Laura Christa, Christa & Jackson, Los Angeles, California, USA is co-chairing the second Americas legal conference, co-presented by the International Bar Association's Latin American Regional Forum, North American Regional Forum and the International Law Section of the Florida Bar Association. The conference takes place in May 2011 at the Mandarin Oriental Miami Hotel, Miami, USA

The conference will be the perfect opportunity for legal professionals from North America and South America to network, share information and identify issues, concerns and opportunities across the Americas’ legal markets and jurisdictions.

In addition to her global conference role, Laura is co-chairing one of the conference sessions entitled “Social networking: your invitation to the party”. Whether it is Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or others, social media is affecting all generations, every industry, every organization and every aspect of doing business. This interactive and fast-moving session covers the spectrum of social networking issues with which an international legal practitioner should be familiar.

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Giorgio Corno, insolvency lawyer with Studio Corno Avvocati, the Milan representative firm for LAWorld, is one of the speakers at the renowned International Insolvency Institute`s eleventh Annual Conference at New York’s historic Columbia University between 13 and 14 June 2011.

Conference delegates are drawn from the most prominent and experienced insolvency professionals, judges and credit professionals in the world. The Conference will feature reports and analyses of the world’s most important current international insolvency issues and controversies described by speakers who are recognized as pre-eminent in their field from around the world.

This year, Giorgio Corno will be one of several international insolvency specialists speaking at a conference session on the subject of “Contrasting Reorganizational Systems: How Reorganizations Work Around the World”

For further information about this conference or any other insolvency matter please contact Giorgio Corno at Studio Corno Avvocati on +39 039 2456 792 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . You can register for this conference online at www.iiiglobal.org

International aviation and commercial law firm from London, England, Gates and Partners, a LAWorld member firm, are opening a Dubai office.

Senior Partner Sean Gates said “We are delighted to offer our clients the enhancement to our practice which the new office and our new partners will secure. New partners Jim Edmunds and Anthony Frances have an excellent reputation in commercial aviation and aircraft finance and join our growing team in this discipline throughout our offices.  Partners Aoife O’Sullivan and Adosh Chatrath will support their clients in Dubai and Jim will be looking after his UK practice from London. We will also be supporting our airline and aircraft operator clients in the region in the liability, insurance and regulatory services we offer.”

For more information please contact Adosh Chatrath at Gates and Partners’ main office at King William Street, London EC4N 7BL, UK. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and www.gatesandpartners.com

Seven law firms spread throughout Europe, North and South America have joined LAWorld since January 2011, bringing the total membership to 40 member firms with almost 1,000 lawyers in 75 cities worldwide.

Chris Dixon, Chair of LAWorld commented “This success has been achieved because LAWorld is a dynamic and strong group, with a focus on business development.  We are a fast-growing association of medium sized independent law firms and the addition of these member firms, builds on our worldwide coverage.  Each firm is recognized for their expertise and reputation for outstanding client service.  We look forward to the contributions these new members will make to our association.”