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Letter from the Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
2012 Spring Meeting Planning Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
2012 Spring Meeting Sponsors and Exhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2012 Spring Meeting Cooperating Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Meeting Agenda
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2012 SPRING MEETING
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2 2012 Spring Meeting ABA Section of International Law
On behalf of the ABA Section of International Law (ABA International), welcome to the
2012 Spring Meeting and to New York!
ABA International is the preeminent U.S.-based international legal organization. We
advance the professional excellence of our worldwide membership; bridge the U.S. and
non-U.S. legal communities; help members serve the international needs of their clients;
promote diverse international substantive expertise; and strengthen the rule of law. ABA
International, and its more than 25,000 members, is an integral part of the 400,000+
member American Bar Association (ABA). Our members, in more than 90 countries,
include high-level practitioners with the largest and most respected global law frms; lawyers
with the most prominent regional and national frms outside the U.S.; U.S.-based small-
frm and solo practitioners with signifcant international practices; corporate and in-house
counsel; lawyers serving in government or with non-governmental organizations and inter-
governmental organizations; and academics. ABA International is the ABA home for the
worlds leading international practitioners.
New York is the most exciting city in the world. Beginning with the Lenni Lenape Native
American tribe, through Dutch and English colonists, as the frst capital of the United
States, and as the destination for millions of tiredpoorand huddled masses yearning
to breathe free, New York has a central role in global life. Some of my ancestors arrived in
New York when it was still named New Amsterdam, and one of my ancestors owned the
land on which Trinity Church now stands. Most of my ancestors arrived in New York later,
with the surge of Irish immigrants in the middle of the 19
th
Century.
Te waves of immigration to New York have created a unique, diverse, and vibrant culture
and city. As many know, the frst immigrant to pass through Ellis Island was Annie Moore,
a 15-year-old girl from Cork, Ireland, who arrived on the ship Nevada on January 1, 1892.
Te last person to pass through Ellis Island was a Norwegian merchant seaman named Arne
Peterssen in 1954. Before, during and after that period, millions more from around the
world immigrated to the United States through New York.
No discussion of New York would be complete without mentioning my home state of New
Jersey. I am proud to be from New Jerseya pride I share with many others. Te neon sign
across the Lower Trenton Bridge reads Trenton Makes the World Takes. When I was a
child, my father changed that saying to be What New Jersey Makes, the World Takes, and
he repeated it to my sister and me as proof that if one was from New Jersey, he or she could
accomplish anything. His edit was spot-on. For example, New Jersey was the frst state to
ratify the Bill of Rights. Because several pivotal battles of the American Revolutionary War
took place in New Jersey, the state is often referred to as Te Crossroads of the Revolution.
Te winter quarters of the Continental Army were established there twice by General
George Washington in Morristown.
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New Jersey is not just the home of the defending Super Bowl Champions, it was the
site of the frst baseball game, the frst boardwalk, and the frst diner. Te phonograph,
motion picture, light bulb, solid-body electric guitar, laser, submarine, and robot were all
invented in New Jersey. Princeton and Trenton each served as capital of the United States
during the Articles of Confederation. New Jersey is home to more scientists and engineers
per square mile than anywhere else in the world. On top of that, more 800,000 acres in
New Jersey is devoted to farmlandmaking New Jersey one of the top agricultural states
in the United States.
Te Spring Meetingheld biennially in New York--is one of the worlds most important
gatherings of international practitioners. We expect more than 1,500 attendees from more
than 50 countries to participate in the Spring Meeting.
Te Spring Meeting Co-Chairs, members of the Planning Committee, and Section staf
have invested a tremendous amount of efort to develop an outstanding program. We will
host more than 70 CLE programs on a variety of topics, including several only in New
York programs on global fnancial markets and New York as a venue for international
arbitration. Te Grand Hyatt New York is our programming headquarters and our
headquarters hotel. We have wonderful receptions on our agendahere at the Grand Hyatt
as well as at the Union League Club, and at the incomparable Temple of Dendur at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
We encourage you to learn, network, and participate in the Spring Meeting. You should:
learn the latest from top experts and receive information
that is relevant for your practice area;
network with the best and brightest international lawyers
throughout the meeting and particularly at the luncheons,
twice daily networking breaks and evening receptions;
participate in specialized meetings with colleagues who share
your areas of interest by attending committee working business
meetings, division breakfasts and committee dinners; and
visit exhibitors of dynamic products and services for the legal profession.
Most importantly of all, enjoy the Meeting! As Walt Whitman said, there is no place like
New York. Welcome to the crossroads of the world and a spectacular Spring Meeting
Chair
MICHAEL
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2012 New York Spring Meeting Co-Chairs
LISA
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FIONA ANNE
SCHAEFFER
CHARLES CHAD D.
SCHMERLER
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2012 SPRING MEETING
PLANNING COMMITTEE Current as of 03-29-12
SECTION CHAIR 2011-12
Michael E. Burke Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Washington, DC, USA
MEETING CO-CHAIRS
Lisa Ryan Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP Matawan, New Jersey, USA
Fiona A. Schaefer Jones Day New York, New York, USA
Charles D. Chad Schmerler Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. New York, New York, USA
STEERING COMMITTEE
Gretchen C. Bellamy University of Miami School of Law HOPE Public Interest Resource Center
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Gabrielle M. Buckley Vedder Price P.C. Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ingrid Busson-Hall Crdit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank New York, New York, USA
Michael H. Byowitz Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York, New York, USA
Christine M. Castellano Corn Products International, Inc. Westchester, Illinois, USA
J. Alexandra Darraby e Art Law Firm Los Angeles, California, USA
Ausra O. Deluard Jones Day New York, New York, USA
Pat English Matheson Ormsby Prentice New York, New York, USA
Adam B. Farlow Baker & McKenzie LLP London, United Kingdom
Laurie E. Foster Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP New York, New York, USA
Albert Garrof Cuatrecasas, Gonalves Pereira Barcelona, Spain
Madeleine Giansanti Cag Gregory P. Joseph Law Oce New York, New York, USA
Mark I. Greene Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP New York, New York, USA
Peter Guirguis Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. New York, New York, USA
Jennifer Hilsabeck Lewis and Roca LLP Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Audrey B. Lamb American Bar Association Section of International Law Washington, DC, USA
Erin M. Lawler Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. New York, New York, USA
Barton Legum Salans & Associs SCP Paris, France
Ethan E. Litwin Hughes Hubbard & Reed New York, New York, USA
Cortney R. Nathanson Jones Day New York, New York, USA
Andrew Otis Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP New York, New York, USA
R. Duane Propst American Bar Association Section of International Law Washington, DC, USA
Neil Quartaro Watson, Farley & Williams New York, New York, USA
Steven M. Richman Duane Morris LLP Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
Marcos Ros Carey y Compaa Ltda. Santiago, Chile
Sara P. Sandford Garvey Schubert Barer Seattle, Washington, USA
Lisa J. Savitt Crowell & Moring LLP Washington, DC, USA
David A. Schwartz Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York, New York, USA
Jessica L. Smith American Bar Association Section of International Law Washington, DC, USA
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TRACK COORDINATORS
(and also members of the Planning Committee & Program Review Group)
Caryl Ben Basat BenBasat Law Group, P.A. Weston, Florida, USA
William R. Black BAE Systems Trabuco Canyon, California, USA
Jen Green Linklaters London, United Kingdom
Peter Guirguis Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. New York, New York, USA
Alan M. Koral Vedder Price P.C. New York, New York, USA
Birgit Kurtz Crowell & Moring LLP New York, New York, USA
Victor Mroczka Oce of the United States Trade Representative Washington, DC, USA
Mikhail Reider-Gordon Navigant Los Angeles, California, USA
Richard T. Walsh Global Risk Solutions, LLC New York, New York, USA
W. Hartmann Young Perkins Coie LLP Washington, DC, USA
PROGRAM REVIEW GROUP
(and also members of the Planning Committee)
Liza Almo Civil Rights Center, U.S. Department of Labor Washington, DC, USA
Brian Anderson Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law Ada, Ohio, USA
Rik Andrews Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment
New York, New York, USA
Rassa Bambara New York, New York, USA
Jefery A. Barnes Borden Ladner Gervais Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Judith Beckhard Cardoso Fasken Martineau Paris, France
Gretchen Bellamy University of Miami School of Law Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Caryl Ben Basat BenBasat Law Group, P.A. Weston, Florida, USA
William R. Black BAE Systems Trabuco Canyon, California, USA
Philip Berkowitz Littler Mendelson New York, New York, USA
Lorraine Brennan JAMS International London, United Kingdom
Tim Brightbill Wiley Rein LLP Washington, DC, USA
Francisca Brodrick BONF International Enterprises New York, New York, USA
Susana Cabrera Garrigues Madrid, Spain
Bayo Callender Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan, USA
Gordon N. Cameron Stikeman Elliott LLP New York, New York, USA
Juli Campagna Hofstra Law School Hempstead, New York, USA
Kathleen Carrick e Ben C. Green Law Library Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Enid Carranza Arias & Muoz San Jos, Costa Rica
Cristiano Carvalho Carvalho, Machado, Timm & Deenti Advogados So Paulo, Brazil
Christine M. Castellano Corn Products International, Inc. Westbrook, Illinois, USA
Martha Chemas New York, New York, USA
Michael Marks Cohen Nicoletti Hornig & Sweeney New York, New York, USA
Mattia Colonnelli de Gasperis Colonnelli de Gasperis Studio Legale Milan, Italy
Coralie Colson e World Bank Washington, DC, USA
Kieran Cowhey Dillon Eustace Dublin, Ireland
Alexandra Darraby e Art Law Firm Los Angeles, California, USA
David DeBenedetti DeBenedetti Majewski Szczeniak New York, New York, USA
Robert E. DeFrancesco, III Wiley Rein LLP Washington, DC, USA
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Patrick Del Duca Zuber & Taillieu LLP Los Angeles, California, USA
Ausra O. Deluard Jones Day New York, New York, USA
Jennifer Diaz Becker & Poliako, P.A. Coral Gables, Florida, USA
O. Kip Dillihay II e KOD Group Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pascale Dubois e World Bank, Oce of Evaluation and Suspension Washington, DC, USA
Lisl J. Dunlop Shearman & Sterling LLP New York, New York, USA
Teodore Edelman Sullivan & Cromwell LLP New York, New York, USA
Saul Ricardo Feilbogen Vitale Mano & Feilbogen Buenos Aires, Argentina
Carine Feipel Arendt & Medernach LLC New York, New York, USA
Anders Forkman Advokatfrman Vinge KB Malm, Sweden
Elliot Feldman Baker Hostetler Washington, DC, USA
Vlad Frants Ernst and Young New York, New York, USA
Lawrence M. Friedman Barnes, Richardson & Colburn New York, New York, USA
Albert Garrofe Cuatrecasas, Goncalves Pereira Barcelona, Spain
Madeleine Giansanti Cag Gregory P. Joseph Law Oce New York, New York, USA
Marc J. Goldstein Marc J. Goldstein Litigation & Arbitration Chambers
New York, New York, USA
Fred Green Microsoft Redmond, Washington, USA
Norman Greene Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP New York, New York, USA
Peter M. Hosinski Becker, Glynn, Melamed & Muy LLP New York, New York, USA
Timothy Howe Sanof Pasteur Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, USA
Christina Hultsch Porter Wright Morris & Arthur Columbus, Ohio, USA
Jef Kerbel Bennett Jones Ontario, Canada
Sabine C. Klett Noerr LLP Muenchen, Germany
Marielle Koppenol-Laforce Houtho Buruma Rotterdam, e Netherlands
Alan M. Koral Vedder Price P.C. New York, New York, USA
Hartmut Krause Allen & Overy LLP Frankfurt, Germany
Suzanne Krebs NautaDutilh New York, New York, USA
Ute Krudewagen Baker & McKenzie LLP Palo Alto, California, USA
Birgit Kurtz Crowell & Moring LLP New York, New York, USA
Ronald Lachner BLP Abogados San Jos, Costa Rica
Vanessa Lantin Administrative Oce of US Courts Washington, DC, USA
Gordon Lederman Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Aairs
Washington, DC, USA
Jonas Lerman U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit New York, New York, USA
Ethan E. Litwin Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP New York, New York, USA
Dario Cadena Lleras Wiesner & Asociados Ltda. Bogot, Colombia
Aaron Maar Page Forum Nobis PLLC Washington, DC, USA
Leopoldo Martinez LMN Consulting LLC Washington, DC, USA
Martin G. Masse McMillan LLP Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nancy Matos Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V. Amsterdam, e Netherlands
Peter Matson Law Oces of Peter H. Matson Madliena, Malta
Cian McCourt A&L Goodbody New York, New York, USA
Gregory McLaughlin IBM Armonk, New York, USA
Christine Meyer NERA Economic Consulting White Plains, New York, USA
Jonathan M. Meyer Attorney at Law Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Cortney Morgan Barnes, Richardson & Colburn Washington, DC, USA
Victor Mroczka Oce of the United States Trade Representative Washington, DC, USA
Renata Neeser White & Case New York, New York, USA
Natalia Nikiforova Frankfurt, Germany
Susan Notar U.S. State Department, Near Eastern Aairs, Iraq Desk Washington, DC, USA
Joao Otvio Olivrio Campos Mello Advogados, in cooperation with DLA Piper
So Paulo, Brazil
Olufunmi Oluyede TRLPLAW Lagos, Nigeria
Meredith Parenti Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Houston, Texas, USA
Bruno Peixoto Lanna Peixoto Sao Paulo, Brazil
Martin Perlberger Perlberger Law Oces Beverly Hills, California, USA
Raong Phalavong Cambridge LLP Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nikolaus Pitkowitz Graf & Pitkowitz Vienna, Austria
Terry Polino ompson Coburn LLP Washington, DC, USA
Ken Rashbaum Rashbaum Associates, LLC New York, New York, USA
Ryan Reetz DLA Piper LLP Miami, Florida, USA
Mikhail Reider-Gordon Navigant Los Angeles, California, USA
Pr Remnelid Advokatfrman Vinge KB Malm, Sweden
Colin Richard Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Los Angeles, California, USA
Susan Jafe Roberts Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Susan Ross Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Los Angeles, California, USA
Jan Rudolph Noerr LLP Muenchen, Germany
Roselyn Sands Ernst & Young Paris, France
Ricardo Len Santacruz Sanchez Devanny Monterrey, Mexico
Lisa Savitt Crowell & Moring LLP Washington, DC, USA
Patricia Scharlau Machado, Meyer, Sendacz & Opice So Paulo, Brazil
David Schwartz Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York, New York, USA
Terry A. Selzer Stampe, Haume & Hasselriis Law Firm Copenhagen, Denmark
Holly Silver Holly A. Silver, P.C. New York, New York, USA
Emilie Simone New York, New York, USA
Hernan Slemenson Marval, O`Farrell & Mairal Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ruud Smits NautaDutilh New York, New York, USA
Nancy Staford Cliside Inn Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Lauren Stiroh NERA Economic Consulting White Plains, New York, USA
Margaret Stock Lane Powell PC Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Marcy Stras Cozen O`Connor Washington, DC, USA
T. Alora Tomas Simpson acher & Bartlett LLP New York, New York, USA
Natalie Turner Western State University College of Law Fullerton, California, USA
Edna Udobong Liberty University School of Law Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Annet van Hooft Bird & Bird Paris, France
Elizabeth van Schilfgaarde NautaDutilh New York, New York, USA
Mark S. Vecchio Venable LLP New York, New York, USA
Sonia Velasco Cuatrecasas, Gonalves Pereira Barcelona, Spain
Carlos Velazquez De Leon Basham, Ringe y Correa, SC Monterrey, Mexico
Monica Villegas NYS Supreme Court New York, New York, USA
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W. Gregory Voss Toulouse Business School Toulouse, France
JoAnne Wakeford Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP Montral, Quebec, Canada
Sandy Walker Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Richard T. Walsh Global Risk Solutions, LLC New York, New York, USA
Ken Wasserman Law Oces of Kenneth T. Wasserman New York, New York, USA
William Eric Wolf Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
W. Hartmann Young Perkins Coie LLP Washington, DC, USA
SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE
(and also members of the Planning Committee)
Carole Basri Corporate Lawyering Group, LLC / Corporate Lawyering Association
New York, New York, USA
Soraya Bosi Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst New York, New York, USA
Michael H. Byowitz Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York, New York, USA
Albert Garrof Cuatrecasas, Gonalves Pereira Barcelona, Spain
Madeleine Giansanti Cag Gregory P. Joseph Law Oces LLC New York, New York, USA
Peter Guirguis Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. New York, New York, USA
Glenn Hendrix Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Ausra O. Deluard Jones Day New York, New York, USA
Sandy Tronier Evolve Discovery Portland, Oregon, USA
Richard T. Walsh Global Risk Solutions, LLC New York, New York, USA
MARKETING OUTREACH COMMITTEE
(and also members of the Planning Committee)
Enid Carranza Arias & Muoz San Jos, Costa Rica
Henry Chang Blaney McMurtry LLP Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Olufunmi Oluyede TRLPLAW Lagos, Nigeria
Christopher B. Suell Florida A&M College of Law Orlando, Florida, USA
CORPORATE COUNSEL OUTREACH COMMITTEE
(and also members of the Planning Committee)
Salvo Arena Chiomenti Studio Legale, L.L.C. New York, New York, USA
Jefery A. Barnes Borden Ladner Gervais Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Carole Basri Corporate Lawyering Group, LLC / Corporate Lawyering Association
New York, New York, USA
Marla Bergman Goldman Sachs New York, New York, USA
William R. Black BAE Systems Trabuco Canyon, California, USA
Darwin Bolden Bolden Law, PC Washington, DC, USA
Ingrid Busson-Hall Crdit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank New York, New York, USA
Christine M. Castellano Corn Products International, Inc. Westchester, Illinois, USA
David DeBenedetti DeBenedetti Majewski Szczeniak New York, New York, USA
Sandeep Kapoor Sequoia Capital Bangalore, India
Michele Lieberman Technology Conservation Group, Inc. Lecanto, Florida, USA
Gregory M. McLaughlin IBM Armonk, New York, USA
Mark Rebergen De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek New York, New York, USA
Ricardo Len Santacruz Sanchez Devanny Monterrey, Mexico
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Patricia Scharlau Machado, Meyer, Sendacz & Opice So Paulo, Brazil
Mark S. Vecchio Venable LLP New York, New York, USA
Richard T. Walsh Global Risk Solutions, LLP New York, New York, USA
INTERNATIONAL FIRMS OUTREACH COMMITTEE
(and also members of the Planning Committee)
Salvo Arena Chiomenti Studio Legale, L.L.C. New York, New York, USA
Darwin Bolden Bolden Law, PC Washington, DC, USA
Juli Campagna Hofstra Law School Hempstead, New York, USA
Judith Beckhard Cardoso Fasken Martineau Paris, France
Henry Chang Blaney McMurtry LLP Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Christina Hultsch Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP Columbus, Ohio, USA
Ethan E. Litwin Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP New York, New York, USA
Gary McSharry Arthur Cox New York, New York, USA
Alejandra Rivelis Marval, O`Farrell & Mairal New York, New York, USA
Ton Schutte De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek New York, New York, USA
Elizabeth van Schilfgaarde NautaDutilh New York, New York, USA
Monica Villegas NYS Supreme Court New York, New York, USA
YOUNG LAWYER OUTREACH COMMITTEE
(and also members of the Planning Committee)
Rassa Bambara New York, New York, USA
Kathleen M. Carrick Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Gwendolynne Chen Jones Day New York, New York, USA
Ausra O. Deluard Jones Day New York, New York, USA
Kip O. Dillihay e KOD Group Altanta, Georgia, USA
Peter Guirguis Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. New York, New York, USA
Nancy Matos Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V. Amsterdam, e Netherlands
Natalia Nikiforova Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
T. Alora Tomas Simpson acher & Bartlett LLP New York, New York, USA
KEYNOTE/LUNCHEON COORDINATING COMMITTEE
(and also members of the Planning Committee)
Rassa Bambara New York, New York, USA
Ethan E. Litwin Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP New York, New York, USA
Richard T. Walsh Global Risk Solutions, LLC New York, New York, USA
William Eric Wolf Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
SOCIAL EVENTS AND MEETING LOGISTICS COMMITTEE
(and also members of the Planning Committee)
Salvo Arena Chiomenti Studio Legale, L.L.C. New York, New York, USA
Kathleen M. Carrick Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J. Alexandra Darraby e Art Law Firm Los Angeles, California, USA
Lisl J. Dunlop Shearman & Sterling LLP New York, New York, USA
Ethan E. Litwin Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP New York, New York, USA
Martin G. Masse McMillan LLP Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Patricia Scharlau Machado, Meyer, Sendacz & Opice So Paulo, Brazil
Emilie Simone New York, New York, USA
Christopher B. Suell Florida A&M College of Law Connecticut, USA
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Fernando Aguirre Bufete Aguirre La Paz, Bolivia
Saba Ahmed Temple University Beasley School of Law Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Caroline Ajie C.N. Ajie & Co. Abuja, Nigeria
Sessi Sonayon Akojenu Lagos State Ministry of Justice Alausa, Lagos, Nigeria
Jennifer Dorm Ambrose Federal Aviation Administration Washington, DC, USA
Miguel Angel de Dios De Dios & Goyena Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elizabeth Barad Law Oce of E. Barad New York, New York, USA
Geofrey S. Belsher Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP New York, New York, USA
Marla Bergman Goldman Sachs New York, New York, USA
Joel B. Blumberg Creditor Collectors West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Marcelo Bombau M. & M. Bomchil Abogados Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jonathan R. Booker Hernandez & Assoc. Boulder, Colorado, USA
Priscila Brolio Gonalves Vella, Pugliese, Buosi & Guidoni So Paulo, Brazil
Janiece Brown Spitzmueller NYCDHPD, Litigation Division New York, New York, USA
Jennifer Lynn Cady SMU Dedman School of Law Dallas, Texas, USA
Hernn Camarero Richards Cardinal Ttzer Zabala & Zaeerer Abogados
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gwendolynne Chen Jones Day New York, New York, USA
Obi Chukwuka Obi Chukwuka & Co Rivers State, Nigeria
Alejandro Ciero Tanoira Cassagne Buenos Aires, Argentina
Adam I. Cohen FTI Consulting New York, New York, USA
Cynthia Cole Global Crossing Paris, France
Linda R. Crane e John Marshall Law School Chicago, Illinois, USA
Justin DAloia Fordham University School of Law New York, New York, USA
Duco de Boer Stibbe New York, New York, USA
Karl Hepp de Sevelinges Gide Loyrette Nouel New York, New York, USA
Catherine M. Doll Debevoise & Plimpton LLP New York, New York, USA
Russell W. Dombrow Legal Services of Central New York Syracuse, New York, USA
James P. Dufy III Berg & Duy, LLP Manhasset, New York, USA
Demetrios Eleftherio EMC Corporation Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA
Kristen Elliott DOAR Litigation Consulting New York, New York, USA
Daniel Forbes Dillon Eustace New York, New York, USA
Stephen J. Friedman Littler Mendelson P.C. New York, New York, USA
Michael Galligan Phillips Nizer LLP New York, New York, USA
Brigitte Gambini Duane Morris LLP New York, New York, USA
Jonathan S. Gaynin Duane Morris LLP New York, New York, USA
Lawrence D.W. Graves Coolidge & Graves PLLC Keene, New Hampshire, USA
Sterl Greenhalgh Grant ornton UK LLP London, United Kingdom
John Harrington Law Oces of John Harrington New York, New York, USA
Laura L. Turtle Herzer ITT-Technical School of Criminal Justice Everett, Washington, USA
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William P. Johnson University of North Dakota School of Law Grand Forks,
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Marilyn J. Kaman United Nations Dispute Tribunal, United Nations Secretariat
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Sandeep Kapoor Sequoia Capital Bangalore, India
Michelle Keith Massachusetts Superior Court North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth A. Kim Deutsche Bank New York, New York, USA
Ruth Kleinfeld Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Yasho Lahiri Baker Botts, LLP New York, New York, USA
Jennifer J. Lee Arlington, Virginia, USA
Edward Luke II Luke & Associates Gaborone, Botswana
Ibrahim Edmund Mark City Law Firm Abuja, Nigeria
Luis F. Martinez Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. Monterray, Mexico
William C. Martucci Shook Hardy & Bacon Washington, DC, USA
Jonathan Mason Colgate University Hamilton, New York, USA
Jason P. Matechak International Relief and Development Arlington, Virginia, USA
Patricia Hollis McGruder National Labor Relations Board Shanghai, China
Shannon McNulty New York University School of Law New York, New York, USA
Patricia Menendez-Cambo Greenberg Traurig, LLP Miami, Florida, USA
Jerry Alfonso Miles Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, PA Potomac, Maryland, USA
Dixon F. Miller Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP Columbus, Ohio, USA
Howard B. Miller Girardi Keese Los Angeles, California, USA
Daniel Calhman de Miranda Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados LLP
New York, New York, USA
Christopher B. Monahan Crowell & Moring, LLP Washington, DC, USA
Lelia Mooney Partners for Democratic Change Washington, DC, USA
Michael Nelson Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst New York, New York, USA
Barclay Richard Nicholson Fulbright Tower Houston, Texas, USA
Alfredo M. OFarrell Marval, O`Farrell & Mairal Buenos Aires, Argentina
Olasupo Olaibi Supo, Olaibi and Company Lagos, Nigeria
Bill Olsen Grant ornton LLP McLean, Virginia, USA
Kenneth Ottenbreit Stikeman Elliott LLP New York, New York, USA
Fabian A. Pal Fowler White Burnett Miami, Florida, USA
Justin G. Persaud omas M. Cooley Law School Lansing, Michigan, USA
Peter Pettibone Hogan Lovells LLP New York, New York, USA
Lennaert Posch Stibbe Amsterdam, e Netherlands
Anders Etgen Reitz IUNO Copenhagen, Denmark
Mark Richardson Franklin-Paris LLP Paris, France
Alejandra Rivelis Marval, O`Farrell & Mairal New York, New York, USA
Nigel Roberts LexisNexis Hudson, New Hampshire, USA
W. Brian Rose Stikeman Elliott LLP Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Adam Rosen Murthy Law Firm Owings Mills, Maryland, USA
Dave Rowan Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Yusuf Ali San Ilorin, Nigeria
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Madeleine Schachter Baker & McKenzie LLP New York, New York, USA
Polibio M. Valenzuela Scheker Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Pea Prieto Gamundi
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Alena Shautsova Anthony Collelueori & Associates, PLLC Melville, New York, USA
Sage Shaw Corporate Lawyering Group LLC New York, New York, USA
Lawrence M. Shindell ARIS Title Insurance Corporation New York, New York, USA
Masha Shvetsova Diligence, Inc. New York, New York, USA
James R. Silkenat Sullivan & Worcester LLP New York, New York, USA
Janiece Brown Spitzmueller NYCDHPD, Litigation Division New York, New York, USA
Shanie Stein St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Neil AJ Sullivan International Tax Compliance Strategy Scarsdale, New York, USA
Shikhil Suri Crowell & Moring Washington, DC, USA
Salli A. Swartz Artus Wise Paris, France
Stella Szantova Giordano Quinnipiac University School of Law Hamden, Connecticut, USA
Dana B. Taschner Los Angeles, California, USA
Elizabeth A. Turchi Temple University Beasley School of Law Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gustavo Magalhaes Vieira Vieira e Pessanha Advogados Associados Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Justin D. Vineberg Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Angelica Walker Viana & Walker Associates New York, New York, USA
Sidney N. Weiss Law Oce Of Sidney N. Weiss New York, New York, USA
Joyce Williams Phoenix School of Law Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Stephan Wilske Gleiss Lutz Stuttgart, Germany
Lloyd M. Winans Baker & McKenzie LLP New York, New York, USA
Mark E. Wojcik e John Marshall Law School Chicago, Illinois, USA
Alan Youngs e Youngs Group Denver, Colorado, USA
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MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, APRIL 17
8:00 am 9:00 am
Empire Ballroom V Foyer
Registration Opens for International
Practice Boot Camp Participants
is registration is for the boot camp
only. Registration will open to all other
registrants at 1:00 pm.
