News | IE Law School | Schools | Instituto de Empresa http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_news.php en-EN IE (Instituto de Empresa) is a leading European academic institution of higher education, oriented to training entrepreneurs and company directors through its masters degrees and executive education programs. IE is characterised by its markedly global approach, its spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation, its applied research projects and the promotion of socially responsible initiatives. ie.edu RSS Generator http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/img/logoSchoolLaw.png News | IE Law School | Schools | Instituto de Empresa http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_news.php James Moliterno gives a seminar to IE Law School faculty http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=469 31/05/2010 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php James Moliterno, Professor of Law at Washington & Lee University School of Law, gave a session for IE Law School professors on April 26th.  With the aim of improving teaching methodology and sharing experiences among professors,  IE Law school organizes every year a seminar on teach...]]> James Moliterno, Professor of Law at Washington & Lee University School of Law, gave a session for IE Law School professors on April 26th.  With the aim of improving teaching methodology and sharing experiences among professors,  IE Law school organizes every year a seminar on teaching methodology for its faculty members. 

James Moliterno is one of the US leading educators in experiential learning and legal professionalism, he created the William and Mary law school ethics, skills, and professionalism program, which won the American Bar Association Gambrell Professionalism Award, as the best law school program for the teaching of ethics and professionalism. He is the author of numerous works examining legal education and professional responsibility, including “The Law of Professional Responsibility” and “ Cases and Materials on the Law Governing Lawyers and Ethics of the Lawyers Work”.

In his seminar, Professor Moliterno outlined the differences and similarities between Medical training and legal training, and he encouraged law professors to be more experimental and create simulations of the legal practice in the class.  

 

 

 

]]> IE Law School and Tilburg University http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=569 31/03/2011 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php

IE Law School Professor Gregory Marsden is currently visiting Tilburg Law School in the Netherlands, where he is ...]]>

IE Law School Professor Gregory Marsden is currently visiting Tilburg Law School in the Netherlands, where he is teaching a series of seminars on Designing and Managing Contracts in collaboration with Professors Machteld de Hoon and Vanessa Mak. In addition, Professor Marsden presented his recent research on pre-contractual liability and its effect on negotiation practice and theory to the faculty of Tilburg\'s Private Law Department.

This visit represents the first such collaboration between IE Law School and Tilburg University, which have recently concluded an agreement for student and faculty exchange, as well as collaboration in research.

]]> Pérez-Llorca / IE Chair for Commercial Law seminar on Spanish bankruptcy regulation http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=502 30/09/2010 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php

The second seminar of the Perez-Llorca / IE Chair for Commercial Law took place on September 28th with the topic of the reform of the Spanish bank...]]>

The second seminar of the Perez-Llorca / IE Chair for Commercial Law took place on September 28th with the topic of the reform of the Spanish bankruptcy regulation.  This seminar consolidates the series of research seminars that are held as part of the chair.   The PEREZ-LLORCA/IE Chair for Commercial Law is devoted to applied research and publishing in the area of commercial law with a perspective oriented to the legal practice in an international context.

 

Santiago Hurtado Iglesias (from the Spanish Ministry of Justice) was the speaker at the seminar, and exposed the most relevant aspects of the project to reform bankruptcy regulation; he was responded by Javier Yañez Evangelista (Judge in Madrid’s Commercial Court nº9) who analyzed the needs of the bankruptcy regulation; partner at Pérez-Llorca, Félix Montero, acted as moderator.  This was followed by a debate in the audience, among them there were Law Professors, partners from law firms as well as lawyers from financial institutions.

 

]]> IE Law School LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) opening http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=630 29/09/2011 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php The new IE University LL.B. program has began on September 2011. The group of 30 students (LLB and Dual Degree BBA+LLB) is a diverse and multicultural group of students that come from over 15 different countries.   T...]]> The new IE University LL.B. program has began on September 2011. The group of 30 students (LLB and Dual Degree BBA+LLB) is a diverse and multicultural group of students that come from over 15 different countries.   The program is taught 100% in English and will prepare students for a career in global legal practice. The curriculum combines law with business administration and humanities topics. A four year clinical seminar called “Law unplugged” will allow students to simulate the practice of law as they learn. Students also benefit from the exchange agreements with top law schools all over the world.

