12:00 - 13:30 | Session 12 - Is Big Law dead? How will the service offering and organisation of law firms evolve in light of clients’ ever-changing demands and the challenges in the market?

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Academic PROGRAMME

Is Big Law dead? How will the service offering and organisation of law firms evolve in light of clients’ ever-changing demands and the challenges in the market?

Organised by the Skills, Career, Innovation, Leadership and Learning (SCILL) Commission

Session #12

Date & Time

Location

Thursday, 24 August

12:00 – 13:30 GTM-3

Golden Room

Description

In this session we will discuss how demand for legal services is changing, for instance in terms of pricing, staffing and requested services. The impact of technology on our work is undeniable, but how this will impact firms from the inside? If AI will replace legal commodity work, this may impact pricing of services and training of future talents? And with legal expenditure under pressure, clients may no longer accept large legal teams in the future and push for differently leveraged teams.

The panel will discuss how clients’ issues and demands will influence the organisation of law firms and partnerships, to ensure that they continue to meet the clients’ demands and add value to their businesses. Topics such as pricing, staffing and different partnership and cooperation models will be discussed, and after this session, participants leave with a better understanding of how law firms can stand the challenge of time to keep matching clients’ legal needs and expectations.

Speakers & Moderators

Marco Gardino

RP Legal & Tax Associazione Professionale, Italy

Bio

Marco Gardino assists clients in matters of corporate and commercial law, both in M&As and venture capital and for ordinary corporate day-to-day assistance. He has also experience with regards to corporate governance aspects connected to Decree 231/2001.

His experience covers a range of sectors, including energy, beauty, fashion, consumer goods, industrial machines and medical devices.

Marco graduated cum laude from the University of Turin in 2011 after having spent time studying in The Netherlands (Maastricht University), England (Centre for Transnational Legal Studies – London) and Paris (International business transactions course). Marco also completed a specialisation course in energy law at the LUISS-Guido Carli University of Rome.

Marco joined RP Legal & Tax in 2011, becoming a partner in 2020. He is Vice President of Skills, Career, Innovation, Leadership and Learning (SCILL) of the International Association Young Lawyers (AIJA) and an active member of the Corporate M&A Commission, with which he has organised numerous conventions. He is also a member of the International Relations Commission of the Bar Association of Turin.

Inga Rau

Kleiner, Germany

Bio

Inga Rau was admitted to the German Bar in 2017 and is currently an Associated Partner – Attorney at Law, at Kleiner Attorneys at Law, located in Stuttgart and Düsseldorf.

Her focus is on providing comprehensive advice to national and international clients, which mainly include financial investors, technology companies and start-ups, on all business issues related to corporate and tax law. This includes, in particular, acquisitions and sales of companies, establishment of companies, corporate financing as well as restructuring and reorganization of companies and company groups.

In addition, she advises financial investors and start-ups on strategic measures . This includes investments, financing rounds, convertible loans, venture debt and the development of employee programs.

Moreover, she advises private clients on issues of corporate and asset succession and assists them in the subsequent implementation of corporate and inheritance law steps.

Marie Brasseur

Altius, Belgium

Bio

Marie specialises in complex international and national M&A transactions, including distressed acquisitions and private equity transactions.

She also has a focus on domestic and cross-border restructurings. Marie frequently lectures on M&A at international and national seminars and conferences. She has been appointed President of the Corporate and M&A Commission of the ‘Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats’ (AIJA).

Marie is also the Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers Committee of the International Bar Association.

Antonio Villa Berkemeyer

BKM | Berkemeyer, Paraguay

Bio

Senior Associate of the law firm BKM | Berkemeyer, with experience in international transactions such as M&A, Distribution Agreements and other commercial agreements and in the reception of foreign investors in Paraguay.

He also works as an intellectual property lawyer.

Named “Rising Star” of the Corporate Law Department in the Legal 500 legal publication guide.

He is a Doctoral Candidate in Legal Sciences at Pontificia and Legal Sciences at the Pontificia Universidad Católica, Buenos Aires, Argentina,

Master of Laws (LLM) in Corporate, Finance and Banking Law from Fordham University, New York, USA, and (2013).

Lawyer from Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Paraguay (2010).

Actively participates in the following associations:

Member of the American Bar Association (ABA),

Member of AIJA

Member of the Association for Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

Member of the International Bar Association (IBA),

President of the Trademark Committee of the Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI)

Member of the Paraguayan Bar Association.

Sergio Calderara

Green Network, Italy

Bio

Director of Legal Affairs at Green Network S.p.A., he previously held the roles of Head of Contracts and M&A and Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs in Italian companies, gaining experience in the energy, ICT and gaming sectors, always focusing on technological innovation. A former partner of a leading Italian law firm, he has spent working periods abroad: in Brazil (Pinheiro Neto Advogados – 2018/19). During this period he also had teaching assignments as a fellow of the Núcleo de Direito Setorial e Regulatorio of the University of Brasilia, and previously also in France and England. For several years he has been a lecturer in the Second Level University Master’s Course in Business Law at the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome on topics related to the law of new technologies. He is an honorary member of AIJA (Association Internationale Jeunes Avocats), as well as an AIGI member.

Academic PROGRAMME

Is Big Law dead? How will the service offering and organisation of law firms evolve in light of clients’ ever-changing demands and the challenges in the market?

Date & Time

Location

Description

Speakers & Moderators

Marco Gardino

RP Legal & Tax Associazione Professionale, Italy

Inga Rau

Kleiner, Germany

Marie Brasseur

Altius, Belgium

Antonio Villa Berkemeyer

BKM | Berkemeyer, Paraguay

Sergio Calderara

Green Network, Italy

Session Coordinators

Marco Gardino

RP Legal & Tax Associazione Professionale, Italy

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