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Jul 13, 2022
In this Global Insight interview, Martyn Day, co-founder of law firm Leigh Day, reflects on some of the most important cases he’s been involved in, including taking on the UK Ministry of Defence over allegations of British Army mistreatment of civilians and detainees – themes once again in the spotlight with news of SAS activity in Afghanistan.
Pricing, billing and collections are not seen as an attractive part
of the practice of law. Many lawyers, including many partners,
shy away from getting involved in the ‘business aspects’ of the
practice of law. However, financial hygiene, getting the pricing
right, getting the billing right and ensuring cash is collected, are
critical to the success of any law firm and are ultimately jobs that all
partners need to pay attention to. It is also important that law
firms put in place the right mechanisms to ensure the burden
on partners is not too great and/or using too much of their
time. Striking the balance whilst underscoring the importance of
financial hygiene is the topic of this session.
6th Asia Law Firm Management Roundtable: Is your firm 'fit for the future'?
Membership of the Forum is open to judges of all levels of court and seniority, whether exercising general or special jurisdiction, and including part-time retired judges. It is hoped that members of the IBA who have been active in its committees and constituents while in practice as lawyers will find in the Judges' Forum an additional means of maintaining their involvement after appointment or election to the Bench.
The activities of the Forum are normally concentrated on organisation of sessions at the Annual Conferences of the IBA. It has been the practice in recent years for those sessions to be co-sponsored with other IBA committees and constituents, dealing with subjects of mutual interest such as litigation, education, ethics and elimination of bias. The Forum also produces an ad hoc newsletter; contributions are encouraged.
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused governments the world over to implement schemes to avoid mass unemployment during periods of economic shutdown. Margaret Taylor assesses the programmes in place across a number of jurisdictions and the consequences as these schemes wind down.
The independence of lawyers and free exercise of the legal profession is under threat around the world. Lawyers are subject to attacks and violations of their rights in staggering numbers. This panel will examine relevant protections in place for lawyers, the gaps and failures in their enforcement, and how to make improvements moving forward. We’ll hear from lawyers who have been politically targeted, persecuted and arbitrarily detained as consequence of their legal representation or advocacy. We’ll also hear from experts who are committed and mandated to protect the independence of lawyers.
IBA Human Rights Conference: Climate, justice and law - challenges and opportunities
The Insolvency Section is a network of leading lawyers, judges, and academics from restructuring, insolvency, and creditors' rights law. With over 30 years of experience, we play a pivotal role in the development and reform of international insolvency law. We shape global frameworks by sending expert delegates to leading organisations, such as the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the World Bank.
The Section represents high standards in the field, giving members opportunities to connect, contribute, and lead globally. Members benefit from cross-referral opportunities, involvement in law reform initiatives, and access to the Insolvency and Restructuring International journal. Our conferences bring together experts to exchange ideas, collaborate, and shape the future of insolvency practice.
Sep 24, 2025
This article describes the recent changes in employment laws in Ukraine regarding non-discrimination rules during recruitment, in particular in the field of job advertising. It also examines the relevant legislation’s alignment with Ukraine’s EU integration objectives and existing national legal frameworks.
After briefly surveying the latest major evolutions in European competition law practice, this panel will drill down into the line-by-line challenges of negotiating antitrust conditions precedent, cooperation and calendar provisions (including drop dead and filing dates) as well as risk sharing arrangements (including varieties of hell or high-water clauses, agreed remedies and reverse break fees).
11th IBA European Corporate and Private M&A Conference
The Asia Pacific Forum offers fantastic opportunities to establish contact with legal experts in and outside of the region, practising in many different areas of law, and to keep abreast of legal business developments in the region.
In addition to offering an unrivalled opportunity to establish contact among lawyers within and outside the region, and with acknowledged experts on different areas of law, specialist Forum activities provide an unparalleled opportunity to keep abreast of legal business developments in the region. Members also benefit from excellent working relations with national Bars, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association and LAWASIA.