With the opening of this program, IE Law School becomes a truly full service Law School offering undergraduate, graduate and executive education programs. 

Photograph by Ana Martín (Student Office IE University)

 

]]> Pérez-Llorca / IE Chair for Commercial Law seminar: Los mecanismos de control reforzados de las sociedades cotizadas http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=485 29/06/2010 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php

The opening session of the Perez-Llorca / IE Chair for Commercial Law dedicated to applied research and publishing in the area of Commerci...]]>

The opening session of the Perez-Llorca / IE Chair for Commercial Law dedicated to applied research and publishing in the area of Commercial Law, took place on June 22nd 2010 with a seminar with the title “Los mecanismos de control reforzados de las sociedades cotizadas” (reinforced control mechanisms in listed companies) . The speaker was Francisco León, Commercial Law Professor at Universidad de Huelva and Of counsel at Pérez-Llorca, who was responded by IE Law School Professor Victor Torre de Silva.  Law Professors, partnerts from Spanish and international firms as well as notary publics atended the seminar.

 

The event started with the welcome words and introduction by IE Law School Dean, José M. de Areilza and by Pedro Pérez-Llorca, managing partner at Pérez-Llorca. Consequences of the recent legislation that forbids limits to the right to vote in the byelaws of listed companies were analyzed in the seminar.  After the presentation of the speakers, Pérez-Llorca partner Jose Ramón de Hoces moderated a very interesting debate among the participants.

]]> International Relations week at the Master of International Legal Practice http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=271 29/05/2009 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php Last week MILP students took part in an intensive program of lectures and debates on International Relations, intende...]]> Last week MILP students took part in an intensive program of lectures and debates on International Relations, intended to develop further their global skills and increase their awareness of the problems and challenges the world faces today. Fifteen lecturers came to IE Law School and offered their analysis and engaged in discussions on topics such as the role of the USA as the only superpower, the attempt of the European Union to become a global actor, the origin and possible solutions to the global financial crisis, the political and economic situation in China and India, military and security threats, re-thinking development cooperation in Africa or understanding the recent political evolution of Latin America. Students also participated in a social event during the seminar, an evening discussion about wine and globalization and a wine tasting session, both led by Gonzalo Verdera, graduate of Harvard Business School , former McKinsey consultant and founder of the company Todovino.

]]> IE Law School listed among the top law schools in the world by Financial Times http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=778 28/11/2011 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php IE Law School has been listed for the third consecutive year among the best law schools worldwide in the Financial Times\' IE Law School has been listed for the third consecutive year among the best law schools worldwide in the Financial Times\' LLM 2011 Listing report. The FT\'s survey of education in the world of law features the top 82 law schools in the world and uses criteria such as legal fields taught, the level of internationalization of the student body, and the employability of graduates on completion of the program.

In the 2010/2011 academic year, 258 students from 38 countries undertook one of IE\'s 6 Masters of Laws (LLM), which include the Executive LLM run jointly with Northwestern University (US), the International LLM, and Spanish-taught Masters in Law and Tax.

About IE Law School

IE Law School equips legal professionals to meet the challenges of a global economy and to steer their companies through the fast changing world of law and business through responsible leadership. The School is a vibrant community committed to the generation of legal knowledge in a corporate, economic and social context. The IE Law School Master of Laws (LL.M.) and executive education programs are international benchmarks in corporate law, renowned for their innovative approach to providing solutions for legal problems in a global market and for their focus on active learning. Following 35 years as part of IE Business School, business administration continues to form part of IE Law School programs given its essential role in providing an integral vision of the world of business and its key players.

]]> Executive LLM professor James J. Hanks, Jr. interviewed in Expansión http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=121 28/11/2008 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php Professor Hanks, who teaches Corporate Law in the Executive LLM Program offered by IE Law School and Northwestern University School of Law, has been interviewed by the renowned Spanish financial newspaper Expansión. Click here to see the...]]> Professor Hanks, who teaches Corporate Law in the Executive LLM Program offered by IE Law School and Northwestern University School of Law, has been interviewed by the renowned Spanish financial newspaper Expansión. Click here to see the article.

