Michaël Schlesinger’s practice focuses on complex cross-border disputes.

Michaël Schlesinger has been a member of the Paris bar since 2012.

His practice focuses on complex cross-border disputes and enforcement of foreign judgments, in particular involving Sovereigns, parallel proceedings and civil fraud.

He has extensive experience in civil procedure, international law (public and private) and recovery procedures.

He works in French, English and Spanish.

He previously clerked at the Versailles Court of Appeal. He also trained with an international firm and a third-party funder.

He graduated in Private International Law and International Business Law (University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Private Law (University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas). He also studied at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom).

Melissa comes from a family of legal minds, the most notable being her father, Lawrence Randolph Balderamos, former Magistrate and Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court.

Melissa was admitted to practice in Belize in 2002 and, during this time, has amassed considerable experience in corporate and commercial matters, banking law, conveyancing, real property transactions and real estate development, debt collection and estates and succession.  She has also engaged in civil litigation on matters of all types, including contractual disputes, debt collection, real property issues, family matters and contentious estate issues.

She has been a pioneer in the area of intellectual property in Belize and has amassed a wealth of knowledge and experience in this area, with extensive work in registration, protection, and enforcement of clients’ intellectual property rights. She has worked closely with the Customs Department in the seizure and destruction of counterfeit goods and anti-counterfeit efforts and has served as local Counsel for various anti-counterfeiting networks and brand protection service providers.

While Melissa has argued and litigated cases before all courts in Belize, she is known for her skills and ability to successfully assist parties in resolving disputes of all types.  She is a trained and experienced arbitrator and mediator.  She is well known for her expertise in family matters and matrimonial disputes and has litigated and facilitated out of court settlements of countless family disputes.  She has garnered considerable experience in local and inter-country adoptions under the Hague Convention and applications under the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.

Memberships:
Member, Integrity Commission
Member, Board of Governors, St. Catherine Academy
Member, Board of Directors, World Pediatric Project
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
Member, International Trademark Association (INTA)
Member, Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI)
Member, Bar Association of Belize
Member, General Legal Council

Contributor:
World Justice Project, Rule of Law Index (2015)
World Justice Project, Rule of Law Index (2016)

Greg was a partner at Arthur Cox for 23 years, based in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group, the largest group of its kind of any Irish corporate law firm. […]

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Daniel Daun is an experienced attorney who is partner at Vinge. Daniel is a member of Vinge’s Dispute Resolution team and has extensive experience of Swedish and international arbitration and litigation practice.

Daniel has experience from several disputes and matters relating to fraud and asset recovery, including cases related to fraud on the market, cyber intrusion, asset recovery in connection with bankruptcy/insolvency, interim measures, sequestration of assets and tort/insurance claims. He also teaches on a regular basis at the University of Lund in Sweden.

Vinge is a full-service business law firm with leading expertise within all areas of business law and has a total of 500 co‑workers at our offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Helsingborg and Brussels. Vinge is one of Sweden’s leading business law firms which is recognised by various ranking organisations, who regularly place Vinge at the top, for example Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and Mergermarket.

Vinge’s Corporate Crime & Compliance team has specialists with considerable experience within anti-corruption, handling of misconduct and internal investigations. For example, there are members of the team with a background from the Financial Intelligence Unit, the Swedish Police’s National Corruption Group and the UN’s internal investigations organ. The team frequently handles corporate investigations relating to bribery, sanctions, corruption and fraud and also assists with anti-corruption compliance programmes and training. The group works closely with the law firm’s tax and employment departments to provide a full service to clients, and often handles mandates with multi-jurisdictional elements.