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NYSBA SPRING 2005 | VOL. 10 | NO. 1 New York International Chapter News A publication of the International Law and Practice Section of the New York State Bar Association A Word From Our A Word From Our Immediate Past Chair New Chair It has been my privilege to Honored and Impressed. have served as Chair of the The first is what I am to be International Law and Practice selected Chair of one of the Section for the past year. I best and most active sections in believe that it has been a pro- the New York State Bar Associ- ductive one in most respects. I ation. The second is what the am especially pleased by the lawyers in New York State and success of the Fall Meeting in around the world are by the Santiago described and pic- members of our Section and its tured elsewhere, our Canadian activities. initiative (including the Execu- Coming off a spectacular tive Committee Retreat in Mon- November 2004 meeting in Santiago de Chile, where we treal, the IL&PS panel at the Barreau de Quebec annual exchanged ideas and mingled with lawyers from almost meeting in Quebec City, the ongoing discussions with every South and Central American country, our Section the Law Society of Upper Canada and the recent Cana- followed up with another terrific substantive program dian Program at the recent IL&PS Annual Meeting), at the NYSBA’s and our Section’s Annual Meeting in and the recognition of the Section’s efforts in recent New York City at the end of January. Among other ben- years by President Standard’s creation of the Associa- efits, the Santiago meeting resulted in increased mem- tion’s Committee on Cross Border Legal Practice, all of bership in the Association and the Section, pushing our whose members also are members of the IL&PS. Section over the 2,000-member mark. The meeting also (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 2) Inside A Word From Our Immediate Past Chair..........................................1 United States ................................................................................19 A Word From Our New Chair ............................................................1 United Nations ............................................................................20 Our Co-Editor ........................................................................................3 Firm News ............................................................................................23 IL & P Country News Member News......................................................................................23 Argentina........................................................................................4 Event News ..........................................................................................24 Brazil................................................................................................8 New Section Members ........................................................................44 Chile ..............................................................................................11 Jordan ............................................................................................13 Section Committee Officers, Chairs and Chapter Chairs ..............48 Pakistan ........................................................................................15 A Word from Our Immediate Past Chair Officer or the Meeting Chair in Rome. It has been a (Continued from page 1) rewarding year for me personally and, I hope, for the Section. There also are a number of areas where I continued the efforts of my predecessors as Chair, but where more Paul M. Frank, Immediate Past Chair needs to be done. These include the creation of new Alston & Bird LLP substantive law and regional law Committees, as well New York as the appointment of new Co-Chairs of those and existing Committees, and the creation of new Chapters in areas of the world of interest to New York lawyers A Word from Our New Chair and the appointment of Co-Chairs of those Chapters. (Continued from page 1) Similarly, the already impressive activities of the Women’s Interest Networking Group and the Section’s renewed interest in our existing Chapters, and the membership efforts need to be expanded, not only to addition of new Chapters throughout the Americas. attract more women and younger lawyers to the IL&PS, but also to keep the Section’s number of members Before you continue reading, I want to take this above 2,000, thereby entitling the IL&PS to three Dele- opportunity to thank Paul Frank of Alston & Bird, LLP gates to the NYSBA House of Delegates. for his outstanding job as Chair over the past year. His tireless efforts, high energy and enthusiasm for our Sec- We have been fortunate that members of the Section tion, our members and our activities made our success- have come forward to propose new committees, such as es in 2004 possible. His is a hard act to follow and I am on International Privacy and Entertainment Law, as glad to know that he will remain active in our Section well as on South Asian and Middle Eastern Law. Simi- and available to advise all of us. larly, new Chapters have been created and Co-Chairs appointed in cities or countries from Brussels to Pak- This fall, our 2005 Seasonal Meeting will be held in istan to Greece and to several cities or countries in both London from October 18–23, in cooperation with the Central and South America, the latter development as a Law Society of England and Wales. The theme will be result of the large Latin American participation in the “Cross Atlantic Legal Practice in a Time of Global Santiago meeting in November. Seizing upon the Change,” and the meeting will be held at the Law Soci- opportunity presented, several of the Officers and the ety’s Headquarters on Chancery Lane in the heart of International Division Vice Chairs have been engaged “Legal London.” In addition to the substantive pro- since the meeting in selecting Co-Chairs for Chapters, grams, there are planned social events where you will both existing and newly created, for all of the Latin be able to meet your fellow Section members and the American countries. I know that process will continue solicitors and barristers of the Law Society. I, for one, under my successor as Chair, Bob Leo. am already practicing the “Queen’s English.” I am less certain about the revival of the Interna- In addition to these meetings, our Section continues tional Intern Program started several years ago, not to be involved in many important issues that affect our because of any lack of interest on the part of the Section practice and more importantly, the individuals and or the students, as we have received over 100 applica- companies that rely on lawyers, our clients. This is only tions each time. However, there are logistical problems possible through the hard work of our members and involved and the reality that many of the firms likely to committees, and the leadership of past Chairs, dele- be interested in hosting such students operate their own gates, Officers and Program Chairs. Members of our intern programs. However, the large number of stu- Section have been U.N. Election Observers and are dents attending law schools in New York who are inter- advisors to our and other governments. Members have ested in the practice of international law and the earlier also studied and lectured here and abroad on the extra- mutually beneficial results of the IL&PS Internship Pro- territorial effect of U.S. laws, like the “Patriot Act” and gram indicate to me, at least, that the Section should the international and ethical impact of “SOX,” the Sar- renew that effort. banes-Oxley Act affecting public entities. Lastly, I want to thank all of the Officers, the Meet- Our Section is also proud that NYSBA President ing Chairs, the Executive Editors and Editors of the Sec- Ken Standard takes a great interest in our activities, tion’s publications, the Past Chairs and other Members and building on the previous work of Section members, of the Executive Committee, the Committee and Chap- appointed a new NYSBA committee, the Committee on ter Co-Chairs and many others too numerous to list, Cross-Border Legal Practice. That committee is com- except one, our Section’s NYSBA staff liaison in Albany, prised of our Section members, including former Linda Castilla, for their assistance and support during Chairs, and is studying practice eligibility and admis- my year as Chair and over the years I was either an (Continued on page 22) 2 NYSBA New York International Chapter News | Spring 2005 | Vol. 10 | No. 1 Our Co-Editor This newsletter is always a Chair and Paul Frank, 2004 Section Chair. I want to terrific means for our Section to thank them both for their commitment in making this share the knowledge and infor- year’s meeting such a success. mation that we as a group pos- And speaking of Paul Frank, I would like to thank sess. As part of the global vil- him for presiding so capably over our Section as Chair lage, it is important to stay in 2004. I look forward to being able to call on him abreast of the developments when his sage advice is needed. I also wish to congratu- that affect our practices late Bob Leo on his new role as Section Chair. throughout the world. As far as my role as Co-editor, I continue to be Being the co-editor of the impressed by the many articles submitted to this publi- New York International Chapter cation, providing us with information on laws from News allows me the opportunity to develop relation- countries around the world. In this issue you will hear ships with legal practitioners in many countries that from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Pakistan, and the United might otherwise pass me by if I were not involved with States, to name a few. I remind you that we also wel- this publication. As a Canadian lawyer whose firm has come submissions of your firm news, upcoming events, a presence in New York, I value the discussions I have meetings, speaking engagements that involve a member with colleagues in other countries concerning the differ- of your firm, pro bono activities and community events ences between jurisdictions and how we can integrate that your firm, or a member of your firm is involved in, the services our different firms provide.

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