Thursday, March 13, 2008

20:00

 Welcome Cocktail

Friday, March 14, 2008

08:30-09:00

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS Hilton Hotel Sofia Room Moussala II1, Bulgaria Boulevard, Sofia

09:00 – 09:15

Welcome and Opening of SeminarNatalia TZENOVA, President of the Sofia Bar Association, Sofia, Bulgaria
Héctor DIAZ BASTIEN, President of the UIA, Madrid, Spain

09:15 – 09:30

Introduction
Steve SIDKIN, Fox Williams, London, United Kingdom

09:30 – 10:00

AGENCY AND DISTRIBUTIONModerator:  Steve SIDKIN, Fox Williams, London, United KingdomAgency or Distribution – How to choose?
Julian SPASSOV, Member of the  Sofia Bar Council, Sofia, Bulgaria

10:00 – 10:30

Understanding the Boilerplate in US Agency and Distribution AgreementsLeslie K. THIELE, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany, New York, USA 

10:30 - 11:00

The Point of View of the IndustrySusanne MARGOSSIAN, Legal Counsel United Pharmaceuticals, Paris, France

11:00-11:30

COFFEE BREAK

11:30-12:00

International Agency or Distribution Agreements: Analysis of some difficult ClausesMassimo FONTANA ROS, Studio Zelger & Fontana Ros, Bozen, Italy  

12:00 12:30

Ethical Clauses - do they have a Role to play in Agency, Distributorship and Franchise Agreements? 
Steve SIDKIN, Fox Williams, London, United Kingdom

12:30 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00-14:30

FRANCHISING Moderator: Nicole VAN CROMBRUGGHE, Lafili, Van Crombrugghe & Partners, Brussels, Belgium
Franchising in France and Information Disclosure according to the Loi Doubin.
Bénédicte QUERENET- HAHN, GGV Grutmacher Gravert Viegener, Paris, France

14:30– 15:00

Franchising Agreements in Bulgaria – Core IssuesVladimir NATCHEV, Arsov Natchev Ganeva, Sofia, Bulgaria

15:00-15:30

COFFEE BREAK

15:30-16:00

THE END OF THE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP
Foreseeing the End: Tips on Performing well in order to Terminate well later in Agency and Distribution Agreements
Pierre KIRCH, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Brussels, Belgium

16:00-16:30

Legal Issues and Practice in Terminating Agency, Distribution and Franchising Agreements in Austria
Christoph PETSCH, Petsch Frosch Klein Arturo, Vienna, Austria

16:30-17:00

Cross-border Litigation in Agency and Distribution Contracts within the EUFabio BORTOLOTTI, Buffa, Bortolotti & Partners, Torino, Italy 

17:00 – 17:30

Round Table and End of Day 1Chaired by: Fabio BORTOLOTTI, Buffa, Bortolotti & Partners, Torino, Italy

19:30

DINNER

            Saturday, March 15, 2008

09:00 – 9:30

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS Hilton Hotel Sofia Room Moussala II1 Bulgaria Boulevard Sofia

09:30 – 10:00

SPECIFIC ISSUESModerator: Julian SPASSOV, Member of the  Sofia Bar Council, Sofia, Bulgaria
Recent Issues in Vertical Restraints US/EU: Greymarket Sales, Resale Price RestrictionsGary M. SHUBERT, Shubert Collin & Associés SCP, Paris, France

10:00 – 10:30

Exhaustion and other Intellectual Property Aspects of Distribution
Matthias W. STECHER, Beiten Burkhardt, München, Germany

10:30- 11:00

Guidelines on Vertical Restraints and Enforcement of Franchise Agreements in the EU
Olivia IORDANESCU, S.C.A. Iordanescu & Associates, Bucharest, Romania

 11:00-11:30

COFFEE BREAK

11:30- 12:00

Tricky Clauses in Agency and Distribution Contracts from a Competition Law Prospective Dr. Judit BUDAI, Szecskay Attorneys at Law, Budapest, Hungary

12:00-12:30

Round Table Discussion and End of the SeminarChaired by Steven SIDKIN, Fox Williams, London, United Kingdom and Nicole VAN CROMBRUGGHE, Lafili, Van Crombrugghe & Partners, Brussels, Belgium