IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
Law firm mergers: new perspectives, cross-border and multidisciplinary complications and solutions
Monday 3 November (1430 - 1545)
Committee(s)
Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee
(Lead)
Description
With major international law firm mergers dominating the headlines, questions continue to arise in both the business and regulatory space. What are the benefits of integration vs alliance? How do firms address regulatory issues where one jurisdiction permits alternative business structures and others don't? Are there regional or international trends emerging? This panel will explore "what to think of when thinking of a law firm merger" in light of these challenges.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Professor Paul Paton KC | Chapman University Fowler School of Law, Orange, California, USA; Co-Chair, Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee |
| Eduardo Quintanilla | Bufete Aguirre Quintanilla Soria & Nishizawa, La Paz, Bolivia; Programme Officer, Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee |
Speakers
| Anna Balinsky | KMPG, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Tal Eyal-Boger | FISCHER, Tel Aviv, Israel; Membership Officer, Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee |
| Sanjeev Kapoor | Khaitan & Co, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Membership Officer, Asia Pacific Regional Forum |
| Alberto Navarro | DS Navarro Castex Abogados, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Member, Closely Held Companies Committee Advisory Board |
| Panupan Udomsuvannakul | MORI HAMADA & MATSUMOTO, Bangkok, Thailand; Scholarship Officer, Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee |