Synergy #33 Spring edition 2003 - European Law Students ...
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Tax <strong>Law</strong>, he announced the winners<br />
of ELSA Germany’s 2002 Essay Competition.<br />
The participants of the competition<br />
had all been invited by Pöllath + Partners<br />
to attend the Seminar and eagerly awaited<br />
their prizes. The first prize, consisting of<br />
1.500 • , was awarded to three students<br />
of Münster University. Their essay on “Venture<br />
Capital”, highly lauded by Mr. Pöllath,<br />
is soon to be published.<br />
After the dinner we had drinks in<br />
Mün-ster’s eldest and very quaint student<br />
pub. Later on gathered around a light and<br />
sounds show projected on the renais-sance<br />
facades around the central market-place,<br />
held in honour of Carla del Ponte, winner<br />
of the 2002 Westphalian Peace Prize.<br />
After this rather eerie presentation, those<br />
among the participants who weren’t ready<br />
to drop into bed rolled on to a club hosting<br />
a “Coyote Ugly” party for the remainder<br />
of the night.<br />
Some well-rested and some not so<br />
well-rested participants appeared for breakfast<br />
the following morning. After some<br />
strong coffee, however, all were ready to<br />
learn more about International Taxation.<br />
The lectures planned for that morning were<br />
“Double Taxation Conventions and Their<br />
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Effect on National German Tax <strong>Law</strong>”, held<br />
by Mr. H.-G. Wind of Cleary Gottlieb Steen<br />
& Hamilton, followed by “Elimination of Double<br />
Taxation” by Mr. F. Jacob of Hengeler Mueller.<br />
During the lunch break students had the<br />
opportunity to discuss their carreers and ideas<br />
with the lawyers present at the <strong>Law</strong> Firm F<br />
air. In the afternoon, the participants heard<br />
lectures by Mrs. P. Eckl of Flick Gocke Schaumburg<br />
on “EU Impacts on Germany’s Direct<br />
Taxation” and by Dr. M. Lausterer of<br />
Linklaters, Oppenhoff & Rädler on “Efforts<br />
to Harmonize <strong>European</strong> Tax <strong>Law</strong>”.<br />
After a dinner of pizza and pasta we<br />
strolled over to a fraternity house to celebrate<br />
ELSA-style, and especially the OC could be<br />
seen dancing until the next morning.<br />
The final lecture on Sunday morning,<br />
“International Taxation on Personal Assets”<br />
by Mr. U. Ränsch of Baker & McKenzie proved<br />
to be a fit closure of an alltogether wellrounded<br />
event. The participants noted that<br />
what they had learned over the past three days<br />
would help them with their studies, their<br />
dissertations and their work.<br />
After a final luncheon both OC and<br />
participants agreed that this weekend in Münster<br />
– hopefully along with the newly aquired<br />
knowledge of Tax <strong>Law</strong> – will remain in everyone’s<br />
good memory for years to come.