Event Programme

International Arbitration Day

LIDW26 Opening Reception

LIDW26 Main Conference

LIDW NextGen Academy

LIDW Karaoke Night

Rest and Reset: A Sound Meditation Experience at LIDW 2026

Trowers & Hamlins

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

Behind Closed Doors: What Your Arbitrators are Really Thinking

Taylor Wessing, 3 Verulam Buildings

Commercial Arbitration, Investor State Disputes

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, McCann FitzGerald LLP

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

Summary injustice? Discussing the use of summary determination procedures in international arbitration.

Norton Rose Fulbright, ICC UK

Commercial Arbitration, 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

Two Legal Systems Divided by a Common Language: How UK and US Procedure Shape Strategy and Expert Evidence

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, SEDA Experts LLC

Experts & Expert Evidence, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

English corporate structures and company disputes: the basics for overseas lawyers, and what the English Courts can do for your clients

Pinsent Masons, Serle Court, Interpath Advisory

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

It’s Coming Home: Why and How Parties Secure English Jurisdiction in Cross-Border Disputes

Stewarts, One Essex Court

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

Cross-Border Litigation in an Increasingly Uncertain World

LK Law LLP, BRG, Maitland Chambers

Cross-border Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Freezing Injunctions in international commercial disputes: Plots, Pitfalls and Pirouettes

Fieldfisher, 4 Pump Court

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Open Justice, Civil Justice: Media and Commercial Perspectives

Wiggin, Matrix Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Innovation

Truth, Lies and the Future of International Arbitration

4 Pump Court, Addleshaw Goddard

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Beyond IP: hot topics in AI disputes

Frontier Economics, Slaughter & May

Artificial Intelligence

Data Centre Disputes - Common Causes, Risk Management and Effective Resolution

CMS, Keating Chambers

Data & Cyber, Innovation

Tradition and transformation: UAE Civil Code reform, court-assisted arbitration, and comparative approaches

Kingsley Napley, Galadari Law, HKA

Arbitration-related Litigation, Cross-border Disputes

20 Years of the CBIR: the Perks and Pitfalls of Cross-border Insolvency Recognition

Maitland Chambers, Stephenson Harwood

Fraud & Asset Recovery, Restructuring & Insolvency

Data centres and other hybrid energy projects: Emerging trends, disputes risk and mitigation strategies

Ashurst, Exponent

Commercial Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Building better outcomes: practical strategies for adjudication in construction disputes

Travers Smith LLP, Gatehouse Chambers

Commercial Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Is the current UK securities litigation regime fit for purpose?

Stewarts, Freshfields

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Tech disputes: maintaining trust amid transformation

RPC, 4 Pump Court, Alvarez & Marsal

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Mediation within Arbitration - like turkeys voting for Christmas?

IPOS Mediation, Blackstone Chambers, LCIA

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

The World Court’s Climate Opinion: Who Pays, Who Regulates, and How to Contract for the New Reality

Pinsent Masons LLP, Twenty Essex

Arbitration-related Litigation, Investor State Disputes

WFO Enforcement After Lakatamia: Expanding Liability and Strengthening Reach

Payne Hicks Beach LLP, 33 Chancery Lane

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Hot Topics in Fraud and Asset Recovery

Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP, Twenty Essex

Cross-border Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Final & Conclusive: Successfully Enforcing Judgments at Common Law

XXIV Old Buildings, PCB Byrne

Cross-border Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

The international jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal post-Brexit

11KBW, Simmons & Simmons

Employment

Corporate criminal liability: the challenges of expansion and extra-territoriality

Greenberg Traurig LLP, Sky Discovery

White Collar Crime

Culture Clash: How Whistleblowing and Speak Up Systems Are Being Used as Tools to Frustrate Boards’ Efforts to Drive Strategic Change

Kroll, Jones Day

Employment, Fraud & Asset Recovery

De-risking disruption: mainstreaming crypto, optimising AI and safeguarding tech innovation

Marriott Harrison LLP, XXIV Old Buildings

Artificial Intelligence, Innovation

Young Arbitral Women Practitioners Networking Breakfast

Alvarez and Marsal, Clifford Chance, Arbitral Women Young Practitioners

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

Steering the ship: Navigating the seas of semi-contentious trust applications without capsizing into hostile litigation

