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The latest issue of the Monitor covers topics including cuts to gender-based violence services and government expenditure for victims of domestic violence, the unlawful detention of asylum seekers and religious discrimination under the guise of lockdown measures.
In this workshop, we will discuss trends and highlight practical issues and considerations in the area of fund finance, including subscription based, net asset value (NAV) facilities and other forms of leverage.
23rd Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
The Poverty and Social Development Committee, builds on years of work under various IBA auspices. We engage the legal profession to contribute to UN Sustainability Goal #1: Eradicating Poverty. Our committee advocates for using law to protect individuals and communities from poverty, promoting well-being. We believe legal professionals have a duty to create and apply law for good, preventing exploitation and mitigating harm. Planned projects include a podcast, a practical book for lawyers, a session at the IBA Annual Conference, and supporting NGOs focused on poverty eradication. We invite members to join our efforts.
The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li, GBM, Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, in conversation with IBA Director of Content, James Lewis.
Non-trial resolutions (NTR) are a critical piece of an effective anti-corruption regime. In December 2021, the OECD Working Group on Bribery issued a recommendation encouraging all member states to consider adopting some form of non-trial resolutions of criminal, administrative and civil bribery cases. Our committee and its NTR subcommittee have worked to support implementation of non-trial resolutions around the world.
This panel will discuss practical steps you can take to support the implementation of NTRs in your jurisdiction.
19th Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference
Belarus, rule of law and human rights
The last few years have seen an increase in the provision of sponsor solutions including minority stake sales, financings and similar manager level transactions. This workshop will address the key trends and highlight practical issues and considerations for industry participants engaging in these types of transactions.
21st Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
The latest issue of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor includes further outbreaks in refugee camps, contraventions to an individual’s right to access a lawyer through digital hearings and internet shutdowns undermining access to healthcare information during the pandemic.
Despite constitutional safeguards and Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), many states fail to enforce detention policies that meet human rights standards.
IBA Human Rights Conference: Climate, justice and law - challenges and opportunities
The ninth issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor addresses several key areas pertaining to the impact of the virus on vulnerable communities, including an update on conditions in refugee camps, prisons and informal settlements. The consequences of the pandemic on disability rights and women's health are also covered.
On 15 January 2020 the Austrian Supreme Court considered whether a final arbitral award on its merits violated Austrian public policy (Case: OGH 18 OCg 9/19a). The underlying arbitration was conducted under the rules of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) with seat in Vienna.
Fundamentals of International Legal Business Practice: IBA Young Lawyers’ Training Course Miami
Jul 09, 2021
Today, 9 July 2021, we, the undersigned organisations, take the opportunity to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the crackdown on Chinese lawyers and human rights defenders that occurred in the People’s Republic of China on 9 July 2015.
This meeting is only open to LPD Senior Officers (Chair, Vice Chair, LPD Secretary-Treasurer and LPD Assistant Treasurer) and LPD Council members who are expected to attend.
By invitation only: IBA Mid-Year Leadership Meetings 2023
The Global Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Commercial Dispute Resolution in the First Seven Months - Dispute Resolution International (DRI) - October 2020
By invitation only: IBA Mid-Year Leadership meetings 2024
Law firms of this group - Akerman, Jones Day.
Delegates have the opportunity to visit several law firms to discuss strategy, practice areas and practice management, organisational issues, marketing and office systems.
Spaces are limited and are assigned on a first come, first served basis. Registered conference delegates can sign up at the Speakers‘ Desk by the IBA Registration Desk. For those who are registered, it is advised to be on the bus five to ten minutes before the departure time.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Law firms of this group - Reed Smith & Harper Meyer.
Delegates have the opportunity to visit several law firms to discuss strategy, practice areas and practice management, organisational issues, marketing and office systems.
Spaces are limited and are assigned on a first come, first served basis. Registered conference delegates can sign up at the Speakers‘ Desk by the IBA Registration Desk. For those who are registered, it is advised to be on the bus five to ten minutes before the departure time.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
The first issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor assesses gender-based violence and women’s health, LGBTQI+ rights, prison and detention conditions, refugee camps and asylum procedures. Concerns are raised over reported increases in domestic violence in a number of jurisdictions and the lack of basic protective measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in prisons and detention centres.
This workshop will address the likely changes in regulation and regulatory priorities resulting from the U.S. election, and as well as regulatory developments in other jurisdictions.
23rd Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
The journey of a new IBA presidency, the final destination of which is strengthening the leadership of the IBA and of our profession, has just started. The world is changing right before our eyes. Our profession, through a global association such as the IBA, has a great opportunity as well as the responsibility of assuming a leading role in upholding the rule of law and providing legal guidance in this context.
Mastering the art of client relationships is crucial for young lawyers. This session will provide advanced strategies to build and maintain strong client connections, ensuring long-term success and trust.
