In the week leading up to the 2019 European Election, ECLA hosted its long-awaited Annual In-House Legal Conference, a two-day event gathering company lawyers, stakeholders and representatives from the EU institutions, which saw lively debates and fascinating presentations on topical issues and challenges facing in-house counsel across the continent....
31 May, 2019 Activities Association EventsWith the conclusion of our second Legal Disruption roadshow event in Stuttgart, we are halfway there with discussing legal tech in 2019!...
25 April, 2019 ActivitiesWith the beginning of a new year, ECLA will venture into a new and exciting territory by organising an exclusive technology conference for in-house counsel: Legal Disruption: Innovation, Technology, Collaboration. The event, taking place on 14 February in Dublin, will concentrate on the usage of legal technology in the legal departments and present how companies of all sizes are implementing various solutions, in order to bring their legal departments into the modern era. ...
19 November, 2018 Activities Association EventsOn 9 November, The European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA) held its 38th General Assembly at the Kempinski Hotel Bristol in Berlin, Germany. ...
15 November, 2018 Activities Association EventsECLA's general manager, Marcus M. Schmitt, talks about the European Company Lawyers Association, their work and goals and the threat of Brexit. Thanks to The Law Society for the nice interview!...
02 November, 2018 AssociationHow 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 – those were the main topics of the first ever General Counsel Roundtable of the European Company Lawyers Association....
15 September, 2018 ActivitiesOn 23 May 2018, ECLA’s General Manager, Marcus M. Schmitt, informally met with Mark Cockerill, Chairman of the Law Society of Ireland’s In-house and Public Sector Committee, and the Society’s ECLA representative, and Louise Campbell, Secretary to the Committee....
25 June, 2018 Activities AssociationOn 9 May 2018 Marcus M. Schmitt, General Manager of the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA) met with representatives of the Estonian company lawyers association “Eesti Juristide Liitu ja Ettevõtlusjuristide ühendust” in Tallinn, Estonia....
09 May, 2018 Activities AssociationThe 37th General Assembly of the European Company Lawyeras Association was held on 12 April 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. For the first time the General Assembly was hosted by ECLA itself, inviting the 19 national associations to the new ECLA office in the Blue Tower at Avenue Louise...
12 April, 2018 Activities Association EventsOn 11 April 2018 ECLA opened its new offices in Brussels, Belgium, and hosted the 2018 Reception. 200 participants from all over Europe attended the exclusive event....
11 April, 2018 Activities Association EventsOn 4 April 2018 Marcus M. Schmitt, general manager of the European Company Lawyers Association met representatives of the Italian Company Lawyers Association – Associazione Italiana Giuristi di Impresa (A.I.G.I.)....
05 April, 2018 Activities Association EventsIn the midst of the current privacy debate, on March 23, US President Donald Trump has signed a law that provides security authorities with extensive opportunities to access user data. ...
02 April, 2018 AssociationECLA and Croatian and Slovenian association of company lawyers in Zagreb on 29 March with president Jonathan Marsh, general managers Marcus M. Schmitt and Dr. Michael Henning, Croatia (Udruga korporativnih Pravnika)...
29 March, 2018 Activities AssociationECLA board member Stephan Barthe and general managers Marcus M. Schmitt and Dr. Michael Henning met with representatives of the Portuguese company lawyers association...
15 March, 2018 AssociationOn 5 and 6 March 2018 Marcus M. Schmitt, general manager of the European Company Lawyers Association met with representatives from the company lawyers association in Finland....
07 March, 2018 AssociationOn January 18th, 2018 ECLA filed an amicus curiae brief with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of U.S. of America v. Microsoft Corporation....
24 January, 2018 AssociationThe European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA) and the dfv media group have entered into a long-term service partnership at the beginning of 2018. As part of this cooperation, dfv media group will provide to ECLA services in the area of media, networking, association and lobbying. ...
17 January, 2018 AssociationFor the first time in history, the association will host the "1st ECLA Reception", on April 11th 2018 in its new offices in Bussels, Belgium. ...
12 December, 2017 AssociationOn December 1st, 2017 the ECLA Executive Board held a meeting at dfv Media Group in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Apart from the members of the Executive Board, Dr. Michael Henning and Marcus M. Schmitt, representatives of dfv Media Group, joined the meeting. ...
12 December, 2017 AssociationOn 20 October 2017 ECLA had its General Assembly, in the premises of the Law Society of England and wales in London. Apart from the usual topics such as 2018 budget and financial situation, the discussion was concentrated on the possible outsourcing of administrative, lobbying and consulting services to a specialised company, which will have the task to bring ECLA on a more professional and influential level. ...
19 October, 2017 Association Events