John has practiced in the regulatory, commercial litigation and antitrust fields locally and across the African region for over 20 years. He has been recognized as a leader in his field for many of these. Recently, John represented Business at the OECD as the first regional representative. John has acted in many of the leading antitrust, commercial litigation and regulatory matters in South Africa and the region. He has been a partner in a major South African firm, co-founder of a South African practice and the founder of a Pan-African legal group.

Significant Matters:

• Successfully advised Monsanto & Company in relation to the USD 66 billion acquisition by Bayer ATKG before the South African agencies.

• Represented Allergan Plc in the much-publicised proposed acquisition of Allergan by Pfizer Incorporated.

• Advised Comcast in relation to regional antitrust issues during its bid for 20th Century Fox.

• Successfully advised both Samsung Electronics Company Limited and Harman International Industries Incorporated in obtaining unconditional clearance of the large merger before the South African competition authorities.

• Successfully advised Merck & Co. and Sanofi-Aventis SA in relation to their much publicised animal health joint venture.

• Advised Verizon Business in relation to the disposal of its South African business to MTN Limited.

• Advised Anglo American in relation to the sale of Anglo’s zinc assets to Vedanta Plc.

• Successfully represented Eli Lily Animal Health Elanco in relation to the acquisition of Novartis Animal Health before the South African competition authorities.

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https://primerio.international/our-people/john-oxenham/

Michael-James Currie is a Director of Primerio and co-founder of the Primerio South African practice. His regulatory and commercial law practice is pan-African and he has practiced across several countries and regional blocs including Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, COMESA and CEMAC. Key areas of practice include commercial and corporate law, competition law and complex commercial litigation.

Mike has consistently been recognised as a “Best Lawyer in South Africa” and also serves as the “Global Law Expert for Competition Law in Nigeria.” In addition to his practice areas, Mike is a regular speaker and author who has published several articles, papers and opinion pieces. Mike currently serves as the African Regional Representative for the International Bar Association’s Anti-Corruption Committee.

Professional Associations:
– Board Advisor to the International Bar Association African Regional Forum.
– African Regional Representative of the International Bar Association’s Anti-Corruption Committee.
– Member of the American Bar Association.
– Member of the International Bar Association’s Antitrust Committee; Anti-corruption Committee; and the African Regional Forum Committee.
– Member of the ICN Advocacy Strategy Project on ‘Planning an effective advocacy strategy’ (2016-2018) and is part of the drafting team for the ICN’s Advocacy Working Group’s ‘Competition Benefits Project’ (2015-2016).

Mr. Tomislav Sunjka established Law office of ŠunjkaLaw in 2000 as a self-governing legal entity. Regarding the specific position of Serbia, being on the crossroad of the East and the West and influenced by many phenomena from both sides, Mr.Tomislav Sunjka has developed a specific range of legal services.

Having experienced that problems may derive from all sorts of business relationships, he also gained vast experience in the following areas: corporate law and M&A, international and domestic commercial and trade law, energy law, carriage transport insurance and insurance law, contract law, foreign commercial law, forwarding law, banking law, financial and securities law, privatization law, foreign investments law, concession law, the law of international donations, arbitration, labor law and media law.

Because of this background, Mr. Tomislav Sunjka understands very well the nature of the transactions, bank transfers, financial arrangements, and he uses that knowledge as tools and instruments in practice of asset tracking and asset recovery.

Mr. Tomislav Sunjka represents victims white collar crime: frauds committed by business and government professionals, bankruptcy and bankruptcy fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, computer crime, public corruption, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, corrupt organizations crimes, consumer fraud, securities fraud, financial fraud, forgery etc.

He practices nationally, nationally with cross border elements and internationally.

He is a member of several legal organizations and winner of several legal awards. He has published professional articles in legal journals. He is a member of Vojvodina and Serbia Bar and International Bar Association.

Angel Ganev has been a partner with Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov law firm since 2010. He heads the Bankruptcy & Insolvency and Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group. His practice group includes more than 15 lawyers specializing in complex commercial disputes and insolvency cases with a strong cross-border focus as well as highly regarded anti-fraud subgroup. Angel Ganev is an experienced litigator with more than 15years’ practice. He specializes in international arbitration, commercial litigation and cross border insolvency. Angel is a licensed insolvency practitioner. He also acts on regular basis as an arbitrator.

Angel has led several internal investigations related to allegations of bribery in, for example, the pharma and telecommunication industry sectors. His recent experience includes a several cases on banking fraud where he successfully defended the interests of the defrauded parties. His team has been engaged in chasing down and recovery of assets in the context of commercial disputes and cross – border insolvency cases. Не also provides legal counsel to significant foreign investors on complex issues with regard to competence of courts, applicable law and recognition and enforcement of court judgments across borders.

Professional Memberships: Sofia Bar; IBA; INSOL Europe; Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

John Mitchell is a commercial litigation partner with premier Australian commercial law firm, Arnold Bloch Leibler. He acts for Directors of public companies in high profile corporate collapses, recovery proceedings and investigations by the Australian regulators.

John has extensive experience in the area of white collar crime, and leads a team focused on sensitive matters related to securities fraud, insider trading and Corporations Act breaches. This experience extends to representing individuals and companies at various Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry.

John has acted for major Australian and overseas corporations as well as high-net-worth individuals, and has particular experience in acting in large, complex matters. His experience includes acting in relation to Project Wickenby, a high profile, joint task force set up by various Australian Federal government agencies including the Australian Taxation Office, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crimes Commission to investigate and prosecute tax evasion and complex off shore structuring.

John is recognised in the area of dispute resolution in a number of prominent international guides, including Chambers Global, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Who”s Who Legal (in the area of asset recovery), and Best Lawyers International (in the areas of litigation and alternative dispute resolution).

Matthias Kleinsasser is a Shareholder in Winstead PC, a full-service Dallas-based law firm with offices throughout Texas, as well as New York and North Carolina. Matthias is a member of the Firm’s Business Litigation, Restructuring & Insolvency, and White-Collar Defense Practice Groups. He regularly litigates in U.S. federal district court, U.S. bankruptcy court, and Texas state court.

Matthias has significant experience in the following areas of law:

Fraudulent transfer litigation: Matthias has litigated high-stakes fraudulent transfer litigation matters and regularly advises non-U.S. clients on asset recovery procedures under U.S. law, discovery applications under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, and similar matters.

Receivership proceedings: Matthias frequently represents clients in receivership proceedings filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, FDIC, CFTC, and other regulatory agencies. He has also served as a turnover receiver in Texas state court.

Cryptocurrency matters: Matthias has experience with litigation involving cryptocurrency and DeFi, including asset recovery matters.

Regulatory defense: Matthias has represented officers, directors, and other clients in investigations brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators.

Bankruptcy/restructuring matters: Matthias has represented clients in virtually all aspects of business bankruptcy proceedings, including bankruptcy litigation, contested asset sales and debtor-in-possession financing.

Pre-litigation planning/settlement advice: Matthias regularly counsels firm clients on contract negotiation, pre-litigation planning, and settlement advice.

Matthias is a contributor to the CDR Essential Intelligence publication on “Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery” and the ICC FraudNet Global Annual Report.