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Speaker: Professor Harold I. Abramson and AFLA Past President Richard Lutringer

Join Professor Harold I. Abramson, Co-Author of The Singapore Convention on Mediated Settlements:  The Reference Book and AFLA Past President Richard Lutringer for one of the most important recent developments in cross-border private commercial disputes.  The UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements (generally known as the Singapore Convention), was adopted on December 20, 2018, and since signed by 53 countries, including the United States. Six countries have already taken the final step of ratifying the treaty and more are expected…

Speaker: The Honorable Timothy M. Reif, U.S. Court of International Trade

International trade has undergone a transformation in recent years.   What are the legal issues confronting practitioners today and what will the future hold? Judge Timothy Reif sits on the U.S. Court of International Trade in lower Manhattan and presides over a busy docket.  His perspective has been formed by experience negotiating trade deals, policing international trade obligations for the U.S. government, and drafting and passing trade legislation in Congress.  Join us for a presentation that will be of interest not only…

Speaker: Oona A. Hathaway, Yale Law School

On a hot summer afternoon in 1928, the leaders of the world assembled in Paris to outlaw war.  Within the year, the treaty signed that day, known as the Peace Pact, had been ratified by nearly every state in the world.  War, for the first time in history, had become illegal the world over.  But the promise of that summer day was fleeting.  Within a decade of its signing, each state that had gathered in Paris to renounce war was…

Speaker: Winston Ma, Paul Downs

The emergence of unicorns, startups with valuations in excess of $1 billion, has attracted billions of dollars of investment from sovereign wealth funds and government employee pension funds. The capital from these trillion dollar investors has not only fostered the explosive growth of the digital economy worldwide but has triggered a regulatory backlash with reverberations worldwide. Ma and Downs provide insight into the transformation of these vast funds into sophisticated investors of the digital champions of tomorrow and the regulations…

Speaker: Hessam Kalantar, Kalantar Business Law Group

The rapid growth, developmental vision and adaptability of city states such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi over the years has resulted in the UAE becoming the standout leader when it comes to Middle East M&A, mainly because of its ease of doing business and ever-evolving legal framework that facilitates raising and deploying capital, and deal-making in general. Despite the progress, economic challenges remain, and have arguably amplified in the face of COVID19. Hessam Kalantar will talk about M&A in the…

Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. Due to protocols regarding the coronavirus, our speaker is unable to travel to the US and our host venue has restricted non-essential meetings. Next week, we will be processing refunds for those that are currently registered for this event. The rapid growth, developmental vision and adaptability of city states such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi over the years has resulted in the UAE becoming the standout leader when it comes to Middle East M&A,…

Speaker: Austin T. Fragomen, Jr.

Austin T. Fragomen, Jr. is a partner and chairman of the executive committee of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, LLP, an AMLaw 100 firm specializing in global immigration law with offices in 25 countries. He earned his law degree from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University. Mr. Fragomen serves as Chairman of the Business Advisory Committee to the U.N. Global Forum on Migration and Development and as Vice Chairman of…