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The European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA) is the umbrella organization of national associations of company lawyers in Europe.〔''ECLA Flyer_2013''. Retrieved 2014-03-05 The terms company lawyer, in-house counsel/lawyer, corporate counsel, business lawyer and juriste d’entreprise in the French language, are used synonymously. They all stand for a jurist employed as a lawyer within the legal department of a company.〔Begnini, Francesco (2013-09-26). ''„A European Company Lawyers' History“.''Pg 2. European Company Lawyers Association. Retrieved 2014-03-05. ==History of ECLA== In 1980, an organisation of company lawyers in Belgium took the initiative to contact other similar organisations in the Netherlands, England and Wales, Germany, Italy and France. These organisations began exchanging experiences and best practices on legal matters with particular reference to international business and European laws affecting the activities of their respective companies. At the same time, company lawyers realised that the legal status of their profession was not in all European countries identical. In the UK and Germany company lawyers could be admitted to the national Bar, or to other professional associations (such as the Law Society), while in Belgium, France and Italy that was not permitted. So there were various regimes for company lawyers in the various Member States. In 1983, ECLA was formed in Belgium as a private non-profit international association following the decision in the A.M.&S. case by the Court of Justice in Luxembourg, which denied the legal professional privilege (LPP) to the company lawyers in an antitrust case.〔''"AMCS case"''EUR-Lex Access to European Union law. Retrieved 2014-03-05 http://eurlex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&numdoc=61979J0155&lg=en〕 By 1990, ECLA’s membership had grown significantly and included the organisations of company lawyers in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Scotland, England and Wales. After 1999 national organisations of company lawyers from Central and Easter European associations of company lawyers were admitted to ECLA membership. 〔Begnini, Francesco (2013-09-26). ''„A European Company Lawyers' History“.''European Company Lawyers Association. Retrieved 2014-03-05. ECLA celebrated the 30th anniversary of its existence in 2013 in Brussels. It was huge event with number of participants from the whole legal community, past and actual presidents and officers of ECLA and representatives from all National associations. The General Assembly of the European Company Lawyers Association which was held in Tallinn on 30 May 2014 gave the main emphasis to the presentation of the White Paper on Independence of Company Lawyers. The White Paper on Independence of Company Lawyers was represented officially a day before, on 29 May on a conference "The Position of the Company Lawyer in the European Union" organized by the Estonian Association of Corporate Lawyers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「European Company Lawyers Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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