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= EUROPEAN BARS FEDERATION = The European Bars Federation (FBE - Fédération des Barreaux d'Europe) is an international organisation of lawyers, non-profit, which brings together the Bars and Law Societies within the Council of Europe (ttps://www.coe.int/).

The importance it has assumed over the years gives it the role of a true institution of the European Bar Association.

HISTORY
The Conference of the Great Bar Associations of Europe was founded in Paris on 27 June 1986. The founding Bar Associations were the Bar Associations of the cities of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Geneva, Milan, Paris, Frankfurt and the National Bar Association of Portugal. Later the Krakow Bar Association was added. On 23 May 1992, in Barcelona, the Conference of the Great Bars and Law Societies of Europe was transformed into the Federation of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, opening to all Bars and Law Societies coming from a member state of the Council of Europe.

REPRESENTATION
Today the FBE represents about 250 European Bar Associations and over 1,000,000 lawyers. In Europe we know two institutions representing lawyers.


 * The CCBE (https://www.ccbe.eu) which brings together the National Bar Associations of the European Union.
 * The FBE represents the National Bars and Local Bars (including the Law Societies) of the States belonging to the Council of Europe.

In recent years, thanks to the joint vision of the Presidency of the FBE and the Presidency of the CCBE, the two representative institutions of the European Bar have strengthened their collaboration, synergy and representation in order to achieve more incisive results in the organisation of Justice and the Profession of Lawyer.

STATUS
The Federation of Bar Associations of Europe is a non-profit association with legal personality and subject to the law of the country of its registered office (now France) and its statutes, as updated.

HEADQUARTERS
The Federation of European Bar Associations has its registered office in Strasbour g, 3 rue du Général Frère 67000.

MISSION
The FBE is an independent international organisation of Bars for the protection of the essential principles of the lawyer's profession in Europe with the aim of fostering the synergy of all the Bars and Law Societies coming from the member states of the Council of Europe, forming and proposing a judicial policy that respects the principles of democracy and freedom proper to European culture. The FBE aims to protect the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, the rights of defence at national level, the defence of human rights in Europe and the world, and to defend the fundamental principles established by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights.

The FBE aims to represent the profession of lawyer to the European institutions; to guarantee to citizens and companies the professional services of free lawyers; to recognise the role played by the European Bars for the defence of freedom and rights.

The FBE is committed to ensuring total and concrete legal assistance to lawyers who are illegally persecuted because of the exercise of their professional duty. Of undoubted importance is the protection of the Defenders in areas where their activity puts them at risk.

Finally, the FBE has intervened in support of the Turkish Bar Association and, in particular, in Ankara.

Every year, the FBE Commissions and the FBE Chairmanship organise competitions dedicated to young lawyers who distinguish themselves in matters of special interest for the future of the profession and the protection of fundamental rights.

SYNERGIES
In recent years, thanks to the joint vision of the Presidency of the FBE and the Presidency of the CCBE, the two representative institutions of the European Bar have strengthened their collaboration, synergy and representation in order to achieve more incisive results for the better organisation of Justice and the profession.

The FBE has a partnership in UIA International Union of Lawyers ( https://www.uianet.org/en ).

The FBE, in June 2019, signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Criminal Court Bar Association (https://www.iccba-abcpi.org/home) in order to ensure representation and protection for lawyers who work before the International Criminal Court in Den Haag (NL). The FBE has therefore been called upon by the International Criminal Court to participate in the work on the drafting of the regulation of advocacy funded by the Court for parties (usually offended) who are not well-off.

The FBE has recently partnered with Re-Imagine-Europe (http://reimagine-europa.eu) to design the future of the European Union.

STRUCTURE
The bodies of the FBE are the General Assembly of members, which meets during the two annual congresses and elects the President, the Vice Presidents, the Secretary General and the Treasurer.

The FBE acts through the Presidency which consists of the President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary General and the Treasurer. All offices are elected for a non-renewable period of one year. Specific rules guarantee the representation of all European regions and cultures.

LANGUAGES
The Federation of Bar Associations of Europe recognises the national languages of all the countries represented within it. The official working languages are French, English, German, Spanish and Italian.

