European Company Lawyers Association and dfv Media Group Form Long-term Strategic Alliance

Brussels/Frankfurt (ots) - The European Company Lawyers
Association (ECLA) and the dfv media group have entered into a
long-term service partnership at the beginning of 2018. As part of
this cooperation, dfv media group will provide to ECLA services in
the area of media, networking, association and lobbying. For this
purpose, dfv media group and Dr. Michael Henning are founding a new
service company called ECLA Association Services SPRL with its own
location in Brussels, Belgium.

ECLA Association Services SPLR will offer company lawyers
throughout Europe publications, events as well as association and
communication services, drawing on the experience of dfv Association
Services GmbH in establishing the German Federal Association of
Corporate Lawyers (Bundesverband der Unternehmensjuristen e. V. -
BUJ).

Jonathan Marsh, President of the European Company Lawyers
Association, explains: "The partnership with the dfv media group is a
milestone for our association and comes at the right time. The
progressive Europeanisation in business life is increasingly posing
cross-border and regulatory challenges to legal departments. This
innovative partnership will enable ECLA to better satisfy European
company lawyers' need for a strong voice and an effective
international network."

Dr. Michael Henning, Managing Partner of the ECLA Association
Services SPLR, confirms: "We will now transfer our successes, with
the professional set-up of an association that we have achieved in
recent years in Germany, to Europe and a vital network for
professional exchange."

The new office of the ECLA Association Services SPRL will be
opened in April 2018 and will be headed by the managing directors
Marcus M. Schmitt, Dr. Michael Henning and Sönke Reimers.

The European Company Lawyers Association was founded in 1983 and
is the umbrella organisation of 19 different national associations of
legal counsels working in companies and organisations. For more than
30 years, the ECLA has been committed to the profession of company
lawyers throughout Europe and now represents more than 42,000
professionals.

The dfv media group, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany is one of
the largest independent media companies in Germany and Europe. With
its subsidiaries and holdings, it publishes more than 100 specialist
periodicals which make their readers more successful in their
profession and business. A lot of the titles are market leaders in
important sectors of the economy. The portfolio is supplemented by
more than 100 digital offerings as well as 400 recent professional
book titles. More than 140 commercial events, such as conferences and
trade fairs, offer not only information but also the opportunity for
intensive networking. The dfv media group employs 990 staff in
Germany and abroad and achieved revenues of EUR 146.7 million in
2016.

Originaltext: European Company Lawyers Association / dfv Mediengruppe
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Contact:
Christoph Murmann
Head of Corporate Communication and Corporate Marketing
[e-mail]
www.dfv.de

ECLA Association Services SPRL
Marcus M. Schmitt
Managing Director
[e-mail]
www.ecla.eu