Speaker details

IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025

2 Nov - 8 Nov 2025

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada

Speaker information

David Heems

Biography

David specialises in commercial, financial and insolvency litigation, including proceedings in relation to directors' and officers' liability. He is regularly involved in cross-border restructurings, such as the litigation concerning OSX, Oi and Royal IHC. David is the co-chair of the Reorganisation and Workouts Committee of the International Bar Association. He is the co-author of a leading commentary on articles concerning the actio pauliana. He recently lectured at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal and has been a lecturer on insolvency law at the University of Amsterdam for over ten years. David is also a lecturer at the Law Firm School.

Session

Forum shopping in insolvency proceedings: should COMI still be the rule?

Thursday 6 November (1115 - 1230)

Room 605, Level 600, MTCC

Session Chair