International Trade

Mike Zeller is the co-head of Moore & Van Allen's Global Services Group. In that role he provides his corporate transactional clients the accessibility, responsiveness, knowledge and understanding of in-house counsel, coupled with the deep, full-spectrum Moore & Van Allen legal resources and cost-efficiencies. He gives his regional, national and international clients passionate, straightforward counsel in general corporate representation, mergers and acquisitions, franchising, inbound and outbound international trade. Zeller represents companies both as franchisors and franchisees. A significant portion of Zeller's practice involves the implementation of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and transactions involving ESOP companies. In this regard, Zeller…

Education: - University of São Paulo – USP, School of Law, Master’s Degree in International Law (2002). - University of São Paulo – USP, School of Law, LL.B. (1996) Career, Professional Activities and Associations: Neil is a dual national (British/Brazilian). Admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Chapter – OAB/SP 146.468 in 1997, Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro Chapter – OAB/RJ 182253 and IAB 102066-6. Former member of the Commission on Foreign Trade and International Relations of the São Paulo Chapter of the Brazilian Bar Association. Former Councillor of the British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil…

Wolfram Grünkorn completed a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Bayreuth, Germany and was admitted to the Bar at Landgericht Bayreuth in 1990. He began working on Vietnam related matters in 2009 and became a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Ho Chi Minh City in 2012. He joined Michael Lorenz & Associates as Resident Partner in 2012 and now with more than 25 years of professional working experience took the role of the Managing Lawyer at Grünkorn & Partner Law Co., Ltd.

Aleksey Pukha graduated from “Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University” with a Master’s degree. Since 2009 he has been the managing partner of the law company Aleksey Pukha and Partners. Today Aleksey Pukha and Partners Company is one of the leading Ukrainian law firms with worldwide business contacts. The Company cooperates with clients from more than 100 countries worldwide. Aleksey Pukha is the head of the Commission in the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. He is also a member of many professional legal organisations such as the Commission in the International Chamber of Commerce, Court of Arbitration, the Ukrainian Bar…

Jakkarin Bantathong is the head of Baker McKenzie’s Insurance and Corporate & Commercial Practice Groups in Bangkok. He also serves as knowledge and professional development partner, overseeing the training of all lawyers in the Firm’s Bangkok office. Mr. Bantathong joined the Firm in 1987, and became a partner in 1995. Mr. Bantathong has more than 20 years of experience advising and representing multinational clients in a broad range of high-level company and commercial transactions. In particular, he assists clients in mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, as well as shipping and maritime matters. His client base includes major insurance groups,…