14-15 April 2010 - Nicolas Bonnefoy (London) will speak at the SMI 2nd Annual Conference on Legal Issues in Oil & Gas on the topic "Resource Nationalism in North and West Africa: History and Trends", to be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel - St James London.

28 February-3 March 2010 - Nicolas Bonnefoy (London) will chair the seminar "International Oil & Gas Contracts and Due Diligence, Understanding Core Issues to Perform a Successful Due Diligence Review". These seminars are organised by IIR Middle East and will be held at the JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai.

3 February 2010 - Evelyne Bagdassarian (Paris) will speak at the breakfast organised by the Association Nationale des Diplômés Juriste Conseil d'Entreprise on the topic of "Recent Tax Developments in Debt Restructuring", to be held at the Cercle Républicain in Paris.

18 January 2010 - Michel Guénaire (Paris) will speak on the topic of "The Law of a realistic multipolar world following incantatory globalisation" at the 2010-2020 Conference: Libéralisme occidental vs Capitalisme oriental (Western liberalism vs. Eastern capitalism). This conference, approved as part of lawyers' mandatory continuous professional development, is being jointly-hosted by PRESAJE, France-Amériques and ESSEC Alumni, and will be held from 6pm to 8pm at the Cercle France Amériques in Paris.

10 December 2009 - Michal Kubicz (Warsaw) spoke on the topic of "Managing Municipal Waste (gospodarka odpadami komunalnymi)". This debate, organised by Gide Warsaw and Gazeta Finansowa, a Polish weekly magazine, was held from noon to 2pm at the Hilton Hotel, Warsaw.

9 December 2009 - Gilles Saint Marc (Paris), chairman of the Paris Europlace Islamic Finance Commission, spoke at the IIIème Forum Français de la Finance Islamique (3rd Annual French Conference on Islamic Finance), organised by Les Echos Conférences, on the topic "Legal and regulatory developments in Islamic finance", held in Paris 16th (Club d'Iena - Maison des Arts et Métiers).

8-9 December 2009 - Richard Ghueldre (Paris) spoke at the 2-day conference on new developments in life insurance, organised by the EFE on the topic "The ordinances of 5 December 2008 and 30 January 2009: towards stronger protection for the life insurance policyholder".

8 December 2009 - Christine Van Gallebaert (Paris) spoke at "Les rencontres Banque & Droit" on the topic "The legal measures concerning covered bonds in the major countries", held in Paris 9th (Auditorium de la FBF, 18 rue La Fayette).

27 November 2009 - Robert Jedrzejczyk (Warsaw) spoke at the "Values vs. professional success of a lawyer - limits of compromise?" conference on the topic "The road to success - case study", held at the Old Library of the University of Warsaw.

26 November 2009 - Gide Loyrette Nouel Paris organised a breakfast debate on the topic "OPCVM contractuel : véhicule de reconquête ? La compétitivité de l'OPCVM contractuel dans un environnement post crise" (Contractual UCITS: a reconquest vehicle? The competitiveness of UCITS in a post-credit crunch environment). Speakers included: Pierre Bollon, Chief Executive of the Association Française de la Gestion Financière; Guillaume Eliet, Deputy Director of Services, Management and Savings at the AMF; Paul Esmein, Deputy Director of Savings and Financial Markets at the Direction du Trésor; and Stéphane Puel, partner in the Banking & Finance practice at Gide Loyrette Nouel Paris. Click here to see Stéphane Puel's PowerPoint presentation.

26 November 2009 - Monika Sojda-Gerwatowska and Maciej Grela (Warsaw) led
a debate on managerial contracts. The debate was organised by GLN Warsaw and Gazeta Finansowa (a Polish weekly) at the Hilton Hotel in Warsaw.

19-20 November 2009 - Robert Jedrzejczyk (Warsaw) spoke at the "Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development" conference organised by the Belgian Business Chamber in Warsaw (Poland) on the topic "Regulatory support of renewable energy - return on experience: examples from the Polish market".

19 November 2009 - Grzegorz Banasiuk (Warsaw) led the "How to win tenders and procure public contracts" seminar organised in co-operation with the Polish Association of Law and Market Economy, held in Warsaw ("Parkowa" Hotel).

19 November 2009 - David Desforges (Paris) spoke at the ''Gestion des risques indutriels et environnementaux" (Managing Industrial and Environmental Risks) seminar organised by L'Argus de l'Assurance and L'Usine Nouvelle on the topic "Workplace risk prevention and regulatory obligations in this field".

18 November 2009 - Gilles Saint Marc(Paris), chairman of the Paris Europlace Islamic Finance Commission, spoke at the ''Islamic Finance: Review and Perspectives in France" conference organised by the Paris Dauphine University on the topic "Is the French toolbox adapted to Islamic finance?", held in Paris (Palais Brongniart).

17-18 November 2009 - Szymon Chwalinski (Warsaw) spoke at the "Distribution Contracts" conference organised by Informedia Polska on the topic "The procedure before the President of the Polish Competition Authority (UOKiK) in cases regarding competition restrictive practices", held in Warsaw (Polonia Palace Hotel).

10 November 2009 - Gide Loyrette Nouel hosted at its Paris office the Opalesque Roundtable on Hedge Funds in France. Speakers included:
- Christian Bartolin, Managing Director and Secretary General, HDF Finance.
- Nathanaël Benzaken, Managing Director, Lyxor.
- Denis Beaudoin, CEO, Finaltis.
- Géraud Dambrine, Managing Director, Lombard Odier France.
- Laurent Dupeyron, CEO-Président, Olympia Capital Management.
- Manuel Kalbreier, Partner, Boussard et Gavaudan.
- Xavier Lépine, Chariman, UFG Group.
- Olivier Neau, Chairman of the Management Board, Edmond de Rothschild IM
- Sophie Van Straelen, Founder and Managing Director, Astérias.
- Thaddée Tyl, CEO, Rivoli Fund Management.
- Stéphane Puel et David Malamed, Partners, Gide Loyrette Nouel Paris.
Click here to view the minutes.

5-7 November 2009 - Youssef Djehane (Paris) spoke at the "Young Mediterranean Leaders Forum" organised in Seville (Spain) on the topic "Turkey: a model of modernisation for North Africa".