Benefits of Membership

LAWorld is a dynamic, modern and technically efficient international legal network.  Our members tell us that the benefits of membership are:
  • The immediate advantage of being internationally connected - with fast access to expert cost effective legal advice anywhere in the world. Your clients will be favourably impressed by the international capabilities you can now offer.
  • The opportunity to receive and make referrals to and from responsive lawyers that you meet and get to know as colleagues, who are bound together by a quality code of practice.
  • Our members are currently located in the following countries: Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and across the USA.  If LAWorld does not have a member in a jurisdiction that is important to you, it is likely that at least one of our members will be able to recommend a suitable local lawfirm.
  • The unique advantage of access to all the principal commercial centres of China because of our close alliance with the Yangtzejiang Legal Network (YLN), which has 28 Chinese members.
  • The use of the LAWorld logo and brand to increase your profile with your clients
  • Annual meetings to discuss issues of common interest, to enhance your international business connections and initiate sound marketing and practice development ideas within a non-competitive legal environment. In recent years the Annual Conference has rotated in member cities around the world: 2009 Miami, 2010 Moscow, 2011 Beijing, 2012 Rio de Janeiro and the 2013 meeting will be in Zurich, Switzerland between 6-8 May 2013.  Members connect several times a year: with regional meetings, meetings at the annual International Bar Association conferences and via telephone conferences.
  • Membership of LAWorld is useful in helping to attract and retain high quality staff, as employee exchanges can be arranged with other LAWorld law firms around the globe.
  • An established Code of Practice adopted by all member firms Support of an English speaking administrative and marketing Executive Office with contacts around the world
  • Benefit from inclusion in a modern and technically sophisticated website with a website optimisation programme which has given LAWorld a 1st page Google position for "international legal networks".
  • Participation in marketing and business development initiatives including:

- A website that provides an international legal profile for your firm

- introductions to referrer business organizations during each annual conference

- mutual education and support at conference with talks about local legal/business topics; practice development and marketing topics.

- LAWorld marketing material including website entry, newsletters, inclusion in the Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory, HG Org etc

- Business and Marketing Plan with several new initiatives to support our members

- Internal member news bulletins - keeping you in contact with members regularly

- English editing services for articles, websites etc.


LAWorld News

Closer collaboration at the heart of Europe

Thursday 14th Feb 2013 10:07:32 | by

Managing Partners from more than twenty European law firms met in Brussels last weekend for constructive talks to strengthen relationships between them as members of the international legal network, LAWorld.

Hosted by the Brussels member firm, Marx Van Ranst Vermeersch, the meeting took place on Saturday 1 February at Le Meridien Hotel.

Lawyers from The Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, England, Spain, Italy, Russia, Hungary, France, Belgium, Poland, Denmark, Finland and Czech Republic discussed a wide range of topics including business opportunities and closer collaborations, doing business in the heart of Europe, European employment law and marketing.

LAWorld Regional Chair, Matthijs Bos from Amsterdam law firm Van der Steenhoven said “This meeting has further strengthened the close relationships between us all and it was a great opportunity to exchange ideas to improve work flow to benefit all our international clients. Spending time together in the great city of Brussels was also fun!”

Further meetings are planned at LAWorld´s annual general meeting in Zurich in May, Stockholm during September 2013 and Prague in February 2014.

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