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NATLAW EVENT – Influential Women Across Borders – April 26, 2013

Elizabeth — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:16:33 +0000

NatLaw would like to invite all members of the Tucson community to join us for a great local event the night of April 26, 2013. The event “Influential Women Across Borders” will feature three amazing female speakers, cocktails, appetizers and more. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit our event page here.

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NatLaw President Boris Kozolchyk Receives Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Universidad Mayor in Chile

Elizabeth — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:38:56 +0000

As highlighted in the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law Faculty News section, NatLaw’s own President and Director was presented with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile, on May 30, 2013. Director Kozolchyk was honored for his work in international commercial law including the drafting of several laws, treaties and collections of best commercial practices that have been adopted by many countries in Latin America. Additionally, Chile recognized him for his writing of influential textbooks adopted in Spain and Latin America and for his work as a respected advisor to the United States and various other governments in the Americas. Director Kozolchyk was given this same honor by the Antonio Guillermo Urrelo Private University of Cajamarca, Peru, in April 2009.

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WEBINAR – Incorporating in Colombia: A Guide for Foreign Businesses Including Tax Implications

Elizabeth — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:02:08 +0000

On Wednesday April 3, 2013 NatLaw, with the support of the University of Arizona Outreach College and in collaboration with CPA’s from Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLCs will present a webinar on Incorporating in Colombia. The featured speaker for this webinar is the author of Colombia’s SAS law, Mr. Francisco Reyes. Mr. Reyes will speak to the practical implications of this business form for foreign businesses. Mr. Reyes will be joined by a team of CPAs from Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra that will discuss the tax implications of the SAS and outline possible methods that can be employed to fully enjoy the benefits and understand the risks of such a business form. For more information and to register, visit our event page here.

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Current Issues in International Trade Law: A Conference at U of A

Elizabeth — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:40:34 +0000

The National Law Center is excited to join the James E. Rogers College of Law and the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law to sponsor the upcoming Conference “Current Issues in International Trade Law”. The Conference will take place Friday, April 5, 2013 at the College of Law starting at 9:45 a.m. and is open to the public. For more information, see the full schedule on our event page or visit the law school’s event page here.

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Special Conversations – Rethinking Money: A Wildcat Currency?

Elizabeth — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:48:55 +0000

On March 25, 2013 NatLaw Senior Research Attorney Marek Dubovec will join Bernard Lietaer and Jacqui Dunne, authors of “Rethinking Money: How Currencies Turn Scarcity into Prosperity” for a special conversation at the University of Arizona. The conversation will discuss how 4000 communities around the world have started to monetize the invisible economy for a quality of life for all. The event is open to the public and is available as a webinar. For more info on the conversation, visit our event page here.

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AZ Gives Day! – March 20, 2013

Elizabeth — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:00:31 +0000

This year NatLaw is excited about participating in the first annual Arizona Gives Day! On March 20, 2013, from 12:00 am to 11:59 pm, supporters of Arizona nonprofits can go online, connect with causes they care about, and make tax-deductible donations. The donation stays local and helps our nonprofit community provide much needed services in the state of Arizona. We look forward to your support on March 20, 2013!

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2012 Recap – NatLaw Training Locations

Elizabeth — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:03:25 +0000

In 2012 NatLaw’s Training Program was very active. This map highlights all the locations NatLaw held training courses in Oral Trials Advocacy over the last year. NatLaw’s training team visited many of these Mexico locations multiple times during the year to hold repeat trainings.

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Secured Transaction Reform in Costa Rica

Elizabeth — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:17:44 +0000

NatLaw and the IFC are currently collaborating with the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce of Costa Rica, and other local Costa Rican offices including the Asociación Bancaria Costarricense and the Sistema de Banca para el Desarrollo, in the creation of a new secured lending framework for Costa Rica. The law and registry are expected to improve access to credit, particularly for micro, small and medium-sized businesses.

NatLaw President Boris Kozolchyk travelled to Costa Rica February 4-8, 2013, to discuss the draft law with the public and private sectors of Costa Rica. Featured below is his local Costa Rican television interview with the Ministra de Economía, Industria y Comercio de Costa Rica, and Mayi Antillón (in Spanish). They are discussing the benefits of the draft law that was presented to Congress on February 13, 2013.

Other news articles discussing the new law can be found featured in El Financiero PYMES and La Nación Opinion (both also in Spanish).

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Secured Transactions Reform in Zambia

Elizabeth — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:51:10 +0000

Under the NLCIFT-IFC consulting contract, NatLaw Senior Research Attorney Dr. Marek Dubovec visited Zambia last week to meet with the drafting committee for the country’s Secured Transaction reform. The committee includes various stakeholders from both the private and public sectors (e.g., the Central Bank, Registries of Vehicles and Companies, Barclays bank, etc. They discussed various approaches on the reforming of Zambia’s secured transactions framework.

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NatLaw Intern Brad Terry Wins Bankruptcy Negotiation Competition

Elizabeth — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:21:49 +0000

NatLaw is pleased to announce that in late January 2013, NatLaw Legal Intern and current U of A College of Law student Brad Terry and his team members traveled to the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law to compete in the Inaugural Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Negotiation Competition. Competing against 11 other schools, Brad and his team from U of A participated in two rounds of in-person negotiations and were chosen by judges as the winners. The negotiations involved the solution of a hypothetical bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring between a financially distressed California winery and an unofficial committee of its unsecured creditors. Brad has been a legal intern at NatLaw since summer 2012 and we congratulate him on this amazing accomplishment.

A more detailed account of the competition is available from the U of A Law School here.

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