Objective

This conference aims at keeping practitioners up-to-date by providing an overview of the recent case law and the latest developments at international and EU level in the area of family law.

Key topics

• Recent CJEU case law on family law
• The recast Brussels IIa Regulation to be published in June 2019
• New EU Public Documents Regulation which is applicable since 16 February 2019
• New EU Regulations on matrimonial and partnership property law which are effective since 29 January 2019
• Impact of EU Regulations on family law on persons domiciled in third states
• Effects of Brexit on binational partnerships and international families

Who should attend?

Family lawyers, lawyers in private practice and notaries involved in family litigation, ministry officials, judges, policymakers, academics.

Speakers

Giuseppe Buffone, Judge, Department of Justice Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Rome

Martina Erb-Klünemann, Family Court Judge, Network Judge in the European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters and the International Hague Network of Judges, Hamm

Samuel Fulli-Lemaire, Associate Professor, University Panthéon‑Assas (Paris II)

Gérardine Goh Escolar, First Secretary, Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Hague

Bettina Heiderhoff, Professor at the University of Münster

Soma Kölcsényi, Partner, Kölcsényi & Némethi, Budapest

Boriana Musseva, Partner, Musseva & Ivanov, Sofia

Marco Nademleinsky, Lawyer, Vienna

James Netto, Associate, Dawson Cornwell, London

Andrea Schulz, Seconded National Expert, Civil Justice Unit, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission, Brussels

Susanne Viggria-Krämer, Legal Adviser, Council of the Notariats of the European Union (CNUE), Brussels

Corinne Widmer Lüchinger, Professor at the University of Basel