Consero Announces Two Events: 2011 Corporate Counsel Forum & Entering the French Legal Market

Feb. 15, 2011 - PRLog -- Consero, a leader in creating high-level events for Corporate Counsel, today announced the addition of two events to its 2011 lineup.  These include its “2011 Consero Corporate Counsel Forum” and “Entering the French Legal Market: An Expanding Frontier for U.S. Law Firm Growth.”

Today’s news follows Consero’s successful Corporate Counsel Forum held in December 2010.  

Paul Mandell, Consero’s CEO, says, “Based on the positive feedback from our attendees, it is clear Consero is filling a void in the legal events industry.  Senior legal executives are seeking events at which they can learn and network with their peers in an intimate setting.”

Consero Corporate Counsel Forum in Palm Springs, CA
The 2011 Consero Corporate Counsel Forum will take place May 15-17 at the Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, CA.  

“At this three-day Forum, we are bringing together the industry’s leading practitioners and most innovative solution providers to participate in high-level discussions and collaborate to solve critical business issues,” says Mandell.

The Forum’s faculty includes:

ERIC FINKELMAN (Sun Chemical Corporation), Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

MICHAEL FINN (General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems), Vice President and General Counsel

JACK LANDMAN GOLDSMITH (Harvard Law School), Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law

DAN J. GOLDSTEIN (Pitney Bowes Inc.), Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

SCOTT R. HOVER-SMOOT (Xilinx, Inc.), Corporate Vice President and General Counsel

D. MICHAEL MILLER (American Electric Power Co., Inc.), Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

GEORGE MILLER (Sigma-Aldrich Corporation) Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

DERRICK ROBINSON (Samsung Electronics America, Inc.), General Counsel

RICHARD LAWTON THURSTON, Ph.D. (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited), Vice President and General Counsel

RICHARD C. WINGATE (LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.), Vice President and General Counsel

For a complete list of the Forum’s faculty, visit http://www.consero.com


“Entering the French Legal Market: A New Frontier for U.S Law Firm Growth” in NYC

Consero also announced today the addition of a special panel event: “Entering the French Legal Market: A New Frontier for U.S Law Firm Growth,” which will take place at the Yale Club in New York on March 23, 2011.  The discussion is designed for the managing partners and chief administrative officers of major law firms.

“We are partnering with Day One’s Olivier Chaduteau for this invaluable panel and networking event, which will offer our invite-only guests the opportunity to learn how to expand their practices into the $17.8 billion French legal market,” explains Mandell.

Additional panel members include: Gérard Gardella (Société Générale), General Counsel; Ralph Baxter (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and David Syed (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP), Senior Partner of Europe.

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Consero is a leader in creating industry-specific events for senior-level legal executives. Founded in 2010, Consero is best known for transforming the executive experience through intimate, invitation-only events in a sophisticated learning environment with high-level content. For more information on Consero, please visit www.consero.com.