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| Director's Welcome |
| Law School Update |
| American Law and IP Classes of 2007 |
| News from the OFP |
| LL.M. Reunions 2006 |
| BU Law Abroad |
| Admission and Recruiting News |
| Class Notes |
| Contact the OFP |
Director's Welcome
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Greetings from the Office of Foreign Programs and BU Law! It’s wintertime in Boston so there’s no better time to send you our warmest wishes and update you on BU Law and the OFP. The law school has had a tremendous year. Many of our alumni have also had exciting and productive years with new promotions, new positions, new marriages and new children. There is much to share on all accounts, so please read on!
Sincerely,
John N. Riccardi
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Law School Update
Our New Dean
The past year was nothing short of stellar for BU Law. The school year began under new leadership, with Professor Maureen O’Rourke assuming the mantle of permanent Dean in May 2006, after serving as interim Dean for two years and as Associate Dean for Administration and Associate Dean for Academics before that. Read More
Recent Accolades
Once again BU Law has been named as America’s #1 ranked law faculty in Teaching Quality (The Leiter Report). The Princeton Review has placed us second in the nation in faculty quality. In specialty areas, we are # 5 in health law; #10 in tax; and #12 in intellectual property, according to U.S. News and World Report. The value of your degree has never been higher.
Entering Classes
This fall, the School’s four LL.M. programs welcomed 167 students from 40 countries. We welcomed an entering J.D. class of 269 students from 42 states and six foreign countries, with a median LSAT score of 165 – the 93rd percentile.
Conferences and Events
We continue to showcase our faculty through important and timely conferences. In November, we hosted “Software Patents in America.” In September, a conference entitled “Extraordinary Powers in Ordinary Times” explored the political, ethical and constitutional issues raised when the law responds to emergencies such as natural disasters, disease and violence.
This spring promises to be just as busy. Among several events will be the annual Shapiro Lecture, to be delivered by Samantha Power, whose book, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, was awarded the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. In March, the annual Pike Conference will be on The Nuremberg Doctors' Trial: 60 Years Later. The conference will examine the impact of the Nuremberg Code on international and U.S. law regarding human experimentation and the role of physicians in euthanasia of people with disabilities. In May, we’ll be hosting another intellectual property law conference: “What Does the Economics of Property Teach Intellectual Property Scholars?”
Recent talks from overseas visitors have included Robert Grondine, a J.D. alumnus and senior partner of White & Case LLP's Tokyo office, who provided insight on how to prepare for and achieve a career in international legal practice.
In October, Professor Louise Gullifer, the on-site director of BU Law’s study abroad program at Oxford University, presented a lecture entitled “Contracts, The UCC and the Vienna Convention on International Sales of Goods” and also guest taught several of Professor Wally Miller’s first-year contracts classes.
In November, Dr. Sima Samar, chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, discussed "The Fragile Future of Afghanistan: Human Rights, Justice and Security" in an event co-sponsored by BU Law and the Global Health Initiative at Boston University.
View all of BU Law's Past and Future Events
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New Faculty
Three new faculty members have joined the school: Kristin Collins (pictured top), Rob Sloane (center) and Chuck Whitehead (bottom). All three have international interests. After graduating from Yale Law School, Kristin served as a senior fellow at the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) in Cape Town, where she conducted research on the South African Judiciary. Her research interests include gender and law, civil procedure and federal courts. Rob practiced international law at Debevoise and Plimpton and is teaching Introduction to International Law and Transnational Criminal Law. Charles Whitehead has 18 years of experience in the United States and abroad, focusing on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, both as a law firm practitioner and as general counsel in two multinational financial services firms. He is teaching Corporations and Securities Regulations.
Pro Bono Program
This year, BU Law launched a new voluntary Pro Bono Program which enables LL.M. students to serve unmet legal needs in the Boston area, throughout the United States and around the world. LL.M. students in the program perform 12 hours of law-related service during their LL.M. year (35 hours for J.D. students, over three years), working on behalf of organizations dedicated to underrepresented groups and or social issues. Upon completion, students receive a notation on their law school transcripts confirming participation in the program.
New Web Site and New Look
The school year ushered in a new look for BU Law. We launched a re-designed Web site featuring more robust news sections that will allow you to keep up with the latest happenings and events. We hope you will use it – and enjoy it. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. Soon, you will receive our new, re-designed LL.M. bulletin, which promises to be just as attractive.
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| Current LL.M. students enjoy a lobster dinner, a hike in NH and the annual potluck dinner. |
American Law and IP Classes of 2007
This year’s entering LL.M. in American Law class boasts 66 talented lawyers from 26 countries. (Thank you for your referrals and outreach that helped deliver this distinguished group!) For the first time, China took honors as the top feeder country (10 students), followed by Japan (seven students), Korea (six students) and France (five students). The LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law Program remains small – and highly selective. We have one current student – a former BU Law J.D. student, John Song, who is an attorney with Kim and Chang in Seoul, Korea.
In the fall, we welcomed 17 visiting foreign exchange students from our partner schools, including three from our new partner in Madrid, Spain: Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE).
Recently back from the NY ISIP job fair and a ski weekend at Mt. Sunapee, members of the class of 2007 are now eagerly anticipating the Spring Colloquium presentations, which will include presentations on U.S. Legislation (Professor Leonard), the U.S. War on Drugs (Professor Nilsen) and Law and Religion (Professor Wexler).
News from the OFP
The OFP is now graced with the presence of Jessica Teague, as the new Assistant Director. She joined us after several years at EF Education, where she was a manager in the educational travel division. Sarah Bellott continues to bring sunshine to all our days. In addition to her dedicated work at the OFP, she is enrolled in BU’s College of Fine Arts, studying baroque music for her M.A. in Historical Performance. Joanna Fehlauer remains as the Senior LL.M. Admissions Coordinator, the mastermind behind the graduate programs’ admissions work.
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| Sarah Bellott, John Riccardi, Jessica Teague and Joanna Fehlauer |
For those of you who overlapped with Jill Marden, she is happily ensconced in her new position as Director of Columbia Law School’s LL.M. Program – and set to get married in July. After 10 years, Antonietta Corsano retired in December. She was most recently the Program Coordinator in the Banking and Financial Law LL.M. Program. Between her children, grandchildren, home in Italy, wine making and various other projects, she will hardly be expected to slow down in retirement!
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| LL.M. alumni gather at the LL.M. Reunion in Boston |
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| Udai Mori (’02, Japan), Minoru Tanaka (’03, Japan) and Bastian Arnold (’02, Germany) |
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| LL.M. alumni gather at the LL.M. Reunion in Paris |
LL.M. Reunions 2006
The past year was highlighted by several LL.M. gatherings, including the first Boston-based all LL.M. reunion, held in June. Over 105 LL.M. alumni from more than 20 countries and 10 U.S. states attended the reunion, including 53 LL.M. in American Law alumni. Reunion events began on June 16th with a welcome reception and continued through June 17th with a presentation by BU Law professor Tamar Frankal and an alumni panel discussion. The reunion culminated in a gala dinner at the Trustees Ballroom in the School of Management on June 17th.
Not to stop there, over 20 American Law and Intellectual Property Law alumni gathered in Paris to attend a Boston University Reunion, organized by Beatrice Rouer, (American Law Class of 2002), who is the President of Boston University’s Paris Alumni Association.
BU Law Abroad
Summer Legal Institute in London
Last summer’s London program drew record attendance, with nearly 40 participants. The Summer 2007 program will feature three weeks of Legal English, followed by three weeks of courses, taught by Professors Wally Miller (Contracts), David Walker (Corporations), Virginia Greiman (International Business Agreements) and John David Ferrer (Negotiation). Thank you in advance for passing along information about this to any of your colleagues who might have an interest in short-term studies with BU Law faculty, in the heart of South Kensington, London.
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| John Riccardi and Associate Dean Chuck Ito of Chuo Law School in Tokyo |
Summer Program with Chuo Law School in Tokyo
We have launched a new relation with Chuo Law School in Tokyo, which commenced in August 2006 with a one week program for the Tokyo legal community in Legal English (taught by Greg Singer from CELOP) and Negotiations (taught by Professor John David Ferrer). We will again run a one week program there in August 2007, to include a Legal English and Corporations class, taught by Professor Chuck Whitehead. Plans are also underway for Professor Kate Silbaugh to visit Chuo Law School in 2007-2008 to teach American law topics.
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| John Riccardi and Assistant Dean Christine Marx meet with Dean Chenguang Wang at Tsinghua Law School. |
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| In June 2006, Korean Alumni gathered for a dinner in Seoul. |
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| David Quinke('03), Jan Giedinghagen ('03) and John Riccardi in Germany |
New Exchange Partners
We recently added two new foreign partners for J.D. study abroad opportunities, in Madrid, with Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) and in Beijing, with Tsinghua Law School. Four J.D. students just returned from their fall studies in Beijing – and reported outstanding experiences. In spring 2007, we will launch our 12th program: with the National University of Singapore.
Foreign Travel
In May 2006, Assistant Dean Riccardi traveled to Japan, Korea and China – where he met with several schools, law firms and alumni. Special thanks to Kay Sok in Korea and Kai Kato in Japan for their warm hospitality and assistance in planning the trip.
In October, BU Law was one of a select number of schools to participate in an LL.M day in Frankfurt, Germany. German alumni gathered in Cologne, Frankfurt and Berlin, where Assistant Dean Riccardi met with David Quinke, Jan Giedenhagen, Georg Jacobs, Kai Rutting, Daniel Otte, Julian Peters, Marco Rechenberg, Kyrill Makoski, Tobias Wintermantel and Nele Gorny.
Admissions and Recruiting News
We are well underway with admissions for fall 2007 – with a record number of applications to date. Thanks for all your good help in speaking with interested prospects and, in particular, with admitted students. Also, thanks in advance for passing the following information to interested applicants:
New “Transfer to J.D. Program” Policy
Beginning in fall 2006, we clarified our policy with regard to BU Law LL.M. graduates who seek admission to the School’s J.D. program. Now, alumni may apply to the J.D. program in the normal course as “transfer students,” and, if admitted, receive credit for their LL.M. studies towards their J.D. degrees. This means they may complete the J.D. program with two additional years of study, instead of three. (Applicants would need to take the LSAT test, as required of all J.D. applicants.) Alumni are eligible to apply.
LL.M. Scholars Program
The School has recently expanded its support of the LL.M. Scholars Program. The program, now in its second year, awards merit-based scholarships to LL.M. students in the form of partial tuition waivers. All applicants are automatically considered.
Class Notes
OK, enough about us. Here’s the news about our alumni!
Class of 2006
Chika Araki (Igarashi) ('06) recently returned to Tokyo to assume a position as a corporate associate at Nishimura & Asahi.
Bjoern Grund ('06) has moved to Berlin to start a Referendariat clerkship which, he describes, as “really awesome. And I love the city...nearly as much as I loved Boston!”
Takuhiro Homma ('06) is now in Singapore, working for Kelvin Chia Partnership. He recently stopped by the OFP on his way back from the NY Bar swearing in ceremony. Also in Singapore is Daisuke Takei ('06), who is working as in-house counsel for Shimizu Corporation.
Deborah Journo ('06) has begun working for August & Debouzy in Paris. “This opportunity is the result of the job fair; I met them in January in New York, and since then they recontacted me several times for interviews,” she wrote.
Kazuo Kubo ('06) is stationed in Dusseldorf, Germany, where he is working as the Chief Legal Officer for ALPS Electric Europa, a subsidiary of ALPS Electric Co. He recently stopped by the OFP on his way to Albany for the NY Bar swearing in ceremony.
