IBA Annual Litigation Forum 2019 | International Bar Association (IBA) | 7 May 2019 | Ritz Carlton, Potsdamer Platz 3, 10785 Berlin, Germany

The IBA Annual Litigation Forum 2019 will discuss: Disruption in Litigation – new types of disputes in a new world order. Collective redress The effect of Protectionism and other geo-political forces on litigation Litigation game theory Blockchain/cryptocurrency litigation

Topics include:
• Collective redress – the European approach
• Collective redress – opt-in versus opt-out or is it asking the wrong question?
• Geopolitics in court – sanctions and embargoes
• Geopolitics in court – Human rights/climate change litigation
• Disputes arising from artificial intelligence
• Cryptocurrencies

2019 Speakers

Peter Bert
Taylor Wessing, Frankfurt; Conference Coordinator Europe, IBA Litigation Committee

Tom Price
Gowling WLG, Birmingham; Co-Chair, IBA Litigation Committee

Clément Dupoirier
Herbert Smith Freehills, Paris; Membership and Communications Officer, IBA Litigation Committee

Wolf H von Bernuth
Hausfeld, Berlin

Dennis Horeman
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Amsterdam

Genevieve Quierin
Mishcon de Reya, London

Judge Fabian Richter Reuschle
Regional Court Stuttgart, Stuttgart

Professor Gerhard Wagner
Chair of Civil Law, Business Law and Economics, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin

Thomas Hall
Norton Rose Fullbright, New York

Johanna Wirth
Hengeler Mueller, Berlin

Peter de Verneuil
Smith QC 3 Verulam Buildings Barristers, London

Jeff Galway
Blake Cassels & Graydon, Toronto, Ontario; Publications Officer, IBA Litigation Committee

Professor Deborah Hensler
Judge John W Ford Professor of Dispute Resolution, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Akihiro Hironaka
Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo

Professor Ianika Tzankova
Professor, Department of Private Law, Tilburg Law School, Tilburg

Ulrike Gantenberg
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Düsseldorf

Georges Affaki
Affaki, Paris

Professor Christopher Davis
REES Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, Oxford

Maya Lester
QC Brick Court Chambers, London

Sandrine Giroud
LALIVE, Geneva; Newsletter Editor, IBA Litigation Committee

Sandra Cossart
Director, Sherpa, Paris

Oliver Elgie
Herbert Smith Freehills, London

Samantha Rowe
Debevoise & Plimpton, London

Thomas Lennarz
CMS Hasche Sigle, Stuttgart

Professor Cinnamon Carlarne
Professor, Mortiz College of Law, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Sophie Marjanac
Project Lead, ClientEarth, London

Roda Verheyen
Lawyers Günther, Hamburg

Daniel Wiseman
Climate finance initiative, ClientEarth, London

Thomas Ramge
Technology Correspondent, Brand Eins; Writer, The Economist, Berlin

Niko Härting
Härting Rechtsanwälte, Berlin

Heiko Haller
Baker McKenzie, Düsseldorf

Jon Neiditz
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, Atlanta, Georgia

Larissa Arruy
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marry Jr e Quiroga, Sao Paulo

Karyn Harty
McCann Fitzgerald, Dublin

Robert Schwinger
Norton Rose Fulbright, New York

Rodrigo Fermin Garcia
Marvel O’Farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires; Regional Representative Latin America, IBA Litigation Committee

Andreas Frischknecht
Chaffetz Lindsey, New York; Co-Chair, Young Litigators Forum, IBA Litigation Committee

2018 Event Sponsors

CONFERENCE SUPPORTERS:
• International Law Office
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