Carola Van den Bruinhorst
Chair of the LPD
2023-2024
Legal Practice Division
The objectives of the Legal Practice Division are to promote an interchange of information and views among its members as to laws, practices and professional responsibilities relating to the practice of law throughout the world; to facilitate communication among its members; to provide the opportunity to all its members to be active in the division through its sections, committees, fora and other groupings; and to undertake such related projects as may be approved from time to time by the division’s council.
Anti-corruption and sport integrity: preventing sport manipulation
26 Nov 2024 1400 - 1500 GMT
Webinar
IBA ESG Accelerator Training Programme: ESG disclosures, reporting and due diligence
27 Nov 2024 1200 - 1300 GMT
Webinar
9th Annual Corporate Governance Conference
04 Dec - 05 Dec 2024
Frankfurt , Germany
IBA ESG Accelerator Training Programme: ESG litigation and dispute resolution trends
04 Dec 2024 1200 - 1300 GMT
Webinar
11th Biennial IBA Global Immigration Conference
04 Dec - 06 Dec 2024
London , England
Indian insolvency: the next era
05 Dec 2024 0900 - 1000 GMT
Webinar
Navigating political and tax challenges for HNWI
10 Dec 2024 1430 - 1600 GMT
Webinar
Orchestrating a cybersecurity symphony – Part two: Why law firms should consider cybersecurity as an alternative business structure
11 Dec 2024 1500 - 1600 GMT
Webinar
Emerging legal frameworks governing the growing prominence of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs)
13 Jan 2025 1300 - 1400 GMT
Webinar
Merger control in the Middle East and North Africa
15 Jan 2025 1200 - 1300 GMT
Webinar
14th Annual London Finance and Capital Markets Conference
20 Jan - 21 Jan 2025
London , England
13th IBA European Corporate and Private M&A Conference
06 Feb - 07 Feb 2025
Paris , France
Litigating in the Middle East
09 Feb - 10 Feb 2025
Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates
IBA 6th Silicon Hills Conference – the Tech Epicentre of Texas: from Start-Up to Exit
12 Feb - 14 Feb 2025
Austin , USA
30th Annual International Private Client Tax Conference
02 Mar - 04 Mar 2025
London , England
23rd Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
09 Mar - 11 Mar 2025
London , England
9th Biennial Conference on Construction Projects from Conception to Completion
27 Mar - 29 Mar 2025
Milan , Italy
Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2025
02 Apr - 04 Apr 2025
Marrakech , Morocco
Mergers and acquisitions in India: a key engine to the USD 30 trillion goal
03 Apr - 04 Apr 2025
Mumbai , India
26th Annual IBA Arbitration Day
03 Apr - 04 Apr 2025
London , England
IBA Annual Litigation Forum: The future of litigation
09 Apr - 11 Apr 2025
Singapore
34th Annual IBA Communications and Competition Law Conference
28 Apr - 29 Apr 2025
Paris , France
Global insurance trends for 2025 – Transactions, Regulation and Disputes
28 Apr - 29 Apr 2025
London , England
9th Global Entrepreneurship Conference
18 May - 20 May 2025
Milan , Italy
22nd Annual International Mergers & Acquisitions Conference
04 Jun - 05 Jun 2025
New York , USA
15th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
04 Jun - 06 Jun 2025
London , England
19th Annual IBA Competition Mid-Year Conference
05 Jun - 06 Jun 2025
Tokyo , Japan
34th IBA Global Challenges and Opportunities for the Asset Management Industry Conference
08 Jun - 10 Jun 2025
Boston , USA
11th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference
11 Jun - 13 Jun 2025
Boston , USA
ESG: the role of lawyers today and in the future
19 Jun - 20 Jun 2025
Paris , France
Financial Services Section
Corporate Counsel Forum
Real Estate Section
Maritime and Aviation Law Section
Human Resources Section
Intellectual Property, Communications and Technology Section
Corporate Law Section
International Commerce, Trade, Franchising and Product Law Section
Agriculture and Food Section
Criminal Law Section
Insolvency Section
Dispute Resolution Section
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)
Taxation Section
Antitrust Section
Leisure Industries Section
Law and Individual Rights Section
Public Law Section
Section
Committees / Subcommittees
Financial Services Section
Corporate Counsel Forum
Real Estate Section
Maritime and Aviation Law Section
Human Resources Section
Intellectual Property, Communications and Technology Section
Corporate Law Section
International Commerce, Trade, Franchising and Product Law Section
Agriculture and Food Section
Criminal Law Section
Insolvency Section
Dispute Resolution Section
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)
Taxation Section
Antitrust Section
Leisure Industries Section
Law and Individual Rights Section
Public Law Section
Section
Committees / Subcommittees
Financial Services Section
Corporate Counsel Forum
Real Estate Section
Maritime and Aviation Law Section
Human Resources Section
Intellectual Property, Communications and Technology Section
Corporate Law Section
International Commerce, Trade, Franchising and Product Law Section
Agriculture and Food Section
Criminal Law Section
Insolvency Section
