SALA - April 29, 2019Screening of the documentary Emilie Kempin-Spyri by Rahel Grunder and Q&A with the director. In cooperation with Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Swiss Consulate General. Link to event page. November 7, 2017Evidence Gathering and Discovery in U.S.-Swiss Litigation & Arbitration Proceedings Panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Tanja Domej, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich Andreas Frischknecht, Partner, Chaffetz Lindsey David N. Luder, Partner, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC Dorothee Schramm, Partner, Sidley Austin Moderator: Jascha D. Preuss, Partner Reiss & Preuss; Co-Sponsors: - Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce - Chaffetz Lindsey LLP - Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC - Sidley LLP March 30, 2016Bitcoin and Blockchain: Between Innovation and Regulation Panel discussion with Scott Ross, UBS AG, New York, Charley Cooper, R3Cev LLC, New York, NY, Dr. Hans Kuhn, Attorney, Partner, Zulauf Partner, Zurich, Switzerland, former General Counsel to the Swiss National Bank, Dr. Michael Juenemann, Attorney, Partner, Bird & Bird LLP, Frankfurt a. M., Germany, Ryne Miller, Attorney, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; moderated by: Rik Willard, Founder and Managing Director, Agentic Group, New York, NYIn cooperation with UBS AG and other organizations February 11, 2016Multi-Jurisdictional Antitrust Cases. Panel Discussion with Tiffany Rider, Counsel, Skadden Arps (moderator), Daniel L. Zelenko, Partner, Crowell & Moring, Adam C. Hemlock, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & MangesPatrick L. Krauskopf, Partner, Agon Partners. In cooperation with Fordham Law School and other organizations. October 7, 2014U.S. vs. E.U. Surveillance Law and Government Access to Consumer Data. Panel Discussion with Joseph DeMarco, Partner, DeVore & DeMarco LLP and former U.S. Attorney specializing in surveillance law and investigation, Sylvain Metille, Head of Technology and Privacy, BCCC Attorneys-at-law, Geneva, PhD, Attorney and Lecturer at Lausanne University, Switzerland, Felix Wu, Associate Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Nathan Wessler (moderator), Attorney, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, ACLU. In cooperation with Cardozo School of Law. October 29, 2013Privacy Law, Consumer Tracking and the Future of the Digital Landscape. Panel discussion with Marc Groman, President and CEO, Network Advertising Initiative, Dr. Nicolas Passadelis, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Zurich, Switzerland, Boris Segalis, Partner, Information Law Group LLP, Felix Wu, Associate Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Ben Wizner (moderator), Director, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, ACLU. In cooperation with Cardozo School of Law. September 17, 2013“Say on Pay": International Trends in Regulating Executive Compensation. Panel discussion withProf. Robert J. Jackson, Jr., Associate Professor of Law and Milton Handler Fellow; Co-Director, Ira M. Millstein Center, Columbia University School of Law, Dr. Oliver Triebold, Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland, Dirk Sievert, Rechtsanwalt (Germany), Senior Associate, Noerr LLP, New York, New York, and Berlin, Germany, Aimee M. Adler, Counsel, Executive Compensation Group, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York; Moderator: Prof. Sean J. Griffith, T.J. Maloney Chair and Professor of Law, and Director, Fordham Corporate Law Center, Fordham Law School. In cooperation with Fordham Law School. March 6, 2013Targeted Sanctions of the Security Council against Terrorists and the Rule of Law - The Swiss Perspective. Ambassador Paul R. Seger, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations. Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York April 13, 2011Attorney-Client Privilege and Confidentiality: U.S. and European Perspectives. What International Litigators and In‐House Counsel Need to Know. Panel discussion with Christopher Raleigh, Partner, Cozen O’Connor, New York, NY, Marc Russenberger, Partner, Wenger Plattner, Zurich, Switzerland, Olivier DuPont, Member, Sacks & Muccini LLC, New York. Moderated by Assistant Dean Prof. Toni Fine, Fordham University School of Law, New York. In cooperation with French-American Bar Association.October 27, 2010Swiss Private Banking, US Tax Enforcement and Mutual Assistance after UBS. Panel with Henry P. Bubel, Partner, Taxation, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP and Jean-Rodolphe Fiechter, Attorney at Law (Switzerland), Senior Associate, Kellerhals Attorneys, Bern, Switzerland; moderated by Remy Farag, Editor, International Taxes Weekly, Thomson Reuters, New York. Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York November 17, 2009 – In cooperation with Greater Zurich Area, Inc.Current Trends in International Taxation. Panel with Daniel Shaviro, Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation, NYU School of Law; Russell Nance, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Ryan Davis, Managing Director, Private Equity and International Tax, KPMG, Rene Zulauf, International Tax/ICE/Switzerland Desk, Deloitte. Hudson Terrace, New York June 3, 2009The Use of Foreign Law in American Courts. Presentation of a draft report by the Committee on Comparative and Foreign Law of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, with Christopher Kende, Esq., and Robert Michael, Esq. May 12, 2009The New Kid on the Block: The International Criminal Court and the Challenges to the International System. Presentation by Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, President of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Convention on the International Criminal Court April 7, 2009Anything Under the Sun Made by Man: The New Motto for Trademark Law? Presentation by Dr. Demian Stauber, Esq., Zurich, Switzerland; LL.M. Candidate ‘09, Hauser Global Scholar, NYU School of Law February 10, 2009The Regulation of Shareholder Voting in U.S. Public Companies: A Desirable Concept for Switzerland? Karim Maizar, Esq., Zurich, Switzerland; Research Fellow, Fordham University School of Law, New York December 2, 2008Current Trends in Banking Regulation. Presentation by David R. Sahr, Esq., Mayer Brown LLP, New York July 1, 2008The Business Case for Preventing Foreign Bribery: Current Issues in Global Anti-Corruption Compliance and Enforcement. Panel Discussion with Prof. Dr. Mark Pieth, University of Basel School of Law, Chairman of the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions; Claudius O. Sokenu, Esq., Partner, Mayer Brown LLP; and Glenn T. Ware, Esq., Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mayer Brown LLP, New York January 29, 2008The Swiss Initiative on Private Military and Security Companies. Presentation by Emmanuel Bichet, Legal Adviser of the Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations. Mayer Brown, New York June 27, 2007The Current Status of Swiss American Relations: Political, Economic, and Cultural. Ambassador Christoph Bubb, Consul General of Switzerland in New York. Mayer Brown LLP, New York March 27, 2007How to Protect 25 Million Internally Displaced Persons More Effectively? Prof. Dr. Walter Kälin, University of Bern School of Law, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Internally Displaced Persons. Inaugural Meeting. Mayer Brown LLP, New York Social and Networking Events December 4, 2014Annual Raclette and Fondue Dinner: Mont Blanc Restaurant, New York. August 1, 2013Swiss National Holiday Cocktail Reception, Withers Bergmann, LLP, New York January 23, 2013Winter Networking Event. The World Bar, New York. With Foreign Lawyers New York, French American Bar Association, Nigerian Lawyers’ Association, Iranian American Bar Association. November 28, 2012Annual Raclette and Fondue Dinner. Heidi Restaurant, New York December 2, 2010Annual Raclette and Fondue Dinner. Mont Blanc Restaurant, New York. With French American Bar Association September 23, 2009End of Summer Cocktails. Church Lounge, The Tribeca Grand Hotel. With French American Bar Association January 15, 2009 Annual General Meeting and Raclette & Fondue Dinner. Swizz Restaurant, New York March 27, 2008Spring Cocktails. Stone Rose Lounge, New York December 4, 2007SALA Raclette & Fondue Party. Swizz Restaurant, New York

