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Jun 14, 2022
Indian courts have adopted a novel and commercially pragmatic approach in ordering recalcitrant debtors to deposit money as security in aid of a claim in arbitration where there are clear admissions of liability or their defence is moonshine.
This session will be a review and discussion of key terms in joint venture agreements between investors and developers.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
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9th Global Entrepreneurship Conference
Aug 13, 2021
Brazil takes a step further towards its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulation within the realm of FATF-GAFI directives and bind notaries, registrars, intermediaries and advisors in real estate transactions.
The good news is that more firms are taking wellbeing more seriously but are we doing enough and what do the associates think? Money is no longer the solution to attracting and retaining talent.
IBA 6th Asia Law Firm Management Event - Leadership Masterclass
The Real Estate Section is a global forum for lawyers interested in real estate law. With the increasing internationalisation of real estate transactions, the Section has evolved to address legal and practical issues in a global context. It provides a platform for lawyers from diverse legal backgrounds to exchange views, collaborate, and participate in conferences. Members are encouraged to engage in annual conferences, special projects, and the Section's newsletter. The Section fosters valuable networking opportunities and continues to prepare impactful conferences on international real estate matters, welcoming contributions and ideas from members worldwide.
Sep 21, 2021
This article addresses the entry into force of Decree Law No 30/2021, of 7 May, proceeding with the regulation of Law 54/2015, of 22 June, which establishes the legal framework on mining activities in Portugal, including prospecting, exploration and exploitation of geological resources.
An interactive crisis management session exploring money laundering and economic sanction risks as they bite upon the operations of a multijurisdictional law firm.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The Regulation of Lawyers Committee provides a global perspective on practical and legal aspects of the growing body of regulation affecting all lawyers (whether individual lawyers, firms, in-house lawyers or those who work for clients) as well as current professional risk management topics and compliance issues affecting lawyers around the world. The Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Expert Subcommittee focuses on anti-money laundering requirements and financial and trade sanctions legislation, regulation and trends as they impacts lawyers. The Committee provide a forum to discuss and consider legislation impacting the practice of law, considering the ever-expanding multi-jurisdictional approach to lawyer regulation.
IBA Global Insight August/September 2017. Creditors have descended on yet another Latin American country, Venezuela, as its economy unravels. After various unsuccessful efforts to regulate sovereign debt restructuring globally in recent years, Global Insight assesses what the future has in store for the country and the region.
The legal services market is not immune to the rapid advance of new technologies. Contenders in this market need to implement and constantly adapt to these changes to avoid being left behind. Now more than ever, clients require efficient and quick solutions to their legal needs. The timely delivery of the solution can be easily hindered if lawyers do not implement technological tools that aid them in their daily business. In this session, we will focus on some trends and challenges regarding the implementation of these tools.
Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum conference
The Business Crime Committee provides a forum for members to discuss, address, and advocate on emerging white-collar crime issues. The Committee’s goal is to promote awareness of the growing significance of novel tactics. Recent focuses include international cooperation in criminal matters, money laundering, cybercrime, internal investigations, and legal frameworks against bribery and corruption in global transactions. Membership benefits include opportunities to publish articles and content, attending educational conferences and networking with business crime lawyers and opportunities for sourcing referrals to experts in foreign jurisdictions and attorneys.
Mar 22, 2022
As global powers grapple to contain the Ukraine crisis, Global Insight assesses whether the conflict could be a watershed moment for international anti-corruption efforts and the fight against autocracy.
In 2017 the late Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, said: ‘Unless we learn how to prepare for, and avoid, the potential risks, AI [artificial intelligence] could be the worst event in the history of our civilisation. It brings dangers and new ways for the few to oppress the many.’ The rise and rise of AI has been breathtaking – while it took the telephone 75 years to reach 100 million users, it took only two months for ChatGPT to reach 100 million users. Are we bringing everyone along on the AI journey or are some sectors of the workforce being left behind? This session will explore the effect of AI and its impact on the workforce from a diversity and equality perspective.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
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.
