ECLA commemorates the 25th anniversary of our Belgian member association IBJ-IJE
For 25 years the Institute represents and protects the interests of the profession in general and of the company lawyer in particular. Through the ins...
21 March, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Impartiality of the Legal System Targeted: A Threat to the Rule of Law
Brussels, 19 March 2025 The European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA), representing the interests of the approx. 160.000 in-house legal professional...
19 March, 2025
ECLA/ICAM – Legal Professional Privilege Workshop
High-level expert workshop đź’ˇ with colleagues from across Europe 🇪🇺 and the European Commission on the evolution of our profession … On Friday, 1...
17 March, 2025
ECLA President and General Manager Speak at ELTACon
Stephanie Fougou, President of ECLA and Marcus M. Schmitt, General Manager, spoke at the ELTACon in Paris, France last week focussing on the changing ...
16 December, 2024
Introduction
The European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA) is the umbrella organisation for 22 company lawyer associations in Europe and represents the common interests of European company lawyers. During the past 30+ years, ECLA has established itself as the leading representative of European company lawyers’ associations… Read More.
News
Find out more about the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA), our structure and mission, as well as the initiatives pursued by the association. Read interesting articles and interviews about the current challenges faced by company lawyers in Europe and meet colleagues at our events… Read More.
Profession
There are various branches of the legal profession practiced in the European Union, such as judges, lawyers, notaries, academics, bailiffs, etc. Moreover, there are several national variants in individual member states. Lawyers working within Europe for a company as salaried employees in a legal department are considered company lawyers… Read More.
Mission
As the leading representative of European company lawyers associations, ECLA has established a platform to respond to and exercise influence on organizations, policy making bodies, and the European in-house corporate counsel network. Our mission is to enhance the acceptance and demand for an active role of in-house lawyers…Â Read More.
A platform for 70,000 Company Lawyers
Find out more about the European Company Lawyers Association and listen to what our President and and other representatives have to say about the organisation, our mission, and future plans.
Latest News
IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS: ECLA’S FIRST GENERAL COUNSEL ROUNDTABLE
How to effectively comply with antitrust and competition law on a European level, a practitioner’s view on competition damage claims and the impact of Brexit on competition law
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37TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE EUROPEAN COMPANY LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
The 37th General Assembly of ECLA was held on 12 April 2018 in Brussels
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RECEPTION 2018 - KICK-OFF AT ECLA’S NEW OFFICE IN BRUSSELS
On 11 April 2018 ECLA opened its new offices in Brussels, Belgium, and hosted the 2018 Reception...
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Members:
22
national Associations
Providing Benefits to more than
70,000
individual company lawyers
More than
155,000
Company lawyers in Europe
Members:
22
national Associations
Providing Benefits to more than
70,000
individual company lawyers
More than
165,000
Company lawyers in Europe
