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GLOBAL CLASS ACTIONS and
MASS TORTS CONFERENCE
London 2026

Park Plaza London Riverbank
22-23 April 2026

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LISTEN TO LEADING PRACTITIONERS AND THOUGHT LEADERS ALL IN ONE PLACE
  • Top Legal Speakers
  • Industry-leading Sponsors
  • Cutting-edge panels
  • 22-23 April 2026
  • Park Plaza London Riverbank

Event Agenda

Experience the pinnacle of legal discourse at the PerfectLaw Conference, where our agenda and sessions seamlessly blend cutting-edge insights with unparalleled expertise.

Registration + Coffee

Opening Words
  • Dr. Ariel Flavian – Herzog Law and Visiting Lecturer, Haifa University (Israel)
  • Eric Cramer – Chairman, Berger Montague (USA)
Panel 1
Comparative Legal Frameworks – EU, US, UK, Canada, Australia

 

Chair

  • Eric Cramer – Chairman, Berger Montague (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Mrs Justice Bacon DBE – President, The Competition Appeal Tribunal (UK)
  • Justice Benjamin Glustein – Judge, Superior Court of Justice (Canada)
  • Judge Robert Dow – Judge, United States District Court & Counselor to the Chief Justice (USA)
  • Justice Amanda Cohen Benchetrit – Magistrate, Technical Office of the Supreme Court (Spain)
  • Peter Cashman – Adjunct Professor of Law, The University of New South Wales (Australia)
Panel 2
Global Trends in Litigation Funding for Class Actions

Chair

  • Maria Glover – Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Lady Justice Cockerill – High Court Judge, King’s Bench Division (UK)
  • Jonathan Selbin – Senior Partner, Lieff Cabraser (USA)
  • Travis Lenkner – Chief Development Officer, Burford Capital (UK)
  • Jeremy Marshall – Chief Investment Officer, Winward (UK)
  • Joeri Klein – Head of Investment Recovery & General Counsel, Deminor (Netherlands)

 

Coffee Break

Panel 3
Settlement Mechanisms and Objectors' Rights

Chair

  • Steven Weisbrot – President & CEO, Angeion Group (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Judge Robert Dow – Judge, United States District Court & Counselor to the Chief Justice (USA)
  • Anthony Maton – Global Co-Chair, Hausfeld (UK)
  • Elizabeth Cabraser – Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (USA)
  • Daan Lunsingh Scheurleer – Partner, Clifford Chance (Netherlands)
  • Hodge Malek KC – Deputy High Court Judge and Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (UK)

 

Lunch Break

Panel 4
NGOs, Consumer Organizations, and Class Representative Duties

Chair

  • Ianika Tzankova – Head of Global Dispute Resolution & Collective Redress, Rubicon Impact & Litigation (Netherlands)

 

Speakers

  • Miguel Sousa Ferro – Professor, University of Lisbon Law School and Managing Partner, Sousa Ferro & Associados (Portugal)
  • Judge Amy J. St. Eve – United States Circuit Court Judge, The Seventh Circuit (USA)
  • Els Bruggeman – Head Policy and Enforcement at Euroconsumers (Italy)
  • Patrick J. Lanciotti – Partner, NS PR Law Services LLC (USA)
  • Rachael Kent – Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy & Society Education, King’s College London (UK)

 

Panel 5
Different Thresholds for Class Certification Across Jurisdictions

Chair

  • Seth R. Lesser – Founding Partner, Klafter Lesser LLP (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Judge Amy J. St. Eve – United States Circuit Court Judge, The Seventh Circuit (US)
  • Lesley Weaver – Partner, Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP (USA)
  • Sabrina Lombardi – Partner, McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP (Canada)
  • Justice Mieke Dudok van Heel – Senior Judge, District Court of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • Mark Sansom – London and Dublin Managing Partner, Freshfields (UK)

 

Coffee Break

Panel 6
Multijurisdictional Class Actions: Can Europe Create its Own MDL?

Chair

  • Fayrouze Masmi-Dazi – Managing Partner France, HBSS (France)

 

Speakers

  • Judge Robin L. Rosenberg – United States District Judge, Southern District of Florida (USA)
  • Sylvie Rodrigue – Managing Partner, Torys’ Montréal office (Canada)
  • Jeremy Sher Partner DLA International Co-Head, Global Class Actions (UK)
  • Christelle Coslin – Partner, Hogan Lovells (France)

 

Panel 7
Foreign Judgments, Global Settlements, and Follow-On Collective Proceedings: Cross-Border Litigation in Action

Chair

  • Joshua Rozenberg KC – Legal Commentator and Journalist (UK)

 

Speakers

  • Julia Suderow – Founding Partner, Suderow Fernandez (Spain)
  • Damien Berkhout – Partner, Lindenbaum (Netherlands)
  • Ben Tidswell – Chairman Competition Appeal Tribunal (U.K)
  • Louis Sokolov – Partner, Sotos LLP (Canada)
  • Roberto Lipari – Partner, Europe Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Dentons (Italy)

 

Networking reception

Registration + Coffee

Panel 8
Trends in Global Mass Torts and Public Nuisance

Chair

  • Andy Rogers – Chief Revenue Officer, Shield Legal (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Wesley Vader – Partner, bureau Brandeis (Netherlands)
  • Gerald L. Maatman – Partner, Duane Morris LLP (USA)
  • Kenny Henderson – Partner, CMS London (UK)
  • Linda S. Mullenix – Morris and Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy & Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law (USA)
Panel 9
The Value of Your Data – Calculating Damages for Data Breach Class Actions

Chair

  • Paul Karlsgodt – Partner, Baker Hostetler LLP (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Gary Lynch – Partner, Lynch Carpenter LLP (USA)
  • Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers – Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (USA)
  • Gary Olsen – Senior Managing Director Glass Ratner (USA) 
  • Mary Frantz – CISO and Founding Partner of CyberNarus and Enterprise Knowledge Partners, LLC (USA)
  • Marco Scialdone –  Head of Litigation & Academic Outreach, Euroconsumers (Italy)

Coffee Break

Panel 10
Financing and Technology in Class Action Management

Chair

  • Scott Hardy – President, Top Class Actions & Trimaxian (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Justin Parks – Senior Vice President of Case Management, A.B Data (USA)
  • Bryan Heller – Founding Partner, Covalynt (USA)
  • Nicolas Gonzalez-Podesta – Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Apex Class Action (USA)
  • Louise Trayhurn – Co Founder & Director, Crescient (UK)
  • Neil Purslow – Managing Partner, Therium Capital Management Limited (UK)

 

Panel 11
Damages Calculation and the Role of the Expert

Chair

  • Sam Marden – Director, CRA’s European Competition Practice (UK)

 

Speakers

  • Loes van Bohemen – Partner, HKA (Netherlands)
  • Justice Ulrich Egger – Presiding Judge, Higher Regional Court of Duesseldorf (Germany)
  • Hal Singer – Managing Director, EconOne (USA)
  • Niels Frank – Partner, Solve Economics GmbH (Germany)

 

Lunch Break

Panel 12
Opt-In, Mass Arbitration, and Book Building of Class Members for Collective Redress

Chair

  • Loree Kovach – Senior Vice President of Strategy and Client Technology, Epiq (UK)

 

Speakers

  • Dan Bryson – Senior Partner, Bryson Harris Suciu & DeMay, PLLC (USA)
  • Michael McTigue – Partner, Skadden Arps (USA)
  • Maria Glover – Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center (USA)
  • Kennen D. Hagen – President & CEO, FedArb (USA)
  • Hans-W. Micklitz – Part-time Professor of Economic Law, European University Institute (Italy)

Coffee Break

Panel 13
Discovery, Confidentiality & Cross-Border Evidence

Chair

  • Genevieve Quierin – Partner – Head of Group Actions and Competition, Stephenson Harwood LLP (UK)

