Growth Unleashed? The Challenges Facing London as an International Disputes Hub

Join the Lord Mayor of the City of London and a high-level panel of speakers, hailing from the law, politics and business, who will debate both the opportunities and challenges that London faces as a global centre for dispute resolution.  It promises to be a lively session! 

Speakers:

The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of London, Alastair King 

Patrick Boylan, Head of International Litigation, Simmons & Simmons

Bim Afolami, Former Economic Secretary to the Treasury, now board member of HSBC UK and Chief of Staff and Strategy at Acrisure

Gill Mansfield, former in-house counsel now full time commercial mediator

Seema Kennedy OBE, former government Minister (Immigration, Public Health and PPS to the Prime Minister) now Executive Director of Fair Civil Justice


Key questions will include:

• What is London's role as a disputes hub in contrast to other jurisdictions?
• What does business want from dispute resolution?  Are disputes good for the economy?
• Costs of dispute resolution are rising.  How will London ensure that smaller businesses and developing nations are not excluded from its dispute resolution mechanisms?
• The rise of new disputes: how to ensure London’s status as a hub for determining crypto and other technology disputes?
• Where does the growth of litigation funding sit in the context of ensuring the growth of UK Plc?

This event will be followed by a networking drinks reception.