Oct 17, 2022
On 1–2 September 2022, members of parliament, trade union figures and council officials, to name a few, came together to work constructively on the challenges and opportunities facing Australia’s labour market and economy. This is notably in the wake of the global economies recovery post-pandemic, where states and countries alike have turned to an imminent focus on the workforce to rebuild their economic shortfalls caused by the enormous effects of border closures and isolation orders on the workforce and key industries. This article explores a variety of outcomes, as a result of the consensus reached at the Summit.
Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2025
The Arab Regional Forum provides lawyers active in, or with an interest in the region, with a means to establish contact and exchange information with each other. A particular focus of interest is the continuing economic importance of the region, including reconstruction and investment projects following peace initiatives.
Apr 20, 2023
Despite their higher frequency in tertiary education, women face great challenges in securing management positions. Numerous studies have reported how invisible barriers, such as unconscious bias, are responsible for perpetuating the workplace gender gap.
It has been said that there are basically three types of practice orientation: (1) the legal technical approach (2) the wise advisor (3) the lawyer with a high moral purpose as guided by the lawyers' conscience. It has been well recognised that the solution to the social challenges which intersect poverty such as migration climate change and wealth inequality must involve a lawyer’s commitment to a high moral imperative. This requires that that the lawyer approach legal problem-solving guided by such purpose.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
The Aviation Law Committee is concerned with several major areas of law. Aircraft transactions and financing are always a major interest. The Committee also follows developments of international law with respect to airlines in both economic and tort areas, and also focuses on competition issues related to aviation.
The Committee provides an opportunity not only to contribute to the development of aviation law but also to make useful contacts with aviation attorneys from all over the world. This is particularly important in an international industry such as aviation, where attorneys are required to deal with aviation attorneys in other countries on a regular basis.
Jan 31, 2022
A new report from the International Bar Association (IBA) has revealed that of 3,000 young lawyers – defined as aged 40 and under – surveyed around the world, a significant number of them are either leaving or considering leaving their current job in the next five years.
Valentino partnered with UNXO to opening doors to never-before-seen digital and physical hybrid experiences.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The topics and problems covered by the Product Law and Advertising Committee are regularly part of and interlinked with bigger issues related to the international trade of goods and services in a globalised economy.
The Committee therefore deals with the legal aspects surrounding the use and safety of products, their presentation as well as advertising.
The main areas of interest are product liability, unfair competition, relevant trade regulation, product safety regulations, consumer law and advertising law. Special areas of interest include online advertising and advertising issues related to the latest technological developments.
Oct 29, 2021
Argentinian national and local authorities, and important civil society actors, take affirmative actions to level the playing field for particular groups that have had difficulties gaining entry to certain sectors of society.
Successful business leaders of today have to be everything, from competitive entrepreneurs to collaborative diplomats; they need to inspire others, convey purpose, preserve values and value, walk the talk and make the right decision quickly based on incomplete information. At the same time, they are confronted with challenges and opportunities that have never been more dynamic or complex. Our moderator will casually discuss with our guest the life of a business leader in the past, the present and the likely future.
12th IBA European Corporate and Private M&A Conference
The War Crimes Committee works to promote justice around the world and uphold the principle of accountability. We focus on atrocity crimes, international criminal law, and practice. We provide a forum for practitioners and scholars, offering reliable resources and a network of contacts in this field. The committee supports international, ad hoc, and domestic war crimes tribunals and collaborates with the IBA Human Rights Institute to promote justice and accountability. We also have a working relationship with the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Committee aims include being a leading professional body for international criminal law, providing valuable resources, and inspiring young lawyers in this area.
Nov 29, 2024
AI, particularly generative AI, has the power to reshape the legal industry by automating repetitive tasks; improving accuracy; and allowing lawyers to focus on higher-value, strategic work. The potential is immense: firms can reduce costs; increase efficiency; and deliver better value to clients – all while driving firm profitability. But what does this shift mean for the largest employment sector for lawyers – firms themselves? Law firms now face a dual challenge: adopting AI to meet client expectations while ensuring junior lawyers are trained and equipped to thrive in an AI-enhanced legal landscape.
In this session, we will explore how to effectively negotiate with employee representatives, the challenges and pitfalls presented in both face-to-face and remote negotiations (taking into consideration different cultures and jurisdictions).
Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference
Welcome to the Water Law Committee online. The Water Law Committee focuses on legal issues associated with water as a critical resource and as a basic need and building block throughout the world. The Committee seeks to promote the active exchange of information and views on the use of water as a limited resource and an infrastructure opportunity, the controversies on water and the governance and business of water. The Water Law Committee is part of the IBA Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law
Mar 27, 2017
Podcast - Trump White House contact with Justice Department breaches ethical rules
‘Russiagate’ – the alleged ties between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign – has prompted growing scrutiny of improper political influence in the United States justice system.
In this panel, we will explore the challenges and potential pitfalls which arise when implementing civil law structures - such as Usufruct, Bewind and Fideicomiso - in common law jurisdictions. Panellists will unpack tax treatment, legal characterisation and ownership issues (during lifetime and after death), pinpointing where multi-jurisdictional mismatches may arise and how to anticipate and manage them. Through case studies, we will also cover reporting and transparency, as well as practical considerations for private client advisers trying to find pragmatic and predictable solutions which work across borders
31st Annual International Private Client Tax Conference
The Committee aims to gather global information on barriers to justice and solutions, focusing on statutory schemes like legal aid. Findings will be shared through reports and events, with all information available on the website for those unable to attend. Acting as a central hub within the IBA, the Committee will coordinate efforts on access to justice and legal aid, collaborating with other committees on joint projects. The IBA’s global reach will support the exchange of best practices, offering valuable insights for jurisdictions facing challenges in maintaining or improving access to justice during times of austerity.
The current era of technology and reachable-everywhere-and-anytime lawyers imposed its rules. This wide adoption of instant messaging in some of the Middle East jurisdictions, including the UAE, has been encouraged and regularized by legislation and court decisions that afforded validity and evidentiary weight to instant messaging and electronic communications on equal footing with conventional means of communication and written documentation.
In the first part of the workshop, delegates will work in roundtable groups to discuss corporate governance and M&A topics including:
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7th Global Entrepreneurship Conference
The Taxes Committee encourages interface between international tax specialists and promotes the building of networks among tax lawyers worldwide to assist them in better serving the interests of their clients. The committee is divided informally into four practice group areas: Income Taxes, Other Taxes, Tax Litigation and Employee Benefits.
Members are encouraged to contribute to the committee newsletter which is published two to three times per year and to present papers at committee conferences and seminars. The committee also offers tax executives a forum, in its Tax Executives group, to exchange expertise and skills with their colleagues in industry on topics of special interest.
Oct 07, 2021
Scholars and practitioners in Romania have debated the possibility of shareholder applying exclusion or squeeze-out mechanisms in respect of shareholders (dormant or not) outside of the situations provided by the country’s Companies Law. This article explores the options.
Access to financing is unreliable and interest rates are high, commodities and product markets are disrupted by war and other geopolitical forces, governments are responding with sanctions and tightened FDI controls, new risks are spreading globally at a high speed.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The Leisure Industries Section started as the Travel Law Section and addressed the needs of travel law practitioners serving the travel industries. It grew to merge with the Tourism and Sports and Gaming sections expanding in its scope to provide a specialist network of professionals in the leisure industries.
The Section recognises that lawyers who work in the leisure industries often practice in one of the more traditional legal fields (aviation, property, finance, maritime, intellectual property, employment, litigation, conflict of laws, consumer law, insurance and trade law). The Section provides a focused forum on issues which emerge due to the greater amount of leisure time available and the increased internationalisation of sports and gaming.