 

Speakers

  • Cristian Gual – Partner: Head of the Litigation, Arbitration and International Litigation Department, Uría Menéndez (Spain)
  • Judge Robert Dow – Judge, United States District Court & Counselor to the Chief Justice (USA)
  • Daan Beenders – Partner, Van Doorne (Netherlands)
  • Jason Keenan – Managing Director, FTI Consulting (UK)

 

Panel 14
Innovation in Class Action Notice and Claim Distribution

Chair

  • Clare Ducksbury – Senior Vice President, Class Action Solutions Europe, Epiq (UK)

 

Speakers

  • Clare Carter – CEO, Access to Justice Foundation (UK)
  • Tiffaney Janowicz – Senior Vice President, Rust Consulting (USA)
  • Chris Ford – Senior Director, Blackhawk Network Europe (UK)
  • Austin Demsey – Director of Business Development and Partnerships, Tremendous (USA)

 

Networking reception

Registration + Coffee

Panel 15
Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, and GDPR Class Actions

Chair

  • John Yanchunis – Partner, Morgan and Morgan (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Glenn Danas – Partner, Clarkson Law Firm (USA)
  • Travis LeBlanc – Partner, Cooley LLP (USA)
  • Anne Merminod – Partner Class Actions, Torys LLP (Canada)
  • Catherine Longeval – Partner, VAN BAEL and BELLIS (Belgium)
  • Etia Rottman Frand – VP of Litigation Partnerships, Darrow AI (USA)

 

Panel 16
International Product Liability Cases

Chair

  • Jeremy A. Lieberman – Managing Partner, Pomerantz (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Judge Robin L. Rosenberg – United States District Judge, Southern District of Florida (USA)
  • Sylvie Gallage-Alwis – Partner, Signature litigation (France)
  • Edward Kirk – Head of Partnerships, Supio (Canada)
  • Geraint Webb KC – Barrister, Henderson Chambers (UK)

 

Coffee Break

Panel 17
Securities and ESG Claims Against International Companies

Chair

  • Noah Wortman – Head of Strategy, Walgate Litigation Management (UK)

 

Speakers

  • Roger A. Cooper – Partner, Cleary Gottlieb (USA)
  • Kimela Shah – Partner, Oxera (Netherlands)
  • Tim Finney – Director, Phi Finney McDonald (Australia)
  • Andrew Hildreth – Managing Director, Seda Experts (UK) 
  • Nathan Bear – Partner, Hach Rose Schirripa & Rehns, LLP (USA)

Lunch Break

Panel 18
Competition and Antitrust Collective Claims

Chair

  • Derek T. Ho – Partner, Kellogg Hansen (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Sir Peter Roth – Chairman, Competition Appeal Tribunal (UK)
  • Justice Mieke Dudok van Heel – Senior Judge, District Court of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • Eliseo M. Martínez – Managing Partner, Ius + Aequitas (Spain)
  • Peter Davis – Principal, Brattle Group (UK)
  • Harry Dimoulis – Partner, Michelman & Robinson, LLP (UK)

 

Panel 19
Environmental Social Justice and Climate Litigation

Chair

  • Allan Kanner – Senior Partner, Kanner & Whiteley, L.L.C. (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Justice Jerzy Luiten – Judge, District Court of the Hague (Netherlands)
  • Justice O’Farrell DBE – High Court Judge, King’s Bench Division (UK)
  • Amanda Beattie – Partner, Head of Class Actions, Wotton Kearney (Australia)
  • Esther Berezofsky – Managing Member, New Jersey office of Motley Rice LLC (USA)

 

Coffee Break

Panel 20
Redress Schemes and Settlement Programs

Chair

  • Allan Kanner – Senior Partner, Kanner & Whiteley, L.L.C. (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Justice Jerzy Luiten – Judge, District Court of the Hague (Netherlands)
  • Justice O’Farrell DBE – High Court Judge, King’s Bench Division (UK)
  • Amanda Beattie – Partner, Head of Class Actions, Wotton Kearney (Australia)
  • Esther Berezofsky – Managing Member, New Jersey office of Motley Rice LLC (USA)

 

Panel 21
The Rise of Global Class Action Hubs – Where Next?

