LIDW 2025 Agenda
International Arbitration Day
Jun 1
08:30 - 18:30
LIDW26 Opening Reception
Jun 1
19:00 - 22:30
Location: Southwark Cathedral, Southwark Cathedral, London Brg, London , SE1 9DA
LIDW26 Main Conference
Jun 2
08:30 - 20:00
Location: The QEII Centre, The QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EE
LIDW NextGen Academy
Jun 2
13:00 - 20:00
Location: The QEII Centre, The QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EE
Banking disputes: A horizon scanning
Jun 3
09:00 - 10:30
Location: Reed Smith, 1 Blossom Yard, London, E1 6RS
The Global Sanctions Landscape: given US secondary sanctions, Chinese counter-measures and EU retaliatory measures, how have courts responded and can sanctions be effective in times of growing political divergence? What does the future hold?
Jun 3
09:00 - 10:30
Location: Simmons & Simmons, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, London, EC2Y 9SS
LegalTech Showcase
Jun 3
11:00 - 14:00
Location: Ground Floor, 58 VE, The Line, 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DS
Civil and Common Law Approaches to Expert Evidence
Jun 3
11:30 - 13:00
Location: Compass Lexecon London office, 5 Aldermanbury Square, Barbican, London, EC2V 7HR
Lessons from Le Patourel, the CAT’s First Collective Action Trial
Jun 3
11:30 - 13:00
Location: Simmons & Simmons, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, London, EC2Y 9SS
FIDIC at the Frontier: Amendments, Adaptation and the Limits of Standard Forms in the Energy Transition
Jun 3
11:30 - 13:00
Location: Keating Chambers, 15 Essex Street, London, WC2R 3AA
What next for the UK as a leading centre for dispute resolution? Arbitration, mediation, the courts and commercial reality.
Jun 3
11:30 - 13:00
Location: 39 Essex Chambers, 81 Chancery lane, WC2A 1DD
All roads lead to … Why is London uniquely central to the resolution of insurance and reinsurance disputes? – some international perspectives
Jun 3
11:30 - 13:00
Location: International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC), 1 Paternoster Ln, London, EC4M 7BQ
When winning isn’t enough – asset recovery in the face of enforcement obstacles
Jun 3
16:30 - 18:00
Location: Stephenson Harwood London Office, 1 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7EB
Hot topics in aviation disputes
Jun 3
16:30 - 18:00
Location: Norton Rose Fulbright, 3 More London Pl, London, SE1 2AQ
Delivering and Testing Expert Evidence
Jun 3
16:30 - 18:00
Location: Keating Chambers, 15 Essex Street, London, WC2R 3AA
LIDW26 Gala Dinner
Jun 3
19:00 - 23:30
Location: Raffles London at the OWO, 57 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2BX
How sanctions regimes are disrupting the UK and Offshore Litigation landscape
Jun 4
09:00 - 10:30
Location: Kingsley Napley, 20 Bonhill St, London, EC2A 4DN
International Law After the Rules Based Order: Legitimacy and Power in a Changing Global System
Jun 4
09:00 - 10:30
Location: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2EG
From Mine to Market: Regulatory and Dispute Trends in the Global Critical Minerals Market
Jun 4
16:30 - 18:00
Location: Freeths LLP, 1 Vine Street, London, W1J 0AH
Emergency Relief in Arbitration: Emergency Arbitrators, Interim Measures and the Arbitration Act 2025
Jun 4
16:30 - 18:00
Location: Howard Kennedy LLP, No. 1 London Bridge, London , SE1 9BG
Technology meets misconduct: investigations in the modern risk landscape
Jun 4
16:30 - 18:00
Location: Fox Williams, 10 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1AF
International fraud disputes: opportunities and challenges for arbitration
Jun 4
16:30 - 18:00
Location: A&O Shearman, 1 Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD
LIDW NextGen Social
Jun 4
19:00 - 23:00
Location: Boulebar Southbank, 101 Upper Ground, London, SE1 9PP
Directors at Risk: Knowledge, Oversight and Liability
Jun 5
11:30 - 13:00
Location: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2EG