Reception in Madrid, Spain - October 2009

The law firm of  Gómez-Acebo & Pombo hosted a reception in Madrid on October 8th on the occasion of the International Bar Association Conference held in that city. Members of the Advisory Board of the Institute and Academy Alumni were invited. Nearly 40 attended. Fernando Pombo (Immediate Past Chair of the IBA and Vice Chair of the Executive Committee of the IICL Advisory Board), Anton Maurer (Chair of the IICL Advisory Board) and Almudena Arpón de Mendívil (partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo and alumni of the Academy) welcomed those in attendance. Dr. Maurer stressed the importance of having more Academy alumni join the IICL as new members,  and mentioned new IICL initiatives, including the effort to bring more in-house counsel to meetings. Ms. Arpón de Mendívil underscored the importance of maintaining contacts in an increasingly international environment where strong network connections are essential for our practices.

European Alumni Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal – October 2009 

“Last October, during two beautiful sunny days in Lisbon, the 2009 European Alumni Meeting took place. More than thirty participants from Albania, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Czech Republic, Spain, Turkey, the U.S.A., Venezuela and, of course, Portugal attended the reunion. The group enjoyed Lisbon and Sintra, and the Portuguese culture and traditions. The participants took advantage of the opportunity to attend a seminar on arbitration in the Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice, and becoming reacquainted with friends, colleagues and/or classmates. It was an enormous pleasure to be with the academy family in Portugal” ….
António P Varela (Class of 2007, Portugal)