Advisory Board Meeting
Sir George, Rosewood Hotel
Advisory Board Meeting
Sir George, Rosewood Hotel
8:30a - 11:45a
Attendee Welcome Lunch
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Attendee Welcome Lunch
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
11:45a - 12:45p
Welcome & First Time Attendees Introduction
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Sandra Boyer
Legus International
John Gould
Russell-Cooke Solicitors
Welcome & First Time Attendees Introduction
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
1:00p - 1:30p
Sandra Boyer
President
Legus International
John Gould
Russell-Cooke Solicitors
Managing Change with Bob Empson
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Bob Empson
White Maple Consulting
Managing Change with Bob Empson
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
1:30p - 3:00p
This will be an interactive session exploring various aspects of managing change. Topics will include, for example: culture; resistance; strategies/methods; and leadership. And we might start with a boiled frog (no animals will have been harmed).
Bob Empson
White Maple Consulting
Bob Empson is White Maple’s founder and Principal Consultant. He has advised c.250 UK and international organisations across the commercial, public and not-for-profit sectors. This wide client experience, working in nearly 40 countries on 6 continents, spans global corporations, professional service partnerships, private businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups through to government agencies and a variety of not-for-profit institutions, trade associations and charities.
Bob’s career started with British Petroleum in the UK and Africa. He became a management consultant in 1985 when he joined a specialist strategy and marketing consultancy. He subsequently established the strategy/marketing consulting group of a UK professional services firm before joining another major firm to lead its management consulting practice for 10 years. He founded White Maple Consulting in 2002. He tutored on the MBA programme at Warwick Business School for 10 years until 2014.
Educated at the universities of Bristol (BSc), Warwick (Warwick Business School; MBA), and Reading (Henley Business School; Professional Certificate in Coaching), Bob is a former Fellow (FIC) of the UK’s Institute of Consulting and a former President of its predecessor the Institute of Management Consultancy. He is also a former Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM).
Bob has been a Trustee/Director of the The Stroke Association since 2011; he has been Vice Chair (interim) and is currently a member of Audit & Risk Committee. For 5 years to 2011 Bob was a non-executive director of Ascertiva Group Ltd. He was co-founder in 2006 of Cities in Sound (an online venture producing and publishing tourist audio tours in European cities); the business was sold in 2008. He also has an interest in a specialist training business: Training Professional Guides.
Networking Break
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Networking Break
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
3:00p - 3:15p
Doing Business In
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Eric Heitzer
DH&K Rechtsamwalte
Segun Adesokan
Adesokan & Adesokan
Sanket S. Bora
SPCM Legal
Jan Gruszkiewicz
SRG Rechtsanwälte
Doing Business In
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
3:30p - 4:30p
Eric Heitzer
DH&K Rechtsamwalte
Dr. Heitzer comes from the corporate environment. Between 1998 and 2010, the doctor of law worked in the management of well-known telecommunications and media companies in the areas of market regulation, public policy and law. He then joined the law firm DHK-Law in Aachen, of which he has been a partner since 2016. In 2018, Dr. Heitzer, with INTEGRITY, a consulting company that specializes in efficiently taking on statutory duties in companies.
Segun Adesokan
Adesokan & Adesokan
Olusegun Adesokan is the managing partner of Adesokan & Adesokan and in that capacity coordinates the practice teams of the Firm. In addition to this role, he heads the Telecommunication, Estate & Trust, Banking & Finance, Intellectual Property and Corporate & Commercial practices of the Firm. Segun provides specialized advice to Clients in corporate and structured finance, intellectual property rights protection, commercial transactions, real estate acquisition & disposition, business start-up and reorganization, distribution transactions, employment, immigration, energy, investment, site acquisition for telecommunication towers, loans securitization, insolvency, compliance & governance issues and other transactional mandates. His grasp of business dynamics helps in anticipating the twists and turns of a diverse range of corporate and commercial matters complemented by his strong negotiating skills which he successfully applies to deliver on clients’ mandates.
