Event's Agenda

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08:30 - 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 – 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)

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 – 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)

 

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 – 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)

 

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 Managing Partner, Sousa Ferro & Associados (Portugal)
  • Judge Amy J. St. Eve – United States Circuit Court Judge, The Seventh Circuit (USA)
  • Els Bruggeman –

    Group Manager Policy, Enforcement and Communication, Euroconsumers (Belgium)

  • Patrick J. Lanciotti – Partner, NS PR Law Services LLC (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 LLP (USA)

 

Speakers

  • Judge Amy J. St. Eve – United States Circuit Court Judge, The Seventh Circuit (US)
  • Lesley Weaver – Partner, Stranch Jennings & Garvey (USA)
  • Sabrina Lombardi – Partner, Hammerco Lawyers LLP (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 (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)

 

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 – 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 – Vice President, 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

  • 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 – Judge, United States District Court & Counselor to the Chief Justice (USA)
  • Daan Beenders – Partner, Van Doorne (Netherlands)
  • Genevieve Quierin – Partner – Head of Group Actions and Competition, Stephenson Harwood LLP (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, Todd, Figel & Frederick: P.L.L.C. (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 + Argentina)

 

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)

Networking reception

directions to the venue

Park Plaza London Riverbank

18 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ, UK

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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