events

This roundtable seminar will bring together highly regarded partners from Rajah & Tann Asia member firms to share their expert views on how various jurisdictions approach family offices and trust setups, and the importance of navigating these differences for families with large global presence.

Step into the future of arbitration with this dynamic workshop, with Gen-AI to streamline and enhance your arbitrator work. This live session, organised in collaboration with Lawdify – an AI tool that runs arbitration workflows – will introduce Gen-AI and and provide a hands-on practical and interaction session.

This event will explore how AI is transforming arbitration processes, decision-making, and practice, the concomitant opportunities and risks, and the ways in which AI can be ethically integrated into international arbitration.

🚀 Ready to fast-track your arbitration career? Join us in Singapore for Ciarb’s prestigious APAC Diploma from 1 to 9 March 2025 There is rising demand for accredited arbitrators in the Asia Pacific region. This nine-day intensive course is designed to equip you with the knowledge you need to establish and grow your international arbitration practice.

Highlights:
✨ Practical group workshops tackling real-world international arbitration issues.

✨ Learn from a faculty of globally recognised experts.

✨ Leads to eligibility for Ciarb Fellowship (FCIArb).

✨ Book by 29 November to SAVE SGD 2,000!

The conference will be a unique opportunity to consider the legal challenges in the rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape in the region. The programs will address (1) rule of law challenges; and (2) regional geopolitical trade and legal factors in the context of Singapore as a trading platform, in program tracks including artificial intelligence, competition law, corporate/transactions, dispute resolution, legal practice/ethics, restructuring/private wealth, technology, and trade/sanctions.

Lusaka Arbitration Week will offer a dynamic platform for knowledge sharing, networking, and debate on the latest developments and trends shaping the ADR landscape. The event will feature a series of engaging sessions, workshops, and interactive discussions led by renowned experts.

Join leading arbitrators, Professor Lawrence Boo and Delphine Ho of The Arbitration Chambers in a review of significant arbitration-related decisions in the Singapore Courts. The speakers will examine the 2024 decisions relating to the setting aside and enforcement of awards, as well as identify trends that may be discerned from these cases.

We will explore how draft Conciliation Annex (which is being prepared by the ICCA Panel of Experts) could play a role in the resolution of climate change-related inter-state disputes in the future.

The full-day, interactive conference seeks to connect international and local practitioners, to discuss the latest developments centred on Saudi Arabia and the wider region.

The Riyadh International Disputes Week brings together key players in the dispute resolution market to explore ADR realities and opportunities in the Middle East’s largest economy, share knowledge and expertise, and forge relationships and collaborations.

The event is co-organised with ICC Philippines and serves as key engagement between leading dispute resolution practitioners from the Philippines and abroad to discuss topical issues in international arbitration within the Philippines context.

The conference will bring together leading practitioners from the US and further afield to discuss the notable developments occurring in the technology sector and the heightened risk of ensuing disputes.

Maxwell Unplugged, a podcast series part of Maxwell En-Route, is a female-led podcast series to showcase, empower and support talent in the legal industry by featuring their takeaways and insights.

We’re excited to launch the first Maxwell Unplugged podcast of the year 2025! Join Shumin Lin, Director at Drew & Napier and Simran Toor, Law Consultant at Singapore Academy of Law as they engage in a meaningful dialogue, where they discuss the challenges faced by women in arbitration, the sustainability of the practice, and uncover the backstory of the impactful initiatives Simran has championed to overcome these challenges, along with her upcoming plans in ADR youth support.

We will explore the transformative impact that emerging technologies are having and will have on international arbitration. Our panel will address the role of arbitral institutions in integrating new technologies in dispute resolution, as well as the changing regulatory landscape for AI.