IBA Young Lawyers' Committee Training
Oct 18, 2022
On 1 June 2022, the Swedish Parliament introduced new updates to the immigration law. The newly introduced changes aim to discourage criminal activities and prevent companies from engaging in salary dumping. They also maintain trade unions’ level of workers’ protection and interest. Moreover, the law is presented as an additional level of protection against human trafficking. This article discusses the new updates to the immigration law.
Social media has undoubtedly influenced the landscape of international arbitration. Recent studies have noted the increased use of arbitration clauses by social media platforms and websites. The personal and professional connections established on social media have also led to challenges against arbitrators. Courts and arbitral institutions have imposed a ‘duty of curiosity’ on counsel to scrutinise the potential non-disclosure of public information by arbitrators. This panel will examine these issues and offer guidance to young practitioners and arbitrators on effectively using social media to advance their careers while avoiding uncomfortable situations.
IBA Arb40 Symposium: Salient issues in international arbitration
Aug 03, 2021
As the first European prosecutorial authority, the European Public Prosecutor's Office starts operations on 1 June 2021. The EPPO’s mission will be to prosecute criminal offences affecting the European Union’s financial interests.
**Accredited by the Law Society of Hong Kong with 1.0 CPD point**
Topics will include:
- An overview of the rules on conflicts of interest in other countries, such as China, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Philippines, Singapore and the United States
- Managing conflicts of interest for local and cross-border matters, and case studies of other ethical traps in each country
- Tips on ensuring a consistent approach in resolving conflicts of interest issues and to manage client’s expectations
Opening remarks
- Peter Bartlett MinterEllison, Melbourne, Victoria; Chair, IBA Legal Practice Division
Moderator
- Caroline Berube HJM Asia Law & Co, Guangzhou; Council Member, IBA Legal Practice Division
Panellists
- Riccardo Cajola Cajola & Associati, Milan; Webinar Officer, IBA Professional Ethics Committee
- Michael S Carl SSEK Legal Consultants, Jakarta
- Jose Cochingyan III Cochingyan & Partners Law Offices, Makati City
- Gábor Damjanovic Forgó, Damjanovic & Partners, Budapest; Secretary-Treasurer, IBA Professional Ethics Committee
- Ruth Guo Yingke Law Firm, Beijing
- Rachel McGuckian Miles & Stockbridge, Rockville, Maryland; Scholarship Officer, IBA Professional Ethics Committee
Jun 25, 2021
The first part of this analysis encompasses the AI Act’s scope, as well as prohibited AI practices, AI systems needing higher level of transparency and those subject to voluntary compliance. The second part will be published in the next volume of the Technology Law eBulletin, and will concentrate on high-risk AI systems and the outlined set of requirements for them.
Part 1 - Data-driven business development (moderator - Katherine Hutchinson)
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Oct 14, 2022
By including active case management tools in Procedural Order No 1 and Procedural Timetable No 1, the tribunal lays the foundation for maximising efficiency over the life of the proceeding. In this article, the author proposes a number of innovations to be implemented, as the title suggests, to top and tail the process, with additional steps in the middle. The author provides a template Procedural Timetable No 1 and then discusses selected procedural steps with the corresponding text for Procedural Order No 1. The proposals include pre-scheduling several case-management conferences to address procedural issues early and often; holding a mid-stream meeting (aka a Kaplan Early Opening), where parties give short oral arguments and present limited witness evidence; identifying a pre-scheduled mediation window to allow the parties to consider mediation, without either side having to request it; directing the parties to provide a Joint List of Issues and Schedule of References; and scheduling both a pre-hearing Tribunal meeting (aka a Reed Retreat) and deliberation days in the Timetable.
This session will focus on the impact, value, and challenges of data as an asset on the legal services market. Just like any other, the market for legal services globally has been impacted (and will continue to be impacted) by the use of data analysis and ‘Big Data’. Now law firms and other entities that render legal services must consider the use of data to adapt their business strategies. This change will also carry challenges that come along with the use of data, such as the protection of privacy and other regulations that might be applicable.
Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum conference
Jun 13, 2022
The first panel session at the 23rd Annual IBA Arbitration Day discussed the need for more robust case management by arbitral tribunals.
As remote and hybrid working has become the new normal, employers around the globe look to establish clear and comprehensive policies to reflect their practices. In this session, we will examine considerations in drafting a remote and hybrid working policy particularly for a global business. We will notably discuss the key employment and immigration issues to be covered in such a policy together with other challenges involved in implementing such a policy. Experts and leaders in the legal community as well as professional participants of the conference will also share their experiences and top tips for drafting such a policy.
Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference
Oct 14, 2022
This article discusses, from an arbitrator’s perspective, the approach to preparing the first Procedural Order for the conduct of an Arbitration (Procedural Order No 1), so that it fits with the case specifications. The author advocates the approach discussed at the panel led by Lucy Reed at the 23rd Annual IBA Arbitration Day on 25 March 2022 that arbitrators should consider the specific needs of the case and collaboratively engage with the Parties to identify the relevant issues and appropriate procedure for the case, before circulating Procedural Order No 1. The author gives examples of techniques the Arbitral Tribunal can use to engage in a collaborative approach while retaining the final power to decide upon the procedure, including Procedural Order No 1.
