4th Annual IBA Asset Recovery Conference - Overreach in asset recovery: who guards the guards? Where states, courts, lawyers and investigators encroach on the Rule of Law

2 Dec - 4 Dec 2026

Session information

Session one: Trump & the Middle East

Thursday 3 December (1000 - 1050)

Description

What has been the impact of Trump's overreach excursion into the Middle East and what is the economic and judicial impact on the Middle East?

With reports of significantly increased litigation abounds due to widespread default on contracts:

  • how are the courts coping,
  • what has been the flow of assets in the last 12 months: in or out, and
  • how will Trump seek to resolve the dispute, and will it work?