It’s Time To Start Planning For January 2009 In London!

The agenda for the Seventeenth Annual London MCLE Fair promises a great program with exciting speakers – and provides the perfect opportunity to satisfy your continuing legal education requirements.

Reserve your spot for the London Fair, 2009.

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL LONDON MCLE FAIR 16 & 17 JANUARY 2009
CLE Europe Limited is pleased to announce the Seventeenth Annual London MCLE Fair scheduled for 16 and 17 January 2009 at the Herbert Smith conference facilities at Exchange House, Broadgate Centre, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2HS.

AGENDA: The agenda for this year’s Fair includes the following:

Friday, 16 January

8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION
Coffee/Croissant

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. PRINCIPLES BASED REGULATION
Ida Levine, General Counsel, Capital International Limited - London
Lindsay Thomas, CEO, Sustainable Risks Ltd. - London

10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break

11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN EMERGING MARKETS
Justin D’Agostino, Partner, Herbert Smith - London
Jones Day lawyers TBD

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch to be provided

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. REACH IMPLEMENTATION: NO DATA, NO MARKET
Dr. Roger Van der Linden, Group Manager Product Stewardship
& REACH Coordinator, Borealis - Vienna

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 10 VAT ISSUES YOU SHOULD NEVER MISS
Charlotte Sallabank, Partner, Jones Day - London

3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. UK/US EXTRADITION – A Special Relationship
Mark Summers, Barrister, Furnival Chambers - London

5:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day

Saturday, 17 January

8:30 a.m. Coffee/Croissant

9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS
James Oury, Partner, Oury Clark Solicitors - London

11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m .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 Network - London

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch to be provided

1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 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
Liz Robertson, Solicitor & Of Counsel, Jones Day – London
Isabelle Michou, Partner, Herbert Smith - Paris

3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break

3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. LEGAL ETHICS &PROFESSIONALISM
Continued

5:00 p.m. Closing remarks and adjournment

Course Descriptions:
Principles Based Regulation.
Discussion of current developments in law related to financial services in the UK.

Dispute Resolution in Emerging Markets.
Rule of law in a country that doesn't have rules of law. ADR in Russia, China, etc.

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.

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. The 3-hour interactive program is designed to meet the ethics and professionalism requirements of CA and NY and all other US MCLE jurisdictions.

Bias in the Legal Profession.
This one hour program will meet the Elimination of Bias approval criteria for CA and MN.

NOTE: There is no Substance Abuse session included in this year’s program.

NOTE that these topics and speakers are subject to change.

Per Participant Registration Fees:
Early registration received by 11/30/2008: £650 plus £113.75 VAT (£763.75 total)
Registrations received after 11/30/2008: £750 plus £131.25 VAT (£881.25 total)

CLE and CPD Credits:

CA - 12 credits including 3 ethics and 1 elimination of bias. Jones Day is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider

NY - 14 Veteran credits, including 4.5 Ethics/Prof. (Ethics and Bias) and 14 Transitional credits, including 4.5 Ethics/Prof. (Ethics and Bias) 1.5 Skills (Dispute Resolution), and 7.5 Areas of Professional Practice approved under Section 6 of New York CLE Board Regulations and Guidelines.

Eng. - CLE Europe Limited will provide accreditation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for 12 CPD credits.

Bar Council credit will be available if requested at least 3 months prior to date of Fair.

Pre-qualification in other U.S. MCLE jurisdictions.

DON’T MISS THIS EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO SATISFY YOUR CA, NY, OTHER U.S., AND/OR U.K. CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT!

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We look forward to seeing you in 2009.