Register for the International Law
Boot Camp as a stand-alone program
or in combination with the entire
ABA International Spring Meeting
(excluding ticketed events). In addition
to the Fundamentals of International
Practice program, the International
Law Boot Camp also includes Pathway
to Employment in International Law,
Speed Networking and the Tuesday
Evening Reception (described below).
9:00 am 5:30 pm
International Practice Boot Camp
YOUNG LAWYERS
Presented in Conjunction
With the New York State
Bar Association
International Section
Sponsoring Committees:
Law Student, LL.M., & New Lawyer
Outreach Committee, Young Lawyers`
Interest Network (YIN)
Te International Practice Boot Camp
is a full-day series of programs designed
for new and experienced lawyers that
practice or have an interest in international
law. Te International Law Boot Camp
is a continuing legal education program
which seeks to provide attendees with
an introductory look at international
aspects of several substantive areas of law
and expand their knowledge of the key
legal issues that arise in the context of
international practice.
9:00 am 9:10 am Empire Ballroom V
Welcoming Remarks
Andre R. Jaglom, Chair, New York State
Bar Association International Section,
Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt
LLP, Chair of New York State Bar
Association International Section, New York,
New York
Michael E. Burke, Chair, American
Bar Association Section of International
Law, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP,
Washington,DC
Matthew Kalinowski, Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius LLP, New York, New York -
Co-Chair, International Practice Boot Camp
Enrique E. Liberman, Tannenbaum
Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, New
York, New York - Co-Chair, International
Practice Boot Camp
9:15 am 10:30 am Empire Ballroom V
The Framework of International
Legal Practice
Tis panel explores the relationship
between private international law and
public international law, and between
common law and civil law. Speakers will
also explain, among other topics, the role
of treaties in international practice and the
international regulatory regimes that must
be taken into account in an increasingly
globalized world.
Speakers:
Michael W. Galligan, Phillip Nizer LLP,
New York, New York
Robert J. Leo, Meeks Shepard Leo &
Pillsbury, New York, New York
Mark F. Rosenberg, Sullivan & Cromwell
LLP, New York, New York
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10:30 am 10:45 am
Networking Break
10:45 am 12:00 pm Empire Ballroom V
Drafting an International Contract
Failing to properly address certain aspects
of international contracts such as
jurisdiction, choice of law, and arbitration
clauses can have a devastating efect
for your client, particularly if a dispute
subsequently arises. Our panelists will
discuss the most important aspects of
drafting an international contract in
the context of cross border mergers and
acquisitions, as well as fnancing and
commercial agreements. Te panel will
also discuss protecting intellectual property
rights in contracts through the use of
the Berne and Madrid Conventions, and
cross-border tax issues for individuals and
business entities.
Moderator:
Ingrid Busson-Hall, Credit Agricole CIB,
New York, New York
Speakers:
Franco Ferrari, New York University
School of Law, New York, New York
Susan F. Pollack, Curtis Mallet-Prevost
Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, New York
L. Donald Prutzman, Tannenbaum
Helpern Syracuse Hirschtritt LLP, New
York, New York
Jefrey M. Trinklein, Gibson Dunn &
Crutcher LLP, New York, New York
12:00 pm 1:00 pm
Empire Ballroom V Foyer
Lunch: Social Networking for
International Lawyers
Tis lunchtime presentation will teach
specifc strategies for using LinkedIn
to complement traditional networking
opportunities to help grow global legal
practices. Boxed lunch to be provided for
bootcamp registrants.
Speaker:
Edmund Bogen, First Degree Marketing
and Advertising, New York, New York
1:15 pm 2:30 pm Empire Ballroom V
Cross-Border Litigation and
Dispute Resolution
Your client is embroiled in a dispute with
a party in another country and needs your
help. What if there is an international
arbitration clause in the disputed contract?
Even if you can get it invalidated, how
will you initiate the suit? After you win,
how do you enforce the judgment? Our
panelists will discuss these topics and
others, covering the most important and
frequently-invoked treaties in this feld,
such as the Hague Convention on Service
of Process Abroad, the Hague Convention
on Taking Evidence Abroad, the
Convention on the Recognition and the
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.
Moderator:
Peter Guirguis, Fulbright & Jaworski, New
York, New York
Speakers:
Birgit Kurtz, Crowell & Moring LLP, New
York, New York
Tomas N. Pieper, Chadbourne & Parke
LLP, New York, New York
David Zaslowsky, Baker & McKenzie
LLP, New York, New York
2:30 pm 2:45 pm
Networking Break
2:45 pm 4:00 pm Empire Ballroom V
Spotting Legal Issues When
People Move Across Borders
With people moving residences or assets
across borders more frequently and rapidly
than ever, the individual client has become
an increasingly important component
of international practice. Our panelists
will cover immigration, family law, estate
planning, employment and property issues
that individuals face when they move from
one country to another.
Moderator:
Hedwin Salmen-Navarro, Salmen-
Navarro & Lavergne, P.C., New York,
New York
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Speakers:
Gabrielle Buckley, Vedder Price,
Chicago, Illinois
Allen E. Kaye, Law Oces of Allen E. Kaye
P.C. , New York, New York
Jim Gregory, Proskauer Rose LLP,
New York, New York
Rita W. Warner, Warner Partners, P.C.,
New York, New York
2:45 pm 4:00 pm Alvin
Competition & Antitrust Issues
in International Transactions
Tis panel explores competition/antitrust
issues that arise in day-to-day transactions
that are the bread and butter of many
multinational companies. Find out how
and where a company can get in trouble
for ofering preferred customer discounts,
giving package deals, entering into an
exclusive deal, licensing, and restricting
distributors from selling below a minimum
pricejust to name a few. Te panelists
will also discuss key substantive diferences
in the application of antitrust principles
between jurisdictions that may result in a
transaction being lawful in one jurisdiction
and unlawful in another.
Moderator:
Ausra Deluard, Jones Day, New York,
New York
Speakers:
Beth Riley, Bennett Jones LLP, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada
Elisa Kearney, Davies Ward Phillips and
Vineberg, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Laurent Garzaniti, Freshfelds Bruckhaus,
Brussels, Belgium
Yong Lim, Kim and Chang, Seoul,
South Korea
4:00 pm 4:15 pm
Networking Break
4:15 pm 5:30 pm Empire Ballroom V
The Ethics of International Legal Practice
ETHICS
Tis session will feature a discussion of
how ethics applies to international legal
practice. Although many ethics rules that
apply in the U.S. may still apply across
borders, there are some key diferences that
are important to consider when working
with a client in international practice. For
example, how do you protect the attorney-
client privilege across borders? How do you
comply with varying legal ethical codes?
Moderator:
Steven Richman, Duane Morris,
New York, New York
Speakers:
Carole L. Basri, CorporateLawyering
Group, LLC, New York, New York
David Lewis,Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP,
New York, New York
1:00 pm 7:00 pm Empire Ballroom I
Registration Area, Exhibition
Hall and Business Center Open
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Carnegie
Reverse Merger Listings: Is the
Backdoor Shut for Chinese Companies?
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
In recent years, a number of small private
Chinese companies have listed on the
NASDAQ and other stock exchanges
through reverse mergers with public shell
companies. Tis activity is now subject to
signifcant regulatory scrutiny. Te U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC ) has revoked the registrations
of eight China-based companies since
December 2010, and a number of
Chinese companies have disclosed auditor
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during the past year. Te SEC is reviewing
the rules regarding reverse merger listings.
Chinese authorities also are considering
policy initiatives to curb abuses. Te panel
will review: (a) the state of reverse merger
activity; (b) the SECs regulatory proposals
and enforcement position; (c) Chinese
policy initiatives; and (d) the experience
of Chinese companies in complying
with U.S. public company reporting
requirements.
Sponsoring Committees:
China Committee, International Corporate
Counsel Committee, and International
M&A and Joint Venture Committee
Program Chair:
Stephen Vogel, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP,
Washington, DC
Program Chair & Moderator:
Paul Edelberg, Fox Rothschild LLP, New
York, New York
Speakers:
Dawn M. Bernd-Schulz, Blank Rome
LLP, Washington, DC
Jerome S. Fortinsky, Shearman & Sterling
LLP, New York, New York
Andy Gu, B & D Law Firm, Beijing,
People`s Republic of China
James Stanker, Grant ornton LLP,
Chicago, Illinois
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Julliard
Is an International Convention on the
Rights of Older Persons Needed?
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW
A growing number of international non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) under
a Global Alliance for the Rights of Older
Persons have been pressing the need for a
United Nations Convention on the Rights
of Older Persons. Te UN is now taking
this issue seriously. Te UN General
Assembly, by resolution in December 2010,
created Te Open-Ended Working Group
on Aging that is charged with considering
the existing international framework of
the human rights of older persons and
identifying possible gaps and how best to
address such gaps. Tis panel will provide
a variety of perspectives and insights on
the question of whether an international
convention on the rights of older persons
is needed.
Presented in Conjunction with the ABA
Commission on Law and Aging
Sponsoring Committee:
UN and International Institutions
Coordinating Committee
Program Chair:
Charles P. Sabatino, ABA Commission on
Law and Aging, Washington, DC
Moderator:
Kristin Booth Glen, New York County
Surrogate`s Court, New York, New York
Speakers:
Luz Marie Melon, Permanent Mission of
Argentina to the United Nations, New York,
New York
Craig Mushier, UN Oce of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva,
Switzerland
Susanne S. Paul, Global Action on Aging,
New York, New York
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Uris
NON-CLE PRESENTATION
Pathways to Employment
in International Law
YOUNG LAWYERS MINI-TRACK
Join us for this How to program for
both young lawyers seeking to bring their
skills to the global arena or for experienced
practitioners who wish to expand their
practices into international law. Top
practitioners speak frankly about their
formative experiences and tips they have
about developing an international practice.
Sponsoring Committees:
Young Lawyers` Interest Network (YIN),
and Law Student, LL.M. & New Lawyer
Outreach Committee
Program Chair:
Angela Benson, American Bar Association
Section of International Law,
Washington, DC
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Speakers:
Reid Whitten, Sheppard Mullin Richter &
Hampton, LLP, Washington, DC
Lisl Dunlop, Shearman & Sterling LLP,
New York, NY
Lisette Lavergne, Salmen Navarro &
Lavergne PC, New York, NY
4:30 pm 5:30 pm
Joint Swearing-In Ceremony: U.S. Court
of International Trade & U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
YOUNG LAWYERS; INTERNATIONAL LAW PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT FORUM
With thanks to our track sponsor
Sponsoring Committees:
Young Lawyers` Interest Network (YIN)
and Law Student, LL.M. & New Lawyer
Outreach Committee
Program Chair:
Jennifer Haworth McCandless, Sidley
Austin LLP, Washington, DC
Meeting attendees have the opportunity
to be admitted to practice before the U.S.
Court of International Trade (CIT) and
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit. Only Spring Meeting registrants
may be sworn in at this ceremony. Fees
for admission are payable by interested
registrants directly to the courts.
Attendance is open to registrants guests.
If you are interested in being admitted to
practice before the CIT and the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit, please check
the appropriate box on the Spring Meeting
registration form. On-site registration for
this ceremony is not available, and space
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International Joint Ventures
and Contractual Arrangements:
The New Wave
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL;
CORPORATE COUNSEL
As a result of the absence of liquidity
from banks and in public debt and equity
markets, businesses increasingly are
implementing creative combinations to
expand and grow their global operations.
Some of these combinations are structured
through formal joint venture vehicles and
others through contractual arrangements
which allocate costs, responsibilities, and
resources among the venture parties. Many
arrangements require complex holding
and planning through intermediary
jurisdictions to accommodate parties
with diferent business expectations and
objectives and from diferent jurisdictions,
as well as to maximise tax efciencies.
Te panel will consider the legal,
regulatory, and tax issues which these
arrangements raise against a backdrop
of recent, signifcant cross-border
transactions. Business lawyers will fnd
this session especially interesting as an
important guide to international issues
across a broad landscape of developments
in key jurisdictions into which U.S.
multinationals are currently expanding.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Tax Committee, International
Corporate Counsel Committee, and
International Intellectual Property
Committee
Program Chairs & Moderators:
Elinore Richardson, Wolf eiss,
Vienna, Austria
Sonia Velasco Menal, Cuatrecasas,
Barcelona, Spain
Speakers:
Luiz Felipe Centeno Ferraz, Mattos Filho,
So Paulo, Brazil
David Ding Fa Liu, Junhe Law Firm,
Shanghai, People`s Republic of China
Patrick Marley, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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New York, New York
4:00 pm 5:30 pm Alvin
Fighting Online Piracy by Going
After the Middle-Men New
Perspectives on ISP Liability Under
EU, U.S. & UK Copyright Law
PROPERTY / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LAW / PRIVACY
Since the advent of the Internet, rights
holders face many challenges in protecting
their copyrights. While software piracy is
not a new phenomenon, the wide-spread
availability of fast broadband access enables
large-scale and everyday piracy of software
and even movies in high defnition.
Additionally, search engines ofer services
such as summarizing the latest news
headlines with corresponding third-party
photographs. Copyright holders often
face insurmountable problems in tracking
down the individuals misusing their
material. Terefore, the question arises
whether (a) Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) should be obliged to prevent access
to sites hosting pirated material; or (b)
search engines can be prevented from
making available third-party images. Tis
panel will discuss the open questions on
where to draw the boundaries of the ISPs
and search engines.
Sponsoring Committees:
Europe Committee, Canada Committee,
Immigration & Naturalization Law
Committee, International Litigation
Committee, International Mediation
Committee, and International Human
Rights Committee
Program Chair:
Janis Nordstrom, Wolf eiss,
Vienna, Austria
Program Chair & Moderator:
Georg Kresbach, Wolf eiss,
Vienna, Austria
Speakers:
Martin Diesbach, Nrr Stiefenhofer Lutz,
Munich, Germany
Bruce Lehman, International Intellectual
Property Institute, Washington, DC
Ian de Freitas, Berwin Leighton Paisner,
London, United Kingdom
4:00 pm 5:30 pm Julliard
Opportunities in Global Pro Bono
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
Tis program will feature a discussion
about principled approaches to engage
in global and cross-border pro bono
service. Come hear from representatives
from international organizations about
opportunities to leverage substantive
specialties and professional skills in
international pro bono matters. Panelists
will ofer insights into models and
opportunities for global pro bono work,
present ways in which global projects are
shaped and developed to meaningfully
impact issues of social justice, and present
perspectives on approaches to in-country
and remote legal participation.
(rough an agreement with FORA.tv,
this program is being videotaped for future
viewing. e session will be available online.
For additional information, please visit the
FORA.tv table in the Registration Area and
Exhibit Hall)
Sponsoring Committees:
International Pro Bono Committee,
Middle East Committee, Foreign Legal
Consultant Committee, IMPOWR, Russia/
Eurasia Committee, International Refugee
Law Committee, Law Student, LLM
& New Lawyer Outreach Committee,
Mexico Committee, Latin American &
Caribbean Committee, International Legal
Education and Specialist Certifcation
Committee, International Corporate Counsel
Committee, India Committee, Foreign
Legal Consultants Committee, Immigration
and Naturalization, and Islamic Finance
Committee
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Program Chair:
Michael H. Byowitz, Wachtell Lipton
Rosen & Katz, New York, New York
Program Chair & Moderator:
Madeleine Schachter, Baker & McKenzie
LLP, New York, New York
Speakers:
Georgie Almon, American Bar Association
IMPOWER, Washington, DC
Jean Berman, International Senior Lawyers
Project, New York, New York
Sarah Chiles, omson Reuters
Foundation, Inc, New York, New York
Timothy L. Dickinson, Paul Hastings
Janofsky & Walker LLP, Washington, DC
Alison Gardy, 92 Street Y, New York,
New York
Lusine Hovhannisian, PILnet, New York,
New York
Elizabeth Millard, Cyrus R. Vance Center
for International Justice, New York,
New York
Christina Storm, Lawyers Without Borders
Inc, Hartford, Connecticut
4:00 pm 5:30 pm Uris
Establishment of a Special Anti-Piracy
Tribunal: Prospects and Reality
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW;
YOUNG LAWYERS
Two hundred years ago, piracy was
recognized as the frst international
crime. Recently, piracy has re-emerged
as a major problem for international
commerce. In the last two years, Somali
pirate attacks of the Kenyan and Somali
coasts have caused over $25 billion in
losses. Although the UN Security Council
authorized the international community
to capture Somali pirates and turn them
over to Kenya for prosecution, Kenyan
courts have struggled with the novel
legal issues presented before them. A
Kenyan High Court Judge recently ruled
the Kenyan Piracy Court cannot obtain
jurisdiction over captured pirates because
Kenyan law lacks the requisite statute
granting such jurisdiction. Prosecuting
pirates involves knowledge of international
treaties, criminal law, maritime law, and
unusual evidentiary gathering rules, which
is challenging and even dangerous. Tis
panel will provide a basic understanding
of these complex legal issues and how the
many parties involved are trying to resolve
this continuing international dilemma.
