Strategic Alliances Hogan Lovells offices are positioned in strategic locations, major business centers, and national capitals around the world. We draw from our local market knowledge and international capabilities to provide exceptional service and creative advice to our clients. In order to enhance these capabilities, we have formed the following strategic alliances:

Al-Yaqoub Attorneys & Legal Advisers
Hogan Lovells has an association agreement with the leading Saudi Arabian law firm Al-Yaqoub Attorneys & Legal Advisers (AYALA). The association operates in Riyadh and Jeddah, where AYALA has its offices. AYALA is a leading full service firm in Saudi. AYALA is a six lawyer firm and is headed by Montasir Al-Mohammed. Montasir was previously head of legal services at Andersen Legal and Ernst & Young Legal for almost a decade in Saudi Arabia.

Albright Stonebridge Group
Hogan Lovells maintains a strategic affiliation with Albright Stonebridge Group, a leading international global strategy firm that helps clients navigate the intersection between business, finance, government, and civil society in markets around the world. The firm also provides clients with strategic advice, transaction support, crisis management, planning for corporate responsibility and citizenship, and analysis of privatization opportunities.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. National Security Advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger, and former U.S. Senator Warren Rudman lead Albright Stonebridge. Wendy R. Sherman and H.P. Goldfield, senior international advisor at Hogan Lovells, serve as Vice Chairs, and former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Anthony S. Harrington serves as CEO. Berger and Harrington, former Hogan & Hartson partners, founded Stonebridge International LLC in 2001.

Bogdanovic, Dolicki & Partners
Bogdanovic, Dolicki & Partners is Hogan Lovells associated law firm in Croatia. Based in Zagreb, the firm advises investors into Croatia on the establishment of representative branches and subsidiaries, setting up joint ventures, and other investments. The firm also provides dispute resolution advice including the enforcement of claims. Clients include banks, insurance companies, industrial and commercial enterprises, as well as tour operators. The firm is led by partner Tin Dolicki.

Pacific Rim Advisory Council
Hogan Lovells is a member of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, a nonexclusive network of leading law firms with offices in important business centers in Asia and Latin America, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Venezuela. Our partner Raymond J. Batla, Jr. is Chairman of the PRAC and is serving for the 2010-2011 term.

Partos & Noblet
Partos & Noblet is an Hogan Lovells associated law firm in Hungary. Based in Budapest, the firm provides a full range of legal services including corporate and commercial law including M&A, banking and finance, dispute resolution, and real estate law. The firm is led by partners Dr. László Partos and Christopher Noblet. László is the managing partner of the office, and his main areas of focus are arbitration and dispute resolution, corporate and commerce, capital markets and finance, venture capital and private equity. Christopher is an English qualified solicitor and a Registered EU lawyer at the Budapest Bar. He advises clients on M&A, commercial law, financings, and real estate projects.

Sino-Global Legal Alliance
Hogan Lovells is a member of the Sino-Global Legal Alliance. The alliance comprises 13 leading regional Chinese law firms with offices in the major economic centers of Beijing, Xiamen, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Tianjin, Wuhan, Shenyang and Chongqing. The SGLA has more than 1,300 international and domestic lawyers located throughout China. It is organized across five core practice area platforms, or virtual practice groups: Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Real Estate and Construction, and Financial Services.

Hogan Lovells also has close working relationships with other firms around the world including in some of the world's most rapidly changing markets such as Latin American and India.