Jul 25, 2023
A conference report on the ‘Tech or no tech? There is NO question. Lawyers cannot afford not to resort to new technological tools’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.
Asia is today leading the way for the issuance of CBDCs but what are the ramifications for payments, monetary policy and financial stability and what will the future of money as we know it be?
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Mar 03, 2023
The UK government is introducing further measures aimed at stamping out the flow of ‘dirty money’ being laundered through the country’s economy via shady companies. In-House Perspective considers the potentially significant implications for businesses – and their in-house counsel.
Experts will discuss the challenges and opportunities of real-time transaction monitoring, AI-driven analytics, evolving legal frameworks, including for cross-border asset recovery and international collaboration in the current global enforcement landscape.
21st Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference
Feb 08, 2022
Comprising experts in the technical aspects of financial crime regulation and international law frameworks led by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Experts Subcommittee of the IBA Regulation of Lawyers' Compliance Committee includes private practice, academic and in-house counsel specialists.
Political cartoons and satire have a long and powerful history of pricking our conscience and calling out authority. But around the world, this art form - and the artists who create it - are under threat. The panel will explore the political and economic forces behind the dramatic decline in political cartoons, the physical and legal threats to cartoonists, and efforts to defend the artform.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
In Afghanistan and Iran, being a woman translates to a life of bans and barriers, from education to public spaces and most forms of employment. It's a reality of being a perpetual second-class citizen. While international law defines apartheid (Afrikaans: “apartness”) with reference to institutionalised racial segregation, the systematic gender-based discrimination faced by women lacks a comparable legal framework. The moment has arrived to stretch the boundaries of apartheid, encompassing the realm of gender hierarchies.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Apr 23, 2025
The back-and-forth on trade tariffs stirs up financial markets and deepens recession fears around the world. But what does a looming trade war mean for real estate? At this year’s real estate investment conference in London, Jennet Siebrits, who heads Global Commercial Real Estate Services’ (CBRE) UK market research team, shares her insights into what might be ahead of us. It is a long-standing tradition for the real estate investment conference to start with a macro-economic and geo-political outlook. The conference, organised by the IBA Real Estate Section and supported by the European Regional Forum (ERF), is being held for the 15th time in London this year.
A group of experts will discuss new challenges ahead of the construction and operation of real estate projects (housing, hotels, factories) located in rural areas, providing a review of enviromental challenges and opposition with local communities.
13th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
In-House Perspective November 2019, How to keep your organisation free of dirty money
This session will explore:
• the origin of the value for money regime;
• UK consumer duty;
• EU retail investment strategy: where are we now?
IBA Global Challenges and Opportunities for the Asset Management Industry Conference
Mar 27, 2024
An article on proposed amendments to Switzerland’s anti-money laundering and sanctions framework by Matthias Gstoehl and Benoit Mauron.
Join us for a lively, interactive debate about recent and hot topics and trends in the real estate markets. Topics will include:
• Social media and real estate
• Smart use of AI by real estate lawyers: efficiency, quality of results, confidentiality
• Real estate and money laundering
• Major issue causing concern in the real estate industry in 2024
• Trends in leisure industry
• Offices: worldwide trends
• Restrictions on foreign real estate ownership: how liberal is your county?
• Private ownership in real estate: direct or indirect holding?
14th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
A string of developments across the European Union suggest that despite progress the battle against corruption, and particularly money laundering, is far from won. The European Commission’s plans to tackle the problem include reviving a blacklist of non-EU countries that it claims are unwilling to cooperate in combatting money laundering.
As the climate crisis worsens, natural disasters are no longer unforeseeable acts of god, but consequences of the states’ failure to effectively combat climate change.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Many lawyers are active in the IBA because they want to make an impact on legal issues as well as on public policy issues affecting their practice areas. This is an interactive session on key projects of the Bar Issues Commission and the Legal Policy and Research Unit which span a wide range of areas from legal ethics (the ‘Gatekeepers’ project), climate and gender representation, to artificial intelligence, legal tech competence and professional wellbeing.