This panel explores recent trends shaping mergers and acquisitions, investment flows, and strategic collaborations in life sciences sector. Experts will discuss how evolving regulatory landscapes, technological innovation, and the search for cost-effectiveness are influencing deal-making strategies and partnership models.
11th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference
The Global Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Commercial Dispute Resolution in the First Seven Months - Dispute Resolution International (DRI) - October 2020
This session focuses on the legal mechanisms for unlocking the potential of AfCFTA:
- Contract harmonisation and standardised trade terms
- Resolving non-tariff barriers through legal tools
- Trade finance, digitalisation and the role of fintech platforms (eg, PAPSS)
- Case studies on rules of origin, intellectual property and regional dispute resolution
- In-house counsel insights on cross-border implementation hurdles
Biennial IBA African Regional Forum Conference - The leading-edge lawyer: Integrating technology, deciphering trends, and embracing ESG-driven transformative learning
Mar 04, 2022
Blockchain-based arbitration is just like traditional arbitration except it takes place on blockchains, such as Ethereum. The arbitration agreement forms part of the smart contract, arbitrators are selected using random numbers extracted from the blocks in the blockchain and the award is also embedded in a self-executable smart contract. There is currently no regulation in transnational blockchain-based arbitration. Any such regulation faces a number of serious challenges, such as how to determine the applicable jurisdiction in a blockchain-based arbitration. This article seeks to address such challenges by suggesting some possible guidelines.
This workshop will be a deep dive into the latest trends and hot button issues in private equity, real estate and other closed-ended funds. Panellists will discuss current key issues for general partners (GPs) and limited partners (LPs) and where the market is moving on economic, governance and other fund terms.
21st Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
Day 1 of the 10th IBA London Finance and Capital Markets Virtual Tax Conference, 18 January 2021, 1400-1620 GMT
• What are the technology needs for African law fi rms – does size matter?
• Can technology improve access to justice?
• How to implement the most effective technology strategy for your firm or legal department
• Managing cybersecurity and new risks
• The impact, value and challenges of data as an asset on the legal services market – how law firms and other entities that render legal services should consider the use of data to enhance their business strategies
Biennial IBA African Regional Forum Conference: future-proofing the African legal profession
A webinar presented by the IBA International Projects Committee of the IBA Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL), 23 September 2020, 1400 – 1500 BST
The legal profession has markedly changed and new career paths and prospects for young lawyers have emerged.
There are many challenges but there are also unprecedented opportunities aplenty. Lawyering is no longer a narrow career. This diverse panel will help bring to life not only the opportunities but also delve into the challenges that come with this new age of lawyering.
Biennial IBA African Regional Forum Young Lawyers Symposium
Showcase Session, Vienna 2015 - Business and human rights part 1 with Kofi Annan and John Ruggie
On 11 June 2020, an ad hoc committee (the ‘Committee’)1 rendered a decision on the request filed by the Kingdom of Spain (‘Spain’) to annul the award issued in Eiser Infrastructure Limited and Energía Solar Luxembourg S.à r.l v Spain, ICSID Case No ARB/13/36 (the ‘Underlying Arbitration’ or ‘Eiser’).
The role of international law and institutions in attaining Goal 1 of the SDGs
May 01, 2023
The Arbitration Day 2023 took place in Lisbon, 13-14 April, and was attended by more than 500 delegates. Portuguese Deputy MInister for Justice Jorge Alves Costa gave the welcome remarks. The first session dealt with the impact of third-party funding (TPF) on investment arbitration.
IBA Asia Pacific Arbitration Group Event
Long before the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a growing consensus across the European Union that over a decade of austerity since the market failures of the financial crisis of 2008 had weakened the ability of many sovereign states’ institutions to deliver key public services. In response to the financial crisis, EU Member States felt compelled to prop up their corners of the international financial system through huge cash injections into ailing banks that were funded by taxpayers
As international cooperation and coordination of foreign bribery resolutions transitions at a breath-taking pace from rare to commonplace, the global enforcement landscape has been quickly and dramatically transformed. These changes have brought new challenges to enforcers, companies and their counsels.
Enhanced cooperation and coordination lie at the heart of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) 2021 Anti-Bribery Recommendation. Why did the Working Group on Bribery put such a strong emphasis on promoting this practice? What impacts will these recommendations have in practice? And what obstacles will they encounter?
The panel will unpack the new OECD standards and explore how they might facilitate coordination of investigations and resolutions among member countries and beyond.
19th Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference
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 role of the courts in arbitration: an Asia Pacific perspective
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.
There is no single franchising law in Europe, and therefore maintaining and expanding the operation at this challenging time should take into account a lot of structural and practical considerations.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
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