He continues to represent Banks, Private Equity Firms, Real Estate Investors, Energy Companies, Manufacturing Companies, Telecommunication Companies, Distribution and Marketing Entities, Construction Companies and Individuals on a wide range of issues (transactional and dispute resolution) requiring legal content. He acted for the world’s largest energy beverage producer in securing regulatory approvals and permits to market and distribute its brands in Nigeria. He also advised the Company on the protection of its intellectual property rights. He also successfully acted for a leading Tobacco Manufacturing Company in the enforcement of the intellectual property rights to its products against counterfeiters and infringers of its trademark and design rights. He recently facilitated regulatory protection and enforcement of brand rights industry wide of edible oil producers. He has successfully handled high profile debt collection and insolvency matters for financial and non-financial institutions.
Segun also acts for leading telecommunication companies on site acquisition mandates. He advised a leading telecommunication infrastructure provider (collocation) on the acquisitions of tower sites of first tier telecommunication companies. He has prepared and negotiated on behalf of lenders and purchasers, vessel sale agreements, vessel brokerage agreements, charter parties and vessel mortgages. He regularly prosecutes and litigate Trademark disputes before the Trade Marks Tribunal and the regular courts of records. He consults for the Federal and State Legislature.
Sanket S. Bora
SPCM Legal
Adv. Sanket S. Bora is the Managing Partner of his Law Firm namely, SPCM Legal, Advocates having offices at New-Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. He heads the Corporate, Real Estate and Tax Practice at the firm and is also passionate towards Family and Estate Laws. He completed his Masters in Law along with Advanced Diploma in Cyber Law, Diploma in Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions and Certified Accounting Technician Course (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India). His hobbies are reading and traveling. He is married to CA. Prerna S. Bora (Chartered Accountant by profession) and blessed with one Child, Master Adveek S. Bora.
Jan Gruszkiewicz
SRG Rechtsanwälte
Jan Gruszkiewicz is a partner at SRG Stock Rafaseder Gruszkiewicz Rechtsanwälte. He has worked as a lawyer since 2006.
Jan Gruszkiewicz gained extensive experience in corporate law and M&A transactions early on in his career. Jan Gruszkiewicz has been managing corporate transactions of all sizes for more than 15 years. His focus is on corporate law, M&A, corporate succession, foundation law, contract law and real estate law. He also advises church institutions on canonical and state law. Jan Gruszkiewicz completed his law studies at the University of Vienna (Mag. iur.) and completed two further master’s degrees (NYU – Corporate Laws, Vienna – Canon Law). He passed the bar exam with very good results.
Jan Gruszkiewicz is on the board of directors of several domestic and foreign private foundations. He speaks German, English and Polish.
Member and Guest Welcome Reception
Meet in Courtyard at 5:10pm.
Member and Guest Welcome Reception
5:30p - 7:00p
Members and their guests are encouraged to attend this reception hosted by our London Law Firm: Russell-Cooke Solicitors at their offices in Holborn.
Russell-Cooke LLP
http://russell-cooke.co.uk
We are a top 100, London-based law firm with around 200 highly regarded specialist solicitors and lawyers, working in departmental teams. We advise a mix of commercial, not-for-profit, regulatory and personal clients.
Many Russell-Cooke teams and people are leaders in their fields in London or nationally, winning peer-group accolades in areas as diverse as commercial property, regulation, crime and childcare law. The firm is highly rated by legal directories.
Our breadth of expertise means we can tackle complex multi-dimensional cases that are beyond the scope of many other firms of solicitors. A significant proportion of our work comes from referrals from other solicitors or professional firms.
Additional Practice Area: Divorce Law
Welcome & Housekeeping
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Sandra Boyer
Legus International
Jonathan Thornton
Russell-Cooke
Welcome & Housekeeping
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
9:00a - 9:30a
Sandra Boyer
President
Legus International
Jonathan Thornton
Russell-Cooke
Your Case or Mine
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Alison Regan
Russell-Cooke Solicitors
Your Case or Mine
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
9:30a - 10:30a
Quickfire presentations from members across the globe on their most interesting deals/cases.
Alison Regan
Joint Managing Partner
Russell-Cooke Solicitors
Alison is the firm's Joint Managing Partner and leads the contentious trust and succession team advising a range of clients (private individuals, charities, trustees, administrators and beneficiaries) on the complete range of succession, probate and trust disputes.