Santiago Lynch ('06) reports “I´m currently working in NY in Fox, Horan & Camerini LLP. It is a midsize law firm that deals a lot with Latin-American trade and clients. I´m enjoying the experience.” He and his wife, Fatima, are expecting their first child in February.
Jesus Perez ('06) reported on his new position in Colombia: “I am going to be the new Chief of Regulation in the Colombian agency that oversees and regulates industry and commerce. I am very happy about my new job. It is like a mixture of the Free Trade Commission and the Patent and Trademark Office. So I will be working a lot in issues regarding the new Free Trade Agreement signed recently with the USA.” Universidad Javeriana in Colombia has also invited Jesus to teach in its Masters program.
Maricarmen Valls ('06) is now working in Mexico at América Móvil, Latin America's largest wireless company. She has also recently gotten engaged. Congratulations!
Class of 2005
Satoru Ariwaka ('05) is, along with Daisuke Takei ('06), working in the Singapore office of Shimizu Corporation.
Rajiv Amlani ('05) works in Florida for LegalEase Solutions, a Michigan-based legal outsourcing company.
Eiji Hagio ('05) has returned to the Corporate Affairs Department at Tokyo Electric Power Company. He extends a broad invitation: “As you know, I traveled a lot during my stay in Boston and visited many of my classmates' home towns. It's time to YOU come to Tokyo!”
Alexander Israel ('05) has begun work as an associate with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in Cologne.
Atsushi Isokawa ('05) is in charge of contract review and other legal issues at the legal department of Alps Electronic. “The job itself is almost the same as before but I'm now supervising other colleagues as a group leader.”
Yasuto Imai ('05) has returned to Tokyo and to his previous position in Legal Department of Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
Georg Jacobs (IP LLM, '05), is working at an intellectual property law boutique, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, in Dusseldorf. He recently published a version of his BU Law thesis in the International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC), a journal published by the Max-Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, competition and Tax Law in Munich. The article is entitled “Internet-Specific Collisions of Trademarks in the Domain-Name System – An Economic Analysis Based on US Law.” He helped organize a mini-reunion in Cologne during Assistant Dean Riccardi’s recent visit. Thank you, Georg!
Pauline Loiseleur des Longchamps ('05) most recently reported that she completed her Master at Paris II, and was about to begin an internship in an American law firm (Dechert LLP) in Paris.
Marta Ortiz ('05) is working at the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals.
Hisahito Osuka ('05) has resumed his work as a member of the Legal Department of Astellas Pharma Inc. in Tokyo. “Since my company's name changed during my stay in the U.S. as a result of the merger with another Japanese company, I felt as if I were in a unknown company. Anyway, I am doing well now,” he wrote.
Kai Rueting ('05) is at Taylor Wessing in Duesseldorf, where he specializes in Intellectual Property and is a member of the Practice Group Patent Law. Kai joined the festivities in Paris and Cologne.
Rafael Sanz ('05) is working in the International Fixed Income Group of Pail Capital in New York.
Class of 2004
Maria Costantini ('04) most recently reported from Paraguay: “I am setting up my own law firm and will soon be teaching in two Universities!” Maria is working on establishing university masters programs in ADR and other fields.
Marcel Enz ('04) is in-house counsel in the corporate legal services department of Schindler Management Ltd. in Ebikon, Switzerland.
Yuanyi (Richard) Fang ('04) is now attending Penn State University Dickinson School of Law’s J.D. program. He and his wife, Yvonne, are the proud parents of their new baby daughter, Mia.
Julia Fidenzio ('04) is working as an international lawyer in a trade association (the American Pets Products Manufacturers Association) in Greenwich, CT.
Olivier Fruehwirth (formerly, Pack) ('04) works as in-house lawyer for Immoconsult Leasinggesellschaft m.b.H., the real estate project development division of a large Austrian based bank (Volksbank). He earned his doctorate degree in April 2005 and passed the Austrian/European bar exam in June 2005 with high honors.