Sponsoring Committee:
Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN)
Program Chair:
Alena Shautsova, Anthony Colleluori &
Associates, PLLC, Melville, New York
Moderator:
Anthony Colleluori, Anthony Colleluori &
Associates, PLLC, Melville, New York
Speakers:
Sandra Hodgkinson, National Defense
University, Alexandria, Virginia
Rosemelle Mutoka, Kenya Piracy Court
Chief Judge, Kenya
Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, Ohio
5:30 pm 6:30 pm Imperial & Morosco
Speed Networking An Opportunity
to Meet ABA International Leadership
and Other International Lawyers
YOUNG LAWYERS
Back by popular demand! Start the Spring
Meeting by meeting ABA International
Leadership and other international lawyers.
Bring your business cards! Participants
will have the opportunity to engage in a
number of speed networking rounds to
learn about other members and create
future business opportunities. With this
program, there is no need to break the
ice its already done for you. Just take
a seat and start talking! By the time the
session is over youll be well on your way to
collecting a fst-full of business cards from
the Spring Meeting and building a new
network in ABA International.
Sponsoring Committees:
Law Student, LL.M., and New Lawyer
Outreach NGO& Not-For-Proft
Organizations Committee, Seasoned Lawyers
Interest Network (SIN), Women`s Interest
Network (WIN), Young Lawyers Interest
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Gender Identity Issues Network (GIN)
Program Chair:
Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, McMillan
LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
6:30 pm 8:00 pm Alvin - Broadway
WIN / SIN / GIN / YIN /
Outreach Welcome Reception at
the Grand Hyatt New York
109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central
Terminal, New York, NY
With thanks to our sponsor
Te 2012 Spring Meetings frst social
event will be an excellent opportunity
to reconnect with friends from prior
meetings and make new ones. Join
the great people you just met at the
Speed Networking sessionwhich
feeds directly into this reception, and
bring along any frst time attendees you
noticed at registration! Tis reception
will be the perfect place to begin
developing new or to continue building
existing professional relationships in an
informal setting.
Also at the Welcome Reception, the
Section Chair will recognize our 2012
Rona R. Mears Writing Competition
& Scholarship Award to Jacob J. True,
University of San Francisco School of
Law for his paper entitled Balancing
Competing National Interests: When
American Discovery Orders Confict
with the Compliance of Foreign
Law and Problems. Please join us in
congratulating Jacob!
One ticket per person is included as
part of your Spring Meeting registration
fee; this reception is free to meeting
attendees who have registered for the
entireconference.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
7:00 am 7:00 pm Empire Ballroom I
Registration Area, Exhibit Hall,
and Business Center Open
7:45 am 9:00 am Empire Ballroom III
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am 8:50 am Empire Ballroom IV
Breakfast at the Bar With a Leading
New York and National Developer
PROPERTY / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW /
PRIVACY; CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
Join us for a discussion with a leading
New York and national developer who will
address recent trends in commercial real
estate development, including the economic
and legal challenges, and the lawyeers role
in representing the developer. Te various
stages of commercial real estate development
will be discussed, including governmental
approvals and incentives, fnancing the
project, negotiating the project lease and
operating the project. Recent projects of the
Georgetown Company will be highlighted,
such as the Frank Gehry designed IAC
Building and the West Chelsea Waterfront.
Te program will give real estate and other
lawyers a unique opportunity to understand
the complexities of successful commercial
real estate development and the important
legal factors of which a lawyer representing
a developer during todays fnancial and
market condition must be aware.
Sponsoring Committees:
Cross-Border Real Estate Practice Committee
and International Investment and
Development Committee
Program Chair:
Terry A. Selzer, Stampe Haume &
Hasselriis, Copenhagen, Denmark
Program Chair & Moderator:
Meryl P. Sherwood, Pavia & Harcourt
LLP, New York, New York
Speaker:
Adam Flatto, e Georgetown Company,
New York, New York
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9:00 am 10:30 am Empire Ballroom II
Investing in Africa: Regulatory
and Compliance Issues
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY;
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
With thanks to our track sponsor
As many African markets become
more attractive destinations for foreign
investment, potential investors and their
legal advisors are faced with navigating
unfamiliar and dynamic business and
regulatory terrains. Te panel will feature
business executives, in-house counsel,
and legal advisers providing unique views
on investing in Africa. Te panelists will
ofer a diverse spectrum of views and
experiences regarding the regulatory and
compliance issues they face in managing
legal and business risks in Africa on a day-
to-day basis.
(rough an agreement with FORA.tv,
this program is being videotaped for future
viewing. e session will be available online.
For additional information, please visit the
FORA.tv table in the Registration Area and
Exhibit Hall)
Sponsoring Committees:
Task Force on Financial Engineering
for Economic Development, (FEED)
International Secured Transactions
Committee and International Corporate
Counsel Committee
Program Chairs & Moderators:
Adedayo Banwo, U.S. Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, Washington, DC
Jefrey B. Golden, London School of
Economics, London, United Kingdom
Speakers:
Bert Chanetsa, Financial Services Board
of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
(Confrmed)
Lawrence Fubara Anga, Aelex Legal
Practitioners and Arbitrators, Lagos, Nigeria
(Confrmed)
Professor Iwa Salami, University of East
London, London, United Kingdom (Invited)
Todd Peterson, Edwards Wildman Palmer
LLP, New York, New York (Invited)
9:00 am 10:30 am Empire Ballroom IV
The Market in Contingent Capital
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
Contingent Capital Securities (CCS) are
expected to make fnancial institutions
more resilient and avoid future fnancial
crisis by internalizing bank failure costs.
Te EU and certain European countries
including Germany, England, and
Switzerland as well as the Basel Committee
have proposed, and in some cases enacted,
rules on CCS. Some European banks
and systemically important fnancial
institutions, including Lloyds and Credit
Suisse, have issued CCS. However, other
banks in Europe and the United States are
hesitant to issue CCS without additional
regulatory guidance. Te Dodd-Frank Act
(Sections 165 and 115 (c)) mandates a study
on the feasibility of contingent capital; this
study is due by July 2012. Tis program
will review the market and regulatory
environment for CCS and related open
issues and uncertainties.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Securities & Capital Markets
Committee, Cross-Border Real Estate Practice
Committee, and International Anti-Corruption
Program Chair & Moderator:
Wulf Alexander Kaal, University of
St. omas School of Law (Minneapolis),
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Speakers:
John C. Cofe, Jr., Columbia Law School,
New York, New York
Adam B. Farlow, Baker & McKenzie LLP,
London, United Kingdom
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Charles Himmelberg, Goldman Sachs,
New York, New York
Marina Michelutti, Citi Wealth
Management Latin America, New York,
New York
Louise Pitt, Goldman Sachs, New York,
New York
9:00 am 10:30 am Imperial
Who Would Want to be a Director?
CORPORATE COUNSEL;
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
Tis session will examine the objections
and perils associated with being a Director
in todays highly regulated environment.
What are the risks of a Director, to whom
are they owed and where are such duties
found in law or codes of practice? What
are the sanctions applicable to a Director
who breaches his or her duties, and who
enforces them? Is insurance available
toDirectors?
Sponsoring Committee:
International Corporate Counsel Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Mattia Colonnelli de Gasperis, Colonnelli
de Gasperis Studio Legale, Milan, Italy
Program Chair & Speaker:
Christine M. Castellano, Corn Products
International, Westchester, Illinois
Speakers:
Hermann Knott, Luther
Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH,
Cologne, Germany
Vagn Torup, Kromann Reumert,
Copenhagen, Denmark
9:00 am 10:30 am Empire Ballroom V
And the Last Shall Be First: Commercial
Damages in International Contracts
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION;
YOUNG LAWYERS
With thanks to our track sponsors
All too often, practitioners do not give
sufcient attention to damages. Litigators
focus on liability issues in dispute
resolution while transactional attorneys
focus on the prospective business terms,
but not on the monetary remedies for
contract breach. International contracts
implicate contrasting civil law and
commmon law approaches. Drafting
and litigation issues include: diferences
between CISG and UCC damages; choice
of law issues: what may or may not be
enforceable as a matter of public policy
(e.g., treatment of liquidated damages
provisions in other systems); limitation of
damages clauseswhy you might want
willfulness requirements and what the
diferences are in terminology and reality
as to actual, consequential, incidental,
and other damages; proof of lost profts
versus speculative damages; how interest is
computed under CISG versus non-CISG;
economic loss doctrine considerations;
attorneys fees (contrast loser pay
jurisdictions); and diferences in approach
between arbitration versus litigation. Tis
panel will discuss the implications of
leaving the issue of damages to the end and
what practitioners need to be mindful of in
the drafting process.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Litigation Committee,
International Arbitration Committee,
International M&A and Joint Venture
Committee, and Young Lawyers Interest
Network (YIN)
Program Chair & Moderator:
Steven Richman, Duane Morris,
NewYork, New York
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Speakers:
Kieran Cowhey, Dillon Eustace,
Dublin, Ireland
Saul Feilbogen, Vitale, Mano, Feilbogen,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elena Norman, Young Conway,
Wilmington, Deleware
Meredith Parenti, Weil Gotshal,
Houston, Texas
9:00 am 10:30 am Broadway
Selling Consumer Products into
the U.S. and Canada Navigating
a New Course to Safety
EXPORT CONTROLS / TRADE / CUSTOMS;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
Growing public awareness of consumer
product safety issues has led to the
enactment of new American and Canadian
legislation. In August 2008, the Consumer
Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
was passed into law in the U.S. In June
2011, the Canada Consumer Product
Safety Act came into force. Both bring
about signifcant changes to previous
regulatory regimes. Compliance managers
and lawyers acting for manufacturers,
importers, distributors, and retailers of
consumer products should be aware of
these changes, and ensure their compliance
programs to address them. A panel of
customs and trade law experts will: (a)
familiarize participants with the American
and Canadian regulatory agencies and
their respective roles in consumer product
safety; (b) provide an overview of the
legislative schemes; (c) compare regulatory
requirements; and (d) demonstration how
in-house experts and counsel can develop
and implement an efective compliance
program. Panel members will discuss
several case studies involving a foreign
manufacturer and American and Canadian
importers. Tey will also discuss tips and
traps relating to recalls, disclosures, and
incident reporting.
Sponsoring Committees:
Customs Law Committee, International
M&A and Joint Venture Committee,
International Securities & Capital Markets
Committee, and International Investment &
Development Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Daniel L. Kiselbach, Miller omson LLP,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Speakers:
Jeremy Baskin, Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Washington, DC
Charles E. Joern, Jr., Joern Law Firm,
Oak Brook, Illinois
Vanessa Patton Sciarra, Holland & Knight
LLP, Washington, DC
James Van Loon, Health Canada,
Ottawa,Canada
9:00 am 10:30 am Morosco
More Art than Science:
Negotiating Global Privacy and
Data Security Language
PROPERTY / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW /
PRIVACY; COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
Two seasoned privacy gurus who have seen
more than their fair share of tense privacy
and data security negotiations in their
combined 20+ years of data protection
practice will engage in a live negotiation
on issues that make senior lawyers sweat:
What are adequate data security measures?
Who is the Data Controller/Data
Processor and what does that mean? What
is a reportable security breach? What are
breach notifcation requirements? Please
join us to learn the latest and greatest
tricks of the trade, and arm yourself for
your future privacy and data security
negotiations.
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Sponsoring Committees:
Information Services, Technology & Data
Protection Committee, Law Student, LL.M.
& New Lawyer Outreach Committee,
Europe Committee, International Securities
& Capital Markets Committee, Canada
Committee, and International Intellectual
Property
Program Chair:
Domenico Colella, Portolano Colella
Cavallo, Milan, Italy
Program Chair & Moderator:
Anjli Garg, Citi Group, New York,
NewYork
Speakers:
Demetrios Eleftheriou, EMC
Corporation, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Lisa Sotto, Hunton & Williams, New York,
New York
10:30 am 11:00 am Empire Ballroom I
Networking Break
With thanks to our sponsor
10:30 am 11:00 am Empire Ballroom IV
How To Series: Section Publishing
How to Get Your Name in Print
Do you consider yourself an expert
within your practice area of international
law? If so, world-wide recognition is at
your doorstep, by becoming a published
author in one of the ABA Section of
International Laws several publications.
Whether you aspire to write a book, a
scholarly law review, a succinct news
article or an informative committee
newsletter, publishing with one of the
Sections publications is an efective way
to demonstrate your expertise. At this
informational session, the Publications
Ofcer Bill Mock and the editors of e
International Lawyer and e International
Law News will tell you how to get started
on your way as a published author for the
ABA Section of International Law.
For more information about Section
publications, visit the Section website at
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/
international_law/publications.html.
11:00 am 12:30 pm Empire Ballroom II
Representing the International
High Net Worth Client: Navigating
the New Regulatory Order
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY; PUBLIC
INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW
With thanks to our track sponsor
Increases in regulatory burdens (such as
the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance
Act) and highly-publicized lawsuits against
banks have bred mistrust of lawyers and
fnancial advisors among international
high net worth clients. How can law frms
and fnancial institutions obey the rules
with a minimum of disruption to clients
and to their own businesses? Tis program
will address what the professional advisor
and client need to know about the rules
before entering into a client relationship,
how these rules will afect new business
development, how to overcome
cultural diferences in willingness to
share information and expectations of
confdentiality, and how to turn new
regulatory regimes into a competitive
advantage for your frm.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Private Client Committee,
International M&A and Joint Venture
Committee, and International Investment &
Development
Program Chair & Moderator:
Stephanie E. Heilborn, Fulbright &
Jaworski L.L.P., New York, New York
Speakers:
Roderick Balfour, Virtus Trust, London,
United Kingdom (Invited)
Rorrie Gregorio, Marcum LLP, New York,
New York (Invited)
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Gavin Leckie, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank,
New York, New York (Invited)
Terri Sohrab, Deutsche Bank, New York,
New York (Invited)
11:00 am 12:30 pm Empire Ballroom IV
Merger Review in the BRIC Countries
Antitrust and Foreign Investment/
National Security Restrictions: Where are
the BRIC Countries Compared to the U.S.?
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
Tis panel will address the treatment of
antitrust issues and foreign investment /
national security restrictions in horizontal
mergers subject to review by competition
law authorities in Brazil, Russia, India, and
China (the BRIC countries). Te panel
will focus on the following fact pattern:
two competitors agree to merge to become
the largest provider of a certain product.
Competition from other companies is
limited and the merging parties have
substantial, overlapping presences in Brazil,
Russia, India and China.
Te panel will analyze the transaction in
each jurisdiction, identify similarities and
diferences among the antitrust authorities
in these countries and the United States,
provide economic evaluations of the
approaches of each BRIC country, and
consider the foreign investment/national
security regulations.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Antitrust Law Committee,
India Committee, Russia/Eurasia
Committee, and Europe Committee
Program Chairs & Moderators:
Michael H. Byowitz, Wachtell, Lipton,
Rose & Katz, New York, New York
Alfredo M. OFarrell, Marval, O`Farrell
& Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Speakers:
Leonor Cordovil, Grinberg, Cordovil e
Barros, So Paulo, Brazil
Margaret E. Guerin-Calvert, Compass
Lexecon, Washington, DC
Janet Hui, Jun He Law Oces,
Beijing, China
Vassily Rudomino, ALRUD Law Firm,
Moscow, Russia
Pallavi Shrof, Amarchand & Mangaldas
& Suresh A Shro & Co., New Delhi, India
11:00 am 12:30 pm Imperial
Calamity Risk Management
Navigating the Mineelds in an
Era of Persistent Volatility
CORPORATE COUNSEL
With thanks to our program sponsor
It could never happen to your company.
Or could it? Imagine that you are the
general counsel of a global fnancial
services frm, managing an ever increasing
caseload, planning for regulatory reform,
and allocating scarce resources. You receive
a call informing you of simultaneous dawn
raids being conducted in your London and
New York ofces. Te following day you
learn that employees in a third country
have been shredding documents. Who do
you call?
You are the general counsel of a large
manufacturing company with major
production centers in a number of
locations in Japan. You get a call at
3:00am informing you of a major
earthquake and tsunami. You have 2,000
people on the ground in various locations
in Japan who need to be located and
evacuated if possible. What do you do?
You are chief outside counsel to a global
services frm, with a growing presence in
the Middle East. You watch the morning
news in horror as reports come in showing
a gun battle between the army and pro-
democracy protesters outside your clients
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regional headquarters in Cairo. How do
you respond?
Te ofce of the general counsel sits in a
vital position for any organization when
crisis strikes. Business continuity and
disaster recovery plans are important to
any organization, but can they cover all
contingencies and when the unthinkable
becomes reality are they enough to allow
companies to efectively manage and
contain calamity risk? Attend this program
to learn from in-house and outside
counsel who have been on the front lines
and can help you build your emergency
responsetoolkit.
Sponsoring Committee:
International Corporate Counsel Committee
Program Chairs:
Ingrid Busson-Hall, Credit Agricole CIB,
New York, New York
Fiona Schaefer, Jones Day, New York,
New York
Moderator:
Henry Klehm, Jones Day, New York,
New York
Speakers:
Tim Howe, Sanof Pasteur, Allentown,
Pennsylvania
Jef Ingber, Citigroup, New York,
New York
Allison Tomlinson, Gensler, New York,
New York
11:00 am 12:30 pm Empire Ballroom V
Ethics Guidelines for International
Arbitration: Room for Debate
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION; ETHICS
With thanks to our track sponsors
When ethics questions arise in the context
of an international arbitration, it is often
unclear which ethics rules (if any) apply to
the lawyers representing the parties. Some
members of the arbitration community
believe it would be helpful to have more
guidance in this area, and support
developing ethics guidelines for lawyers
acting in international arbitration. Other
members of the arbitration community
believe there is no need to develop such
guidelines and that doing so could cause
more harm than good. Tis program
brings together experts from both camps
to debate the issues, including the extent to
which the ethics rules that govern lawyers
in court proceedings should apply in
international arbitration.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Arbitration Committee and
International Corporate Counsel Committee
Program Chair:
Jennifer Kirby, Kirby, Paris, France
Moderator:
Bart Legum, Salans, Paris, France
Speakers:
Julie Bdard, Skadden Arps, New York,
New York
Stephen Drymer, Norton Rose, Montral,
Qubec, Canada
Catherine Rogers, Dickinson School of
Law, University Park, Pennsylvania
Michael Schneider, Lalive,
Geneva, Switzerland
11:00 am 12:30 pm Morosco
How Many Ways Can Importers
and Exporters Get Certicates of
Origin Wrong? Stories From the
Attorneys With Battle Scars
EXPORT CONTROLS / TRADE / CUSTOMS;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
If you are keeping score, you will fnd the
Customs ofcials in Canada, Mexico, and
the United States are increasing North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
verifcations and fnding signifcant
non-compliance. Mexican ofcials are
uncovering phantom entities in Canada
and the United States that import from
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overseas, yet provide NAFTA certifcates
of origin. United States customs ofcials
are discovering Canadian companies that
send production of shore then forget to
change paperwork to exclude NAFTA
certifcates of origin. U.S., Canadian, and
Mexican customs ofcials are fnding that
suppliers have switched sources during the
economic crisis and regional value content
requirements are no longer satisfed or
upstream suppliers have disappeared and
are not available to provide certifcates of
origin. All three customs organizations
are focusing on transshipment of
goods, largely driven by concerns about
the avoidance of antidumping and
countervailing duties, particularly when
China is involved. Although the rules
are the same in the three countries,
interpretations vary. Our panelists will
share their personal experiences with
NAFTA enforcement in Canada, Mexico,
and the United States. Tey will discuss
recent cases where customs authorities
have discovered signifcant errors resulting
in substantial fnes that could have been
easily avoided. In addition, the panelists
will discuss NAFTAs shortcomings, areas
where a common policy may result in
job creation and how the common-law
interpretations have difered from civil
lawrules.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Trade Committee and Private
International Law Coordinating Committee
Program Chair:
Juan Velazquez, Basham, Ringe y Correa,
S.C., Monterrey, Mexico
Program Chair & Moderator:
Luis F. Martinez, Basham, Ringe y Correa,
S.C., Monterrey, Mexico
Moderator:
Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, McMillan
LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Speakers:
Andres Castrillon, Hughes, Hubbard and
Reed, Washington, DC
Joel Simon, Simon, Gluck & Kane LLP,
New York, New York
Paul Vandevert, Ford Motor Company,
Detroit, Michigan
11:00 am 12:30 pm Broadway
Keeping the Doors Open for All:
An International Perspective on
the Disability Rights Movement
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW;
EMPLOYMENT LAW / HUMAN RESOURCES
Statistics show that persons with
disabilities comprise an estimated ten
percent (10%) of the worlds population;
eighty percent (80%) of persons with
disabilities live in developing nations.
In addition, up to a quarter of the
worlds population is directly afected by
disability in the capacity of care giver or
family member. As an international legal
practitioner, you may fnd yourself advising
the disabled and their family members/
care givers of their rights or perhaps
advising employers and service providers
of their obligations towards the disabled
community. Perhaps you are a disabled
person working as a legal practitioner
within the modern global community.
With the enactment of the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) in the
United States (and its later Amendments
in 2008), extensive protections were put in
place to help prevent discrimination based
upon disability in various circumstances.
Our panel of specialists will compare the
ADA with similar laws in other countries
and the international legal standards
applicable to protecting people with
difering abilities around the globe.
Sponsoring Committee:
Diversity Committee
Program Chair:
Jennifer Hilsabeck, Las Vegas, Nevada
Program Chair & Moderator:
Sara Sandford, Garvey Schubert Barer,
Seattle, Washington
Speakers:
Joan Durocher, National Council on
Disability, Washington, DC
Arlene S. Kanter, Syracuse University
College of Law, Syracuse, New York
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12:45 pm 2:15 pm
Empire Ballroom III
Ticketed Event
Luncheon with
Assistant Secretary
Cyrus Amir-Mokri
With thanks to our sponsor
Cyrus Amir-Mokri serves as the
U.S. Department of the Treasurys
Assistant Secretary for Financial
Institutions. As Assistant Secretary
for Financial Institutions, Mr. Amir-
Mokri is responsible for developing
and coordinating Treasurys policies on
issues afecting fnancial institutions.
Cyrus Amir-Mokri most recently
served as Senior Counsel to the
Chairman of the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC), where
he also was the agencys deputy
representative to the Financial Stability
Oversight Council.
Prior to joining the CFTC, Mr. Amir-
Mokri was a partner at the law frm of
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP. His practice focused on complex
securities and antitrust litigation. He
has also clerked for the Honorable
Bruce M. Selya of the United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Mr. Amir-Mokri received a J.D.
from the University of Chicago Law
School, a Ph.D. in History from the
University of Chicago, and an A.B. in
Biochemistry from Harvard College.
Presentation of the Francis
Shattuck Security and Peace Award
to William Howard Taft, IV
Te Francis Shattuck Security and
Peace Award is presented biannually
to a person who has demonstrated
signifcant creativity, initiative and
courage in the cause of international
security and peace by implementing
a strategy to address an ongoing
international confict. Tis year the
award is being presented to William
Howard Taft, IV for his defense
of the international rule of law by
opposing the White House policy
of interrogation that disregarded
the Geneva Conventions. He
forcefully argued his position as State
Department Legal Counsel. Had he
prevailed, the United States would not
have become an outlier on international
human rights law in the post-9/11 era.
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Empire Ballroom II
Minimizing Legal Risk in a Global
Economy Practical Advice on
International Compliance
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY; CORPORATE COUNSEL
With thanks to our track sponsor
With increasing globalization of business,
more and more companies interact with a
variety of legal regimes and face potential
enforcement actions from a multitude of
agencies and governments. Tis, combined
with the extra-territorial reach of some
U.S. laws, such as the antitrust statutes,
export control laws, Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the
PATRIOT Act, should cause all companies
to ensure they have efective compliance
programs to minimize legal exposure.
Tis program provides cutting-edge and
practical advice on how to minimize legal
risk in a global economy by discussing
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key components of a global compliance
program and the challenges to instilling
compliance in various jurisdictions. Our
panelists will also discuss how to encourage
internal reporting, create an efective
hotline program, manage whistle blowers,
and protect confdential communications
between counsel and clients in a world of
difering privilege protections.
(rough an agreement with FORA.tv,
this program is being videotaped for future
viewing. e session will be available online.
For additional information, please visit the
FORA.tv table in the Registration Area and
Exhibit Hall)
Sponsoring Committees:
International Corporate Counsel Committee,
International Anti-Corruption Committee,
International Anti-Money Laundering
Committee, and International Antitrust
Law Committee
Program Chair:
Fiona Schaefer, Jones Day, New York,
New York
Program Chair & Moderator:
Ausra O. Deluard, Jones Day, New York,
New York
Speakers:
David Brinley, Shell Oil Company,
Houston, Texas
Joe Vicario, Texas Instruments
Incorporated, Dallas, Texas
Susan (Sam) Manardo, Sanof,
Bridgewater, New Jersey (Invited)
Charles Scudder, Akzo Nobel Inc.,
Tarrytown, New York
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Empire Ballroom V
Third Party Funding of Litigation
and Arbitration A Solution for
Rising Costs or Ethical Quagmire?
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION;
CORPORATE COUNSEL
With thanks to our track sponsors
Tird Party Financing of Litigation and
Arbitration has recently moved to the
forefront as a mechanism for permitting
corporate and individual parties who
otherwise might not have the fnancial
resources to pursue claims to obtain
access to the judicial system and pursue
remedies. At the same time, however, there
have arisen numerous ethical concerns
and considerations which have drawn the
attention of a Presidents committee of the
American Bar Association as well as the
Courts and Legislatures of numerous states
and countries. As more and more sources
of capital enter this developing area it
will become incumbent upon overseers to
establish rules and regulations governing
this process. Tis panel of experts will
review the developments and the trends in
third party fnancing and examine recent
laws and regulations in the United States,
England, Australia and other jurisdictions.
Sponsoring Committee:
International Arbitration Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Charles D. Schmerler, Fulbright &
Jaworski, L.L.P., New York, New York
Speakers:
Selvyn Seidel, Fulbrook Management,
New York, New York
Prof. Stephen Gillers, New York
University Law School, New York,
New York (Invited)
Jefrey B. Golden, London School of
Economics, London, United Kingdom
Carolyn Lamm, White & Case,
Washington, DC (Invited)
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The Global Proliferation
of Trade Remedies
EXPORT CONTROLS / TRADE / CUSTOMS
Historically, the number of countries
using trade remedies (anti-dumping,
countervailing duty, and safeguards) has
been limited. In recent years, however,
the use of these remedies has grown
dramatically, as additional countries have
discovered that trade remedies are weapons
that may be deployed to defend their
domestic industrial base. Even countries,
such as Japan and China, whose exports
have historically been the target of trade
remedies elsewhere are now adopting and
using trade remedy proceedings to protect
their domestic industries against import
competition. And countries such as India
have started using trade remedy vehicles
with greater frequency as an alternative
means of protecting local industry. Tis
panel will consider the impact of the
proliferation of trade remedies in place of
other regulatory regimes that have agreed
to dismantle. Te speakers will review
the business and legal implications of
this expansion, including U.S. exports
and business abroad, and the signifcance
on the legal rules governing global trade
(Free Trade Agreements and World Trade
Organization dispute settlement).
Sponsoring Committees:
International Trade Committee, Latin
American & Caribbean Committee, and
Asia/Pacifc Committee
Program Chair:
Amy Hariani, U.S.-India Business Council,
Washington, DC
Program Chair & Moderator:
Neil Ellis, Sidley Austin LLP,
Washington, DC
Speakers:
Adriana Dantas, Barbosa Mussnich &
Aragao, So Paulo, Brazil
Tomas Graham, King & Spalding,
Washington, DC
Gary Horlick, Law Oce of Gary N.
Horlick, Washington. DC
Sanjay Notani, Economic Laws Practice,
Mumbai, India
Jefrey Whelan, Nike Corporation,
Beaverton, Oregon (Invited)
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Morosco
IP Contracts and International
Bankruptcy: Dealing With Failure
And Intellectual Rejection And The
Answer Isnt To See Your Psychiatrist
PROPERTY / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LAW / PRIVACY
With thanks to our program sponsor
Recent years have witnessed an explosion
of international insolvency proceedings.
Almost all of these cases involve the
intersection of intellectual property rights
of debtors and their counterparties and
bankruptcy law, with an additional layer
of complexity relating to international
recognition and comity. Recent decisions
in the Nortel, Exide Technologies,
and Qimonda, AG cases demonstrate
willingness for courts to transfer and/or
terminate intellectual property assets and
license rights, including, in the Qimonda
case, through the application of German
law rather than U.S. law, with devastating
consequences for the counterparties.
Previous discussions have focused on the
U.S. regime and protections aforded
to licensees under Section 365(n) of the
Bankruptcy Code. Now to understand
rights and exposures, international comity
issues must be explored. Tis panel will
examine the issues created by the multi-
national cases, application of comity
and other developments in the United
States, Canada, Germany, and other
jurisdictions, and consider issues that arise
for practitioners, general counsel, and
management.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Secured Transactions
Committee, Latin American & Caribbean
Committee, and Asia/Pacifc Committee
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Program Chairs & Moderators:
Richard T. Walsh, Global Risk Solutions
LLC, New York, New York
David L. Barrack, Fulbright & Jaworski
L.L.P., New York, New York
Speakers:
Warren E. Agin, Swiggart & Agin LLC,
Boston, Massachusetts
Lynn P. Harrison 3
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Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York,
New York
Robin E. Phelan, Haynes Boone,
Dallas, Texas
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Broadway
For Better or Worse: International
Issues in Marriage and Divorce
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW;
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION
With thanks to our track sponsors
Te panel will discuss the most important
issues in international marriage, divorce,
and child custody, including family,
immigration, support obligations, and
cultural issues that may arise in cross-
border family relationships. Te panel will
include a discussion of multi-jurisdictional
issues, such as visas and immigration
for spouses (married and common-
law), conjugal relationships, same-sex
partners, marriage requirements, and child
citizenship. Te panel will also discuss the
considerable amount of recent litigation
in various jurisdictions concerning
divorce disputes by spouses seeking to
move children to diferent countries,
immigration consequences of divorces,
international fnancial settlements, and
other relevant issues.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Family Law Committee,
Customs Law Committee, Mexico
Committee, Canada Committee,
International Trade Committee,
International Commercial Transactions, and
Franchising & Distribution
Program Chair:
David Starks, McKinley Irvin,
Seattle, Washington
Program Chair & Moderator:
Sergio Karas, Karas & Associates, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
Speakers:
Graeme D. Kirk, Gross & Co., Suolk,
United Kingdom
Jeremy D. Morley, e Law Oce of
Jeremy D. Morley, New York, New York
Jessica Sandberg, Law Firm of Jessica
Sandberg, Stockholm, Sweden
Marcy Stras, Cozen O`Connor,
Washington, DC
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Imperial
Multiple Bar Admissions Getting
Admitted in More Than One Jurisdiction
YOUNG LAWYERS; COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
Have you been thinking about becoming
qualifed to practice in another
jurisdiction, but werent sure how to do
so? Do you even know where to fnd
information? How do the EU directives
on cross-border practice apply in the EU?
Following up on a successful presentation
at the 2009 Spring Meeting, and coming
shortly after the release of the book
Multiple Bar Admissions: A Guide to Bar
Admissions Outside the United States (ABA
Publishing), this program will present
perspectives on bar admissions from
around the world. Will you need to take
another bar exam? Do you need to earn
another law degree? What about learning
the local language(s)? Learn the answers
to these questions from those who have
jumped through the hoops, hoeppel, aros
or cerceaux. Teyll also answer your
questions based on their experiences.
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Sponsoring Committees:
Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN),
Africa Committee, Aerospace & Defense
Industries Committee, and Law Student,
LL.M., and New Lawyer Outreach
Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Russell Dombrow, Legal Services of
Central New York, Inc., Binghamton,
New York
Program Chair:
Nancy Matos, Baker McKenzie,
Amsterdam, e Netherlands
Speakers:
Julia Bateman, e Law Society of England
& Wales, London, United Kingdom
Alex Berd, Berd & Klauss, PLLC,
New York, New York
Albert Yu Chang, Warner Norcross & Judd
LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Hedwin Salmen-Navarro, Salmen-
Navarro & Lavergne, P.C., New York,
New York
4:00 pm 4:30 pm Empire Ballroom I
Networking Break
With thanks to our sponsor
4:00 pm 4:30 pm Empire Ballroom IV
How To Series: Developing
Programs with the Section
Do you have an idea for a program
that is timely and topical? If so, then
attending this nuts and bolts of how to
develop programs for the Section will be
instrumental in helping you to develop
your proposal. Member and committee
involvement through the development
of programming continues to be the
lifeline of the Section; whether it be for a
seasonal meeting, a brown-bag, podcast,
webcast, teleconference or stand-alone, or
a combination, for CLE or not, there are
ample opportunities for your program idea
to take fight. Join us to learn more about
how to chart the course of your proposal.
Program Chair & Speaker:
Adam B. Farlow, Section Programs Ocer
4:00 pm 4:30 pm Empire Ballroom V
NON-CLE PRESENTATION
Sovereign Debt Crisis Causes
and Repercussions
With thanks to our sponsor
Te sovereign debt crisis has been
examined under a number of economic
theories, as observers worry that sovereign
default will spread like a contagion and
threaten the global economy. Our speakers
for this break-out presentation will provide
an update on the sovereign debt crisis,
examine its underlying causes and its
repercussions, including a discussion of the
types of disputes that are expected to arise
following the crisis.
Program Chair:
Sharon Johnson, Cornerstone Research,
Washington, DC
Speakers:
Andrew Ang, Columbia University Business
School, New York, New York
Richard T. Walsh, Global Risk Solutions
LLC, New York, New York
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Empire Ballroom II
Cross-Border Acquisitions by Private
Enterprises in the Current Economic
Environment: The Old Obstacles
and the New Opportunities
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL;
CORPORATE COUNSEL
With thanks to our program sponsor
Te increasing integration of markets
worldwide and the dramatic global
economic recession have combined to
ofer a unique set of opportunities for
private enterprises wishing to expand
internationally. More realistic price
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expectations from sellers ofer private
enterprises the possibility of breaking into
new markets and/or consolidating their
position in foreign markets. However,
taking advantage of these opportunities
through cross-border acquisitions presents
unique challenges for private enterprises.
Unlike transnational companies, private
enterprises often lack management
resources and international transactional
experience. Tis session will provide
an overview of some of the emerging
business, legal, and economic trends and
opportunities for private enterprises in
global corporate middle-markets. It will
also focus on some of the traditional
cultural and regulatory obstacles to a
successful cross-border acquisition and
ways to overcome them. Our panel will
provide insights into the experience of
the owner-manager in implementing the
cross-border acquisition, the corporate
fnance intermediary seeking to broker the
deal, and the target company management
team in the sale process. What are the key
challenges to a successful cross-border
acquisition? What are the priority issues?
And what can legal advisers do to help
navigate a smooth path for all parties?
(rough an agreement with FORA.tv,
this program is being videotaped for future
viewing. e session will be available online.
For additional information, please visit the
FORA.tv table in the Registration Area and
Exhibit Hall)
Sponsoring Committees:
International M&A and Joint Venture
Committee, International Corporate
Counsel Committee, Young Lawyers Interest
Network (YIN), Europe Committee, India
Committee, International Securities and &
Capital Markets Committee, International
Energy & Natural Resources Committee,
International Financial Products & Services
Committee, and International Investment &
Development Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Christine M. Castellano, Corn Products
International, Inc., Westchester, Illinois
Program Chair & Speaker:
Mattia Colonnelli de Gasperis, Colonnelli
de Gasperis Studio Legale, Milan, Italy
Speakers:
Vishal Gandhi, Gandhi & Associates,
Mumbai, India
Frances Murphy, Slaughter and May,
London, United Kingdom
David M. Silk, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &
Katz, New York, New York
Katrien Vorlat, Stibbe, Brussels, Belgium
Shiau Yen Chin-Dennis, K&L Gates,
Portland, Oregon
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Imperial
The Globalization of Anti-Corruption
Laws: Looking Beyond the FCPA
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY; PUBLIC
INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW
With thanks to our track sponsor
Te U.S. may lead the global anti-
corruption fght, but many other
jurisdictions are joining the battle. Te
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
has by now become a familiar acronym
in U.S. boardrooms. Tat said, even
though U.S. ofcials continue to bring
three out of every four foreign anti-
bribery cases worldwide, companies
and their counsel also need to be aware
of the worldwide proliferation of anti-
corruption regulations. China, Columbia,
Germany, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom,
among others, have all recently thrown
their hats in the anti-corruption ring, each
pursuing somewhat diferent approaches,
and some of them (notably China and the
United Kingdom) with extra-territorial
jurisdictional provisions. Tis all-star
panel (a) will survey the evolving legal
and political terrain of international anti-
corruption eforts; (b) ofer real world,
practical insights on the anticipated
impact of the new laws on multi-national
companies and their employees; and
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(c) will examine enforceability and
extraterritorial jurisdictional reach issues,
as well as the prospect of foreign carbon
copy prosecutions and potential collateral
estoppel efects of foreign judgments.
Sponsoring Committee:
International Anti-Corruption Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
T. Markus Funk, Perkins Coie LLC,
Denver, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois
Speakers:
Milos Barutciski, Bennett Jones LLP,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Andrew S. Boutros, United States
Attorney`s Oce (in his personal capacity),
Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Pascale Dubois, e World Bank,
Washington, DC
Kenyanna Scott, G.E. Capital, Norwalk,
Connecticut
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Empire Ballroom V
The New York Advantage: The
Creation Of Special New York
Court Dockets to Streamline And
Resolve International Disputes
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION
With thanks to our track sponsors
Tis program will examine the
establishment of a special New York State
Commercial Division and/or Federal
Court docket in New York City to hear
international litigation cases and/or
international arbitration matters. Tis issue
was raised in the Report of the New York
State Bar Associations Task Force on New
York Law in International Matters. Do
these initiatives make New York the forum
of choice for adjudication of international
litigation and arbitration? Our panel
will present diferent views, insightful
analysis, spirited debate, and carefully
consider whether and how specially created
New York Courts and designated judges
would handle international litigation
andarbitration.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Litigation Committee,
International Human Rights Committee,
and International Corporate Counsel
Committee
Program Chair & Speaker:
Jay G. Safer, Locke Lord LLP, New York,
New York
Program Chair & Moderator:
Neil A. Quartaro, Watson, Farley &
Williams LLP, New York, New York
Speakers:
Hon. Richard M. Berman, United States
District Court, Southern District of New
York, New York, New York
Hon. Charles E. Ramos, New York State
Supreme Court, Commercial Division,
New York, New York (Invited)
Gina M. Venizia, Freehill, Hogan &
Mahar, LLP, New York, New York
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Morosco
International Construction
and Construction Finance
Since the Financial Crisis
PROPERTY / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW /
PRIVACY; CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
Tis interactive session will be a three
part mock bid for a major international
construction project. Following an
introduction of the case study, act one
will be representatives of a joint venure
discussing its tender bid, dealing with
issues such as return on investment,
creative fnancing solutions, concessions
needed from the awarding government
agency, scheduling and budgeting, use of
local partners, structure of the bidding
group, and major risks to be addressed.
Act two will involve the presentation
of one of the fnalists to the awarding
agency. Te audience will play the role of
key stakeholders and pose questions to the
presenters. In the fnal act the speakers
will discuss some of the key issues legal
counsel must understand to properly
advise their clients on an international
construction project.
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Sponsoring Committees:
Cross-Border Real Estate Practice
Committee, International Human Rights
Committee, and International Corporate
Counsel
Program Chair & Moderator:
Terry A. Selzer, Stampe Haume &
Hasselriis, Copenhagen, Denamrk
Program Chair & Speaker:
Gerard Hernandez Colet, Cuatrecases,
Goncalves, Periera, Barcelona Spain
Speakers:
James F. Butler, Smith Currie & Hancock,
Atlanta, Georgia
Jose Villa Jose, Comad,
Mexico City, Mexico
Anthony Gonzales, Spire Consulting
Group, Austin, Texas
Ingmar de Groot, Stibbe, Amsterdam,
e Netherlands
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Empire Ballroom IV
Making, Importing or Exporting
Wine: The International Aspects
of the Wine Business
EXPORT CONTROLS / TRADE / CUSTOMS;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
Many attorneys get involved with running
a winery or importing/exporting wine,
either as an attorney or as a second
career. Tis program will explore the
legal issues involved in running a winery,
advising winery owners and exporting
or importing wine. Speakers will include
attorneys representing wineries in the
U.S. and abroad, a former ofcial at the
International Vine and Wine Organization
(OIV) in Paris, judges in international
wine competitions, and long-time Chair of
the ABA Committee on Beverage Alcohol
Practice. It will be followed by the frst
ever attorney wine makers wine tasing
featuring wines from attorney-owned and
operatedwineries.
Sponsoring Committees:
Seasoned Lawyers Interest Network (SIN),
India Committee, Latin American and
Caribbean Committee, Women`s Interest
Network (WIN), International Criminal
Law Committee, and International
Pro Bono Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Chuck Routh, Garvey Schubert Barer,
Seattle, Washington
Speakers:
Richard Blau, Gray Robinson, Tampa, FL
Kate Hardy, Nixon Peabody, New York,
New York
Ron Fondiller, Constellation Wines,
Rochester, New York
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Broadway
Internal Justice at the United
NationsWhat Does It Look
Like and Does it Work?
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW;
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION
With thanks to our track sponsors
Have you ever wondered what internal
justice at an international organization like
the United Nations looks like? Tis is your
chance to fnd out. In July 2009, the U.N.
General Assembly implemented an entirely
new system of resolving disputes within the
U.N. For the frst time within international
administrative tribunals, a two-tier system
of formal adjudication was established and
judges from all over the world have been
called to adjudicate disputes. You will
hear from representatives from the United
Nations Appeals Tribunal, the Executive
Director of the Ofce of Administration
of Justice, the Internal Justice Council,
and a UN Member State that was actively
engaged in the process of establishing the
new system.
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Sponsoring Committees:
UN & International Institutions
Coordinating Committee, International
Judicial Aairs Committee, International
Courts Committee
Program Chair & Speaker:
Bruce Rashkow, Former U.S.
Representative to the UN, New York,
NewYork
Moderator:
Lelia Mooney, Partners for Democratic
Change, Washington, DC
Speakers:
Sophia Adinvira, President, United
Nations Appeals Tribunal, Ghana (Invited)
Frank Eppert, United Nations Internal
Justic Council, New York, New York
Andrei Terekhov, United Nations,
NewYork, New York
6:30 pm 9:00 pm
Opening Reception at the Union League Club
38 East 37th Street New York, NY
With thanks to our primary sponsor
With thanks to our secondary sponsors





Guest of Honor: James R. Silkenat
James R. Silkenat is the President-
Elect Designate of the American Bar
Association, and will become President-
Elect of the Association in August
2012 and President of the Association
in August 2013. From 1989-1990, Mr.
Silkenat served as Chair of the ABA
Section of International Law. He is a
Partner in the Corporate Department
of Sullivan & Worcesters New
York ofce. His primary focus is on
international joint ventures, mergers
and acquisitions, privatizations, project
fnance transactions (in developed and
developing countries) and private equity
investment funds. Mr. Silkenat is a
Director of the World Justice Project,
a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations and of the American Law
Institute, has served as a Fellow in
the U.S. State Department Scholar/
Diplomat Program, and was a Fellow
of the National Endowment for the
Humanities. He is also a Life Fellow
of the American Bar Foundation and
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9:00 pm 11:00 pm
Committee Dinners
Take advantage of the free time this
evening to enjoy one of the many fne
restaurants New York has to ofer by
organizing a Committee dinner. Tis
is a great opportunity to continue to
network within your practice area
with others at the meeting who share
your same interests and have casual
discussions over the dinner table; many
of which will lead to new initiatives
and committee programs developing
for months to come after you return
home. Please contact your committee
leadership for your committees dinner
location.
