ITechLaw is pleased to announce the installation of its new slate of directors for the 2020 – 2021 year. Each director serves a one-year term, renewable for up to six years total. The current term began on May 20, 2020 and will conclude on May 25, 2021. The nominating committee, composed of

• Christian Frank, Taylor Wessing PartGmbB, Nominating Committee Chair (until April 7)
• Susan Barty, CMS London, Past President and Nominating Committee Member
• Nikhil Narendran, Trilegal, Voting Member, Nominating Committee Member

has reported to the Executive Committee the following candidates for election as Directors of the Association for the year 2020 – 2021:

Board of Directors:

• *John Buyers, Osborne Clarke, United Kingdom, Appointed 2020
• Eliane de Vilder, Brinkhof, Netherlands, Appointed 2019
• Hélène Deschamps Marquis, Deloitte Legal, Canada, Appointed 2019
• Diego Fernández, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, Argentina, Appointed 2016
• Jessica Franken, Marquette University, United States, Appointed 2017
• Eva Fredrikson, Vinge, Sweden, Appointed 2019
• Doron Goldstein, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, United States, Appointed 2017
• Clara Ann Gordon, Niederer Kraft Frey, Switzerland, Appointed 2018
• *Dean Harvey, Perkins Coie LLP, United States, Appointed 2020
• Sheena Jacob, CMS Holborn Asia, Singapore, Appointed 2017
• *Julia Jacobson, Arent Fox LLP, United States, Appointed 2020
• Charles Mudd, Jr., Mudd Law Offices, United States, Appointed 2015
• Nikhil Narendran, Trilegal, India, Appointed 2017
• Renato Opice-Blum, Opice Blum Attorneys at Law, Brazil, Appointed 2018
• Julian Potter, WP Thompson, United Kingdom, Appointed 2019
• *Barbara Sartori, CBA Studio Legale e Tributario, Italy, Appointed 2020
• Dov Scherzer, Polsinelli, United States, Appointed 2019
• Jürg Schneider, Walder Wyss & Partners Ltd., Switzerland, Appointed 2015
• *Philipp Schröder-Ringe, HÄRTING Rechtsanwälte, Germany, Appointed 2020
• Priti Suri, PSA, India, Appointed 2018
• Anne Sutton, Sidley Austin, United States, Appointed 2016
• Thomas Thalhofer, Noerr, Germany, Appointed 2019
• Dimitri Timmer, Netherlands, Appointed 2017
• Anne-Laure Villedieu, CMS Francis Lefebvre, France, Appointed 2018

*Newly appointed director

Appointment of Officers 

As regards nominations for the appointment of the officers of the Association, Christian Frank stepped down as chair of the Nominating Committee on April 7 and was replaced in this role by Past President Rob Weiss. In light of the unprecedented circumstances faced by the Association resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nominating Committee, with input from the Advisory Committee, presented a proposal to the Board of Directors to maintain the current officers for a second year. This proposal has been voted on and approved by the current Board of Directors. the slate of officers include:

• PRESIDENT: Charles Morgan, McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Canada
• VICE PRESIDENTY: Gabriela Kennedy, Mayer Brown, Hong Kong
• TREASURER: Michael Peeters, DAC Beachcroft LLP, United Kingdom
• SECRETARY: Peter Ruby, Godomans LLP, Canada
• ASSISTANT SECRETARY: Laura Liguori, Portolano Cavallo, Italy
• IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Christian Frank, Taylor Wessing LLP, Germany