Dispute Resolution Section
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)
Taxation Section
Antitrust Section
Leisure Industries Section
Law and Individual Rights Section
Public Law Section
Officers of the LPD Council
Carola Van den Bruinhorst
LPD Chair
Firm Address
Loyens & Loeff Parnassusweg 300Amsterdam
Netherlands
1081 LC
Daniel Del Rio
LPD Vice Chair
Firm Address
SMPS Legal Torre de Chapultepec Uno, Paseo de la Reforma 50918th floor, Col. Cuauhtemoc
Mexico City
Mexico
06502
Pascale Lagesse
LPD Secretary-Treasurer / IBA Treasurer
Firm Address
Bredin Prat 53 Quai d'OrsayParis
France
75007
Amir Z Singh Pasrich
LPD Assistant Treasurer / IBA Assistant Treasurer
Firm Address
International Law Affiliates 901 - 905 Naurang House21 Kasturba Gandhi Marg
Connaught Place
New Delhi
India
110003
Peter Llewellyn Bartlett
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
MinterEllison Level 20, Collins Arch447 Collins Street
Melbourne
Australia
3000
Alexander Birnstiel
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Noerr Brienner Strasse 28Munich
Germany
80333
Christopher S W Blake
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Hahn Loeser & Parks 200 Public SquareSuite 2800
Cleveland
USA
44114-2316
Harvey Jay Cohen
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 255 E 5th St #1900Cincinnati
USA
OH 45202
Clare Corke
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Corrs Chambers Westgarth Level 42111 Eagle Street
Brisbane
Australia
4000
Rossana Fernandes Duarte
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Mattos Filho Al Joaquim Eugênio de Lima 447Jardim Paulista
São Paulo
Brazil
01403-001
Felix R Ehrat
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Ehrat Advisory Blumenrain 4Zumikon
Switzerland
8126
Ana Lucia Ferreyra
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Pluspetrol Dr Luis Bonavitta 126615th Floor
WTC Tower IV
Montevideo
Uruguay
11300
Florencia Heredia
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Allende & Brea Maipu 1300 - 11th FloorBuenos Aires
Argentina
C1006ACT
Ayman H A Khaleq
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Morgan Lewis & Bockius Twenty-Second FloorLos Angeles
USA
90071-3132
Cecilia Mairal
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Marval O'Farrell & Mairal Av Leandro N Alem 882Buenos Aires
Argentina
C1001AAQ
Sara Moyo
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Honey & Blanckenberg 200 Herbert Chitepo AvenueHarare
Zimbabwe
00263
Ira Nishisato
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Borden Ladner Gervais Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower22 Adelaide Street West
Suite 3400
Toronto
Canada
M5H 4E3
David O'Donnell
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Mason Hayes & Curran South Bank HouseBarrow Street
Dublin
Ireland
D04 TR29
Turenna Ramirez-Ortiz
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Holland & Knight Paseo de la Reforma 342 Piso 28Col Juarez - Cuauhtemoc
Mexico City
Mexico
06600
Marc Reysen
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
REYCOL Am Atzelberg 4Frankfurt
Germany
60389
Marco Rizzi
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Bratschi AG Bahnhofstrasse 70Zürich
Switzerland
8021
Kelli Sager
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Davis Wright Tremaine 865 South Figueroa Street24th Floor, Suite 2400
Los Angeles
USA
90017 2566
Alexander Schwarz
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Gleiss Lutz Dreischeibenhaus 1Düsseldorf
Germany
40211
Tshepo Monica Shabangu
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Law Society of South Africa 304 Brooks StreetMewlo Park
Pretoria
South Africa
0001
Henry Shyn
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Seegene Inc Jamsil-Ro 209Songpa-Gu
South Korea
05552
Sajai Singh
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
JSA Level 3, Prestige Obelisk3 Kasturba Road
Bengaluru
India
560001
Corina Song
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Allen & Gledhill One Marina Boulevard #28-00Singapore
Singapore
018989
Sky Yang
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Bae Kim & Lee Centropolis B,26 Ujeongguk-ro, Jongno-gu,
Seoul
South Korea
03161
Carolina Zang
LPD Council Member
Firm Address
Zang Bergel & Viñes Calle Florida537 - 18th Floor
Buenos Aires
Argentina
C1005AAK
Rolandas Valiunas
PPID/SPPI Representative
Firm Address
Ellex Valiunas Jogailos 9Vilnius
Lithuania
01116
Government Access to IT Systems
Data is becoming the core asset of our economies and takes up a central role in our societies. Government attempts to obtain access or receive information, as well as the responses of the private sector to such attempts, raise complex legal issues, depending on the specific socio-political context and the domestic legal traditions. The LPD set up the Task Force on Government Access to IT Systems in October 2017. This report provides the Task Force’s assessment based on the considerations of this topic in different jurisdictions and offers a set of working principles for balancing government access to IT systems and fundamental rights.
