Please note our conference registration and hotel reservation process for this conference is still new and you will note some changes from the prior registration protocol. Please read through these instructions to note the changes.
We are pleased to provide the registration information for our October 2025 Conference. Hosts Anna Soatto and Giovanni Tagliavini and their firm Cortolazzo & Soatto are excited to be welcoming their LawPact colleagues to their beautiful town of Padova, Italy for this conference.
Dates and Location. The conference dates are October 9 - 11, 2025. The conference will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn City Centre Padova, Italy (Padua). We have negotiated a very attractive room rate of US$205 / 175€ per night. This link has more information about the hotel: https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/tsfpagi-hilton-garden-inn-padova-city-centre/
Program. The theme for this conference is What’s New, EU? Don’t be fooled by the name, there is plenty that even US firms with international clients will want to learn! We will have presentations on EU regulations on fraud avoidance, anti-money laundering, risk management and the ever-popular and always interesting artificial intelligence. We also want to spend time discussing how to enhance the collaboration among LawPact members. Our group breakout sessions by practice have become very popular, so we will do that again on Saturday, but each group have a designated project to discuss. We will develop the projects as we approach the conference.
I will send the program and agenda in the next few days.
Travel options We suggest you fly to Venice, which is east of Padova. The distance from the Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Padova is only 30 miles/50 km. From VCE, you can take a train, taxi, or Uber to the Hilton Garden Inn City Centre Padova.
Conference Registration. (1) We ask that you complete the registration form and send it to Madeleine as before. (2) Then click the link (which is in blue) on the form and fill in the required information with your name, firm name, additional events you will attend, guest name, etc. If more than one person is attending from your firm, please coordinate internally as to which attendee will register as the first registrant (to pay the $700 registration fee) and who will register at the reduced fee ($400). Registration information: delegate fee includes speaker costs, breakfast, lunch, room fees, audio-visual equipment, and the reception cost. Spouses and guests are welcome and are encouraged to join us for the reception Thursday evening and the dinner Friday evening. Attendance at the Thursday reception for one spouse/guest is complimentary. The registration form can be found at this link: Registration Fall 2025
Email your completed registration to Maddy at madeleine@mflassociates.com
Hotel Reservation. Your hotel reservation will be made directly with the hotel. The link for the reservation is on the registration form in red or you can use this link: Hilton Event Email
Breakfast and internet service is included in the room rate. Sales taxes and other charges will also apply. You will receive the same rate if choose to arrive earlier than or depart later than the scheduled conference dates.
We can still accept payment by check if you prefer. Mail it to: LawPact, 3741 Mission Hills Rd., #505, Northbrook, IL 60062. If you want to wire transfer the payment, please contact Maddy for instructions. Credit card payments for the registration, dinner, and tour events will appear on your credit card statement as having been processed by “Mette.”
Please submit your registration as soon as possible. If you register late, we may not be able to increase our block to accommodate you. Hotel reservations must be made through the link to the hotel with information provided on the registration form by October 1.
We have contracted for 40 hotel rooms based on our estimated attendance. Based on the responses we have already received, we are projecting a great turnout, so it is imperative to let us know as soon as possible whether you will attend and if you will bring other lawyers from your firm. That way, we can adjust our hotel room block if necessary. The sooner we do that the better. If you cannot attend this conference, it will be helpful that you let us know.
Please let me know if you have any questions or experience any glitches in the process.
We welcome your comments and suggestions. I am very excited about this conference. Looking forward to having everyone together again!
Douglas Conover
President