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Event Overview
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We all miss our AIJA gatherings, but we are happy to invite you to the virtual half-day Litigation Commission Day on 22 October 2020.
Although our first Annual Litigation Conference is postponed, we will show you a glimpse of what is brewing in the litigation arena during our Commissions Month:
- Participation of two distinguished jurists
- Discussions of evidentiary and litigation funding issues
- Two social programmes
Here is an overview of the two sessions that will be held during the Litigation Commission Day. For more details on the schedule and the speakers, please go to the programme section of this page.
1. Evidence gathering in high-stake international commercial litigation: there is the law and there are the facts and there is little chance of success in the law when the facts are not in evidence.
In complex, high-stakes, commercial cases, the issue becomes even more crucial because the litigation oftentimes plays out in different jurisdictions with their own unique approaches to the treatment and admission of evidence. This first session will feature distinguished jurists including a Judge from the Netherlands Commercial Court and Judge Wiest, vice-president of the international chamber of the Paris commercial court.
2. How to secure your fighting fund: proving and substantiating complex high stake commercial cases brings high financial risks for your client. The second session will focus on ways in which clients can secure a fighting fund, including harnessing third party funding for complex and cross-border proceedings. The panel will include a litigation funder, a broker and two attorneys from different jurisdictions who will give profound insight from various perspectives. They will tackle i.a. various kinds of third party funding, how to best approach a funder or how to align and work with a funder.
Organising Committee
- Giovanni Angles, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
- Laura Manz, Kellerhals Carrard
- Pierre-Yves Samson, Soffal
All academic sessions are recorded and shared in the Resource Centre the week after the events.
This event takes place during:
AIJA Commissions Month
20 October - 20 November 2020
AIJA Commissions involved
- Litigation
Exhibition
Institutional
Programme
Litigation Commission Day
14:00 - 14:15
Auditorium A
14:15 - 15:15
Auditorium A
There is the law and there are the facts and there is little chance of success in the law when the facts are not in evidence.
In complex, high-stakes, commercial cases, the issue becomes even more crucial because the litigation oftentimes plays out in different jurisdictions with their own unique approaches to the treatment and admission of evidence. This first session will feature distinguished jurists including a Judge from the Netherlands Commercial Court and Judge Wiest, vice-president of the international chamber of the Paris commercial court.
Moderator:
There is the law and there are the facts and there is little chance of success in the law when the facts are not in evidence.
In complex, high-stakes, commercial cases, the issue becomes even more crucial because the litigation oftentimes plays out in different jurisdictions with their own unique approaches to the treatment and admission of evidence. This first session will feature distinguished jurists including a Judge from the Netherlands Commercial Court and Judge Wiest, vice-president of the international chamber of the Paris commercial court.
Moderator:
- Pierre-Yves Samson, SOFFAL
- Mr Wiest, vice-president of the international chamber, commercial court, Paris, France
- Mr Frakes, President of the NCC District Court and judge of the s-Hertogenbosch Court of Appeal, the Netherlands
- Mr Visser the NCC’s Registrar and Senior Law Clerk, the Netherlands
- Mr Knox Q.C., Deputy High Court Judge, London , Deputy High Court Judge, London, United Kingdom
15:30 - 16:30
Auditorium A
16:45 - 17:45
Auditorium A
Proving and substantiating complex high stake commercial cases brings high financial risks for your client. The second session will focus on ways in which clients can secure a fighting fund, including harnessing third party funding for complex and cross-border proceedings. The panel will include a litigation funder, a broker and two attorneys from different jurisdictions who will give profound insight from various perspectives. They will tackle i.a. various kinds of third party funding, how to best approach a funder or how to align and work with a funder.
Moderators:
Proving and substantiating complex high stake commercial cases brings high financial risks for your client. The second session will focus on ways in which clients can secure a fighting fund, including harnessing third party funding for complex and cross-border proceedings. The panel will include a litigation funder, a broker and two attorneys from different jurisdictions who will give profound insight from various perspectives. They will tackle i.a. various kinds of third party funding, how to best approach a funder or how to align and work with a funder.
Moderators:
- Jon Felce, Partner at PCB Litigation
- Laura Manz, Senior Associate at Kellerhals Carrard
- Christiane Deniger, Burford Capital
- Sanjay Desai, Marsh Inc.
- Zack Bluestone, Bluestone Law
- Rayssa Imperiano, Four Knights
18:00 - 19:00
Networking Lounge
This is your chance to meet virtually in small groups – see young but well-known faces and meet new ones! Our Litigation Commission will team up with the IP/TMT, Antitrust, Healthcare, In-house Counsel, T.R.A.D.E and Insolvency Commissions – in order to meet many new peers.
This is your chance to meet virtually in small groups – see young but well-known faces and meet new ones! Our Litigation Commission will team up with the IP/TMT, Antitrust, Healthcare, In-house Counsel, T.R.A.D.E and Insolvency Commissions – in order to meet many new peers.
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Scholarships
If you are a lawyer under 35 years old and meet the requirements, apply to our Scholarship Programme for this event. You can check more details here.