Taro Kaiho ('04) has returned to Hitachi where he is now in charge of securities and exchange law of Japan and the United States. He writes, “My main task is to draft disclosure documents such as annual report to the Japanese competent authority and the SEC (Form 20-F). I drafted Hitachi's Form 20-F for the last fiscal year and you can find it at the SEC's Web site.”
Shigeru Kaneda ('04) has resumed his work as an attorney at my old office in Tokyo, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, in fall 2005. He graciously hosted John Riccardi’s visit to his firm in May. Before returning to Japan, Shigeru worked as a legal trainee for Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, PC,and Garvey Schubert Barer, in their Washington D.C. offices.
Joachim Knoll ('04) left Paris and Sherman and Sterling to move to Geneva, where he is an associate at Lalive, the boutique arbitration firm.
Also in Geneva is Caroline Ming ('04), who is working as International Legal Counsel for SGS Group Management in Geneva, one of the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification companies.
Lauracelis Roques ('04), according to last reports, is working for the Governor of Puerto Rico as Deputy Legal Counsel. She was also appointed the President of the Board of Bids of the Governor's Office.
Matthias Staedeli ('04) is an attorney with Rentsch & Partner, in Zurich, a boutique intellectual property firm, with specialized services in the fields of trademark, patent, copyright, advertising, as well as computer science and telecommunications law. He writes, “In my daily work I can use many of the skills I have learned at BUSL.”
Gosia Torzecka ('04) and her husband, Gabriele, happily announced the birth of their daughter, Amelia, on August 11, 2005. She weighed in at 8 pounds, 1 oz -- and was 20 inches long.
Christiane Wolff ('04), is an associate in the Frankfurt office of Fritze Paul Seelig, working on intellectual property matters.
Jason Yao ('04) reports: “I left Gillette and joined another U.S. company named Acushnet Company, which is the world's largest golf products manufacturer, headquartered at Fairhaven, south Boston. My position in the company is Asia/Pacific Counsel. I'm based in Hong Kong and looking after intellectual property maters for the whole Asia/Pacific region and general legal matters for greater China. I'm also the legal committee chair for Quality Brands Protection Committee, which is a lobbying group formed by more than 160 multinationals doing business in China.
Class of 2003
Ichiro Ashihara ('03) came by BU Law in May on his way back from the NY Bar swearing in ceremony. He is in-house counsel for Aflac in Tokyo.
Jennifer Carrel ('03) is now working in Paris for the French law firm, UGGC & Associés, in the area of labor and employment. For the previous three years, she worked for Coudert Brothers/ Dechert in Paris.
Henri-Pierre Dupraz ('03) is an associate in Schellenberg Wittmer's corporate and M&A group in Geneva. He passed the NY Bar in 2005 and the Swiss bar in 2006.
Unni Fredheim ('03) has moved to Geneva, where she works at MCT Asset Management (www.mctrustco.com), an institutional and private investment advisor. She heads the company’s Business Development unit.
Jan Giedenhagen ('03) has joined Flick Gocke Schaumburg in Bonn, a tax and commercial law boutique firm. He joined Flick after finishing his Referendariat, which included a station with business law firm, Gleiss Lutz, in the antitrust and corporate department. He joined John Riccardi and David Quinke for a dinner in Cologne.
Yeon Kab Lee ('03) retired from the judgeship in August 2006 and to become a law professor at Yonsei University.
Daniela Lessa ('03) is in the Sao Paolo office of Demarest e Almeida, where she focuses her practice on corporate and capital market work.
Kyrill Makoski ('03) is completing is doctoral thesis in Dusseldorf, while working at a law firm specializing in health law. He and his fiancé, Bernadette, helped host John Riccardi’s visit to Dusseldorf in November – thank you, Kyrill and Bernadette! – which included a visit to the University of Dusseldorf.
Luca Melchionna ('03) is now the Director of Transnational Programs at St. John’s University School of Law in New York.
