Thursday 2nd September 2010

Absa Islamic Banking

Absa Islamic Banking achieved awards for Best Islamic Offering from a Conventional Bank from World Finance magazine and was voted Best Islamic Bank in

Achmea

Achmea - part of the Eureko holding - is the largest insurance company in the Netherlands. With over 20.000 employees they cover all area's of both pu

ACM – Advanced Currency Markets

ACM is a World leader in Online Currency Trading. Founded in 2002, the company has experienced outstanding growth since inception. Offering groundbr

Advokaadibüroo Paul Varul

Advokaadibüroo Paul Varul was founded in 1994 and has developed to become one of the leading full service commercial law firms in Estonia.

AT Software

AT Software (holding company) is a leading Russian producer of software and hardware solutions, with more than 15 years of experience in the Russian I

Attorneys at law Miro Senica in odvetniki

Barjanska cesta 3, PO Box 1945, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia Tel: +386 1 252 80 00 Fax: +386 1 252 80 80 Email: senica.global@senica.si

Baker & McKenzie

Baker & McKenzie provides sophisticated legal advice to the world's most dynamic global enterprises, and has done so for 60 years.

Banco Espírito Santo de Investimento, S.A.

Banco Espírito Santo de Investimento, S.A. (”Espírito Santo Investment”) is an Investment Bank headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, wholly owned by Banc

Banco Santander Chile

Banco Santander is the largest bank in Chile in terms of total assets, total deposits, loans and shareholders' equity.

Bank DnB NORD

Bank DnB NORD's provides a broad range of financial products and services to both the retail and corporate markets and continues to build its brand an

Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M.

Leumi is Israel's oldest banking corporation, with the most extensive international banking operations of all Israeli banks.

Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd

Sustainable Swiss Private Banking since 1841

Basham, Ringe y Correa

Basham, Ringe y Correa is one of the largest and one of the leading international full-service law firms in Latin America.

BHF Asset Servicing GmbH

BHF Asset Servicing GmbH is one of Germany's leading specialist institutes for the depository banking and custody business. Its innovative and highly

BMCE Bank

BMCE Bank is placed at the heart of FinanceCom, a pioneering conglomerate present mainly in banking, insurance, IT, telecoms, tourism and transportati

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) is among Canada's most respected full-service national law firms.

Bowman Gilfillan

Bowman Gilfillan is generally regarded as one of the premier corporate law firms in South Africa with offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and London.

BT Conferencing

BT Conferencing was established over 25 years ago and is a leading global provider of audio, video and web collaboration services.

Bär & Karrer

Bär & Karrer is a leading Swiss law firm which advises its clients on a broad range of business law issues. The firm is committed to delivering pr

Caixa – Banco de Investimento, SA (“CaixaBI”)

Caixa – Banco de Investimento, SA (“CaixaBI”) is today the investment bank arm of Group Caixa Geral de Depósitos, SA (“Group CGD”), the biggest Portug

Capgemini UK Plc.

Capgemini is a leading provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services.

Cerrahoglu Law Firm

The Firm was founded by Prof. Dr. M. Fadlullah Cerrahoglu in 1966 in Istanbul and currently has a staff of sixty-one, twenty-five of whom are full-tim

Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX)

The Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) has raised its profile internationally and occupies a significant position in the financial services sector

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati, with offices in Vienna, Belgrade*, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Bucharest, Minsk, Sofia and Timisoara, is on

CMS Forex

CMS Forex is a leading provider of Forex trading services for both retail and institutional traders, catering to individual investors, registered CTAs

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP is an integrated firm of more than 250 lawyers with offices in Toronto, Montréal, New York and an affiliate in

dbFX

dbFX is Deutsche Bank's online margin FX trading platform for individual investors and small institutions.

Deloitte in Cyprus

Deloitte is one of the largest and fastest-growing professional organisations in Cyprus providing a full range of services through more than 400 peopl

Deltastock

Deltastock is established in 1998 by a team of experienced traders and IT professionals. Since its incorporation Deltastock has been driven by the mi

Deutsche Börse Group

Deutsche Börse Group is far more than a mere marketplace organizer for the trading in shares and other securities. It is one of the largest exchange o

Dexia Private Bank Jersey (DPBJ)

Dexia Private Bank Jersey (DPBJ) provides bespoke private banking services for an international clientele with complex wealth management needs.

duisport (Port of Duisburg)

duisport is the leading logistics location in the heart of Europe's largest industrial conurbation and at the same time strategic hinterland hub of th

Elias Paraskevas Attorneys 1933

Elias Paraskevas Attorneys 1933 (“Paraskevas”) is one of the leading law firms in Greece.

