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SOUTHWESTERN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL
AND COMPARATIVE LAW

MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD

ALBANIA
Neritan Kallfa
Tonucci & Partners
Tirana, Albania

ARGENTINA
Jorge Luis Perez Alati
Perez Alati, Grundona, Benites, Arntsen & Marinez
      de Hoz Abogados
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lisandro Allende
Brons & Salas
Buenos Aires, Argentina

J. Felipe Arlia
Brons & Salas
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Juan Martin Arocena
Rattagan, Macchiavello, Arocena & Pena Robirosa
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sebastian Cordova M.
Cardenas, DeCio, Romero, Tarsitano & Lucero
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alejandro Pedro Guardone
Cabanellas, Etchebarne, Kelly & Dell'Oro Maini
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pablo G. Louge
Allende & Brea
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Anabela M. Mengoni
Allende & Brea
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Uriel Federico O’Farrell
Estudio de
Los Dres O’Farrell
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jorge Raul Postiglione
Brons & Salas
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sebastian Rodrigo
Alfaro Abogados
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Andres Sanguinetti
Estudio Moltedo
Buenos Aires, Argentina

AUSTRALIA
Ezekiel Solomon
Allens Arthur Robinson
Sydney, Australia

BELGIUM
Johan Lambers
IUSTICA.BE
Brussels, Belgium

BOLIVIA
Milenka Saavedra Munoz Alejandra
Bufete Aguirre Soc. Civ.
La Paz, Bolivia

BRAZIL
Lysane Abbage Gomes
Abbage Gomes & Advogados
Curitiba, Brazil

Eliana Baraldi
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maria P. Q. Brandao Teixeira
Brandao Teixeira
       Ricardo e Foz
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Marcelo L. Cristiano
Fraga Bekierman e
      Pacheco Neto
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rossana Duarte
Tozzini Freire Advogados
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Carolina Moura Foz
Brandao Teixeira

Ana Carolina de Salles Freire
Tozzini Freire Advogados
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jose Luis de Salles Freire
Tozzini Freire Advogados
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mauro Guizeline
Tozzini Freire Advogados
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Carlos Eduardo M. Hapner
Hapner & Koretz
Curitiba, Brazil

Moira Huggard-Caine
Tozzini Freire Advogados
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Tarcisio A. Kroetz
Hapner & Kroetz
Curitiba, Brazil

Rafael Mendes Gomez
Wal-Mart Brasil, Ltda.
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Joanna de Barros Oliveira
Emerenciano Baggio
   e Associados
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jose M. Oxholm-Uribe
Director-Latin American
Legal Affairs
Goodyear do Brasil Produtos
de Borracha Ltda.
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jose Emilio Nunes Pinto
Jose Emilio Nunes Pinto Advogados
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Fabrizio De Oliveira Sasdelli
Lobo & de Rizzo Advogados
San Paulo, Brazil

Anderson Trautman Cardoso
Veirano Advogados
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Ronaldo Veirano
Veirano Advogados
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cecilia Vidigal Monteiro
     de Barros
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Patricia Vilhena
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

BULGARIA
Borislav T. Boyanov
Borislav Boyanov & Co.
Sofia, Bulgaria

CHILE
Jorge Carey
Carey y Cia.
Santiago, Chile

Fernando Abara Elias
Transelec SA
Santiago, Chile

Gonzalo Delaveu Swett
Guerrero, Olivos, Novoa
     y Errazuriz
Santiago, Chile

Roberto Guerrero V.
Guerrero, Olivos, Novoa
     y Errazuriz
Santiago, Chile

Sebastian Obach
Cariola Diez Perez Cotapos & Cia
santiago, Chile

Rodrigo Velasco Santelices
Alessandri & Compania
Santiago, Chile

CHINA
Hong ‘Jennifer’ Li
Dacheng Law Firm
Beijing, China

Susan Ning
King & Wood
Beijing, China

‘Gavin’ Gang Wang
Run Ming Law Office
Beijing, China

Yu Yao
Beijing, China

Jerry Yulin Zhang
Haiwen & Partners
Beijing, China

COLOMBIA
Nicolas Gamboa Morales
Gamboa & Chalela
Bogota, Colombia

Carlos Urrutia
Brigard & Urrutia
Bogota, Colombia

ECUADOR
Jose M. Perez Arteta
Perez Bustamante y Ponce
Quito, Ecuador

Juan Francisco Jaramillo
Moore Stephens 
     Profile Consultores
Quito, Ecuador

ETHIOPIA
Debebe Moges Sefineh
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abera Maregn Shamero
Abera Maregn Law Office
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

