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May 01, 2025
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2025, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) is co-sponsoring a public demonstration in London to shine a spotlight on the prolonged imprisonment of Dawit Isaak – a Swedish-Eritrean journalist who has been…
The session should focus on the most effective tools to detect and prosecute cartel conduct including an effective leniency regime and the interplay between criminal and civil sanctions and effective enforcement.
Speakers will share experiences, risks and practical guidance on how to detect and manage cartel cases from different perspectives.
Competition Law in Africa Conference: regulatory developments and enforcement trends across the continent
President Xi’s China is now a major player at the United Nations, supporting peacekeeping operations and emphasising global cooperation to protect human rights. But there are fears that China’s more active role could erode multilateral intervention and even lead to the demise of international human rights laws.
PFAS, often dubbed ‘forever chemicals,’ are at the centre of an escalating global legal and regulatory storm. Litigation and enforcement actions are intensifying across jurisdictions, with landmark cases shaping the future of corporate liability, environmental remediation and consumer protection. This session brings together leading practitioners and experts at the forefront of PFAS matters to explore the trajectory of PFAS-related disputes, emerging trends in mass litigation and the implications for businesses and governments worldwide. Join the panel for a deep dive into where the next wave of PFAS actions might take us and what strategies are evolving to navigate these darker waters.
Biennial Conference of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL)
May 20, 2025
An insightful discussion with Imbi Jürgen
With increasing longevity and rising retirement ages, modern workplaces are witnessing a diverse mix of generations – each with unique expectations and values. This session will explore how employers can effectively navigate the recruitment and retention of multi-generational workers while preserving their organisational culture. Discover strategies to harness the advantages of a diverse workforce and proactively address the expectations of different generations. Additionally, this session will consider pertinent topics, such as the right to disconnect and how to manage generational differences.
Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2024
May 22, 2025
The International Bar Association (IBA) Legal Policy & Research Unit (LPRU) has released the latest instalment of its Inspirational Legal Women podcast series, featuring Imbi Jürgen, the Vice-President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) and…
Topic one: Shortage of drugs
Moderators
María Alonso Lilly Spain, Madrid
Camilla Appelgren Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm
Ruta Pumputiene Ellex Valiunas, Lithuania
Topic two: The current surge and challenges of digital therapeutics
Moderators
Adem Koyuncu Covington, Brussels
Elisa Stefanini Portolano Cavallo, Milan
Cécile Théard-Jallu De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, Paris
Topic three: Financing of advanced new therapies
Moderators
Mireia Castro Novartis Spain, Barcelona
Alfonso Gallego Pfizer, Madrid
Topic four: E-commerce of medicinal products: Global freedom or national restrictions?
Moderators
José Fernández Rañada Garrigues, Madrid
Markus Schott Bär & Karrer, Zurich
Dr Katharina Wodarz Raue, Berlin
Topic five: Product liability and medical devices
Moderators
Manuel Durães Rocha Abreu Advogados, Lisbon
Monika Gattiker Lanter, Zurich
Topic six: Gene therapies and orphan drugs - regulatory status and reimbursement
Moderators
Henar Álvarez Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Madrid
Ariadna Padilla Takeda, Madrid
Topic seven: Re-labelling repackaging and parallel import of medical devices and pharmaceuticals
Moderators
Maria Cedó Esteve, Barcelona
Janine Demont-Reudt Niederer Kraft Frey, Zurich
Miguel Ángel Galve ex GC of Elanco, Madrid
Topic eight: Human research – big data and secondary use of data
Moderators
Beatriz Cocina Arrieta Uria Menendez, Madrid
Ioanna Michalopoulou Michalopoulou & Associates, Athens
Lincoln Tsang Ropes & Gray, London
Topic nine: Deal structures of life sciences transactions
Moderators
Gustavo Alcocer Lugo Olivares, México City
Elazar Stein Medison Pharma, Petach Tikva and Zug, Israel
Emmanuelle Trombe McDermott, Will & Emery, Paris
Topic ten: Interplay between regulation and intellectual property - review of Bolar exemption
Moderators
Rais Amils Pérez Llorca, Madrid
Özge Atilgan Karakulak Gün + Partners, Istanbul
Martin Dræbye Gantzhorn Bech-Bruun, Copenhagen
Topic eleven: Artificial intelligence and life sciences
Moderators