She routinely acts in trust and succession/inheritance disputes as well as claims for the removal of fiduciaries, rectification and variation issues, administration disputes and professional negligence issues in relation to trusts and estates.
As part of a larger team, Alison also acts in an advisory and risk management capacity in advising on asset protection or succession planning, particularly in a multi-generational family business context or in the context of divorce proceedings.
With experience in mediation as well as litigation, Alison is known to try and resolve disputes as quickly and cost efficiently wherever possible, but is also a tenacious litigator where she needs to be.
Alison qualified in 2002 and became a partner in 2010.
GUEST EVENT: Walking Tour
Meet in Courtyard at 9:45am
Tour provided by Sally Empson
GUEST EVENT: Walking Tour
Meet in Courtyard at 9:45am
10:00a - 12:00p
Networking Break
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Networking Break
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
10:30a - 10:45a
Digital Strategy, What You Need to Know
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
John Kennedy
Flexible Funding and Finance
Digital Strategy, What You Need to Know
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
10:45a - 11:45a
John Kennedy
Flexible Funding and Finance
Networking Luncheon & Awards
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Networking Luncheon & Awards
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
12:00p - 1:30p
Cocked Up, Knackered and Dodgy: Why Attorneys Aren¹t Well and What To Do About It
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Christoper Hinnett
Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms
Cocked Up, Knackered and Dodgy: Why Attorneys Aren¹t Well and What To Do About It
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
1:30p - 2:15p
Christoper Hinnett
Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms
When Barnwell Whaley decided to open an office in North Carolina, the first order of business was to find a lawyer to spearhead the new operation. The desired leader would be someone with a broad range of experience in a number of practice areas; a proven track record of success both in and out of the courtroom; and, preferably, admitted to practice in both North and South Carolina. Most importantly, though, this leader would be willing and eager to accept the challenge of opening a new office in a new state while continuing the Barnwell Whaley tradition of providing excellent legal services to its clients. Chris Hinnant fit the bill, and then some.
A native of Eastern North Carolina, Chris Hinnant has spent the better part of two decades handling a broad array of civil litigation. Licensed in both North and South Carolina, Chris has handled hundreds of cases in both state and federal courts, from medical malpractice to construction defects, premises liability to dram shop claims, commercial disputes to personal injury. Even before becoming licensed in South Carolina, Chris had tried cases to jury verdict in both North Carolina and Virginia.
In the medical malpractice arena, Chris has defended heart surgeons, obstetricians, emergency medicine doctors, orthopedists, surgeons, pharmacists, nurses and hospitals.
As a commercial litigator, Chris has handled many types of cases involving corporations and businesses, from minor contract disputes to one of the largest real estate fraud cases in North Carolina history (his banking client was dismissed on a 12(b)(6) motion). Chris helped one UK-based client decipher an embezzlement scheme, ultimately bringing fraud and civil RICO claims against the former employee for almost a million dollars in misappropriated funds. Best Lawyers in America recognizes Chris for his insurance litigation and personal injury litigation – defense work in the Wilmington, NC area. North Carolina Super Lawyers lists Hinnant as a Top Rated Civil Litigation Attorney. Chris has also been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon excellence and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation.
A graduate of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chris earned his juris doctor at the Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. While in law school, Chris was a member of Campbell’s prestigious competition trial teams and competed against other schools in competitions sponsored by various trial advocacy groups. He earned several book awards for top academic performance in his class, and upon graduation was selected for membership in the Order of Barristers.
When not in the office, Chris divides his personal time between his family and his passion for the outdoors. During the summer months you may find him with his wife and two children on some type of boat or board, enjoying the coastal waters of the Carolinas. During the fall and winter, Chris enjoys hiking the North Carolina mountains, hunting throughout the Carolinas and Georgia and cheering on the Tar Heels with his family.
Networking Break
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Networking Break
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
2:15p - 2:30p
Fitting the Pieces Together, Developing Future Success
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
Damian Cavaleri
Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney
Manuel Inderbitzin
Schweiger Advokatur
Annegret Munitzk
Szecskay Attorneys at Law
Richard Wittbrodt
Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt
Fitting the Pieces Together, Developing Future Success
Grand Ballroom, Rosewood Hotel
2:30p - 3:45p
How do we weave the path: strategic, financial, hiring and processes to provide health and success of the firm?