Equens SE

Equens SE is the first truly pan-European full-service payment processor. As one of the largest and most innovative payment processors in Europe, we l

Ernst & Young Bulgaria

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.

Ernst & Young in Hungary

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, its 135,000 people are united by their shared va

eSignal

eSignal (www.eSignal.com) is a division of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) specializing in the delivery of real-time market information and t

Euroclear

Euroclear provides domestic and cross-border settlement and related services for bond, equity, derivatives and fund transactions.

Europe Arab Bank PLC

Europe Arab Bank (EAB) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arab Bank plc whose Head Office is in Amman, Jordan.

EWEA - European Wind Energy Association

63-65 Rue d'Arlon B-1040 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 2 400 10 55 Fax: +32 2 546 19 44

FirstCaribbean

FirstCaribbean is a major Caribbean bank offering a full range of market-leading financial services in Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, Wealth Manag

Fitch Training

Fitch Training offers credit risk and corporate finance courses in four main areas: • Financial Institutions • Corporate Credit • Securiti

GNI touch®

GNI touch® are the pioneers of CFD trading. We offer clients, both institutions and private individuals, an online trading service based upon quality

Grant Thornton India

The Grant Thornton India practice was established in 1935 in New Delhi and is one of the oldest and most reputed accountancy firms in India.

Gulf Insurance Company (GIC)

Gulf Insurance Company Ahmed Al-Jaber Street, Sharq P.O. Box 1040, Safat 13011, Kuwait Tel: +965 1802080; 22961999 Fax: +965 22961998

Harney Westwood & Riegels

Harney Westwood & Riegels is the oldest and largest legal practice in the British Virgin Islands. Through its global network of offices and affili

Harvard Kennedy School

Executive Education at Harvard Kennedy School offers programs for leaders from around the world.

Hewlett Packard (HP)

HP, a powerhouse behind the financial services community

HTC Purenergy Inc.

HTC Purenergy is an energy technology company, commercializing CO2 Capture & Storage technologies and utilizing the CO2 for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence

The Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence (IEE) is attentive to the needs of entrepreneurs, innovators, leaders, students and small business owners

Interbank FX, LLC

Headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT, Interbank FX, LLC (IBFX.com) is a leading provider of online foreign exchange trading services, offering individu

International Institute of Management - (IIM)

IIM is a management best practices research and education institute. IIM has 55 universities and research partners in 40 countries. IIM executive educ

International Turnkey Systems (ITS)

International Turnkey Systems (ITS) is the leading provider of cutting-edge integrated information technology solutions and software services to a wid

INYURPOLIS Law Firm

INYURPOLIS Law Firm is among the largest and most prominent law firms in Eastern Ukraine.

Irti, Studio Legale

Studio Legale Irti is a leading italian law firm, specialized in civil, commercial and administrative law, with a broad experience in the telecommunic

ITD Hungary

ITD Hungary-Hungarian Investment and Trade Development Agency was established in 1993 and is the information and consultation centre for foreign inves

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has a 100-year history of providing exceptional service to clients around the world in complex litigation, corporate and tax,

KPMG

KPMG is a leading professional services firm with 85 partners and 2,000 people providing a wide range of audit, tax and advisory services to clients f

Krogerus Attorneys Ltd

Krogerus is a full-service commercial law firm with some 130 employees and an unrivalled network of six offices located in the main commercial centres

LABLAW – Studio Legale Failla Rotondi & Partners

LABLAW – Studio Legale Failla Rotondi & Partners, founded in 2006, is a boutique law firm exclusively practising employment and labour law.

Liberian Registry

Since 2000 LISCR LLC, a U.S. owned and operated company has exclusively administered the Liberian Ship and Corporate Registry.

Liepa, Skopina/ BORENIUS

Liepa, Skopina/ BORENIUS is one of the leading commercial law firms in Latvia.

Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg

Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg comprises more than 125 fee-earners and offers corporate and tax services on a fully integrated basis.

M I G Investments

M I G Investments is a Swiss online FX broker offering the best trading conditions and a host of unique advantages to private and institutional client

M. & P. BERNITSAS LAW OFFICES

Since the firm was founded in 1946, we have consistently been at the forefront of shaping Greece's legal and regulatory framework and have acted in ma

Magisters

Magisters (formerly Magister & Partners) was established in 1997 and initially specialized in international trade law.

Michael G. Foster School of Business

Founded in 1917, the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington has more than 46,000 alumni worldwide who are recognized as leaders who

Ness

Ness is a global provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions designed to help clients improve competitiveness and efficiency.

