International Section’s 2022 London Global Conference

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Executive Committee Meeting

(EC members only)

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Chapter Chairs Meeting

(Chapter Chairs only)

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Latin American Council Meeting

(LAC members only)

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Executive Committee Dinner

(EC members only)

Venue: Bleeding Heart Bistro, 7 Bleeding Heart Yard, Greville St., London EC1N 8SJ, UK
Room: No. 1 Dining Room

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Registration | Outside the Great Hall

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Welcome Remarks | Great Hall

Prof. Azish E. Filabi, International Section Chair, New York State Bar Association

Sherry Levin Wallach, President, New York State Bar Association

Honourable Alice Walpole, OBE, Director of Goodenough College

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Welcome and Opening Address | Great Hall

The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, The Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon

9:30 am – 9:45 am

Networking Break | LH Large Common Room

9:45 am – 10:00 am

Ukraine and the Legal Frameworks for Justice and Accountability | Great Hall

10:00 am -11:30 am

Law in War: The role of law in conflict and post-conflict matters - PLENARY | Great Hall

This panel will explore the role of law in conflict and post-conflict situations. Panelists will discuss the role of the UN, the ICC, and other international bodies in addressing human rights, war crimes, and other criminal matters that arise in conflict. The panel will also address strategic litigation and arbitration relating to property, assets, sanctions, and other civil matters.

11:30 am – 12:45 pm

Standing Fork Buffet Lunch | LH Large Common Room

12:45 pm – 1:35 pm

The Emperor Has No Clothes: Reimaging DEI Initiatives in the Legal Industry Through Mindfulness - PLENARY | Great Hall

This fireside chat will discuss incorporating a mindfulness approach to DEI through review of historic constructs plagued by divisive classifications in comparison to an understanding how each individual impacts the professional ecosystem.

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm

PANEL 1 | Asset Tracing/Freezing: ‘Tracing the Untraceable’ | Great Hall

Sponsored by Ernst and Young LLP UK

The Asset Tracing and Recovery Panel will discuss the latest developments in cross-border asset recovery, focusing in particular on fraud, cryptocurrency, enforcement, and discovery, as well as important differences among civil and common law jurisdictions in this practice area.

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm

PANEL 2 | From The Ground Up – Taking A Pre-Emptive and Holistic View of International Arbitration Clauses in Order to Avoid the Pitfalls of International Arbitration | Churchill Room

Arbitration is an increasingly attractive dispute resolution mechanism for disputants worldwide. It has proven itself to be resilient to global shocks and, generally, a reliable mechanism. International arbitration is not without its risks when it comes to the conduct of international arbitration and the enforcement of awards. The problems often arise because of an incomplete or unclear arbitration agreement. Nonetheless, the risks and pitfalls can often be considered and mitigated by the parties to ensure that any arbitration – just like the transaction underlying the parties’ relationship – reflects the parties’ clear agreement. This panel will draw from a broad array of legal and business professionals to discuss the best approaches to negotiating, agreeing and drafting arbitration provisions. Recent case law will be discussed and considered to assist professionals in their assessment of arbitration for international matters.

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm

PANEL 3 | How Should We Deter Lawyers from Being Professional Enablers of Kleptocracy and Grand Corruption? | WGH Large Common Room

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and attempt to impose sanctions on a wide range of individuals close to the Putin regime has shone a spotlight on the professional service providers in global financial centers who act for them. It is widely claimed that such professionals, including lawyers, are enabling or facilitating kleptocracy and grand corruption through the provision of these services. Campaigners argue for tighter regulation and strong penalties; the legal profession cites the right to representation and the fact that the services being provided are within the law. This panel will explore whether it is possible to find a middle ground which respects long-sanding legal principles while slowing down the flow of facilitating services to those who are corrupt.

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Networking Break | LH Large Common Room

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

PANEL 4 | Cross-Atlantic Estate Planning: Wealth Transfer Planning and Administration in an Internationally-Challenging Time | Great Hall

The panel will consider the newest challenges for estate planning and trust and estate administration that confront individuals and families with multiple nationalities, immigration and tax statuses and multijurisdictional property holdings and investments, especially those with multiple connections with the UK, the USA, Canada, and other important jurisdictions in Europe and around the globe.

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

PANEL 5 | Shareholder Litigation | Churchill Room

Shareholder litigations, which have long been a prominent feature of the legal landscape in the United States, seem to be gathering momentum in the United Kingdom and Europe. Drawing on extensive experience from work on US matters and insights from early cases in the UK and Europe, this expert panel will address some of the key legal, economic, and financial issues arising in shareholder litigations.

Topics include:
• What is behind the recent upswing in activity in the UK and Europe? What are the factors that may limit the growth of this market?
• How have economic principles and analysis been applied in the US context to assess issues of loss causation, materiality, damages and reliance? To what extent can similar approaches be applied in other jurisdictions?