Digital Identity Working Group Project
The pervasive use of new modes of communication and transaction of business, for personal and professional purposes, is creating information relating to users that encompasses a wide variety of areas - a digital identity. This IBA Legal Practice Division Working Group has undertaken to develop a set of high-level Principles around the collection, use and sharing of digital identity information that could serve as the basis for engaging in dialogue with all relevant stakeholders.
If you have any comments or questions about the project or report, contact anurag.bana@int-bar.org.
Business Law International (BLI)
Published three time a year by the IBA’s Legal Practice Division, Business Law International covers the latest developments in all areas of business law across the globe, from M&A to employment, competition to tax, offering rigorous comparative analysis of how the law affects business in different jurisdictions and across borders.
Members are invited to submit ideas for future issues of the journal. Please contact the editor at: editor@int-bar.org
Report of the LPD Nominations Committee concerning Nominations for Election as Members of the LPD Council 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2028
The LPD Nominations Committee, after review of the nominations submitted for positions on the LPD Council for the term 2025-2028 and having exercised due consideration as prescribed by the Bylaws of the LPD, have agreed to propose the following candidates for election as elected Members of the LPD Council. The election will be held at the LPD General Meeting on Thursday 19 September 2024, 1115-1200, at the time of the IBA 2024 Annual Conference in Mexico City.
LPD Conference Quality Fund
The IBA organises over fifty specialist and regional conferences each year in addition to the Annual Conference and the costs involved are very considerable. In order to contain those costs, the IBA through the guidelines set out in the division handbooks has established well defined rules that must be followed so as to ensure that there is conformity in determining to what costs the IBA may be exposed in relation to any particular event.
The rules are detailed and deal with many issues including registration fee waivers, speakers’ expenses and entertainment costs. The rules have served the IBA well in the past and are appropriate for the future.
The LPD is committed to ensure the highest quality of programmes and calibre of speakers at the sessions that it promotes. There is concern amongst the LPD officers that the current policies sometimes stand in the way of putting on the highest quality sessions. A relaxation of the rules is desirable from time to time to enable certain costs to be paid that are likely to lead to enrichment of the quality of a programme. It is clear that it may sometimes be advantageous to pay certain costs outside the guidelines; for example to a world business leader, regulator, to some academics or NGO representatives, if it can be demonstrated that such a payment is likely to enrich the programme and increase the quality of the relevant session.
The LPD officers, the IBA President and the Executive Director recommend the creation of a fund to cover on an exceptional basis, expenses and other matters related to LPD sessions which are not permitted by the guidelines set out in the LPD Handbook.
The fund shall cover exceptional expenses to secure speakers as well as expenses incurred by speakers and organisers of sessions at the LPD specialist and regional conferences and LPD sessions at the Annual Conferences. An application to the Fund shall be made by an officer of the relevant LPD committee to the IBA Treasurer, who in consultation with the other LPD officers, shall have absolute discretion to agree to pay part of or the entire sum sought or to decline the application.
To apply to the fund, please complete this form and return to ronnie.hayward@int-bar.org
Scholarships and Awards
With the aim of providing interactive and educational opportunities to the growing international legal community, the Sections of the Legal Practice Division offer annual opportunities for young lawyers from around the world to apply for scholarships that recognise outstanding individuals in the legal profession. Each year the IBA, holds an Annual Conference, which attracts the participation of over 4000 lawyers from more than 100 jurisdictions. The LPD, and the Public and Professional Interest Division (PPID) present informative and engaging sessions covering current topics of significance to lawyers throughout the world.
The Annual Conference working sessions are complemented by a full social programme which provides the opportunity for delegates meet, establish and maintain business contacts and friendships with peers of the legal profession worldwide. Scholarships are awarded to young lawyers who wish to participate at the Annual Conference, but may find it financially difficult to do so.
For more information on the LPD, please contact the IBA London Office at divisions@int-bar.org