Executive
Committee
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Chairman
David J. McNamara
Phillips Lytle LLP,
Buffalo/New York City
chairman@lawexchange.org
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Kristiaan Caluwaerts
Secretary/Immediate Past Chair
Caluwaerts Uytterhoeven, Belgium
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Past Chairs
Kristiaan Caluwaerts
Caluwaerts Uytterhoeven
Belgium
2022-2024
Allan Ritchie
Loopstra Nixon LLP
Canada
2020-2022
Hans-Jörg Krämer
ZIRNGIBL
Germany
2018-2020
Chris Lovell
Holding Redlich
Australia
2016-2018
Eduardo Romeiro
Lautenschlager, Romeiro e Iwamizu
Brazil
2014-2016
Auke de Vries
Levenbach Advocaten
Netherlands
2012-2014
Peter Barnes-Brown
Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton
USA – Boston
2010-2012
Ricard Gené
Ventura Garcés & López-Ibor
Spain
2008-2010
Dr. Thomas Zwissler
Zirngibl Langwieser
Germany
2006-2008
David Boyce
Boyds
Scotland
2004-2006
Mike Kinkelaar
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch
USA – California
2002-2004
Fred Tannenbaum
Gould & Ratner
USA – Chicago
2000-2002
Olivier Vaes
Donnet & Vaes
Belgium
1997-1999
Dr Reiner Ponschab
Heussen, Braun & von Kessel
Germany
1996-1997
Jean-Pierre Mateu
Mateu, Bourdin, de Pins, Albisson
France
1994-1995