CDR Autumn Litigation Symposium 2018 | International Comparative Legal Guides | 20 September 2018 | Sofitel London St James, 6 Waterloo Pl, St. James's, London SW1Y 4AN, UK

CDR’s Autumn Litigation Symposium returns for 2018 with a renewed focus on the key strategic dispute resolution issues facing practitioners, including the impact of civil justice reform on commercial clients, client perspectives on managing litigation strategy, reform of the discovery process in England & Wales, managing class and group actions - whether for claimants or defendants - and the implications of Brexit, and how to manage the enforcement of judgements and successful asset preservation and recovery strategies internationally.

Featuring a keynote address by Lord Keen QC, the Advocate General for Scotland, and the Ministry of Justice spokesperson in the House of Lords, the event will also focus on the needs of industry-specific practice areas, property and construction disputes, the latest trends in insolvency, banking and financial services litigation, consumer class actions, and current developments in e-discovery and legal process outsourcing.

The themes of this one-day conference, now in its fourth year, will relate to the business that the courts hear daily. We also canvass the strategic alternatives clients must consider in evaluating their litigation strategies and aligning it them to existing budgets, while also considering alternative means of funding.

The event will take a holistic approach, bringing together judges, advocates, litigation support experts and eminent litigators from a number of different jurisdictions, providing a global perspective on current key issues in cross-border litigation commercial dispute resolution affecting practitioners and clients today.

The conference offers the opportunity to build relationships, knowledge, understanding and commercial awareness of the key developments in this fast-moving field of law.

Our programme centres on litigation for businesses, examining significant developments in this field affecting clients globally, at a time when the need to manage change, harness the opportunities it brings, warn about the risks that follow, and deliver sustainable dispute resolution outcomes has never been greater.

2018 Speakers

KEYNOTE:

Lord Keen QC
House of Lords

SPEAKERS:

Octavia Knox Cartwright
Barclays

Kirsten Massey
Herbert Smith Freehills

Julian Acratopulo
Clifford Chance

Julian Copeman
Herbert Smith Freehills

Rebecca Sabben-Clare QC
7 King's Bench Walk

Harry Wright
7 King's Bench Walk

Ronnie Barnes
Cornerstone Research

Brian Perrott
HFW

Damian Honey
HFW

Nigel Jones QC
Hardwicke

Mr Justice Knowles CBE
The Royal Courts of Justice

Naomi Pryde
Dentons

Peter Rees QC
39 Essex Chambers

Lord Jonathan Mance
7 King's Bench Walk

David Greene
Edwin Coe

Ed Crosse
Simmons & Simmons

2018 Sponsors

SILVER:
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• 7KBW
• Cornerstone Research

BRONZE:
• Hardwicke
• HL Trad
• HFW
• Hausfeld
• The Judge
• Cooke, Young & Keidan
• Monckton Chamber