A breakfast meeting of the Arbitration Committee will take place to discuss matters of interest and future activities, as well as to provide updates on the activities of the Committee. 

A breakfast meeting of the Family Law Committee to discuss matters of interest and future activities.

BreakfastsWe have been living through a global pandemic and a global economic recession. Where are we now? What have we learned? Where do we think we are headed?

The session will address this hot topic from several perspectives, including: the migration from the traditional to the digital media, challenges from an antitrust perspective, and many others related to the exploitation of sports rights. Also, it will address how sports events´ owners and producers are dealing with “active” fans who want to choose what, when and how to watch and how much the new players - Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Tik Tok, Kwai and other digital media – are willing to pay for sports content and how will their payback be.

In this session we will review common areas of focus for people leaving the US, whether they are citizens, green card holders or mere tax residents. We will cover the impact of emigration on their personal assets as well as the effect on their various entities: from LLCs and grantor trusts, to corporations and settlements.  As a counterbalance to the US angle, we will have panelists from key jurisdictions discussing how local laws and tax rules will affect the incoming US person. 

This session will analyse best practices and difference approaches to dealing with a different cultural environment (from Asian to Latin American cultural differences and beyond) when engaging in international commerce.

What role does pro bono play in African countries in providing free legal services to the poor and underserved? Are law firms the dominant providers of pro bono legal services, or are they trailing behind the services provided by state-sponsored and non-governmental mechanisms; and if so, what are the reasons? For the first time in the history of the IBA, the Pro Bono Committee has undertaken a survey of the state of pro bono on the African continent, with a particular emphasis on the African IBA membership. This session will engage the results of the survey, and will be an opportunity to discuss whether there is a role for the IBA to assist with challenges and barriers identified in the survey results.

This is an opportunity for Member Organisation Representatives to be updated on the status of ongoing projects in which the IBA is involved, and specifically those that touch on sensitive areas for bar associations.
It will also allow them to find out what work is being planned, and propose subject matter and programmes for future activities within our very dynamic BIC.