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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

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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