10th Edition of the Balkan Legal Forum 2018 | International Bar Association (IBA) | 14 June 2018 | Park Hyatt, Am Hof 2, 1010 Wien, Austria

We are pleased to announce the 10th edition of the Balkan Legal Forum, which will be held once again in Vienna, Austria. This is the perfect opportunity to network with fellow lawyers and business people to build connections that will benefit you, your law firm and your clients. The conference will consist of talks, case studies and debates with thought leaders and experts in the region.

Topics include:
• Next 10 years in See challenges and opportunities
• How do law firms and the law need to change to keep up with changing technologies?
• How to prepare lawyers to advise on “the law of the future”
• Faster, lower-cost, lower-priced, and more profitable can law firms do all four?
• Will artificial intelligence kill the traditional law firm and where are we in practice?
• Managing change at faster than the speed of thought

2018 Speakers

Borislav Boyanov
Boyanov & Co, Sofia; Member, IBA European Regional Forum Advisory Board

Norman Clark Walker Clark
Fort Myers,Florida; Member, IBA Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee Advisory Board

Stephen Revell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hong Kong/ Singapore; Member, IBA SPPI Council Advisory Board

Gerhard Gamperl
Verbund International, Vienna

Jozek Gruskovnjak
Inlumino Consulting GmbH, Zurich

Filip Genov
UniCredit Bulbank, Sofia

Kalin Radev
Software Group, Sofia

Bertram Burtscher
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vienna

Immanuel Gerstner
SCWP Schindhelm, Vienna

Joerg Menzer Noerr
Bucharest; IBA SPPI Council Member

Ondrej Kramolis
Allen & Overy, Prague

Gernot Fritz
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vienna

Cosmina Simion
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

Rastko Petakovic
Karanovic & Nikolic, Belgrade

Marcin Olechowski
SK&S, Warsaw

Cristina Filip
PeliFilip, Bucharest

Philip Hoflehner
Taylor Wessing, Vienna

Dragana Bajic
Kinstellar, Belgrade

Raoul Hoffer
Binder Groesswang, Vienna

Johanna Kübler
Commeo LLP, Frankfurt

Kristijan Polenak
Polenak Law Office, SEE Legal, Skopje

Robert Millard
Cambridge Strategy Group, Cambridge; Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee

Peter Melicharek
Wiener Advocatur Bureau, Vienna

Stephen Revell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hong Kong/Singapore; Member, IBA SPPI Council Advisory Board

Dennis E Boyle
Whiteford Taylor Preston, Washington, DC

Tijana Kojovic
BDK Advokati, SEE Legal, Belgrade

Alexandru Birsan
Peli Filip, Bucharest, Gus J Papamichalopoulos Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm,

Jochen Engelhardt
Microsoft, Munich

Peter Bartlett
Minter Ellison, Melbourne; IBA LPD Secretary -Treasurer

Norman Clark
Walker Clark, Fort Myers, Florida; Member, IBA Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee Advisory Board

Robert Millard
Cambridge Strategy Group, Cambridge; Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board

2018 Sponsors and Partners

KINDLY SUPPORTED BY:
• International Law Office
• Lexology

OFFICIAL CORPORATE SUPPORTER:
• Lexis Nexis

GALA DINNER SPONSORS:
• Benn-Ibler
• Binder Groesswang
• bpv Huegel
• DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach
• DORDA
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Herbst Kinsky
• Jank Weiler Operenyi
• Saxinger Chalupsky & Partner (SCWP Schindhelm)
• Schoenherr
• Taylor Wessing
• Walker Clark LLC
• SEE Legal