Interjurist Conferences
General Assembly of Interjurist held in Geneva, March 27th, 2009
Minutes of the General Assembly of Interjurist held in Geneva, March 27th, 2009.
Persons present:
Raymond Guillaume MERAT, honorary president
Wim JURGENS, president
Vincent Louis MERAT, vice president
Jean Luc MERAT, treasurer
Catherine ZELTNER, secretary general
Hans BAKKER
Louise BENJAMIN
Stéphane BERTOUILLE
Daniela FIENI
José GUTIERREZ
Laura Amparo MARCOS
Raphaël MARCOS
Georges REYMOND
Peter SAUBERLICH
Seamus SMYTH
Andrea TOTTO
Kathryn Lesley SPEAK, former director of Interjurist
Tatiana De Battista, assistant of Interjurist in Geneva
The following members were excused, having important professional reasons keeping them elsewhere:
Me Jordi Bergos from Barcelona
Me Lopes de Almeida from Lisboa
Me Azédine Lamamra from Luxemburg
Me Kenneth Wrede from Helsinki
Me Guy Ludovissy from Luxemburg
Me Gerhard Ebenbichler from Vienna
Todd Hall from San Diego
Me Rainer Roeling from Köln
Me Tongsam from Mauritius Island
Me Vaclav Kral from Prague
Me Braubach from Texas
Welcome speech of Me Jurgens
Speech of Me Mérat
Speech of Me Zeltner
( these speeches are available, if requested)
Persons present:
Raymond Guillaume MERAT, honorary president
Wim JURGENS, president
Vincent Louis MERAT, vice president
Jean Luc MERAT, treasurer
Catherine ZELTNER, secretary general
Hans BAKKER
Louise BENJAMIN
Stéphane BERTOUILLE
Daniela FIENI
José GUTIERREZ
Laura Amparo MARCOS
Raphaël MARCOS
Georges REYMOND
Peter SAUBERLICH
Seamus SMYTH
Andrea TOTTO
Kathryn Lesley SPEAK, former director of Interjurist
Tatiana De Battista, assistant of Interjurist in Geneva
The following members were excused, having important professional reasons keeping them elsewhere:
Me Jordi Bergos from Barcelona
Me Lopes de Almeida from Lisboa
Me Azédine Lamamra from Luxemburg
Me Kenneth Wrede from Helsinki
Me Guy Ludovissy from Luxemburg
Me Gerhard Ebenbichler from Vienna
Todd Hall from San Diego
Me Rainer Roeling from Köln
Me Tongsam from Mauritius Island
Me Vaclav Kral from Prague
Me Braubach from Texas
Welcome speech of Me Jurgens
Speech of Me Mérat
Speech of Me Zeltner
( these speeches are available, if requested)
Interjurist Conference Geneva 2006
INTERJURIST CONFERENCE : GENEVA, JUNE 22-23, 2006
PROGRAM
N.B. Talks and speeches will be conducted in French or English. Some of these speeches are available in the Articles by Members Section.
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006.
6:00 p.m. Welcome cocktail at the Ambassador Hotel offered by Interjurist.
Friday, June 23rd, 2006.
MORNING
8:45 a.m. Welcome to the participants
9:00 a.m. Opening : Mr. Wim Jurgens (NL) President of Interjurist.
9:30 a.m. Mr. Elie Elkaïm, Lawyer in Lausanne, Switzerland : La discrimination dans les rapports de droit privé, vue de la Suisse
10:00 a.m. Mr. Sylvain Sankalé, Dakar & Paris, Sénégal & France : Les droits de l'homme dans la tradition africaine
10.30 a.m.Tea-Coffee
11:00 a.m. Mr. Raymond G. Mérat, Honorary President of Interjurist : Le nouveau Conseil des Droits de l'Homme
11.30 a.m. General Discussion
12.30 a.m. Lunch.
