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The IBA’s response to the situation in Ukraine
Peter Bartlett
Chair of the LPD
2021-2022
Legal Practice Division
The objectives of the Legal Practice Division are to promote an interchange of information and views among its members as to laws, practices and professional responsibilities relating to the practice of law throughout the world; to facilitate communication among its members; to provide the opportunity to all its members to be active in the division through its sections, committees, fora and other groupings; and to undertake such related projects as may be approved from time to time by the division’s council.
Litigating in the Asia Pacific Region
01 Sep - 02 Sep 2022
Singapore, Singapore
IBA Annual Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2022
07 Sep - 09 Sep 2022
Madrid, Spain
26th Annual Competition Conference
09 Sep - 10 Sep 2022
Florence, Italy
Interacting with governmental agencies: best practices around the world
09 Sep 2022 1400 - 1500 BST
9th World Women Lawyers’ Conference: Women in leadership
11 Sep - 13 Sep 2022
Copenhagen, Denmark
Decarbonising oil and gas operations – let’s look at the contracts
13 Sep 2022 1300 - 1400 BST
Online, England
Professional ethics in online dispute resolution systems
14 Sep 2022 1400 - 1500 BST
Online, England
3rd European Automotive and Mobility Services Conference
14 Sep - 15 Sep 2022
Munich, Germany
The New Era of Taxation
15 Sep - 16 Sep 2022
Barcelona, Spain
7th Annual Corporate Governance Conference
19 Sep - 20 Sep 2022
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Art in a time of war: The sanctions landscape
20 Sep 2022 1300 - 1400 BST
Online, England
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
30 Oct - 04 Nov 2022
Miami Beach, USA
Arb40 Symposium - Unfolding the future of international arbitration: substantive challenges and the rise of a new model
30 Oct 2022
Miami Beach, USA
Competition Law in Africa Conference: regulatory developments and enforcement trends across the continent
24 Nov - 25 Nov 2022
Lagos, Nigeria
The Revised 2020 IBA Rules of Evidence and its Commentary: Compliance with an Order to Produce an Adverse Inference
29 Nov 2022 0830 - 1000 GMT
Online, England
10th Biennial IBA Global Immigration Conference
30 Nov - 02 Dec 2022
12th Annual London Finance and Capital Markets Conference
16 Jan - 17 Jan 2023
London, England
11th IBA European Corporate and Private M&A Conference
02 Feb - 03 Feb 2023
Paris, France
Mergers and Acquisitions in India: is India the last oasis of hope in a global slowdown?
24 Apr - 25 Apr 2023
Mumbai, India
Financial Services Section
Corporate Counsel Forum
Real Estate Section
Maritime and Aviation Law Section
Human Resources Section
Intellectual Property, Communications and Technology Section
Corporate Law Section
International Commerce, Trade, Franchising and Product Law Section
Criminal Law Section
Agricultural Law Section
Insolvency Section
Dispute Resolution Section
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)
Taxation Section
Antitrust Section
Leisure Industries Section
Law and Individual Rights Section
Public Law Section
Section
Committees / Subcommittees
Financial Services Section
Corporate Counsel Forum
Real Estate Section
Maritime and Aviation Law Section
Human Resources Section
Intellectual Property, Communications and Technology Section
Corporate Law Section
International Commerce, Trade, Franchising and Product Law Section
Criminal Law Section
Agricultural Law Section
Insolvency Section
Dispute Resolution Section
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)
Taxation Section
Antitrust Section
Leisure Industries Section
Law and Individual Rights Section
Public Law Section
Officers of the LPD Council
Firm Address
MinterEllison Level 20, Collins Arch447 Collins Street
Melbourne
Australia
3000
Firm Address
Loyens & Loeff Parnassusweg 300Amsterdam
the Netherlands
1081 LC
Firm Address
SMPS Legal Torre de Chapultepec UnoPaseo de la Reforma 509
18th floor. Col. Cuauhtémoc, Del. Cuauhtémoc
Mexico City
Mexico
06500
Firm Address
Bredin Prat 53 quai d'OrsayParis
France
75007
Firm Address
Cecil Abraham & Partners Suite 12.01, Level 12, Menara 1MK1 Jalan Kiara, Mont' Kiara
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
50480
Firm Address
HJM Asia Law & Co B-1002, R&F Full Square PlazaNo. 16, Ma Chang Rd., ZhuJiang New City
Tianhe District
Guangzhou
China
510623
Firm Address
Noerr Brienner Strasse 28Munich
Germany
80333
Firm Address
Dinsmore & Shohl 255 E 5th StreetSuite 1900
Cincinnati
USA
45202
Firm Address
Mattos Filho Al Joaquim Eugênio de Lima 447Jardim Paulista
São Paulo
Brazil
01403-001
Firm Address
Ehrat Advisory Hasenbüelweg 16Zug
Switzerland
6300
Firm Address
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower22 Adelaide Street West
Suite 3400
Toronto
Canada
M5H 4E3
Firm Address
Perez Correa Gonzalez Insurgentes Sur 1602, 11th FloorColonia Credito Constructor
Mexico City
Mexico
03900
Firm Address
Horten Philip Heymans Allé 7Hellerup
Copenhagen
Denmark
2900
Firm Address
tkslegal Berlin Merseburger Strasse 2Berlin
Germany
10825
Firm Address
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP Emirates Towers Offices10th Floor
Sheikh Zayed Road
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
504903
Firm Address
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower22 Adelaide Street West
Suite 3400
Toronto
Canada
M5H 4E3
Firm Address
I L A Pasrich & Company 901 - 905 Naurang House21 Kasturba Gandhi Marg
Connaught Place
New Delhi
India
110003
Firm Address
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin 800 Place Victoria3500 Stock Exchange Tower
Montréal
Canada
H4Z 1E9
Firm Address
REYCOL Reysen Competition Law Am Atzelberg 4Frankfurt
Germany
60389
Firm Address
J&A Garrigues SLP Calle Hermosilla 3Madrid
Spain
28001
Firm Address
Gleiss Lutz Dreischeibenhaus 1Düsseldorf
Germany
40211
Firm Address
Howard Kennedy LLP No 1 London BridgeLondon
England
SE1 9BG
Firm Address
Wist Attorneys - Asianajotoimisto Oy Hopeatie 21Espoo
Finland
02750
Firm Address
Bae Kim & Lee Centropolis B,26 Ujeongguk-ro, Jongno-gu,
Seoul
South Korea
03161
Firm Address
