IBA Annual Litigation Forum - Chasing a moving world: litigation in an age of acceleration

17 Mar - 19 Mar 2027

Session information

Session 4: From boardroom crisis to courtroom: litigating corporate breakdowns in fast-moving markets

Description

When a joint venture collapses, a founder falls out with investors, a major transaction unravels or allegations of corporate misconduct emerge, the dispute can escalate extraordinarily quickly. What should litigators do in the first 72 hours - and what mistakes become impossible to undo? This session would examine emergency injunctions, preservation of evidence, internal investigations, board and shareholder disputes, parallel regulatory exposure and litigation strategy. India's dynamic corporate, family-business, private-equity and start-up landscape would provide particularly strong case studies while keeping the discussion highly relevant to international practitioners.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Tara Archer-Glasgow Higgs & Johnson, Nassau, Bahamas; Scholarship Officer, Litigation Committee
Payel Chatterjee Trilegal, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Speakers

Cara Cameron Woods, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Nicolas Curchod Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Zürich, Switzerland
Arjun Doshi RMRW Business, Adani, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Stavros Pavlou Patrikios Pavlou & Associates LLC, Limassol, Cyprus; Chair, Africa and Middle East Working Group
Helen Wang Carey Olsen, Singapore, Singapore