Synergy #33 Spring edition 2003 - European Law Students ...

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