Volatility in Global Trade and Supply Chain Structures - challenges of constant adaptation
15 Apr - 16 Apr 2026
Session information
Workshop: nuts and bolts of contract drafting to address the unexpected
Thursday 16 April (1400 - 1530)
Description
Join in a lively exercise of clauses drafting workshop, structured around four different topics, moderated by two facilitators assigned to each table, where participants will be divided. Attendees will be provided with a simple case study and shall be required to jointly draft a contractual clause protecting one party or the other. Such clause shall then be presented to the participating audience which will interact on the presentation.
Topics will include:
- Price escalation clauses: best practices to address tariff risk
- Market disruption and unusual price increases
- Prepare for trade sanctions
- Long term supply contracts
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Alessandro Barzaghi | COCUZZA, Milan, Italy; Secretary, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
| Dietmar Huemer | Huemer | Legal Solutions, Vienna, Austria |
Speakers
| Renato Bucher | MLL Legal Ltd, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Oliver Korte | ADVANT Beiten, Hamburg, Germany |
| Isibor Oaikhinan | Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria; Commissioner, IBA Professional Wellbeing Commission |
| Maria Letizia Patania | CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, Rome, Italy; Chair, International Conventions and Trade Agreements Subcommittee |
| Jameson Rice | Holland & Knight, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Chair, Government Procurement Subcommittee |
| Marcio Sperling | Sperling Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Deputy Webinar Officer, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
| Emmanuelle Voisset | Panta Rhei Avocats, Paris, France; Scholarship Officer, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
| Peter Wagner | Jordan & Wagner Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart, Germany; Programme Officer, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |