MCLE London™ Programme 2009

January 2009 – 17th Annual Mandatory/Minimum Continuing Legal Education Course

• CURRENT REGULATORY ISSUES IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY
  Ida Levine, General Counsel, Capital International Limited – London
  Lindsay Thomas, CEO, Sustainable Risks Ltd. – London
  Martyn Hopper, Partner, Herbert Smith -London
  
  
• DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN EMERGING MARKETS
  Justin D’Agostino, Partner, Herbert Smith – London
  Lee M. Coffey, Partner, Jones Day – London
  
  
• REACH IMPLEMENTATION: NO DATA, NO MARKET
  Dr. Roger Van der Linden, Group Manager Product Stewardship & REACH Coordinator, Borealis – Vienna
  
  
• 10 VAT ISSUES YOU SHOULD NEVER MISS
  Charlotte Sallabank, Partner, Jones Day – London
  
  
• UK/US EXTRADITION – A Special Relationship
  Mark Summers, Barrister, Matrix Chambers – London
  
  
• INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS
  John Jones, Doughty Street Chambers – London
  H. H. Judge Peter Murphy – London
  Steven Powles, Doughty Street Chambers – London
  Rod Dixon, Matrix Chambers – London
  
  
• BIAS IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION
  Timothy Hailes, Managing Director & Assoc. General Counsel, J P Morgan – London
  Daniel Winterfeldt, Partner, Simmons & Simmons and Chair of InterLaw Forum – London
  
  
• LEGAL ETHICS &  PROFESSIONALISM 
  Professional Practice in Cross Border Transactions and In-house Privilege.
  Richard Diebold Lee, International Consultant – San Francisco
  George Brown, Member, Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP-London 
  Oliver Passavant, Partner, Jones Day – Frankfurt
  Isabelle Michou, Partner, Herbert Smith – Paris

CURRENT REGULATORY ISSUES IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY: Discussion of current developments in law related to financial services in the UK as well as the banking crisis with an emphasis on the recent Icelandic situation.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN EMERGING MARKETS: Discussion of current best practice in resolving disputes in emerging markets, including China, India and Russia.

10 VAT ISSUES YOU SHOULD NEVER MISS: Speaker will give an overview of mistakes frequently made in dealing with VAT.

UK/US EXTRADITION – A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: Developments and case law in UK/US extradition under the Extradition Act 2003 including: reciprocity; the 2003 treaty; corporate fraud and price fixing; forum; human rights; abuse of process.

REACH IMPLEMENTATION: NO DATA, NO MARKET: After a short introduction to REACH (an acronym for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) the presenter will highlight the various strategic aspects of REACH.

INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS: The session will consider the role and track record of international tribunals, including issues relating to human rights, due process and international participation. Speakers will also discuss the role of the victim and alternate post conflict mechanisms, such as the truth and reconciliation commissions, and issues related to a competent and independent international criminal judiciary.

LEGAL ETHICS & PROFESSIONALISM: Whose rules apply? Professional practice in cross border transactions and in-house privilege. Presenters will lead a discussion of two hypotheticals: (a) Settlement negotiations; and (b) Bits from a transaction. This will be a 3-hour interactive program designed to meet the Ethics and Professionalismrequirements of CA, NY and all other US MCLE jurisdictions.

BIAS IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION: Lesbian, gay and bisexual inclusion in the legal workplace: issues, challenges and progress.This 1-hour program will meet the Elimination of Bias approval criteria for CA and MN.