]]> Seminar by blogEuropa.eu and Jean Monnet-IE Chair on Europe and the Financial Crisis http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=123 28/11/2008 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php This past Wednesday, October 29th, on the campus of IE Law School the weblog BlogEuropa.eu and the Jean Monnet-IE Chair organized a seminar on ?Europe and the Financial Crisis?. The three panel members were Maria Jesús Nieto, Deputy Director of Regulation at the Bank of Spain, Rafael Pampi...]]> This past Wednesday, October 29th, on the campus of IE Law School the weblog BlogEuropa.eu and the Jean Monnet-IE Chair organized a seminar on ?Europe and the Financial Crisis?. The three panel members were Maria Jesús Nieto, Deputy Director of Regulation at the Bank of Spain, Rafael Pampillon, Director of Economic Analysis atIE and Pablo Diaz de Rábago, Professor of Economics at IE, and expert in regulation of banking panics. The participants impressed upon their listeners the necessity of rethinking regulation and supervision of the global financial market in order to improve innovation and trust in the global financial sector. Further, they discussed and evaluated the different measures adopted by European governments, the EU, and the United States and engaged in an open debate with the audience about the causes of and solutions to the crisis and its impact on the economy and business activity in the coming years.

]]> IE Law School at the International Bar Association in Buenos Aires http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=124 28/11/2008 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php For the second year IE Law School takes part in the International Bar Association (IBA) annual conference held in Buenos Aires from October 12th to October 17th. The IBA is the largest lawyers association in this field and the most important network platform for lawyers. About 20.000 lawyers from...]]> For the second year IE Law School takes part in the International Bar Association (IBA) annual conference held in Buenos Aires from October 12th to October 17th. The IBA is the largest lawyers association in this field and the most important network platform for lawyers. About 20.000 lawyers from 150 countries around the world are members of the IBA. 4000 lawyers attended the conference in Buenos Aires. Soledad Atienza, associate director of the LL.M. programs is a member of the academic committee of the IBA and represented our Law school at the annual conference. On October 15th an insight session of our LL.M. programs was organized in Buenos Aires, together with a lecture given by IE Law School professor Constanza Vergara on the subject ?The experience of the Spanish legal market?.

]]> http://catedracervello.ie.edu/ 27/07/2012 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php IE International Advisory Board 2009 http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=253 27/04/2009 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php The IE International Advisory Board annual meeting took place in Madrid on April 2nd and 3rd.&n...]]> The IE International Advisory Board annual meeting took place in Madrid on April 2nd and 3rd.  The legal chapter of the IAB was attended this year by Miguel Poiares Maduro (Advocate General, European Court of Justice), Kofi Appenteng (Partner, West Africa Fund), Ana Palacio  (Senior Vice President, AREVA), Fabian Rodríguez Simón (Chief of Cabinet, Regional Government of Buenos Aires) and Romana Sadurska (Partner, URÍA & MENENDEZ) and was coordinated by IE Law School Dean, José María de Areilza.

 

The legal chapter members discussed innovations in the content of the LLM and the launching of the new LLB program.

]]> Allen & Overy\'s Global Markets Partner, Stephen Denyer, Speaks with IE Law School Students http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=819 27/02/2013 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php  

This past Thursday, 7 February 2013, Stephen Denyer, Global Markets Partner for the global law firm Allen & Overy, took time from his busy schedule to speak with IE Law School’s LLM students about tre...]]>  

This past Thursday, 7 February 2013, Stephen Denyer, Global Markets Partner for the global law firm Allen & Overy, took time from his busy schedule to speak with IE Law School’s LLM students about trends in the market for lawyers on a global scale.  The talk focused on the barriers to entry for both firms and lawyers in a variety of markets and jurisdictions and how to get around these barriers.  He also focused on ways young lawyers can position themselves to practice on an international level.

