Speaker details
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Metro Toronto Convention Centre , Toronto, CanadaSpeaker information
David Heems
Biography
David specialises in commercial, financial and insolvency litigation, including proceedings in relation to directors' and officers' liability. He is regularly involved in cross-border restructurings, such as the litigation concerning OSX, Oi and Royal IHC. David is the co-chair of the Reorganisation and Workouts Committee of the International Bar Association. He is the co-author of a leading commentary on articles concerning the actio pauliana. He recently lectured at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal and has been a lecturer on insolvency law at the University of Amsterdam for over ten years. David is also a lecturer at the Law Firm School.
Session
Forum shopping in insolvency proceedings: should COMI still be the rule?
Thursday 6 November (1115 - 1230)
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