bespoke 18-strong function to support a business in, what she terms, ‘a constant state of transformation and innovative growth’. Following two restructures the function now...

Melissa Obegi ‘has that rare combination of remarkable intelligence, a steady hand and plenty of charm’. She was previously managing director and regional counsel for Oaktree Capital’s Asia Principal Opportunities...

Volker Weisshaar has over 20 years of experience in international legal and compliance functions, at both global enterprise organisations and at start-ups, including experience regualting IPO’s. Weisshaar has a strong...

Appointed as the first general counsel of L’Oréal Malaysia in 2014, Melissa Chia is now part of the company’s senior management committee, and significantly increased the scope of her role...

Peter Faisst has over 17 years of progressive legal experience and accomplishments, including seven years leading an in-house legal department that expertly handles commercial, corporate and trade law for a...

Clarissa Surgeon’s legal career has spanned close to 20 years, with positions in law firms and corporations in Panama City, New York and Brussels, working across various legal fields, primarily...

Karin Herman Zachrisson joined Citi in 1997 as legal counsel for Guatemala and since then she has held various senior positions in Guatemala and in the regional office for Citi...

The legal team that provides legal support to the business of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance in Russia has had an extremely successful year. Both general counsel Michaell Smith and deputy general counsel...

In 2015, Optus announced a bold strategy to transition from a traditional telecommunications provider into a multimedia entertainment company with its acquisition of the media rights for English Premier League...

Comprising of 20 lawyers across Singapore and Hong Kong that cover all of the Asia Pacific jurisdictions, the Credit Suisse Global Markets legal team provide legal, regulatory and transactional support...

The highly talented in-house legal team of Distribuidora Nissan, is comprised of four lawyers and is led by Catalina Robledo Ramirez who is the legal manager – general counsel. The...

The Swissport International legal team is led by the seasoned general counsel and company secretary Thomas Gross who amasses over 10 years of experience in the transport industry. The legal...

Swisscom is Switzerland’s leading telecoms company and one of its leading IT companies with a presence in the Italian market through Fastweb. The company’s legal team has worked hard to...

The Swiss Re – Corporate Centre and Group Functions legal team is part of the legal and compliance division at global reinsurer Swiss Re, and consists of five global sub-teams...

The talented in-house legal team at Swiss Post returns to the GC Powerlist: Switzerland Teams after its inclusion in the 2016 edition, impressing nominators with their expert transactional work. The...

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is the flag carrier of Switzerland, flying to over 100 destinations in 44 countries worldwide from Zurich, Geneva and Lugano and carrying almost 18 million...

Sonova, a leading worldwide provider of hearing solutions and products, has continued to impress nominators for the quality of its legal management that makes it a leader in its field....

Credit Suisse occupies a highly prominent position in Switzerland’s financial market, as a renowned and leading multinational investment bank and financial services. Its legal team is led by general counsel...

Leading a team of six lawyers, David Chu is the managing director and head of Credit Suisse’s IBCM team in Asia Pacific, as well as the general counsel for Hong...

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) is the independent national regulatory authority for the electronic communications and postal sectors and, as such, faces challenges not typically encountered by private operators....

Larissa Zagustin is general counsel for the Americas cluster at Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), owner of some of the world’s best-known entertainment brands including Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon....

Experiencing a recent corporate shake-up, the Indian operations of global car manufacturing giants Renault and Nissan – which were consolidated in a joint venture created in 2005 – is significantly...

Credit Suisse’s Asia Pacific investment banking and capital markets (IBCM) division is renowned in financial circles for its effectiveness, underpinned by the support of a top-quality legal team. Director Adrian...

After spending more than a decade in private practice Leonor Pissarra made her move in-house in September 2011 to join Novartis as legal officer and country compliance head. In the...

A trilingual lawyer with a wealth of experience gained over an over-two decade long career, Chahed Redissi combines his legal knowledge with an extensive understanding of commercial and business theory,...

Jacques Visser heads the legal affairs division of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFC Authority), and holds the position of secretary to the DIFC higher board and the boards...