New Appointments 2017/18

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Dear AIJA Members, Dear Friends,

thrilling days of our Annual Congress are now over and a new AIJA year has just begun.

It is therefore with great pleasure that I officially communicate the results of the recent elections held during the General Assembly, which took place in Tokyo last September 1st, together with the new appointments in the different bodies of our Association approved by the Executive Committee during the meeting on the same day.

Let’s welcome together the outstanding commitment and essential contribution of these newly elected Officers!

Bureau

  • Wiebe de Vries, President
  • David Frølich, Immediate Past President
  • Xavier Costa Arnau, First Vice President (elected by the General Assembly)
  • Lara Vivas, Treasurer (elected by the General Assembly)
  • Emiliano Ganzarolli, Secretary General.

Extended Bureau

Membership Forum

  • Anita Gerdin, Co-Chair
  • Justus Jansen, Co-Chair (newly appointed)
  • François Barré, Co-Chair (newly appointed)

Law Course Committee

  • Ned Beale, Co-Chair
  • Cristina Hernandez-Marti Perez, Co-Chair
  • Kristine Zvejniece, Co-Chair (newly appointed)

Forum of the Commissions

  • David Diris, Co-Chair
  • Pablo Vinageras, Co-Chair (newly appointed)
  • Ulku Solak, Co-Chair (newly appointed)

Human Rights Committee

  • David Frølich,, Chair Coordinator
  • Christian Presoly, Co-Chair
  • Gülsüm Aslan, Co-Chair
  • Nicolas ThieltgenCo-Chair

Newly elected Executive Committee Members (in alphabetical order)

  • Mariella Bade-Landell
  • Ricardo Gama
  • Catrice Gayer
  • Nicolas Herren
  • Moritz Maurer
  • Giovanni Patti
  • Julia Pekkala
  • Clara Poglia
  • Ioan Radu
  • Pierre-Yves Samson
  • Johannes Struck
  • Pieter Van Den Broeck
  • Jorge Vigil
  • Donata Von Enzberg
  • Gustavo Yanes

They will join the other Executive Committee members elected in the past years who are still in office.

Newly appointed National Representatives and contact persons (for a complete list of National Representatives and local contacts, please click here)

-       Belgium

Stefanie Tack

-       Brazil

Arthur Stussi Neves

-       Chile

Juan Ignacio San Martín

-       Croatia

Luka Colic

-       Czech Republic

Eva Ropkova

-       Denmark

Mette Lykke

-       Estonia

Ave Piik

-       France

Joelle Muchada

-       Germany

Caroline Pluta

-       Greece

Marcel Cremer

-       Hungary

Miklos Klenanc

-       Israel

Benjamin Leventhal

-       Italy

Chiara Caliandro

-       Latvia

Anda Mize

-       Lithuania

Ernesta Ziogiene

-       Mexico

Samuel Chacon

-       Peru

Tabata Arteta

-       Poland

Jerzy Sawicki

-       Portugal

Hugo Teixeira

-       Slovak Republic

Tomas Rybar 

-       Sweden

Emelie Svensater Jentorpa

-       Switzerland

Thilo Pachmann

-       Switzerland (Regional)

Aurelie Conrad Hari

-       United Kingdom

Alex Watt

-       United Arab Emirates

Omar Al Heloo

-       Uruguay

Jose Miguel Algorta

-       Paraguay

Antonio Villa (as contact person)

 

Newly appointed Commission Officers (for a complete list of commission officers, please click here)

  • Antitrust

Eva Bonacker, President

Sophie Gilliam, Vice-president

Pauline Le More, Vice-president

 

  • Banking Finance & Capital Markets Law

Jennifer Maxwell, President

Natalia Danilova, Vice-president

 

  • Corporate and M&A

Moritz Maurer, Vice-president

Marie Brasseur, Vice-president

 

  • Corporate Counsel

Elina Girne, President

Maks Prokop, Vice-president

 

  • Environment and energy law

Daria Capotorto, Vice-president

Jeroen De Coninck, Vice-president

 

  • Insolvency Law

Sophia Rolle-Kapousouzoglou, Vice-president

 

  • IPTMT

Arpad Gered, President

Silvia Van Schaik, Vice-president

Pascal Boehner, Vice-president

 

  • International arbitration

Eduardo De La Peña Bernal, Vice-president

 

  • International Business Law

Milena Prisco, President

Bruno Guarnieri, Vice-president

  

  • Labour and Employment Law

Jan-Ove BeckerPresident

Caroline BarbeVice-president

 

  • Skills, Career, Innovation, Leadership and Learning (SCILL)

Orsolya Görgény, Vice-president

 

  • Tax Law

Johan Myren, President

Aliasghar Kanani, Vice-president

 

  • T.R.A.D.E. - Trade, Retail, Agency, Distribution, E-commerce

Benedikt Rohrßen, Vice-president

 

  • Transport Law

Javier Zabala, President

Lucas Marques, Vice-president

Jeremy Herschaft, Vice-president

Cherry Almeida, Vice-president

 

Please join me congratulating them for their appointment and with a warm welcome to their new AIJA positions!

 

Yours faithfully,

Emiliano Ganzarolli

AIJA Secretary General