Louis Pailles ('03) writes, “I’m still working at the same Law Firm called "Basham, Ringe & Correa", which is the oldest and one of the biggest Firms in Mexico. I am senior associate at the tax litigation department and I really like it.”
Francois Plassoux ('03) is an associate at the Paris firm, Shubert Collin.
David Quinke ('03) completed his Referendariat and has joined Baker & McKenzie in Düsseldorf, in the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice. David’s dissertation was accepted by the University of Bonn (summa cum laude) in December 2004. It was one of four German dissertations to receive the Distinguished Dissertation Award of the German Institution of Arbitration in 2005/2006.
Sangeeta Sindwani ('03) reports from St. Louis, Missouri, that she and her husband, Raj, welcomed their new baby girl, Sienna Vidya Sindwani, on Mother's Day, 2006. “She was born 5 pounds, 1 ounce and a little early!” Congratulations, Sangeeta and Raj!
Jens Steinmuller ('03) has joined the Berlin office of Poellath+Partners. He completed his Referendariat, which included a stint in Accra, Ghana, where Jens worked for GTZ, a German NGO, advising the Ghanaian government on tax matters. He published his doctoral thesis on taxation of foreign hedge funds and private equity funds in 2005. “I have found that many things I learned at BUSL were -- and will be -- very useful,” he wrote.
Class of 2002
Teeshna Bahadur ('02) is in India, working for a Michigan based law firm, Lexadigm Solutions, LLC. “That is what technology does these days,” she writes. “We are one of the foremost and premier Legal Processing Units located in Gurgaon, India. We provide legal research, document review and litigation support services to US attorneys, law firms and in house departments of corporate houses.” Teeshna recently visited BU Law and met with Dean O’Rourke.
Vera Caimo ('02) has joined the firm Claeys and Engels in Brussels. She received a visit from Samiksha Vaidya (‘02). “It was great to see someone from my Boston days again! We ate in a typical Brussels restaurant on the "Grand Place"
Juliana Lara Calil ('02) is working in Torrance, California, as the Legal Coordinator for Keenan & Associates, the 17th largest full service insurance broker in U.S. “My bosses are great and they have this "open door" policy that actually works very well,” she reports.
Rudy Coram ('02) has returned to the U.S. from Lebanon and has recently received admission to the J.D. program at Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis, starting in fall 2007. Congratulations, Rudy!
Beatriz Escudero ('02) has been working in Madrid at INDRA SISTEMAS, S.A. as an in-house legal counsel for international defence affairs.
Jose Sanchez Gil Hernandez Urtiz ('02) has just been promoted to Partner in the law firm, Robles, Tostado, Corona & Sanchez Gil. He has worked in the firm since 2002 in the fields of corporate, business and real estate law. Congratulations Jose!
Kai Graf von der Recke ('02) reports that all is well in Stuttgart. “I am still working with Haver & Mailänder, a small and exclusive law firm with a strong international focus, especially with regard to the U.S. My main area of practice is legal support for US clients, with a focus on M&A, arbitration and general commercial and corporate work. I am enjoying it very much.” Kai’s cousin, Philipp Mueller-Hillebrand, is a member of the American Law class of 2007.
Leila Hubeaut ('02) is the proud mother of a baby girl, named Morgane, born on Sunday 26, 2005. She described Morgane as “3.4kg and 50cm of joy.” Congratulations, Leila (and Benoit!)!
Gulzada Korkmaz ('02) recently wrote: “I live in Cambridge, MA and work at Oxigene, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, where I provide legal advice on various local and international contractual matters. A few months ago So-Young Jang , who works at Procter & Gamble's IP department in Japan currently, visited us in Boston for a few days and we decided that we should go to Brazil when Juliana Calil puts together our next reunion there.”
Lisandra Melzer ('02) and her husband, Eduardo, announced the birth of their son, Felipe Goulart Sirotsky Melzer, who arrived July 7, 2006, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, weighting 3.360 kilos and 50 centimeters. “Mom and son are doing well, and Fernando is happy with his little brother.”
Francisco Ossa ('02) visited the OFP last year. He wrote to us “I had my third boy! Yes, his name is Andrés. In fact, he was born in February 2004. Now, I hope, you will receive application not only of two more ‘Ossa student’, but three!!” Francisco runs his own firm in Santiago. “In connection with my practices I can tell you that things are going very well.”
Julio S. Quiroga ('02) has launched his own sports management company in Buenos Aries, called TMC. The company’s impressive Web site is at http://www.tmc.com.ar/. “I brought together some experts from different fields as well as some investors and we are already on the road and thankfully working hard,” he writes. But “the most important thing is that, as of May 31, 2006, Magdelena and I became parents for the second time! So now our daughter Justina has a new brother: Julio A. Quiroga.”
Kozo Watabe ('02) is working in the legal department of Procter and Gamble in Kobe, Japan. He writes, “I have news for you. So-Young Jang ('02) has been my colleague for several months. She joined P&G and now works in same building in Kobe, Japan, though we work in different sections (IP vs. Legal). We recently talked our fantastic days in Boston and missed them together...”
Class of 2001
Gabriela Roitburd Brant de Carvalho ('01) is in house counsel with Philips (Philips do Brasil Ltda.) in Sao Paolo, and now the proud mother of two children, Rafael and Carolina.
Stefanie Fleischman ('01) is an associate in the NY office of Paul Weiss. As a member of the Corporate Department, Stefanie has been busy with M&A projects, private equity transactions and corporate financings.
Theia Freistedt ('01) has been promoted to Senior Account Manager in the Chicago office of Deloitte Tax, LLP, where she is a member of the M&A Transaction Services Group. On October 4, 2006, she and her husband Drew became the proud parents of Luke Andrew Friestedt.
Hubert Eisenack ('01) recently completed his tax advisor examinations (Steuerberater) – after much hard work and long hours of studying. He joined John Riccardi and Tobias Wintermantel for a fun dinner in Frankfurt. Hubert is with the Financial Serivces/Tax division of KPMG in Frankfurt, doing structured finance work.
Marco Rechenberg ('01) is working in Berlin as in-house counsel for a Hamburg-based media company. In October, he gave John Riccardi a midnight tour of Checkpoint Charlie.
Alex Gilardini ('01) is a member of the law firm, Studio Legale Gilardini (http://www.alexgilardini.com/italiano/default.htm), which has offices in Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Syria and Bulgaria, as well as in Torino, where Alex is based.
Daniel Kaut ('01) has joined the Nuernberg office of German firm Beiten Burkhardt where he works in the corporate group, specializing in M&A.
Kanchan Ketkar ('01) has moved back to the US, to work at the Princeton, NJ headquarters of Bristol Meyers as in-house counsel.
Dryden Liddle ('01): has recently accepted a new position in London with DLA Piper.
Tomoko Ogi ('01) and Ulrich Kirschoff ('01) are engaged! Ulrich is an associate with Arquis, an international transactional law firm with offices in Dusseldorf, Munich and Tokyo. Ulrich is in the Tokyo office, where he is working in corporate, antitrust, tax and trade matters. Prior to that he was with Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner, also in Tokyo. Both he and Tomoko attended the 30th Anniversary celebration of BU’s Japan Alumni Association in May.
Malte Reiss ('01) is in Dubai, U.A.E. where he is working for Meyer-Reumann Legal Consultancy, specializing in Investment Law, Real Estate Law, Commercial Law, Company Law and Maritime Law. He received his doctorate in April 2006, publishing his dissertation on the rights of investors in German mutual funds.
Andrea Parra ('01) most recently reported: “I am working as staff attorney at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Seattle, WA. www.nwirp.org I specifically work with immigrant survivors of domestic violence who because of the abuse cannot legally live in the U.S. We do a lot of community education and advocacy work.”