This is an opportunity for you and for your Committee, firm, bar or organisation to participate, voice your thoughts and apply innovative ideas for potential future collaborations.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
IBA Global Insight August September 2017 - ‘We’re going to build the wall’ ranked among President Trump’s most recognisable election campaign slogans. But, even the highest wall can’t stem the flow of dirty dollars sustaining the drug cartels. The epic HSBC case shows the limits of the United States’ unique approach to money laundering.
Accordingly, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has called on various professions, including Lawyers, Accountants, Financial advisers, Trustee service providers and Real Estate dealers to do more to prevent financial crime.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Mar 21, 2022
The Ukraine crisis has attracted a sharp focus on the extent to which ‘dirty’ Russian money pervades the world’s financial centres. Now, after many years of delaying, countries are rushing to boost transparency mechanisms that will help crack down on this illicit wealth.
The role of ESG in investment management has been under scrutiny. How do investment managers factor ESG criteria into decision-making? Does ESG lead to better investment outcomes? Is there a correlation between ESG principles and financial performance? How has ESG impacted the investment management approach for different kinds of investors? This panel will look at investment management from the perspective of investment funds, financial institutions, rating agencies and invested companies to discuss the evolution of ESG as it relates to investment management as well as expectations for the future.
ESG: the role of lawyers today and in the future
The European Commission has stepped up its efforts to crack down on money laundering across Europe, following a number of banking scandals that have undermined the stability and reputation of the bloc’s financial sector.
In this session, seasoned mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experts will share lessons learned regarding financial mechanisms that tend to work well in M&A deals and pitfalls that may be encountered along the way.
The session will cover issues including:
• Contractual options for managing changes in the financial condition of a target prior to closing;
• pros and cons of these options from buy- and sell-side perspectives;
• current trends in adjustment mechanisms; and
• sample cases illustrating the practical application of different mechanisms.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Nov 16, 2021
Lobbying scandals and efforts to undermine the judiciary are eroding public trust in British democracy and standards in public life.
May 28, 2021
A levy on electronic money transfers has been introduced in Nigeria by various amendments to its stamp duty regime. But questions and concerns have been raised as to whether these amendments are good law, particularly the rationale behind the Electronic Money Transfer Levy, its scope, applicability and legality, and how it fits into the existing constitutional framework.
The advent of digital assets has ushered significant changes in the global financial landscape, offering innovative solutions while also posing compliance challenges, particularly with respect to money laundering and corruption. This panel will examine complexities in regulating digital assets – given risk factors such as anonymity, global accessibility, decentralisation and lack of effective oversight – and impacts on combating illicit financial activities. Experts from diverse backgrounds will discuss current regulatory frameworks, challenges and best practices, as well as recent enforcement activity and possible strategies for leveraging the regulation of digital assets to enhance anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-corruption efforts.
20th Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference
Dec 20, 2023
It often happens that foreign arbitral awards are not recognised in Italy because they have been, even minimally, annulled upon appeal by the competent state jurisdictional authority. The refusal of recognition by the Italian Courts must not translate into an opposition by Italian jurisprudence to the circulation of foreign decisions, or in the protection of national debtors. The most important aspect for the Italian courts in the exequatur phase is the finality of the provision to be recognised, no longer the award, but the judgment of partial annulment. In other words, in Italy only definitive decisions can be recognised, regardless of whether they arise from an arbitration compromise.
The panel will discuss:
- Extraterritoriality of IP rights extending outside the issuing country;
- Permanent injunctions after trial are virtually guaranteed in some jurisdictions and a pipe dream in others;
- Diverging technology subject to protections on one jurisdiction and not in another such as artificial neural networks;
- And contributory infringement, i.e. the grey zone between IP protection and free competition.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
The UK has long been recognised as a favoured destination for wealthy Russian investors, but this flow of ‘dirty money’ has tainted the country’s reputation. It is increasingly viewed as a safe haven for the Kremlin’s coffers, according to a recent report by the UK House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee.
