Event Programme

International Arbitration Day

LIDW26 Opening Reception

LIDW26 Main Conference

LIDW NextGen Academy

LIDW Karaoke Night

Banking disputes: A horizon scanning

Hausfeld, Reed Smith, Brick Court Chambers, Fountain Court Chambers

Business & Finance

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?

Simmons & Simmons, 3 Verulam Buildings

Sanctions

Enforcement Wars: Cross-Border Enforcement of Arbitration Awards

Fladgate LLP, Outer Temple Chambers

Commercial Arbitration

From Data to Property: Recovering Digital Assets in Modern Law

Lawrence Stephens, 33 Chancery Lane

Data & Cyber, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Jurisdiction and intra-group corporate liability: Key legal and commercial considerations (and breakfast)

Stephenson Harwood LLP, Fountain Court Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Transformational technologies: Disputes arising from renewable energy and data centre projects

4 Pump Court, Vinson & Elkins

ESG

This House believes that three arbitrators are better than one

Atkin Chambers, Mayer Brown

Commercial Arbitration

Beyond the Fine Print: The Wider Legacy of Insurance Disputes in the English Courts

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, 7KBW

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Crossing the pond? Group actions in the US and UK compared: where we are, what we should expect, and how to prepare.

Squire Patton Boggs, Henderson Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

The Arbitral Institutions Congress 2026 (AIC26)

McNair international, Osborne Clarke, Clyde & Co, Queen Mary University of Law

Commercial Arbitration, Investor State Disputes

Broken Contracts, Broken Trust: Managing Termination Risk in International Construction Projects

Turner & Townsend, Osborne Clarke

Arbitration-related Litigation, Damages

When potential meets dispute:valuing damages in early-stage ventures and projects

Signature Litigation, The Brattle Group

Commercial Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Employee Competition across Borders: team moves; confidential information; and restraint of trade

11KBW, Lewis Silkin

Employment

LegalTech Showcase

Innovation

Civil and Common Law Approaches to Expert Evidence

Signature litigation, Compass Lexecon

Cross-border Disputes, Experts & Expert Evidence

Lessons from Le Patourel, the CAT’s First Collective Action Trial

Simmons & Simmons, AlixPartners, BT

Antitrust & Competition, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

FIDIC at the Frontier: Amendments, Adaptation and the Limits of Standard Forms in the Energy Transition

Keating Chambers, SANDS Legal LLP

N/A (eg a multi-practice area theme or practical topic such as wellbeing)

What next for the UK as a leading centre for dispute resolution? Arbitration, mediation, the courts and commercial reality.

39 Essex Chambers, Independent Mediators, Civil Mediation Council

N/A (eg a multi-practice area theme or practical topic such as wellbeing)

All roads lead to … Why is London uniquely central to the resolution of insurance and reinsurance disputes? – some international perspectives

Fenchurch Law, 7 King's Bench Walk

Commercial Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Discussion forum for international disputes boutique law firms

Keidan Harrison LLP, Pallas Partners LLP

N/A (eg a multi-practice area theme or practical topic such as wellbeing)

Joint Venture Disputes in Energy and Natural Resources Workshop

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, 4 Pump Court

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Mining Disputes in Africa: Expect the Unexpected

DWF Law LLP, Alvarez & Marsal

Commercial Arbitration, Investor State Disputes

International Enforcement of Judgments: recent developments, difficult issues and innovative strategies

Global Legal Post, Osborne Clarke LLP

Cross-border Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

International Consumer Enforcement: The UK Competition and Markets Authority's Expanding Reach.

Taylor Wessing LLP, Gough Square Chambers

Cross-border Disputes, Regulatory & Public Sector

Geopolitical risk and insurance coverage - navigating complex disputes in a rapidly changing global environment

4 Pump Court, DAC Beachcroft

Investor State Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

From marathons to sprints: winning strategies in high-profile disputes in the English Courts

DWF Law LLP, Alvarez & Marsal

Business & Finance, Cross-border Disputes

Can We Trust the Machine? Wall-E, Terminator or The Matrix’s Agents: three possible outcomes of AI use in international disputes

Humphries Kerstetter LLP, Staunch

Artificial Intelligence, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Securing the Award: The Power of Interim Remedies in Global Litigation and Arbitration

Kings Chambers, Edwin Coe LLP

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Private Client Disputes (inc Trusts etc)

Investing in the UK in uncertain times – political change and the right to property

11KBW, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Human Rights

When winning isn’t enough – asset recovery in the face of enforcement obstacles

Stephenson Harwood, Blackstone Chambers

Fraud & Asset Recovery

Hot topics in aviation disputes

Hausfeld, Norton Rose Fulbright, XXIV Old Buildings

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Delivering and Testing Expert Evidence

Keating Chambers, Martello

Experts & Expert Evidence

Would I lie to you? | A Fraud Mini Contempt Trial where You Be the Judge

Mishcon de Reya, Blackstone Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Enduring Foundations, High-Stakes Futures: Navigating Nuclear Project Disputes in a New Era of Energy Demand

39 Essex Chambers, Burges Salmon

Cross-border Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Energy Trading Disputes: Risk and Market Volatility

CMS, Twenty Essex

Cross-border Disputes, Damages

The 800-pound guerilla: does arbitration need a rule of contempt?

