IPBA Annual Meeting and Conference
program

Invite Only
Registration / Breaks / Free Time / Transition Time
Plenary / Concurrent Sessions
Social Events
Activities / Tours
*Subject to change
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Pre Conference
Golf and Optional Activities
Registration Desk & Baseball Ticket Desk Open
After collecting your badge at the registration desk please make your way to the Baseball Ticket Desk to secure your ticket.
Nominating Committee Meeting
Invite Only
Officer Meeting / New Officer Orientation
Invite Only
Council Dinner
Invite Only
Transfers will depart at 6:30pm
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Pre-Conference
Registration Desk & Baseball Ticket Desk Open
After collecting your badge at the registration desk please make your way to the Baseball Ticket Desk to secure your ticket.
Membership Leaders Meeting and Committee Chair / Program Meeting
Invite Only
Council Meeting
Invite Only
Council Meeting Lunch
Invite Only
Rest / Refresh
Women Business Lawyers Reception
IPBA New Member / IPBA Scholar Reception
Transit to Offsite
Welcome Reception
Dress Code: Casual (dress warm)
We will then make our way on buses to Wrigley Field.
3:15pm – 4:30pm: Pre-welcome drinks and Buses departing for Wrigley Field
4:45pm: Final Bus Departs
Please note this is a ticketed event. You will be asked to reconfirm your attendance prior to your arrival to the conference. In order to accept your ticket you will need to download the MLB app on your phone to accept your ticket(s).
Late Night Drinks
Thursday 24 April 2025
Conference Day 1
Registration Desk Open
Opening Ceremony / Plenary Session
Transition Time
Concurrent Committee Sessions 1
Insolvency
Navigating Cross-border Insolvency Issues in Small and Mid-Sized Distressed Situations
Facilitator
Panelists
Corporate Counsel
Navigating Gen AI: Essential Insights for Corporate Counsel
Facilitator
Panelists
ESG Series, ESG (Ad Hoc)
No.1 Turning The Tables: How to Defend Corporates in the Era of Climate Litigation
Facilitator
Panelists
International Trade
Sanctions & Blocking Statutes – Managing Terrorism, Geopolitics and the Movement of Goods & Services Globally
Facilitator
Panelists
Tax
“Taxing the Rich” – International Developments
Facilitator
Panelists
APEC
Challenge of Law Business and Practice with the Generation Change in APEC Countries
Facilitator
Panelists
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Supply Chain Disputes: Appropriate DR Clauses, Hardship Clauses and the Possibility/Impossibility of Contract Adaptations in Different Jurisdictions
Facilitator
Panelists
American Bar Association, Cross-Border Investment
Shaken, not Stirred: Due Diligence & Deal Points in the Acquisition of an AI Bartender Robot Company
Facilitators
Panelists
Lunch
Concurrent Committee Sessions 2
ESG Series, Banking, Finance, and Securities, ESG (Ad Hoc)
No. 2 ESG and Sustainable Finance, An Update
Facilitators
Panelists
Employment & Immigration
Cross-Border Internal Investigations: Guiding Clients Through the Challenges Presented by Local Laws and Cultural Divides
Facilitator
Panelists
Aviation & Aerospace
Sustaining Aviation Industry: Emerging Trends in Asia Pacific
Facilitators
Panelists
International Construction Projects
PPP from Across the Globe – with Particular Emphasis on the Contracting Forms used in North America, South America, South East Asia, UK, Europe
Facilitator
Panelists
International Trade, Tax
Re-Globalization: Navigating Tax, Trade, and Supply Chain Challenges in a Transformed World
Facilitators
Panelists
Environmental Law, Next Generation, Technology, Media & Telecommunications
AI Meets Climate Change: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Fighting for Sustainability with Smart Solutions
Facilitator
Panelists
Competition Law
Overlap of Competition Law with Data and Digital ecosystem – a general overview
Facilitator
Panelists
American Bar Association, Cross-Border Investment
Shaken, not Stirred: Due Diligence & Deal Points in the Acquisition of an AI Bartender Robot Company
Facilitators
Panelists
Transition Time
Concurrent Committee Sessions 3
Insolvency, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Arbitration and Insolvency: Does the Common Law/Civil Law Divide make a Difference?
