AIJA (L'Assocation Internationale des Jeunes Avocats) is an international organisation for lawyers under the age of 45 years. Brussels Legal asked Carsten Venemann, an associate at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek and current Vice-President of AIJA's European Law Commission, about the organisation.
Field Fisher Waterhouse was a newcomer to the Brussels legal market in April 2007, when it opened its Brussels office.
Brussels Legal spoke with office managing partner, Mr. Eric Cusas, about why the office has opened, the group of lawyers starting it and the plans for future office development.
Latham & Watkins' Brussels office opened in February 2002 and is celebrating its fifth anniversary. Brussels Legal spoke with Andreas Weitbrecht, office Managing partner, and Jean Paul Poitras, a Brussels-based partner, about the office's development during this period.
The Global Competition Law Centre (GCLC) started on 1 January 2004. Over the past three years the GCLC has grown rapidly in terms of its research, events, sponsors and participants.
Brussels Legal spoke with Professor Damien Geradin, Director of the GCLC, about why the GCLC was started, how it has developed and its future plans.
Peter Citron, a Brussels-based UK-qualified competition lawyer, has worked for a number of years in private practice and in-house. Mr. Citron returned to private practice over a year ago to take up a newly created position as the now HoganLovells' Competition and EU Head of Practice Development and Knowhow.
Brussels Legal spoke with Mr. Citron about his professional experience in private practice and in-house and the challenges and opportunities of his new role.
In mid-December 2006 Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners announced the opening of the firm's Brussels office from 1 January 2007.
Brussels Legal spoke with Mario Todino, resident Brussels office partner, about the firm's arrival in Brussels.
After 25 years working at the European Commission, Götz Drauz left in May 2006 to become a partner in private practice.
Prior to his departure, Mr. Drauz was one of the Commission's top antitrust officials and the regulator's most senior merger official.
Brussels Legal spoke with Mr. Drauz about his reasons for entering private practice, the professional adjustment his new role requires and his reflections on some past and present antitrust matters.
In December 2005 Herman Sobrie, a Belgian-qualified lawyer, became Legal Manager (equivalent to General Counsel) at EURid, the Brussels-headquartered organisation responsible for the launch and management of the new .eu internet domain name.
After working for 30 years in private practice and in-house, this switch meant moving to a different type of organisation.
Brussels Legal spoke to Mr. Sobrie about his function within EURid, the legal issues that have arisen during EURid's "start-up" phase and about moving from a multinational to a not-for-profit organisation.
Would you stop practising in Brussels, return to your home jurisdiction and start a new department from scratch?
After 10 years spent working for 2 international law offices in Brussels and twice at DG Competition, Italian antitrust lawyer Andrea De Matteis returned to Italy to become Head of the Competition practice of Labruna Mazziotti Segni.
Arnold & Porter's Brussels office was established in August 2003 and has steadily grown since then.
Brussels Legal spoke with William Baer, Head of the firm's antitrust practice, and Marleen Van Kerckhove, Head of the European antitrust practice and of its Brussels office, about the office's creation and development.
In the past, Howrey's Brussels office has recruited a number of high-profile competition and IP lawyers from the European Commission and private practice. This was the office's most significant expansion since opening in September 2002.
Brussels Legal spoke with Howrey's Brussels Managing partner, Trevor Soames. We discussed the past and future development of the office and the challenges of managing this growing, vibrant practice.
Brussels-based Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) is dedicated to supporting the rights and legal systems of peoples in many troubled parts of the world.
Brussels Legal spoke with ASF's Indra Van Gisbergen about the organisation and how international lawyers in Brussels can help with its current projects.
In March 2006 Hunton & Williams announced the creation of its Brussels-based European competition law practice.
Brussels Legal spoke with the two recently-appointed partners developing this practice in Brussels, Michael Rosenthal and John ('Jack') Martin.
For UK lawyers in Brussels, the Law Societies' Joint Brussels Office is a useful organisation dealing with a range of professional activities.
Brussels Legal asked June O'Keeffe, Head of EU & WTO Affairs, about the organisation.
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contrast, a Brussels-based law firm specialising in European and business law opened on 1 January 2006.
Two of the firm's partners, Frank Wijckmans and Filip Tuytschaever, spoke with Brussels Legal about the launch of their firm.
The Brussels chapter of the Organisation of Women in International Trade (BWIT) was founded in 2005.
But do not be misled by its name! In fact BWIT is open to both men and women.