2:30 p.m. Mr. Robert Braubach, Lawyer in Texas, USA : Foreign investment in US Real Estate.
3:00 p.m. Mr. Jordi Bergos, Barcelona, Spain : Acquisitions d'immeubles en Espagne
3:30 p.m. Ms. Louise Benjamin, Luxembourg : SICAR, Securitisation, Real Estate
4:00 p.m. Mr. Richard Brown, Bristol, UK : Doing business in the UK for the non-UK businesses
4:30 p.m. Mr. Hans Bakker, Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Prevention of money-laundering, update of measures bu the Dutch government
5:00 p.m. Mr. Jean-Luc Mérat, Geneva, Switzerland : Du double usage de la Fondation
5:30 p.m. General Discussion
6:00 p.m. Closing adress and acknowledments
PROGRAM
N.B. Talks and speeches will be conducted in French or English. Some of these speeches are available in the Articles by Members Section.
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006.
6:00 p.m. Welcome cocktail at the Ambassador Hotel offered by Interjurist.
Friday, June 23rd, 2006.
MORNING
8:45 a.m. Welcome to the participants
9:00 a.m. Opening : Mr. Wim Jurgens (NL) President of Interjurist.
9:30 a.m. Mr. Elie Elkaïm, Lawyer in Lausanne, Switzerland : La discrimination dans les rapports de droit privé, vue de la Suisse
10:00 a.m. Mr. Sylvain Sankalé, Dakar & Paris, Sénégal & France : Les droits de l'homme dans la tradition africaine
10.30 a.m.Tea-Coffee
11:00 a.m. Mr. Raymond G. Mérat, Honorary President of Interjurist : Le nouveau Conseil des Droits de l'Homme
11.30 a.m. General Discussion
12.30 a.m. Lunch.
2:30 p.m. Mr. Robert Braubach, Lawyer in Texas, USA : Foreign investment in US Real Estate.
3:00 p.m. Mr. Jordi Bergos, Barcelona, Spain : Acquisitions d'immeubles en Espagne
3:30 p.m. Ms. Louise Benjamin, Luxembourg : SICAR, Securitisation, Real Estate
4:00 p.m. Mr. Richard Brown, Bristol, UK : Doing business in the UK for the non-UK businesses
4:30 p.m. Mr. Hans Bakker, Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Prevention of money-laundering, update of measures bu the Dutch government
5:00 p.m. Mr. Jean-Luc Mérat, Geneva, Switzerland : Du double usage de la Fondation
5:30 p.m. General Discussion
6:00 p.m. Closing adress and acknowledments
Interjurist Conference Prague 2002
INTERJURIST CONFERENCE : PRAGUE, APRIL 18-19-20, 2002
PROGRAM
N.B. Talks and speeches will be conducted in French or English. Some of these speeches are available in the Articles by Members Section.
Thursday, April 18TH, 2002.
7:30 p.m. Welcome cocktail at Marriott Hotel offered by Interjurist.
Friday, April 19TH, 2002.
MORNING
8:45 a.m. Welcome to the participants
9:00 a.m. Opening : Mr. Vincent L. MERAT, Vice-President of Interjurist, Paris, France, and Dr. Vaclav KRAL, Lawyer in Prague, Czech Rep.
9:30 a.m. Mr. Bakker Hans, Lawyer in Dordrecht, The Netherlands : The international law on Public Tenders
10:00 a.m. Mr. Robert P. Braubach, Lawyer in Texas, USA : The new Mexico-EU Free Trade Agreement
10.30 a.m.Tea-Coffee
11:00 a.m. Mr. Stéphane Bertouille, Lawyer in Brussels, Belgium : Prevention aginst bad debts in international trade
11.30 a.m. General Discussion
12.30 a.m. Lunch.