Tobias Wintermantel ('01) is at Allen and Overy in Frankfurt, where he is a member of the corporate department. He and Hubert are among the proud, surviving members of the “Class of 2001 American Law Frankfurt Club!”
Class of 2000
Nele Gorny ('00) is an associate at Clifford Chance in Frankfurt. She attended the Frankfurt LL.M. fair and met with prospective students.
Roberto Grane ('00) is with Baker & McKenzie in Buenos Aires. He wrote to us: “I’m studying at Austral University in order to obtain the doctorate degree in law. The program is part time and provides for one semester of courses, paper and research requirements, and contemplates a term of five years to prepare, present and defend the doctoral thesis.”
Alan Kato ('00) wrote: “I am still working as Senior Associate at my old firm, V.E. Del Rosario & Partners, which has now been renamed Del Rosario Hechanova Bagamasbad & Raboca. Despite the number of intellectual property subjects that I took at BU Law, I am still working in the maritime/litigation department. On the personal front, I finally tied the knot on January 14th to Maria Raquel Aldiosa here in Manila.”
Tomas Leonard ('00) is still living in Washington, D.C., working as an associate at Winston & Strawn. He and several colleagues moved to Winston from the D.C. office of White & Case, where Tomas worked for several years.
Ludger Schult ('00) has returned to Germany to assume an associate position in Munich with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. For the past two years, he had been with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, in the firm’s NY office.
Matthias Orthwein ('00): reported that “After completing my second state exam in Cologne, I joined Luther, one of Germany's largest top ten law firms, working in association with Ernst & Young, the global audit and tax advisory company. I am working within their Intellectual Property / Information Technology Law department. I am currently responsible for the department at the Munich office. My wife Konstanze and I have moved to Munich and are feeling very comfortable in this beautiful city and area close to the Alps.” Matthias received a visit from Emilia Mesquita who came over from Brazil with her husband, Jason. “We had a lot of fun (and beer...) on the Octoberfest together with Ludger [Schult].”
Felix Skala ('00) most recently reported: “I work in Hamburg for a mid-size law firm called Raupach & Wollert-Elmendorff (six offices in Germany), mainly in the field of German and European competition law as well as corporate law. I am married and a happy father of two wonderful sons called Ferdinand (born May 20, 2003) and Jonathan (born December 9, 2004).
Sabine Glutsh ('00) and Andreas Wilhelm ('00) recently wrote the OFP, “With great joy we want to inform you about the arrival of our second daughter Sophie, born on September 24, 2006 in Zürich. We are all very well and looking forward to meeting you again soon, maybe on occasion of a visit in Boston (or your visit in Zürich?) and certainly at the latest when our girls participate in the LLM 2030 at BU …” Andreas is currently working as General Counsel at Tecan Group Ltd. in Zurich and Sabine will resume her role as Director Corporate Legal at Adecco, also in Zurich, in April 2007.
Class of 1999
Mathieu Guillaumond ('99) is working for Linklaters in Brussels.
Pascal Marmier ('99) is an advisor for innovation and entrepreneurship at SHARE, Consulate of Switzerland, based in Cambridge, MA. He puts together programs that connect innovators, scientists and entrepreneurs from Switzerland and the Greater Boston area. His is also taking classes at the Sloan School at MIT in anticipation of receiving his MBA in 2008.
Antonio Rocha Mendez ('99): works for Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira, Castelo Branco in London. He writes, “I am currently part of the 4 lawyer team that opened our firm's office in London. My practice is still the same (international tax), but I am now more focused on UK clients investing in Portugal, Spain or Latin America.”
Class of 1998
Keith Rodda ('98) and his wife, Tina, announced the arrival of their “mighty Helena Priscille Rodda (pronounced Heleena).” She was born August 30, 2006, weighing in at 5 lbs 11 oz. Keith is in-house counsel at Fairchild Semiconductors in Maine.
Yasmin (Rao) Bhumgara ('98), is in-house counsel for the Fineberg Company, a real estate management and property development company, in Newton, MA.
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