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He also provides mediation services, having completed a mediation program at the Straus Institute at the Pepperdine School of Law. Chad has been selected by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” numerous times.\nChad’s previous legal experience includes a position as a law clerk for the Honorable Philip R. Martinez, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (2005–2006); legal intern for The Honorable Chief Justice Thomas R. Phillips of the Texas Supreme Court (2003); and a legal intern for Russell D. Hunt, Sr., a criminal defense attorney in Waco, Texas (2001). He has technical experience as a co-op engineer in the Software Engineering Group for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (2001), and a co-op engineer in the Systems Engineering Group (2000). 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One of the “elite advisors”, and in Chambers.\nSarah is described as “one of the best litigators in London”, “excellent with clients and a fine all round litigator”, “a standout partner in the civil fraud space [who is] technically excellent” and has a “highly commercial approach to dispute resolution” with “boundless enthusiasm” but notably “listens and doesn’t dictate, trustworthy and smart”. She is considered to have “bags of energy and drive and a real client's lawyer” and “an impressively tough litigator, yet very gracious”.\nSarah was Training Principal for the Firm’s London Trainee Programme, served on the Firm’s Associate Evaluation Committee for over 10 years and currently serves as a member of the Firm’s Policy Committee. She spent time during her career in the legal function of a major financial institution, is a frequent author on dispute resolution and speaker at conferences on international disputes. Sarah spends time in all of the Firm’s Middle East offices and works extensively with clients from the region. She is fluent in Italian. Sarah Y Walker Partner Named: Asset Recovery Who’s Who Legal 2022 Leading Individual in Commercial Litigation: Premium Legal 500 UK 2021 \"Sarah Walker is one of the best litigators in London. She is a fantastic Adviser and Mentor\" Legal 500 UK 2021 Sarah is identified as one of the “elite advisors” who routinely advise the world’s leading corporations \u0026amp; powerbrokers Lawdragon Global Litigation 500 2021 \"The 'fantastic' Sarah Walker has a breadth of expertise (financial services/aviation/IT/communications \u0026amp; energy sector) Legal 500 UK 2021 \"Sarah Walker is a fantastic operator - hard-working and experienced she always has client's interests in focus\" Legal 500 UK 2021 Sarah Walker is \"fearless and leads an impeccable team\" Legal 500 UK 2021 Sarah Walker always endeavours to be available to her clients regardless of other commitments Legal 500 UK 2021 Sarah Walker has an excellent understanding of the offshore world in the context of financial services disputes  Legal 500 UK 2020 Strategic thinker Sarah Walker brings \"boundless enthusiasm\" and a \"highly commercial approach to dispute resolution\" Chambers and Partners Sarah Walker has \"bags of energy and drive, a real client's lawyer\" The UK Legal 500 Sarah Walker has a broad practice encompassing both litigation and international arbitration matters Chambers UK Sarah Walker has a wealth of litigation arbitration experience Chambers and Partners Sarah Walker is \"excellent with clients and a fine all round litigator\" Chambers UK Clients recommend the \"extremely professional\" Sarah Walker The Legal 500 Sarah Walker is \"an impressively tough litigator, yet very gracious\" Chambers and Partners Law Society of London Law Society of London (Registration #18853) Representing two defendants in proceedings in the London Commercial Court brought by companies in the Farahead Holdings group, owned by John Fredriksen, the Norwegian-born shipowner billionaire. 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Acting for Motorola Credit Corporation in a long-running US$3b fraud case against the Uzan family. Successful application made to the London Commercial Court for a Worldwide Freezing Order, over US$1.5 billion successfully recovered for Motorola in recognition and enforcement proceedings in 25 countries. The representation continues with asset-tracing and recovery. Represented Bank \u0026amp; Clients in obtaining summary judgement for £3.54m together with a world-wide freezing order against the founders of bankrupt “tech unicorn” Ve Interactive. The case was highly publicised in the Financial Times and The Times. Representing an Islamic Bank in a £80m fraud claim against a US investor arising out of a UK building project in the London Commercial Court and in the US courts. Acting for a Portuguese construction and property company in a High Court claim against a major UK bank for the mis-selling of derivative products. Representing an International oil and gas company in proceedings up to and including trial in the London Commercial Court regarding claims connected to a production sharing contract in Iraq. Samir Arab v Raghida \u0026amp; 5 Others [2015] EWHC 1244 (English Commercial Court Judgement – summary judgement proceedings relating to fraud claims concerning a multi-million dollar Iraqi mobile telecommunications project). Bank and Clients Plc v King [2017] EWHC 3160 (Comm) Monde Petroleum SA v Westerzagros [2018] EWCA Civ 25 Hexagon Holdings (Cayman) Limited v. DIFC [2019] DIFC CFI 013 C v. 