11-9 Philip L. Burke, Esq. attends Meritas Law Firms Worldwide's Board of Directors Meeting In Frankfurt, Germany
Philip Burke, Esq., a Partner in the firm's Family Wealth & Estate Planning Department, joined the other members of the Meritas Firms Worldwide's Board of Directors at a meeting which is being held on November 8-9 at the Villa Kennedy in Frankfurt, Germany. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the EMEA Regional Meeting which starts the afternoon of Thursday, November 9 and goes through Friday, November 10. It is hosted by Meritas member firm, Arnecke Sibeth. The theme of the meeting is how collaboration between Meritas members generates business. The group will also be looking at specific business opportunities that will be generated by the implementation of CETA, the new EU / Canada Free Trade Agreement, as well as inviting firms to discuss opportunities for doing business in Africa.
The Meritas Board of Directors are listed below:
Chair
Dennis Unkovic, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
Vice Chairs
Hugo Cuesta Leaño, Cuesta Campos y Asociados, S.C. Mexico City, Distrito Federal MEXICO
Joyce Tan, Joyce A. Tan & Partners LLC Singapore SINGAPORE
Alberto Varillas, Garcia Sayán Abogados Lima PERU
Jill Wiley, Waterfall, Economidis, Caldwell, Hanshaw & Villamana P.C. Tucson, Arizona USA
2015 - 2018
Mark Beutelschies, Farris Bobango Branan PLC Memphis, Tennessee USA
Brett Cohen, Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP Los Angeles, California
Massimo Di Terlizzi, Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati Milan ITALY
Emad El Shalakany, Shalakany Law Office Cairo, EGYPT
Joost Houtman, Lexence Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
José Maldonado Stark, Russin, Vecchi & Heredia Bonetti Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Samantha Prasad, Minden Gross LLP Toronto, Ontario CANADA
2016 - 2019
Mark Colombell, ThompsonMcMullan, P.C. Richmond, Virginia USA
Howard Goulden, Howard Kennedy LLP London UNITED KINGDOM
Darcy Kishida, Kojima Law Offices Tokyo JAPAN
Brett Krantz, Kohrman Jackson and Krantz LLP Cleveland, Ohio USA
R. William Metzger, Sowell Gray Robinson Columbia, South Carolina USA
James Morando, Farella Braun + Martel LLP San Francisco, California USA
Anton Ostler, ARNECKE SIBETH Munich GERMANY
2017 - 2020
Jérémie Boublil, Bignon Lebray Paris, FRANCE
Philip Burke, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Rochester, New York USA
Michael DeFrank, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP Raleigh, North Carolina USA
George Martin, Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S. Seattle, Washington USA
S. Todd Neal, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP San Diego, California USA
Fabian Buddy, Pascoal Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners Jakarta INDONESIA
Francisco Peroni Clifton, Peroni Sosa Tellechea Burt & Narvaja Asunción, PARAGUAY
