Executive Director
It is a privilege and a delight for me to see so many of our members at the three regional meetings: Americas Regional Meeting in Buenos Aires (10-12 April, 2008); Asia Pacific Regional Meeting in Xiamen, China (24 -26 April, 2008) and the Europe, Africa and Middle East Regional Meeting in Porto, Portugal (22-24 May, 2008). Each host firm did a wonderful job of showcasing their firms and their beautiful cities! Thanks again to Estudio Jurídico Strunz Abogados, Sphere Logic Partners and Aport Advogados Portugueses em Consórcio for all their hard work in planning the meetings.
We were pleased to have Bank Julius Baer again sponsor one of our meetings, the Europe, Africa and Middle East Regional Meeting in Porto, Portugal. The meeting was attended by Steve Adcock and Steve Bougourd from Julius Baer in the Channel Islands. Many of you will also remember Janwillem Acket, the chief economist who spoke in Zurich at the Julius Baer headquarters. He gave an updated presentation on “Financial markets and secular trends: A macroeconomic analysis”. If you would like to receive a copy of his PowerPoint presentation, please contact Nancy Eiler at nancyeiler@lawyersworldwide.com.
We are busy with the preparation for the 2008 Annual General Meeting in Washington D.C. on 17 – 20 September, 2008 which will be held at the Fairmont Hotel in Georgetown.
The Fairmont Hotel Reservation Forms have just been circulated at the end of June. The meeting will start with a reception and dinner on Wednesday, September 17th. There will be all day meetings on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 17th through the 20th for the delegates. The accompanying persons will have a variety of tours to choose from on the 17th through the 20th. There will be dinners for the delegates and accompanying persons each evening (including a moonlight tour of the monuments), culminating with the Gala dinner on Saturday night. On Sunday there will be an optional tour for delegates and accompanying persons. More information about the meeting will be included in the LAW Registration Forms to be sent out in July. Our host firm, Cohen Mohr LLP is very excited to greet everyone in Washington.
If you need a Letter of Invitation to obtain your visa for your travel to the United States, please contact Nancy Eiler or me.
I look forward to seeing all of you in a few months at the 2008 AGM.
Kind regards,
Hallie