Please find here the list of new appointments, following the last AIJA General Assembly and Executive Committee Meeting of last month.
Bureau
- David Frølich, President (new position)
- Orsolya Görgényi, Immediate Past President (new position)
- Wiebe de Vries, First Vice-President (elected by the General Assembly)
- Emiliano Ganzarolli, Secretary General (elected by the General Assembly)
- Justyna Szpara, Treasurer
- Lara Vivas, Deputy Treasurer (appointed by the Bureau)
Extended Bureau
Membership Forum
- Maximiliano D’Auro, Co-Chair
- Anita Gerdin, Co-Chair (newly appointed by the Bureau)
- Giuseppe Cristiano, Co-Chair (newly appointed by the Bureau)
Law Course Committee
- Justus Jansen, Co-Chair
- Ned Beale, Co-Chair (newly appointed by the Bureau)
- Cristina Hernandez-Marti Perez, Co-Chair (newly appointed by the Bureau)
Forum of the Commissions
- Martine Hoogendoorn, Co-Chair
- Xavier Costa Arnau, Co-Chair (newly appointed by the Bureau)
- David Diris, Co-Chair (newly appointed by the Bureau)
Human Rights Committee
- Orsolya Görgényi, Chair Coordinator
- Anna Birtwistle, Co-Chair
- Christian Presoly, Co-Chair (newly appointed by the Bureau)
- Gülsüm Aslan, Co-Chair (newly appointed by the Bureau)
- Nicolas Thieltgen, Co-Chair (newly appointed by the Bureau)
Newly elected Executive Committee Members (in alphabetical order)
- Sophie Arnold
- Martijn Burgers
- Alex Carbonell
- Stéphane De Navacelle
- Benjamin Dürig
- Arne Friese
- Kenji Hirooka
- Eva Indruchova
- Alexander Leuftink
- Mette Lykke
- Sabine Nyvlt
- Kasper Ripken
- Rebekka Stumpfrock
- Antonio Varas
- Dieter Veestraeten
- Minglei Wu
In addition, three members will take the office of those of had to leave the Executive Committee due to other appointments in the Association or resignation.
- Chiara Caliandro, will take the mandate for two years, until the General Assembly taking place in 2018;
- Catrice Gayer, will take the mandate for one year, until the General Assembly taking place in 2017;
- Tom Swinnen, will take the mandate for one year, until the General Assembly taking place in 2017;
They will join the other Executive Committee members elected in the past years who are still in office: Pieter Van Den Broeck, Benjamin Leventhal, Thilo Pachmann, Ferenc Ballegeer, Tomas Rybar, Birgit Wöhren, Marco Ferreira Orlandi, Pablo Vinageras, Cristian Elbert, Babak Tabeshian, Tom Claeys, Agnese Hartpenga, Henrietta Mason, Ayse Ulku Solak, Jan-Ove Becker, Bruno Guarnieri, Jean-Philippe Arroyo, Laura Koponen, Tiziana Di Ciommo, Stefan Bais, Simone Hofbauer, Joost Willem Achterberg, Benedikt Rohrssen, Christian Leuenberger, Stefanie Tack, Lennart Ostenfeld, Tabata Arteta, Jérôme Debras, Jérôme Nicolas.
Newly appointed National Representatives (for a complete list of National Representatives and local contacts, please click here)
| - AUSTRIA | Michaela Pelinka |
| - CANADA | Caroline Abela |
| - CHINA | Cheng Chen |
| - FRANCE | François Barré |
| - ITALY | Giuseppe Scotti |
| - JAPAN | Kazuma Higuchi |
| - NETHERLANDS | Marnix Van den Bergh |
| - SWEDEN | Per – Ola Bergqvist |
| - USA | Arnoldo Lacayo |
Newly appointed Commission Officers (for a complete list of commission officers, please click here)
- Banking Finance & Capital Markets Law
Jennifer Maxwell, Vice-president
- Corporate Counsel
David Diris, Vice-president
Elina Girne, Vice-president
- Environment and energy law
Eoin Cassidy, President
Jan Rolinski, Vice-president
- Insolvency Law
Hector Sbert, President
Anouk Rosielle, Vice-President
- Intellectual Property, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications
Alex Watt, Vice-President (Media)
- International arbitration
Tero Kovanen, President
Benjamin Leventhal, Vice-president
- International Business Law
Pablo Font, Vice-president
- Litigation
Aurélie Conrad, President
Damien Devot, Vice-president
Arnoldo Lacayo, Vice-president
- Private Clients
Paola Fudakowska, President
Henrietta Mason, Vice-president
- Real Estate Law
Martin Fӧrster, President
Bernd Hauck, Vice-President
- Skills, Career, Innovation, Leadership and Learning (SCILL)
Stepan Holub, President
Jean – Rodolphe Fiechter, Vice-President
Marisa Buetzberger, Vice-President
- T.R.A.D.E. - Trade, Retail, Agency, Distribution, E-commerce (former Distribution Law Commission)
Babak Tabeshian, President Christine Borfiga, Vice-president SEE HERE THE OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL