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Dec 04, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly in China, with the number of patents and the size of the market both ranking highly among countries. However, this rapid development has posed new challenges to the legal framework, ethical norms and social governance, prompting China to continuously adjust and improve the relevant regulatory system.
Corrupt and collusive practices are common grounds for exclusion in public and multilateral development bank (MDB) procurement. The fight against corruption is caught by the ‘G’ of ESG and thus is the focus of exclusions and debarments. But what about other ESG-related issues? How are those identified, investigated and then sanctioned? Are ESG-violations sufficient grounds that can lead to exclusion or debarment?
Panellists will discuss how MDBs and public authorities have started to include ESG considerations in their investigation practices. Just as the US Magnitsky Act considers corruption as a human rights violation, MDB and public procurement could be close to extending their investigations by scrutinising more than the traditional sanctionable practices to sanction also other ESG violations committed under their projects.
18th 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.
With the adoption of national laws protecting whistle-blowers, companies must be especially careful in managing relationships with whistle-blowers and investigating their allegations. This panel will address how companies should address whistle-blower claims while also ensuring compliance with whistle-blower laws and anticipating investigations from enforcement authorities.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
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.
A discussion of the impact of the current economic environment, including rising interest rates, on fund terms, structures and the financing of investments.
21st Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
Addressing bullying, harassment and discrimination in the legal profession - a view from the regulatory perch
Navigating Mexican taxation and employment-ownership regimes for multinational enterprises (MNEs) contemplating business expansion into Mexico.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Global companies face increasing pressure to design outsourcing models that are efficient, legally compliant and sustainable. This session explores how international service structures can be strategically developed and integrated into existing business operations while navigating complex labour, regulatory and ethical requirements. Key issues include:
• labour and employment law risks in international outsourcing (eg, co-employment, transfer of undertakings, worker leasing rules and local employment regulations);
• compliance considerations such as data protection, works council involvement, information and consultation duties and whistleblower requirements;
• economic opportunities and limits of cross-border services, including growing political and regulatory anti-offshoring measures in various jurisdictions;
• governance and practical implementation, focusing on contractual safeguards, oversight mechanisms and effective monitoring structures;
• cross-border employment classification risks; and
• data protection and employee-related privacy requirements across jurisdictions.
This session offers a practical overview of key developments, legal pitfalls and strategic considerations for building future-proof global outsourcing models.
Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2026
‘The New Wave’ – a comparative analysis of global crypto regulation
This panel will explore ongoing harmonisation efforts among multilateral development banks (MDBs) within the context of cross-debarment and the sanctions systems. Panellists will discuss the successes and challenges of harmonisation, highlighting where MDBs have reached alignment and identifying unharmonised aspects of the systems. By focusing on lessons learned and practical implications, the panel will offer insights into the current state of harmonisation among MDBs and noteworthy implications for parties involved in sanctions processes.
20th Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference
Whether motivated by activist pressures, management focus or balance sheet clean ups, spin offs and demergers are an actively employed management tool to dispose tax efficiently of a line of business
- the impact of cross-border distributions in division of multinational business;
- divisional carve-outs or hive downs;
- restructuring of debt and contingent liabilities among retained and disposed businesses;
- tax aspects of divisional carve-outs or hive downs;
- sales or initial public offering (IPO) combined with spin-offs or other dispositions, such as spin merge transactions;
- allocation of intangibles; and
- the impact of EU directives on both corporate law structures and tax consequences.
14th Annual London Finance and Capital Markets Conference
- Beyond M&A: insuring withholding, VAT, TP and RETT risks
- Insurance-linked structures in capital planning
- Claims, exclusions, premium sizing and jurisdictional evolution
- UK, USA, Spain: mature insurance markets; Italy emerging
- Client strategies for using tax insurance as deal protectors
- Broker and underwriter engagement: building tax certainty
- Case studies in active claims and coverage resolutions
- Underwriting tax structuring with dispute anticipation
Reporter
Mark Galea Salomone WH Partners, Ta' Xbiex
15th Annual London Finance and Capital Markets Tax Conference
Part 1: Simulation
Participants will be seated at round tables and divided into two negotiation teams. Each team will receive confidential briefing materials outlining their respective positions, interests, and potential solutions. After reviewing the instructions and preparing their strategy, teams will engage in live negotiations with their counterparts. The outcomes of each negotiation will be documented and submitted to the moderator.
Part 2: Debrief and discussion
The moderator will reveal the results of each table’s negotiation. Participants will then reflect on their experience, share insights, and discuss key takeaways about negotiation styles, tactics, and outcomes.
10th Global Entrepreneurship Conference: Legal Challenges in Closely Held Businesses: Strategies for Success and Sustainability
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