FINLAND
Kirsa Eksyma
Helsinki, Finland

Jari Vikio
Borenius & Kemppinen
Helsinki, Finland

FRANCE
Yvon Dreano
Jeantet et Associes
New York, New York
Paris, France

Jean-Jacques Lecat
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre
Neuilly-Sur-Seine
Cedex, France

Antoine Lemetais
LMT Avocats
Paris, France

Charles-Henri de Pardieu
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
& Associes
Paris, France

GEORGIA
Irakli Kandashvili
Asatiani, Kandashvili and
Attorneys
Tbilisi, Georgia

Hans von Sachsen-Altenburg
Andronikashvili, Sachen-Altenburg, Baramidze & Partners
Tbilisi, Georgia

GERMANY
Dr. Christian Blum
CMS Hasche Sigle
Stuttgart, Germany

Dr. Steffen Fortun
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft
Stuttgart, Germany

Dr. Anton G. Maurer
CMS Hasche Sigle
Stuttgart, Germany

Dr. Tobias Polloczek
CMS Hasche Sigle
Stuttgart, Germany

Dr. Alexandra Schluck-Amend
CMS Hasche Sigle
Stuttgart, Germany

Dr. Jacob Siebert
CMS Hasche Sigle
Stuttgart, Germany

Dr. Peter Thoene
Deere & Company
Mannheim, Germany

Dr. Werner Walk
CMS Hasche Sigle
Stuttgart, Germany

GHANA
Emmanuel Seygho Goka
Selsen Consult
Accra, Ghana

Zuta Plahar
Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd.
Accra, Ghana

GREECE
Theodore C. Vakrinos
Theodore C. Vakrinos Law Offices
Athens, Greece/
Alexandria, Virginia

HONDURAS
Gustavo Arguello Aguero
ACZALAW

HUNGARY
Peter S. Szabo
Ban, S. Szabo & Partners
Budapest, Hungary

INDIA
Rajiv Luthra
Luthra & Luthra
New Delhi, India

Jay Manilal Savla
Savla & Associates
New Delhi, India

Priti Suri
PSA, Legal Counsellors
New Delhi, India

T. S. Joseph Thaikootatthil
Savla & Associates
New Delhi, India

INDONESIA
Darrell R. Johnson
Soewito, Suhardiman,
Eddymurthy & Kardono
Jakarta, Indonesia

Dyah Soewito
Soewito, Suhardiman
Murthy Eddy & Kardono
Jakarta, Indonesia

IRAN
Iraj Gharib
Harmon & Gharib
Tehran, Iran/Dallas, Texas

ITALY
Bruno Bartocci
Legance Studio Legale
Milan, Italy

Raffaella Betti Berutto
Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partner
Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Bisconti
Studio Legale Bisconti
Rome, Italy

Rino Caiazzo
Ughi e Nunziante
Rome, Italy

Luigi Macchi Di Cellere
Macchi Di Cellere Gangemi
Rome, Italy

Michele de Meo
de Meo & Associati
Rome, Italy

Aldo Frignani
Frignani e Associati
Torino, Italy

Francesco Gianni
Gianni, Origoni Grippo
& Partners
Rome, Italy

Aurelio Giovannelli
Studio Professionale
  Associati –
Baker McKenzie
Rome, Italy