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construction of a $4.5 billion hydroelectric plant in West Africa and to transfer management of the project to a company led by the daughter of the country's former president.{{ FIELD }}Successfully defended a consortium of international energy companies from in international arbitration involving claims by a contractor arising from the construction of an LNG facility in west Africa.{{ FIELD }}Successfully represented Chevron Corporation in a class action lawsuit originally brought by 65,000 Nigerians seeking $5 billion on the claim that a natural gas well blowout six miles offshore caused widespread health and fishing impacts to an area roughly the size of New Jersey.{{ FIELD }}Represented Unocal Corporation (\"Unocal\") (now a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation) in a Ninth Circuit appeal from an adverse ruling in a case involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (\"FSIA\").{{ FIELD }}Successfully represented Firestone Natural Rubber Company in Seventh Circuit appeal of summary 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David is also experienced in seeking and opposing discovery in the United States under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 for use in foreign litigation and international arbitration.\nDavid is a member of the International Law Section of the San Francisco Bar Association, the ABA Construction Law Forum, and a frequent author on international law issues.\nPublications\n\n“Arbitration of International Disputes,” The Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Guide, Thomson/West (forthcoming)\n“The Emergence of Early Disposition Procedures in International Arbitration,” Arbitration International (2021)\n“The Alien Tort Statute” International Aspects of U.S. Litigation: A Practitioner’s Deskbook, ABA (2017)\n“The Irrationality of Universal Civil Jurisdiction,” Georgetown Journal of International Law (2015)\n“The Alien Tort Statute and the Limits of Individual Accountability in International Law,” Stanford Journal of International Law (2010)\n David Wallach lawyer Partner Colorado College  University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley, School of Law California ABA Construction Law Forum San Francisco Bar Association - International Law Section Achieved multi-billion dollar victory for international energy company in international arbitration and related U.S. litigation, defeating dozens of contractor claims arising in connection with construction of an LNG facility in Australia. Successfully defended an international energy company from hundreds of millions of dollars in contractor claims in an international arbitration arising from construction of a network of subsea pipelines in Nigeria for the harvesting and transportation of natural gas. Represented major oil and gas company in an UNCITRAL arbitration against its joint venture partner for wrongfully diverting revenue from the parties' LNG business to an affiliate performing services for the joint venture. Represented a Saudi Arabian company in an LCIA arbitration brought by its U.S. partner in a Saudi joint venture. Successfully advised a major German engineering conglomerate in defeating an emergency application under the ICC Rules seeking to halt the construction of a $4.5 billion hydroelectric plant in West Africa and to transfer management of the project to a company led by the daughter of the country's former president. 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Successfully represented TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. (now known as Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.) before the U.S. Supreme Court in dispute under 340B Drug Pricing Program. Represented Chevron Corporation in discovery against former opposing counsel in long-running litigation in Ecuador and BIT Arbitration against Republic of Ecuador in contentious litigation in Ecuador in which the plaintiffs have alleged billions of dollars in damages. 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Alexandra Weis verf\u0026uuml;gt \u0026uuml;ber mehr als 23 Jahre Berufserfahrung und ist spezialisiert auf die Beratung im Aufsichtsrecht \u0026uuml;berwiegend von Immobilienfonds einschlie\u0026szlig;lich Fondsstrukturierungen sowie derer deutschen und internationalen Immobilientransaktionen. Ihre T\u0026auml;tigkeit umfasst auch Steuerstrukturierungen, Gesellschaftsrecht und Finanzierungen. [[--readmore--]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Weis vertritt die \u0026uuml;berwiegende Mehrheit der deutschen Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaften (KVG) mit ihren offenen und geschlossenen Immobilienfonds sowie internationale Investmentfondsmanager, deutsche und internationale Asset Manager, deutsche und internationale institutionelle Immobilieninvestoren und Verwahrstellen bei deren rechtlichen und regulatorischen Fragestellungen und Strukturierungen sowie bei deren weltweiten Akquisitionen, Finanzierungen und Verk\u0026auml;ufen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVor ihrem Wechsel zu King \u0026amp; Spalding war Frau Weis \u0026uuml;ber drei Jahre als Rechtsberaterin bei der PATRIZIA Frankfurt Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH t\u0026auml;tig, ehemals Oppenheim Immobilien-Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH. In den ersten f\u0026uuml;nf Jahren ihrer juristischen Laufbahn war Alexandra Weis als Rechtsanw\u0026auml;ltin im Steuer- und Aufsichtsrecht f\u0026uuml;r ausl\u0026auml;ndische und deutsche offene Investmentfonds innerhalb der Financial Services Group bei PricewaterhouseCoopers in Frankfurt t\u0026auml;tig.