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

PANEL 6 | Technology, Cybersecurity and Ethics: What’s a Lawyer to Do? | WGH Large Common Room

Ethical, compliance, and risk management threats and developing multinational cybersecurity and data privacy regulation are rapidly changing. What do lawyers need to know to be able to address the issues they raise? The panel will address such issues as:
• What cybersecurity concerns affect providing services to clients?
• What ethical obligations require addressing these issues?
• What are the risks to lawyers for failing to understand the technology they use?
• Why isn’t this just an IT issue?
• What are the potential costs to your firm and your clients? How can you mitigate them?

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Advent Carol Service | Temple Church, Temple, London EC47 7BB, UK

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

President’s Reception | Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Ln, Temple, London EC4Y 9AT, UK

Sponsored by EY

7:30 am – 5:00 pm

Registration | Outside the Great Hall

8:00 am – 9:00 am

KEYNOTE | Great Hall

The Power of Uniqueness

9:00 am - 10:15 am

PLENARY | Great Hall

“S” IS THE ESSENCE OF ESG: Psychosocial Risks, Mental Health & Wellbeing at Work
There are some standards that are well established, but the “S” standards are still beyond the grasp of many organizations and arguable the foundation of accomplishing ESG standards that are transformative to create sustainable impact.

In this program we will provide an overview of the 3 elements of ESG with focus on the social element, provide recommendations and reasons why it is so important, how to create sustainable change by focusing on the psychosocial risks in your organization, what the advantages are of increasing ESG standards, and what still needs to be worked on in this area from a legal, social and business perspective.

10:15 am - 10:45 am

Networking Break | LH Large Common Room

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

PANEL 7 | Financial Regulation/ Money Laundering Hot Topics | Great Hall

This panel will discuss global legal and regulatory compliance challenges regarding financial crimes, including anti-money laundering, litigation, investigations, and government enforcement.

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

PANEL 8 | Transatlantic Antitrust Class Actions | Churchill Room

• Emerging lessons for deploying expert evidence
• Implications for managing transatlantic class actions
• Impact of the rising class action regime on particular antitrust cases

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

PANEL 9 | Data Security in Times of War | WGH Large Common Room

Recent history has taught us that physical conflicts now often spill over into cyberspace. The war in Ukraine has illustrated how cyber-teams quickly joined the war either in helping to defend Ukrainian national infrastructure (such as the loose alliance of hackers known as Anonymous) or in offering assistance to President Putin with his war aims (such as members of the ransomware gang CONTI). This illustrious panel which includes some of the world’s leading experts on cyber warfare and specialist lawyers from both sides of the Atlantic. They will discuss the issues and give practical tips to help reduce the risk of being drawn into the conflict.

12:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Standing Fork Buffet Lunch | LH Large Common Room

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm

Panel 10 | All the World is Trade | Churchill Room

This panel focuses on the “hot” trade issues of the moment: Sanctions (e.g., Russia, Belarus), Forced Labor Import Restrictions (e.g., Xinjiang, Malaysia), Transfer Pricing, Brexit, and others that your clients must deal with now and for the foreseeable future. These trade issues affect not just multinationals but also companies and persons whose business involves importing or exporting. Whether you are advising on establishing a company, sourcing from a new supplier, general cross-border transactions, or an M&A deal, you will gain insight on what is needed to counsel your clients on due diligence, proper compliance and avoiding penalties.

Our panel features a roundtable discussion by international attorneys from the U.S., the UK, the EU, Canada, Mexico, Asia and So. America with decades of experience.

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm

Panel 11 | Digital Assets – Not A Virtual Reality Anymore? | WGH Large Common Room

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Networking Break | LH Large Common Room

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

PANEL 12 | Legal Technology & Innovation | Churchill Room

Sponsored by Ernst and Young LLP UK

A practical approach to the tools and technologies available to support investigation and litigation outcomes.

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

PANEL 13 | Fighting Modern Day Slavery: The Role of the Consumer | WGH Large Common Room

• Introduction: Are we all complicit?
• The UK Experience: Modern Day Slavery Act 2015
• Round table: The role of consumer on tackling Modern Day Slavery

4:55 pm – 6:10 pm

PANEL 14 | Art at War | Churchill Room

The impetus for having this topic as the focus of the Conference is, of course, the war in Ukraine. It is against that troubling background that the Conference will examine and discuss the various ways in which law intersects with war and armed conflict. This includes the legal framework of war; the functions of relevant international organizations and the role of the legal profession.

The panel will consist of legal experts and experts from academia and the public sphere. The Panel will look at ways in which a country might protect its works of art and cultural heritage in times of conflict; consider national and international legal frameworks relevant to the protection of art and cultural heritage; and look at the challenges inherent in enforcing legal rights in and to disputed works of art and cultural objects.

There will be expert insight into UK government policy in relation to the protection of cultural heritage in the Iraq conflict and the ethical role of the military in preserving cultural objects in a conflict zone. The role of UNESCO and the Blue Shield will be explained and examined.

The discussion will also involve a representative from a national institution (national museum/art gallery) who will explore the involvement of state institutions in the collection of works of art from conflict zones; the legal frameworks; and whether objects of cultural heritage can or should be repatriated to their countries of origin.

