Welcome to London 🇬🇧 – General Counsel Roundtable on the Challenging Corporate and M&A Market in Europe live now… 24 participants from 14 different European 🇪🇺 countries are discussion the latest trends and challenges in corporate mergers & acquisitions in the magnificent Kimpton hotel in......
29 April, 2025 Association
📅 On 7 – 8 April, at the invitation of the President Włodzimierz Chróścik, ECLA had the pleasure to meet executive representatives of the Krajowa Izba Radców Prawnych for a fruitful exchange on our profession, including Tomasz Scheffler (Vice-President, KIRP), Alicja Jagielska-Burduk (Chairwoman of the Foreign Committee,......
14 April, 2025 Association
From Generative AI to Agentic AI – focussing on decision-making and autonomous action…Legal problem solving ahead? Outstanding ECLA workshop on artificial intelligence 🤖 and how it will shape the legal work ⚖️ in the next 6-12 months – Deeper dive into AI challenges, innovations and......
10 April, 2025 Association
Last Friday, 4 April 2025 ECLA held its 51st General Assembly at the Law Society of Ireland in Dublin with representatives of 25 European 🇪🇺 countries. The member representatives accepted 3 new member organisations to ECLA extending the pan-European network to more than 75 000......
10 April, 2025 Association
For 25 years the Institute represents and protects the interests of the profession in general and of the company lawyer in particular. Through the institute more than 2 400 company lawyers in Belgium have a protected title and their legal advice to their employer is......
21 March, 2025 Association
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......
19 March, 2025 Association
High-level expert workshop 💡 with colleagues from across Europe 🇪🇺 and the European Commission on the evolution of our profession … On Friday, 14 March 2025, 40 experts on the legal professions, including in-house lawyers and the European Commission met in Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸 to......
17 March, 2025 Association Events
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… The conference title ‘ReshAIping the Legal Landscape’ clearly gave the focus topic away. Stephanie was part of the opening......
16 December, 2024 Association
On 7 November 2024 the Constitutional Court of Belgium handed down a judgment following the appeal for the annulment of the Belgian law on whistleblowers and referred questions regarding the status of in-house counsel’s legal professional privilege to the Court of Justice of the European......
10 December, 2024 Legal Developments
Bem vindo a Lisboa – ECLA’s final General Counsel Roundtable with 30 participants from 16 different countries takes place in Portugal 🇵🇹 … The topics of the day are the latest trends and challenges in European 🇪🇺 compliance and white collar crime. After an remarkable......
29 November, 2024 Events
We are back in Rome, Italy 🇮🇹 together with 20 colleagues for our 6th General Counsel Roundtable in the Eternal City… After a fantastic dinner with a breathtaking view over the city and fruitful discussions yesterday, the day today is packed with active discussions, especially......
22 November, 2024 Activities
24 Participants from across 🇪🇺 discussing ESG Reporting, ESG Litigation and Supply Chain Regulations in beautiful Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱 today… Kicking off of the ECLA/GCLC General Counsel Roundtable was yesterday evening with a joint dinner and bar networking night. The maturing of ESG towards ESG......
15 November, 2024 Events
Today, ECLA is honored to see our Corporate Counsel Academy conducting a comprehensive certification course on European companies expanding their business operations to the US. Led by the North-Carolina-based expertise of Hutchison PLLC and EisnerAmper, this course offers European companies essential, practical guidance on navigating......
08 November, 2024 Activities
The transformative power of generative AI has been the most discussed topics across corporate boardrooms and C-suites globally. Companies, regardless of size or industry, or regardless of the departments within, have been rushing to adopt AI solutions, with 2024 reports showing mass adoption of generative......
31 October, 2024 Activities
Magic 🪄 Gala Evening and Dinner at the General Counsel Forum Europe 🇪🇺 … After an insightful conference day with more than 30 highly-interesting panel discussions, keynotes, and focus speeches, the 41st Anniversary General Counsel Forum Europe concluded with a splendid gala evening, including an......
09 October, 2024 Events
Impressive kick-off Keynotes at the General Counsel Forum Europe in Berlin, Germany… The 41st Anniversary General Counsel Forum Europe of ECLA and the GCLC just started with 200 participants from 32 different countries. The morning showed the innovative power of the legal market and the......
08 October, 2024 Activities
Exciting expert discussions at our General Counsel Roundtable in Milan, Italy include… Participants from 12 different European 🇪🇺 jurisdictions are currently elaborating on: 💡M&A Pulse: Decoding the Latest Trends in Europe 💡Tax Tango: Mastering Deal Structures for Optimal Savings 💡Digital Defenders: AI and Cybersecurity in......
27 September, 2024 Events
The Triple Transition: Climate, Energy & Digital is the topic tonight in Milan, Italy 🇮🇹 General counsel and legal experts from 12 different countries are meeting for the M&A General Counsel Roundtable of ECLA and the General Counsel Roundtable Europe 🇪🇺 together with our trusted......
26 September, 2024 Events
Harnessing AI for Legal & Business Excellence was the topic of last weeks conference in Skopje, North Macedonia 🇲🇰 ECLA’s General Manger Marcus M. Schmitt spoke at this impressive conference about the European legal market, the profession of in-house counsel and how artificial intelligence is......
24 September, 2024 Activities
Last week the ECLA Executive Board met in Paris 🇫🇷 for a strategy workshop 2025… During that 1,5 day brainstorming session at the headquarters of Technicolor Group we elaborated on the main headaches for Corporate Legal Departments for 2025. Besides various current and upcoming legal......
20 September, 2024 Activities