April 29, 2019

Screening of the documentary Emilie Kempin-Spyri by Rahel Grunder and Q&A with the director. In cooperation with Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Swiss Consulate General. Link to event page.

November 7, 2017

Evidence Gathering and Discovery in U.S.-Swiss Litigation & Arbitration Proceedings Panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Tanja Domej, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich Andreas Frischknecht, Partner, Chaffetz Lindsey David N. Luder, Partner, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC Dorothee Schramm, Partner, Sidley Austin Moderator: Jascha D. Preuss, Partner Reiss & Preuss; Co-Sponsors: - Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce - Chaffetz Lindsey LLP - Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC - Sidley LLP

March 30, 2016

Bitcoin and Blockchain: Between Innovation and Regulation Panel discussion with Scott Ross, UBS AG, New York, Charley Cooper, R3Cev LLC, New York, NY, Dr. Hans Kuhn, Attorney, Partner, Zulauf Partner, Zurich, Switzerland, former General Counsel to the Swiss National Bank, Dr. Michael Juenemann, Attorney, Partner, Bird & Bird LLP, Frankfurt a. M., Germany, Ryne Miller, Attorney, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; moderated by: Rik Willard, Founder and Managing Director, Agentic Group, New York, NY

In cooperation with UBS AG and other organizations

February 11, 2016

Multi-Jurisdictional Antitrust Cases. Panel Discussion with Tiffany Rider, Counsel, Skadden Arps (moderator), Daniel L. Zelenko, Partner, Crowell & Moring, Adam C. Hemlock, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & MangesPatrick L. Krauskopf, Partner, Agon Partners. In cooperation with Fordham Law School and other organizations.

October 7, 2014

U.S. vs. E.U. Surveillance Law and Government Access to Consumer Data. Panel Discussion with Joseph DeMarco, Partner, DeVore & DeMarco LLP and former U.S. Attorney specializing in surveillance law and investigation, Sylvain Metille, Head of Technology and Privacy, BCCC Attorneys-at-law, Geneva, PhD, Attorney and Lecturer at Lausanne University, Switzerland, Felix Wu, Associate Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Nathan Wessler (moderator), Attorney, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, ACLU. In cooperation with Cardozo School of Law.

October 29, 2013

Privacy Law, Consumer Tracking and the Future of the Digital Landscape. Panel discussion with Marc Groman, President and CEO, Network Advertising Initiative, Dr. Nicolas Passadelis, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Zurich, Switzerland, Boris Segalis, Partner, Information Law Group LLP, Felix Wu, Associate Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Ben Wizner (moderator), Director, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, ACLU. In cooperation with Cardozo School of Law.

September 17, 2013

“Say on Pay": International Trends in Regulating Executive Compensation. Panel discussion withProf. Robert J. Jackson, Jr., Associate Professor of Law and Milton Handler Fellow; Co-Director, Ira M. Millstein Center, Columbia University School of Law, Dr. Oliver Triebold, Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland, Dirk Sievert, Rechtsanwalt (Germany), Senior Associate, Noerr LLP, New York, New York, and Berlin, Germany, Aimee M. Adler, Counsel, Executive Compensation Group, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York; Moderator: Prof. Sean J. Griffith, T.J. Maloney Chair and Professor of Law, and Director, Fordham Corporate Law Center, Fordham Law School. In cooperation with Fordham Law School.

March 6, 2013

Targeted Sanctions of the Security Council against Terrorists and the Rule of Law - The Swiss Perspective. Ambassador Paul R. Seger, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations. Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York

April 13, 2011

Attorney-Client Privilege and Confidentiality: U.S. and European Perspectives. What International Litigators and In‐House Counsel Need to Know. Panel discussion with Christopher Raleigh, Partner, Cozen O’Connor, New York, NY, Marc Russenberger, Partner, Wenger Plattner, Zurich, Switzerland, Olivier DuPont, Member, Sacks & Muccini LLC, New York. Moderated by Assistant Dean Prof. Toni Fine, Fordham University School of Law, New York. In cooperation with French-American Bar Association.

