Snell & Wilmer Hosts In-House Counsel Global Symposium With Lawyers From Around the World

April 14, 2011 - PRLog -- Snell & Wilmer, along with Lex Mundi, a global affiliation of 160 law firm’s in 100 countries, and the Association of Corporate Counsel - Arizona Chapter, hosted a two-day symposium in March designed to address the needs of in-house counsel involved with international operations.

The symposium, which was held at Snell & Wilmer’s Phoenix office, featured a series of topics including global economic trends, the foreclosure crisis, lawyers making a difference on a global basis and doing business with Canada and Mexico and various evolving countries.

The event featured leading lawyers from around the world, including Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Russia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the Southwestern United States. It also included representatives from some of the largest businesses in Arizona and certain state representatives such as the Honorable Roslyn Silver, the new Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court in Arizona.

Dr. Angel Cabrera, president of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, presented a compelling speech at the event which focused on the importance of understanding economic trends for thought leaders in emerging markets.

Dr. Cabrera stated, “The economic landscape of the world has been turned upside down. Supply chains have been chopped up and distributed throughout the world. Global trade and investments have helped push economic action from the rich West and North to the populous East and South. Global flows of merchandise, services, capital, technologies and ideas have created an unprecedented level of interdependence among national economies. The winners in this scenario will be those who can best develop what we call at Thunderbird a ‘Global Mindset’: the ability to understand differences and trends across national boundaries and to build productive partnerships with individuals and organizations from different cultural backgrounds.”

Snell & Wilmer partner Barb Dawson, who co-chairs the firm’s commercial litigation practice group and is Chair Emeritus of Lex Mundi, spearheaded this event. Her goal was to bring leading attorneys from around the world to Arizona for the benefit of our business community and also to help drive international business to Arizona.

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