International Franchising Committee

Melissa Murray

Co-Chair

Firm Address
Bird & Bird Level 14, Burj Daman, DIFC
PO BOX 507110
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
00000
Lee J Plave

Co-Chair

Firm Address
Plave Koch PLC 3120 Fairview Park Dr
Suite 420
Falls Church
USA
22042-4568
Alan R Greenfield

Vice Chair

Firm Address
Greenberg Traurig 1144 15th Street
Suite 3300
Denver
USA
80202
Dagmar Waldzus

Vice Chair

Firm Address
BUSE Rechtsanwälte Harvestehuder Weg 23
Hamburg
Germany
20149
Silvia Bortolotti

Secretary

Firm Address
Studio legale Bortolotti Mathis & Associati Via Alfieri 19
Turin
Italy
10121
Nicola Broadhurst

Diversity and Inclusion Officer

Firm Address
Stevens & Bolton Wey House, Farnham Road
Guildford
England
GU1 4YD
Talha Salaria

Communications Officer

Firm Address
Lawyers At Work 45/1 Magrath Road Richmond Town
Bangalore
India
560025
Tiwalola Osazuwa

Publications Officer

Firm Address
AELEX 4th Floor, Marble House
1 Kingsway Road, Falomo Ikoyi
Lagos
Nigeria
-
Peter V Snell

Website Officer

Firm Address
Cassels, Brock & Blackwell West Georgia Street
885
HSBC Building, Suite 2200
Vancouver
Canada
V6C 3E8
Stephanie Zosak

Membership Officer

Firm Address
DLA Piper 444 W. Lake St.
Suite 900
Chicago
USA
60606-0089
Esmari Jonker

Scholarship Officer

Firm Address
Smit & Van Wyk Sanlynn Office Park East Block, 2nd Floor
c/o Alkantrand & Sanlam Street
Lynnwood Manor
Pretoria
South Africa
0081
Beata Krakus

Conference Quality Officer

Firm Address
Greensfelder Hemker & Gale 200 W Madison Street | Suite 3300
Chicago
USA
60606
Esmari Jonker

Young Lawyers' Committee Liaison Officer

Firm Address
Smit & Van Wyk Sanlynn Office Park East Block, 2nd Floor
c/o Alkantrand & Sanlam Street
Lynnwood Manor
Pretoria
South Africa
0081
Christopher S W Blake

LPD Council Liaison Officer

Firm Address
Hahn Loeser & Parks 200 Public Square
Suite 2800
Cleveland
USA
44114-2316
Laura Opilio

LPD Council Liaison Officer

Firm Address
CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni Via Agostino Depretis 86
Rome
Italy
00184

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