James Gallagher Mason Hayes & Curran, Dublin
Njeri Mutura Microsoft, Irvine, California
Josefine Sommer Sidley Austin LLP, Brussels
Topic twelve: Trade secrets / confidentiality in R&D collaborations
Moderators
Dr Hussein Akhavannik Blank Rome, Washington, District of Columbia
Maarten Schut Kennedy Van der Laan, Amsterdam
Topic thirteen: Recent landscape on foreign direct investment in medtech/pharma
Moderators
Per Lagerkvist MAQS, Stockholm
Irene Fernández Puyol Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid
Topic fourteen: Unified patent court – takeaways from the first year
Moderators
Morten Bruus Accura, Copenhagen
Francine Le Péchon-Joubert De Gaulle Fleurance, Paris
Hanna Tilus Cirio, Stockholm
Topic fifteen: Pharmaceuticals disparagement cases –Interactions with HCPs and regulators from a competition law perspective
Moderators
Luis Alcover Faus Moliner, Barcelona
Moisés Ramírez GSK Spain, Madrid
Anders Thue Simonsen Vogt Wiig, Oslo
Topic sixteen: Advertising pharmaceuticals - old law for modern information needs
Moderators
Ariadna Casanueva Cuatrecasas, Barcelona
Viviana Cervieri Cervieri Monsuárez, Montevideo
Celine Weber Walder Wyss, Zurich
Topic seventeen: Securing innovation: Tackling the 21st century epidemic of counterfeiting and intellectual property piracy
Moderators
Francisco Javier García Uría Menéndez, Barcelona
Jason Jardine Knobbe Martens, San Diego, California
Luis Ruiz BPL, Guatemala City
10th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference
Jan 28, 2026
In November 2025, the Supreme Court of India closed one of India’s most complex and long-running bank fraud matters involving the Sterling Biotech group. This article focuses on what the judgment means practically for boards and senior management when dealing with large, multi-agency financial disputes.
This session will provide a unique opportunity to witness and question the negotiation positions, perspectives and alternatives of M&A counsel from several jurisdictions as they work to develop the best deal available, thus highlighting key strategies and pitfalls to avoid.
Asia Pacific Mergers & Acquisitions Conference
May 29, 2025
Many lawyers feel uncomfortable with the word ‘sales’. The idea of pitching, persuading or promoting can feel unnatural. And it’s no wonder – multiple studies show that salespeople are widely perceived as untrustworthy, and lawyers aren’t rated much higher. The encouraging part, though, is that great lawyers already apply the core principles of good sales. The real shift is in mindset: moving from ‘selling’ to consultative relationship-building – something most great lawyers are already doing when supporting their clients.
• What are the experiences of pan-African law fi rms thus far?
Biennial IBA African Regional Forum Conference: future-proofing the African legal profession
Dec 15, 2020
This session examines what has led to a crisis in attorney wellbeing and launches the IBA Presidential Taskforce, which aims to help tackle the root causes. During the session, Steven Richman of Clark Hill, Deborah Enix-Ross of Debevoise & Plimpton and Sara Carnegie, Director of the IBA Legal Policy and Research Unit, posed the questions explored by the panel.
Their behaviour may be subject to the bar rules of their home jurisdictions, but not all representatives are members of a bar and not all bar rules are applicable to arbitration proceedings conducted in a foreign jurisdiction. Thus, counsel acting in the same case might not be subject to the same rules of conduct, potentially creating an unlevel playing field when it comes to possible sanctions for misconduct.
IBA APAG Event: Exploring the use of IBA Rules and Guidelines in Asia and the rise of artificial intelligence in international arbitration
Developments in executive compensation have resulted in more legislation and regulations on executive pay being introduced over the past two decades than in the previous 150 years. Ever since the last financial crisis, executive compensation has remained high on the agenda of many authorities. When there are concerns about executive remuneration, legislators first of all try to find the remedy through increasing the level of transparency. Such a transparency measure, currently favoured by various countries
For example, as one court noted, an ‘earn-out provision converts today’s disagreement over price into tomorrow’s litigation over the outcome’. The panel will thus also dig into how to draft and negotiate these necessary, but hazardous, tools.
11th IBA European Corporate and Private M&A Conference
Apr 23, 2025
Arriving in Budapest, I was excited to join my first IBA European Regional Forum (ERF) retreat as a council member. Bringing together over 50 officers, council members and Advisory Board members, this was a great (and slightly daunting!) opportunity to immerse myself in the ERF and find out more about their current and upcoming projects.