Organising Committee
Agata ADAMCZYK
Adamczyk, Liber & Współpracownicy (POLAND)
Kato AERTS
Lydian (BELGIUM)
Cherry ALMEIDA
Caland Advocaten (NETHERLANDS)
Giovanni ANGLES
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP (UNITED STATES)
Chris ATKINSON
LK Law LLP (UNITED KINGDOM)
Ferenc BALLEGEER
FB-tax (BELGIUM)
Luana BARROS
Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello Advogados (BRAZIL)
Marc BUCHMANN
Fischer Ramp Buchmann ltd (SWITZERLAND)
Alisa BURKHARD
Vectra Advisors (SWITZERLAND)
Davide CANEPA
Watson Farley & Williams (ITALY)
Daria CAPOTORTO
Tonucci & Partners (ITALY)
Gustavo COELHO
Bastilho Coelho Advogados (BRAZIL)
Silvia DAHLBERG
Advokatfirman Vinge KB (SWEDEN)
John DAVIES
Farrer & Co (UNITED KINGDOM)
Jeroen DE CONINCK
DC Advocaten BV (BELGIUM)
Jérôme DEBRAS
LEGALIM (FRANCE)
Carlos Federico DELRAZO OCHOA
Ecija Mexico, S.C. (MEXICO)
Marika DEVAUX
MAAT avocat (FRANCE)
Bérangère DIOT
Cabinet d'avocats CADIOU BARBE LAROQUE (FRANCE)
Lauren EVANS
Kingsley Napley LLP (UNITED KINGDOM)
Adam FLACKS
LK Law LLP (UNITED KINGDOM)
Hannah FRY
39 Essex Chambers’ Commercial and Construction Team (UNITED KINGDOM)
Inga GEORGE
boesling IP Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB (GERMANY)
Bruno GUARNIERI
Farroco Abreu Advogados (BRAZIL)
Bernd HAUCK
Kellerhals Carrard (SWITZERLAND)
Nicolas HERREN
Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law Ltd (SWITZERLAND)
Hendrikje HERRMANN
Lebuhn & Puchta Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Solicitor mbB (GERMANY)
Audrey JARRETON
Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg SARL (LUXEMBOURG)
Rainer KASPAR
PHH Rechtsanwält:innen GmbH (AUSTRIA)
Inka KNAPPERTSBUSCH
CMS Hasche Sigle P. v. RAe u. StB mbB (GERMANY)
Julie KÖLZER-WARNECKE
M&S Law S.à r.l. (LUXEMBOURG)
Katarzyna KUZMA
Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka sp.k. (POLAND)
Sophie LENS
ALTIUS (BELGIUM)
Laura MANZ
Kellerhals Carrard (SWITZERLAND)
Eliseo M. MARTíNEZ
Eliseo M. Martínez (SPAIN)
Giorgia MASSARO
DOLCI CERRETA MASSARO SOCIETA TRA AVVOCATI SRL (ITALY)
Edvinas MESKYS
Edvinas Meskys (attorney) (LITHUANIA)
Anda MIZE
Eleving Vehicle Finance, AS (LATVIA)
Stefan MÜLLER
Wenger Vieli AG (SWITZERLAND)
Katie NEWBURY
Kingsley Napley LLP (UNITED KINGDOM)
Ansam OKBANI
(FRANCE)
Alessandro PACI
RP Legal & Tax Associazione Professionale (ITALY)
Krzysztof PAWLAK
Schoenherr Halwa sp.k. (POLAND)
Armando PERNA
Cappelli RCCD Studio Legale (ITALY)
Jacopo PIEMONTE
De Berti Jacchia (ITALY)
Lars RAEDSCHELDERS
Fieldfisher LLP (BELGIUM)
Martin RAUBER
Eversheds Sutherland Ltd.. (SWITZERLAND)
Eliana RIVERA
Lacco S.A.S. (COLOMBIA)
Pierre-Yves SAMSON
SAMSON (FRANCE)
Christian SAUER
LPA-CGR avocats (FRANCE)
Thomas SEEBER
Stadler Völkel Rechtsanwälte GmbH (AUSTRIA)
Claire SHEPHERD
Travers Smith LLP (UNITED KINGDOM)
Malini SKANDACHANMUGARASAN
Doyle Clayton (UNITED KINGDOM)
Eleni SKOUFARI
Cremer & Skoufari (GREECE)
Sharaf SULTAN
(CANADA)
Charlotte TREGUNNA
Peters & Peters (UNITED KINGDOM)
Sanne VAN RUITENBEEK
Pallas Advocaten (NETHERLANDS)
Dirk WIEGANDT
HANEFELD (GERMANY)
Lukas WIESER
Zeiler Rechtsanwälte GmbH (AUSTRIA)
Clemens WILLVONSEDER
Binder Grösswang Rechtsanwälte GmbH (AUSTRIA)
Christopher WOLTERS
Blomstein Part mbB (GERMANY)
Sponsors
Exhibition
Institutional
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