Te Section recommends the
following Preferred Restaurant for
you to hold your Committee Dinner:
For reservations, please contact
Sabina at sabina@duonewyork.com.
THURSDAY, APRIL 19
7:00 am 7:00 pm Empire Ballroom I
Registration Area, Exhibit Hall and
Business Center Open
7:45 am 9:00 am Empire Ballroom III
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am 8:50 am Empire Ballroom IV
Breakfast at the Bar: Voluntary
Disclosure of Export Violations:
When & How to Do It
EXPORT CONTROLS / TRADE / CUSTOMS;
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
Given the record-setting fnes that have
been imposed on U.S. and non-U.S.
companies for violations of U.S. and
Canadian export laws and regulations,
companies are increasingly seeking
strategies to mitigate potential penalty
exposure. One way to achieve this goal is
to submit voluntary disclosures to the U.S.
and Canadian governments. During an
interactive program, a panel of seasoned
in-house and outside counsel from the U.S.
and Canada will discuss the advantages
and disadvantages of submitting voluntary
disclosures based on hypothetical fact
patterns. In addition, the panel will share
insights and written guidance on best
practices for export compliance.
Sponsoring Committees:
Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Committee, Customs Law Committee,
International Trade Committee, Canada
Committee, and International Corporate
Counsel Committee
has served as National Chair of the
Fellows. In 2000, he received the
Outstanding Alumni Award for Career
Achievement from Drury University
and in 2007 he received the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Section
of International Law and in 2009 he
received the Diversity Champion Award
of the Association of the Bar of the City
of New York.
One ticket per person is included as part of
your Spring Meeting registration fee; this
reception is free to meeting attendees who
have registered for the entire conference.
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Program Chair & Moderator:
Geofrey Goodale, Shipman & Goodwin
LLP, Washington, DC
Program Chair & Speaker:
Kay Georgi, Arent Fox LLP,
Washington, DC
Speakers:
Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, McMillan
LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Peter Quinter, Becker & Poliako, Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida
Darren Riley, Human Riley Kao PLLC,
Washington, DC
8:00 am 8:50 am Empire Ballroom V
Breakfast at the Bar: How Law
Firms and In-House Counsel Can
Work with English Barristers
Presented in Conjunction With the
Bar Council of England and Wales
9:00 am 10:30 am Broadway
Defending Clients in
Cross-Border Investigations
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY; PUBLIC
INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW
With thanks to our track sponsor
Tis panel will focus on actual case
scenarios where a client is caught in the
cross-hairs of the competing and often
conficting interests of anti-bribery and
other fraud investigations conducted
simultaneously in diferent countries. For
instance, can prosecutors from one country
use the testimony of a witness against him
when that witness received immunity in
another jursidiction? What happens when
one country declines to recognize a Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act plea and monetary
settlement in the U.S. and decides to
prosecute that individual on the very same
charges and seeks forfeiture of the same
monies already forfeited by the United
States? If relevant data resides outside of
the US, how can a company review and
produce that data to US regulators and law
enforcement without violating applicable
sovereign data privacy laws or blocking
statutes? Tese are not mere hypotheticals.
Such situations are occurring with
increasing frequency as nations are
devoting increased resources to their anti-
bribery and fraud enforcment eforts. How
does a lawyer efectively defend and protect
a client from the competing interests of
multi-national cross-border investigations?
A panel of white collar, anti-bribery, and
antitrust practitioners representing the
defense, prosecution, and cross-border
disclosure perspective will discuss these
thorny issues and lend their insights
andexperiences.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Anti-Corruption Committee,
and International Law Practice
ManagementForum
Program Chair & Moderator:
Bradley D. Simon, Simon & Partners LLP,
New York, New York
Speakers:
Manfred J. Gabriel, FTI Technology, New
York, New York
Deborah Meshulam, DLA Piper,
Washington, DC
Aaron Schildhaus, Law Oces of Aaron
Schildaus, Buenos Aires, Argentina
William Stuckwisch, U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington, DC (Invited)
9:00 am 10:30 am Empire Ballroom V
Update of the Implementation of
Key Dodd-Frank and EU Financial
Market and Bank Reforms in the
Wake of the Financial Crisis
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
Te fnancial regulatory system has
undergone extensive change. Te U.S.
passed the Dodd-Frank Act, and several
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new legislative measures were taken in
the EU and its member states. Te U.S.
reforms have introduced new registration
requirements for hedge fund advisers,
an extension of the extraterritorial reach
of U.S. securities laws, new restrictions
on commercial and investment banks in
trading and new regulations and rules
regarding derivatives and the trading
of derivatives. Te vast majority of
rulemaking mandated under the Dodd-
Frank Act is far from completed. Tis
expert panel will examine the content,
status and challenges of implementation
of key parts of the Dodd-Frank Act and of
various fnancial reform measures taken
by the EU and selected member states, as
well as the restructuring and resolution
of systemically important fnancial
institutions, credit rating agency rules and
other current topics.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Securities and Capital Markets
Committee and International Financial
Products & Services Committee
Program Chairs & Moderators:
Meyer Eisenberg, Columbia Law School,
New York, New York and Willamette
University, College of Law, Salem, Oregon
Dorothee Fischer-Appelt, Sidley Austin,
London, United Kingdom
Speakers:
Elisse Walter, Commissioner, Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC),
Washington, DC
Tomas C. Baxter, Jr., Executive Vice
President and General Counsel, Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, New York
(Invited)
Harvey Goldschmid, Columbia
University, New York, New York
Nora Jordan, Davis, Polk & Wardwell,
New York, New York
Giovanni Prezioso, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen
& Hamilton, Washington, DC
9:00 am 10:30 am Empire Ballroom II
Cross-Examination Across Legal Cultures
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION;
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
With thanks to our track sponsors
Cross-examination has been called the
greatest legal engine ever invented for the
discovery of truth. California v. Green,
399 U.S. 149, 158 (1970) (quoting 5
Wigmore, Evidence 1367). On the other
hand, cross-examination in the forms
practiced in common law legal cultures
is not a traditional feature of the civil
law adjudication system. International
arbitration melds practices from both civil
and common law traditions and, generally
speaking, cross-examination is now
recognized as a standard and accepted part
of international arbitral proceedings. Given
that it takes place in a hybrid system,
cross-examination in an international
arbitration requires specialized knowledge
and sensitivity to difering legal traditions.
In this program, international advocates,
arbitrators and experts will discuss cross-
examining witnesses across legal cultures
in international arbitration. Te discussion
will center on the fundamentals of cross-
examination, cross-examination before an
international tribunal, perspectives from
the civil law and common law traditions,
cross-examination of experts, including
the hot tub approach, cross-examination
on a chess clock system, arbitrators views
of the efectiveness of cross-examination,
witness preparation for cross-examination
and persuasive cross-examination
techniques. Te program will beneft
both novices and seasoned international
arbitration advocates who seek to become
more efective cross-examiners.
(rough an agreement with FORA.tv,
this program is being videotaped for future
viewing. e session will be available online.
For additional information, please visit the
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Exhibit Hall)
Sponsoring Committee:
International Arbitration Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Jose Astigarraga, Astigarraga Davis,
Miami, Florida
Moderator:
Laurie Foster, Morgan Lewis & Bockius,
New York, New York
Speakers:
Dominque Brown-Berset, Brown & Page,
Geneva, Switzerland
Mark Beckett, Latham & Watkins, New
York, New York
Judith Gill, Allen & Overy, London,
United Kingdom
Merryck Lowe, BDO, London,
United Kingdom
Ben H. Sheppard, University of Houston,
Houston, Texas
9:00 am 10:30 am Empire Ballroom IV
Importing Cultural Objects
Into the United States
EXPORT CONTROLS / TRADE / CUSTOMS;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
Curators, collectors, dealers, and even
souvenir buyers want to bring art works
and cultural objects from other countries
into the United States. However, they
should know that Customs and Border
Protection is on the lookout for culturally
important artifacts that may be entering
the United States illegally. A legal
framework, composed of both general and
specifc customs laws, now regulates the
importation of cultural artifacts. As this
framework has become more complex,
compliance has also become a source of
concern for all those who wish to promote
the legitimate trade in cultural objects.
Tis panel will draw on a variety of
experts to explain how the law in this area
developed, how it is enforced, and how an
importer of cultural objects can stay within
the law.
Sponsoring Committee:
Art & Cultural Heritage Law Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Lawrence Friedman, Barnes, Richardson
& Colburn, Chicago, Illinois
Program Chair & Speaker:
Patty Gerstenblith, DePaul University
College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
Speakers:
Sharon Levin, U.S. Department of Justice,
New York, New York
Peter Neiman, WilmerHale, New York,
New York
Karin Orenstein, AUSA, EDNY,
NewYork, New York
9:00 am 10:30 am Morosco
Think Before You Tweet What Everyone
Should Know About Social Media
PROPERTY / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW /
PRIVACY; YOUNG LAWYERS
With thanks to our program sponsor
With the explosion of social media
and mobile marketing, companies are
increasingly focusing on social and
peer-to-peer marketing. Similarly, the
Internet and other evolving information
technologies are powerful tools for the
collection, processing, storage, and
use of personal information. Tis ever-
changing environment presents unique
opportunities for brand promotion, but
also raises novel legal issues of unfair
trade practices, trademark and copyright
infringement, privacy, data collection,
defamation, harassment, employment
law and false advertising. In 2010, online
advertising was an $8.8 billion dollar
industry, which has faced the scrutiny of
the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and
other regulators and class action lawyers.
Importantly, attorneys and their clients
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must consider the ethical issues that
arise in this environment. For example,
businesses can be liable for personal
internet activities of employees, regardless
of knowledge. Consequently, businesses
must proactively develop strategies and
implement policies to manage the legal
risks and ethical issues. Te speakers will
address how their companies balance the
numerous advantages presented by social
media with the associated legal risks. Te
speakers will focus on the unique legal and
ethical concerns raised by these new forms
of communication.
Sponsoring Committees:
Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN)
and Privacy, E-Commerce & Data Security
Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Lauri Sawyer, Jones Day, New York,
New York
Speakers:
Ann Stanley, Avon, New York, New York
Janet Abrams, MTV, New York, New York
David Pashman, Meetup, New York,
New York
Sarah Feingold, Etsy, New York, New York
10:30 am 11:00 am Empire Ballroom I
Networking Break
With thanks to our sponsor
10:30 am 11:00 am Uris
How To Series: Developing
Programs with the Section
Do you have an idea for a program
that is timely and topical? If so, then
attending this nuts and bolts of how to
develop programs for the Section will be
instrumental in helping you to develop
your proposal. Member and committee
involvement through the development
of programming continues to be the
lifeline of the Section; whether it be for a
seasonal meeting, a brown-bag, podcast,
webcast, teleconference or stand-alone, or
a combination, for CLE or not, there are
ample opportunities for your program idea
to take fight. Join us to learn more about
how to chart the course of your proposal.
Program Chair & Speaker:
Adam B. Farlow, Section Programs Ocer
11:00 am 12:30 pm Broadway
Waste-to-Energy A 21st Century
Solution or a Costly Detour
That Will Derail Recycling?
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY;
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
With thanks to our track sponsor
Lets talk trash and the piles of garbage
and commercial waste intended for mega-
landflls. Can waste provide a path to a
sustainable energy future? Can modern
waste-to-energy facilities kill two birds
with one stone, yielding clean energy
safely at afordable prices? Or is the
process too expensive, fnancially and
environmentally, and will these projects,
that are often public-private partnerships,
undercut recycling eforts? Business and
environmental lawyers with experience in
waste-to-energy projects around the globe
will provide a birds eye view of the many
issues that arise, from project inception to
completed plant operation, as well as ways
to address those issues. Tey will challenge
and engage the audience in an active
dialogue about the role of waste-to-energy
in constructing a sustainable energy future.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Energy & Natural Resources
Committee, International Litigation
Committee and International
Environmental Law, International
Commericial Transactions, Franchising and
Distribution Committee
Program Chairs:
Caryl Ben Basat, BenBasat Law Group,
P.A., Weston, Florida
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Renee Dopplick, Inside Justice,
Washington, DC
Moderator:
Sylvia Chin, White & Case LLP,
New York, New York
Speakers:
Alex McLean, Arthur Cox, Dublin, Ireland
Sumanto Basu, J. Sagar Associates,
Gurgaon, India
Jacqueline Gutierrez, e Nature
Conservancy, Mexico
Bryan Jardine, Wolf eiss, Bucharest,
Romania
11:00 am 12:30 pm Empire Ballroom IV
In Search of a Brave New World
of Venture Capital Financing
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL; YOUNG LAWYERS
Te recent economic crisis has shaken the
venture capital market to its core. Funds
have disappeared or have dramatically
changed focus and size. Tis panel will
examine the current direction of the
venture capital industry in North America,
including: (a) the importance of venture
capital fnancing to encourage innovation;
(b) the role of government in growing and
strengthening the venture capital industry;
(c) the current view of institutional
investors to venture capital; (d) the rise
of super angels and small venture capital
funds in fnancing capital efcient
businesses; (e) advising the entrepreneur
who seeks to raise capital - pitching
interviews and term sheet negotiation; and
(f) the current exit environment and what
lies ahead.
Sponsoring Committees:
Canada Committee and Young Lawyers
Interest Network (YIN)
Program Chairs:
Jefery A. Barnes, Bordon Ladner Gervais
LLP, Toronto, Canada
Vanessa A. Lantin, Administrative Oce
of the U.S. Courts, Washington, DC
Moderator:
Leonard M. Gold, Burns & Levinson LLP,
Boston, Massachusetts
Speakers:
Jeanne M. Sullivan, Starvest, New York,
New York (Invited)
Timothy J. McCunn, Bordon Ladner
Gervais LLP, Ottawa, Canada
W. Ian Palm, McCarthy Tetrault LLP,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John Rufolo, Omers Ventures, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada (Invited)
11:00 am 12:30 pm Imperial
The Opportunities and Challenges of
Managing a Law Firm Competently
INTERNATIONAL LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
FORUM; CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
With thanks to our track sponsor
Our panelists will address critical issues
currently facing law frms including: (a) the
future of local and national law frms as
large multi-national mega frms continue
to expand what are the implications for
the practice of law?; (b) developing and
maintaining alliances or best friends
relationships without compromising
quality; (c) alternative billing structures
and responding to RFPs balancing
professional conduct rules with client
demands; (d) strategic planning for law
frms maintaining standards; (e) creative
marketing ideas that meet professional
standards; and (f) what are the competitive
threats to law frms over the coming fve
to ten years and what are the long term
implications to tomorrows attorneys?
Sponsoring Committee:
International Law Practice
Management Forum
Program Chairs:
Stephen Denyer, Allen & Overy,
Frankfurt, Germany
Justin Vineberg, Davies Ward Philips &
Vineberg, Montral, Qubec, Canada
Speakers:
Jaime Carey, Carey & Ca, Santiago, Chile
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Francois Chateau, Salans, New York,
New York
Richard Cherney, Davies Ward Philips &
Vineberg, Montral, Qubec, Canada
Nishith Desai, Nishith Desai Associates,
Mumbai, India
Austin T. Fragomen, Jr., Fragomen, Del
Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, New York,
NewYork
Umit Herguner, Hergner Bilgen zeke,
Istanbul, Turkey
Julian Howard, Macfarlanes, London,
United Kingdom
Pete Kalis, K+L Gates, New York,
NewYork
Rafael Morales, SyCip Salazar Hernandez
& Gatmaitan, Manila, Philippines
Alfredo Miguel OFarrell, Marval,
O`Farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Richard Wolf, Wolf eiss, Vienna, Austria
11:00 am 12:30 pm Empire Ballroom V
Revolutionizing Justice: The Emerging
Field of Online Dispute Resolution
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION; PROPERTY /
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW / PRIVACY
With thanks to our track sponsors
In todays high-tech era, traditional
methods of dispute resolution have been
slow to adapt to technological innovation,
and are increasingly coming under fre for
lack of efciency and cost-efectiveness.
A quickly growing alternative is online
dispute resolution (ODR). ODR has the
ability to facilitate quick, less expensive,
and more efcient resolutions by
harnessing readily available technologies.
Presently, the United Nations Commission
on International Trade Law is creating
standards on cross-border ODR and
both government and private entities
are implementing ODR. As a result,
various sectors are leading the way to
greater potential for technology mediated
dispute resolution. Tis ODR roundtable
presents a discussion of the legal issues
surrounding ODR from the viewpoints of
the private, non-proft, and public sectors.
Te roundtable panelists will discuss the
background of ODR, the benefts and
challenges of the transition to ODR, an
ODR case study of eBay, and ODR and
public international law.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Litigation Committee, Privacy,
E-Commerce and Data Security Committee,
International Arbitration Committee,
Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN), and
International Mediation Committee
Program Chairs & Moderators:
Jef Aresty, Internet Bar Organization,
Houston, Texas
Fatima Khan, Fatima Khan Consulting,
Houston, Texas
Speakers:
Vikki Rogers, Institute of International
Commercial Law - Pace Law School,
NewYork, New York
Betsy Broder, Federal Trade Commission,
Washington, DC
Colin Rule, Modria, San Jose, California
Gabriela Szlak, Latin American
eCommerce Institute, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
11:00 am 12:30 pm Morosco
Minding Your Budget: Cost-Efcient
Techniques for Protecting Your
Intellectual Property Around the World
PROPERTY / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW /
PRIVACY; CORPORATE COUNSEL
A companys long-term viability can largely
depend on the proper management and
protection of its intellectual property, and
whether it is fully exploiting the value of
its intellectual property. Efciency is vital,
as precious time and money are wasted
when preliminary questions are not asked,
and appropriately broad searches are
not conducted in advance. For example,
have the potential geographic markets
been identifed before the products
release? Does it make fnancial sense to
fle for protection in a particular market
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where there is not any use? Utilizing the
audience to address hypothetical scenarios
covering such international issues as
searching, protectability, fling regimes
and ownership, this interactive workshop
will demonstrate how efcient portfolio
management can minimize the costs of
obtaining and maintaining intellectual
property.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Intellectual Property
Committee, U.S. Lawyers Practicing Abroad,
and International Secured Transactions
Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Matthew Asbell, Ladas & Parry LLP,
New York, New York
Speakers:
Meir Blonder, Leviton Mfg. Co., Melville,
New York (Invited)
Barbara Kolsun, Stuart Weitzman, LLC,
New York, New York
John Richards, Fordham University,
New York, New York
Kelly Slavitt, Reckitt Benckiser, Parsippany,
New Jersey
11:00 am 12:30 pm Empire Ballroom II
Not For Sale: Global Responses
to Sex and Labor Trafcking
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW
12-year-oldsunder constant supervision
by pimps in the alleys of the Sonagachi
Red-light districtYoung girls brutishly
incarcerated in poorly-lit, overcrowded,
Indian brothels for paid sexVulnerable
trafcked boys and girls toiling daily
on cocoa plantations in Cote dIvoire
...Adolescent sex slaves in the United
States. Human trafcking has become a
global human rights epidemic. From forced
prostitution to forced labor, an estimated
27 million people currently are victims of
this modern-day brand of slavery. How do
we tackle this worldwide scourge of human
exploitation? How does one combat human
trafcking within and across country
borders? What is the worlds response via
domestic laws? International regulations?
UN Conventions? Tis panel will bring
together diverse world leading experts
to discuss and analyze this distressing
universal predicament.
(rough an agreement with FORA.tv,
this program is being videotaped for future
viewing. e session will be available online.
For additional information, please visit the
FORA.tv table in the Registration Area and
Exhibit Hall)
Sponsoring Committees:
International Human Rights Committee,
Africa Committee, Europe Committee, India
Committee, Russia/Eurasia Committee,
NGO & Not-for-Proft Organizations
Committee, Women`s Interest Network
(WIN), International Criminal Law
Committee, International Pro Bono
Committee, National Security Committee,
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee,
International Refugee Law Committee,
International Employment Law Committee,
Immigration & Naturalization Committee,
and ABA Section of Individual Rights and
Responsibilities Women`s Rights Committee
Program Chairs:
Becky Farrar, Attorney-at-Law,
Washington, DC
Olufunmi Oluyede, TRLPLAW,
Lagos, Nigeria
Moderator:
Samantha Healy Vardaman, Esq, Shared
Hope International, Arlington, Virginia
Speakers:
Anne T. Gallagher, Asia Regional
Tracking in Persons (ARTIP) Project,
Bangkok, ailand
Laura Lederer, Global Centurion /
Georgetown University Law Center, Fairfax,
Virginia
Jonathan Todres, Georgia State University,
College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm Empire Ballroom III
Special Showcase Event: A
Dialogue with Michael Douglas
Michael Douglass
career in theatre,
flm and television
has exemplifed
excellence for over
forty years. He has
won three Golden
Globes and two
Academy Awards;
frst as producer of 1975s Best Picture,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest, and as
Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall
Street. He has shown an uncanny knack
for choosing projects that refect
relevant public concerns, often
including legal issues, including Te
China Syndrome, Falling Down,
Trafc, Fatal Attraction, Te War
of the Roses, Basic Instinct and Te
American President. He received the
American Film Institutes Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2009. Mr.
Douglas has been a United Nations
Messenger of Peace for over a decade
focusing on nuclear non-proliferation
and the control of smallarms.
Mr. Douglas is married to the Academy
Award-winning actress Catherine Zeta-
Jones and is the son of the actor Kirk
Douglas.
Te Section of International Law is
privileged to present this Showcase
Event as part of a successful series of
dialogues on international law and
policy that has included inspiring
discussions with other exceptional
individuals, including Jane Goodall,
Teodore Sorensen, Robert McNamara
and Bob Geldof.
Moderator:
Jonathan Granof, Law Oce of
Jonathan G. Grano, Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
12:45 pm
2:15 pm
Empire Ballroom III
Ticketed Event
Luncheon with
Pierre N. Leval
With thanks to our sponsor

Pierre Leval is a United States Circuit
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit. At the time of his
appointment in 1993, he was a United
States District Court Judge in the
Southern District of New York.
