International Business Law Consortium elect Geldards Partner as Chair

Geldards is delighted to announce that Dispute Resolution Partner Paul Hopkins has been elected Chair of the International Business Law Consortium for a two year term.

The International Business Law Consortium (IBLC) is an international alliance of over 80 law firms from more than 50 countries across Europe, North, South and Central America, Africa, Middle East, South East Asia and Australasia. The Consortium boasts over 1500 professionals with  specialist understanding of international business trade and practice.

Firms are carefully selected for their experience and expertise to provide high quality legal services to clients outside of their home jurisdiction. Geldards is a long-standing member firm of the IBLC, offering tailored services for international clients such as recently advising San Franciso-based izmo inc on their first ever UK acquisition of Geronimo Web.

Paul Hopkins heads up Geldards’ Commercial Dispute Resolution team in Cardiff and has over 30 years commercial litigation and dispute resolution experience. He recently attended the IBLC AGM in Istanbul where he began his term as Chair and presided over his first meeting with lawyers from Australia, Turkey, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary, France, Austria, Wales, Jersey, India, China, Mexico and the USA.

Commenting on his appointment Paul said:

“I am delighted to begin my role as Chair of IBLC and enjoyed chairing my inaugural meeting in Istanbul. It was a great experience meeting so many members of this global alliance of lawyers and appreciating the wide scope of capabilities and expertise that the consortium offers to international clients. I look forward to working with my fellow Council  members to maintain IBLC’s impeccable reputation of international legal expertise and professionalism.”

Christian Campbell from the IBLC Secretariat in Austria added:

“The IBLC membership and secretariat look forward to working with Paul to continue to grow and improve the IBLC community and the valuable services it renders to international business.”