Charles Russell Speechlys, Radcliffe Chambers

Private Client Disputes (inc Trusts etc)

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

Data centres: disputes and the digital backbone

RPC, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Commercial Arbitration, Data & Cyber

Force Majeure and the Middle East - Practical solutions for turbulent times

Lewis Silkin, Outer Temple Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

Banking litigation: recent examples of tradition, trust and transformation

CMS, One Essex Court

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Hemispheres and gateways: A panel discussion on lessons from some of the key English cases on cross-border asset recovery involving large scale international fraud.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, HSF Kramer

Fraud & Asset Recovery, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Sports Regulatory Disputes: Where are we and where are we going?

Ankura, Blackstone Chambers, Squire Patton Boggs

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

M&A Disputes in 2026: It’s all about value

Linklaters LLP, BRG

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Experts & Expert Evidence

Seeing the Unseen: Evidence and inference in fraud cases at the civil-criminal interface

Hogan Lovells, Essex Court Chambers

Experts & Expert Evidence, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Tech transformations under the spotlight – practical insights and strategies across the project lifecycle to help you manage risk, navigate challenges, and ensure your next tech transformation succeeds.

4 Pump Court , Addleshaw Goddard

Data & Cyber

Room for improvement?

Osborne Partners, Three Crowns

Commercial Arbitration

Navigating Disputes in the Transport Sector: From Disruption to Resilience

Burges Salmon LLP, Oxera Consulting LLP

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Damages

The Data Centre Lifecycle: Risks, Deals and Disputes

Clifford Chance, FTI Consulting

Cross-border Disputes, Experts & Expert Evidence

Chasing shadows: findings assets in a global maze - India, Middle East, BVI & The Cayman Islands

Fladgate LLP, Ankura

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

The Post-Closing Playbook: Arbitrating M&A Disputes

WilmerHale, Saraf & Partners

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Debate: This House believes that ISDS should be abolished and replaced with a permanent international investment court

Baker McKenzie , Essex Court Chambers

Investor State Disputes

Carbon offsets and corporate carbon neutrality claims: disputes and quantum issues

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, NERA

Damages, ESG

Taking Stock: Where are we now with Collective Actions?

BRG, Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, Milberg, Mishcon de Reya

Antitrust & Competition, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Digital Asset Disputes: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, One Essex Court

Commercial Arbitration, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Class Actions Unpacked: Risks, Trends and What’s Coming Next

Global Legal Post, Ashurst, Pogust Goodhead

Cross-border Disputes, Product Liability

In Conversation: Perspectives from the Bench and the Bar — India, Asia and the Future of International Arbitration

Stewarts, LCIA

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

From Innovation to Institution: How Crypto Disputes Are Evolving as the Market Matures

Freeths, Radcliffe Chambers

Data & Cyber, Innovation

LCIA Symposium in London

LCIA

Artificial Intelligence, Commercial Arbitration

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

DWF Law LLP, Alvarez & Marsal

Business & Finance, Cross-border Disputes

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

Crypto arbitration – Stable as a coin or a (Black) swan dive?

RPC, AlixPartners, Carey Olsen

Commercial Arbitration

Third Party Funding in IP Litigation: Strategy, Risk and Practice

Lewis Silkin LLP, Hereford Litigation

Costs (including funding arrangements), Intellectual Property

AI on Trial: Lessons from the Largest Group Claims in UK History

Sky Discovery Ltd, Pogust Goodhead

Artificial Intelligence, Environment

Global Boardroom Battles: Strategy, Power and Cross‑Border Leverage

Trowers & Hamlins, XXIV Old Buildings

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

Litigating in life sciences: Causation, counterfactuals and damages

Bristows LLP, Oxera Consulting LLP

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Damages

ADR tipping point: Balancing tradition and professionalism alongside transformation and progress

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, HKA, 39 Essex Chambers, Bar Council of England & Wales

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

The Civil Fraud toolbox: practical reflections

Macfarlanes LLP, 7 King’s Bench Walk

Fraud & Asset Recovery

FRAND in Focus: Can Arbitration Deliver Global Solutions?