Judge Leval received his B.A. degree
from Harvard College in 1959 and his
J.D. degree magna cum laude in 1963
from the Harvard Law School, where
he served as Note Editor of the Harvard
Law Review.
Judge Leval served in the U.S. Army
in 1959. He was a law clerk for Judge
Henry J. Friendly of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit from 1963 until 1964. Judge
Leval was an Assistant United States
Attorney in the Southern District
of New York from 1964 until 1968,
serving there as Chief Appellate
Attorney from 1967 to 1968. From
1969 until 1975, Judge Leval was in
private law practice as an associate and
then a partner in the New York frm of
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.
He joined the New York County
District Attorneys Ofce in 1975,
where he served frst as First Assistant
District Attorney, and subsequently as
Chief Assistant District Attorney. In
1977, he was appointed to the United
States District Court for the Southern
District of New York.
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Judge Leval is a member of the Adjunct
Faculty of the New York University
School of Law. He was awarded the
Hillmon Memorial Fellowship by the
University of Wisconsin in 1988; the
Donald R. Brace Memorial Lectureship
by the Copyright Society of the
U.S.A. in 1989; the Fowler Harper
Memorial Fellowship by Yale Law
School in 1992; the Melville Nimmer
Lectureship by UCLA Law School in
1997; the Learned Hand Medal of the
Federal Bar Council in 1997; and the
University of Connecticut School of
Laws Intellectual Property Keynote
Lectureship for 2001. He assumed
Senior Judge status in 2002.
Judge Leval is a native of New York.
Presentation of the Louis B.
Sohn Award for the Public
International Law Presentation:
Anne-Marie Slaughter
In honor of Section Chair Louis
B. Sohn (1992-93), this award is
presented to those persons who
have made distinguished, long-
standing contributions to the feld
of public international law. Tis
year the award is being presented to
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the
Woodrow Wilson School of Public
and International Afairs in Princeton
and, until recently, Director of Policy
Planning for the US Department
of State. Anne-Marie taught at the
University of Chicago and Harvard
before Princeton, and serves on the
board of the Council on Foreign
Relations, National Security Network,
and Brookings Doha Center. She
has been a long-time supporter of
the Section and has participated in
numerous Section programs.
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Empire Ballroom II
Economic Espionage & Social Media:
Where Is Your Data Tonight?
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY; PROPERTY /
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW / PRIVACY
With thanks to our track sponsor
Your data has been breachedpersonal
data of employees and customers, as well
as proprietary company information.
Criminals are after your corporate
information and, increasingly, social media
sites are where they look to get in. How
do you respond? Data security breaches
can cost billions in fnes, notifcation of
data subjects, governmental investigations,
legal fees, loss of business reputation,
credibility and, perhaps, trade secrets.
Will your company be the next headline?
Tis interactive program discusses: (a) an
overview of the laws of data protection,
ethical issues regarding security of client
information, and remediation of breach;
(b) the basics of incident response for
multinational corporations under statutory
and regulatory schemes within the E.U.,
Canada, Asia and South America; and
(c) trends toward greater data protection
and encryption requirements as electronic
global commerce accelerates.
Sponsoring Committee:
International Litigation Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Fernando Pinguelo, Norris, McLaughlin
& Marcus, Bridgewater, New York
Program Chair & Speaker:
Kenneth Rashbaum, Rashbaum Associates,
LLC, New York, New York
Speakers:
Renato Opice Blum, Opice Blum,
Sao Paolo, Brazil
Seth Kosto, U.S. Attorney`s Oce, Newark,
New Jersey
Muhammad Akram Sheikh, Supreme
Court of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
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2:30 pm 4:00 pm Empire Ballroom IV
Cross-Border Secured Lending: Challenges
of Structuring the Collateral Package
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL;
CORPORATE COUNSEL
Seasoned cross-border lending lawyers
from varied jurisdictions and multilateral
institutions will debate the efcacy of
currently employed security interest
devices in respect of edgy collateral,
such as satellite systems, submarine fber
optic cables, trans-border pipelines,
agribusiness and hydrocarbon and other
natural resources extraction, with a view to
probing the limits of constraining national
sovereignty through current and proposed
private law instruments. Te discussion
will include review of efectiveness of
eforts to of-shore collateral packages,
to work around potential assertions of
national sovereignty over public utility,
public service and national resource
activities, and to address the tensions
between Calvo and ICSID approaches
to dispute resolution. Te presentation
will occur as a strategy session debate
between counsel expert in the key
representative jurisdictions of Argentina,
Brazil, England, Mexico and the United
States on the one hand, and on the other,
counsel in the role of senior international
and multilateral lenders.
Sponsoring Committees:
Mexico Committee, Canada Committee,
Cross-Border Real Estate Practice Committee,
Europe Committee, International
Commercial Transactions, Franchising &
Distribution Committee, and International
Corporate Counsel Committee
Program Chair:
Lucila Escria, Negri & Teijeiro Abogados,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Program Chair & Moderator:
Patrick Del Duca, Zuber & Taillieu LLP,
Los Angeles, California
Moderator:
Meaghan McGrath Sutton, International
Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
Speakers:
Raquel Bierzwinsky, Chadbourne & Parke
LLP, Mexico City, Mexico
Ana Paula Gambogi Carvalho, Santos
Neto Advogados, So Paulo, Brazil
Juan Javier Negri, Negri & Teijeiro
Abogados, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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2:30 pm 4:00 pm Empire Ballroom V
The Aftermath of the Global Financial
Crisis A Focus on Insider Trading and
Developments in Securities Law: Part I
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsors
Tis two-part Showcase program will focus
on four key areas of law arising from the
global fnancial crisis: (a) Insider Trading
and SEC enforcement actions against
hedge fund managers and criminal actions
against insider trading networks and
intermediaries; (b) civil litigation against
fnancial institutions and individuals
arising from the crisis (c) the extraterritorial
reach of US securities laws, following
the decision of the US Supreme Court in
Morrison v. National Australia Bank; and
(d) the essential court-made law developing
in decisions such as Matrixx Initiatives Inc.
v. Siracusano, Janus Capital Group v. First
Derivative Traders, Erica P. John Fund v.
Halliburton Inc. and others. Part I will
review the aggressive approach taken by
the SEC to insider trading by means of a
newly created Task Force and will examine
essential prosecutions such as those of Raj
Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta and David Sokol,
together with the developing law of insider
trading. Part I also will feature an in depth
discussion of prominent civil lawsuits
such as the SEC lawsuit against Goldman
Sachs, the Fabulous Fab litigation and
key claims against several of the nations
most prominent fnancial institutions.
Te program will feature prominent
prosecutors, defense lawyers, academics
and journalists, each of whom has been
directly involved in the legal developments
spurred by the global fnancial crisis and
who bring difering perspectives on the
impact of these important changes.
(rough an agreement with FORA.tv,
this program is being videotaped for future
viewing. e session will be available online.
For additional information, please visit the
FORA.tv table in the Registration Area and
Exhibit Hall)
Sponsoring Committees:
International Securities and Capital Markets
Committee and International Financial
Products & Services Committee
Program Chairs & Moderators:
Meyer Eisenberg, Columbia Law School,
New York, New York and Willamette
University, College of Law, Salem, Oregon
Charles D. Schmerler, Fulbright &
Jaworski, L.L.P., New York, New York
Speakers:
Kenneth Bialkin, Skadden Arps, New
York, New York
John C. Cofee, Jr., Columbia Law School,
New York, New York
Robert Khuzami, Director, Division
of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), Washington, DC
William R. McLucas, WilmerHale,
Washington, DC
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Morosco
Drafting International Restrictive
Covenants and Trade Secrets
EMPLOYMENT LAW / HUMAN RESOURCES;
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
Drafting and negotiating restrictive
covenants or litigating covenants and
trade secrets issues at the international
level is no simple task. As the global
economy continues to expand, it becomes
increasingly challenging for attorneys
in the U.S. and other jurisdictions
representing employers to ensure that such
provisions are enforceable worldwide,
and for those representing employees to
ensure that their clients are able to retain
their mobility in the event of a change
in employment circumstances. Tis
program will explore these challenges
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through an experienced panel composed
of both U.S. and foreign employment
counsel (representing both individuals and
management). Te panelists will discuss
the most common problems and provide
their perspective on how to deal efectively
with the drafting, negotiation, and
litigation of such cross border restrictive
covenants.
Sponsoring Committees:
Privacy, E-Commerce & Data Security
Committee, Section of Labor and
Employment Law: International Labor &
Employment Law Committee
Program Chair & Speaker:
Wendi S. Lazar, Outten & Golden LLP,
New York, New York
Moderator:
Gary R Siniscalco, Orrick, Herrington &
Sutclie LLP, San Francisco, California
Speakers:
Danny Ong, Rajah & Tann LLP,
Singapore (Invited)
Oscar De La Vega, Littler Mendelson,
Mexico City, Mexico
Jason Noakes, Norton Rose Australia,
Sydney, Australia
Gerlind Wisskirchen, CMS Hasche Sigle,
Cologne, Germany
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Imperial
Leading a Law Firm in Turbulent Times
INTERNATIONAL LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
FORUM; CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
With thanks to our track sponsor
Over the last few years, law frm leaders
in many diferent jurisdictions have had
to cope with a very unpredictable market
for legal services. Tis has caused many
of them to re-examine their fundamental
strategy and priorities and seek to
reposition their frms as more agile
organizations. Have these experiences
led to fundamental shifts in the market
for legal services, particularly in smaller
jurisdictions and niche markets? What
are the leadership skills that have been
required and how have law frm leaders
coped with the stresses and strains of
difcult choices? Tese questions will
be addressed by a panel of law frm
leaders from a range of diferent types of
jurisdictions and size of practice.
Sponsoring Committee:
International Law Practice
Management Forum
Program Chairs:
Stephen Denyer, Allen & Overy,
Frankfurt, Germany
Susanna Fuchsbrunner, SIBETH
Rechtsanwaelte, Frankfurt, Germany
Speakers:
Timur Bondyarev, Arzinger, Kiev, Ukraine
Piet Faber, Edward Nathan Sonnenberg,
Cape Town, South Africa
Myra Garrett, William Fry,
Dublin, Ireland
Julien Kavaruganda, K-Solutions &
Partners, Kigali, Rwanda
David Lancaster, Webber Wentzel,
Johannesburg, South Africa
David McDonough, Clayton Utz,
Brisbane, Australia
Ilya V. Nikiforov, Egorov Puginsky
Afanasiev & Partners, St Petersburg, Russia
Javier Petrantonio, M. & M. Bomchil,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pierre Raoul-Duval, Gide Loyrette Nouel,
Paris, France
Cyril Shrof, Amarchand & Mangaldas &
Suresh a. Shro & co., Mumbai, India
Gerhard Wegen, Gleiss Lutz,
Stuttgart, Germany
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Broadway
Rape: Impunity and
Command Responsibility
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW
Rape is the rule and not the exception in
many confict situations. Between 250,000
and 500,000 women were violated, many
with broken bottles, rifes and sticks,
during the 100 day-Rwandan genocide.
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Forty-eight women an hour are raped in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC), deemed the rape capital of the
world by the UN. Men and boys also sufer
the pain and stigma of rape.
Tis panel will explore avenues to
prosecute perpetrators including mobile
courts in the DRC and national courts
that utilize universal jurisdiction. Te
speakers will focus on international law
developed in supranational tribunals
that have decided rape is a crime against
humanity and can be genocide. Cases will
be discussed that hold superiors liable for
rapes committed by their subordinates.
Te panel will also propose measures to
dispel cultural norms that prevent victims
from disclosing the horrors inficted upon
them and motivate them to initiate an
action against their perpetrator.
Sponsoring Committees:
Africa Committee, International Human
Rights Committee, the Women`s Interest
Network (WIN) and the International
Criminal Law Committeee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Elizabeth Barad, L/O E. Barad,
New York, New York
Speakers:
Tonderai Chikuhwa, United Nations,
New York, New York (Invited)
Alison Cole, Open Society Justice Initiative,
New York, New York
Eugenie Mukeshimana, Genocide Surviors
Support Network, South Orange, New Jersey
Dr. Roger Luhiriri, Spine Africa Project
and former physician at the Panzi Hospital
in the Democratic Republic of Congo
4:00 pm 4:30 pm Empire Ballroom I
Networking Break
With thanks to our sponsor
4:00 pm 4:30 pm Uris
How To Series: Communications
Communications Ofcer Steven Richman
is in charge of Section communications
and media outreach. He will be available
during this How to Session to talk about
opportunities to promote your program,
publication or other Section activity. He
will advise on how best to work with
ABA Media Afairs, structure your media
outreach, and publicize your achievements
inside and outside the Section.
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Broadway
Latin American Utilities: What
Big PE Wants, Big PE Gets
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL;
CORPORATE COUNSEL
In-house and outside counsel will discuss
the ongoing boom of private equity (PE)
investment in Latin American utilities and
other regulated sectors, including water
utilities, power generation and distribution
companies, port facilities, toll roads, and
related areas. Whats driving these huge
investments and why are these regulated
markets so appealing to PE investors?
What sectors are hotter and why? What
kinds of legal framework and contractual
protections are investors seeking? How
do the various investment protection and
regulatory systems fare? What are the
main legal hurdles and practical issues?
Our experts will discuss current PE
investment strategies, goals and trends,
convey practical DOs and DONTs of
PE transactions in Brazil, Argentina,
Chile, Peru, and Colombia (from
diligence to post-closing compliance),
review useful contractual and regulatory
mechanisms to mitigate traditional
risks (e.g., environmental contingencies,
foreign exchange risk, price regulation/
determination, and government action/
inaction), and debate some pros and cons
of the various regulatory systems and their
practical implementation. Troughout
the discussion, they will provide real-
life examples of issues encountered and
solutions found when representing clients
interests in Latin American private
equityinvestments.
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Sponsoring Committees:
International M&A and Joint Venture
Committee, Customs Law Committee, Latin
American & Caribbean Committee and
Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN)
Program Chair:
Marcos Ros, Carey Abogados,
Santiago, Chile
Program Chair & Moderator:
Marcelo Bombau, M&M Bomchil
Abogados, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Speakers:
Andrs C. Mena, Kirkland & Ellis LLP,
New York, New York
Adriano Schnur Ferreira, Machado,
Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados,
So Paulo, Brazil
Francisco Ugarte, Carey Abogados,
Santiago, Chile
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Empire Ballroom IV
Somethings Gotta Give Balancing
the Rights of Majority and Minority
Interests in the Private Enterprise
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL; YOUNG LAWYERS
Tis highly interactive session will explore
the process for building protections for
majority and minority stakeholders in a
private enterprise. In this frst part of the
programme, panelists will present several
actual deal scenarios which address the
themes and stakeholder perspectives to
be explored in the interactive section of
the program. Particular emphasis will be
placed on the special challenges facing
investors and existing shareholders when
formulating their positions during difcult
economic times. Session participants,
working in small groups, will then address
the issues raised in a case study made
available to participants in advance of
the session. Participants will take on the
role of counsel to a potential investor
in a private company, or counsel to one
of the two existing shareholders. Te
clients will discuss with their counsel
the key provisions they gotta have in
the proposed transaction and why these
provisions are critical to them. Participants
will be encouraged to draw on their
own experiences when looking at ways
to balance the rights and obligations of
majority and minority interest in the
private enterprise. Te session will close
with presentation by the counsel of
their clients positions with the goal of
negotiation a term sheet for the deal.
Sponsoring Committees:
Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN),
Islamic Finance Committee, and Foreign
Legal Consultant Committee
Program Chairs:
Mattia Colonnelli de Gasperis, Colonnelli
de Gasperis Studio Legale, Milan, Italy
Nancy A. Matos, Baker McKenzie,
Amsterdam, e Netherlands
Moderator:
Randall A. Hanson, Womble Carlyle
Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Greensboro, North
Carolina
Speakers:
Marcel Barth, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Hannover, Germany
Salli Swartz, Artus Wise, Paris, France
Carlos Velzquez de Len, Basham, Ringe
y Correa, S.C., Monterrey, Mexico
Salli Swartz, Artus Wise, Paris, France
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Empire Ballroom V
The Aftermath of the Global Financial
Crisis A Focus on Insider Trading and
Developments in Securities Law: Part II
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsors
Tis two-part Showcase program will
focus on four key areas of law arising
from the global fnancial crisis: (a)
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Insider Trading and SEC enforcement
actions against hedge fund managers and
criminal actions against insider trading
networks and intermediaries; (b) civil
litigation against fnancial institutions and
individuals arising from the crisis (c) the
extraterritorial reach of US securities laws,
following the decision of the US Supreme
Court in Morrison v. National Australia
Bank; and (d) the essential court-made law
developing in decisions such as Matrixx
Initiatives Inc. v. Siracusano, Janus Capital
Group v. First Derivative Traders, Erica P.
John Fund v. Halliburton Inc. and others.
Part I will review the aggressive approach
taken by the SEC to insider trading by
means of a newly created Task Force and
will examine essential prosecutions such as
those of Raj Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta and
David Sokol, together with the developing
law of insider trading. Part II will examine
the development of securities law in
the wake of several recent high profle
decisions from the United States Supreme
Court, which may serve to redefne the
reach and applicability of US securities
laws, the elements of proof of securities
law violations and the access of plaintifs
to our nations courts. Te program will
feature prominent prosecutors, defense
lawyers, academics and journalists, each
of whom has been directly involved in the
legal developments spurred by the global
fnancial crisis and who bring difering
perspectives on the impact of these
important changes.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Securities and Capital Markets
Committee and International Financial
Products & Services Committee
Program Chairs & Moderators:
Meyer Eisenberg, Columbia Law School,
New York, New York and Willamette
University, College of Law, Salem, Oregon
Charles D. Schmerler, Fulbright &
Jaworski, L.L.P., New York, New York
Speakers:
Michael Connoly, Solicitor, Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC), Washington,
DC (Invited)
Stephen J. Crimmins, K&L Gates,
Washington, DC
Dixie L. Johnson, Fried Frank,
Washington, DC
Edward Greene, Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton and Columbia Law School, New
York, New York (Invited)
Stanley Grossman, Pomerantz Haudek
Grossman & Gross LLP, New York,
New York
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Morosco
Executive Compensation in
Global High Denition
EMPLOYMENT LAW / HUMAN RESOURCES;
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
With thanks to our program sponsor
Executive compensation has become a
toxic issue for employers, and a focal point
for shareholder activism and governmental
regulation. Tat is only half the story,
because compliance with applicable labor,
securities, and tax laws presents regular
cross-border risks for those handling plan
design and administration. Our expert
panel will discuss the most material risks
facing employers and their counsel.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Employment Law Committee
and International Intellectual Property
Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
J. Mark Poerio, Paul Hastings LLP,
Washington, DC
Speakers:
Lynn Dudley, American Benefts Council,
Washington, DC
Pasquale Ferrara, Rabobank International,
New York, New York
Peter Haller, Credit Suisse, New York,
New York
Michael Wesclitz, Philip Morris
International, Geneva, Switzerland
(Invited)
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Britt Whitman, Intel Corp.,
Hillsboro, Oregon
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Imperial
NON-CLE PRESENTATION
Marketing Secrets: What Lawyers
Can Learn from MBA Marketers
About Marketing Legal Services
INTERNATIONAL LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
FORUM; DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION
With thanks to our track sponsors
Do you want to market your services
more efectively and attract more
clients at home and abroad? Are you
interested in key marketing strategies
that professionally trained marketers
use? Tis highly interactive and engaging
session will share key concepts taught by
the speaker to marketing MBA students
at Rice Universitys Jones Graduate
School of Business during the course
Marketing Professional Services in the
Global Economy. Tis session will teach
the efective marketing communication
strategies that MBA marketers learnand
that international lawyers can use, both
internationally and domestically. Come
prepared for hands on learning, highly
interactive exercises, and fun.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Law Practice Management
Forum and Young Lawyers Interest
Network (YIN)
Program Chair & Speaker:
Janet H. Moore, Global Rainmaking,
Houston, Texas
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Empire Ballroom II
The Evolution of International Criminal
Law: Problems and Perspectives
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW;
YOUNG LAWYERS
A conversation with Ben Ferencz, the
sole surviving American who served as
a prosecutor at the Nuremburg trials
of Nazi war criminals. Ferencz was
Chief Prosecutor for the United States
in Te Einsatzgruppen Case, which the
Associated Press called the biggest murder
trial in history. Twenty-two defendants
were charged with - and convicted of
- murdering over a million people. In
addition to his wartime and Nuremburg
experiences, Ferencz will discuss
Nuremburgs implications for the rule of
law and the international criminal court.
(rough an agreement with FORA.tv,
this program is being videotaped for future
viewing. e session will be available online.
For additional information, please visit the
FORA.tv table in the Registration Area and
Exhibit Hall)
Sponsoring Committees:
National Security Committee, UN and
International Institutions Coordinating
Committee, Young Lawyers Interest Network
(YIN), Seasoned Lawyers Interest Network
(SIN), Law Student, LLM and New Lawyer
Outreach Committee, and International
Human Rights Committee
Program Chairs & Moderators:
Michael H. Byowitz, Wachtell, Lipton,
Rose & Katz, New York, New York
Don Ferencz, e Planethood Foundation,
New York, New York
Speaker:
Ben Ferencz, New Rochelle, New York
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6:30 pm 8:30 pm
Tours of The New American Wing
Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture
and Decorative Arts at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Non-Ticketed Event, Bus Shuttle Service
to be Provided
Before and during the evenings gala
reception, take a complimentary guided
tour of the newly reopened Galleries for
Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative
Arts. Please use the Museums Main
Entrance, located on 82nd Street and
Fifth Avenue.
With thanks to our
pre-reception museum tour sponsor
7:00 pm 10:00 pm
Ticketed Event, Black tie optional, Bus
Shuttle Service to be Provided
Gala Reception in The Temple of
Dendur in The Sackler Wing of The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
With thanks to our sponsor
FRIDAY, APRIL 20
7:00 am 7:00 pm Empire Ballroom I
Registration Area, Exhibit Hall
and Business Center Open
7:45 am 9:00 am Empire Ballroom III
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am 8:50 am Empire Ballroom IV
Breakfast at the Bar: Practice Readiness
for the Global Corporate Environment:
The Role of Law Schools in Teaching
International Corporate Law and Ethics
YOUNG LAWYERS; CORPORATE COUNSEL
Tis program will address the role law
schools play in preparing students to
be international corporate counsel. Te
issues to be addressed include: (a) the
international attorney client privilege;
(b) international crisis / management;
(c) international corporate compliance;
(d) the role of global in-house counsel;
(e) international internal investigations;
(f) cross border e-discovery; (g)global
corporate governance; and (h)international
litigation management. Tese important
cross-border, international and global
issues that arise in corporate law and
practice are critical to learn about during
the course of a students legal education.
