Legal and business culture in the Baltic States

Friday, 4th May 2007

14:00 – Opening of the conference

14:15 – Liina  Teras, Legal Secretary of the European Court of Justice, Recent Developments in the ECJ Case-Law on Direct Taxation and on Free Movement of Lawyers

15:00 – Göran Broden, Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Estonia, General background and conditions of strengthening cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region (focus on Estonia)

15:30 – Coffee break

15:45 – Gunnar Ljungdahl, Swedish Chamber in Latvia, Swedish experiences of working in the Baltic countries

16:15 – Espen Skovly, Telenor  Legal Department, Speech on Telenor experiece of working in the Central Eastern European countries with specific focus  in telecommunication sector

16:45 - Richard Hastings, Thomas Eggar, General European Telecoms (Land line / Mobile / VoIP) background, history and regulatory changes

17:30 - Finish

Saturday, 5th May 2007

10:00 – Opening

10:15 – Presentation of Law Firms: Trevisan & Associati by Mr. Dario Trevisan

             (Italy), Iason Skouzos & Partners by Mr. Theodoros Skouzos (Greece)

11:00 – 12:15 – John Clarke, Felix Groot, Neil Hart, Law Firms’ Management - Finances

12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch

13:45 – 14:45 – First session of Legal Teams:

-         Real Estate

-         Eurolaw Assistance

15:00 – 16:00 – Second session of Legal Teams:

-         Employment

-         Sportslaw

-         M&A

16:15 – Meeting Platform

17:00 – Reassemble:

             De-briefs from International Legal Teams’ Chairmen

             Open Forum

17:45 – Finish