This session will present a lively panel discussion featuring speakers from the artificial intelligence (AI) industry and top-tier law firms. We will delve into the transformative effects of AI tools and legal technology on the legal profession and discover how cutting-edge innovations are reshaping legal practices, enhancing efficiency and redefining the landscape of legal services. Let’s jointly discuss opportunities and challenges presented by this technological revolution.
10th World Women Lawyers' Conference: Driving Change
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) National Financial Inclusion Strategy has as its primary objective provision of access to financial services to at least 80 per cent of Nigeria’s bankable adult population by the year 2020. To attain this objective the CBN has adopted several initiatives including microfinance banking, agent banking, tiered ‘know your customer’ requirements and mobile banking. These initiatives are however still not penetrative enough as the inclusion rate is still lower than expected.
Interview with a forethinking keynote speaker about the Real Estate market and its financing.
14th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
A webinar presented by the IBA Taxes Committee, 3 September 2020, 1500 – 1615 BST
Real estate plays a massive role in global warming: 40 per cent of emissions originate from real estate, either from building materials or from building energy consumption. There is no fighting climate change without reducing environmental damages caused by real estate. A panel of experts will look at how the new rules will impact real estate projects.
14th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
May 18, 2020
Whereas awareness over corruption risks in the public and the private sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic is constant, money laundering may not be at the centre of attention. Yet, corruption and money laundering are intrinsically linked.
An overview of Lisbon's real estate from the Tagus river. Coach transfers from the Tivoli Hotel will be provided.
14th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
Mar 20, 2023
In this column, written exclusively for Global Insight, Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General, Andriy Kostin asserts the importance of holding Russian leaders accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine via a special ad hoc tribunal.
Real estate industry representatives and lawyers from various jurisdictions will discuss interesting topics, including:
- Barriers and challenges that women face in the commercial real estate market career
- Mentoring and networking development are key issues for success?
- Positive impacts on having a gender balanced environment in the real estate transactions and market
- C-level role models and how to follow in their footsteps
- Post-covid homeschooling and homeworking period
- Gains in the hybrid workplace – redesigning commercial spaces and gender balance positive effects
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
IBA Global Insight, Aug/Sept 2016 - Recent court reforms should increase competency and help to reduce corruption
within the judiciary, but will not fundamentally challenge the status quo
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
May 27, 2021
Important changes have been implemented in Portugal regarding crypto-assets and crypto-asset activities, and additional changes are expected to take place during 2021. The introduction of a prior registration with the Bank of Portugal marks the beginning of regulation of crypto-asset activities in Portugal, and the transposition of the EU's Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive sets higher standards for crypto service providers.
In addition to the interesting sessions, the Real Estate Committee will organise our special real estate property tour.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Aug 12, 2020
As cities scrambled to remove statues amid surging Black Lives Matter protests, the President of France stood firm. Global Insight explains why.
A relaxed opportunity to network whilst also getting an insider’s look at landmark developments in Miami’s key districts. We will be guided by CBRE and visit Southeast Financial Center at 200 South Biscayne Boulevard and 1221 Brickell Ave, Brickell, Miami.
Spaces are limited and are assigned on a first come, first served basis. Registration is only possible onsite, and 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
IBA Global Insight June/July 2016. A third of all Mossack Fonseca’s business originated from its offices in Hong Kong and China. Local media coverage of the leaks has been inconsistent and, in some cases, actively censored by authorities fearing the consequences of these and further revelations.
Join the officers of the Real Estate Section and your colleagues for a light jog or a refreshing walk.
13th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
By Moray McLaren. Partners falling out over money - could it be you asking the wrong questions?
A real estate property tour will take to visit mix-use projects located in the heart of the finance district of Santiago, finalising with the best view of Santiago from the 62nd floor of the Costanera Building (the tallest building in South America and the second tallest in Latin America).
13th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
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