Giulio Raffaele Ippolito
Studio Legale Toasto
Rome, Italy

Giovanni Loi
Baker & McKenzie
Rome, Italy

JAPAN
Kaoru Kashiwagi
Kashiwagi Sogo
Law Offices
Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhiko Maeda
Gen. Mgr, Legal
Kureha Corporation
Tokyo, Japan

Tasuku Matsuo
Matsuo & Kosugi
Tokyo, Japan

Tomio Sakurai
N.I. Teijin Shoji Co. Ltd
Osaka, Japan

Takasha Sato
Sojitz Corp.
Tokyo, Japan

Masato Suzaki
Softbank Corp.
Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Takeuchi
Ube Industries, Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan

Izumi Yamamoto
N.I. Teijin Shoji Co. Ltd
Osaka, Japan

MEXICO
Napoleon Cantu
Santos-Elizondo-Cantu-
Rivera-Gonzalez-
de la Garza
Garza Garcia, Mexico

Jose Juan Delgado-Ruiz
Basham Ringe y Correa
Mexico City, Mexico

Miguel Jauregui-Rojas
Jauregui, Navarrette,
Nader y Rojas
Mexico City, Mexico

Jorge Leon-Orantes
Santamarina y Steta, S.C.
Mexico City, Mexico

Leonel Perez Nieto Castro
Jauregui, Navarrette,
Nader y Rojas
Mexico City, Mexico

Jorge Sainz A.
Ortiz, Sainz y Erreguerena
Mexico City, Mexico

Eduardo Siqueiros
Barrera Siqueirios y Torres Landa
Mexico City, Mexico

Jorge Barrero Stahl
Santamarina Steta, S.C.
Monterrey, Mexico

Hayde Aline Valencia Gomez
Jauregui, Navarrete y Nader
Mexico City, Mexico

julio Cesar Vega Cedillo
AMSC Abogados
Mexico City, Mexico

Juan Carlos Velazquez de Leon
Basham, Ringe y Correa
Monterrey, Mexico

Claus von Wobeser
von Wobeser y Sierra
Mexico City, Mexico

NEPAL
Yagya Prasad Adhikari
National Human Rights Comm.
Pokhara, Nepal

NETHERLANDS
Henk ten Voorde
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

NIGERIA
Eunice Bola Adelu
Lagos, Nigeria

Felix O. Fagbohungbe
F.O. Fagbohungbe & Co. (SAN)
Lagos, Nigeria

Olugbenga Omotosho
Chevron, Nigeria, Ltd.
Warri, Nigeria

Jimoh Umoru
Lagos, Nigeria

PERU
German Barrios
Barrios Fuentes Gallo
Lima, Peru

Raul Barrios
Barrios Fuentes Gallo
Lima, Peru

Eduardo Benavides
Berninzon, Loret de Mola y Benavides Abogados
Lima, Peru

PHILIPPINES
Ricardo Castro
Quisumbing Torres
Manila, Philippines

Emerico de Guzman
ACCRALAW
Makati City, Philippines

Llewellyn L. Llanillo
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Makati City, Philippines

Mario V. Lopez
Manila, Philippines

Gafar “Junie” Lutian
Procter & Gamble Distributing
Makati City, Philippines

Margarita Victorino
Quezon City, Philippines

Lisle Wadingan
Law Firm of Rondez & Partners
Baguio City, Philippines

PORTUGAL
Manuel P. Barrocas
Barrocas Sarmento & Neves
Lisbon, Portugal

Antonio Paula Varela
Lisbon, Portugal

ROMANIA
Adriana I. Gaspar
Nestor, Nestor, Diculescu, Kingston, Petersen
Bucharest, Romania

Ion I. Nestor
Nestor, Nestor, Diculescu, Kingston, Petersen
Bucharest, Romania

RUSSIA
Ilya Nikiforov
Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners
Moscow, Russia

SAUDI ARABIA
David M. Wells
The Law Offices of
     Mujahid M. Al-Sawwaf
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

SIERRA LEONE
Centus Macauley
Freetown, Sierra Leone

SOUTH AFRICA
Mohamed Shafie Ameermia
Chief Director, Legal Services
Department of Local Government & Housing
Limpopo, South Africa

