In-house Counsel Shipping Forum 2008
Posted on January 7th 2008 | By admin
Clear, concise and essential updates on the European shipping landscape including:
* Shipping exemption from EU competition law
* UNCITRAL Carriage of Goods Treaty
* Collisions, salvage, towage and General Average
* Document management – disclosure, document retention and retrieval
* Consolidation in the logistics industries
* MARPOL Annex VI and the practical adoption of the law for the shipping sector, shipping and carbon footprint
* Financing the world’s shipping fleet
* Dispute resolution
* Modern day piracy and terrorism
* Latest insurance trends
* Loss mitigation, risk management and ship quality
Key contributors include the following shipping experts:
* George Eddings
Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan, UK
* Craig Neame
Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan, UK
* Ernst Bulthuis
Legal Counsel, SMIT Internationale N.V., Netherlands
* Reidar Ebbesvik
Senior Clams Executive, – Marine Division Gard, Norway
* Jeremy Russell QC
Quadrant Chambers, UK
* David Godfrey
Managing Director, Wendale Oil & Gas, Services,UK
* Craig Johnston
Claims Executive, A Bilbrough & Co, Manager of the London P&I Club, UK
* JanneTalling
In-house Legal Counsel, JoTankers AS, Norway
* Thomas Nintemann
In-house Counsel, Intersee Shipping, Germany
* Dolores Pertejo
Claims & Insurance, Manager, Laskaridis Shipping Co Ltd, Greece
* Karl Lumbers
Head of Risk, Management – Loss Prevention and Ship Quality, Thomas Miller, UK
In-house Counsel Shipping Forum 2008 offers a perfect opportunity to participate in practical studies and discussion to examine the very latest major developments in an ever-expanding sector of law. The format encourages debate, designed to be practical and focused, for peer-to-peer review and analysis on the legal challenges faced by the shipping industry. Hear leading specialists on the challenges of law and policy, including the latest strategies for handling modern day piracy and terrorism, the implications on shipping markets of the shipping exemption post October 2008, and important new trends relating to collisions, salvage and towage.
As legal counsel responsible for ensuring best practice, In-house Counsel Shipping Forum 2008 will be second to none in providing you with a networking opportunity over two days to debate the challenges of modern day shipping.The forum will:
* provide cutting edge insight from industry experts
* explore the very real consequences of the latest cases from across Europe
* gain an overview into the techniques in all important areas of shipping
* challenge you to think beyond your own corner and provide that ever-important opportunity to network with industry colleagues
* equip you ready to share and gain experiences, assess best practice initiatives and debate latest law reforms
* answer those most important questions – where else would you discover the answers facing the shipping industry today
* allow you to meet with key experts in the field of law and practice
In just two days, take advantage of this year’s expanded forum programme and glean first-hand knowledge from respected shipping experts.
Where: London, UK
When: December 3-4, 2008