Chair

  • Maria Jose Azar-Baud – Ass. Professor, Paris-Saclay University and  International Collective Redress Expert (France)

 

Speakers

  • The Right Honourable Lord Ericht – Judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland
  • Alexander Spoor – Managing Director, Richard Spoor Incorporated and Founder, Spot Settlements (South Africa) 
  • Michael Duvall – Partner and Co-Chair, Global ESG Steering Committee, Dentons (USA)
  • Bernardo Theodoro de Mendonça – Partner Manoel Caetano (Brazil)

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event speakers

We have selected the world’s leading legal and litigation experts to share their knowledge in the realms of Class Actions and Mass Torts. Their unparalleled expertise offers attendees not just information, but transformative insights from the pinnacle of legal discourse.

SIR PETER ROTH
SIR PETER ROTH
NOAH WORTMAN
NOAH WORTMAN
DR. ARIEL FLAVIAN
DR. ARIEL FLAVIAN
STEVEN WEISBROT
STEVEN WEISBROT
CLARE DUCKSBURY
CLARE DUCKSBURY
SCOTT HARDY
SCOTT HARDY
THOMAS GLENN
THOMAS GLENN
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Park Plaza London Riverbank

18 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ, UK

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How to get there

Heathrow Airport (LHR)

  • By Underground (Tube): Take the Piccadilly Line (blue) to Holborn Station, then switch to the Central Line (red) towards Epping and alight at Bank Station. From there, take the Waterloo & City Line (light green) to Waterloo Station. The hotel is a 10-minute walk from Waterloo.
  • By Train (Heathrow Express): Take the Heathrow Express to Paddington Station, then take the Bakerloo Line (brown) to Waterloo Station. Walk 10 minutes to the hotel.
  • By Taxi/Uber: Around 45–60 minutes, depending on traffic.

Gatwick Airport (LGW)

  • By Train (Gatwick Express): Take the Gatwick Express to Victoria Station, then take the District Line (green) to Westminster Station. Switch to the Jubilee Line (grey) to Waterloo Station and walk 10 minutes.
  • By Taxi/Uber: Around 1–1.5 hours, depending on traffic.

Stansted Airport (STN)

  • By Train (Stansted Express): Take the Stansted Express to Liverpool Street Station, then take the Central Line (red) to Bank Station. Transfer to the Waterloo & City Line (light green) to Waterloo Station and walk 10 minutes.
  • By Taxi/Uber: Around 1–1.5 hours, depending on traffic.

Luton Airport (LTN)

  • By Train (Thameslink): Take the Thameslink train to Farringdon Station, then transfer to the Circle Line (yellow) or Hammersmith & City Line (pink) to Westminster Station. Switch to the Jubilee Line (grey) to Waterloo Station and walk 10 minutes.
  • By Taxi/Uber: Around 1–1.5 hours, depending on traffic.
  • If arriving at London Waterloo Station, the hotel is just a 10-minute walk.
  • If arriving at London Victoria Station, take the District Line (green) to Westminster, then switch to the Jubilee Line (grey) to Waterloo Station and walk.
  • If arriving at King’s Cross/St. Pancras, take the Northern Line (black) southbound to Waterloo Station and walk.
  • Address: Park Plaza London Riverbank, 18 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ.
  • Parking: The hotel has on-site parking (charges apply).
  • From M25 (North/South): Follow signs for Central London via the A3 or A2, then take the A3204 (Albert Embankment).
  • Congestion Charge: Be aware that Central London has a Congestion Charge Zone (active Mon–Fri, 7 AM–6 PM).

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EVENT DETAILS

  • 22-23 April 2026
  • Park Plaza London Riverbank
  • 18 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ, UK