Background
Powell, Mark D. was born in 1962 in Birmingham, England.
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Mark D. Powell
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University of Lancaster (Bachelor of Laws, Honours, 1983. Law Society Finals, 1985).
Career
Worked at Forrester Norall & Sutton (Brussels) specializing in Firm engaged in European Commission/European Union and International Practice but not authorized to appear before the Belgian Courts. Admitted to the bar, as Solicitor, 1989, Supreme Court of England and Wales (Not admitted in Belgium). Experience: Doctor Alberto Ventura, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Messrs.
Bettinsons, Birmingham, England. Commission of the European Communities, 1989-1990. Author: "Software Licenses and the Application of the European Commission Competition Rules," The Computer Lawyer, July, 1991, Volume 8, p.
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"Expertises," Number. 145, p. 412; "Drafting Software Licences in light of the European Economic Community Competition Rules," The Computer Law and Security Report, November/December, 1993, Volume 9, Issue 6. "Framework Commentary on European Commission Company Law," Butterworths European Law Service.
"Richardson v.
Flanders: The United Kingdom Courts Apply the Computer Associates Filtration Process," The Journal of Proprietary Rights, August 1993, Volume 5, Number. 8, p. 8; "The Draft Data Protection Directive," "The European Commission Software Directive," "The Draft Database Directive," "The Council Decision on Security of Information Systems," European Information Technology Law, Special Supplement of The Computer Law and Security Report, January/February, 1994. Correspondent to The Computer Law and Security Report.
Forrester Norall & Sutton specializes in European Union law, public international law and the law of international trade.
Its lawyers are drawn from several legal and linguistic backgrounds in the European Union and the United States, and the firm also maintains close relations with lawyers in national jurisdictions throughout Europe, North America and Asia. Advice is given to law firms all over the world, government departments, trade associations, corporations and private individuals, on legal matters falling within the firms area of specialization, notably European Commission/ European Union trade and competition law and policy, areas covered by the community"s "Internal Market" programme, World Trade Organization/General Agreement of Tariff and Trades questions, public international law, air transport matters, European Union/United States/Japanese trade, industrial and investment issues, the legal and institutional evolution of relations between the European Union and former state-trading countries in Eastern Europe, and the implications of the Maastricht Treaty.
In addition to providing advice on substantive legal questions, the firm specializes in the legislative and other decision making procedures of the European Union. The firm represents clients in matters arising in the European Commission, Council, Parliament, Economic and Social Committee, Court of Justice and Court of First Instance, as well as before national courts and arbitration tribunals in disputes involving European Commission/European Union law.
