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27th Annual International Private Client Conference

12 Jun - 14 Jun 2022

Claridge's, London, England

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Gideon Benaim

Biography

Gideon specialises in reputation protection. He has extensive expertise in the areas of defamation, privacy, harassment and copyright and acts for very high profile individuals and number of the world’s leading companies from sectors including financial services; energy; tech; food and drink; and television. Gideon also received the prestigious award for “Partner of the Year” at the 2008 Lawyer Awards, was named The Times’ “Lawyer of the Week” in August 2018, and made it into The Lawyer’s Hot 100 list in 2019. Gideon sat on the Law Society’s Reference Groups for Libel Reform and Privacy. He was on the Civil Justice Council’s Working Party on the draft Defamation Bill. Gideon has given evidence to the Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions, and has overseen the provision of evidence to the Leveson Inquiry and to a number of Parliamentary Committees. He has also spoken at the Cambridge and Durham Unions on the issue of reputation protection and the press.

Session

Dealing with a sudden international crisis – Navigating war, sanctions, anti-money laundering whilst protecting your firm, your clients, your reputation perhaps even your liberty

Monday 13 June (1130 - 1230)

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