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, Blackstone Chambers

Intellectual Property

Mining to Maritime: Commercial Arbitration Across the UK–Brazil Supply Chain

DLA Piper, One Essex Court

Commercial Arbitration, Cross-border Disputes

PPP Challenges and Opportunities in the UK and on a Global Stage

Simmons & Simmons LLP, Atkin Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Regulatory & Public Sector

Show me the money: The international reach of the English Family Court

Farrer & Co, Grant Thornton

Jurisdiction & Global Issues, Private Client Disputes (inc Trusts etc)

Beyond the obvious: Rethinking targets in cross-border award enforcement

Loyens & Loeff Switzerland, Essex Court Chambers

Arbitration-related Litigation, Commercial Arbitration

General Counsel – or Global Counsel?

Stewarts, Brick Court Chambers

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

Evolving strategies in mega disputes in Africa: what will the next decade look like?

White & Case, Raedas

Commercial Arbitration, Cross-border Disputes

Suing the DAO: Jurisdiction, Collective Investment Schemes, and the Reality of Crypto Governance

Maitland Chambers, 3 Hare Court, FTI Consulting

Cross-border Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Expert Testimony in International Arbitration: How Decision-Makers Evaluate Science and Technical Evidence

JAMS, Alvarez & Marsal

Commercial Arbitration, Experts & Expert Evidence

Insurance Disputes in the Cyber Era

EY, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Data & Cyber

From SWIFT to Stablecoins: Litigating the New Payments Ecosystem

Freshfields LLP, Maitland Chambers

Business & Finance, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Africa at the Crossroads: Shaping the Future of International Commercial Dispute Resolution

Hogan Lovells International LLP, Olaniwun Ajayi

Commercial Arbitration, Cross-border Disputes, Investor State Disputes

Afternoon tea roundtable: From pipelines to power grids - money flows directing arbitration trends

HKA, WEconnect

Commercial Arbitration, Investor State Disputes

Who Guards the Guardians? Arbitrator Conflicts and Institutional Responsibility.

Humphries Kerstetter LLP, One Essex Court, Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

Plus ça change - Recent developments in shareholder disputes: transformation, or a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same?

4 Stone Buildings, Wedlake Bell

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

Do not pass Go: protecting assets and enforcing orders in international litigation and arbitration.

Quadrant Chambers , Withers

Fraud & Asset Recovery

The next frontier of multijurisdictional mega-claims: navigating the multi-billion-dollar claim process

Global Legal Post, Ashurst LLP

Arbitration-related Litigation, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

The India-UAE BIT: New Protections & Strategic Opportunities for Indian Corporates

BCLP LLP, Blackstone Chambers

Investor State Disputes

Freezing Order developments in cross-border matters and the criminal comparison

Twenty Essex , Rahman Ravelli

Cross-border Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Commercial Courts in a Connected World: Judicial Dialogue and Private Law Innovation in Cross-Border Litigation

Global Legal Post , McDermott Will & Schulte UK, Ashurst LLP

Commercial Arbitration, Cross-border Disputes

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

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, Array

Artificial Intelligence, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

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

BCLP, Fladgate LLP, Littleton Chambers, Belgravia Law

Arbitration-related Litigation, Investor State Disputes

Is the Group Actions framework fit for purpose? Does it provide Access to Justice?

The Collective Redress Lawyers Association, Hausfeld

Antitrust & Competition

The English Litigation Toolkit: Supporting Proceedings Across Borders – Remedies, Procedure and Strategy in Aid of Foreign Litigation and Arbitration

Squire Patton Boggs, Quadrant Chambers

Cross-border Disputes

The Letter of the Law: How Courts Talk Across Borders

Trowers & Hamlins, Grant Thornton

Cross-border Disputes

How to handle a crisis: commissioning an independent investigation

Travers Smith LLP, Blackstone Chambers

Employment, Regulatory & Public Sector

Africa’s infrastructure boom and the evolution of complex construction arbitration

Fladgate LLP, Yendall Hunter

Commercial Arbitration

Building and Powering AI: Construction, Energy and Damages Issues in AI Data Centre Disputes

Eversheds Sutherland, FTI Consulting

Artificial Intelligence, Commercial Arbitration

Midstream Makeover – Innovating Procedure from Case Management to Evolving Expert Roles

Cornerstone Research, WilmerHale

Commercial Arbitration, Investor State Disputes

FSMA Securities Litigation - Broken or Coming of Age?

