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50th Anniversary Club Meeting 18-22 May 2016 Club de Abogados

Club de Abogados Madrid | 18-22 May 2016

18-22 May 2016 50th Anniversary Club Meeting Club de Abogados

Club de Abogados European Section – Reflections 1966-2016


Mid 1980’s

– Per Federspiel law firm invited to joint the Club (< 15 lawyers)

– Thomas Federspiel was our Club contact



Personal experience

– My first meeting was in Switzerland in the fall 1989!

– Hotel Beau Rivage, Lausanne

– Meeting strong characters:



– Raoul Lenz

– Antonio Garriques

– José María Eyzaguirre B.

– Dieter Schneider

– Gianni Nunziante

– Helio Nicoletti

– Philip Nouel

– Thomas Federspiel



All in all, a Gentlemen’s Club in civilised surroundings



The Club has no rules



– but severe consequences if you don’t follow “them”



“Topic for the next meeting?”



“What about the future of the Club”



Careful now!!!



Paris/London, Gide Loyrette – Allen & Overy

– Allen & Overy opened in Paris in 1989

– Gide left the Club



Europe, The Lagerlöf & Leman Story

The alliance of European lawyers:

– De Brauw

– De Bandt

– Lagerlöf & Leman

– Oppenhoff & Rädler

– Jeantet & Associés

– Uría & Mendéndez



– Linklaters & Alliance

– Lagerlöf & Leman was asked to leave the Club

– (Lagerlöf & Leman down from 60 partners to 3!)


Europe, The Lagerlöf & Leman Story


– Surprising suggestion at the Madrid meeting in 1991

– Antonio Garriques:

Would you like to join us into Arthur Andersen?


Global, Garriques/Arthur Andersen


– UK law firm?

– Simmons & Simmons joined the Club

– The future of the Club

– Simmons & Simmons and the Portuguese firm left


UK, Simmons & Simmons


Now to Germany

– Feddersen Laule, always close to the values of the Club, suddenly wanted to discuss the future of the Club

– Integration with White & Case



Nordic issues

– Roschier – Stockholm

– Hannes Snellman later opened in Stockholm and Copenhagen – and going for Oslo

– Welcome to Castrén & Snellman!



– And not forgetting Salans, Austria and some other “issues”


And other


– However, also more relaxed meetings

– Italy, Florence, 2002

– Villa Vignamaggio, Tuscany (Don’t forget Monna Lisa)


Italy


– These discussions have never taken place at the actual meetings, but we found our way

– Now the “non rules” of the (European Section) of the Club are (more or less) known


Venue


– Back to the Gentlemen’s Club of truly independent international law firms

– Stronger than ever!!!



Personal reflections

– And by the way, having grown a bit older, I have found that the Senior Partners are actually mild, nice, funny and not frightening at all!!!



Gorrissen Federspiel welcomes Club de Abogados in Copenhagen – Fall 2017


Axel Towers


Congratulations to the Club de Abogados

– 50 years


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