Liverpool Law Bulletin December 2013 December 2013 | Page 20

Local News The national Law Society to partake in the International Festival for Business 2014 details are to be confirmed shortly. THE NATIONAL Law Society has announced it involvement in the International Festival for Business (IFB) 2014, which is to be staged across the Liverpool city region. The Society will take space at the IFB Hub, located in Mann Island on the city’s waterfront throughout the sixweek festival. The festival programme will feature events focusing on particular sectors and identified global markets, including a focus on the financial and professional service industry during a specifically themed week, which will run from June 30 to July 4. The Law Society will have a dedicated presence at the events during this week. A series of fringe-events will also be organised by the Society. Further 20 Liverpool Law Julie Simms, partner at law firm DWF’s Liverpool real estate team, said: “The International Festival for Business will offer the perfect opportunity for those working in the legal sector to network and do business on an unprecedented scale. It makes perfect sense for the Law Society to be present throughout the festival and to help the legal sector engage with delegates at the festival in a focused co-ordinated and sector specific fashion. “Liverpool is a hotbed of legal and financial practices, so we have also set up a steering group dedicated to securing key, international business focused, events throughout the financial and professional services thematic week and facilitating additional complementary events to provide delegates with a calendar of exciting business opportunities. Although the steering group is drawn from the North West Region we are engaging with associations, bodies and insti GWF