Linklaters LLP, Fox Williams LLP

Business & Finance, ESG

Ten years on from the Insurance Act 2015: continuity or transformation

HFW LLP, 3 Verulam Buildings

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Investor-State Arbitration and the Global South

Keidan Harrison LLP, Essex Court Chambers, BIICL

Investor State Disputes, Public International Law

Cultural Intelligence in Arbitration: Practical Skills for Young Practitioners

Stewarts, Orrick

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

Should sanctions regimes recognise changed behaviour?

Brick Court Chambers, Global Sanctions

Sanctions

Damages at the Boundary of Law and Economics: Redefining the Quantum Expert

Foley Hoag, NERA

Damages

AI in Litigation: Navigating Opportunities, Risks, and Transformations

S-RM, Rosenblatt law

Artificial Intelligence, Experts & Expert Evidence

Mitigating risks and managing disputes in the rapidly evolving defence sector

Freshfields LLP, Avellum

Commercial Arbitration, Procurement

The arbitrator is dead, long live the AIbitrator: This house believes that human lead dispute resolution is slow, expensive and generally ineffective

RPC, Stephenson Harwood LLP

Commercial Arbitration

Valuing nature: how courts and economists approach large-scale environmental harm

FTI Consulting, Essex Court Chambers

Damages, Environment

The Subsidy Control Act - Three Years On

11KBW, Hogan Lovells

Antitrust & Competition, Regulatory & Public Sector

AI in International Arbitration: Essential Partner or Existential Threat?

Vinson & Elkins RLLP, ArbitralWomen, WeConnect

Commercial Arbitration, Innovation

Continuation Deals: A New Frontier for Disputes in Sponsor-Backed M&A?

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, 3VB

Business & Finance, Cross-border Disputes

Competition Litigation – Recent Developments and Looking Ahead

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Monckton Chambers

Antitrust & Competition

Art Law - Is a Specialised Dispute Resolution Forum Needed?

One Essex Court , Mishcon de Reya

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

LIDW26 Gala Dinner

London 5k run

Blake Morgan LLP, Maitland Chambers

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

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

Young Professionals Networking Breakfast

Norton Rose Fulbright, One Essex Court

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

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, Nicolaides

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

Shrewd move or descent into madness? The highs and lows of preserving, protecting and deploying confidential information in commercial litigation

Cooke Young & Keidan LLP, Littleton Chambers

Cross-border Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

When Do Liability Caps and Exclusion Clauses Really Bite (and When Does UCTA Bite Back)?

Shoosmiths LLP, One Essex Court

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

International arbitration at the frontline of world turmoil and the global energy and infrastructure reset

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Secretariat

Commercial Arbitration, Experts & Expert Evidence

Disputes strategies and strategising

Clyde & Co LLP, 39 Essex Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

The New Face of Fraud: Deepfake Threats to Corporate Governance

Taylor Wessing, Stewarts

Artificial Intelligence, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Levelling the Playing Field: Opportunities and Obstacles Generated by Competition Law for Stakeholders in Sporting Disputes

Travers Smith LLP, Brick Court Chambers

Antitrust & Competition, Commercial Arbitration

What happens when we die? The Convergence of Commercial Litigation and Global Inheritance Battles

Peters & Peters, 4 Stone Buildings

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Hard Talk London - Hosted by WilmerHale

WilmerHale, Arbitration Channel (Canal Arbitragem)

Commercial Arbitration, Investor State Disputes

How much?! Strategies for keeping costs proportionate whilst retaining quality in complex disputes

Gowling WLG, Quadrant Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

Breaking the Deadlock: What can disputes practitioners learn from hostage negotiators?

Lewis Silkin, Independent Mediators

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

Data Privacy mass actions – a stock-take and current trends (AI may make an appearance).

