Pillsbury Corporate partner Osama Abu-Dehays is known throughout the Middle East and North Africa for his commercial, technology, media and telecommunications law experience.

Qualified in the UK and having previously worked in the Middle East, Nadia Barazi provides commercial and corporate legal advice to international businesses—and especially those operating in the MENA region—across a wide range of sectors.

Blaine Green leads the Native American Law practice at Pillsbury, one of a small number of big firms nationally recognized in this area.

Caroline Harcourt represents owners, investors, lenders, developers and tenants in all aspects of commercial real estate. Caroline is the co-head of the firm’s Real Estate Finance Group and also leads the New York Real Estate Group. 

Mark Hellerer, former co-leader of Pillsbury’s Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense team, has more than 30 years of experience litigating international commercial disputes, white collar criminal matters and regulatory enforcement actions.

Melissa Jones-Prus is a partner in the firm’s Finance practice, primarily representing clients who are active in the aviation sector.

Corporate and Securities partner and global leader of Pillsbury’s Capital Markets and Public Companies practice, Davina Kaile has guided public companies and late-stage private companies across a wide range of sectors, including technology, e-commerce, life sciences, financial services and retail in many high-profile, multibillion- and multimillion-dollar deals.

Pillsbury Intellectual Property partner Christophe Lair is a skilled patent lawyer and experienced engineer with deep knowledge of technical disciplines.

Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Markenzy Lapointe has extensive leadership experience and a diverse practice. He advises clients on matters including white collar defense, internal investigations, crisis management, and high-stakes commercial litigation and trials.

Anne Lefever represents clients in large, complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts, with a focus on aerospace but with experience across many other industries, including financial services, manufacturing and health care. She has extensive experience representing all stakeholders in the aerospace industry—including aircraft manufacturers; purchasers; airlines; maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities; suppliers; lessees; and lessors—in disputes relating to aircraft design, build, financing, warranties, sales and leases, and return condition issues.

Recognized by The Legal 500 UK as a Next-Generation Partner and by Chambers UK as Up and Coming in Venture Capital, Sarah Melaney has more than a decade of experience advising high-growth companies and investors. Her practice focuses on investment rounds, scaleups, strategic exits, such as trade sales and IPOs, and general corporate governance, primarily in the climatetech, renewable energy, foodtech, female founders, artificial intelligence, life sciences and digital health sectors.

Shani Rivaux has a diversified practice that extends to a wide range of sectors.

Deborah Ruff is Pillsbury’s International Arbitration Practice Group Leader. She has extensive experience in multi-jurisdiction disputes, with a focus on high-value and complex international arbitration in the energy, infrastructure and construction, telecommunications, aviation and financial sectors.

Drawing upon her invaluable government and in-house experience, Jeewon Kim Serrato advises clients on high-stakes regulatory defense matters, complex security incident investigations, new and emerging data monetization strategies and cross-border M&A and tech transactions. She leads the firm’s Consumer Protection team, co-leads the Retail Industry team and is a leader in the Global AI Task Force.

Alex Tomaszczuk, Pillsbury’s Government Contracts & Disputes practice co-leader, is repeatedly recognized by Chambers USA as an authority on government contracts and disputes litigation.

Anne Voigts leads Pillsbury’s Appellate practice and has argued over 70 cases in federal and state appellate courts.

Reza Zarghamee advises U.S. and international clients on a vast array of environmental and sustainable finance matters, including the strategies for performing compliance audits, transactional due diligence, remediation, and SEC disclosures.

Julian Beach focuses his practice on International Trade.

Julia Belcher is a dispute resolution special counsel based in Pillsbury’s London office, focusing on international arbitration.

Russell DaSilva draws on over 30 years of global experience and fluency in several languages as he advises general corporate lending, trade finance and leveraged acquisition finance clients, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions.

Seasoned Pillsbury lawyer John Grenfell handles complex commercial litigation and appeals.

Rachelle Rennagel provides clients with deep insights and practical advice on all manner of electronic discovery, information governance, and privacy and security issues.

Edward Sauer represents airlines, companies buying and selling aircraft, online travel agents, equipment manufacturers, investors in aviation companies and airports.

George Willman practices in the areas of technology transactions, intellectual property counseling and patent prosecution.

Caroline Block is a litigation associate in Pillsbury’s Washington, DC office.  

Arielle Heffez focuses her practice on international trade and national security matters, including export controls, sanctions, foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI) mitigation related to facility security clearances, CFIUS and foreign investment, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and global anti-corruption, and other regulatory and public policy issues.

Thomas Howard maintains a diverse general complex commercial litigation practice, representing clients in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels.

Iris Karaman advises clients on all aspects of international trade and investment law.

Sundas Khan is as associate in the firm’s Litigation practice. She is qualified in both the UK and Ireland.

Lindsey is an associate in the firm’s international arbitration and dispute resolution practice.

Alexander Ntchobo is a lawyer in Pillsbury’s New York office, where he focuses his practice on general corporate matters, including capital markets, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance.

Nicolas St-Amant is an associate in the firm’s Finance practice and is based in New York.

Nika Yeo is an associate in the firm’s Finance practice and is based in New York.

Spencer focuses his practice on all aspects of litigation, with an emphasis in complex commercial disputes, employment litigation and corporate investigation matters.

Nada Hachem focuses her practice on sanctions, corporate, commercial and transactional law, with particular experience in intellectual property matters and the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sectors.

Alexandre Palagi has a background in biology, molecular biology, genetics and biochemistry.

John M. Thomas is a senior policy advisor in Pillsbury’s Government Law and Strategies practice. John has over a decade of experience in the supervision of various legislative and federal policies involving defense, foreign affairs, homeland security, veterans affairs, energy and environmental issues.