SOUTH KOREA
Ri Bong Han
Bae Kim Lee
Seoul, Korea

Eui Jae Kim
Kim, Chang & Lee
Seoul, Korea

SPAIN
Almudena Arpon de Mendivil y
      de Aldama    
Gomez-Acebo & Pombo
Madrid, Spain

Bernardo M. Cremades
B. Cremades y Asociados
Madrid, Spain

Luis E. Echecopar Flores
Echecopar Abogados
Madrid, Spain

Carla Martin-Escorial
Martin & Escorial Abogados
Madrid, Spain

Fernando Pombo
Gomez-Acebo & Pombo
Madrid, Spain

SWEDEN
Christer A. Holm
Advokatfirmas Norelidholm
Stockholm, Sweden

Ulf Jakobson
Wistrand Advokatbyra
Goteborg, Sweden

John Kadelburger
Advokat John Kadelburger AB
Stockholm, Sweden

Hans-Elof Olsson
Mannheimer Swartling
Goteborg, Sweden

TAIWAN
Paiff Huang
Formosa Transnational
Taipei, Taiwan

Richard L. Thurston
Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Hsin Chu, Taiwan

THAILAND
Suwit Suwan
Mongkolnavin Law Office
Nontaburi, Thailand

TURKEY
Isil Baytok
Baytok Law Firm
Istanbul, Turkey

UNITED KINGDOM
Debbie Miller
Baker & McKenzie
London, England

URUGUAY
Marcela Hughes
Hughes & Hughes
Montevideo, Uruguay

Veronica Raffo
Ferrere Abogados
Montevideo, Uruguay

Maria Tobias
Montevideo, Uruguay

VENEZUELA
Fernando Pelaez-Pier
Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque
Caracas, Venezuela

UNITED STATES

ALABAMA
Robert Hunter
Altec Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Virginia C. Patterson
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Birmingham, Alabama

CALIFORNIA
George W. Coombe, Jr.
San Francisco, California

Julie Hutchings
Pillsbury Winthrop, Shaw,  
      Pittman
San Francisco, California

Charles A. James
Chevron Corporation
San Ramon, California

Robert A. James
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
San Francisco, California

Thomas J. Klitgaard
San Francisco, California

Charles B. Renfrew
Law Office of Charles Renfrew
San Francisco, California

CONNECTICUT
Charles E. Barnett, III
Darien, Connecticut

Cecil J. Olmstead
Westport, Connecticut

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Kathryn C. Atkinson
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Washington, DC

O. Thomas Johnson
Covington & Burling
Washington, DC

Susan L. Karamanian
Assoc. Dean for Int &
     Comparative Legal Studies
George Washington University
      School of Law
Washington, DC

Homer E. Moyer, Jr.
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Washington, DC

Charles Owen Verrill, Jr.
Wiley Rein, LLP
Washington, DC

FLORIDA
Patricia Menendez-Cambo
Greenberg Traurig
Miami, Florida

ILLINOIS
James Becht
Deere & Company
Moline, Illinois

MASSACHUSETTS
Kenneth W. Grant II
Beverly, Massachusetts

William T. Ketcham, Jr.
Manchester, Massachusetts

MICHIGAN
Richard G. Goetz
Leader, Int. Practice Group
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Detroit, Michigan

Daniel P. Malone
Of Counsel
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Detroit, Michigan

NEW YORK
James H. Carter, Jr.
Sullivan & Cromwell
New York, New York

Yvon Dreano
Jeantet et Associes
New York, New York
Paris, France

Andrew D. Hendry
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel &
Secretary
Colgate-Palmolive Company
New York, New York

Howard M. Holtzmann
New York, New York

Myron Kalish
New York, New York

Bertil Lundquist
C.V. Starr & Co Inc
New Yourk, New York

Robert L. Werner
New York, New York

OHIO
Deborah P. Majoras
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
The Procter & Gamble Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio

Alfred K. White, Jr.
Cincinnati, Ohio

TEXAS
Susan M. Aldridge
Rosweood Hotels & Resorts LLC
Dallas, Texas

C. Mark Baker
Fulbright & Jaworski
Houston, Texas

Virgie G. Brooks
Irving, Texas

Brenda K. Brown
Vincent Lopez Serafino &
     Jenevein, PC
Dallas, Texas

Ann J. Bruder
VP, GC & Corp. Secretary
Commercial Metals Company
Irving, Texas

John P. Cogan, Jr.
Cogan & Partners LLP
Houston, Texas

Jordan W. Cowman
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Dallas, Texas

Alan R. Crain
VP & General Counsel
Baker Hughes Inc.
Houston, Texas

Andrew B. Derman
Thompson & Knight
Dallas, Texas

Iraj Gharib
Harmon & Gharib
Tehran, Iran/Dallas, Texas

Felipe Gumico
Vice President
Law & Business Ethics
Bell Helicopter Textron
Fort Worth, Texas

Hugh Hackney
Greenberg Traurig
Dallas, Texas

John B. Holden, Jr.
Jackson Walker
Dallas, Texas

Joseph F. Hubach
Senior Vice President,
Secretary & General
Counsel
Texas Instruments
Incorporated
Dallas, Texas

Arcie I. Jordan
Jackson Walker LLP
Austin, Texas

Sylvia Kerrigan
VP & General Counsel
Marathon Oil Corp.
Houston, Texas

Andrius Kontrimas
Fulbright & Jaworski
Houston, Texas

Danny Lee
Deputy General Counsel
Bell Helicopter Textron
Fort Worth, Texas

Richard C. Levin
Akin, Gump, Strauss,
Hauer & Feld
Dallas, Texas

Juan P. Llambias
Plano, Texas

John E. Lynch, Jr.
Associate General Counsel
Upstream Western
Hemisphere
BP America, Inc.
Houston, Texas

Steven J. Malecek
Exploration Manager
Petro Java North Kangean, Inc.
Plano, Texas

Michael J. Marchand
President
The Center for American and International Law
Plano, Texas

John B. McKnight
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Dallas, Texas

Anne H. McNamara
Dallas, Texas

Thomas J. Mielke
Kimberly Clark Corporation
Irving, Texas

Cheryl J. Moore
Patton Boggs LLP
Dallas, Texas

Ewell E. Murphy, Jr.
Houston, Texas

Dana G. Nahlen
Sun Gard Systems
Dallas, Texas

Kevin O’Gorman
Fulbright & Jaworski  LLP
Houston, Texas

Larry Pascal
Haynes and Boone
Dallas, Texas

Timothy E. Powers
Haynes and Boone
Dallas, Texas

Michael Anne Pritchard
Rosweood Hotels & Resorts LLC
Dallas, Texas

Florentino A. Ramirez
International Law Section
Dallas Bar Association
Dallas, Texas

Robert S. Rendell
Patton Boggs LLP
Dallas, Texas

Tom B. Rhodes
Dallas, Texas

William J. Roche
Dallas, Texas

Anibal Sabater
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Houston, Texas

John E. Seddelmeyer
Associate General Counsel,
      Legal Services
ExxonMobil Corporation
Irving, Texas

Arvind Sharma
Flowserve Corp.
Irving, Texas

Webb Spradley
International Law Section
Dallas Bar Association
Dallas, Texas

John M. Stephenson, Jr.
Jackson Walker
Dallas, Texas

Scott E. Sullivan
VP, Group Counsel -
     Global Trade &
     Strategic Transactions
Flowserve Corp.
Irving, Texas

Joseph A. Vicario, Jr.
Senior Counsel
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Dallas, Texas

Edyta Zydorek
NCH Corp.
Irving, Texas

VIRGINIA
Judith Glaubig
General Counsel, Downstream
Law Department
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Fairfax, Virginia

James D. Harris
Defense Security Service
Great Falls, Virginia

Theodore C. Vakrinos
Theodore C. Vakrinos
Law Offices
Alexandria, Virginia/
Athens, Greece

 

 
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