Pinsent Masons, 11 King's Bench Walk

Data & Cyber, Defamation, Privacy & Reputation

Breakfast networking event

Gateley Legal, Maitland Chambers

Arbitration-related Litigation, Cross-border Disputes

Multi-jurisdictional enforcement of arbitration awards and issues of State immunity

Withers, Blackstone Chambers

Investor State Disputes, Public International Law

Lessons from Argo Blockchain: A litigator’s guide to restructuring plans

Fladgate LLP, South Square Chambers

Restructuring & Insolvency

Minds vs. Machines: AI’s Promise and Limits in Mediation

Gatehouse Chambers, JAMS ADR

Cross-border Disputes

Getting value from investigations: understanding essential steps and how is technology creating tangible efficiencies?

Osborne Clarke, FRA

Artificial Intelligence, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Can arbitration transform international intellectual property disputes for Life Sciences companies?

Three Crowns LLP, Powell Gilbert LLP

Commercial Arbitration, Intellectual Property

The Settlement Game: how lawyers misinterpret the mathematics of disputes

RPC, SW Group

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Demystifying litigation tactics and legal finance: strategic considerations in mass claims from both sides of the fence

Freshfields LLP, Omni Bridgeway

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

The fast and the furious: Recent developments and strategies on injunctive relief in cross-border litigation and enforcement

Browne Jacobson, Serle Court Chambers

Cross-border Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Using Competition Law and Economics To Enhance Your International Dispute Resolution Toolkit

NERA, Monckton Chambers

Antitrust & Competition

Two Sides of the Same Fraud: Claimant and Defendant Strategies in Civil Litigation

Maitland Chambers, Enyo

Fraud & Asset Recovery

Professional Negligence in 2026: When do Management and Auditors’ Actions ‘Cross The Line’?

BRG, Clyde & Co, Taylor Wessing

Professional Disciplinary & Negligence, White Collar Crime

Evolving Arbitration: Rethinking Processes for a More Effective Future

Stewarts, JSA Advocates & Solicitors

Commercial Arbitration, Cross-border Disputes

Law Meets Reputation: A view from the experts on aligning legal, investigation and communications strategies during reputational crises.

BCLP, FTI Consulting , KPMG LLP, Byfield

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

The Cinderella Files: A cross-examination workshop

Ankura, Bonellie Erede Pappalardo LLP, International Arbitration Centre

Commercial Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Non-Competes in a Global Workforce

Marriott Harrison LLP, 11KBW

Employment

Catch me if you can : confidential information theft in the context of global team moves

Gibson Dunn, 11KBW

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Employment

Bridging East and West: Resolving China-Related Disputes in a Global Era

Charles Russell Speechlys, IPOS Mediation, Oxera Consulting

Arbitration-related Litigation

Investor State Arbitration – transforming to restore trust while preserving useful traditions

3 Hare Court Chambers, Fieldfisher, Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax

Investor State Disputes

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

Outside the Clause: Fraud Claims Beyond the Arbitration Agreement

Mishcon de Reya, Blackstone Chambers

Arbitration-related Litigation, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Beyond the hype: AI in Litigation - What works, what doesn't, and where are we headed towards?

Wexler AI, BCLP

Artificial Intelligence, Innovation

Arbitration and inter-generational disputes - the reality, how it works in practice

Edwin Coe LLP, 4 -5 Grays Inn Square

Private Client Disputes (inc Trusts etc)

Lend, Lose, Litigate: Credit, Collateral and the Cutting Edge of Insolvency Disputes

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, South Square

Restructuring & Insolvency

Digital Assets & Insolvency: Traditional tools for transformative technologies - restoring trust in a trustless world

4 Stone Buildings, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Restructuring & Insolvency

The EU’s New Sanctions Remedies

Peters & Peters, Twenty Essex

Sanctions

Arbitration in Military Supply Contracts

AGA Partners, Clyde & Co LLP, Queen Mary University of London

Commercial Arbitration, Trade & Government Affairs

Distress in Private Equity and Private Credit: Navigating the Next Wave of Disputes

Keidan Harrison LLP, Quinn Emanuel

Business & Finance, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

When the volume claims bubble bursts: Navigating high pressure commercial litigation

Burges Salmon LLP, Hailsham Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Professional Disciplinary & Negligence