COMMISSIONS
The FBE is organised with standing committees and ad hoc commissions.

The former are dedicated to universal and basic aspects.

The second are dedicated to contingent or local needs. All the commissions work constantly to achieve the set objective and are hosted by member orders.

List of Commissions.

 * ACCESS TO JUSTICE
 * ACCESS TO THE PROFESSION
 * ARBITRATION
 * HUMAN RIGHTS
 * ETHICS
 * TRAINING
 * MEDIATION
 * MEDITERRANEAN COMMISSION (open to the coastal States of the mediterranean, even if not European)
 * NEW TECHNOLOGIES
 * ORDERS FROM EASTERN EUROPE
 * ORGANISATION AND OPERATION OF ORDERS
 * EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUALITY
 * PERSPECTIVES OF THE PROFESSION

PRESIDENTS
1992 – 1993

Eugenio GAY MONTALVO (Président et Fondateur)

Ex-Decano del Il-lustre Col-legi d´Advocats de Barcelona

President of the Consejo General de la Abogacía Española

Magistrado of the Tribunal Constitucional de España

1993 – 1994

Georges FLÉCHEUX

Ancien Bâtonnier de l'Ordre des Avocats à la Cour de Paris

1994 – 1995

Michael COSGRAVE

Former President of the Devon & Exeter Law Society.

1995 – 1996

Pascal MAURER

Ancien Bâtonnier de l'Ordre des Avocats de Genève

1996 – 1997

Georges-Albert DAL

Ancien Bâtonnier de l'Ordre Français des Avocats de Bruxelles

1997 – 1998

Gérard BRUYNINCKX

Oud-Deken van de Orde van Advocaten Rotterdam

1998 – 1999

Julio DE CASTRO CALDAS

Former Bastonario de l´Ordem dos Advogados de Portugal

1999 – 2000

Bruno BERGER-PERRIN

Ancien Bâtonnier de l´Ordre des Avocats des Hauts de Seine

2000 – 2001

Carlo VERMIGLIO

Former President of the Order of Lawyers of Messina

National Forensic Council Adviser

2001 – 2002

Luis Miguel ROMERO VILLAFRANCA

Former Dean of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Valencia

2002 – 2003

David MORGAN

Former President of the Holborn Law Society

2003-2004

Jean-Pierre GROSS

Ancien Président de la Fédération Suisse des Avocats

2004-2005

Ulrich SCHARF

Ehemaliger-Präsident der Rechtsanwaltskammer Celle

2005-2006

Jean-François ARRUE

Ancien Bâtonnier de l´Ordre des Avocats de Lyon

2006-2007

Maurizio de TILLA

Former President of the Order of Lawyers of Naples

2007-2008

Jaume ALONSO-CUEVILLAS

Former Dean of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona

2008 - 2009

Joseph VAN DER PERRE

Ancien Bâtonnier de l'Ordre des Avocats de Bruges

2009 - 2010

Michel BENICHOU

Ancien Bâtonnier de l'Ordre des Avocats de Grenoble

2010 – 2011

Mirko ROS

Ehemaliger Präsident des Zürchers Anwaltsverband

2011 – 2012

Guido DE ROSSI

Former President of the Foggia Lawyers' Association

2012 – 2013

Lutz SIMON

Präsident der Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt-Am-Main

2013 – 2014

Rod MOLE

Former President of The Devon & Exeter Law Society

2014 – 2015

Michael AUER

Präsident der Rechtsanwaltskammer Wien

2015 – 2016

Nazario DE OLEAGA PARAMO

Former Dean of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados del Señorio de Vizcaya - Bizkaia

2016 – 2017

Yves OSCHINSKY

Ancien Bâtonnier de Bruxelles - Ordre français

2017 – 2018

Sara CHANDLER

Former President of the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society

2018 – 2019

Michele LUCHERINI

V. President of the Bar Association of Lucca

2019 – 2020

Silvia GIMENZ SALINAS

Former Dean of Il-lustre Col-legi de l'Advocacia de Barcelona (ICAB)