Attorney-Client Privilege in the Americas
Professional Secrecy of Lawyers

Editors

James R. Silkenat, Sullivan and Worcester, American Bar Association
James R. Silkenat is a partner in the New York office of Sullivan and Worcester. He served as President of the 400,000 member American Bar Association in 2013–14 and has published widely in the areas of international law and business. He is a an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple Inn in London and is a former Legal Counsel of the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the World Justice Project and is the recipient of the Business Law and Leadership Award of the Lawyers Alliance for New York.

Dirk Van Gerven, NautaDutilh
Dirk Van Gerven is a partner in the Brussels office of NautaDutilh, a leading Benelux law firm, and a member of the Brussels and New York Bars. He has extensive experience in all areas of corporate and financial law. He served as President of the Dutch-speaking section of the Brussels Bar from 2010 to 2012 and has published widely in the fields of corporate and financial law and professional ethics. Van Gerven has also been a member of the supervisory board of Belgium's Financial Services and Markets Authority (previously the Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission) since 2003, presiding over it since 2011, and is Vice President of Cepani, the Belgian arbitration institute.

Contributors

James R. Silkenat, Dirk Van Gerven, Yvette A. Wallace, Angela A. Mullix, Safiya L. Roberts, Marcelo Bombau, Vann P. Gaitor, LaShay A. S. Thompson, Andrea A. Moultrie, Felix F. L. Beneby Jr., Camryn A. Cartwright, Giles A. M. Carmichael, Sharalee M. J. Gittens, Eamon H. Courtenay SC, Iliana N. Swift, Grant Spurling, Kiernan Bell, Fernando Aguirre B., Flavio Olimpio de Azevedo, Claire Goldstein, Malcolm M. Mercer, Raimundo Moreno, Monica Vander Schraft, Carlos Urrutia-Valenzuela, Andrea Sittenfeld, Adriana Castro, Karla Gonzalez, Eduardo Calderon, Maria Antonieta Landa Marti, Miguel Francisco Sardiñas Arce, Imara Francisca Betancourt Suarez, Bouke Boersma, Luis Rafael Pellerano, Ricardo Pellerano, Sebastian Caicedo Ricaurte, Bruce Horowitz, Ricardo Cevallos, Alfonso Carrillo M., J. Humberto Medina Alva, Marcela Aguilar, Peter S. Goldson, René C. K. Gayle, Samuel García-Cuéllar, Michel Narcia Martínez, José Agustín Preciado M., Mario A. Preciado Miró, Rosa Elena Dimartino, Jean Paul Chabaneix, Luis Bedoya, Richard Graffam-Rodríguez, Mark James Morgan, Gerry Silver, Santiago Gatica, José Juan Gari, Juan Bonet, Santiago Murguía, Daniel Mosco, Camila Umpiérrez, Xaverie L. Baxley-Hull, Fernando Peláez-Pier, Alejandro Gallotti