We are delighted to announce that this year 11KBW will be co-hosting 12 events during London International Disputes Week 2026. The events being held across Wednesday 3 June and Thursday 4 June will showcase the breadth of 11KBW’s expertise, including fraud and other commercial disputes, and employment, public, procurement, and data law.
The full list of events and details on how to sign up can be found below:
Wednesday 3 June
Employee Competition across Borders: team moves; confidential information; and restraint of trade
In this session, chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice Mansfield, Lewis Silkin and 11KBW (Amy Rogers KC) will be joined by Tom Potbury, Head of Employment Law, EMEA at Aon, and Kristin Byng Nelson, General Counsel at Ardonagh Specialty to examine how cross-border employee competition and confidential information disputes play out in practice, and how threats are managed strategically across jurisdictions where the available protections vary.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW booking page.
The international jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal post-Brexit
As a result of modern working and business practices, employment is increasingly international in nature, with workers often being managed from overseas against the background of complex international corporate structures. Simmons & Simmons and 11KBW (Daniel Stilitz KC) will address the international jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal post-Brexit, which has been the subject of a number of recent decisions at EAT level, most recently in Prahl v Lapinksi [2025] EAT 777 [2025] IRLR 662, where respondents domiciled outside the UK sought to challenge the Employment Tribunal’s jurisdiction.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW booking page.
Investing in the UK in uncertain times – political change and the right to property
Political tensions and the prospect of political change in the UK raise risks and opportunities for multinational actors including those with actual or potential investments in the UK. On the left and the right politicians and, increasingly, political parties are willing to contemplate significant interference with private assets for asserted public interest reasons; while calls for the UK to reconsider its relationship with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) continue. Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer and 11KBW (Amy Rogers KC, Rupert Paines) will consider the extent to which corporate property and commercial interests are protected in English public and human rights law in an environment of political turbulence, and the extent to which those protections are rooted in English common law, beyond the ECHR.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW Booking page.
The Subsidy Control Act – Three Years On
The Subsidy Control Act 2022 came into force on 4 January 2023, after the UK left the EU and EU State aid law ceased to apply in the UK outside of the Windsor Framework. The Act is designed to implement the UK’s international law obligations, and now governs the award of subsidies from public funds. Hogan Lovells, S&W and 11KBW (Joanne Clement KC) will discuss how the Act has operated in practice, and the lessons learned from recent judgments.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW Booking Page.
Litigating Online Harms: Content, Courts and Corporate Responsibility
This fireside chat between Baker McKenzie, Google and 11KBW (Anya Proops KC & Raphael Hogarth) will explore how online safety obligations are increasingly being tested through litigation. Bringing together perspectives from private practice, the Bar and the tech sector, the discussion will look at how regulatory expectations, platform governance and legal claims are intersecting in practice. We will discuss early signals from enforcement, the claims that are emerging in the Courts, and how platforms are responding, as online harms move from policy development into the court room.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW Booking Page.
Thursday 4 June
Workplace Investigations
CMS and 11KBW (Daniel Stilitz KC) will host this panel discussion on the latest trends and developments in sensitive workplace investigations, focussing on good governance, heightened regulatory scrutiny, increased cultural and ethical expectations, and the growing use—and risks—of AI.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW Booking Page.
Data Privacy mass actions – a stock-take and current trends (AI may make an appearance)
Pinsent Masons and 11KBW (Robin Hopkins KC) will host this stock-take of the data privacy mass actions landscape since Lloyd v Google, including ‘omnibus’ claims following on from cyber incidents, the issues in Farley v Equiniti and some nascent AI claims.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW Booking Page.
Non-Competes in a Global Workforce
As more companies hire people across borders and teams work from different countries, employers and lawyers are facing new complications. It is becoming an increasingly challenging environment in which to enforce non compete clauses and the growing use of arbitration in employment disputes is changing the landscape. Marriott Harrison and 11KBW (Richard Leiper KC & Katherine Eddy) will address the issues arising.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW Booking Page.
Catch Me If You Can: Confidential information theft in the context of global team moves
The war for talent is on – and confidential information is usually a key part of this battle. Gibson Dunn, 11KBW (Amy Rogers KC) and FTI will address these issues in a session bringing speakers from the US and the UK together to explore the key themes and issues at play in these large scale and fast moving disputes. There will be a particular emphasis on remedies, which are often not considered until it is all too late.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW Booking Page.
International fraud disputes: opportunities and challenges for arbitration
AO Shearman, Enyo, HKA and 11KBW (Amy Rogers KC) will examine how international arbitration can effectively address complex fraud disputes while safeguarding fairness, efficiency, and enforceability. Drawing on recent trends in anti-corruption enforcement and arbitral practice, the discussion will explore evidentiary approaches to “red flags” of fraud, the standard and burden of proof for serious allegations, and the use of adverse inferences and tribunal-appointed experts. It will consider how flexible procedural tools – targeted document production, bifurcation, confidentiality measures for whistleblowers, and cybersecurity protocols – can be calibrated to the distinctive dynamics of fraud. The panel will also analyse conflicts-of-laws challenges in international fraud claims, as well as the role of transnational public policy and public-policy defences at the enforcement stage.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW Booking Page.
Litigating major UK Government contracts: lessons from the UK National Lottery litigation
Dominic Roughton of Quinn Emanuel and Joseph Barrett KC of 11KBW, who acted for Allwyn at each stage of the 4NLC litigation, with Kate Vernon of Quinn Emanuel and Rupert Paines of 11KBW, will explore the key legal, strategic and tactical lessons that emerge from the national lottery litigation. The talk will be of particular interest for international and UK businesses and commercial operators who contract, or transact, with the UK Government in respect of significant UK public sector contracts and projects.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW Booking Page.
The Global War for Talent: Balancing Opportunity and Risk in International Employee Competition Disputes
The war for talent has never been more global. Employers are increasingly international in their ambitions to attract the very best. But they also face growing risks of multi-jurisdictional raids on their own workforces. Employers must therefore be able to balance both the opportunities and dangers posed by this cross-border game of cat-and-mouse. Mishcon de Reya and 11KBW (Judy Stone KC) will address the issues arising.
To register for this event please visit the LIDW Booking Page.
Further information on all our events can be found here.
