As we’ve noted, the International Bar Association conference this week in Madrid was a huge event for that group’s members and many companies like us who are on hand to talk with legal professionals about our products.
For Legal Current, our Thomson Reuters, Legal, team in Madrid asked a few of the attendees why they go to the IBA conference. Here are some of those responses:
“There are so many reasons I have chosen to come the IBA. But mainly I am here to benefit from the wide range of lecture sessions, and also to meet people from different jurisdictions so I can expand my frontiers. This is the first time I have come to the conference and I’m very impressed with what I’ve seen so far.” -Alhaji Yesiru Oladele, Ondo State Local Government, Akure, Nigeria
“It’s an opportunity to meet up with friends that I’ve often only spoken to on the phone before, but over a long period of time. I don’t come to every conference but maybe every three years I make the big trip. The Madrid conference is the largest one I have seen and there is even more opportunity for networking.” – Peter King, Weil Gotshal & Manges, London
“I get a better opportunity to meet people here than I would anywhere else in the world. Sometimes cases can come up in different jurisdictions and I find having met people face to face very valuable. The range of topics covered and the breadth of lawyers from all over the world is very impressive.” – Robert S. Bernstein, McCarter & English, New York
The IBA Daily News on the IBA website offers in-depth coverage from the conference, including articles on trends affecting the global legal practice and business of law.
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