This one-day event, taking place in London on the 23rd May, will host a mix of luxury and international law specialists to analyze the challenges impacting the business of luxury brand development and retail. The summit will feature a diverse range of speakers, from global policing organizations to international luxury power houses.

Laurence Morel-Chevillet, IP Senior Counsel, Bulgari; Federica Zambelli, Brand Protection Manager, Moncler Group; and Victoria Orlowski, Managing Counsel, Secretariat of the International Chamber of Commerce are just some of the new speakers confirmed for the first Luxury Law Summit, a conference produced in partnership between the International Herald Tribune (IHT) and The Global Legal Post (GLP).

On the agenda

Produced by the team behind the IHT’s acclaimed Luxury conference series and the Global Legal Post’s  law industry experts, the agenda will include: the evolution of the luxury industry, profitable legal frameworks for luxury brands, defending intellectual property, and creativity and the law.

There will be a combination of traditional conference sessions, interactive breakout sessions and debate. The agenda will be balanced by networking breaks and lunch in an open and pro-active environment of shared ideas amongst world-leading luxury and law professionals.

Global threats

Mark Wyatt, Publisher, GLP, said: “More and more resources are being spent dealing with increasing global threats to luxury brands. The first Luxury Law Summit will combine the very best of our law journalism with the IHT’s international trend insight to foresee the future of luxury businesses in an age of risk, satisfying a need for expert information, discussion and consultation.”

The Luxury Law Summit will take place at The Caledonian Club, London, SW1X 7DR on 23 May 2013. For f urther information - including how to register, about conference sponsors, full speaker bios and a comprehensive agenda - can be found at www.luxurylawsummit.com.