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Everyone agrees on the following: referrals are the most effective and cost-effective way to generate new business for your practice, yet asking for referrals can feel awkward. You could use some more clients, but you don't want to come across as desperate or pushy.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The Committee focuses on inheritance rights, will making, lifetime giving, trusts, creditor claims, regulatory compliance, charities, taxation, property rights, and conflict of law rules, considering both domestic and cross-border implications. Members benefit from enhanced knowledge, expertise in cross-border issues, global networking, and access to leading experts. The committee addresses international planning, comparative law, and topics like individual tax in cross-border contexts, trusts for planning, international successions, and asset protection. It frequently holds joint sessions with the Taxes committee and other IBA sections, offering a valuable resource for practitioners in private client work.
Aug 22, 2023
This article focuses on some of the frequently asked questions regarding the National Security Review for foreign investment in China. It aims to assist prospective cross-border investors and other potential foreign investment stakeholders to better understand the national security review regime in China.
Core topics of discussion:
- Regulatory volatility: how do frequent legislative changes (eg, FX controls, tax law shifts, local content rules) impact deal certainty?
Biennial IBA African Regional Forum Conference - The leading-edge lawyer: Integrating technology, deciphering trends, and embracing ESG-driven transformative learning
The Maritime and Transport Law Committee is one of the oldest and most established committees of the IBA, with more than 650 members worldwide.The Committee is a platform where leading maritime law professionals meet, create connections and discuss the most current legal issues in the field of maritime and transport law. The Committee arranges a number of sessions on developments in maritime and transport law at the annual conferences of the IBA. Frequent half-year seminars are held in the world’s maritime centres, and the Committee is also active in cooperating with other organisations in the maritime law area such as Comite Maritime International, International Maritime Organisation Legal Council, and maritime law societies in jurisdictions around the world.
Jul 27, 2022
US insurance regulators are engaged in a far-reaching project to define what a ‘bond’ is for purposes of regulating insurance company investments.
This workshop will touch on the most frequent conflicts of interests GPs are encountering in their business, related negotiations between GPs and LPs and alternative approaches to mitigation.
22nd Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
Apr 12, 2023
According to the Italian Banking and Financial Arbitrator (ABF), in cases of fraudulent use of a credit card, the claim for reimbursement of the unauthorised payment transactions should be made against the card-issuing bank.
Securities transactions are frequently used to fund business expansion globally.
The crossroads of international finance and public equity deals: New trends and financing bottlenecks
By Moray McLaren. Partners falling out over money - could it be you asking the wrong questions?
The Guidelines are frequently considered by courts and arbitral institutions as providing relevant criteria for assessing the impartiality and independence of a challenged arbitrator.
IBA APAG Event: Exploring the use of IBA Rules and Guidelines in Asia and the rise of artificial intelligence in international arbitration
Aug 01, 2025
Death, starvation, displacement and destruction continue to engulf Gaza as the summer of long horrors unfolds. The announced ten-hour ‘tactical pauses’ from Israeli military operations in certain parts of the Strip are wholly inadequate to address the scale of the crisis…
Civil and criminal actions against arbitrators have unfortunately become frequent. Arbitral awards have been set aside because arbitrators, allegedly, have failed to perform their duties.
Arb40 Symposium - international arbitration endangered
Aug 13, 2023
Otto L.O. de Witt Wijnen, chairman of the Working Group on the Guidelines (2002-2004) explains the origins and drafting of the Guidelines
This panel will reflect on how emergency arbitration has been used by parties and administered by institutions, exploring pros and cons, frequent challenges and recurring issues. It will also examine how expectations surrounding emergency arbitration are evolving, and whether the mechanism continues to serve its intended purpose effectively.
IBA Arb40 Symposium: Emerging challenges in international arbitration - entering the second quarter of the 21st century
The main focus of this session was on undisciplined clients, the impact of their choices and the changing circumstances in their lives on estate planning, and how to anticipate this in our advisory practices. During this session, the panel thoroughly discussed what the specific role and goal of a private client adviser is when being confronted with clients who live their lives with little or no regard for the legal consequences of their actions on their estate planning.
Incidents are frequent and regulations evolve rapidly.
How should companies that do business internationally track developments, and what is the organisational and compliance standard that stakeholders may expect?
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Oct 29, 2021
This article looks into the recent developments in South Korea on diversity and equality issues, with a focus on sexual harassment, workplace harassment (bullying) and discrimination in the workplace.
Geopolitical developments, environmental changes, macroeconomic conditions and technological developments are all relevant to today’s GCs, not just changes to laws and regulations, and as a consequence, they frequently have disparate teams reporting to them. Our panel of experienced GCs and outside advisors will discuss some of the most important trending developments that affect companies of all sizes, from generative artificial intelligence (AI) to the effects of wars, trade tensions, environmental threats and economic challenges.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Regulating the rapid switch to online working during a pandemic: an overview for the Philippines.
