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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Chris Ramsay is one of the leading fraud and asset recovery lawyers in western Canada. He is the chair of the insolvency and restructuring and fraud and asset recovery groups at the law firm of Clark Wilson LLP, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Chris has 25 years of experience in the areas of commercial fraud and insolvency litigation. He represents diverse stakeholders in contentious insolvency and fraud matters, including acting for corporations, creditors, financial institutions, investors and insolvency professionals.
Chris has been retained as counsel in many large international complex fraud cases that have a connection with Canada. Specifically, he has extensive experience in the investigation of fraud, the tracing and recovering of proceeds of fraud world-wide, and implementing a recovery strategy retaining foreign lawyers, forensic accountants, and other experts. Chris has regularly presented in the area of fraud and insolvency and is a leading expert in Canada in the area of Ponzi schemes and investor recovery. Chris has practiced law in British Columbia for 23 years, but started his legal career as a barrister in London, England, having been called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1990. He was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1996.

Shreyas has over 20 years of experience in litigation, and domestic and international dispute resolution. He co-founded Aarna Law along with Kamala Naganand and Srikanth Navale.
As one of the founding partners, he advises and represents clients across industry and provides advisory and opinions to corporations on issues from insider trading, regulatory investigations, fraud and corporate governance.

Shreyas is a trained mediator. He has been appointed as an arbitrator in India and internationally on various matters over the years. He is currently serving as co-counsel for a State party in two significant investment treaty arbitrations. He represents clients before various Tribunals, High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

Shreyas has been a member of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA), Geneva, since 2012; is the National Coordinator for the UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee of India (UNCCI); and is a member of the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA) Council.

Shreyas Jayasimha read law at the National Law School of India University and was a Chevening Scholar at the University of Warwick.

Kamala Naganand studied law at the University Law College, Bangalore and completed her Masters in Intellectual Property Law at The George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. She enrolled as an advocate in 2005.

Kamala has developed the insolvency and bankruptcy practice at Aarna law, along with her partner Shreyas Jayasimha. The team work out of New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore represent resolution professionals, banks, financial institutions, creditors, and individuals before courts across India. They have over the years built a strong litigation and advisory practice in Insolvency and have also been working with banks and financial institutions on asset tracing mandates across multiple jurisdictions.

She is a trained Mediator, has represented clients as counsel in commercial mediations, and is available to sit as a neutral through Simha Law, Singapore. She has also worked on case management for large and complex arbitrations and disputes.

Kamala is a member of International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) , International Technology Law Association and member, Bangalore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. She is actively involved in advising companies in Mergers and Acquisitions, Contracts and Documentation.

Her passion for Art has driven her to be active in the Art law space and build Aarna Law”s practice in the field.

As Managing Partner, she has started various initiatives to bring more women back into the workforce, including offering flexible work hours and integration of technology into the practice of law.

Joe Wielebinski frequently represents victims of fraud and other commercial crimes including individuals, investor groups, business owners, financial institutions and corporations in matters involving allegations of complex financial fraud, theft, embezzlement, money laundering and other white collar crimes, public corruption, bribery and foreign corrupt practices. The firm’s Fraud and Asset Recovery group has coordinated a number of fraud investigations resulting in significant domestic and offshore recoveries. As a result of the firms experience in cross-border matters, we have developed a wealth of practical, hands on experience, coupled with an aggressive and knowledgeable approach and a worldwide network of contacts, which enables us to rapidly assemble a team of experienced legal, forensic and other professionals in multiple jurisdictions to assist our clients as needed.

Based on our investigative and forensic capabilities and our international network of legal affiliates, consultants and intelligence operatives, we work effectively to identify and recoup financial losses and misappropriated assets, including assets transferred across international borders. We also collaborate closely with foreign governments as well as domestic state and federal officials to enforce legal actions and increase the possibility of a return to victims. We have been involved in asset investigations and recoveries in Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Liechtenstein, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Greece, Benin and throughout the Caribbean.

Winstead is a national business law firm with 340 attorneys in Texas and North Carolina. The firm provides a full range of business legal services to some of the most recognized and respected companies across the country and throughout the world.

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.