4:55 pm – 6:10 pm

PANEL 15 | Is Remote Working Remotely Possible? The Impact of COVID on the Remote Working Legal Landscape | WGH Large Common Room

Airbnb recently announced that its employees would be able to permanently work remotely without any pay cuts or caps on raises. This new policy embraces the new future of working remotely, allowing employees to work from anywhere, even while travelling in other countries. While more companies are being creative in balancing changing employee expectations with the desire to maintain efficiency and productivity, how many have fully grasped the legal and practical considerations of a fully remote workforce?

This panel seeks to explore the legal issues that arise from remote working arrangements and the potential legal risks of such fully remote or hybrid models of work. Employment law experts from a variety of jurisdictions compare how issues that arise from this are being approached in their respective jurisdictions, including:
• Secure transmission of proprietary information
• Impact of remotely working on independent contractor vs. employee status?
• Enforcement of non-compete covenants across borders
• Workmen compensation for remote workplace accidents
• Equal treatment of remote vs. on-site workers


At the end of this program, attendees should be able to:
1) Identify the unique challenges and strategies to maintain privacy and security of sensitive information
2) Describe the legal test in each jurisdiction when determining whether a remote worker is an independent contractor or an employee
3) Understand the complexities of enforcement surrounding non-compete covenants when employees cross borders
4) Understand liability for workmen compensation in remote workplace accidents
5) identify the risk of discrimination faced by remote workers and how to mitigate against such risks

6:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Reception & Dinner | Great Hall, Goodenough College

Sponsored by Cornerstone Research

8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Registration | Outside the Great Hall

9:00 am - 10:15 am

PLENARY | Dealing with Crisis and External Threats: Recognize, Ready, Respond, Recovery | Great Hall

Sponsored by Ernst and Young LLP UK

10:15 am – 10:45 am

Networking Break | LH Large Common Room

10:45 am – 12:00 pm

PANEL 16 | Managing “Behavioural Risk” in The Context of Corporate Culture and ESG | Great Hall

As investor interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations is on the rise, companies face the challenge of not only implementing a “good” corporate culture, but also demonstrating to regulators and investors how their culture aligns with their ESG goals. Investors aim to identify companies with better (or substandard) ethical cultures, and seek new sources of data for ESG aligned investing. The panelists will discuss how data and behavioral science-informed techniques can help improve corporate culture, and how innovations in culture assessment can help ESG investing.

10:45 am – 12:00 pm

PANEL 17 | Court Orders for Oral Evidence and Disclosure by Non-Parties in Support of Foreign Arbitration Proceedings: The Changing Picture in England and the US | Churchill Room

Following the major decision of the US Supreme Court in Luxshare limiting the scope of 28 U.S.C. §1782, and the decision of the English Court of Appeals in A v C extending similar powers, the ability of litigants to obtain the aid of courts in England and America in taking evidence from non-parties in support of foreign arbitral proceedings has changed enormously in just a few years. Further changes may be on the horizon in England with the ongoing review of these powers by the Law Commission.

In an area which raises important questions about the interaction between arbitration and the courts, this panel draws together leading practitioners from both the US and the UK to discuss the recent developments in England and America, and the future scope of these powers on both sides of the Atlantic, including the future of §1782 type relief in federal courts.

10:45 am – 12:00 pm

PANEL 18 | Market Manipulation | WGH Large Common Room

Sponsored by Cornerstone Research

“It is an old Wall Street adage that it takes volume to make prices move." • Establishing intent. • Spoofing and layering. • Benchmark manipulation, from LIBOR to precious metals. • Differentiating legitimate pre-hedging or hedging from manipulation • Approaches to damages • Emerging areas

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Standing Fork Buffet Lunch | LH Large Common Room

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

PANEL 19 | Sustainability and International Regulation | Great Hall

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

PANEL 20 | The Art of Persuasion: International Styles Compared | Churchill Room

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

PANEL 21 | Show Me the Money: Asset Protection in High-Net-Worth Global Divorce Cases | WGH Large Common Room

High-net-worth divorce clients tend to have assets located across the globe especially considering the rise of cross-cultural marriages. When the spouses seek to divorce, a court may have limitations on compelling information on overseas assets, valuing those assets, or mandating a disposition of those assets. Given that courts are limited in addressing division of marital assets located outside of its reach, it is important to work with high-net-worth clients at the time of marriage to employ an asset protection plan should a divorce be an eventuality.

Expert panelists will discuss the selection of marital property regimes and memorializing asset division in a valid and enforceable global prenuptial agreement. Panelists will discuss strategies to shield assets and employ sophisticated tax strategies. Panelists will also touch on topics of international evidence and discovery concerning international assets as well as various approaches in dividing international marital assets.

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

PLENARY | The Future of Justice: Young Lawyers and Their Impact in the Profession | Great Hall

Sponsored by BARBRI

A panel composed of practitioners from New York, Scotland, and England and Wales will discuss what they see as the main opportunities and challenges for them in today’s law climate, including perspectives from junior practitioners and their impact in the profession.

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Gala Reception + Networking Reception for Young Lawyers | Sponsored by BARBRI | Bench Rooms

The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, The Treasury Office, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3TL London, UK

8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Gala Dinner | Great Hall