The rationale behind this can vary, but no matter what the reason, there is one common trait: the perpetrator wants to keep the profit. Thus, sophisticated individuals prepare the schemes in advance, across more than one jurisdiction, while betting on the likelihood that the victims won’t be able to seek justice due to lack of funds.
IBA Asset Recovery Conference
Apr 23, 2025
We were happy to see 110 participants in Munich on 27 March, in the unique location of Upside East for a day of discussions concerning the very challenging times that the automotive industry is now facing. Attendees had a chance to ease into the conference at the welcome cocktail which took place the evening before and it was good to see many familiar faces showing that the conference is becoming a familiar item on the IBA calendar.
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?
18th Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference
Jul 18, 2023
A report of the 25th Transnational Crime Conference, held 3–5 May 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Large-scale storage can also enhance grid reliability by acting as a reserve that can quickly respond to sudden changes in energy supply or demand, filling gaps and preventing blackouts, thus reducing the need for fossil fuel-based peaking plants, which are often used to meet demand spikes but are less environmentally friendly.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Jan 28, 2026
This article reflects on the highlights of the IBA Annual Conference in Toronto for the Criminal Law Section. This included panels on the impact of INTERPOL red notices, misconduct against corporates, investigative journalism, and more!
The focus of this session will be on the practical ways in which lawyers can integrate Sustainable Development Goal One into their legal practices. Thus, the panel will discuss how to empower the most vulnerable through promoting and seeking the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal One through advocacy, reform, and practice.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
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.
Similarly, in the Petrobras case, the Department of Justice publicly praised the assistance of its Brazilian law enforcement counterparts. It is thus predictable that many future international corruption cases likewise will be resolved using cross-border cooperation.
18th Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference
Jan 27, 2025
A report on the panel session ‘To list, to sell or to flip to the US: sucessful exist methods in Europe’. Participants discussed recent challenges in the initial public offerings market, the ‘dual-track’ strategy and the role of legal advisors among other interesting points.
Our speakers, focusing primarily on accountability efforts in and for Ukraine, Syria, and Myanmar, will provide critical insights of efforts thus far. How truly innovative are these new entities and recent approaches been?
IBA War Crimes Committee Conference 2023: Pursuing justice in a world on fire
Jan 12, 2024
On the afternoon of Thursday 2 November 2023, at the IBA Annual Conference in Paris, the European Regional Forum lead the organisation of the automotive session titled ‘The European automotive and mobility service industry: transformation and revolution’. Contrary to its title the panellists came from different areas of the world, including Europe, India, Mexico and South Korea. During the session, panellists discussed issues relating to data privacy, developments concerning autonomous vehicles, the future of electric vehicles and more.
Jul 14, 2024
The European Fashion and Luxury Law Conference, meticulously organised by the European Regional Forum (ERF) of the International Bar Association (IBA) in Milan on 23 April 2024, was a resounding success. The event, which was fully booked, showcased a remarkable assembly of speakers, each highly esteemed within the industry. These speakers brought with them a wealth of knowledge and expertise, which they shared across a series of discussions and presentations.
Lots of jurisdiction provide for tax incentives related to research and development (R&D) but also for tax exemption regimes available sometimes for many years, which, in practice, may trigger heavy tax audits on the tax incentive regimes thus granted. Therefore, this panel will discuss such issues as practical considerations that star-up founders and institutional investors should be aware of from the perspective of practitioners in multiple jurisdictions.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Nov 14, 2024
A session report from the diversity and inclusion session at the IBA Annual Conference in Mexico City.
While women law firm leaders and women lawyers need to work towards achieving greater gender parity, they are keenly aware of the challenges they face and what needs to be done to have an increasingly levelled playing field. Thus, having women discuss these matters solely amongst themselves is like preaching to the choir.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Nov 14, 2024
A session report from the diversity and inclusion session at the IBA Annual Conference in Mexico City.
Apr 23, 2025
This year brought a slight change in how we approached our Big Retreat. The Officers’ Retreat and the Council Members’ Retreat were joined into a single event which took place in Budapest at the start of March 2025. Our Senior Vice Chair, Viktória Szilágyi from Lakatos Köves and Partners, carried out the work as this year’s gracious host and needed to accommodate such a large crowd with a full schedule. She certainly lived up to it!
The attendees are invited to read the materials in advance, to acquaint themselves with the case and thus follow the seminar more effectively.
