9th IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum Biennial Conference

3 Mar - 5 Mar 2027 The Grand Lotte Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

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A conference presented by the IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum and supported by the IBA Litigation Committee, the IBA Technology Law Committee and the IBA Women Lawyers’ Committee

Subjects include:
  • The future of legal practice – innovations, challenges and opportunities
  • The future of cross-border M&A that will shape Asia Pacific transactions through 2030
  • One dispute, many courts: the first 30 days of cross-border litigation
  • Opportunities and challenges in investments in China, China’s investments in Asia and beyond
  • The algorithmic boss: cross-border employment law and artificial intelligence governance
  • Global trade – challenges and opportunities for the Asia Pacific region
  • Energy crisis again! Navigating geopolitics, geography and energy security in the context of US/Israel-Iran conflict
  • Opportunities and challenges in investing in India
  • Cross-border dispute resolution
  • Riding the artificial intelligence wave amid geopolitical turbulence: valuation spikes, volatility and governance reforms in Korea and global capital markets
  • Artificial intelligence governance: the next ESG?
  • Navigating cross-border M&A: current regulatory shifts, deal structuring and transaction execution involving Asia Pacific
  • Cross-border dispute resolution in the Asia Pacific: litigation, enforcement and the new frontiers for disputes
  • Antitrust and fair trade
  • The reinvention of corporate nerve centre: what general counsel face and what private practice misses!
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Conference Co-Chairs
Dinesh Dhillon Allen & Gledhill, Singapore; Co-Chair, IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum
Sun Hee Kim Yulchon, Seoul; Co-Chair, IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum
Hangil Lee Bae Kim & Lee, Seoul; Vice-Chair, Asia Pacific Arbitration Group of the IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum

Host Committee
Seok Hoon Kang Yulchon, Seoul
Kwon Hoe Kim Yoon & Yang, Seoul
Sae Youn Kim Kim & Chang, Seoul
Ho Joon Moon Lee & Ko, Seoul
Jong-Han Oh Shin & Kim, Seoul
Sky Yang Bae Kim & Lee, Seoul; Member, IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum Advisory Board

Conference Organising Committee
Sunil Abraham Cecil Abraham & Partners, Kuala Lumpur
Adrian Yoon-Suk Bae Yoon & Yang, Seoul
Clare Corke Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Brisbane; Member, IBA LPD Council
Jeena Kim Bae Kim & Lee, Seoul; Regional Representative Asia General, Non-trial Resolutions of Bribery Cases Subcommittee of the IBA Anti-Corruption Committee
Jaewoo Kwak Lee & Ko, Seoul
Swee Yen Koh WongPartnership, Singapore; Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Arbitration Group of the IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum
David Dali Liu JunHe, Shanghai; Co-Chair, Asia Pacific SEERIL Group of the IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum
Kyung Hwa Moon Shin & Kim, Seoul
Marie Park Kim & Chang, Seoul
Doil Son Yulchon, Seoul; Member, IBA LPD Council
Hideaki Roy Umetsu Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo; Co-Chair, IBA Future of Legal Services Commission
Ramesh Vaidyanathan BTG Advaya, Mumbai; Member, IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum Advisory Board

Speaker opportunities

If you would like to be considered as a potential speaker at this conference then please contact the relevant Chair/Co-Chairs of the IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum with your request; please send your bio together with information on your qualification and expertise on the topic.