Half-Year May Conference

Bruges, Belgium

Thursday 28 May 2026
10:00 » 11:15	Panel 1 "From Global to Local: Corporate Fragmentation and Legal Fallout in a World of Economic Nationalism" Commission Involved: Corporate and M&A and Insolvency
11:45 » 13:00	Panel 2 "Pills, Politics, and Protectionism: Legal Strategies in the Battle for Medicine Supply Chains" Commissions Involved: Healthcare and Life Sciences Commission, T.R.A.D.E.
14:00 » 15:15	Panel 3 "Substance Over Location: Rethinking Tax Residency in a Mobile World" Commissions Involved: International Private Clients and Family, Tax Law
15:45 » 17:00	Panel 4 "Global Platforms, Fragmented Laws: Navigating the Legal Maze of Cross-Border Work" Commissions Involved: International Business Law (+ Sports Law), Antitrust
Friday 29 May 2026
10:00 » 11:15	Panel 5 "Pay, Fight, or Freeze? The Legal Fallout of Ransomware Attacks" Commissions Involved: Litigation and Business Crime and Civil Crime

Thursday 28 May 2026
10:00 » 11:15	Panel 1 "Algorithm vs Advocate: AI-Generated Evidence in Arbitration and Litigation" Commissions Involved: International Arbitration and Litigation
11:45 » 13:00	Panel 2 "Fraud, Sanctions, and Digital Crime: Business Risk in an Unstable World" Commissions Involved: Business Crime and Civil Fraud and Banking, Finance and Capital Markets
14:00 » 15:15	Panel 3 "Dissecting the AI-Act: Concrete advisory cases where clients were advised" Commissions Involved: Labor Law (+ Immigration Law), Environmental and Energy Law and Healthcare and Life Sciences
15:45 » 17:00	Panel 4 "Arbitrating Innovation: Intellectual Property Disputes in a Fragmented Global Order" Commissions Involved: International Arbitration, IP & TMT
Friday 29 May 2026
10:00 » 11:15	Panel 5 “Weaponizing the Narrative: Legal Challenges in the Age of Disinformation” Commissions Involved: IP/TMT, T.R.A.D.E.