Brussels, 19 March 2025 The European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA), representing the interests of the approx. 160.000 in-house legal professionals across Europe, expresses deep concern over recent executive orders by the current U.S. administration targeting law firms based on their client representations. These actions include the...
High-level expert workshop 💡 with colleagues from across Europe 🇪🇺 and the European Commission on the evolution of our profession ...
Stephanie Fougou, President of ECLA and Marcus M. Schmitt, General Manager, spoke at the ELTACon in Paris, France last week focussing on the changing legal landscape...
ECLA is pleased to announce the election of Ms. Stéphanie Fougou, SVP, General Counsel and Board Secretary at Technicolor Group SA, as its new president, effective immediately. This transition marks a significant milestone in the association’s history as it continues to advance its mission of...
History made: Stephanie Fougou elected President of ECLA...
Pre-evening of the 49th General Assembly in Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 Starting with a scenic boat cruise visiting Stockholm’s archipelagos and a traditional Swedish dinner in the long summer sunset… With our elections tomorrow ECLA will make history…stay tuned! Many thanks to our Swedish member association Sveriges Bolagsjurister(Swedish Company...
On 8 April 2021, ECLA and ACC jointly submitted their feedback form on the 2021 EU Justice Scoreboard....
On 26 November 2020, the General Assembly of the European Company Lawyers Association decided to re-elect Jonathan Marsh as President and Giovanni Cerutti as Treasurer of ECLA, respectively....
The Legal Departments in a Digital Era Survey from Wolters Kluwer and ECLA found that a considerable proportion of legal departments across Europe acknowledge the need to improve multiple aspects of organization, processes and management of legal departments....
The Gauvain’s report was submitted to Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Wednesday. In it, he proposes to improve protection of French companies by giving company lawyers (juristes d’entreprise) a status similar to that of external legal counsel, in particular with respect to the confidentiality of...