Site visits are frequently used in energy, mining and construction arbitrations and can be an essential evidentiary tool in international arbitrations.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
A webinar presented by the IBA International Construction Projects Committee of the Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL). The construction industry in the Netherlands has been confronted with huge financial setbacks in recent years. This applies in particular to a large number of infrastructure projects...
With the proliferation of international conflicts waged through economic – in addition to conventional – means, sanctions has emerged as an area of legal practice which has changed frequently in recent years and continues to do so. Please join our panel of eminent speakers with diverse interests in the field as they canvass the role of sanctions as non-judicial means of international law enforcement, as well as issues of concern, including the implications of sanctions on access to justice, access to legal representation, and the role of lawyers, business, and the administration of justice during times of conflict.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Jun 05, 2023
This article provides an overview of the China International Commercial Court (CICC) and its ‘one-stop’ platform for diversified international dispute resolution, as well as the new developments and benefits that this brings to users of arbitration in Hong Kong, in particular at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). It begins by introducing the purpose of CICC’s establishment, the composition of the CICC, and the functions of the CICC. It then introduces the significance of the HKIAC’s inclusion into the CICC’s ‘one-stop’ platform, as the HKIAC is the only arbitral institution outside Mainland China to be so included. This article explains the existing mechanisms and practices through which arbitration users in an appropriate Hong Kong-seated arbitration may seek interim relief and enforcement of arbitral awards in Mainland China. Finally, this article explores the potential developments for users through the CICC’s new mechanisms and their likely impact.
As a keen observer of the interconnection of international politics and economics, Marc appears frequently in the financial press and radio – CNBC, CNBC Asia FOX Business, Bloomberg TV, Barron’s, The Financial Times, The Washington Post and more – where he provides his colourful take on the global financial and economic news.
IBA Global Challenges and Opportunities for the Asset Management Industry Conference
By Robert F. Millard. Perceptions on digitalisation survey - Law Firm Management Committee newsletter article, March 2020
The panel will also touch on several frequent issues that arise in connection with slot allocations, slots secondary trading, and review best practices that can be recommended by private practitioners.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Mar 03, 2023
Conference report from a Closely Held Companies’ session at the IBA Annual Conference, Miami, 30 October – 4 November 2022
The first motion will be: ‘this house believes that international arbitral tribunals should rely more frequently on tribunal-appointed experts’ evidence’.
IBA Arb40 Symposium – new horizons in international arbitration
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
In advance of the session (over the course of September/October 2022), The Legal 500, on behalf of the Law Firm Management Committee, will canvass GCs and law firms to gather questions that they want to ask the panel/s about the simple ways that you can lose clients. As a result, the questions we will be asking will be editorially curated by Paul and myself, to give the sessions the right structure, but will be tailored specifically to the audience.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Aug 14, 2023
This article deals with the issue of recovering funds which are lost in connection with cross-border fraud, in particular, through the simultaneous conduct of criminal and civil proceedings, with particular emphasis on the possibility of holding the bank liable.
In Meta’s own words ‘We’re getting rid of a number of restrictions on topics like immigration, gender identity and gender that are the subject of frequent political discourse and debate’, thereby freeing billions of social media users to post a wide array of derogatory remarks on subjects such as race, nationality, ethnic groups, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2025
This article aims to determine how Covid-19 has impacted the real estate sector. Building on existing work on real estate and technology, it asks: To what extent has the Covid-19 pandemic affected the industry’s intention to digitise processes? Has technology adoption sped up or slowed down?
In light of the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, many have asked whether the world is living through a second Nuremberg moment.
This session provides a once in a lifetime opportunity to ask one of last living witnesses of that crucial time in history his views about the implications of the current moment for the international legal order, and where we should go from here.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
In this webinar speakers from selected jurisdictions will discuss the actual and expected effects of the virus on M&A transactions.
Investor-State tribunals have frequently allowed claims by foreign shareholders to recover the loss in the value of the shares of a company affected by measures implemented by the host State in which they held an interest.
IBA Arb40 Symposium - The continuous pursuit of legitimisation and optimisation of international arbitration
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Although it could be said that most disputes are settled through direct conversations between principals, as opposed to formally starting lawsuits or arbitration proceedings, we will also aim to discuss problems between parties where claims are more commonplace and frequently contested or challenged, including: post-closing indemnification, purchase price adjustments, concerns about escrow agreements and possible sums that may be retained.
Mergers and acquisitions in Latin America
Mar 20, 2026
According to a 2025 YouGov poll, trust in UK democracy remains worryingly low, with only 14 per cent of respondents saying that they trust elected representatives and just 18 per cent agreeing that funding of, and spending by, parties is open and transparent. The rising size of donations and the vulnerability of the democratic system to foreign influence has challenged the integrity of UK elections.
Dress code: Cocktail
Gentlemen are kindly asked to wear a jacket and tie.
2nd Annual IBA Asset Recovery Conference
With legal professional privilege a topic of daily debate – and often critical importance – does the English Court of Appeal decision in SFO v ENRC represent a step forward for privilege or a missed chance? The writer argues that the answer is probably ‘a little of each’! With the continuing significance of English common law decisions for a wide range of jurisdictions, the judgment deserves careful attention. The law remains in a state of flux, and the decision also offers thoughts on whether Three Rivers
A fast-moving, jurisdiction-spanning tour of developments including: the expanding landscape of cross-border disputes; funding the flight; regulatory scrutiny; courts under pressure and their solutions; forum competition and collaboration; procedural innovations; how litigators are navigating the thickets that digital communications created; and how litigations are balancing freedom of information and public interest with confidentiality and data protection, helping ask what they need to prepare for.
IBA Annual Litigation Forum - The world has lost its compass: we need to talk about litigators!
The latest HRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor covers: Freedom of assembly in Hong Kong and the US, tensions along state borders impacting migrant and refugee communities and the effect of inaccessible information on people with disabilities during the pandemic.
She appears regularly as a commentator on national and worldwide television networks, and is a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines.
Kerry served as Chair of the Amnesty International USA Leadership Council for over a decade.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Jun 11, 2024
Globalisation has fundamentally accelerated and altered business transactions. The search for low labour costs and cheap raw materials has led to a proliferation of international transactions and large international law firms are being called on to participate in complex transactions generally and help businesses tap into sources of finance around the world for investment.
The panel will present a list for discussion with delegates, who are asked to bring tales of their friends’ unsuccessful cases to this session.
8th Biennial Conference on Construction Projects from Conception to Completion
Covid-19 has put the doctrine of change of circumstances in contract law at the centre of the debate. The European picture is divided in terms of legislative or case law regulation. Reliance on legislation or case law on this matter might prove to be insufficient to protect the interests of the parties in times of crisis
Oct 14, 2022
This paper was given at the 23rd Annual IBA Arbitration Day in 2022 which considered new and novel ideas for the practice of arbitration. It equates the role of a tribunal in an arbitration to that of the conductor of an orchestra, noting that it is the conductor who unifies the different sections of the orchestra to achieve harmony. By focusing on the role played by tribunals, the paper considers radical ideas to improve the services provided by arbitrators to the users of arbitration. The first innovation debated is the creation of an Arbitrator Academy to teach those necessary skills required by an arbitrator which are not typically learnt as counsel. The paper then turns to acknowledge the importance of appraisals for professionals and considers whether arbitrators would benefit from receiving appraisals and, if so, how appraisals could be given to arbitrators. The paper then considers the utility of peer-to-peer coaching and whether it would be helpful to aspiring and experienced arbitrators before finally considering the importance of cognitive diversity in tribunal deliberations.
RIA will engage directly with participants through real-time Q&A on the floor. Attendees may ask questions across law, technology, ethics, regulation, AI governance, the future of work, or anything else on their minds.
IBA India Technology Law Symposium: disruptive technology and digital transformation in modern day India
Oct 08, 2020
IBA Global Insight October/November 2020: George Bizos, famously known as Nelson Mandela’s lifelong friend and lawyer, has died in Johannesburg aged 92. He was a junior advocate on the illustrious team of lawyers that defended Mandela in the Rivonia trial that saw him sentenced to life in prison.
In addressing these questions, we will ask our speakers to discuss current trends and practical lessons learned from cases they have encountered.
30th Annual International Private Client Tax Conference: transforming (un)expected challenges into opportunities for the next 30 years
In the face of the global ecological crisis, the financial industry is looking for ways to support initiatives for sustainable growth. Banks are more and more actively granting loans that motivate borrowers to step up such measures and 2019 was a breakthrough year for sustainable debt. What really is sustainable debt and how does it differ from other green financing products? Does it have a potential to become a mainstream product despite the pandemic?
Based on experience, panellists will compare and contrast ethical, legal and practical challenges and how they were overcome, with a focus on cross-border situations. The audience will be asked to reflect on its own experience in seeking to ensure the robustness of the investigation process.
27th Annual Transnational Crime Conference
IBA Global Insight April/May 2017 - Once a Cold War flashpoint, Cuba has moved from economic and diplomatic isolation to open up its markets to foreign investment. The thawing of relations with the United States is fuelling expectations – but lack of legal certainty and the prospect of a hard line under President Trump mean caution is still advisable.
This panel is going to look for best solutions available in all phases of the dealmaking process, from pre-signing to post-closing. We will ask questions, such as how to bridge the valuation gap and manage other target risks, on-source financing creatively, prepare the deal terms and process to address regulatory risks and hurdles, and turn uncertainty into opportunity.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
If being dropped off , please ask the driver to drop off near the Hard Rock Cafe in the back of Bayside Marketplace.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
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