Damian Cavaleri
Partner
Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney
Damian R. Cavaleri represents clients in all capacities, with expertise in business and employment litigation. He handles all aspects of litigation and arbitration, including discovery, motion practice, trial and appeal, and has litigated in federal and state courts in New York as well arbitration forums such as AAA and FINRA. Damian also advises both employers and employees on employment agreements, employment separation agreements, internal employment issues, and non-competition restrictions and covenants.
Damian received his J.D. with a concentration in Public Law from Cornell Law School, and his B.A. with honors from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a Regents’ and Chancellor’s scholar. Previously, Damian was an associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York City.
Manuel Inderbitzin
Partner
Schweiger Advokatur
Manuel Inderbitzin specializes in the field of procedural law. He represents companies and individuals before state courts and arbitration tribunals, particularly in the areas of inheritance law, labor law, criminal law, debt enforcement and bankruptcy law. He has many years of expertise in complex, international legal disputes, with the focus always being on the best economic solution. In matters of inheritance law, Manuel Inderbitzin then acts as an executor and advises family businesses and private individuals on all aspects of pension and estate planning (including notarial services). Manuel Inderbitzin regularly publishes and lectures in the respective areas of law and works part-time as a military prosecutor.
Manuel Inderbitzin joined the firm in 2015 and became a partner in 2022. Before joining Schweiger Advokatur/Notariat, he worked for several years as a litigator in one of the leading Swiss commercial law firms in Zurich and before that as clerk and substitute judge at the district court in Miles.
Annegret Munitzk
Marketing Communications Director
Szecskay Attorneys at Law
Annegret Munitzk is director of Marketing Communications at Szecskay Attorneys at Law. Her responsibilities cover internal and external communication, public relations, design and branding, employer branding, online presence, as well as events and partnerships.
With a strong background in B2B and expert services communication, she’s experienced in meeting the demands of a rapidly growing and changing business environment.
Throughout her career Annegret has lived in Germany, the UK and Hungary, supporting the international communication of providers in the technology, automotive and legal sectors. She has successfully built up brands around the world, including in the USA, India, and Japan amongst others, in order to support business expansion.
Richard Wittbrodt
Partner
Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt
Richard J. Wittbrodt is an equity partner. He is recognized as a leading construction lawyer and is a prolific speaker and author, including co-author of the seminal construction law treatise, California Construction Law (18th ed. Wolters Kluwer Law and Business 2020). Mr. Wittbrodt is a member of the Governing Committee for the ABA Forum on Construction Law, the largest organization of construction lawyers in the world.
His primary emphasis is in construction litigation, including prosecuting and defending claims of delay, design issues, breach of contract, warranty of plans and specifications, prompt payment requirements, contract interpretation issues, lost profits, disruption, defective construction, mechanics lien and stop notice foreclosure actions, for both public and private projects. Mr. Wittbrodt has experience representing owners, designers, general contractors and subcontractors on multi-million dollar complex cases involving hospitals, hotels, commercial structures, educational institutions, and transportation and other infrastructure projects. He is also a mediator and arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association.
Mr. Wittbrodt has practiced law for over 30 years, all of it with Gibbs Giden. During his tenure with the firm he was Managing Partner for 16 years, and is currently a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Member and Guest Social Event at The Postal Museum and Mail Rail
The Mail Rail and Courtyard
Meet in Courtyard at 5:30pm
Member and Guest Social Event at The Postal Museum and Mail Rail
The Mail Rail and Courtyard
6:00p - 9:00p
For more than 100 years, Mail Rail was hidden from view. Now you have the chance to experience the secret space for yourself – the ambition, dedication and ingenuity that makes it truly unique space. Ride through hidden tunnels and discover a unique piece of industrial heritage, then explore inspiring exhibitions packed with incredible objects, exciting stories and fun-filled interactive displays. Complete with cocktail hour and strolling dinner, come and connect with other Legus members as we reunite!
Member and Guest Optional Lunch Networking Event
Meet in Courtyard at 10:15am. The boat will embark from Blackfriar Pier.
Member and Guest Optional Lunch Networking Event
11:00a - 3:00p
Join us and register for a four hour river cruise along the River Thames in London. This cruise will include lunch and drinks.