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The 21st edition of the Monitor covers topics including a fire in Moria refugee camp forcing refugees ill with Covid-19 to flee and the growing crisis for worldwide refugee camps, the effect on low-income earners, including redundancies and homelessness and the difficulties for those living with disability in the reopening of schools.
This workshop will explore the impact of global macro-economic trends and geopolitical situation on (i) market access, (ii) product design and (iii) fundraising in traditional and alternative structuring jurisdictions. This workshop will also cover the regulatory trends and challenges to overcome with respect to utilising offshore financial centres.
21st Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
The latest issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor contains updates on gender-based violence and women’s health in India and Northern Ireland. Also: refugee camps, including the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, which has no reported cases of Covid-19 to date.
In the last years, we have seen several Latin American companies filing for Chapter 11 in United States instead of filing for reorganization in their own countries and then seeking protection in the US under Chapter 15. This panel will address the reasons for such trends, focusing on the advantages and disadvantages of each of such strategies (Chapter 11 vs. Chapter 15), as well as on cultural matters.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Jul 22, 2025
From 11–13 June, leading legal experts in life sciences and healthcare convened at the Ritz-Carlton, Boston, for the 11th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference. The event, co-hosted by the IBA Intellectual Property and Healthcare and Life Sciences Law Committees, brought together regulators, corporate counsel, private practitioners and academics to address the most pressing developments at the intersection of law, innovation and global health. This articles considers the key themes and panel highlights of the conference.
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), in conjunction with the Anti-Torture Initiative (ATI), has written to Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, condemning the conviction of 11 members of the Turkish Medical Association (TMA) Central Council on terrorism charges.
Wristbands must be collected between Tuesday 08:00 and Thursday 15:00 from the IBA registration desk.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Jan 03, 2023
The Anti-Corruption Law was first regulated, at the federal level, by Decree No 8,420 of 18 March 2015. On 12 July 2022, more than seven years later, Federal Decree No 11,129 of 11 July 2022, which regulates Anti-Corruption Law and repeals Decree No. 8,420/2015, was published by the Brazilian government. This article provides a detailed overview of the new Decree.
IBA Property and River Tour, Friday 6th June, 14:30 – 17:30
14:00: depart from Banking Hall, Cornhill, London – walk to London Bridge City Pier (approx. 15 mins)
14:15: arrive at London Bridge City Pier
14:30: departure on Thames Clipper boat, river tour to Westminster (including Houses of Parliament, London Eye), turning east under Tower bridge to Canary Wharf
15:30: disembark at Canary Wharf Pier – walk to One Canada Square (approx. 10 mins)
15:45: arrive at One Canada Square, lifts to level 30/ level 39
16:00: tour of Level 30: marketing suite - One Canada Square | Canary Wharf [if more than 100 people, two groups to be split between level 30 and level 39]
16:15: tour of Level 39: tech/accelerator space - Level39: Tech Community
16:30: depart One Canada Square and walk through Eden Dock and Jubilee Park - Eden Dock - Canary Wharf - to 20 Water Street (approx. 15 mins)
16:45: tour of London Innovation Centre at 20 Water Street: 20 Water Street - Canary Wharf [maximum of 40 people to view the lab space]
17:00: (optional) drinks at Montgomery Square Bar: 640East (Montgomery Square, Upper Bank Street E14 5JJ)
15th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
Feb 17, 2023
Report on the session of the Insolvency Section of the Latin American Regional Forum at the IBA Annual Conference in Miami
Attendees can observe hearings from 3:00 to 3:30 pm, with the formal tour taking place from 3:30 to 5:00 pm.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
A webinar presented by the IBA Insolvency Section, 8 September 2020, 1400-1500 BST
match(es) on two full size pitches will be played on Thursday 6 November between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. Transportation and other arrangements will be confirmed closer to the date and communicated to delegates who have registered/paid.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
This article is aimed at providing detailed information about the procedures and pertinent details of rehabilitation or Chapter 11 proceedings of Korea regarding shipping companies.
The bus will leave the Toronto Metro Convention Centre at 09:00 a.m. and return by 1:00 p.m
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Jun 27, 2022
Report on session at 6th IBA Global Entrepreneurship Conference, 16 – 17 May 2022, presented by the IBA Closely Held and Growing Business Enterprise Committee
The 11 members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPPa) have combined economies representing 13.4 per cent of global gross domestic product, at approximately US$13.5tn making the CPTPP one of the world’s largest free-trade areas by gross domestic product (GDP). Mexico and seven Asia Pacific countries make up eight of the 11 signatories. This session will critically examine whether the CPTPP has delivered on its promise, and what the Asia Pacific region, in particular, can look forward to in the next few years.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
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07:45 - 08:00. Welcome remarks.