Hot Topics in Cross-Border Fraud Claims

Dechert, One Essex Court

Fraud & Asset Recovery

From Investigation to Redress: Managing the Long Lifecycle of Competition Class Actions

FTI Consulting, Arnold & Porter

Antitrust & Competition, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Trust and Transformation in International Dispute Resolution: The Africa-UK Dialogue

Lewis Silkin, UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and GREAT Legal Services

Cross-border Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Product Liability: An evolving landscape in changing times

Freshfields LLP, Henderson Chambers

Product Liability

Beyond the Hype: AI’s Day in Court

AlixPartners, Hogan Lovells

Artificial Intelligence

The AI Litigation Blueprint: Lessons for the UK from the EU's Evolving AI Class Action Landscape

Simmons & Simmons, Essex Court Chambers

Artificial Intelligence

The next phase in Russian sanctions disputes: Injunctions, concurrent court proceedings, the risk and implications of Russian insolvency proceedings, and global enforcement battles

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP , KK&P Trial Lawyers

Cross-border Disputes, Restructuring & Insolvency

International Tax Disputes: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in Dispute Resolution

Pinsent Masons LLP, NERA

Tax

Minds vs. Machines: AI’s Promise and Limits in Arbitration

Gatehouse Chambers, JAMS ADR

Cross-border Disputes

A new playbook for employee competition disputes: Cross border litigation, arbitration and talent raids

Blackstone Chambers, Fox & Partners

Employment

Insights: Resolving Asian disputes in London

Twenty Essex, Masin

Commercial Arbitration, Cross-border Disputes

Diverse perspectives: lessons in resolving disputes

Pinsent Masons LLP, IPOS Mediation, 4 New Square

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

Global Investigations 2.0: Investigations in the era of AI and Future Intelligence

Addleshaw Goddard, BRG

Artificial Intelligence, Cross-border Disputes

When Systems Go Dark - Keeping Your Business Running and Counting the Cost

Reed Smith, BRG

Data & Cyber

Long-term liabilities in the energy sector

Clyde & Co LLP , One Essex Court

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

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

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

Round the World in 90 Minutes – A Global View of Energy Disputes

Freeths LLP, Young ITA, WilmerHale

Cross-border Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Blue Sky thinking - navigating the difficulties of recovering billions of pounds worth of crypto assets

Ankura, Fieldfisher, Maitland Chambers

Fraud & Asset Recovery

Managing the Recalcitrant Counterparty in International Disputes: Peremptory Orders, Contempt, and Cross Border Protective Measures

McDermott Will & Schulte UK LLP, Blackstone Chambers

Arbitration-related Litigation, Commercial Arbitration

Legally Bound: Navigating Risks and Rules for AI Companions

Taylor Wessing, Travers Smith

Artificial Intelligence, Product Liability

Trusts in the Commercial World

Trowers & Hamlins, Serle Court

Private Client Disputes (inc Trusts etc)

Routes to Justice: Strategies at the Crossroads of Criminal, Civil, and Arbitral Disputes

Peters & Peters, Essex Court Chambers, CDR Magazine

Commercial Arbitration, Public International Law

Arbitration/Litigation Fatigue? Is Mediation or neutral evaluation faster, cheaper and better?

Quadrant Chambers, Keidan Harrison

Arbitration-related Litigation, Costs (including funding arrangements)

Geopolitical Trends and the Impact on Disputes and Investigations

Squire Patton Boggs, FTI Consulting

Cross-border Disputes

Mind the Deal: The Psychology of Post-M&A and JV Disputes

A&O Shearman, FTI Consulting

Commercial Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

AI and ADR: bridging ethics and practice

Bar Council of England and Wales, 39 Essex Chambers

Artificial Intelligence

Global Financial Fraud Panel Discussion

Stewarts, Interpath

Fraud & Asset Recovery, Restructuring & Insolvency

WHEN FUNDING TURNS TO FIGHTING: SHAREHOLDER DISPUTES IN PRIVATE EQUITY-BACKED COMPANIES

Marriott Harrison LLP, Erskine Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Where Powerhouses Collide: Managing Disputes Across the US, UK, and India

JAMS, Phoenix Legal

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

AI disputes and developments across five jurisdictions

RPC, Ogier

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

The Art of the Ordeal: Negotiating Settlements with the Government in the Era of ‘National Economic Security’

BRG, Dentons

Cross-border Disputes, Trade & Government Affairs

Time to make it more difficult to obtain the London freezing injunction?

