In March 2016, she participated in a conference in London organized by the « Super Yacht Investor Show » called « There is only one sure thing in the Mediterranean : yachts and taxes), which was about tax issues in yachting and the questions linked to staff hiring on foreign flag Mega-Yachts. In July 2015, Béatrice was awarded Knighthood in the French National Maritime Order (Ordre du Mérite Maritime), for the 25 years of her professional life dedicated to seafarers. Maritime and arbitration law being intertwined, she has also been awarded the Certificate of Competence in Arbitration Law delivered by the French Bar Association (Conseil National des Barreaux). Achievements: In 2011, Béatrice won a supply bid launched by the ITER organization for the transport of the various components of the TOKAMAK nuclear reactor. At the end of 2012, following the bankruptcy of the Greek ship owner, Classic International Cruises, two of its ocean liners called « Princess Danae » and « Athena » did a « fatal » stop-over in Marseilles where they were immediately forced to disembark all passengers and couldn't depart because of various ship-arrests. In a few months Beatrice managed to have lifted over 20 ship-arrests obtained by creditors which had forced the two ships to a prolonged standstill on Marseilles Harbour's « quay of oblivion». While the refrigerated holds of the ships were filled with perishable goods, and the crew found itself literally abandoned, Béatrice got the ships to be freed after fierce negotiations. Thanks to her, and after a refit both ships lead a new life, under a new identity (Lise Boa and Azores), since they were bought by a Portugues ship owner : Portuscale Cruise. In 2014, she counseled the company IMS 700 for the settlement of the biggest yachts repair shipyard in the Mediterranean located on the former military base of Toulon-Saint-Mandrier. In 2015, Béatrice won against the French armament CMA-CGM and obtained compensation for the beneficiaries of a seaman who had died during the berthing manœuvre on a « giant of the seas », the Rigoletto container ship.

Tom Deen has spent over 35 years practicing in the areas of maritime/admiralty law, commercial litigation, insurance, insurance defense, arbitration and business transactions. He has handled almost every type of matter imaginable in his practice areas. In addition to his litigation and transactional practice, Tom is also a certified maritime arbitrator and mediator and served for several years as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association. Tom is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Southern, Northern and Eastern District of Texas. Tom is rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubble, which indicates a demonstration of the highest professional and ethical standards and is the highest rating a lawyer can receive.

Glen A. Norton has been practicing law since 1986, primarily focusing in family law, including: • Divorce/Marriage Dissolution • Collaborative and Cooperative Law • Child Support • Custody and Modifications • Visitation • Property Division • Spousal Maintenance • Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs) • Antenuptial Agreements • Paternity • Domestic Violence/Abuse • Adoption

Attorney at Law for more than 20 years, Guy-Pierre started a new project with CARON – LEGAL & MEDIATION, assuming that Justice will profoundly change in the near future: where possible, prefer alternative dispute resolution methods to achieve quick and sustainable solutions.

I am a Banking Professional with a enriched and diversified Banking experience of more than 26 years. I am presently working as Deputy Vice Pesident in Axis Bank Ltd. I am working in Axis Bank since 2002. Before Axis Bank I have worked in IDBI Bank as Senior Manager from 2000 to 2002. I started my career as Probationary Officer in Punjab & Sind Bank in 1993 and worked there till 2000. I have worked in Loan & Advances, Human Resources, Corporate Banking, Forex & Retail Banking Departments in the Banking Industry. I have won several accolades & awards in Bank testifying the fact towards excellence in achievement in Banking service.

In METROPOLITAN FRANCE and overseas (REUNION, EUROPE, SWITZERLAND, MAURITUS, MADAGASCAR, BALI, USA) Member of the French Bar Association since 1996 up to date. Principal areas of practice: counsel and judiciary (General Civil litigation (family, responsibility law); General Commercial Litigation; Bank law; Equity and Trusts; Corporations Law; Trade Practices; Consumer law; Labour law; Intellectual property rights, Property law; Urban planning law; General penal litigation: criminal litigation )

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