Based on an initiative of Dr. Pedro Pais de Almeida, an Advisory Board member from Portugal, the Consulegis board has created in 2005 an award open to young lawyers within the Consulegis network, who are interested in studies on international law subjects related to the sciences.

The Dr. Thomas Marx Award commemorates the life of one of Consulegis EEIG’s founders and major promoters as an international network of independent lawyers. Dr. Thomas Marx (Hamburg, Germany) died in August 2003.

Dr. THOMAS MARX AWARD 2010

Dear Consulegis Members,

young lawyers, aged 35 years or less are invited to participate in the Dr. Thomas Marx Award 2010.

Conditions are:

1. The Award is open to young lawyers aged 35 or less working for a Consulegis member firm.
2. Applicants must submit a paper on a relevant international law subject. The paper must contain a minimum of 10 pages and should not surpass 50 pages. It must be written in the English language.
3. Papers must be sent to the Consulegis address in Zürich August 16, 2010 at the latest.
4. Previously published or released contributions will not be accepted.
5. The Award Committee will analyse the papers and declare a winner before end of September 2010.
6. The winner will be invited to attend the Consulegis Autumn Conference 2010 in Buenos Aires / Argentina (October 21 – 24, 2010).
7. The Award will be delivered during the Autumn Conference and includes an award certificate and a money price of Euro 2′500.-.
8. Travel cost (journey, hotel and events) will be borne by Consulegis.

For details please refer to www.consulegis.com (Dr. Thomas Marx Award) or call the Consulegis office in Zurich (tel. +41 44 422 54 20).

Please inform your younger colleagues about this Award.

With kind regards

CONSULEGIS EWIV/EEIG

Dr. Roland Ermini
Managing Director

For the Rules, please download the Rules & Application Form (PDF)

The award is granted every year. Winners in the past are:

2009/2010: Jeannette Marie Sze Man Tam from memberfirm Robertsons Solicitors & Notaries in Hong Kong / Hong Kong.
Paper submitted: The United States’ Global Online Freedom Act 2009,
Is it the appropriate approach to prohibiting global internet censorship?

2008: Jeffrey A. Lindenbaum from memberfirm Collen IP, Ossining, NY / USA
Paper submitted: Fifteen Minutes of Fame Can Generate Fifteen Decades of Royalties: An International
Comparative Analysis of Right of Publicity and Trademark Laws that Create a Monopoly of
Economic Benefits Deriving from an Individual’s Name, Image and Likeness

2007: Dr. Imre Nagy from memberfirm Balazs Hollo in Budapest/Hungary
Paper submitted: “Conformity of goods under the Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods”

2006: Luiz Fernando Guilherme da Silva Jr. from memberfirm Brandi Advogados in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro / Brazil.
Paper submitted: “Arbitration and the International Trade Field”

2005: Dr. Csaba Sári from memberfirm Balázs & Holló in Budapest / Hungary.
Paper submitted: “Eu Legislation on Consumer Protection, with special regard to the Directive 1999/44/EC (Sale of Consumer Goods and associated Guarantees)“.