Te distinguished experts representing
both legal education and international
corporate practice, will engage in a
dynamic discussion of these and related
issues, to better understand the issues from
various perspectives, and to further develop
the quality and efcacy of international
legal education. Questions to be addressed
include: What do law schools currently
provide in terms of teaching international
corporate law? What should law schools
provide? What is the law school view of
the future of international corporate legal
education? What technological innovations
will facilitate international corporate legal
education? Tis program will facilitate
an important and interesting discussion
among scholars, educators, bar leaders, and
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practitioners that is likely to have a positive
impact on the continuing development of
international legal education.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Legal Education and Specialist
Certifcation Committee, Europe Committee,
and Women`s Interest Network (WIN)
Program Chair & Moderator:
Carole L. Basri, CorporateLawyering
Group, LLC, New York, New York
Larry White, TOBB ETU School of Law,
Ankara, Turkey
Speakers:
Diane Edelman, Villanova University
School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania
David Boyd Booker, Credit Agricole
Corporate Investment Bank, New York,
New York
Jefrey Lehman, Peking University School
of Transnational Law, Shen Zhen, China
Mark Shulman, Pace University School of
Law, New York, New York
8:00 am 8:50 am Magestic
ABA International / Israel Bar Joint
Conference Planning Committee Meeting
Please join the Planning Committee of the
2012 ABA International/Israel Bar Joint
Conference for an open meeting to discuss
the upcoming program to be held in Eilat,
Israel, on May 20-24, 2012. Tis meeting
is open to any Spring Meeting attendees
who wish to learn more about the meeting
or become more involved.
9:00 am 10:30 am Imperial
Post Lehman - Will Financial Markets
Be Regulated through the Back
Door of Competition Policy?
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY; CORPORATE /
TRANSACTIONAL
With thanks to our track sponsor
After the second wave of crisis in global
fnancial systems, there is a perceived
need for signifcantly more and tougher
regulation of fnancial services. At the
same time, recent high-profle probes into
fnancial sector conduct (e.g., credit default
swaps in the E.U. and U.S., auditing in
the UK and credit cards in Canada and
the U.S.) highlight the ongoing scrutiny
of this sector by antitrust agencies.
Tis is occurring against a backdrop of
consolidation of fnancial infrastructure
(such as stock exchanges) which is re-
shaping the sector and raising regulatory,
antitrust and sometimes foreign investment
hurdles in a number of countries.
Our panel of experts will consider whether
and how eforts of competition regulators
in key jurisdictions align or confict
with the regulatory solutions proposed
or implemented by fnancial authorities
at the national and international level.
Do competition authorities pre-empt
regulatory tasks? How do agencies avoid
imposing conficting remedies?
Sponsoring Committees:
International Antitrust Law Committee,
U.S. Lawyers Practicing Abroad,
International Commercial Transactions
Committee, and Foreign Legal Consultant
Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Martin Bechtold, Allen & Overy LLP,
Brussels, Belgium
Program Chair & Speaker:
Sandy Walker, Fraser Milner Casgrain
LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Speakers:
Holly Kulka, NYSE Euronext, New York,
New York (Invited)
Alexander Okuliar, U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington, DC (Invited)
David Schwartz, Wachtell Lipton Rosen
and Katz, New York, New York
Irmfried Schwimann, European
Commission, Brussels, Belgium (Invited)
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The Use of IPOs in Emerging
Markets to Finance Projects
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL; PROPERTY /
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW / PRIVACY
A diverse, panel of experts from Europe,
South, and North America will discuss
the use of initial public oferings (IPOs)
in emerging markets. With the difculty
of obtaining fnancing from fnancial
institutions in emerging markets, more
investors and developers are looking to use
IPOs to fnance projects. Tis is a diferent
use of IPOs than what is commonly done
in the United States and Europe. What
are the similarities and key diferences
in the use of IPOs in diferent markets?
What are the key issues and risks that
must be addressed in launching an IPO?
Join this panel for a lively discussion and
interactivesession.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Investment & Development
Committee and Corporate Social
Responsibility Committee
Program Chair:
Terry A Selzer, Stampe Haume &
Hasselriis, Copenhagen, Denmark
Program Chair & Moderator:
Alexia Rosenthal, Tanoira Cassagne,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Speakers:
Tomer Pinkusiewicz, White & Case,
New York, New York
Francisco Velazquez, Goodrich Riquelme
and Associates, Mexico City, Mexico
Petra Zijp, Nauta Dutilh, Amsterdam,
e Netherlands
9:00 am 10:30 am Empire Ballroom V
The Exported Tort: Prosecuting
and Defending Tort Cases Against
Multinational Companies in Todays
and Tomorrows Legal World
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION
With thanks to our track sponsors
Indians in the Amazon suing
multinational oil companies for billions of
dollars? In Ecuador? Pharmaceutical and
medical device litigation suing in multiple
countries? Requesting international class
certifcation? Tis panel will review the
state of tort litigation across international
borders. Te discussion will include a
review of legislation enacted in foreign
countries to help accomodate large scale
tort litigation, including class action-like
devices. It will also include a review of
legislation designed to make enforcement
of judgments obtained in foreign countries
easier. Te panel will weave throughout
this discussion real-life examples of how
changes in foreign legal systems have been
used to further the prosecution and/or
enhance the defense.
Sponsoring Committee:
International Litigation Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Rudy Perrino, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP,
Los Angeles, California
Speakers:
Victor Garita, Facio y Canas, San Jose,
Costa Rica
Christian Levesque, Conrad & Scherer,
Washington, DC
William Tomson, Gibson Dunn &
Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California
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9:00 am 10:30 am Broadway
NON-CLE PRESENTATION
Brand Yourself for Professional
Success: Personal Branding Strategies
for International Lawyers
INTERNATIONAL LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT;
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION
With thanks to our track sponsors
Does your personal brand attract new
clients? Do you even know what your
personal brand isand whether it
compliments or conficts with your frms
brand? Understanding, and authentically
adjusting your personal brand can help
you to attract more clients, both at home
and abroad. Te panel will also share
insights on branding entire law frms, and
on cross-cultural branding challenges.
Tis highly interactive and engaging
session will be structured like a workshop
with panel presentations, followed by
breakout discussions in small groups
with the speakers to teach you practical
brandingtips.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Law Practice Management
Forum and Young Lawyers Interest
Network (YIN)
Program Chair & Moderator:
Janet H. Moore, Global Rainmaking,
Houston, Texas
Speakers:
Silvia Hodges, Fordham University,
New York, New York
Paramjit Mahli, SCG Legal PR Network,
New York, New York
Burkey Belser, Greenfeld Belser Ltd.,
Washington, DC
Frank Sommerfeld, Sommerfeld
Communications, NY, New York (Invited)
9:00 am 10:30 am Morosco
ACTA Now: How the New Anti-
Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
Affects Your Practice or Business
PROPERTY / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW /
PRIVACY; CORPORATE COUNSEL
Counterfeit products, including those with
protected trademarks and those comprising
copyrighted works, as well as generic
versions of patented pharmaceuticals, are
a signifcant problem for certain rights
holders. Anti-counterfeiting enforcement
has largely been the subject of national
law, and until recently, there have been
limited mechanisms for collaboration
between countries to curb counterfeiting
after it crosses the border. Te Anti-
Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
is a multilateral agreement that encourages
cooperation among signatories (including
the signifcant economies of Canada,
the EU, Mexico, Australia, and the U.S.,
all of which negotiated the agreement)
in enforcement against counterfeiters.
Te treaty may represent a signifcant
step toward harmonious counterfeit
enforcement and give rights-holders the
ability to efectively fght counterfeiting
both at home and abroad.
Sponsoring Committee:
International Intellectual
Property Committee
Program Chair:
Matthew Asbell, Ladas & Parry LLP,
New York, New York
Moderator:
Barbara Kolsun, Stuart Weitzman,
New York, New York
Speakers:
Dawn Buonocore-Atlas, Calvin Klein,
New York, New York
John McKeown, Cassels Brock & Blackwell
LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John Richards, Fordham University,
New York, New York
Sal Santoyo, Uhtho Gomex Vega &
Uhtho, Mexico City, Mexico
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Networking Break
With thanks to our sponsor
10:30 am 11:00 am Uris
How To Series: Policy and the Section
Policy Ofcer Ronald J. Bettauer will be
available at this session to discuss policy-
making opportunities within the Section.
11:00 am 12:30 pm Imperial
Price Signaling and Hub-and-Spoke
Communication: How to Avoid the
Cutting Edge of Antitrust Liability
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY;
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
With thanks to our track sponsor
Imagine you are a manufacturer and
intend to increase your prices in the future.
Several weeks in advance of the intended
price increase, you communicate your
intentions to some of your key customers.
Is there any risk involved? Developments
in the U.S., the E.U. and as far afeld
as Australia, as well as the attitude and
actions of regulators in those places, have
called into question how far signaling or
any kind of disclosure of price movements
is allowed and where it creates risk of
antitrust liability. Tis panel will explore
the state of the law on direct or indirect
information exchange with competitors,
suppliers and customers with a particular
focus on price signaling as well as hubs
and spokes in key places around the world,
ofering practical advice regarding how the
rules apply in diferent common business
contexts such as trade associations.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Antitrust Law Committee,
Europe Committee, International
Commercial Transactions, Franchising,
& Distribution Committee, Information
Privacy, E-Commerce and Data
Security Committee, International
Litigation Committee, and International
IntellectualProperty
Program Chair:
Paul Schof, Minter Ellison Lawyers,
Sydney, Australia
Program Chair & Moderator:
Eckart Wagner, Corinius LLP,
Hamburg, Germany
Speakers:
Katrina Groshinski, Minter Ellison
Lawyers, Sydney, Australia
Wolfgang Heckenberger, Siemens AG,
Munich, Germany
Henning Leupold, European Commission,
Directorate General Competition,
Brussels, Belgium
Michael Sosso, BP America, Inc.,
Houston, Texas
Charlotte Zapfe, German Federal Cartel
Oce, Bonn, Germany (Invited)
11:00 am 12:30 pm Empire Ballroom IV
Wading into the Shark Tank
Negotiating International
Energy Contracts
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL;
CORPORATE COUNSEL
Tis program will guide the audience
through a selection of legal, commercial
and cultural issues which international
energy companies (IOCs) and host
governments face when an IOC wishes
to make a substantial investment in a
host country. Te format will be a mock
negotiation between the government and
the IOC of a Development Agreement.
Te Development Agreement is intended
to address the rights and duties of the
parties pertaining to an LNG (liquefed
natural gas) project for the liquefaction of a
large deposit of natural gas which has been
discovered by an IOC, TexGas, in a remote
area of the Republic of Petrostan, far from
any market for the product. Liquefaction
is necessary in order to export the gas by
ship. If the negotiations are successful,
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both Petrostan and TexGas will reap
substantial benefts.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Energy & Natural Resources
Committee, International Investment &
Development Committee, International
Anti-Corruption Committee, Corporate
Social Responsibility Committee,
International Commercial Transactions,
Franchising & Distribution Committee, and
Transnational Legal Practice Committee
Program Chair:
Belle Toren, CE Petroleum, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada
Program Chair & Moderator:
John Cogan, Cogan & Partners LLP,
Houston, Texas
Speakers:
Anthony Hylton, Hylton & Brown,
Kingston, Jamaica
Susan Farmer, Holman Fenwick, London,
United Kingdom
Carlos Sol, DLC Piper, Houston, Texas
Jean-Pierre Pham, Bennett Jones, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada
11:00 am 12:30 pm Empire Ballroom V
How Recent Developments Have
Shifted Shopping Preferences- A Look
at Cross-Border Conict in Jurisdiction
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION;
YOUNG LAWYERS
With thanks to our track sponsors
Diferences between European and
American approaches to jurisdiction
both legislative and adjudicativeare
a persistent issue for multinational
corporations and practitioners engaged in
cross-border work. Several recent decisions
by the U.S. Supreme Court have brought
signifcant change to this landscape. Tis
panel features attorneys who argued two
of these cases, and one of the foremost
American scholars of international
jurisdictional issues, to discuss the
implications for businesses and litigants.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Litigation Committee and
Customs Law Committee
Program Chair:
Tomas F. Cullen Jr., Jones Day, Boston,
Massachusetts
Program Chair & Speaker:
Meir Feder, Jones Day, New York,
New York
Moderator:
Lord David Hacking, Littleton Chambers,
London, United Kingdom
Speakers:
Glenn P. Hendrix, Arnall Golden Gregory
LLP, Atlanta, Georgia
Linda Silberman, New York University,
New York, New York
John Vail, Center for Constitutional
Litigation, PC, Washington, DC
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Nuclear Weapons and International
Humanitarian Law
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW
How does and how should international
humanitarian law afect nuclear weapons
policy? Te Final Document of the 2010
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review
Conference, approved by the U.S. along
with 172 other participating states parties,
reafrms the need for all states at all times
to comply with applicable international
law, including international humanitarian
law. Te 2010 U.S. Nuclear Posture
Review states that it is in the U.S. interest
and that of all other nations that the
nearly 65-year record of nuclear non-use
be extended forever. Yet nuclear weapons
remain a central security instrument of the
United States and 8 other nations, with
over 30 associated states under the U.S.
nuclear umbrella. Tis expert panel will
explore the tension between international
humanitarian law and national policy
governing nuclear weapons.
Sponsoring Committees:
National Security Committee, International
M&A and Joint Venture Committee, and
International Anti-Corruption Committee
Program Chair:
Jonathan Granof, Global Security
Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John Harrington, Law Oce of John
Harrington, Stratford, Connecticut
Moderator:
John Burroughs, Lawyers Committee on
Nuclear Policy, New York, New York
Speakers:
Libran Cabactulan, Mission of the
Phillipines to the United Nations, New York,
New York
Bonnie Jenkins, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, DC
Charles J. Moxley, Jr., Fordham University
School of Law, New York, New York
Gary Solis, Georgetown Law School,
Washington, DC
11:00 am 12:30 pm Empire Ballroom II
Doing Business in the CIS: Hot Issues
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
Managing partners of the leading national
law frms from key jurisdictions across the
Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS) economic region will present a
unique local insight and legal advice on
the hot issues of doing business in the
region which is increasingly attracting
international investments. Te panel
discussion will include the most interesting
developments in business environment,
M&A, and foreign investment issues. Te
audience will not only learn about some
of the worlds most rapidly developing
economies, but also get the best local
advice on how to avoid traps and pitfalls
and safeguard investments in Russia and
the CIS region based on the local expertise
of the panelists and participants.
Sponsoring Committee:
Russia/Eurasia Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Irina Paliashvili, RULG - Ukranian Legal
Group, Kiev, Ukraine
Speakers:
Andy Hunder, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev
& Partners, London, United Kingdom
Gulnara Kalikova, Kalikova & Associates,
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Tatyana Suleeva, AEQUITAS,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Alexander Turcan, Turcan Cazac,
Chisinau, Moldova
11:00 am 12:30 pm Morosco
New York Law in the International
Competition for Governing Law
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsor
New York law is said to be one of the
most frequently chosen laws to govern
international business, trade, and fnancial
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transactions. Tis panel will explore what
it means to choose New York law as a
governing law, the characteristics of New
Yorks contract and commercial law that
make it attractive for international legal
advisors and their clients, how New York
law compares with the laws of England,
Germany, France, and China and the
major international restatements of the
law of international commercial contracts,
the relationship between New York law
and the CISG, and the impact decisions
about preferred methods and venues
for dispute resolution have on decisions
choosing New York law as the governing
law for international transactions.
Presented in Conjunction With the New York
State Bar Association International Section
Sponsoring Committee:
Commercial Transactions Committee
Program Chairs & Moderators:
Michael W. Galligan, Phillips Nizer, LLP,
New York, New York
Honorable Judith S. Kaye, Former
Chief Judge of the New York State Court of
Appeals, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP, New York, New York
Speakers:
Glen Banks, Fulbright & Jaworski,
New York, New York
Teodore Eisenberg, Cornell University
Law School
Birgit Kurtz, Crowell & Moring LLP,
New York, New York
Michael Polkinghorne, White & Case,
Paris, France
Carlos A. Rodriguez, Sidley Austin LLP,
New York, New York
Ko-Yung Tung, Morrison & Foerster LLP,
New York, New York
12:45 pm
2:15 pm
Empire Ballroom III
Ticketed Event
Luncheon
with
Mellissa Fung
Award-winning journalist
Mellissa Fung has been with CBC
Television since 2003. As a national
correspondent, she has covered
numerous topics on both Canadian
and world afairs, including the
Robert Pickton trial and the 2008
Summer Olympics in Beijing, and
the war in Afghanistan. She was
abducted on the outskirts of Kabul
on her second tour of that country in
2008. Her frst book Under an Afghan
Sky, chronicles that experience. Fung
divides her time between Toronto and
Washington,DC.
Presentation of the Mayre Rasmussen
Award for the Advancement of
Women in International Law
Presentation to Professor Hope Lewis
Te Section presents this award
periodically to individuals who have
achieved professional excellence in
international law, encouraged women
to engage in international law careers,
enabled women lawyers to attain
international law job positions from
which they were excluded historically,
or advanced opportunies for women in
international law. Tis year the award
is being presented to Professor Hope
Lewis of Northereastern University
School of Law. Working as a human
rights scholar at the intersection of
gender, race and disability, Professor
Lewis has brought the impact and
import of economic, social and cultural
rights to the forefront of academic and
practical debate and, at a personal level,
has served as a model mentor to her
students and other women seeking a
career in international law.
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States, Instrumentality and
Transparency: Sovereign Wealth
Funds, the Anti-Corruption Regime
and the Risk of Hidden Interests
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY; PUBLIC
INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW
With thanks to our track sponsor
Only a few years ago, Sovereign Wealth
Funds (SWF) operated largely under
the radar and only the largest deals that
touched on national security issues,
such as the purchase of ports or telecom
companies raised their profles above the
parapet. But with the global economic
downtown, SWFs fush with cash are
acquiring at a brisk pace. Recent events,
including allegations of bribery involving
the Libyan SWF raise a number of critical
questions around state-owned enterprises,
instrumentality and transparency. With
the growth of SWFs and their ownership
or investment interests in private
corporations and entities, where is the line
between a state-owned or state-controlled
enterprise and a private company? Do the
Santiago Principles have any real impact on
transparency? What are the risks for those
receiving investment from SWFs and those
conducting business with them? A panel
of experts, including representatives from
the wealthiest SWF on the planet, the
International Monetary Fund, and those
who work with state-owned enterprises
on their investment choices debate where
disclosure and transparency end and
riskbegins.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Anti-Corruption Committee,
International Financial Products & Services
Committee, and International Investment &
Development
Program Chair & Moderator:
Mikhail Reider-Gordon, Navigant
Consulting Inc, Los Angeles, California
Speakers:
Wouter Bossu, International Monetary
Fund (IMF), Washington, DC
Jan Lawrence Handzlik, Venable LLP,
Los Angeles, California
Jinshu John Zhang, Reed Smith LLP,
Los Angeles, California
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Empire Ballroom IV
When Wedlock Becomes a
Deadlock Preparing a Pre-
nup for Your Joint Venture
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL; DISPUTE
RESOLUTION / LITIGATION
With thanks to our track sponsors
When parties enter into a joint venture,
they often think only about future business
goals anticipating a prosperous and fruitful
relationship with their future partner.
Many never contemplate a potential
dissolution. When a deadlock arises it can
paralyze the business and eventually result
in a total loss of both partners investment.
However, carefully drafted deadlock
provisions can prevent the joint ventures
failure and preserve its underlying value.
We will look at some of the key questions
which should be asked when properly
addressing a deadlock: Is it more favorable
for the joint venture partners to rely on
internal decision making rules or to turn to
independent experts such as mediators or
arbitrators to resolve the deadlock? What is
the diference between Russian Roulette
and Texas Shoot Out provisions? What
can be done if all eforts to resolve the
deadlock fail? Te panel will discuss
typical deadlock scenarios with a particular
focus on the parties practical needs. On
this basis the panelists will present a wide
range of options available when drafting
deadlock provisions, demonstrating case
studies from their respective practices.
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Sponsoring Committee:
International M&A and Joint
Venture Committee
Program Chair:
Robert Loef, Noerr LLP, New York,
New York
Moderator:
Robert Wessely, Withers Bergman LLP,
New York, New York
Speakers:
Sabine Klett, Noerr LLP,
Munich, Germany
Fulvio Marvulli, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo
Studio Legale, Genoa, Italy
David Mercado, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
LLP, London, United Kingdom
Jane Wessel, Crowell & Moring LLP,
London, United Kingdom
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Empire Ballroom V
Whats Wrong with U.S. Class
Actions? Rethinking the Class Action
Device from a Global Perspective
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY
With thanks to our track sponsors
For the better part of the last decade,
the European Commission has debated
sanctioning collective redress procedures
to encourage private enforcement of
European law. Although Europeans are
decidedly fractured over what form of
collective redress should ultimately be
adopted, there appears to be a unanimity
of opinion against adopting the U.S.
class action model. In light of this latest
condemnation of the U.S. system, this
panel will examine the successes and
failings of U.S. class actions, as well
as debate the benefts of alternative
procedures. Recognizing that collective
redress procedures, whether styled as opt-
in or opt-out class actions or otherwise,
necessitate a signifcant sacrifce of
individualized due process, the panelists
will each opine whether the various
policy objectives of Rule 23 have been
met after 50 years of litigation and what
other jurisdictions can learn from the
U.S.experience.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Antitrust Law Committee and
International Mediation
Program Chair & Moderator:
Ethan Litwin, Hughes Hubbard & Reed
LLP, New York, New York
Speakers:
Barbara Hart, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen &
Hart P.C., New York, New York
Roxann Henry, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP,
Washington, DC
Stephen Mavroghenis, Shearman &
Sterling LLP, Brussels, Belgium
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Employees in Dangerous Places:
Legal and Practical Issues Around
Earthquakes, Revolutions, and Crime
on International Assignments
EMPLOYMENT LAW / HUMAN RESOURCES;
CORPORATE COUNSEL
Recently, the world has seen a series of
uprisings throughout the Middle East and
Africa. At the same time, natural disasters
in Japan and elsewhere created their own,
no less urgent kinds of crisis. Employees
stationed or traveling overseas to carry out
assignments may often be in positions of
personal risk. Teir presence may also, to
a degree, put their employers at risk, to the
extent that they are vulnerable to injury,
kidnapping, and other criminal activity.