2:00 p.m. Mr. Nedim Karako, Lawyer in Istambul, Turkey : General presentation of the Turkish legal system
2:15 p.m. Mr. Kevin Dingli, Lawyer in Valletta, Malta : General presentation of the Maltese legal system
2:30 p.m. Mr. Georges Reymond, Lawyer in Lausanne, Switzerland : Nouvelles dispositions du droit suisse concezrnant le blanchiment d'argent
3:00 p.m. Cofee break
3:30 p.m. Ms. Carmen Reguero, Canary Islands : Canaru Islands Special Zone
4:00 p.m. Mr. Peter Barnes, St Helier, Jersey : Jersey...Obtaining and resisting the Disclosure of information
4:30 p.m. General Discussion
7:00p.m. Diner at the U Kalicha Restaurant
Saturday, April 20TH, 2002.
MORNING
10:00 a.m. Mr. Thierry S. Quincerot, Managing Director of Safidev S.A., Geneva, Switzerland : Fiduciary and Trust services
10:15 a.m. Mr. Jean-Luc Mérat, Financial Analyst with Safidev S.A., Geneva, Switzerland : International Stock Markets and the role of the independent money manager
10:30 a.m. Coffee breakWelcome to the participants
11:00 a.m. Mr. Lubomir Vystavel, Head of Equity, ING Bank, Prague, Czech Rep. : Czech Republic - Emerging Equity Market
11:30 a.m. General discussion, closing
N.B. Wherever possible we will provide a summary (oral or written) in the other language.
PROGRAM
N.B. Talks and speeches will be conducted in French or English. Some of these speeches are available in the Articles by Members Section.
Thursday, April 18TH, 2002.
7:30 p.m. Welcome cocktail at Marriott Hotel offered by Interjurist.
Friday, April 19TH, 2002.
MORNING
8:45 a.m. Welcome to the participants
9:00 a.m. Opening : Mr. Vincent L. MERAT, Vice-President of Interjurist, Paris, France, and Dr. Vaclav KRAL, Lawyer in Prague, Czech Rep.
9:30 a.m. Mr. Bakker Hans, Lawyer in Dordrecht, The Netherlands : The international law on Public Tenders
10:00 a.m. Mr. Robert P. Braubach, Lawyer in Texas, USA : The new Mexico-EU Free Trade Agreement
10.30 a.m.Tea-Coffee
11:00 a.m. Mr. Stéphane Bertouille, Lawyer in Brussels, Belgium : Prevention aginst bad debts in international trade
11.30 a.m. General Discussion
12.30 a.m. Lunch.
2:00 p.m. Mr. Nedim Karako, Lawyer in Istambul, Turkey : General presentation of the Turkish legal system
2:15 p.m. Mr. Kevin Dingli, Lawyer in Valletta, Malta : General presentation of the Maltese legal system
2:30 p.m. Mr. Georges Reymond, Lawyer in Lausanne, Switzerland : Nouvelles dispositions du droit suisse concezrnant le blanchiment d'argent
3:00 p.m. Cofee break
3:30 p.m. Ms. Carmen Reguero, Canary Islands : Canaru Islands Special Zone
4:00 p.m. Mr. Peter Barnes, St Helier, Jersey : Jersey...Obtaining and resisting the Disclosure of information
4:30 p.m. General Discussion
7:00p.m. Diner at the U Kalicha Restaurant
Saturday, April 20TH, 2002.
MORNING
10:00 a.m. Mr. Thierry S. Quincerot, Managing Director of Safidev S.A., Geneva, Switzerland : Fiduciary and Trust services
10:15 a.m. Mr. Jean-Luc Mérat, Financial Analyst with Safidev S.A., Geneva, Switzerland : International Stock Markets and the role of the independent money manager
10:30 a.m. Coffee breakWelcome to the participants
11:00 a.m. Mr. Lubomir Vystavel, Head of Equity, ING Bank, Prague, Czech Rep. : Czech Republic - Emerging Equity Market
11:30 a.m. General discussion, closing
N.B. Wherever possible we will provide a summary (oral or written) in the other language.