Zang Bergel & Viñes Abogados Florida 53718th Floor
Buenos Aires
Argentina
C1005AAK
Firm Address
NautaDutilh Beethovenstraat 400Amsterdam
the Netherlands
1082 PR
Firm Address
Wardynski & Partners Al. Ujazdowskie 10Warsaw
Poland
00-478
Firm Address
American Bar Association 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.Washington
USA
20036
Firm Address
Duane Morris LLP 1540 BroadwayNew York
USA
10036
Government Access to IT Systems
Data is becoming the core asset of our economies and takes up a central role in our societies. Government attempts to obtain access or receive information, as well as the responses of the private sector to such attempts, raise complex legal issues, depending on the specific socio-political context and the domestic legal traditions. The LPD set up the Task Force on Government Access to IT Systems in October 2017. This report provides the Task Force’s assessment based on the considerations of this topic in different jurisdictions and offers a set of working principles for balancing government access to IT systems and fundamental rights.
Digital Identity Working Group Project
The pervasive use of new modes of communication and transaction of business, for personal and professional purposes, is creating information relating to users that encompasses a wide variety of areas - a digital identity. This IBA Legal Practice Division Working Group has undertaken to develop a set of high-level Principles around the collection, use and sharing of digital identity information that could serve as the basis for engaging in dialogue with all relevant stakeholders.
If you have any comments or questions about the project or report, contact anurag.bana@int-bar.org.
Business Law International (BLI)
Published three time a year by the IBA’s Legal Practice Division, Business Law International covers the latest developments in all areas of business law across the globe, from M&A to employment, competition to tax, offering rigorous comparative analysis of how the law affects business in different jurisdictions and across borders.
Members are invited to submit ideas for future issues of the journal. Please contact the editor at: editor@int-bar.org
Report of the LPD Nominations Committee concerning Nominations for Election as Members of the LPD Council 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2026
The LPD Nominations Committee, after review of the nominations submitted for positions on the LPD Council for the term 2023-2026 and having exercised due consideration as prescribed by the Bylaws of the LPD, have agreed to propose the following candidates for election as elected Members of the LPD Council. The election will be held at the LPD General Meeting on Thursday 3 November 2022 at the time of the IBA 2022 Annual Conference in Miami, USA.
The IBA organises over fifty specialist and regional conferences each year in addition to the Annual Conference and the costs involved are very considerable. In order to contain those costs, the IBA through the guidelines set out in the division handbooks has established well defined rules that must be followed so as to ensure that there is conformity in determining to what costs the IBA may be exposed in relation to any particular event.
The rules are detailed and deal with many issues including registration fee waivers, speakers’ expenses and entertainment costs. The rules have served the IBA well in the past and are appropriate for the future.
The LPD is committed to ensure the highest quality of programmes and calibre of speakers at the sessions that it promotes. There is concern amongst the LPD officers that the current policies sometimes stand in the way of putting on the highest quality sessions. A relaxation of the rules is desirable from time to time to enable certain costs to be paid that are likely to lead to enrichment of the quality of a programme. It is clear that it may sometimes be advantageous to pay certain costs outside the guidelines; for example to a world business leader, regulator, to some academics or NGO representatives, if it can be demonstrated that such a payment is likely to enrich the programme and increase the quality of the relevant session.
The LPD officers, the IBA President and the Executive Director recommend the creation of a fund to cover on an exceptional basis, expenses and other matters related to LPD sessions which are not permitted by the guidelines set out in the LPD Handbook.
The fund shall cover exceptional expenses to secure speakers as well as expenses incurred by speakers and organisers of sessions at the LPD specialist and regional conferences and LPD sessions at the Annual Conferences. An application to the Fund shall be made by an officer of the relevant LPD committee to the IBA Treasurer, who in consultation with the other LPD officers, shall have absolute discretion to agree to pay part of or the entire sum sought or to decline the application.
To apply to the fund, please complete this form and return to ronnie.hayward@int-bar.org.
With the aim of providing interactive and educational opportunities to the growing international legal community, the Sections of the Legal Practice Division offer annual opportunities for young lawyers from around the world to apply for scholarships that recognise outstanding individuals in the legal profession. Each year the IBA, holds an Annual Conference, which attracts the participation of over 4000 lawyers from more than 100 jurisdictions. The LPD, and the Public and Professional Interest Division (PPID) present informative and engaging sessions covering current topics of significance to lawyers throughout the world. The Annual Conference working sessions are complemented by a full social programme which provides the opportunity for delegates meet, establish and maintain business contacts and friendships with peers of the legal profession worldwide. Scholarships are awarded to young lawyers who wish to participate at the Annual Conference, but may find it financially difficult to do so. Please click here for full information on how to apply.
For more information on the LPD, please contact the IBA London Office at divisions@int-bar.org