Pedersoli e Associati

Consolidated expertise and creative dynamism

PI Partners

PI Partners is a commercial law firm with a strong market presence in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey and a track record including some of the la

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati was established in the 70's as a partnership by a group of specialists providing tax and legal services to medium a

Point Carbon

Point Carbon is a world-leading provider of independent news, analysis and consulting services for European and global power, gas and carbon markets.

Poste Vita

Poste Vita is Poste Italiane's insurance company and a leading Italian provider of life insurance.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Ireland

PricewaterhouseCoopers is Ireland's No.1 professional services firm providing industry-focused assurance, tax and business advisory services to build

PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia

PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) provides industry-focused assurance, advisory, tax and legal services to build public trust and enhance value for

RITCH MUELLER, S.C.

Blvd. Manuel Avila Camacho No. 24, 20th Floor, Col. Lomas de Chapultepec, 11000 México, D.F.

Riyad Bank

From retail banking to project finance, Riyad Bank uses its substantial capital base and decades of expertise to take a lead role in Saudi ʂ

Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners

Law firm Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners is today one of the largest law firms in Slovenia specializing in business and commercial law.

RUBIO VILLEGAS Y ASOCIADOS, S.C.

RUBIO VILLEGAS Y ASOCIADOS, S.C. provides the highest quality legal counsel to its clients since its establishment in 1966.

Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA)

Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA) is a government organization dedicated to effectively helping foreign investors and buyers, whil

SNS Asset Management (SNS AM)

SNS Asset Management (SNS AM) is a responsible institutional asset manager with AUM of 22 billion Euros (June 2008). SNS Asset Management is a Respons

Soloman Harris

Founded in 1998, Solomon Harris is a full service Cayman Islands commercial law firm specialising in international offshore work with a number of nich

St. John's University

St. John's University is internationally recognized as an institution of academic excellence.

St. Kitts Investment Promotion Agency (SKIPA)

The St. Kitts Investment Promotion Agency (SKIPA) is a statutory corporation, run by a Board of Directors that consists of public and private sector i

Staiger, Schwald & Partner

Staiger, Schwald & Partner, founded in 1964 and with offices in Zurich and Berne, is a respected Swiss business law firm and advises top-quality d

Steve Chadburn Illustrations

Steve is unusual in creative services, having a background in the business world. His success as a Cartoon/Illustrator and Author over many years

T-Systems

T-Systems is a preferred supplier of information and communications technology (ICT) services for around 400 European customers.

Taj

Taj is one of the leading French tax and law firms with approximately 375 practitioners, including 42 partners, and a global turnover of 71 millions e

Talvivaara Mining Company PLC

Talvivaara Mining Company Plc aims to become an internationally significant base metals producer with its primary focus on nickel and zinc.

Tax Partner

As one of the leading tax firms in Switzerland, Tax Partner (www.taxpartner.ch) covers all areas of specialisation in tax.

The Berlin Convention Office (BCO)

The Berlin Convention Office (BCO) of Berlin Tourismus Marketing GmbH (BTM) is the official representative of the city of Berlin in the field of conve

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is an “onshore” financial centre, offering a convenient platform for leading financial institutions an

The FWU Group

The FWU Group is a Munich based international financial services group founded in 1989 by Dr. Manfred J. Dirrheimer.

Trident Law Firm

Trident Law Firm was established to service mainly corporate clients, both foreign and domestic, across multiple disciplines.

TriGranit

TriGranit has emerged as the 3rd largest property developer in Europe. Since its establishment in 1997, the company has so far completed projects with

TÜV SÜD

TÜV SÜD is an international service organization catering to the strategic business segments INDUSTRY, MOBILITY and PEOPLE.

UK COAL

UK COAL is a mining, property and power company employing 3,100 people with its headquarters at Harworth Park, Harworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshi

United Securities LLC

United Securities LLC has proven once again to secure its way as a market leader in financial services sector in the Sultanate regardless of any marke

Vasil Kisil & Partners

Vasil Kisil & Partners is one of the leading and long-established law firms in Ukraine that has impeccable reputation, unique expertise and is pro

WASELIUS & WIST

WASELIUS & WIST is a highly specialised commercial law firm, committed to providing first class legal services from a business-minded perspective.

Western GeoPower Corp.

Western GeoPower Corp., a renewable energy company in Vancouver, British Columbia, is making vast strides in the geothermal sector and positioning its

William Fry

William Fry is a leading full service Irish law firm with over 250 lawyers and 425 staff.

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