You
are cordially invited to a special event:
What’s
Next for Global Legal Services?
Bright
Ideas from Industry Leaders
Wednesday
22 July 2009
Washington,
DC
presentation and discussion with senior inside counsel, outside counsel and
law firm executives.
resenters
are contributors to the new book:
Bright
Ideas: Insights from Legal Luminaries Worldwide
Bruno
Cova, Partner, Paul Hastings (Milan)
E.
Leigh Dance, President, ELD International (NY & Rome) – Editor
Tim
Glassett, former General Counsel, Hilton Hotels international (LA)
Despina
Kartson, Chief Marketing Officer, Latham & Watkins (NY)
Bruce
MacEwen, President, Adam Smith, Esq. (NY)
Deborah
McMurray, Chief Executive, Content Pilot (Dallas)
Michael
O’Neill, SVP and General Counsel, Lenovo (Wash DC)
Jolene
Overbeck, Chief Marketing Officer, DLA Piper (NY)
Tom
Sabatino, EVP and General Counsel, Schering Plough (NJ)
Mary
K Young, Partner, Zeughauser Group (Wash DC)
Where: offices
of DLA Piper LLC, 500 8th St NW, Washington, DC (between
E and F Streets NW)
Time: 2:30pm-5:30
followed by a reception
Hosted
by: ELD
International, global legal services consultancy, in cooperation with DLA
Piper
How
can we best answer today’s extraordinary challenges in delivering legal services
around the world?
At
this invitation-only event, presenters will share their perspectives and
suggest how you can prepare for the future.
Program:
2:30 Registration
and Welcome
2:45 Setting
the stage: Leigh Dance and Bruce MacEwen
3:00
– 4:15: Changes in global supply
and demand for legal services and what they mean: where to invest,
where to cut back
Speakers: B.
Cova, D. Kartson, M. O’Neill, T. Sabatino (moderated by L. Dance)
5-minute
stretch
4:20
– 5:30: How leaders can drive
performance in international law firms and corporate law departments
Speakers: T.
Glassett, D. McMurray, J. Overbeck, M. Young (moderated by B. MacEwen)
5:30
– 7:00 – reception – Bright Ideas book
available for sale.
RSVP
before July 14 to:
Freya
Birdie, ELD International – fbirdie@eldinternational.com
Please
direct your questions to: Leigh Dance: +1 631 276 9365
or
Mary K Young + 1 301 320 1518
This event is open to law firm leaders and in-house counsel only and, while attendance is free, space is limited. You may RSVP indicating your interest in attending and the organizers will let you know if they can confirm your place.
We
hope to see you there!
E.
Leigh Dance, ELD
International, Inc.