2nd IBA Global Professional Ethics Symposium
26 Jun - 28 Jun 2024
Session information
Are you the one? Ethics as a criterion to select lawyers
Thursday 27 June (1330 - 1430)
Description
This session is about the increasing use by clients of ethics criteria when selecting lawyers. Clients may look at track records of fraud and corruption, disciplinary or regulatory history and environmental, social and governance (ESG), ranging from diversity and inclusion standards to sustainability commitments.
• How do clients apply ethics criteria in practice?
• What policies do they use and what are the experiences?
• What does this mean for law firms and for lawyers?
• Which dilemma’s do they face when it comes to privacy? Or when it comes to acting on other (potentially) controversial matters?
• Can a law firm be too ethical and ‘prize’ itself out of the market?
We will discuss these questions with clients and managing partners of law firms.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Jonathan Soeharno | De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Education Officer, Professional Ethics Committee |
Speakers
| Babatunde Ajibade SAN | SPA Ajibade & Co, Lagos, Nigeria; SPPI Vice Chair / Treasurer |
| Alessandra Nascimento S F Mourao | Nascimento e Mourao Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; SPPI Council Member |
| Steven Richman | American Bar Association, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Chair, Bar Issues Commission Policy Committee |
| Roberta Rizzolo | Prometeon Tyre Group Srl, Milan, Italy |