14 November 2008 - Daniel Plane (Hong Kong) will speak at the INTA's 2008 Leadership Meeting on the topic of "Anticounterfeiting: Pursuing the Middle Man" to be held in Florida (U.S.A.).

4 November 2008 - Daniel Plane (Hong Kong) will speak at the 5th Annual Asia-Pacific IP Forum to be held in Hong Kong on the topic of "How to protect trade secrets".

31 october 2008 - Daniel Plane (Hong Kong) spoke at the Global Sources Fashion Accessories China Sourcing Fair organised in Hong Kong on the topic of "Protecting you Intellectual Property in China".

18-19 September 2008 - Stéphane Vernay, Warren Hua, Rebecca Silli and Marianne Ramel (Beijing/Hong Kong) ran the seminar Project Finance Agreements organised by Euromoney in Hong Kong.

26-27 August 2008 - Nicolas Bonnefoy (London) ran the two-day seminar Successful Oil & Gas Transactions Negotiating & Structuring organised by Magenta Global Training Course in Marrakech (Morocco).

2-3 July 2008 - Xavier de Kergommeaux and Gilles Saint Marc (Paris) spoke at the Paris Europlace International Financial Forum 2008 held at the Pavillon d'Armenonville (France) on the topic of "Changes to the Legal Framework for Structured Debt Financing: New Opportunities and Innovation". Gilles also spoke in the roundtable "Developing Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Business Opportunities" on the topic of "Islamic Finance Developments".

19 June 2008 - Gilles Saint Marc (Paris) spoke at the round table on Islamic Finance, organised by the Centre Français du Droit Comparé, from 5 to 7 p.m.

16 June 2008 - Nicolas Bonnefoy (London) ran the round table "Integrated upstream contract negotiation in the Gulf of Guinea" at the Gulf of Guinea Oil & Gas Conference organised by CWC Group in London (Millenium Gloucester).

3-4 June 2008 - Karl Hepp de Sevelinges and Claire Boichot (Kyiv) spoke at the round table "Expériences de sociétés françaises en Ukraine et dans la région de Donetsk" at the Rencontres Ukraine organised by Ubifrance in Paris (14th).

27 May 2008 - Serge Tatar (Paris) spoke on the topic of "LBO and external growth, the build-up success", at the LBO - Le retour aux fondamentaux Conference organised by Les Echos Conférences and AFIC in Paris 8th (Pavillon Gabriel).

12-13 February 2008 - Michel Guénaire and David Desforges (Paris) respectively spoke on the following topics "Energy policy and industrial strategies: redefining the role of the States" and "Climate change and renewable energies: new challenges" at the Journées de l'énergie 2008 organised by Les Echos Conférences, held in Paris 8th (Salons Hoche).

7 February 2008 - Laurent Deruy and David Desforges (Paris) spoke at the SNCF Seminar on Sustainable Development on the topic of "Life of the Grenelle de l'Environnement: what is at stake for SNCF".

29 January 2008 - Alban Caillemer du Ferrage, Philippe Goutay and Karole-Anne Sauvet (Paris) ran the training session organised by DII "Documentation des produits dérivés" (Documentation of derivative products) in Paris.

29 January 2008 - David Desforges (Paris) participated as moderator and lecturer to the session addressing Polluted Sites and Soils Management Strategies organised in Paris by EFE. David spoke on the following topics: "Towards a reinforcement of mayors' prerogatives with respect to brownfields remediation" and "The off-site treatment of contaminated soils: when does waste cease to qualify as waste?".