Negotiation plays an important role in all aspects of our lives, both personal and professional. In fact, CEOs and managers of large companies spend an important part of their time negotiating and resolving conflicts. Negotiating to obtain results that are best for the organization and everyone involved in it is a delicate art, and must be handled with tact and strategy.

An expert negotiator follows an established process to achieve predetermined objectives. In this seminar, Óscar Gómez shared the most important tools and techniques to negotiate effectively and helped all attendees understand the complexities of negotiation.

Óscar Gómez has been part of the teaching staff of the MBA of the Alliance Manchester Business School since 2012, giving lectures, seminars and classes in all the venues of the mentioned business school.

Alliance Manchester Business School was founded in 1965 and has become the largest business school in the United Kingdom, since it merged in 2004 with the School of Accounting and Finance at the Victoria University of Manchester, the UMIST School of Management and the Research Program in Science and Technology.

​This 26th of April, Balms International Group held its XX Annual General Meeting in Madrid, where every member and partner of the firm participated at global level.

The first day kicked off with a traditional cocktail, where everybody among those present took the opportunity to rebuild comradery and professional connections; the gathering later carried on at the Fortuny Restaurant, where everybody enjoyed a pleasant evening in the Spanish capital.

Having been held between the 26th until the 29th of April, the Meeting had a very diverse Agenda which included workshop sessions, tourist activities or food tastings, turning it into a unique experience.

We were honored to have with us companies from different countries, which outlined throughout the day the competitive advantages a BGI membership poses in their countries. The IT department also delivered presentations aimed at informing us about the new solutions waiting to be implemented, and the strategies to be proposed in order to change our website in terms of marketing.

Our evening was topped off at the Nuevo Club of Madrid, where we enjoyed the presence of different ambassadors and members of diplomatic mission from more than 18 countries, leading figures, partners of the firm, clients and friends.

The second day of our XX Annual General Meeting had an early-start with a series of presentations held by various prestigious companies, focused on several areas: IT Security, Digital Marketing, Tax Refunds etc., which subsequently led to a networking session between our partners and these firms.

The event was followed by a conference held by Mr. Borja Martínez Echevarría (lawyer specialized in legal communication) which tackled the topic of Legal Marketing and its implications for our businesses in the 21st century.

Our day concluded with a well-deserved dinner at La Habanera restaurant.

The Balms Group International XX Annual General Meeting ended on the 29th of April, with a visit at The Royal Palace of Madrid (Palacio Real de Madrid) which we explored in its entire splendor, while appreciating its historical value. We celebrated our evening with yet another experience of the cuisine and lifestyle of Madrid, at the famous restaurant La Taberna del Capitan Alatriste.

We expressed our goodbyes at a casual but classy gala dinner, at the renowned Teatro Real of Madrid. Among dishes bearing the seal of the prestigious Chef Ramón Freixa, cocktails and words of our president, Juan Luis Balmaseda, the 20th meeting also represented the perfect occasion for awarding our partners and organizers for their work.

Congratulations to our new partners! Welcome to the BGI BALMS GROUP INTERNATIONAL family.

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Balms Abogados celebrates its 25th anniversary and wants to celebrate it with you and theirBGI partners. For this purpose, the XVII BGI International Conference will take place in Marbella, where its first office was established. The conference will take place from the 28th of May to the 1st of June and the hotel chosen for the event is The Coral Beach Marbella.

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The 12th Annual Conference of Balms Group International, the first international network of Spanish-British origin lawyers, was held in Madrid from May 20th to May 24th 2009. This year’s event coincided with the 20th Anniversary of Balms Abogados.

The event takes place in a different country every year, chosen from all the countries of origin of the group members. It was a great honour and a privilege for the President and founder of B.G.I. and Balms Abogados, Mr. Juan Luis Balmaseda de Ahumada, for Mr. Julio Aguado, as founder partner of Balms Abogados, and for Mr. Jorge Martín Losa, as partner and Director of Balms Abogados Madrid, to act as hosts of the event, and to welcome all the member countries of this prestigious organization to Madrid.

The participants at the Conference consisted, as is customary, of the partners, lawyers and consuls of all the countries where B.G.I. is present.

As occurs every year, a touch of colour was added by the new firms joining B.G.I., not only because they strengthen the network and widen the horizons of this important organisation, but also because they contribute their ideas, knowledge, standpoints and experience, thus intensifying and enriching the interesting debates that take place at the Conference. On this occasion, the Conference was pleased to welcome the Russian law firm based in central Moscow, YURBUREAU LLC, as a full member of the organization.

The Conference was opened on 20th May 2009 with a welcome cocktail held at the main hall of the Palace Hotel in Madrid, opposite Plaza Neptuno, featuring the presence of the Conference participants and their companions.

On 21st May, in the Canovas Meeting Room at the Palace Hotel, the presentation of the new issues of the magazines that are proudly published by B.G.I. every year took place: B.G.I. News, a publication listing the events held, news regarding the member firms, etc., and the B.G.I. Law Magazine, whose second edition was devoted to the theme of Inheritance Tax around the world.

A number of important participants attended the event, such as Mr. Alexander I. Kuz (Embassy of the Russian Federation), Mr. Igor Semenuik (Embassy of the Ukraine), Mr. Mario A. Ferrari Bianchi (Uruguayan Consulate), Mr. Jesús Pedroche, Mr. Miguel Angel Jusdado Ruiz-Capillas (former Head of the Ministry of Defence Cabinet) among other ambassadors, bank managers and politicians.

The most important event on 22nd May was the paper delivered by Mr. Joseph Fay, partner and co-director of Fay & Co, and member of the Executive Committee of UHY International, on the current importance of international networks, both for law firms and their clients.

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