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLegal 500 Deutschland \u003c/em\u003e2023\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ehat Alexandra Weis das zweite Jahr in Folge als \"Name der n\u0026auml;chsten Generation\" f\u0026uuml;r Investmentfonds ausgezeichnet.\u003cem\u003e Legal 500 Deutschland\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;empfiehlt Alexandra Weis regelm\u0026auml;\u0026szlig;ig als eine der f\u0026uuml;hrenden Anw\u0026auml;ltinnen im Bereich Immobilien und Investmentfonds. Chambers Europe empfiehlt Alexandra Weis als Anw\u0026auml;ltin f\u0026uuml;r Investment Funds.\u003c/p\u003e","matters":["\u003cp\u003eBeratung\u0026nbsp;der \u003cstrong\u003e\u0026uuml;berwiegenden Mehrheit der deutschen Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaften (KVG)\u003c/strong\u003e mit ihren offenen und geschlossenen Immobilienfonds sowie internationale Investmentfondsmanager, deutsche und internationale Asset Manager, deutsche und internationale institutionelle Immobilieninvestoren und Verwahrstellen bei deren rechtlichen und regulatorischen Fragestellungen und Strukturierungen sowie bei deren weltweiten Akquisitionen, Finanzierungen und Verk\u0026auml;ufen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBeratung einer\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003evoll lizenzierten AIF-Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;bei der Auflegung ihres ersten offenen Publikumsfonds mit f\u0026uuml;nf verschiedenen Anteilsklassen f\u0026uuml;r Immobilieninvestitionen in Deutschland bei der Erstellung der gesamten Fondsdokumentation sowie dem Genehmigungs- und Vertriebserlaubnisverfahren bei der Bundesanstalt f\u0026uuml;r Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin); der Fonds soll als eines der ersten Finanzprodukte auf dem deutschen Markt als ESG-Strategieprodukt gem\u0026auml;\u0026szlig; Art. 8 Abs. 1 der Offenlegungsverordnung qualifizieren\u003c/p\u003e"],"recognitions":[{"title":"Empfohlene Anwältin für Investment Funds ","detail":"Chambers Europe/Germany, 2023-2025"},{"title":"Partner der Nächsten Generation","detail":"Legal 500 Deutschland, 2022 - 2025"},{"title":"Empfohlen für den Bereich Investmentfonds","detail":"Legal 500 Deutschland, 2020-2025"},{"title":"Empfohlen für den Bereich Immobilienrecht","detail":"Legal 500 Deutschland, 2021-2023"},{"title":"\"Bereit auch einmal ungewöhnliche Lösung zu suchen und belastbar umzusetzen.\"","detail":"Legal 500 Deutschland 2022, Mandanten"},{"title":"\"Schon sehr lange in der Branche tätig mit einem breiten Erfahrungsschatz\"","detail":"Legal 500 Deutschland 2022, Mandanten"},{"title":"\"Investment- und Aufsichtsrechtsexpertin\"","detail":"Legal 500 Deutschland, 2020"},{"title":"Empfohlen unter Deutschlands Besten Anwälten für Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht","detail":"Handelsblatt und Best Lawyers, 2024-2025 "},{"title":"\"Sehr strukturiert, nimmermüde bis zur Lösung der Thematik, dabei immer sehr fachkundig und freundlich.\" ","detail":"Legal 500 Deutschland 2025, Mandanten"}]},"en":{"bio":"\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Weis is a partner in the Real Estate \u0026amp; Funds\u0026nbsp;practice group at King \u0026amp; Spalding. With 25\u0026nbsp;years of experience, Alexandra Weis\u0026rsquo; practice focuses on German investment and regulatory law, fund structuring, and international and German real estate transactions. Her practice also involves tax structuring, corporate and financing work.\u0026nbsp;[[--readmore--]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Weis represents the vast majority of German investment fund management companies focused on real assets including open-end and closed-end real estate investment funds as well as international investment fund managers (AIFM), German and international asset managers, German and international institutional real estate investors and custodians in their legal and regulatory structuring and in all aspects of their worldwide acquisitions, financings and sales.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrior to joining King \u0026amp; Spalding, Alexandra Weis was legal counsel at PATRIZIA Frankfurt Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH,\u0026nbsp;formerly Oppenheim Immobilien-Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, then the largest and market-leading German institutional real estate investment management company, for more than three years. Her work focused on all real estate investment fund related regulatory, tax, real estate, corporate and financing aspects including real estate transactions worldwide as well as the handling of the legal relationship between the company and its fund investors and the supervisory authorities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first five years of her legal career, Alexandra Weis practiced tax and regulatory law relating to foreign and German open-end investment funds within the Financial Services Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Frankfurt, Germany, advising primarily German and international investment fund management companies. 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the fund is intended to qualify as one of the first financial products on the German market as an ESG strategy product according to Art. 8 (1) of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.