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Different local laws and procedures may Number of Firms: 17
affect the conduct of insurance business on a Number of Lawyers:
cross-border basis, and this is evident in the Regions: North and South America
handling of international or multinational
claims. An insurer can navigate these Description: RIELA™ (Red Interamericana
complexities by using a group of lawyers de Especialistas en Legislación Ambiental)
from different jurisdictions who are each is a network of independent law firms
specialized in their respective national providing for the exchange of professional
insurance and reinsurance law systems, but information about the local and regional
who are also affiliated to work with each practice and development of environmental
other. law in the Americas, facilitating and
disseminating communications among its
Interact Europe members, and improving the members’
abilities to serve the needs of their
Address: respective clients. The members of
Pitmans RIELA™ maintain complete autonomy;
47 Castle St. render professional services to their
Reading, Berks RG1 7SR, England respective clients on an individual and
U.K. separate basis; are not in any way restricted
from handling or accepting cases from non-
Contact: Mr. C.H. Avery RIELA™ members or from joining other
Email: cavery@pitmans.com professional organizations; and are not
Telephone: +44-(0) 118 958 0224 affiliated for the joint practice of law.
Fax: +44-(0) 118 958 5097
Website: www.interacteurope.com Interjures
Number of Firms: 13 Address:
Number of Lawyers: 150 Interjures Consult GmbH
Regions: Europe Rechtsanwalt Peter Heun
Ossecker Str. 174
Description: The InterAct group was 95030 Hof
founded in 1990 by Pitmans, based in Germany
Reading, U.K., at a time when that firm felt
a need to be part a European-wide Contact: Peter Heun
association to obtain reliable legal services Email: heun@interjures.com
for its clients. With trade expanding within Telephone: +49 9281 7055
the European Community, Pitmans Fax: +49 9281 705 900
increasingly had to be able to obtain legal Website: www.interjures.com
advice throughout the Community. There
were six founding members, all of whom Number of Firms:
had been personally recommended for Number of Lawyers:
membership and who were all visited at Regions:
their offices by partners of Pitmans before
being admitted to membership. Description:
Inter-American Network of Environmental Law Interlaw
Address: Address:
1500 San Jacinto Center 1900 Avenue of the Stars
98 San Jacinto Blvd. Seventh Floor
Austin, TX 78701-4039 Los Angeles, CA 90067
U.S. U.S.
Contact: Aileen Hooks Contact: Imogen Lee
Email: aileen.hooks@bakerbotts.com Email: ilee@interlaw.org
Telephone: 512 322 2616 Telephone: 310 459 2905
Fax: 512 322 8314 Fax:
Website: www.riela.org Website: www.interlaw.org
Number of Firms: 66
Number of Lawyers: 5,000+
Regions: Global
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Different local laws and procedures may Number of Firms: 17
affect the conduct of insurance business on a Number of Lawyers:
cross-border basis, and this is evident in the Regions: North and South America
handling of international or multinational
claims. An insurer can navigate these Description: RIELA™ (Red Interamericana
complexities by using a group of lawyers de Especialistas en Legislación Ambiental)
from different jurisdictions who are each is a network of independent law firms
specialized in their respective national providing for the exchange of professional
insurance and reinsurance law systems, but information about the local and regional
who are also affiliated to work with each practice and development of environmental
other. law in the Americas, facilitating and
disseminating communications among its
Interact Europe members, and improving the members’
abilities to serve the needs of their
Address: respective clients. The members of
Pitmans RIELA™ maintain complete autonomy;
47 Castle St. render professional services to their
Reading, Berks RG1 7SR, England respective clients on an individual and
U.K. separate basis; are not in any way restricted
from handling or accepting cases from non-
Contact: Mr. C.H. Avery RIELA™ members or from joining other
Email: cavery@pitmans.com professional organizations; and are not
Telephone: +44-(0) 118 958 0224 affiliated for the joint practice of law.
Fax: +44-(0) 118 958 5097
Website: www.interacteurope.com Interjures
Number of Firms: 13 Address:
Number of Lawyers: 150 Interjures Consult GmbH
Regions: Europe Rechtsanwalt Peter Heun
Ossecker Str. 174
Description: The InterAct group was 95030 Hof
founded in 1990 by Pitmans, based in Germany
Reading, U.K., at a time when that firm felt
a need to be part a European-wide Contact: Peter Heun
association to obtain reliable legal services Email: heun@interjures.com
for its clients. With trade expanding within Telephone: +49 9281 7055
the European Community, Pitmans Fax: +49 9281 705 900
increasingly had to be able to obtain legal Website: www.interjures.com
advice throughout the Community. There
were six founding members, all of whom Number of Firms:
had been personally recommended for Number of Lawyers:
membership and who were all visited at Regions:
their offices by partners of Pitmans before
being admitted to membership. Description:
Inter-American Network of Environmental Law Interlaw
Address: Address:
1500 San Jacinto Center 1900 Avenue of the Stars
98 San Jacinto Blvd. Seventh Floor
Austin, TX 78701-4039 Los Angeles, CA 90067
U.S. U.S.
Contact: Aileen Hooks Contact: Imogen Lee
Email: aileen.hooks@bakerbotts.com Email: ilee@interlaw.org
Telephone: 512 322 2616 Telephone: 310 459 2905
Fax: 512 322 8314 Fax:
Website: www.riela.org Website: www.interlaw.org
Number of Firms: 66
Number of Lawyers: 5,000+
Regions: Global
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