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CCCA61_050-052.qxd:CCCA_V1No2_Col-News-V1.qxd 02/07/2008 06:47 PM Page 51 Nouvelles de l’ACCJE The ACLA approached the CCCA a joined the cooperation agreement. have a pilot project underway whereby their few years ago. Since the two associations Discussions are also underway with the members have “behind the wall” access to share many similarities — they are both Singapore Corporate Counsel Association. one another’s websites, and the remaining English-speaking Commonwealth coun- The associations all met in Melbourne, sister organizations want to participate.The tries with similar legal systems — they Australia, in November 2007. CCCA is currently overhauling its own decided to work together.“The similarities website and,once that is done,plans to pro- are striking,” Kuppek points out. “Like Sharing information vide behind-the-wall access to members of Canada, Australia has a sparse population “The cooperation agreements among sister associations. “That will provide local that is spread out over a very large geo- ACLA and its international counterparts, colour and coverage of issues that now affect graphic area. So they have the same chal- including the CCCA,create a platform for all of us,” says Kuppek. lenges we do as an association in terms of discussion and for the exchange of infor- For example, there is the issue of privi- servicing all of their members.” mation and ideas and have already led to a lege. “In some jurisdictions, privilege is The Australian association brought the number of concrete benefits for respective under attack and has actually been revoked New Zealand corporate lawyers on members,”says PeterTurner,the CEO and or not granted to jurists and/or solicitors. board, and in 2004, the three organiza- general counsel of the ACLA. For our colleagues in Malaysia and tions signed a cooperation agreement to As part of the agreements, the larger Singapore, if they are not called to the bar, attend major events held by their partners organizations,such as Australia and Canada, and most corporate counsel are not, privi- and share information, for example — will provide the smaller ones, such as lege is not granted to them in their com- from their respective journals. The Malaysia, with help.The MCCA does not munications with their employer. We’re HKCCA joined a year or so later. currently have a website, for example. now following very closely what’s happen- “In the last year particularly, we have “[The larger associations] are there to help ing in Australia, where they have the same really ramped up our communications provide some infrastructure and advice in system as us,where you are called to the bar with our fellow association members,” says terms of setting things up,” says Kuppek. in order to practise.Privilege is under attack Kuppek.Through these efforts, two more The associations are also working on there, because there’s an argument that, as organizations, the MCCA and CLASA, website sharing. Australia and New Zealand an employee of the company, you’re not at L’ACCJE s’ouvre sur le monde e ’Association canadienne des con- amorcé par l’ACLA. Il était naturel que deux avec l’ACLA.M Kuppek explique que cela Lseillers(ères) juridiques d’entreprises associations anglophones, faisant partie du permettra de faire état de problèmes locaux (ACCJE) a élargi ses horizons en établis- Commonwealth et qui partagent des systèmes — entre autres la question du privilège sant des alliances avec cinq organisations juridiques semblables décident de travailler juridique — qui nous affectent tous dans un soeurs réparties à travers la planète : ensemble. De plus, la répartition démograph- contexte global. À son avis, ces ententes de l’Australian Corporate Lawyers Association ique des deux pays et les défis auxquels ils font coopération fournissent une occasion excep- (ACLA), la Corporate Lawyers Association of face pour desservir l’ensemble de leurs mem- tionnelle de conscientiser nos membres sur e New Zealand (CLANZ), la Hong Kong bres sont comparables, selon M Kuppek. les développements majeurs qui surviennent Corporate Counsel Association (HKCCA), la L’ACLA, l’ACLA et la CLANZ ont signé dans le monde. Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa une entente de coopération en 2004 selon (CLASA), et la Malaysian Corporate laquelle les trois associations seraient -Yasmina El Jamaï Counsel Association (MCCA). L’Assoc- représentées dans le cadre de leurs événe- iation a également signé une entente avec ments majeurs et partageraient des informa- Les conférences de L’ACCJE en 2008 l’Asociacion Nacional de Abogados de Empresa tions. Un an plus tard,le HKCCA se joignait Du 13 au 15 avril 2008 in Mexico en 2003. à leurs rangs.Des discussions avec le Singapore Conférence nationale du printemps La directrice exécutive de l’ACCJE, M e Corporate Counsel Association au sujet d’une Hôtel HiltonToronto,Toronto Silvie Kuppek, fait remarquer que les mem- coopération sont en cours,de même qu’avec bres de l’Association jouissent dorénavant trois associations européennes établies en Du 17 au 19 août 2008 ISABELLE CARDINAL sur les problématiques qui ont un impact pour site Web aux associations sœurs pour faire Hôtel Hilton Québec, Québec d’informations pertinentes qui les renseignent e 20 réunion annuelle France et en Belgique. L’ACCJE compte fournir un accès à son Pour plus de renseignements, visitez le leurs collègues à l’échelle mondiale. www.cancorpcounsel.org suite à un projet pilote mené conjointement Le coup d’envoi de la série d’alliances a été PRINTEMPS 2008 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association 51