The session will start with the panel (formed of experts in damage valuation and barristers/lawyers) conducting a mock cross-examination of expert witnesses, before providing advice on the dos and don’ts and discussing differences between expert witness examination methods in different jurisdictions.
IBA Annual Litigation Forum: Litigation in the digital era - challenges and opportunities
Jul 14, 2024
Innovation was the leading topic at the 4th European Automotive and Mobility Services Conference convened on 14 March 2024. Nearly 100 delegates gathered at Upper East, a unique venue boasting an industrial chic vibe on the 9th and 10th floors, located behind Ostbahnhof station.
It is surely incumbent on the legal regulator to ensure that all citizens have access to a lawyer and therefore is there a role for regulators to address the development of 'legal deserts' and thus improve people's access to justice.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Jan 12, 2024
In this session, Antonia Verna and Pavla Prikrylova presented the European Regional Forum Diversity & Inclusion Working Party with the Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit for Lawyers. The Toolkit was developed by the International Bar Association (IBA) to provide law firms with an action plan to embed the core principles of diversity and inclusion into their organisations.
The law firms are employing strategies aimed at steering against this development but with limited success, thus far. We will explore the drivers behind women leaving before being promoted and which changes can be implemented to encourage women to remain in the law practice.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
May 21, 2024
The 26th Transnational Crime Conference, which took place between 8–10 May 2024 in Milan, Italy, was a resounding success. In fact, it has become the most well-attended international criminal law conference in the IBA’s history!
Sep 07, 2022
The panel on digital assets at the 37th International Financial Law Conference in Venice was co-chaired by Dirk Bliesener, Vice-Chair of the IBA Banking Law Committee and partner at Hengeler Mueller in Frankfurt, and Benjamin Leisinger, member of the IBA Securities Law Committee and partner at Homburger in Zurich. It began by examining some of the fundamentals of crypto markets and the different asset standards.
This session will report on the work of the task force responsible and their progress thus far with a panel of distinguished speakers who will survey the landscape of digital service across the world and comment on the results collated.
IBA Annual Conference Copenhagen 2026
With the ushering in of South Africa's Companies Act 71 2008 came innovative rules with provisions that are somewhat difficult to understand. Some of the puzzling and mysterious provisions that formed part of Act 71 were corrected through the Companies Amendment Act 3 2011. The aim of this article is to explain the provisions and effects of section 136(2) of the 2008 Act and section 87 of the Amendment Act. Both these sections relate to alteration of agreements.
Furthermore, the panel will tackle how Saudi lawyers are trained and the legal profession is regulated including through the Saudi Bar Association, and the route to becoming a lawyer in the KSA. We’ll thus also cover the key legal players in KSA and in the region.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Apr 22, 2022
The panel at this conference session discussed the death of holding companies. Rhe speakers discussed what has been driving the attack on the use of holding companies, and then focused on the following three areas: (1) the Denmark cases; (2) the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive 3 (ATAD 3); and (3) Pillar 2.
Oct 21, 2022
Neither investment arbitration nor international commercial arbitration are isolated from the phenomenon of corruption as a repeated but globally sanctioned conduct. Considering this, allegations of corruption may arise in the context of a dispute in both areas. The purpose of this article is to contrast the treatment given to such allegations, including the sanctioning of corruption by arbitrators, which is clearly determined by the specificities of each of these mechanisms, as well as by the nature of the disputes addressed.
May 17, 2023
The pandemic, political disruptions and increasing financing costs had and have a significant impact on the real estate market. At the same time, new tax rules have created further challenges for planning cross-border real estate investments. This session provided an overview of the recent developments regarding the relevant tax rules and the opportunities and constraints resulting therefrom, including the latest developments under the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS (MLI), the upcoming third EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, the United States Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act regulations, the interpretation of the Swiss Treaty Law on sales of real estate investment companies and similar Italian and Finnish legislation related to the MLI.
Feb 28, 2023
A report on a session at the Taxation Section at the 12th Annual London Finance and Capital Markets Conference in London, covering Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Dec 20, 2023
This article analyses the changes and innovations brought about by the recent Cartabia Reform with respect to arbitrators’ precautionary powers in Italian law. The analysis begins with a broader overview of the precautionary powers conferred on arbitrators by international institutions and foreign jurisdictions. It then focuses in more detail on Italian case law, analysing the traditional orientation and then delving into the change of approach.
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.
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