Past Conferences
Corporate Finance Summit on 5 & 6 May 2010
On 5 May 2010, the eve of the Corporate Finance Summit 2010 jointly hosted by Commerzbank AG and the ILF, Dr. Dieter Wedel held a lecture at a reception held for guests from the financial sector, industries, law firms and academia. The successful German director and screenwriter returned to his birthplace Frankfurt and spoke about his personal experiences and insights on business ethics.
About 200 executives from the financial industry, including corporate finance and management consultants, investment and portfolio managers, as well as other guests from other industries met on 6 May 2010 on Campus Westend at this conference with distinguished speakers. This conference is being held for the second time by the ILF.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Cahn, Executive Director of the ILF, said: "We must analytically learn from the causes and effects of the economic and financial crisis and consistently work on regulatory mechanisms and behaviors in places where it is deemed necessary. The expert conference organized by Commerzbank and the ILF provides an appropriate forum for the exchange of knowledge and practice."
ILF hosted Annual Professional Groups’ Meeting of German-American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV) on 24 April 2010
On 24 April 2010, the ILF hosted the Annual Professional Groups' Meeting of the German-American Lawyers' Association (DAJV) where the DAJV-Professional Groups "Antitrust Regulated Industries Media (ARIM)", "Arbitration Litigation Mediation (ALM)", "Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)" and "Constitution Legislation Public Law" conducted separate lectures and workshops related to each individual professional groups and to which all who were interested were cordially invited.
European Financial Law Network (EFLN) Annual Ph.D. Conference held in Frankfurt
On 22 and 23 April 2010, the European Financial Law Network (EFLN) held its annual Ph.D. conference in Frankfurt. Organized by Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Theodor Baums, Director of the ILF and Prof. Dr. Brigitte Haar, the ILF had the great pleasure to welcome scholars and Ph.D. students from Luxembourg, Genoa, Gent, Strasbourg and Geneva in Frankfurt. Numerous young academics gave presentations on their research work in the area of banking and financial law which led to fruitful discussions on important issues.
ILF Symposium “30-jähriges Bestehen des Strafverteidiger“ on 16 & 17 April 2010
The conference organized and co-hosted by the ILF celebrated the 30th anniversary of the law journal “Strafverteidiger” (Defense Attorney). A broad array of topics was discussed – from historical to current legal and political issues. Speakers also included federal judges of the Criminal Division of the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof).
