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Kathryn Hoff-Patrinos has been a key figure in structuring some of Export Import Bank of the United States' (Ex-Im Bank) most complex and award winning deals. She led the bank on the 2009 Papua New Guinea LNG project, a development that's transforming the host country.

When the US's biggest bank decided it needed a counsel in Washington DC to lead its regulatory reform initiatives, it sought out Kevin MacMillan. With nine years experience between the US Treasury and House Financial Services Committee, MacMillan's firsthand experience with the regulatory and legislative processes makes him ideally suited to coordinate Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Dodd-Frank implementation.

IFLR reveals its selection for its first 21 most influential in-counsel

With news from various parts of the world pointing to the uncertainty in economics, a quick insight on Polish insolvency regulations appears justified (even if forecasts as to economic growth in Poland are optimistic).

Ingrid de Wilde Angelique Thiele In March 2011 a bill was published for consultation to extend the powers of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and the Dutch Minister of Finance to intervene in credit institutions, special purpose reinsurance vehicles and insurers that are experiencing "serious irreversible problems". The bill, referred to as the Intervention Act, is intended to fill the gap between already existing statutory powers with a view to preventing financial institutions from getting into financial difficulties and, at the other end of the scale, existing rules with respect to emergency regimes and bankruptcy of financial institutions.

Leonard Birmingham In relation to private placements, joint ventures or at times public listings, BVI companies are sometimes structured so as to be able to issue what are known as blank-cheque preferred shares. Where a company seeks to attract certain persons as shareholders, those investors will sometimes only invest if the terms of that investment are suitably attractive, meaning a need for flexibility. The company needs to have the ability to give those investors comfort that they will get a preferential position in the equity ranking. Until recently, a BVI company could easily issue such shares pursuant to statutory authority. The situation is no longer so clear.

The new general counsel of UBS's investment bank, Chul Chung, has certainly hit the ground running.

If there is an overarching theme in Peter Siembab's career as an in-house counsel, it is that he loves building things.

One of only three corporate counsel in our list, Alan Porter is head of the legal group for Tesco, one of the most powerful retailers in Britain. He is a member of both the Takeover Panel and the executive committee of the GC100, a lobby group of the senior legal officers of over 85 FTSE 100 companies.

Ji Yeoun Kim The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) recently announced new Guidelines for Issuance of Covered Bonds by banks, effective from June 30 2011. The FSS expects that banks' ability to issue covered bonds will ease household debt problems as the public will enjoy greater access to long-term, fixed-rate loans.