• Mark Ellis, Executive Director of the IBA
• Anna Ogrenchuk, Immediate Past President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Managing Partner, LCF Law Group
08:00 - 08:15.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Jul 08, 2025
Mediation is on the rise internationally as a means to settle disputes in a cost-effective manner. Chinese parties appear to be increasingly interested in mediation as an option. This article examines the evolving landscape of mediation in China and internationally. It considers how mediation for Chinese parties is evolving and whether mediation is a good option for Chinese parties in cross-border disputes. Commercial mediation has seen remarkable growth, bolstered by a supportive PRC judicial system and legislative initiatives encouraging parties to find harmonious ways to resolve disputes. The article analyses the three primary types of mediation in China: people’s mediation, administrative mediation, and commercial mediation. It also looks at mediation rules and proceedings in common law jurisdictions, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. The article anecdotally considers the cultural elements, emphasising the Chinese parties’ preference for evaluative mediation styles as a reflection of civil law. Through case studies of international disputes involving Chinese and US parties, the article illustrates the practical dynamics of mediation involving Chinese parties and underscores the importance of cultural sensitivity in international mediation. As Chinese parties continue to go global, mediation is emerging as an attractive option for efficient and cost-effective dispute resolution. This analysis assesses whether the promotion of mediation is yielding tangible outcomes and explores the future of mediation involving Chinese and foreign parties.
In-depth discussion of the Aeromexico Insolvency. A US Chapter 11 restructuring of a Mexican corporation. The panel will consist of professionals with first-hand knowledge about this restructuring.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Sep 27, 2023
The rise in popularity of generative artificial intelligence (‘generative AI’) has ignited the discussion on whether junior employees can be replaced by it. Some have gone to the extent of questioning whether professionals, such as lawyers, can also be replaced by generative AI. Is it wise to replace junior employees or lawyers with generative AI? What factors should be considered before deploying generative AI tools in your business? To consider these questions, we first need to understand the basic workings of generative AI and what it can offer. Fundamentally, AI is intelligence that is not biological. The general understanding is that machines will be ascribed with this intelligence. These machines have the ability to interpret, learn from and process external data in a way that is similar to the capabilities of the human mind. Generative AI is a type of AI program that generates content from a data set. It uses deep learning, a type of machine learning system that behaves like a neural network to simulate the functions of a human brain. In other words, it can mimic human intelligence by exhibiting analytical skills to create new content. Not only can generative AI be utilised in chatbot programs to create text, but it can also be used in programs that can create images, sound or videos. This article will consider two major forms of generative AI, in the context of risks to businesses: chatbots using generative pre-trained transformer technology programs; and image generating programs.
Jun 12, 2024
The new Foreign State Immunity Law 2023 of the People’s Republic of China came into force on 1 January 2024. This shifts the country (as well as its special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macau) away from absolute state immunity to restrictive state immunity, bringing it more in line with the relatively prevalent practice among the international community. This article discusses the status of state immunity in public international law, analyses the new law’s provisions and examines practical challenges that will be faced by those seeking to utilise this law to enforce judgments or awards against foreign states and state entities, and the new law’s innovations that go beyond the United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property of 2004 and the UK State Immunity Act 1978.
The case was the largest chapter 11 proceeding to file in the U.S. in 2022 and proposed a $1.9 billion financing facility.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Feb 17, 2023
This article will outline the development of China’s restrictions on the cross-border transfer of personal information (PI export), detailing PI export mechanisms provided by the Personal Information Protection Law. It will also explain the practical implications of the restrictions.
The full programme details are below:
9:00am-9:15am - Welcome remarks
9:15am-10:30am - The burden of proof in ESG disputes
11:00am-12:15pm - The (controversial) role of experts in dispute resolution
12:15pm-12:30pm - Closing remarks
12:30pm-1:00pm - Tour of Osgoode Hall
Spaces are limited and are assigned on a first come first served basis.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Apr 22, 2022
This article discusses the recent SEC case involving PwC and highlights the wider implications for intermediary institutions providing professional services in a tightened regulatory and enforcement regime in China’s banking and financial sector.
Defence JVS: issues with shareholders and IP
11. Directors' liability in M&A transactions
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7th Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference
By Yi-An (Ann) Lai. Alipay and the impact of e-payment systems resulting in new regulations in China and other jurisdictions.
Oct 16, 2018
Filmed interview. Mary Robinson is the former President of Ireland and a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She has become a global advocate for climate justice, having served twice as the UN’s Special Envoy on Climate Change and is founder of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice. She speaks to the IBA about the challenges after the 2015 Paris Agreement, the role of business and states in reducing their carbon emissions and about the unmistakeable role of women
The IBA Mid-Year Meeting will be taking place virtually this year across the month of May. In order to note important dates in your calendars, please see the following meetings that we would like to highlight as being of interest to bar representatives.
Cloud contracting for the public sector - overcoming doubts and legal challenges
11. Emerging litigation and regulatory risks in crypto
12.