Tis reality highlights the critical and often
overlooked need to prepare and implement
a thoughtful and comprehensive plan for
employees on assignment, or traveling to
volatile locales, to promote the employees
safety and try to insulate the company
from legal liability. Tis program will
discuss legal and practical issues presented
by these problems as well as practical
considerations to be taken care of when
sending employees abroad.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Employment Law Committee
and Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN)
Program Chairs & Moderators:
Philip M. Berkowitz, Littler Mendelson,
New York, New York
Jan Rudolph, Noerr LLP,
Munich, Germany
Speakers:
John Imhof, Ernst & Young, New York,
New York (Invited)
Brechje Nollen, Freshfelds Bruckhaus
Deringer LLP, Amsterdam, Netherlands
(Invited)
Eduardo Ramos-Gmez, Duane Morris
& Selvam LLP, Singapore
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Empire Ballroom II
What Can the Legal Profession do to
Increase Access to Competent Counsel?
Immigration as a Case Study
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW;
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY; ETHICS
With thanks to our track sponsor
Te increasing prevalence of incompetent
and/or fraudulent representation has led
to an increase in the victimization of both
the trusting and the disadvantaged
clients. Within the immigration realm,
particularly, this issue has become glaringly
obvious: immigrants are victimized by
notarios, incompetent attorneys, and
other unscrupulous individuals. Tis
panel will discuss the multitude of ethical
and practical considerations that must
be considered while addressing this
increasingly confounding phenomenon
and the legal professions obligation to
contribute services to those in need,
lawyers ethical obligation to report the
unauthorized practice of law, and the bars
duty to reestablish the concept of fair
representation within the legal system.
(rough an agreement with FORA.tv,
this program is being videotaped for future
viewing. e session will be available online.
For additional information, please visit the
FORA.tv table in the Registration Area and
Exhibit Hall)
Sponsoring Committees:
Immigration & Naturalization Committee
and International Pro Bono Committee
Co-Sponsor:
American Bar Association Commission
on Immigration
Program Chair:
Lisa Ryan, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen &
Loewy, LLP, Matawan, New Jersey
Moderator:
Michael D. Patrick, Fragomen, Del Rey,
Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, New York,
New York
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Jennifer Colyer, Fried Frank, New York,
New York
Judge Robert A. Katzmann, Second
Circuit Court of Appeals, New York,
New York
Janet Sabel, New York State Attorney
General for Social Justice, New York,
New York
Tomas Wornom, Special Prosecutions
Bureau, NY County District Attorney`s
Oce, New York, New York
2:30 pm 4:00 pm Broadway
The Arab Spring and Constitutional
Reforms: From Aspiration to Reality
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW / RULE OF LAW
Te Arab Spring succeeded in removing
the most visible symbols of regimes that
ruled in the Middle East for decades.
Today, the citizens of Tunisia, Egypt,
and Libya are taking steps to transform
their political aspirations to reality.
Only the just implementation of the
rule of law will facilitate a successful
and lasting transition. Tis program
will examine the key substantive and
procedural questions confronting these
countries in laying down and agreeing to
their new founding political document.
Constitutions and laws are clearly
necessary to organize government and
articulate fundamental rights, but they
are not enough. For decades, for example,
Egypts constitution imposed limits on
government powers, provided for judicial
independence, and guaranteed individual
freedoms, but the constitution was not
uniformly enforced. If the rule of law is
to prevail, the constitutions and laws of
countries in transition must be not only
well drafted, but also respected. Tis
program will examine the key legal issues
confronting these countries, from drafting
constitutions to building and reinforcing
institutions that are essential to ensure
that the rule of law prevails. Te panelists
will identify the key issues in the ongoing
political transition and the rule of law in
the Middle East, with particular focus on
Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, drawing lessons
from experience in Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey,
Iran and Malaysia.
Sponsoring Committee:
Middle East Committee
Program Chair:
Yasmine Lahlou, Chaetz Lindsey LLP,
New York, New York
Speakers:
Mary Fitzgerald, Irish Times, Dublin,
Ireland (Invited)
Ozan Ergl, TOBB University of
Economics and Technology School of Law,
Ankara, Turkey
Cherif Bassiouni, DePaul University
College of Law, Chicago, Illinois (Invited)
4:00 pm 4:30 pm Empire Ballroom I
Networking Break
4:00 pm 4:30 pm Uris
How To Series: Section Publishing
How to Get Your Name in Print
Do you consider yourself an expert
within your practice area of international
law? If so, world-wide recognition is at
your doorstep, by becoming a published
author in one of the ABA Section of
International Laws several publications.
Whether you aspire to write a book, a
scholarly law review, a succinct news
article or an informative committee
newsletter, publishing with one of the
Sections publications is an efective way
to demonstrate your expertise. At this
informational session, the Publications
Ofcer Bill Mock and the editors of e
International Lawyer and e International
Law News will tell you how to get started
on your way as a published author for the
ABA Section of International Law.
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Wither Wall Street? The Impact
of Technology and Globalization on
International Financial Markets
COMPLIANCE / REGULATORY;
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
With thanks to our track sponsor
Globalization and rapid technological
changes are having considerable impact
on traditional fnancial exchanges. Te
proliferation of alternative trading systems
such as electronic communications
networks and dark pools coupled with the
explosive growth of Asian stock exchanges
such as Hong Kong and Singapore
pose serious competitive challenges to
traditional stock exchanges such as NYSE
Euronext and the London Stock Exchange.
How the traditional exchanges react to
these changes and maintain their market
share in new listings and trading activities
may help determine the continuing
efectiveness of exchanges in establishing
corporate governance standards and
performing their role as gatekeepers for
investor protection.
Sponsoring Committees:
International Securities & Capital Markets
Committee and International M&A and
Joint Venture Committee
Program Chair & Moderator:
Piyasena Perera, Anderson Mori &
Tomotsune, Tokyo, Japan
Speakers:
Abigail Arms, Shearman & Sterling,
Washington, DC
Peter Curley, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington, DC
Dorothee Fischer-Appelt, Sidley Austin,
London, United Kingdom
Walter Stuber, Walter Stuber Consultoria
Juridica, So Paulo, Brazil
Annemarie Tierney, SecondMarket,
New York, New York
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Empire Ballroom IV
Choice of Law That Matters: Making a
Smart Choice Regarding Application or
Exclusion of the CISG for International
Sale of Goods Transactions
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL;
EXPORT CONTROLS / TRADE / CUSTOMS
An international treaty applicable by
default on international sales contracts,
signed by 77 nations and by now 30 years
old. Te UN Convention on Contracts for
the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
And yet it seems largely unknown by
many practising lawyers. Or just avoided:
those practitioners that are aware of its
existence, not least in the U.S., advise
their clients to actively opt out of it. Is this
really justifed and if so, what are the real
or perceived critical shortcomings of the
CISG? Are there no benefts which may
counterbalance this or is the CISG, as
one scholar put it, in danger of losing its
feeble grasp in the realm of international
commerce? Join us to fnd the answer!
Sponsoring Committees:
International Commercial Transactions,
Franchising & Distribution Committee,
Europe Committee, International Corporate
Counsel Committee, International Legal
Education and Specialist Certifcation
Committee, International Trade Committee,
UN and International Institutions
Coordinating Committee, and Young
Lawyers Interest Network (YIN)
Program Chairs & Moderators:
Anders Forkman, Advokatfrman Vinge,
Malmoe, Sweden
Bill Johnson, University of North Dakota
School of Law, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Speakers:
Sarah Howard Jenkins, Bowen School of
Law, University of Arkansas, Little Rock,
Arkansas
Christopher King, Hunter Douglas
Management AG, Luzern, Switzerland &
Rotterdam, e Netherlands
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Andrew J. (Josh) Markus, Carlton Fields
Attorneys at Law, Miami, Florida
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Morosco
Injunctions/Tweets/Facebook
Can They be Gagged Worldwide?
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION;
YOUNG LAWYERS
With thanks to our track sponsors
From the drug habits of supermodels
to the sex lives of footballers, the use by
celebrities of injunctions to suppress the
intimate details of their private lives from
the media is currently under considerable
scrutiny. Tis global cross-sectional panel
will consider the use/abuse of digital
communications and social media in such
a legal context in battle against principles
of privacy and freedom of speech. Tis
program will deal with the ability to obtain
freezing injunctions, gagging orders and
super-injunctions, their efect on rights
to private life and confdentiality and
freedom of speech/public interest. How
far can these legal tentacles stretch across
borders? Do social networking sites fout
these orders with impunity? Te panel
will discuss enforcement and the extent of
reach of their respective jurisdictions and
address the global use of Twitter/Facebook
to uphold rights of freedom of speech. Be
there to Tweet into the new age!
Sponsoring Committees:
International Litigation Committee,
International Investment & Development
Committee, and Russia/Eurasia
Program Chair:
Kate Matthews, Stevens & Bolton LLP,
London, United Kingdom
Moderator:
Steven Richman, Duane Morris,
New York, New York
Speakers:
Richard Dearden, Gowlings,
Ottawa, Canada
Matthew Nicklin, 5RB Media Chambers,
London, United Kingdom
Frank Valentin, De Gaulle Fleurance,
Paris, France
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Empire Ballroom V
Heightened Competition in the
Arbitral Venue Sweepstakes: A
U.S. Response to the Challenge?
DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION
With thanks to our track sponsors
According to a survey of international
arbitration practitioners and in-house
counsel recently conducted by Queen
Mary University of London, respondents
are increasingly looking beyond the
traditional seats of arbitration. To
cite just a few examples, Singapore
and Dubai have become major arbitral
centers in a short period of time, the
case load of arbitral institutions in
China continues to explode, the London
Court of International Arbitration has
opened an ofce in India, Mauritius
is making a bid to become a center for
Africa-related arbitrations, and Brazil
and Argentina are seeking to keep more
Latin America-related arbitrations on
that continent. Established centers in
Europe are responding to the challenge
as competition increases from other fora
by actively promoting the time-proven
virtues of their respective venues, in some
cases with government support or by
modernizing their national arbitration
laws. What must the U.S. do in order
to maintain its own edge in the arbitral
venue sweepstakes? A distinguished panel
of practitioners and arbitrators from the
leading seats of arbitration in the United
States will consider this issue from several
vantage points, including legislation,
foreign lawyer practice rules, choice of law,
approach to practice (including discovery),
visa entry issues, the role of the courts, and
otherfactors.
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Sponsoring Committees:
International Arbitration Committee,
International Legal Education and Specialist
Certifcation Committee, International
Corporate Counsel Committee, NGO &
Not-for-Proft Organizations Committee,
and Transnational Legal Practice
Program Chair & Moderator:
Glenn P. Hendrix, Arnall Golden Gregory
LLP, Atlanta, Georgia
Program Chair & Speaker:
Edna Sussman, SussmanADR LLC, New
York, New York
Speakers:
Jack Coe, Pepperdine University School of
Law, Malibu, California
Mark Kantor, Arbitrator, Washington, DC
Kevin OGorman, Fulbright & Jaworski
LLP, Houston, Texas
Edward M. Mullins, Astigarraga Davis
LLP, Miami, Florida
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Broadway
Market Access for Foreign Lawyers:
Distilling Positions In Search of the Truth
YOUNG LAWYERS; PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW /
RULE OF LAW
Tis program will take a hard look at the
issue of allowing lawyers from one country
to work in another country without
necessarily qualifying to practice in that
host country. Formatted as a moderated
panel of experts, this presentation will
focus on two countries at the front line of
the debate, India and Brazil. Should non-
qualifed lawyers from another jurisdiction
be entitled to partner with local qualifed
lawyers? Would doing so drive up the
cost of legal fees and/or narrow access
to justice? Are market access restrictions
merely protectionist or do they protect the
integrity of local practitioners? Listen to
a panel of experts from both sides of the
fence engage in a healthy, principled debate
on a topic that is signifcant to the ABA
and to the U.S. Government trade agenda.
Sponsoring Committees:
U.S. Lawyers Practicing Abroad Committee,
China Committee, International Legal
Education & Specialist Certifcation
Committee, International Corporate
Counsel Committee, NGO & Not-for-Proft
Organizations, and Transnational Legal
Practice Committee
Program Chair:
Anand S. Dayal, Koura & Company,
Advocates and Barrister, New Delhi, India
Program Chair & Moderator:
Laurence P. Wiener, Wiener Soto
Caparrs, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Speakers:
Lalit Bhasin, Bhasin & Co.,
New Delhi, India
Moira Virginia Huggard-Caine, Tozzini
Freire Advogados, So Paulo, Brazil
Sanjiv Kapur, Jones Day, So Paulo, Brazil
Jayanth K. Krishnan, Indiana University
Maurer School of Law, Bloomington,
Indiana
Priti Suri, PSA Legal Counsellors,
New Delhi, India
4:30 pm 6:00 pm Empire Ballroom II
Fraudulent Insolvencies in
the Financial Crisis
CORPORATE / TRANSACTIONAL
Tis session will integrate presentations
and discussion following the hypothetical
plight of a corporation heading towards
insolvency. Lawyers from around the
world will analyze the particular legal
risks and issues which are raised drawing
on examples from other high profle
international collapses. Company
collapses due to aggressive risk-taking
are increasingly linked to issues of fraud
and other misdemeanour as well as other
professional misconduct. Tis misconduct
not only occurs within the company but
often amongst its independent advisors,
accountants, auditors, lawyers, and
consultants. Issues involving shareholders,
the regulators, the fnancial markets and
other stakeholders will also be considered.
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Co-Sponsor:
Association Internationale des
Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)

Program Chairs & Moderators:
Mark Beardsworth, Kingsley Napley LLP,
London, United Kingdom
Alex Fox, Manches LLP, London,
United Kingdom
Speakers:
Richard Foss, Kingsley Napley, London,
United Kingdom
Nikiforos Iatrou, WeirFoulds LLP,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Saverio Lembo, Br & Karrer AG,
Geneva, Switzerland
Cameron Scott, Former Executive Counsel
Accountancy and Actuarial Disciplinary
Board, London, United Kingdom
6:30 pm 8:30 pm
Chairs Closing Reception at
the Grand Hyatt New York
109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central
Terminal, New York,NY
With thanks to our sponsor
One ticket per person is included
as part of your Spring Meeting
registration fee; this reception is free to
meeting attendees who have registered
for the entire conference.
10:00 pm 1:00 am
After-Hours Reception at
Aspen Social Club
157 West 47th Street, New York, NY
With thanks to our sponsors



SATURDAY, APRIL 21
7:30 am 9:30 am Empire Ballroom I
Council Continental Breakfast
9:00 am 1:00 pm Empire Ballroom I
Council Meeting
ABA Internationals Council, the Sections
policy making body, will debate major
policy initiatives and will be addressed by
many visiting dignitaries and bar leaders
from outside the U.S. If you are interested
in becoming more involved in Section
leadership, attending the Council Meeting
is an excellent way to get to know the
current Section leadership and introduce
yourself. e Council Meeting is open to
all Spring Meeting registrants; everyone is
encouraged to attend.
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Presentation of the International
Human Rights Lawyer
Award to Edgar Perez
Te Section presents this award
periodically to distinguished foreign
human rights lawyers who have
sufered persecution as a result of their
professional activities. Tis year the
award is being presented to Edgar
Perez, nominated by the Guatemala
Human Rights Commission/USA, a
nonproft organization that monitors
and reports on human rights matters
in Guatemala. Edgar stood out
among those nominated this past year
because of his continuous hands on
work, at considerable risk and harm
to himself, to address human rights
abuses of individuals and to fght
systemic human rights violations in
his country. Mr. Perez works primarily
on behalf of the families of victims
and the survivors of such violations
during and since Guatemalas civil
war (1960-96), in which more than
200,000 died. His eforts to have
perpetrators held accountable in
courts of justice led to an historic
decision in August 2011 in which four
former Special Forces agents received
sentences of 6,060 years30 for each
victimfor their roles in massacres of
civilians during the confict. Despite
intimidation and threats to himself
and his family, Mr. Perez continues to
fght against impunity and for justice
system improvement on behalf of the
murdered, the disappeared, and the
imprisoned in Guatemala.
1:00 pm 3:00 pm
Young Lawyers Brunch at the
Standard Hotel, Highline Patio
848 Washington Street, New York, NY 10014
Presented in Conjunction with the
Association Internationale des Jeunes
Avocats AIJA
With thanks to our primary sponsor
With thanks to our secondary sponsors
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Tickets for evening events were included with full-week registration fees. Additional
reception and luncheons tickets may be purchased on-site up until the day before
the event is scheduled to take place. We regret that because we must guarantee
our fnal numbers with the hotel and venues in advance of the event, we can not
sell same-day tickets. However, there will be a board in the Registration Area and
Exhibition Hall where meeting attendees may exchange and gift tickets.
BUS SHUTTLE
Bus shuttle service will be provided to and from the Tursday, April 19
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reception at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Temple of Dendur. Shuttle services will begin at
6:00 pm and will end with the last shuttle at 10:00 pm.
DRESS CODE
For the 2012 Spring Meeting, business attire is appropriate for programs and
meetings as well as the planned social networking events. Te only exception is the
Tursday Reception, which is black tie optional.
EXHI BI TI ON AREA
Te Exhibitors and Sponsors exhibition area will be open from Tuesday, April 17
through Friday, April 20 at the Grand Hyatt New York. Representatives from a
variety of service providers catering to the legal community will showcase their
latest products and services to aid you in your practice. All meeting attendees are
encouraged to visit the displays of the Sections partners throughout the meeting and
in particular during the twice daily networking breaks.
15% MEETI NG DI SCOUNT ON SECTI ON PUBLI CATI ONS
Stop by the Section Membership and Publications Booth to preview the most
popular Section titles and receive a 15% discount on all publication orders.
MANDATORY CONTI NUI NG LEGAL EDUCATI ON CREDI T ( MCLE)
CLE accreditation has been requested for the 2012 Spring Meeting programs by
the ABA MCLE Division from most states with general mandatory continuing
legal education requirements for all lawyers admitted in that state. All appropriate
paperwork and forms will be available on-site at the CLE Information Booth.
2012 SPRING MEETING
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Te CLE Information Booth will be located in the Registration Area and Exhibition
Hall at the Grand Hyatt New York. Stafng will be available each day to provide
additional assistance and guidance in completing any attendance paperwork as well
as state-specifc forms.
HOW TO GET THE MOST MCLE CREDI TS
Accreditation in Mandatory CLE Jurisdictions
MCLE states which require have been notifed of this program and credit
requested. Be aware that each state has its own rules and regulations, including
its defnition of CLE therefore certain programs may not receive credit in
some states. Check with your state for confrmation of a programs approval.
Tere will be one (1) MCLE booth located in Registration at the Grand Hyatt
New York, Ballroom I.
Uniform Certicate of Attendance
All program attendees wanting Continuing Education credits must take a
Uniform Certifcate of Attendance.
File this certifcate with the appropriate state MCLE Boards or Commissions
Please see the top paragraph of Certifcate for individual state
fling instructions
Iowa, Oregon and Virginia Attorneys should contact their Commission on
CLE to verify legal ethics requested for any program.
Complete the lower portion of the Certifcate. Be sure to fll in your
Membership, Registration or Supreme Court ID Number.
Complete a Certifcate for each state to which you are required to report.
Keep either the original or a copy of this Certifcate for your fles.
Do not return your Certifcate of Attendance to the ABA.
Financial Scholarship Applications
Financial scholarship applications are available for this program. To request an
application or receive additional information, contact Audrey.Lamb@americanbar.org.
Texas Attendees
Texas attorneys must complete the State Bar of Texas CLE Course Scanner
Form to report attendance at this activity.
Complete ONLY ONE (1) State Bar of Texas CLE Course Attendance
Formincluding all CLE program sessions you attendedto report the total
number of credits claimed for the entire International Law Fall Meeting.
Using a #2 pencil, follow the instructions on the card and clearly fll in
the information required. Return completed card to the CLE desk before
youleave.
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reporting your CLE credits.
Te 9-digit Texas Course ID# is required to report your CLE credits online.
Please allow approximately two weeks before requesting the 9 digit course ID#
from the sponsor.
Te ABA will report TX attendance 30 days after the date of the program.
Pennsylvania Attendees
All attorneys seeking Pennsylvania CLE credit need to complete one
Pennsylvania CLE Credit Request Form. Completion of the Attorney
Information block (Section B) is mandatory.
Attorneys should pick up Uniform Certifcates of Attendance for all CLE
program sessions attended.
Attorneys must pay $1.50 per credit hour, with checks made payable to
PACLE (Pennsylvania CLE). Te $1.50 per credit hour fee also is required
for half-hour increments. For example, if the person attends between 4.5
to 5.0 hours, the total fees to be paid to PACLE would be $7.50. Mail
the Pennsylvania CLE Credit Request Form, Uniform Certifcate(s) of
Attendance and fees to the address on the form.
New York Attendees
Te New York State CLE Board has mandated that all New York licensed
attorneys, including speakers, sign both in and out of each CLE program
session attended in order to receive CLE credit.
A special FOR NEW YORK ATTORNEYS ONLY attendance sheet will be
available at each CLE program session.
As you sign out, an ABA sponsor staf person will verify your attendance
and issue the appropriate, complete and signed, New York Certifcate of
Attendance. If the New York Certifcate of Attendance is not available onsite,
one sent to you within 60 days upon verifcation of attendance via the New
York Attendance sign-in sheet.
Keep the Attorney Copy of the New York Certifcate for four (4) years and
use it as reference when completing your Reporting Afdavit.
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