Facilitator
Panelists
Insurance
Can Adopting Transformational Technology Give Rise to Greater Risk for Professional Services Firms, and are These Risks Covered by Insurance?
Facilitator
Panelists
International Construction Projects
FIDIC but not as you know it
Facilitator
Panelists
Women Business Lawyers, Women in the Board Series
No. 1: Knowledge and Decision Making
Facilitator
Panelists
China Law Session
Understanding China Through Its Legislation
Facilitator
Panelists
Next Generation
Roundtable/Break-out Discussions on Technology Regulations Globally
Facilitators
Panelists
Cross-Border Investment
Build That Wall! Do FDI-ODI Restrictions Make M&A More Parochial in the Current Geopolitical Landscape?
Facilitator
Panelists
Rest / Refresh
Pre-Gala Reception
Great Lakes Foyer
Gala Dinner
Great Lakes Ballroom
Dress code: Formal
Late Night Drinks
Friday 25 April 2025
Conference Day 2
Registration Desk Open
Concurrent Committee Sessions 4
Corporate Counsel
Modern Challenges Dissected: Corporate Counsel at the Crossroads of Sanctions and Compliance
Facilitator
Panelists
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Beyond the Hype: AI in Law – Reconciling Predictive Technology with Legal Standards
Facilitator
Panelists
Cross-Border Investment
Hot Sectors in a Heating World: Energy M&A
Facilitator
Panelists
Women Business Lawyers, Women in the Board Series
No. 2: Preparing for Board Seats
Facilitator
Panelists
Employment & Immigration Law, Intellectual Property
NDAs and Business Confidentiality: IP Protection Issues regarding Employment and IP Laws
Facilitator
Panelists
Anti-Corruption & Rule of Law
The Impact of Global Economic Sanctions: a Sword or a Shield, and for Whom?
Facilitators
Panelists
AIJA, Next Generation, Legal Practice
Automating Legal Processes: The New Face of Legal Practice
Facilitator
Panelists
International Trade
Navigating the ESG Maze: Trade’s New Reality
Facilitator
Panelists
Transition Time
Concurrent Committee Sessions 5
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Is ISDS Drowning and, if so, Who’s to Save It?
Facilitator
Panelists
Banking, Finance, and Securities
Generative AI in the Financial Sector: Use Cases, Legal Issues and Regulatory Considerations
Facilitator
Panelists
ESG Series, Corporate Counsel, ESG (Ad Hoc)
No. 3 Sustainable Solutions: The Role of Lawyers in ESG Advisory
Facilitator
Panelists
Competition Law
National Security Issues & Abuse of Dominance in Digital Space is Moving Towards per se Illegal Regime in Competition Law
Facilitator
Panelists
Women Business Lawyers
Beyond the Brief: Real Talk with Women Lawyers Conquering Challenges
Facilitator
Panelists
Insurance, Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Cyber Threats – Liability for Directors and Corporates and the Role of the Cyber Policy
Facilitator
Panelists
APEC
Foreign Investment Facilitation – Laws and Pratice in APEC Countries
Facilitator
Panelists
Employment & Immigration
Roundtable Topic: Work Without Borders, Laws with Limits: Global Mobility through the Employment and Immigration Maze
Facilitators
Panelists
Social Lunch
Lunch & Learn
Doing Business in the Middle East: Opportunities and Pitfalls
Presented By GLA & Company and Habib Al Mulla & Partners
**Please note this event open to all participants, however capacity is limited, so please arrive on time to secure your spot in the room**
Concurrent Committee Sessions 6
International Construction Projects, Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Managing Technology in Construction
Facilitators
Panelists
Banking, Finance, and Securities, Energy & Natural Resources
Into de Veins of Mining: Trends and Challenges in Various Mechanisms to Finance Large Scale Mining Projects
Facilitator
Panelists
Intellectual Property
IP Protection in International Investment
Facilitator
Panelists
Anti-Corruption & Rule of Law
Disrupting Global Supply Chains: Will US Export Controls Prevail?