Three Crowns LLP, 3VB

Arbitration-related Litigation, Commercial Arbitration

The commercial disputes lawyer of the future

7 King's Bench walk (7KBW), Solomonic

Commercial Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Putting AI to work: a case study in how platforms like Crimson are being used for efficient and effective case management in litigation and arbitration

Duane Morris, Crimson

Artificial Intelligence

The role of indigenous communities and the social license in international investment treaty disputes

Boies Schiller Flexner, Arnold & Porter

Cross-border Disputes, Investor State Disputes

Deepfakes and falsified evidence - Updates from the front lines

Sky Discovery Ltd, Penningtons Manches Cooper

N/A (eg a multi-practice area theme or practical topic such as wellbeing)

Growth and Challenges in Sports Disputes in 2026

Lewis Silkin, Crown Office Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

Bridging Steppes and Standards: Kazakhstan’s Evolving Dispute Landscape

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Fladgate LLP, Littleton Chambers, Belgravia Law

Arbitration-related Litigation, Investor State Disputes

LIDW26 Gala Dinner

How sanctions regimes are disrupting the UK and Offshore Litigation landscape

Kingsley Napley, Collas Crill

Cross-border Disputes, Sanctions

International Law After the Rules Based Order: Legitimacy and Power in a Changing Global System

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, Twenty Essex

Public International Law

LMAA Terms 2026 – what you need to know

Twenty Essex, LMAA

Arbitration-related Litigation

Trust structures in the crosshairs: When to worry and what to do

Wilberforce Chambers, Macfarlanes

Cross-border Disputes, Private Client Disputes (inc Trusts etc)

Liability in the Age of Addiction: Opioids, Algorithms, and Insurance Coverage

Simmons & Simmons LLP, 4 Pump Court

Commercial Arbitration, Product Liability

Sanctions Under Scrutiny: Enforcement, Judicial Review and High-Stakes Disputes

Pallas Partners LLP, Fountain Court Chambers

Sanctions

From Recall to Resolution: the lifecycle of mass product litigation.

2 Temple Gardens, Squire Patton Boggs

Cross-border Disputes, Product Liability

Workplace Investigations

CMS, 11KBW

Artificial Intelligence, Employment

The Continuing Growth of Group Litigation – Perspectives Across Jurisdictions and Disciplines

Fladgate LLP, Ankura

Cross-border Disputes

When Laws Collide: Managing Multi Jurisdictional Fraud, Compliance, and Cooperation

Baker McKenzie, Twenty Essex

Fraud & Asset Recovery

Sports Investors: Disputes on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Fountain Court Chambers, Macfarlanes LLP

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

Construction Disputes in the Defence Sector

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, HKA

Commercial Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Sanctions at the Breaking Point: Freeze, Seize, and a Fragmenting Global Landscape

Mishcon de Reya, Brick Court Chambers, Outer Temple Chambers

Sanctions

Corruption without frontiers: Navigating Civil Claims, Criminal Liability, Trust and Accountability and The impact of ECCTA in International Arbitration

39 Essex Chambers, Field Fisher

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

SLAPPs, Mazur and a public censure: what does the future hold for SRA regulation?

Simmons & Simmons LLP, Fountain Court Chambers

Professional Disciplinary & Negligence

Who’s Mine Is It Anyway? Investor Protections, Sovereign Priorities and Sustainability in Africa.

Stewarts, SOAS/SADRC, EconONE

Cross-border Disputes, Public International Law

Settle It on the Court: The LIDW Padel Social

From Mine to Market: Regulatory and Dispute Trends in the Global Critical Minerals Market

Freeths LLP, Young ITA

Cross-border Disputes, Regulatory & Public Sector

Emergency Relief in Arbitration: Emergency Arbitrators, Interim Measures and the Arbitration Act 2025

Howard Kennedy LLP, One Essex Court

Arbitration-related Litigation

Technology meets misconduct: investigations in the modern risk landscape

Fox Williams LLP, Ernst & Young, 3 Verulam Buildings, Collas Crill

Data & Cyber, N/A (eg a multi-practice area theme or practical topic such as wellbeing)

International fraud disputes: opportunities and challenges for arbitration

A&O Shearman, HKA, 11 KBW, Enyo Law

Cross-border Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Energy Arbitration in an Age of Global Instability

K&L Gates LLP, Energy Arbitration Club

Commercial Arbitration, Investor State Disputes

Time to Get Tough? Sanctions, Speed, and the Modern Arbitrator

CMS, Atkin Chambers

Commercial Arbitration

Chain Reactions: ESG Risks in the Supply Chain of English-domiciled companies

Travers Smith LLP, Henderson Chambers

ESG

PE and Transaction Disputes: Is Value Being Left on the Table?

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, Ernst & Young LLP

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

LIDW NextGen Social

LIDW Jack the Ripper Tour

Rise & Run

Fieldfisher

Why Endings Are Hard

Atkin Chambers, Pinsent Masons

Arbitration-related Litigation, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Live Wire - War Stories from Energy-Related Investment and Commercial Arbitrations

Arnold & Porter, AMALYTICA

Commercial Arbitration, Investor State Disputes

Digital Assets: New Frontiers of Professional Liability

Traver Smith LLP, Fountain Court Chambers

Business & Finance, Professional Disciplinary & Negligence

Directors at Risk: Knowledge, Oversight and Liability

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, Hausfeld & Co LLP

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Professional Disciplinary & Negligence

Turning the tables on hackers: Strategic tools for victims of hacking and fraud

Lawrence Stephens, Brick Court Chambers

Data & Cyber, Fraud & Asset Recovery