IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
29 Oct - 3 Nov 2023
Room 352 A&B, Level 3
Session information
Hot topics in international commerce, trade, franchising and product law
Monday 30 October (1430 - 1730)
Committee(s)
International Commerce, Trade, Franchising and Product Law Section
(Lead)
International Commerce and Distribution Committee
International Franchising Committee
International Trade and Customs Law Committee
Product Law and Advertising Committee
Description
Our hot topics roundtables are designed to be interactive - we host a series of tables where we discuss ‘late breaking’ topics in the areas of international sales, trade, franchising and product law and the topics are selected to be of current interest and likely to stimulate discussion and debate. Moderators at each table introduce and briefly discuss the table topic and then participants weigh in with their views. You have the opportunity to discuss three topics. We have scheduled turnover times when the participants change tables to move to the next topic of their choice. By participating in the table discussions, you gain a greater insight into these areas and the other participants and table moderators benefit from your comments. In a final wrap-up afterwards for all participants the moderators share the highlights of their tables. The session provides you with a great opportunity to meet many other lawyers and discuss topics of mutual interest with them. Many times at our session, participants meet lawyers from other countries who they keep in touch with for years to come. Every year our table moderators comment that they ‘learnt as much or more’ from the table participants as they themselves conveyed.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
Camila Corvalan | Beccar Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Website Officer, International Trade and Customs Law Committee |
Martine De Koning | Kennedy Van der Laan, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Co-Chair, International Franchising Committee |
Joanna Fulton | Burness Paull LLP, Edinburgh, Scotland; Developing Markets Officer, Product Law and Advertising Committee |
Khong Aik Gan | Gan Partnership, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Membership Officer, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
Melissa Murray | Bird & Bird, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Pieter Tubbergen | Tremont Legal, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Vice Secretary, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
Quentin Vander Schueren | Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Membership Officer, International Trade and Customs Law Committee |
Christoph Wagner | HEUKING, Berlin, Germany; Chair, Product Law and Advertising Committee |
Speakers
Martin Abadi | Borden Ladner Gervais, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Chair, Supply Chain and Logistics Subcommittee |
Gustavo Alcocer | Olivares, Mexico City, Mexico |
Sabrina A Bandali | Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Alessandro Barzaghi | COCUZZA, Milan, Italy; Programme Officer, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
Silvia Bortolotti | Studio legale Bortolotti, Mathis & Associati, Turin, Italy; Newsletter Editor, International Franchising Committee |
Olivia Gast | Gast Avocats, Paris, France |
Martha Harrison | McCarthy Tetrault, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Simon Hotte | Ernst & Young Société d'Avocats, Lyon, France; Deputy Programme Officer, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
Cristina Martinetti | Elexi Law Firm, Turin, Italy |
Carolina Monteiro de Carvalho | Monteiro & Weiss Trade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Co-Chair, International Trade and Customs Law Committee |
Laura Opilio | CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, Rome, Italy; Co-Chair, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
Cristobal Porzio | Porzio Rios Garcia, Santiago, Chile; Newsletter Editor, International Franchising Committee |
Ewa Rutkowska | KRK Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasinski, Warsaw, Poland; Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Product Law and Advertising Committee |
Talha Salaria | Lawyers At Work, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Conference Coordinator, International Franchising Committee |
John Sotos | Sotos LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Marcio Sperling | Sperling Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Chair, Government Procurement Subcommittee |
Raquel Stein | Souto Correa Advogados, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Diversity and Inclusion Officer, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
Edona Vila | Borden Ladner Gervais, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Membership Officer, Product Law and Advertising Committee |
Peter Wagner | Jordan & Wagner Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart, Germany; Chair, International Conventions and Trade Agreements Subcommittee |
Charles Zhan | Moulis Legal, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Special Projects Officer, International Trade and Customs Law Committee |