Professional Secrecy of Lawyers in Europe

by The Bar of Brussels

Overview

This book examines the lawyer's duty of professional secrecy (also known as the attorney-client privilege) in the twenty-seven Member States of the European Union, the three Member States of the European Economic Area, and Switzerland. It provides valuable information for those working on transactions or litigations which involve several countries – they can use this book to find out to what extent any information shared with or any advice received from a lawyer is protected in each of these countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107031630
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/16/2013
Pages:	638
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Dirk Van Gerven is a partner in the Brussels office of NautaDutilh (a leading Benelux law firm) and a member of the Brussels and New York Bars. He has extensive experience in all areas of corporate and financial law. He served as President of the Dutch-speaking section of the Brussels Bar from 2010 to 2012 and has published widely in the fields of corporate and financial law and ethics. He has also been a member of the supervisory board of Belgium's Financial Services and Markets Authority (previously the Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission) since 2003, presiding over it since 2011.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jean-Pierre Buyle and Dirk Van Gerven; 1. Professional secrecy in Europe Dirk Van Gerven; 2. The CCBE rules on professional secrecy Georges-Albert Dal; 3. Austria Michael Kutschera; 4. Belgium Dirk Van Gerven; 5. Bulgaria Kina Chuturkova, Raina Dimitrova and Mihail Vishanin; 6. Cyprus Alexandros Tsadiras; 7. Czech Republic Petr Cáp; 8. Denmark Lars Bo Langsted; 9. Estonia Katrin Kose; 10. Finland Petri Taivalkoski and Aini Juopperi; 11. France Sabine Du Granrut; 12. Germany Christian Dahns and Johannes Keller; 13. Greece Ilias Tompaidis and Konstantinos Voulgarakis; 14. Hungary János Bánáti; 15. Iceland Ólafur Arinbjörn Sigurosson and Sindri Guojónsson; 16. Ireland Liam Kennedy and Sarah Conroy; 17. Italy Antonella Brambilla; 18. Latvia Egils Radzins; 19. Liechtenstein Mario Frick; 20. Lithuania Akvile Bosaite and Karina Kuizinaite; 21. Luxembourg Marc Thewes; 22. Malta Max Ganado, Christine Borg and Thomas Cutts-Watson; 23. Netherlands Fokke Fernhout; 24. Norway John Christian Elden; 25. Poland Wojciech Marchwicki and Marek Nieduzak; 26. Portugal Ana Cristina Delgado; 27. Romania Gabriela Cacerea and Anca Mihailescu; 28. Slovakia Jozef Olej; 29. Slovenia Natasa Pipan Nahtigal and Tjasa Lahovnik; 30. Spain Nielson Sánchez Stewart; 31. Sweden Henrik Fieber and Minna Sjöstrand; 32. Switzerland Claudio Bazzani and Roman Richers; 33. United Kingdom Ronnie Fox, Shira Auerbach, Shirley Blair and Kirsteen Macdonald.