Blackstone Chambers, CMS

Fraud & Asset Recovery

Class Actions on the Rise: D&O Exposure in Focus

Reed Smith, 7 King's Bench Walkote

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Financial services litigation in 2026 and beyond - what are the trends in the US courts and is the UK litigation market likely to follow suit or forge a different path?

Mayer Brown International LLP, One Essex Court

Antitrust & Competition, Business & Finance, Corporate & Commercial Disputes

SLAPPs, Scrolls & Silencing: Media Law Under the Spotlight

Charles Russell Speechlys, 5RB

Defamation, Privacy & Reputation

Algorithmic Relations: the impact of AI on public scrutiny and risk in litigation and crisis

Linklaters LLP , Brunswick Group

Artificial Intelligence

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

International Perspectives on Emergency Arbitration: Emergency Arbitrators, Remedies and the English 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

Aviation Disputes in 2026: The Direction of Travel

XXIV Old Buildings, Fieldfisher

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Energy investments in Ukraine: power, risks and resolving disputes

LCF Law Group, 5SAH

Arbitration-related Litigation, Sanctions

Into the Ether: Chasing Crypto Across Borders

Lewis Silkin, Outer Temple

Cross-border Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

The London-UAE International Disputes Corridor - Opportunities for lawyers and clients

CANDEY, 33 Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

Fintech Damages: New Models, Limited Authority.

Osborne Partners , King & Spalding

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Damages

Trusting the data: why London leads the future of global dispute resolution

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, The Law Society of England and Wales

Cross-border Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Access to Public Domain Documents Pilot: Too much information or not enough - A discussion with Lady Justice Cockerill and leading practitioners

LSLA - London Solicitors Litigation Association, CYK - Cooke Young & Keidan, Stewarts, Macfarlanes

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

AI in Action: Generating Trust Through Experience To Maximise Generative AI in E-Discovery Across the Disputes & Investigations Lifecycle

FTI Consulting , Slaughter and May

Artificial Intelligence, Innovation

Arbitration in a turbulent global landscape: one year on

Three Crowns LLP, The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), YIAG

Commercial Arbitration, Investor State Disputes

Challenging Investment Arbitration Awards in Domestic Courts: Cross-Jurisdiction Comparisons From the Frontlines

Arnold & Porter, Westerberg & Partners

Arbitration-related Litigation, Investor State Disputes

Too Easy, Too Difficult or Just Right? Challenges under S. 68 of the English Arbitration Act

WilmerHale, Brick Court Chambers

Arbitration-related Litigation

AI, Professional Negligence and the Black Box Problem: When the bubble bursts

Burges Salmon LLP, 4 New Square Chambers

Artificial Intelligence, Professional Disciplinary & Negligence

The long road to execution - state immunity and the challenge of funding the enforcement of ICSID awards in England and Wales

Duane Morris, Essex Court Chambers

Investor State Disputes

International construction disputes in an uncertain world: risk mitigation and dispute strategies

Gateley Legal, Keating Chambers

Arbitration-related Litigation, Commercial Arbitration

Fraud in Arbitration: Evidence, Timing and Enforcement

Rahman Ravelli, 4 Pump Court, J.S. Held

Arbitration-related Litigation, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Innovation in Resolution: AI, Technology, and the Changing Face of ADR

gunnercooke LLP, Selborne Chambers

Artificial Intelligence

Fact or Fabrication? AI, Deepfakes and the Future of Dispute Resolution

S-RM, Farrer & Co

Artificial Intelligence, Defamation, Privacy & Reputation

Into Darkness and Beyond: Contracts Under Fire

Stewarts, Saraf and Partners

Commercial Arbitration, Cross-border Disputes

Geopolitics, Capital, Trust and Resilience: UK, India and the New World Order

Trilegal, FTI Consulting

Cross-border Disputes

Shareholder actions – recent developments in the law

Reed Smith, Stewarts, Travers Smith, Erskine Chambers

Corporate & Commercial Disputes

Is the Prize Worth the Risk? Multi-package Procurement of Major Construction Projects