October 27, 2010

Swiss Private Banking, US Tax Enforcement and Mutual Assistance after UBS. Panel with Henry P. Bubel, Partner, Taxation, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP and Jean-Rodolphe Fiechter, Attorney at Law (Switzerland), Senior Associate, Kellerhals Attorneys, Bern, Switzerland; moderated by Remy Farag, Editor, International Taxes Weekly, Thomson Reuters, New York. Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York

November 17, 2009 – In cooperation with Greater Zurich Area, Inc.

Current Trends in International Taxation. Panel with Daniel Shaviro, Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation, NYU School of Law; Russell Nance, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Ryan Davis, Managing Director, Private Equity and International Tax, KPMG, Rene Zulauf, International Tax/ICE/Switzerland Desk, Deloitte. Hudson Terrace, New York

June 3, 2009

The Use of Foreign Law in American Courts. Presentation of a draft report by the Committee on Comparative and Foreign Law of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, with Christopher Kende, Esq., and Robert Michael, Esq.

May 12, 2009

The New Kid on the Block: The International Criminal Court and the Challenges to the International System. Presentation by Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, President of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Convention on the International Criminal Court

April 7, 2009

Anything Under the Sun Made by Man: The New Motto for Trademark Law? Presentation by Dr. Demian Stauber, Esq., Zurich, Switzerland; LL.M. Candidate ‘09, Hauser Global Scholar, NYU School of Law

February 10, 2009

The Regulation of Shareholder Voting in U.S. Public Companies: A Desirable Concept for Switzerland? Karim Maizar, Esq., Zurich, Switzerland; Research Fellow, Fordham University School of Law, New York

December 2, 2008

Current Trends in Banking Regulation. Presentation by David R. Sahr, Esq., Mayer Brown LLP, New York

July 1, 2008

The Business Case for Preventing Foreign Bribery: Current Issues in Global Anti-Corruption Compliance and Enforcement. Panel Discussion with Prof. Dr. Mark Pieth, University of Basel School of Law, Chairman of the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions; Claudius O. Sokenu, Esq., Partner, Mayer Brown LLP; and Glenn T. Ware, Esq., Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mayer Brown LLP, New York

January 29, 2008

The Swiss Initiative on Private Military and Security Companies. Presentation by Emmanuel Bichet, Legal Adviser of the Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations. Mayer Brown, New York

June 27, 2007

The Current Status of Swiss American Relations: Political, Economic, and Cultural. Ambassador Christoph Bubb, Consul General of Switzerland in New York. Mayer Brown LLP, New York

March 27, 2007

How to Protect 25 Million Internally Displaced Persons More Effectively? Prof. Dr. Walter Kälin, University of Bern School of Law, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Internally Displaced Persons. Inaugural Meeting. Mayer Brown LLP, New York

Social and Networking Events

December 4, 2014

Annual Raclette and Fondue Dinner: Mont Blanc Restaurant, New York.

August 1, 2013

Swiss National Holiday Cocktail Reception, Withers Bergmann, LLP, New York

January 23, 2013

Winter Networking Event. The World Bar, New York. With Foreign Lawyers New York, French American Bar Association, Nigerian Lawyers’ Association, Iranian American Bar Association.

November 28, 2012

Annual Raclette and Fondue Dinner. Heidi Restaurant, New York

December 2, 2010

Annual Raclette and Fondue Dinner. Mont Blanc Restaurant, New York. With French American Bar Association

September 23, 2009

End of Summer Cocktails. Church Lounge, The Tribeca Grand Hotel. With French American Bar Association

January 15, 2009

Annual General Meeting and Raclette & Fondue Dinner. Swizz Restaurant, New York

March 27, 2008

Spring Cocktails. Stone Rose Lounge, New York

December 4, 2007

SALA Raclette & Fondue Party. Swizz Restaurant, New York

Swiss American Lawyers Association

of Greater New York

March 6, 2013

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