May 16, 2012

Institute for Law and Finance, Germany, celebrates anniversary and 10 years LLM in Finance program

On 4 and 5 May 2012, the Institute for Law and Finance (ILF), Germany, celebrated its 10th anniversary together with alumni, lecturers, students, staff, sponsors and friends.

Keynote addresses being delivered by

Prof. Dr. Werner Müller-Esterl, President of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main,
Dr. Thomas Schäfer, Minister of Finance of the State of Hesse
Dr. Klaus-Albert Bauer, Partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, and
Prof. Dr. Andreas Cahn, Executive Director, Institute for Law and Finance

were followed by a dinner held in the ballroom of the Casino Building dinner attended by 220 participants.

During the dinner, a special tribute was given to ILF lecturers who have been teaching in the LL.M. Finance program and ILF staff since the very beginning in 2002.

The lecturers are:
Dr. Klaus-Albert Bauer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Mr. Okko H. Behrends, Allen & Overy
Prof. Dr. Andreas Cahn, Institute for Law and Finance
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hackethal, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Mr. Stephen Hodgson, Norton Rose
Dr. Thomas F. Huertas, Ernst & Young
Prof. Dr. Thomas Gasteyer, Clifford Chance
Dr. Manuel Lorenz, Baker & McKenzie
Dr. Rainer Magold, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Prof. Dr. Raimond Maurer, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Mr. Stefan Nießner, Deutsche Bundesbank
Prof. Dr. Hanns-Christian Salger, Salger Rechtsanwälte
Prof. Dr. Reinhardt H. Schmidt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Peter Stenz, Allen & Overy
Mr. Pedro Gustavo Teixeira, European Central Bank
Prof. Dr. Mark Wahrenburg, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Michael Weller, Clifford Chance
Dr. Dr. Chiara Ziliol, European Central Bank

In the morning on Saturday, 5 May, a panel discussion on the topic “The ILF and the Impact of the Financial Crisis- How did the ILF training help you deal with it?” was conducted. The panelists who included 4 alumni members and a student as well as Dr. Wolf Klinz, Member of the European Parliament shared their views on this topic with the participants.

The panelists were:
Dr. Wolf Klinz, Member of the European Parliament, Strasbourg
Joana Baublyte, Class of 2007, Lithuania
Francesco Dialti, Class of 2004, Italy
Pieter Kortbeek, Class of 2008, Belgium
Aoife McCabe, Class of 2010, Ireland
Konstantin Vassilev, Class of 2012, Bulgaria
Shen Dee Kobbelt, Program and Marketing Manager, ILF, Frankfurt (Moderation)

In the afternoon, the participants could join the various excursion tours in Frankfurt am Main which have been specially organised by the ILF for them. The celebrations ended with conversation and final drinks offered at the House of Finance.