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

08:15 - 09:00

Registration + Coffee

09:00 – 09:10

Opening Words
  • Dr Ariel Flavian – Herzog Law and Visiting Lecturer, Haifa University (Israel)
  • Eric Cramer – Chairman, Berger Montague (USA)

09:10 – 10:20

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 – U.S. District for the Northern District of Illinois & Counselor to the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court (USA)
  • Hans-W. Micklitz – Professor Emeritus of Economic Law, European University Institute (Italy)
  • Dr Peter Cashman – Adjunct Professor of Law, The University of New South Wales (Australia)

10:20 – 11:30

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 – Deputy Head of Civil Justice, Court of Appeal (UK)
  • Jonathan D. Selbin – Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein (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)

11:30 - 11: 50

Coffee Break

11: 50 – 13:00

Panel 3
Settlement Mechanisms and Objectors' Rights

Chair

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

 

Speakers

  • Judge Robert Dow – U.S. District for the Northern District of Illinois & Counselor to the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court (USA)
  • Anthony Maton – Senior Partner, Hausfeld (UK)
  • Elizabeth Cabraser – Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein (USA)
  • Jurjen Lemstra – Partner & Founder, Lemstra Van der Korst (Netherlands)
  • Hodge Malek KC – Deputy High Court Judge and Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (UK)

13:00 - 13:45

Lunch Break

13: 45 – 14:55

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 Partner, Sousa Ferro & Associados (Portugal)
  • Judge Amy J. St. Eve – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (USA)
  • Els Bruggeman – Group Manager Policy, Enforcement and Communication, Euroconsumers (Belgium)
  • Patrick J. Lanciotti – Partner, NSPR Law Services (USA)
  • Rachael Kent – Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy & Society Education, King’s College London (UK)

14: 55 – 16:05

Panel 5
Different Thresholds for Class Certification Across Jurisdictions

Chair

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

 

Speakers

  • Judge Amy J. St. Eve – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (USA)
  • Lesley Weaver – Partner, Stranch Jennings & Garvey (USA)
  • Sabrina Lombardi – Partner, Hammerco Lawyers (Canada)
  • Justice Mieke Dudok van Heel – Senior Judge, District Court of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • Mark Sansom – London and Dublin Managing Partner, Freshfields (UK)

16:05 - 16:25

Coffee Break

16: 25 – 17:25

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 and Director of the Federal Judicial Center (USA)
  • Sylvie Rodrigue – Managing Partner of the Montreal office, Torys (Canada)
  • Jeremy Sher – Partner & International Co-Head of Class Actions, DLA Piper (UK)
  • Christelle Coslin – Partner, Hogan Lovells (France)

17: 25 – 18:35

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 – Chairmen, Competition Appeal Tribunal (U.K)
  • Louis Sokolov – Partner, Sotos (Canada)
  • Roberto Lipari – Partner, Europe Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Dentons (Italy)

Networking reception

08:30 - 08:55

Registration + Coffee

08:55 – 09:00

Opening Words

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

09:00 – 10:00

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)
  • Gregory Tsonis – Partner, Duane Morris (USA)
  • Kenny Henderson – Partner, CMS (UK)
  • Prof Linda S. Mullenix – Morris and Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy & Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law (USA)

10:00 – 11:10

Panel 9
The Value of Your Data – Calculating Damages for Data Breach Class Actions

Chair

  • Paul Karlsgodt – Partner, Baker Hostetler (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Gary Lynch – Partner, Lynch Carpenter (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 (USA)
  • Marco Scialdone –  Head of Litigation & Academic Outreach, Euroconsumers (Italy)

11:10 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:40

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 (UK)

12:40 - 13:25

Lunch Break

13:25 – 14:25

Panel 11
Damages Calculation and the Role of the Expert

Chair

  • Sam Marden – Vice President, European Competition Practice, Charles River Associates (UK)

 

Speakers

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

14:25 – 15:35

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 (USA)
  • Michael McTigue – Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (USA)
  • Maria Glover – Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center (USA)
  • Kennen D. Hagen – President & CEO, FedArb (USA)
  • Hans-W. Micklitz – Professor Emeritus of Economic Law, European University Institute (Italy)

15:35 - 15:55

Coffee Break

15:55 – 16:55

Panel 13
Discovery, Confidentiality & Cross-Border Evidence

Chair

  • Jason Keenan – Managing Director, FTI Consulting (UK)

 

Speakers

  • Cristian Gual – Partner, Head of the Litigation, Arbitration and International Litigation Department, Uría Menéndez (Spain)
  • Judge Robert Dow – U.S. District for the Northern District of Illinois & Counselor to the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court (USA)
  • Daan Beenders – Partner, Van Doorne (Netherlands)
  • Genevieve Quierin – Partner, Head of Group Actions and Competition, Stephenson Harwood (UK)

16:55 – 17:55

Panel 14
Innovation in Class Action Notice and Claim Distribution and the Use of Media in Class Actions

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

08:30 - 08:55

Registration + Coffee

08:55 – 09:00

Opening Words

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

09:00 – 10:10

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 (USA)
  • Anne Merminod – Partner, Torys (Canada)
  • Catherine Longeval – Partner, Van Bael & Bellis (Belgium)
  • Etia Rottman Frand – Vice President of Litigation Partnerships, Darrow AI (USA)

10:10 – 11:10

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 and Director of the Federal Judicial Center (USA)
  • Sylvie Gallage-Alwis – Partner, Signature Litigation (France)
  • Edward Kirk – Head of Partnerships, Supio (Canada)
  • Geraint Webb KC – Barrister, Henderson Chambers (UK)

11:10 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:40

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 Steen & Hamilton (USA)
  • Kimela Shah – Partner, Oxera Consulting (UK)
  • Tim Finney – Principal, Phi Finney McDonald (Australia)
  • Andrew Hildreth – Managing Director, SEDA Experts (UK) 
  • Nathan Bear – Partner, Hach Rose Schirripa & Rehns (USA)

12:40 - 13:25

Lunch Break

13:25 – 14:35

Panel 18
Competition and Antitrust Collective Claims

Chair

  • Derek T. Ho – Partner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick (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 (UK)
  • Harry Dimoulis – Partner, Michelman & Robinson (UK)

14:35 – 15:35

Panel 19
Environmental, Social Justice and Climate Litigation

Chair

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

 

Speakers

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

15:35 - 15:55

Coffee Break

15:55 – 16:55

Panel 20
Redress Schemes and Settlement Programs

Chair

  • Deborah Greenspan – Partner, Blank Rome (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Alex Neill – Co-Founder & CEO, Consumer Voice (UK)
  • Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers – U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (USA)
  • Greg Haber – Senior Vice President of Global Class Action Business Development,  Verita (USA)
  • David Greene – Senior Partner, Edwin Coe (UK)

16:55 – 17:55

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

Chair

  • Maria José Azar-Baud – Associate Professor, Paris-Saclay University and International Collective Redress Expert (France & Argentina)

 

Speakers

  • The Right Honourable Lord Ericht – Judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland (UK)
  • 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)

Networking reception

directions to the venue

Park Plaza London Riverbank

18 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ, UK

Click here for directions

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