IBA 5th Silicon Beach Conference: From Start-Up to Exit
Webcast interview with Mark Malloch Brown, former UN Deputy Secretary-General, 20 November 2012 - film
The full programme details are below:
9:00am-9:15am - Welcome remarks
9:15am-10:30am - The burden of proof in ESG disputes
11:00am-12:15pm - The (controversial) role of experts in dispute resolution
12:15pm-12:30pm - Closing remarks
12:30pm-1:00pm - Tour of Osgoode Hall
Spaces are limited and are assigned on a first come first served basis.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Aug 17, 2017
Over the last few years, a refugee crisis has seen a large number of refugees arrive in Europe from various countries in the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere, seeking a better life. Many have reached the Greek islands including Lesvos and both here and on the mainland, find themselves relying on an infrastructure that is struggling to cope.
Trends on opinions and counsel reports
11. How can corporate lawyers add value when a company pursues an alternative to new financing, such as a reduction in force?
7th Global Entrepreneurship Conference
Ex-IBA President Fernando Pelaez-Pier interviews Ivan Velasquez, auxiliary judge of the criminal chamber of the Supreme Court, Colombia. The interview focuses on Mr Velasquez' investigations into links between terrorist groups and members of Congress.
ESG litigation – trends and strategies in both civil and common law court
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Global class actions - coming soon to a court near you
12:15PM – 1:30PM
Comparative approach of international commercial chambers
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
The role of the profession, ethics, representation and social responsibility
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Spaces are limited and are assigned on a first come first served basis.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The IBA hosted a live webcast and Q&A with Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner at one of India’s leading law firms, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co (AMSS) in Mumbai, in April 2013.
Over his 30-year career he has seen the development of much of India’s corporate law and the growth of India into an Asian superpower. Shroff shared insight on such issues as the Indian economy and liberalisation of the Indian legal profession.
Impact of space data on investments and technological advancements in the new space realm
11. M&A and military technology
12.
8th Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference
On 27 February 2020, the Colombian Council of State set aside an international arbitral award under Law 1563 of 2012 (the ‘Arbitration Statute’) for the first time, citing departure from the procedure agreed by the parties.
Interview with Joseph Stiglitz, IBA Annual Conference 2012 keynote speaker on financial crisis, role of state, political reform, GDP and many other issues.
ESG litigation – trends and strategies in both civil and common law court
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Global class actions - coming soon to a court near you
12:15PM – 1:30PM
Comparative approach of international commercial chambers
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
The role of the profession, ethics, representation and social responsibility
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Spaces are limited and are assigned on a first come first served basis.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
May 21, 2018
May 2018. Filmed interview with Bill Browder, the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hermitage Capital Management, which at one point was one of the largest investment advisers in Russia. He discusses Russian corruption, sanctions, election interference and seeking justice for Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who exposed a large-scale tax fraud and died in pre-trial custody in November 2009.
ESG litigation – trends and strategies in both civil and common law court
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Global class actions - coming soon to a court near you
12:15PM – 1:30PM
Comparative approach of international commercial chambers
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
The role of the profession, ethics, representation and social responsibility
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Spaces are limited and are assigned on a first come first served basis.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Aug 22, 2016
This webcast and audience Q&A with Funke Abimbola, General Counsel of Roche UK, explored the corporate compliance challenges facing the leading biotech company and the evolving role of in-house lawyers.
The interview examined the legal aspects of supporting Roche’s pharmaceutical R&D and healthcare strategies, addressing issues such as company operations, risk management, and diversity in the profession. The interview was conducted by the BBC's Sally Bundock.
ESG litigation – trends and strategies in both civil and common law court
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Global class actions - coming soon to a court near you
12:15PM – 1:30PM
Comparative approach of international commercial chambers
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
The role of the profession, ethics, representation and social responsibility
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Spaces are limited and are assigned on a first come first served basis.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
As President of the European Court of Human Rights - which oversees justice for more than 800 million people - Sir Nicolas Bratza grappled with a backlog of 138,000 cases, growing anti-ECHR sentiment in the UK and elsewhere, and stagnating funding streams. What hopes for the future?
Cloud contracting for the public sector - overcoming doubts and legal challenges
11. Emerging litigation and regulatory risks in crypto
12.
IBA 5th Silicon Beach Conference: From Start-Up to Exit
Gabriela Knaul, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, discusses her mandate; priorities including gender; China, Syria and MENA, and Zimbabwe among other subjects - film
CPTPP, formerly known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), involves 11 countries, including Mexico, several Southeast Asian nations, Australia, Canada, Chile, New Zealand and Peru.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
The London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and Covid are among the most widely used five-letter acronyms in 2020. LIBOR has been around since the 1970s, but is doomed to disappear; Covid took the world by surprise at the end of 2019 and wreaked global havoc on the financial markets during the first half of 2020.
The present article describes the dynamic of LIBOR in regard to its future replacement rates [...]
Participants are encouraged to share their views and experiences from their own jurisdictions in an open discussion about the practicalities of using IP laws to protect the layout of a store, the shape or configuration of different display elements, or the overall look and feel of a concept store.
11. The impact of the Digital Services Act (on intellectual property rights and technology)
The DSA will seek to set standards for accountability in the digital marketplace.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
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