Dave Mayer attended the Legalink general meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, this past week. Legalink is a non-exclusive, international legal network of over 70 independent business-oriented law firms, composed of 4,000 legal professionals. Dvorak Law Group is proud to be Legalink’s Midwestern representative, permitting the Firm to handle clients’ legal needs on a local, national, and international level.

The aim of general meetings are to: generate referrals of legal work; follow-up on ongoing shared work; participate in Practice Areas to share knowledge across a spectrum of legal specialties; collaborate on member initiatives to enhance joint business development; broaden and strengthen member relationships.

Legalink announced the speakers of this meeting. The first session guest speaker is the former President of the European Commission, Durão Barroso, currently President and non-executive Director of Goldman Sachs International, whose speech will address The Geopolitical Constraints to International Business. The second session guest speaker is Pedro Pires de Miranda, CEO of Siemens Portugal, who will address IT and New Business Opportunities. Gary Jones, Chairman of Legalink and José Manuel Sérvulo Correia, Founding Partner of Sérvulo & Associados, the event hosting firm, will open the event.