IBA Annual Litigation Forum - The world has lost its compass: we need to talk about litigators!
15 Apr - 17 Apr 2026
Session information
News from the world: the latest in transnational litigation
Friday 17 April (1130 - 1300)
Description
This session is a fast moving, jurisdiction spanning tour of litigation developments with subjects including: the expanding landscape of cross-border disputes; funding the fight; regulatory scrutiny; courts under pressure and their solutions; forum competition and collaboration; and procedural innovations.
This panel will also look at how litigators are navigating the thickets that digital communications have created and how they are balancing freedom of information and public interest with confidentiality and data protection, helping ask what they need to prepare for.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Jane Colston | Brown Rudnick LLP, London, England; Senior Vice Chair, Litigation Committee |
Speakers
| Robert Johnston | Johnson Winter Slattery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Member, Class Actions Committee Advisory Board |
| Hector Sbert | ECIJA, Barcelona, Spain; External Fraud Groups Liaison Officer, Asset Recovery Committee |
| Andrew Stafford KC | Kobre & Kim, London, England |
| Nicholas Tse | Alem & Associates, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Leanne Yanli Zheng | JunHe LLP, Beijing, China |