Showcase Session, Vienna 2015 - Business and human rights part 1 with Kofi Annan and John Ruggie
A panel of experts will look at how the current high inflation rates have affected the financing of real estate market, its asset valuation and how real estate companies and clients have to deal with that.
13th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
The Women Lawyers’ Committee (WLC) aspires to empower its 3000 highly valued members from all over the world to engage, network and share knowledge. The committee was originally an interest group which was introduced as an IBA constituent in 1996 to allow efficient global networking of women lawyers.
WLC aims to level the playing field in the legal profession and inspire leaders to work to achieve gender parity. It's 20 committee officers create awareness tools to help the profession achieve this goal, while at the same time facilitate an efficient global network for women lawyers to connect and develop business and expertise, supported by its Advisory board.
We welcome members with all genders and encourage all perspectives and remain a committee dedicated to the cause of women lawyers.
An interview with Justice Quentin Loh of the Singapore High Court.
It is not just about giving them a job and paying them high salaries, it is also about giving them purpose and making them feel they are working for a modern, forward-thinking institution that cares.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
The Mining Law Committee seeks to promote the interchange of information and views, and to advance knowledge among individual members of the committee and others as to laws, practices and procedures affecting all activities concerning minerals and mining throughout the world. The committee is part of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law.
Dr Evelien Bruggeman provides the second instalment of her article on BIM in the Netherlands, addressing the possible use of selection criteria for the BIM component, the award criteria for BIM and in particular the use of a BIM Execution Plan.
This is the Arbitration Committee’s traditional session that looks into the main developments of the year in investment arbitration.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The Committee provides a forum for all international lawyers who are interested in discussing and debating issues affecting the practice of law. In today's world a lawyer may face conflicting duties and the application of professional standards may be far from apparent. The Committee focuses on developments of international significance and seeks active collaboration with other committees and constituents in providing programmes at the IBA conferences.
The Committee works closely with the IBA Standing Committee on Professional Ethics which is concerned with the maintenance and periodical reform of the International Code of Ethics.
The Committee seeks to facilitate relevant networking and information/experience sharing opportunities and encompasses the social and collegial interests of both members and potential members with other regional fora, the Corporate Counsel Forum and the Young Lawyers Committee and all LPD committees in general.
The Class Actions Committee serves as a platform for lawyers to discuss differing class action and collective redress regimes, monitor international developments, and debate key policy and rule of law issues. Class actions are becoming increasingly common, providing access to justice and holding corporations and authorities accountable.
Jurisdictions vary widely in their approaches, with some countries facing fundamental challenges. Global coordination in prosecuting and defending major cases is growing, with fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing being vital. The Committee provides a forum for international lawyers to come together and discuss these differences, as well as network with other professionals within this space.
Personal tales from the wild side part 2: the gang are back with more insights across the globe, focusing on navigating through the Covid-19 crisis and preparing for the new normality. A webinar presented by the IBA Law Firm Management Committee. 9 June 2020, 1300-1415 BST.
- Define your firm’s core strengths and concentrate on the work that aligns with your expertise, profitability, and market demand.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
The Communications Law Committee is a leading global forum for legal practitioners with specialist expertise or interest in the communications sector. The Committee offers members access to a worldwide network of leading practitioners, in-house counsel and regulators active in digital, communications and media markets. We encourage the sharing of sectoral expertise through regular publication of articles, periodic issues of our technical journal, the annual committee conference hosted jointly with IBA Antitrust Section, and specialised sessions at the IBA Annual Conference.
The scope of the Committee’s work covers network, service and content-related developments across all delivery platforms. This provides members with access to practical global perspectives on the array of technological, commercial and policy issues which confront communications lawyers, their companies and clients.
In March 2019, the English High Court ruled that the UK government’s Right to Rent scheme – which obliges landlords and agents to check the immigration status of their tenants – is incompatible with human rights. The ruling adds to the mounting pressure to scrap the scheme.
As the shortage of residential properties increases around the globe, inflation rates have affected interest rates of mortgage loans reducing even more the chance of purchasing real estate. The panel will discuss the challenges of the housing market and the effects of inflation rates on the housing market.
13th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
IBA regional fora represent the interests of members practising in, or with links to, a particular region. They provide networking opportunities, organise conferences or sessions at conferences, and produce publications with regional relevance. One regional forum is included in IBA membership.
Feb 17, 2020
Hina Jilani is a lawyer and human rights defender based in Pakistan. She is also a member of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, an independent body that was convened at the request of the UK and Canadian governments.
Ruth Green, IBA Multimedia Journalist, spoke to Hina Jilani about her involvement in the panel, blasphemy law and the criminalisation of hate speech, targeted attacks on human right lawyers, the Lawyers' Movement of 2007, and more.
This panel will address the complexities associated with incapacity for high net worth individuals in the cross-border context.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The GEI, formed in 2010, provides a global approach to legal issues in human resources and human capital for multinationals. GEI collaborates with the Employment, Discrimination and Equality Law Committee and Immigration Law Committee to form the Human Resources Section. GEI members offer expert advice on global HR, discrimination, and immigration issues, enhancing organisations' performance and best practices. Activities include reports, research, commentary on legislation, training, and organising conferences. With leading global labour and employment practitioners, GEI is becoming a leading authority on global HR issues. Membership offers valuable resources and insights.
How are counsel advising businesses to ensure compliance with an ever-changing context, with antitrust laws constantly evolving, with regulatory and/or political changes affecting antitrust enforcement in different jurisdictions, as well as the increase in the introduction and sophistication of different technologies, creation and management of documents (including ephemeral communications platforms), and legal privilege issues.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
The Indigenous Peoples Committee addresses development issues affecting land and people from the legal perspective of those impacted, rather than developers, governments, or businesses. The committee aims to enhance communication among lawyers worldwide on issues concerning indigenous peoples, and establish links with organisations like the UN Sub-Committee on Indigenous Peoples and the World Bank. The Committee plans to publish a regular newsletter and is seeking an editor, along with volunteers, particularly from outside Canada. To reduce travel costs, the committee will utilise e-communication to advance its projects, programs, and publications.
Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, was the interviewee for a wide-ranging IBA webcast and Q&A, broadcast on Friday 30 May 2014 as part of the IBA's webcast series.
A South African of Indian Tamil origin, Ms Pillay served as the first non-white female judge of the High Court of South Africa and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda before taking up her post at the UN in 2008.
In 2022 many countries adopted ambitious and generous strategies to scale-up renewable energy capacity, through a combination of funding or offtake programs to rapidly build-out renewable power production or to expand domestic manufacturing capacity and supply chains and access to components and raw materials. The programmes were often taken to address energy price inflation and volatility or in response to perceived threats to national security due to armed conflicts and natural disasters. What were these legal regimes? What is the impact a year later? Have projects advanced towards energy justice (the goal of achieving equity in both the social and economic participation in the energy system)?
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Insurance is present in every facet of commercial, industrial and private life. Lawyers practising in many different fields encounter insurance and its problems and can greatly benefit from the knowledge which membership of this Committee provides.
The Committee aims to provide its members, and the Division as a whole, with information about developments in insurance and reinsurance law and markets throughout the world as well as with specialist knowledge to assist in the efficient solution of practical insurance problems. New insurance products are also brought to the attention of members.
Feb 17, 2020
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is Director of the IBAHRI, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers and a member of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, an independent body that was convened at the request of the UK and Canadian governments.
Baroness Kennedy spoke to Ruth Green, IBA Multimedia Journalist, about the IBAHRI's role as Secretariat for the project and the importance of protecting media freedom alongside other fundamental freedoms.
The African Regional Forum aims to enhance the value and significance of the International Bar Association (IBA) by addressing issues unique to African lawyers. The Forum focuses on cooperation with bar associations, supporting legal development, and promoting IBA participation across Africa. We organise regional conferences, workshops, and seminars to foster specialisation and partnerships within the legal profession. The Forum also works to educate about legal rights, strengthen sub-regional bars, and facilitate exchanges between developed and developing bars. We play a crucial role in training, legal reforms, and fostering collaboration with government and other regional fora.
Jun 12, 2020
In late March, the Guatemalan government introduced a Covid-19 alert app, called Alerta Guate. Privacy concerns mounted quickly. For example, the app’s privacy policy allows for user data to be held for up to ten years, far beyond the likely duration of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Construction disputes often include many low value claims (eg, low value variations which are disputed in principle and/or quantum). Addressing them like other claims risks disproportionate costs. What are the options for addressing such claims (eg, sampling)? The panel will produce a menu of options and debate their advantages and disadvantages.
8th Biennial Conference on Construction Projects from Conception to Completion
The Antitrust Section provides an international forum for thought leadership with respect to antitrust law developments and the profession through submissions to competition agencies, training programs/missions, developing the law through our conferences, publications, and interaction with antitrust enforcement authorities and the profession.
In addition, there is a strong commitment to bring together international practitioners to facilitate closer working relationships. The Section is increasingly relied upon by government officials and members of the private sector for its expertise and practical input into antitrust developments, including through its Working Group submissions.
The UK government is under pressure to pass legislation that would impose a time limit on immigration detention as several reports highlight serious failings in the country’s immigration system.
There is hardly a jurisdiction or region of the world that has not kicked into high gear enacting new regulation and enforcing old regulations for environmental protections, consumer rights, global trade, product safety, marketing, labor laws and human rights at a time when customers are dialing back their spending and capital is increasingly constrained.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee focuses on all legal aspects pertaining to art, artists, the art market and cultural heritage. The Committee’s interest extends from antiquities all the way to contemporary and ultra-contemporary works of art.
With members from over 50 countries - including experts in museums, galleries, auction houses, and cultural heritage protection - the Committee fosters communication among legal professionals on all matters involving Art and Cultural Property Law. Our goal is to establish a worldwide network of Art and Cultural Property lawyers with information and discussion links to relevant NGOs, institutes of art law, and governmental organisations.
An article discussing the legal advice surrounding the following UK government lockdown guidance: ‘Where parents do not live in the same household, children under 18 can be moved between their parents’ homes’.
The Negligence and Damages Committee has the object of providing information from a range of jurisdictions worldwide. Participants will gain practical knowledge which will enable them to deliver a better service to clients in their own jurisdiction. Equally, when consulted by clients who were injured in other jurisdictions, on ships, on aircraft or elsewhere, the committee activities provide information and networking opportunities with colleagues which will enable lawyers to undertake such cases on an international basis.
Negligence and Damages are evolving fields of law in many jurisdictions. The committee seeks to equip its members with the ability to understand and influence these changes in the legal environment.
Jun 18, 2020
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, with governments adopting unprecedented technologically driven measures to deal with the emergency, the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Legal Policy & Research Unit (LPRU) and the IBA Business Human Rights Committee have published Digital contact tracing for the Covid-19 epidemic: a business and human rights perspective.
Experience Milan from an extraordinary perspective with an exclusive rooftop walk above the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. This unique tour takes you high above the city, offering a close-up view of the Galleria’s majestic dome and a breathtaking panorama of Milan’s skyline.
9th Global Entrepreneurship Conference
The mission of the Committee is to address issues of particular interest to start ups, owner-managed, closely held and family businesses and their legal advisors, and to organisations with ambitions for growth. The Committee's aim is to provide a focus for the different needs of ownership, management and financing of such organisations. Particular focus is placed on: management and ownership issues, finance and the raising of tier one and two capital, shareholder issues and agreements, business succession plans, exit planning, relationships with outside investors, protection of minority interests, dispute monitoring and resolution, the role of professionals in management and advisory roles and relevant issues arising from tax, employment, real estate, estate planning and family law.
During the Emirates-wide strict lockdown implemented in Dubai, the Courts in Dubai suspended divorce and marriages until further notice.
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
Very few legal fields face the revolutionary changes that employment and industrial relations laws do. Issues such as technology, human rights, globalisation, corporate citizenship and increased movements of people have created unprecedented legal complexity as they interact with traditional laws often formulated decades ago. As the largest of the Human Resource Section Committees of the IBA, the purpose of the Committee is the identification, technical analysis and proactive management of national, regional and global developments in these rapidly evolving fields. The Committee takes a ‘cutting edge’ approach to its selection of topics and speakers and draws upon the combined experience of its officers and panellists to present the members with innovative solutions to the employment law problems of today.
A webinar presented by the IBA Legal Policy and Research Unit and IBA Business Human Rights Committee, 25 June 2020, 1300-1400 BST.
In a context of increasing global mobility and tax competition, several jurisdictions have introduced preferential regimes to attract high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), digital nomads, and internationally mobile professionals. At the same time, the debate around a global minimum wealth tax, particularly targeting ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs), has gained momentum in international fora.
The Forum for Barristers and Advocates represents Bar Associations whose members practice as independent referral practitioners in jurisdictions with a divided legal profession. Formed by Bar Leaders, the Forum advocates for the principles of independent advocacy within the IBA. The Forum addresses the importance of advocate and judiciary independence, ethical conduct, and training. The Forum supports human rights and collaborates with the Judges' Forum and other committees on litigation and trial topics. The Forum’s inaugural members include Bar Associations from England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and Hong Kong, representing over 16,000 barristers and advocates. Membership is open to bar associations which are full or supporting members of the IBA, and to individual members of any Divisions.
The adoption of a business-as-usual approach by immigration courts in the United States has worsened the health crisis facing the American public.
This session will explore utilisation of the capital markets as an alternative funding vehicle for high growth companies. Our panel will provide insights from Euronext, issuers and bankers on the various listing venues available, trends and opportunities.
Given some of the challenges for high growth companies in accessing finance, our panel will discuss the opportunities offered via the capital markets as a growth tool.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
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.
When the Covid-19 pandemic closed in on the United States, instead of closing down, the US immigration courts adopted a business-as-usual approach. This has furthered the health crisis facing the American public.
The negotiation process will provide an opportunity for national bars around the world to engage with their governments to advocate positions on the details, scope and remedies.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
The Diversity and Equality Law Committee includes private practitioners, in-house attorneys, and academics working with corporate clients on issues like pay equity, anti-discrimination, and LGBTQ+ rights. Members come from leading law firms, corporations, and various perspectives. The Committee publishes an annual newsletter highlighting new developments and issues of interest. The Committee also comprises the Disability Rights Working Group, focused on disabled individuals' rights in the workplace. The Committee collaborates with the Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee, the Immigration and Nationality Law Committee , and the Global Employment Institute.
This note addresses principles, practices and pitfalls in respect to preliminary interim measures, that is, temporary decisions in the nature of ex parte preliminary orders taken before hearing the affected party (and sometimes without notice). Overall, the popular phrase ‘pushing the envelope’ provides a metaphorical template for considering whether ex parte preliminary orders ‘attempt to extend the current limits of performance’ or simply ‘go beyond commonly accepted boundaries’.
While their LPs expect returns to be materialized and new capital to be deployed, PE funds are currently struggling with limited and expensive sources of debt financing and gaps in expected valuations.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The International Commerce and Distribution Committee examines legal issues fundamental to the growth and development of international commerce.
The Committee deals extensively with issues relating to international sales contracts, agency and distribution, cross-border acquisitions, warranties and financing of international sales.
In addition to reviewing the current legal position in different countries from a comparative perspective, the committee also examines international and supranational instruments, such as the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods, Incoterms and the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits and relevant instruments of the European Union and Mercosur.
The Committee also focuses on law reform in the fields of law within its scope, and since 1997 has monitored and offered suggestions in connection with the proposed Hague Convention on International Jurisdiction and the Effects of Foreign judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters.
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