The talk forms part of a larger series of conferences called the Lawyering Seminars.  In this series IE Law School invites lawyers from a variety of professional backgrounds (from large international law firms, to in-house counsel, to lawyer entrepreneurs).  In order to give students as well rounded a view of legal practice as possible.  The next events will take place on 4, 11 and 18 April.

 

]]> IE Law School Competes in Vienna Arbitration Moot http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=741 26/04/2012 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php This past Easter holiday four students from the International LLM at IE Law School travelled to Vienna, Austria to t...]]> This past Easter holiday four students from the International LLM at IE Law School travelled to Vienna, Austria to take part in one of the world’s largest law competitions.  The competition is the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court and allows participants to simulate arbitral proceedings in defense of a client.  The students start work on the problem in October and carry on until Easter.

This year’s team was composed of students Faris Shehabi (Australia), Rodrigo Tozo (Brazil), Pablo Debuchy (Paraguay) and Tan Yuan Kheng (Singapore).  These four competed against the University of Toledo (USA), University of Warsaw (Poland), University of Osnabrück (Germany) and the University of Sydney (Australia).

]]> LLM Students take part in Professional Experience Week http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=742 26/04/2012 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php During the week of 19 March the students of the October 2011 intake of the LLM at IE Law School participated in the ...]]> During the week of 19 March the students of the October 2011 intake of the LLM at IE Law School participated in the Professional Experience Week.  This is a one week experiential learning experience where students work hand in hand with international law and consulting firms in Madrid to develop a solution for a real problem designed by the firm.  Taking part in the experience were the firms of Allen & Overy, Cuatrecasas, Ramón Hermosilla & Gutiérrez de la Roza, Pérez Llorca, Uría Menéndez, Deloitte, KPMG, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith, Ernst & Young, and DLA Piper.

]]> Former Law School Students Create Global Business http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=818 26/02/2013 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php In the entrepreneurial spirit of the Law School former students Juliana Velásquez and Carolina Larramendy, International LLM 2008-2009, have recently created Globalista.

Globalista was created in January 2012 and its mission is to provide...]]> In the entrepreneurial spirit of the Law School former students Juliana Velásquez and Carolina Larramendy, International LLM 2008-2009, have recently created Globalista.

Globalista was created in January 2012 and its mission is to provide comprehensive advisory services (commercial, financial, legal and exchange regime) for those companies interested in starting or improving its internationalisation processes through international trade or foreign investment.

The vision of the founding partners for Globalista´s future is to be a leading advisory firm on the structuring of internationalization projects, international trade and promotion and assessment of foreign direct investment between Latin America and Europe.

Keeping in line with the global nature of law and business Carolina Larramendy is in charge of the European markets and based in Barcelona while Juliana Velásquez is in charge of Latin American markets and based in Medellin.

 

 

]]> Civil Justice Conference at IE University http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=808 25/10/2012 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php On Octuber 19, the I Justice Conference was held at the Segovia campus of IE University, under the title “Civil Justice in Spain: Challenges for the New Administration.” The Conference was or...]]> On Octuber 19, the I Justice Conference was held at the Segovia campus of IE University, under the title “Civil Justice in Spain: Challenges for the New Administration.” The Conference was organized by IE Professor Marco de Benito. Professors Andrés de la Oliva, Faustino Cordón, Ignacio Díez-Picazo, Fernando Gascón, Iván Heredia, Jaime Vegas, and Julio Banacloche acted as speakers. The audience was made up by a select group of scholars, judges, attorneys, and legal advisors of the highest state institutions. 

The speakers and attendants analyzed the legislative agenda for the present term of office in civil procedure matters. They tackled, among other matters, insolvency law, voluntary jurisdiction, and international legal cooperation. Especially criticized was the strong increase in the jurisdiction tax, which could effectively hinder access to Justice. The new Judicial Office was also heavily censured, as it entrusts the handling of the procedure to court secretaries, a body dependant on the government which lacks the independence guarantees of the judiciary. Indeed, evidence was shown that, wherever the new Judicial Office has been implemented, it has resulted in chaos and inefficiency.