{{ FIELD }}Representing the vast majority of German investment fund management companies focused on real assets including open-end and closed-end real estate investment funds as well as international investment fund managers (AIFM), German and international asset managers, German and international institutional real estate investors and custodians in their legal and regulatory structuring and in all aspects of their worldwide acquisitions, financings and sales.{{ FIELD }}Alexandra Weis is a partner in the Real Estate \u0026amp; Funds practice group at King \u0026amp; Spalding. With 25 years of experience, Alexandra Weis’ practice focuses on German investment and regulatory law, fund structuring, and international and German real estate transactions. Her practice also involves tax structuring, corporate and financing work. \nAlexandra Weis represents the vast majority of German investment fund management companies focused on real assets including open-end and closed-end real estate investment funds as well as international investment fund managers (AIFM), German and international asset managers, German and international institutional real estate investors and custodians in their legal and regulatory structuring and in all aspects of their worldwide acquisitions, financings and sales.\nPrior to joining King \u0026amp; Spalding, Alexandra Weis was legal counsel at PATRIZIA Frankfurt Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, formerly Oppenheim Immobilien-Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, then the largest and market-leading German institutional real estate investment management company, for more than three years. Her work focused on all real estate investment fund related regulatory, tax, real estate, corporate and financing aspects including real estate transactions worldwide as well as the handling of the legal relationship between the company and its fund investors and the supervisory authorities.\nThe first five years of her legal career, Alexandra Weis practiced tax and regulatory law relating to foreign and German open-end investment funds within the Financial Services Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Frankfurt, Germany, advising primarily German and international investment fund management companies. During her time at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Alexandra Weis joined for four months the Tax Department within the European Tax Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York focusing on International Tax Services.\nAlexandra Weis frequently speaks to industry groups on regulatory, fund and real estate law as well as on transaction matters.\nLegal 500 Deutschland 2022, 2023 and 2024 named Alexandra Weis a \"Next Generation Partner\" for Investment Funds. Legal 500 Deutschland and Chambers recognize Alexandra Weis among Germany's leading lawyers for Investment Funds. Partner Recognized one of Germany’s Best Real Estate Lawyers  Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers, 2024-2025 “Highly organised, works tirelessly to resolve any issue, always remaining very knowledgeable and friendly.\" Legal 500 Deutschland 2025, Quoting Clients Recommended Lawyer for Investment Funds Legal 500 Deutschland, 2020-2025 Next Generation Partner Legal 500 Deutschland, 2022 – 2025 Recommended Lawyer for Investment Funds Chambers Europe/Germany, 2023-2025 Recommended Lawyer for Real Estate Legal 500 Deutschland, 2021-2023 \"Working in the industry for a very long time with a wide range of experience\" Legal 500 Deutschland 2022, Quoting Clients \"Willing to look for unusual solutions and to implement them in a resilient manner.\"  Legal 500 Deutschland 2022, Quoting Clients \"Investment and regulatory expert\" Legal 500 Deutschland, 2020 Julius Maximilians Universität, Germany  Universidad de Granada, Spain  Advised a fully licensed AIF capital management company on the launch of its first open-ended mutual fund with five different share classes for real estate investments in Germany, in connection with the preparation of the entire fund documentation as well as the approval and distribution permit procedure with the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin); the fund is intended to qualify as one of the first financial products on the German market as an ESG strategy product according to Art. 8 (1) of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. 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Chad’s practice focuses on representing regulated financial institutions, private lenders, equity sponsors and corporate borrowers with a wide range of financial transactions, including syndicated credit facilities on both a leveraged and investment-grade basis, cash flow and asset-based financings, mezzanine financings, subordinated debt transactions, first lien/second lien arrangements, acquisition financings, recapitalizations and cross-border facilities, with an emphasis on secured transactions.\n\nChad graduated from Emory University in 1997 with a B.B.A. in Finance and obtained his J.D. from Tulane University Law School in 2006, where he graduated cum laude.  He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and authored “Still Applicable: An Examination of BAPCPA’s Perplexing Response to the Ride-Through Debate”, 16 J. Bankr. L. \u0026amp; Prac. 49 (2007). 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