Facilitator
Panelists
Insolvency, Employment & Immigration
Impact of Insolvency on Employee Rights and Benefits & Employee-Management Stand-Offs
Facilitator
Panelists
Cross-Border Investment
ESG Due Diligence Best Practices
Facilitator
Panelists
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Big Tech Disputes – Now and the Future
Facilitator
Panelists
Legal Development & Training
Current Trends and Recent Developments in International Arbitration
Facilitator
Panelists
Transition Time
Concurrent Committee Sessions 7
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The Advance of Class Actions: A Comparison of Class-Action Mechanisms in Different Regions of the World
Facilitator
Panelists
Cross-Border Investment
Post-Acquisition Governance Models and Post-Merger Integration
Facilitator
Panelists
Next Generation, Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Biotech Breakthroughs and the Law: Global Perspectives on IP, Regulatory Compliance, and Ethical Challenges in the Global Biotech Industry
Facilitator
Panelists
International Construction Projects, Anti-Corruption & Rule of Law
Transparent Construction
Facilitator
Panelists
Cross-Border Investment
Management Retention in M&A Transactions
Facilitator
Panelists
Environmental Law
Climate Justice and Inclusive Public Procurement
Facilitator
Panelists
Employment & Immigration
The Social Side of ESG in Employment & Diversity: Driving Change, Building Better Workplaces, and Keeping Pace with Regulatory Requirements
Facilitators
Panelists
Insolvency
East versus West: A Comparative View of Creditor Rights in Asian Insolvency Regimes and Chapter 11
Facilitator
Panelists
Rest / Refresh
Transfers to Farewell Dinner
Farewell Dinner
Epiphany – Centre for the Arts
Dress code: Business casual / cocktail attire optional
Saturday 26 April 2025
Conference Day 3
Registration Desk Open
Concurrent Committee Sessions 8
Cross-Border Investment
Does Shareholder Activism Imrpove How Companies are Run?
Facilitator
Panelists
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Arbitration and the Energy Transition: is it Fit for Purpose?
Facilitator
Panelists
AI (ad hoc)
Challenge of legal industry at the AI times
Facilitator
Panelists
Women Business Lawyers, Women in the Board Series
No. 3: Experience Sharing
Facilitator
Panelists
Energy & Natural Resources, Tax
Recent Tax Incentives to Foster Energy Transition and their Expected Impact in Energy Projects Worldwide
Facilitators
Panelists
Tax
Taxation of Private Equity Investments, Acquisition Structures, Funding and Sweet Equity
Facilitator
Panelists
Anti-Corruption & Rule of Law
Global Implementation of Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policies: is a One-Size-Fits-All Approach Necessary or Practical?
Facilitator
Panelists
Transition Time
Concurrent Committee Sessions 9
Cross-Border Investment
How the Private Equity Mid-Market has Evolved in a Changing World – and how this has Impacted Outside Counsel’s Practice
Facilitators
Panelists
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Execution of Judgments in a Changing World: Challenges and Solutions
Facilitator
Panelists
ESG Series, Next Generation, ESG (Ad Hoc)
No. 4 Business and Human Rights: Global Frameworks, Practical Application and Role of Legal Advisers
Facilitator
Panelists
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Game On! Navigating the Legal Complexities of the Gaming (and Gambling) Industry
Facilitators
Panelists
Tax
Beneficial Ownership vs. General & Specific Anti Avoidance & Substance Rules – a New Headache for Treaty Relief”?
Facilitator
Panelists
Employment & Immigration
Show Me the (Paper) Money: Incentives and Executive Compensation in the International Workplace
Facilitators
Panelists
International Construction Projects
Breaking the Glass Ceiling in the Construction Industry – a Session on the Progress of Women in Construction, Particularly in the Upper Echelons and on the Boards of Major Construction Companies
Facilitator
Panelists
Annual General Meeting and Lunch
Officers Wrap Up Meeting
Sunday 27 April 2025
Post Conference Day
Golf and Optional Activities