White & Case LLP, HKA

Commercial Arbitration, Cross-border Disputes

“The New Landscape of Technology Disputes in International Arbitration” AI, Intellectual Property (FRAND), Cyber/Data and ESG Claims

Pinsent Masons LLP , 4 Pump Court

ESG, Intellectual Property

LIDW NextGen Social

LIDW Jack the Ripper Tour

Evening Reception following the panel discussion “Energy Investments in Ukraine: Power, Risks and Resolving Disputes”

LCF Law Group, 5SAH

Arbitration-related Litigation, Sanctions

The LIDW Pub Trivia Challenge: A light-hearted, fun-filled networking event to dust off formalities and let your competitive side out!

EY

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

The Global War for Talent: Balancing Opportunity and Risk in International Employee Competition Disputes

Mishcon de Reya, Essex Court Chambers, 11KBW

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Employment

States and State-owned Entities: Arbitrating with the Indian State

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, JSA Advocates & Solicitors, Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration

Commercial Arbitration, Investor State Disputes

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

Travers Smith LLP, Fountain Court Chambers

Business & Finance, Professional Disciplinary & Negligence

Cross-Border Perspectives on Insolvency and Fraud: Tools, Tactics and Strategic Enforcement Across Jurisdictions

Peters & Peters, Wilberforce Chambers

Fraud & Asset Recovery, Restructuring & Insolvency

The New Greenwashing – Potential International Disputes Arising from Misleading Sustainability ‘Claims’

Cornerstone Barristers, Mischon de Reya

Environment, ESG

After the Exit: Russian Bankruptcy Proceedings as a New Front in Cross-Border Enforcement Against Western Corporate Groups

LK Law LLP, Melling Voitishkin & Partners, Serle Court

Cross-border Disputes, Sanctions

Fraud is Infinite: Forgery and False Evidence in Commercial Disputes

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, Serle Court

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

What disputes will digital asset providers face post-regulation in the UK and further afield?

Rahman Ravelli , XXIV Old Buildings

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Jurisdiction & Global Issues

Beneath the Surface: Mining Disputes, Geopolitics and the Future of Critical Minerals

Freshfields, Ankura

Cross-border Disputes, Investor State Disputes

Directors at Risk: Knowledge, Oversight and Liability

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, Hausfeld & Co LLP

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Professional Disciplinary & Negligence

Who Speaks for Arbitration: Arbitration in the Media and Public Discourse

Byfield Consultancy, Osborne Clarke

Commercial Arbitration, Investor State Disputes

Artificial Intelligence in International Dispute Resolution: Build, Buy or Be Left Be

Keidan Harrison LLP, Serle Court

Artificial Intelligence, Innovation

The Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards: Immunity post UKSC’s ISL/Border Judgment

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, The City Law School, City St George’s, University of London

Investor State Disputes, Public International Law

Everything I Know About Commercial Dispute Resolution I Learned from Boxing and Combat Sports

JAMS, Secretariat

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Cross-border Disputes

Litigation Funding Under Pressure - Funding on Trial: Capital, Control and Ethics in 2026

Freeths LLP, 3 Paper Buildings

Corporate & Commercial Disputes, Costs (including funding arrangements)

Mind the Gap: Transforming Abstract Awards into Concrete Assets

WilmerHale, Ashurst, Raedas, Young ICCA

Cross-border Disputes, Fraud & Asset Recovery

International internal investigations: navigating global risk, regulatory expectations and cross border considerations

Blackstone Chambers, Kingsley Napley

Employment

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

Lawrence Stephens, Brick Court Chambers

Data & Cyber, Fraud & Asset Recovery

Pro Bono – Preventing and Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Harms

The National Pro Bono Centre, The International Dispute Resolution Centre

Environment, Human Rights

Sunset to sunrise: Legal and commercial issues in the energy transition

Accuracy, MCIA, HFW

Commercial Arbitration, Cross-border Disputes

Best Seats in the House? London and Singapore

WilmerHale, One Essex Court

Arbitration-related Litigation, Commercial Arbitration