YoungLawyersPresentation of the Young Lawyers' Committee and its activities and projects by its Officers. You will learn how you can contribute and get involved in the Young Lawyers' Committee.

This area may be very new and at some points scary for lawyers not trained and used to work with individuals, not being used to addressing Rule of Law issue and not being close to human right issues in their daily work. 

The panel in this session will discuss the Rule of Law related journey of commercial law firms working in the business and corporate environment, you may find out that you deal with human rights issues even if you have never thought about it that way, we will have an interesting insight to the approach of the United Nations and we will set the picture for the near future with an aim to help commercial law firms moving forward on this journey.

The ABA recently conducted a survey: "In their own words: Experienced Women Lawyers - Explain Why They Are Leaving Their Law Firms and the Profession". There is a global trend to note in the legal industry that female lawyers leave the law firms much earlier than their male colleagues – irrespective or even despite of being “on track”.

The first part of this program will feature panellists from some of the world’s leading law firms as they discuss how their firms developed state-of-the-art training programs using a combination of internal resources, external consultants and mentoring. The second part of the session will introduce some of the world’s leading rainmakers, who will share some of the secrets to how they were able to build and maintain robust practices.

Speakers for part one will include those involved (lawyers and/or C-suite executives) who create and manage these educational programs.

A cross-border panel will discuss how their jurisdictions approach and deal with international data transfers and how prepared they are for European requirements. Has regulation gone to far and is policy pushing the envelope?

This interactive session will explore the benefits (and costs) of remaining a privately held company as compared to embarking on a public offering. As we know, there can be considerable benefits, and hidden downsides, to having listed securities. We will explore what needs to be done to prepare for a successful public listing and the pitfalls to avoid. We will also explore the characteristics of those organisations that have successfully executed on their strategic objectives without going public.

HumanRightsThe last decade has seen an explosion of content on social and traditional media designed to sow misinformation and social division.

Challenges include large scale hydrogen production cost, infrastructure investments, bulk storage, transport & distribution, safety considerations, and matching supply-demand uncertainties. This session will discuss legal aspects relevant to these emerging economies such as: (a) Policy-making and regulation; (b) Government funding / aids to help offset the initial high costs; (c) Project’s bankability; (d) Contracts for the implementation of hydrogen production or storage projects (e.g. power-to-gas plants) or infrastructure projects (e.g. the development of a hydrogen infrastructure); and (e) Using green hydrogen as battery, to increase capacity factors on renewable energy and address intermittency.

Real estate industry representatives and lawyers from various jurisdictions will discuss the future trends and tools for real estate in a post-pandemic world, including:

• Tokenization of real estate projects and commercialization through crypto currencies.

This is an opportunity for Member Organisation Representatives to be updated on the status of ongoing projects in which the IBA is involved, and specifically those that touch on sensitive areas for bar associations.
It will also allow them to find out what work is being planned, and propose subject matter and programmes for future activities within our very dynamic BIC.

Delegates have the opportunity to visit several Miami law firms to discuss strategy, practice areas and practice management, organisational issues, marketing and office systems.

Spaces for the tour are limited and are assigned on a first come, first served basis.

This session will present an update on the initial project of the ABA/IBA Joint Task Force on cross-border closing opinions. The ABA and IBA formed the Joint Task force to build upon work done under the auspices of the ABA, the IBA and others as well as a number of bar groups in several countries to improve the practices of lawyers in countries throughout the world relating to the giving of, and advising recipients of, closing opinions in cross-border transactions The initial project has focused on developing principles-based guidance on good practices for both opinion givers and opinion recipients for closing opinions in cross-border transactions.

A changing climate is having direct impacts on variability of water supply for drinking, agricultural, mining and other activities. Like other natural resources, as supplies change or become more scarce, there is a need to unlock new supplies that may have previously been considered too expensive or difficult to access. This panel will explore different and innovative methods around the world allowing access to additional sources of water, including reuse, desalinisation, changes in ownership regimes, underground basin infiltration, transporting ice water and other methods of developing supplies.

Tectonic shifts in geopolitics and all engulfing ripple effects of the pandemic have added to disruptions that all businesses, including law firms, have to address.

This session will look at the practical aspects of 'crisis management' within law firms, addressing risks that come with clients’ portfolios tied to particular regions, cyber security breaches, or partner team moves, and how a 'crisis' relating to any one of these might affect a law firm's reputation.

Could robust crisis management lead to opportunities through identifying, managing and mitigating strategic risks in order to make decisions that help law firms innovate, grow and succeed?