IBA Annual Litigation Forum - The world has lost its compass: we need to talk about litigators!
15 Apr - 17 Apr 2026
Session information
Description
As global economic ties deepen while political fault lines widen, cross-border litigation is increasingly shaped but jurisdictional battles and the intrusion of national security consideration into commercial disputes. Litigators face courts competing for authority, states asserting extraterritorial reach and businesses caught between compliance with domestic mandates and exposure to foreign liability.
Speaker will address whether the current fragmentation signals a breakdown of established norms or simply the emergence of new strategic terrain for litigators.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Sandrine Giroud | LALIVE, Geneva, Switzerland; Co-Chair, Litigation Committee |
| Rafael Murillo | Gomez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid, Spain |
Speakers
| Daniel Birk | Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Lydia Danon | Cooke Young & Keidan, London, England; Jurisprudence Observer Officer, Litigation Committee |
| Lawrence Teh | Dentons, Singapore, Singapore; Member, Asia Pacific Regional Forum Advisory Board |
| Johanna Wirth | Hengeler Mueller, Berlin, Germany; Webinar Officer, Litigation Committee |