 

]]> PEREZ-LLORCA/IE Chair for Commercial Law Seminar \" The Amendment of the Capital Companies Act of 2011 regarding public companies\" http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=644 25/10/2011 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php On October 25, the PEREZ-LLORCA/IE Chair for Commercial Law held a seminar on the topic \" Th...]]> On October 25, the PEREZ-LLORCA/IE Chair for Commercial Law held a seminar on the topic \" The Amendment of the Capital Companies Act of 2011 regarding public companies\" with the participation, as speakers, of Alfonso Cárcamo, Head of the Legal Department of the CNMV (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores), and Eduardo Arbizu, Head of Legal Services, Audit and Compliance Committee of BBVA. The moderator was Francisco Leon, Professor of Commercial Law and Of Counsel at PEREZ-LLORCA.

Alfonso Cárcamo presented the most important changes introduced by Law 25/2011, on the amendment of the Capital Companies Act, which deals with the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in public companies, aiming to facilitate the participation of shareholders in Spanish public companies. Meanwhile, Eduardo Arbizu made a critical exposition of the most contentious issues of the reform.

At the end of both presentations, an interesting debate about the implications and significance of the changes introduced by the amendment of the Capital Companies Act took place.

 

]]> \"The modernization of Justice\": a panel to present the new IE University degree in Spanish Law http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=760 25/05/2012 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php IE University presented a new degree in Spanish Law, to be conducted in Segovia and Madrid starting the next academic year at an event attended by Attorney General Eduardo Torres-Dulce.  IE Law School also presented new scholarships for this program sponsored by law firms: \"Rodrig...]]> IE University presented a new degree in Spanish Law, to be conducted in Segovia and Madrid starting the next academic year at an event attended by Attorney General Eduardo Torres-Dulce.  IE Law School also presented new scholarships for this program sponsored by law firms: \"Rodrigo Uria, Advocacy and Humanities scholarship\", \"Pérez-Llorca Scholarship for excellence in the practice of Law \", and \"Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira scholarship for innovative advocacy. \" 

Attending the panel discussion titled \"The modernization of justice\" were Eduardo Torres-Dulce, Jose M. De Areilza (Dean, IE Law School), Soledad Atienza (Director Bachelor of Laws), Salvador Sánchez-Terán (Partner, Uría Menéndez), Pedro Pérez-Llorca (Managing Partner, Perez Llorca) and Federico Roig (Partner, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira). The Attorney General stressed that \"excellence and future elites are born of university education.\" 

The new Law Degree at IE University, is taught between the Segovia and the Madrid campus and is oriented to train lawyers for the Spanish market with an active teaching methodology. The program includes a course on lawyering that focuses on the practical elements of training. Students will learn to work and think as lawyers from the first year and will attend a number of courses in English from year one. 

 

 

 

]]> Lawyering Seminar http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/en/school_law_detail.php?id_new=761 25/05/2012 Law School http://www.ie.edu/IE/site/php/rss/law_news_rss.php This past April, IE Law School held the 4th edition of the Lawyering Seminar.

The conferences aimed at presenting students of the LL.M. Programs a personalized view of legal practice at both a national and international level.  It also offered different perspectives on the...]]> This past April, IE Law School held the 4th edition of the Lawyering Seminar.

The conferences aimed at presenting students of the LL.M. Programs a personalized view of legal practice at both a national and international level.  It also offered different perspectives on the development of a legal career.

Attending as key speakers were, Casilda Cortés Puya, practicing lawyer and partner of Lexiusta Abogados and Solicitor in England and Wales; Ivan Mercado and Alexandra Rengel, partners of Mercado & Rengel- American Lawyers, a law firm that provides legal advice and representation to individuals and companies on an international level but principally focusing on the US and Spain; and Francisco Soler Caballero, specialist in foreign investment in China and managing partner of the Garrigues Shanghai office.

The speakers shared their particular view of the practice of law based on personal experience and discussed recent changes to the profession.  They also discussed opportunities that the internationalization and globalization of the legal market may offer lawyers today.

 

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