Discover the GILW26 programme

The Geneva International Legal Week (GILW) offers a high-level programme of sessions and discussions designed for legal and business professionals. Through a diverse range of themes and formats, it brings together leading local and international legal experts alongside representatives from Geneva’s flagship business sectors to address key legal trends, emerging challenges, and practical innovations shaping today’s legal and economic landscape.

Monday 9 March Commercial disputes & Swiss Law

Tuesday 10 March In house consel & young litigator

Wednesday 11 March Technology & digitalization

Use the filters to navigate the schedule and select the sessions that best match your interests and professional focus.

The GILW26 programme is also available to download as a PDF.

Monday 9 March

Main Conference

Mon 09.03

09:00 – 18:00

Commercial disputes & Swiss law forum

Commercial litigation, Swiss commercial courts and modern litigation, Swiss law

Organizer: - GILA

Tuesday 10 March

Main Conference

Tue 10.03

08:30 – 12:15

In-house counsel forum

Chemical and pharmaceutical industry, In-house counsel, International transport and inspection, Risk management

Organizer: - GILA

Side Events

Tue 10.03

14:30 – 16:00

Default and termination in commodity & shipping contracts: drawing the line between commercial pressure and repudiation – Followed by a networking cocktail

Commercial litigation, Commodities and shipping

Organizer: - SIASSI McCUNN BUSSARD & CAMPBELL | Hill Dickinson

Side Events

Tue 10.03

14:30 – 16:00

From boardrooms to public institutions and international organisations, navigating the new era of internal investigations: reducing cost, managing risk, and enhancing defensibility

In-house counsel, Internal investigations

Organizer: - LALIVE | FTI Consulting

Side Events

Tue 10.03

14:30 – 16:00

Navigating discovery: emerging trends and strategic implications for Swiss companies

Commercial litigation, Cross-border investigations, Information and digital technology

Organizer: - Charles Russell Speechlys | Grant Thornton

Side Events

Tue 10.03

16:30 – 18:00

Corporate litigation in transition: trends, triggers & tactics across jurisdictions — Followed by a networking cocktail

Commercial litigation

Organizer: - Bär & Karrer

Side Events

Tue 10.03

16:30 – 18:00

Banking outsourcing in the digital age: managing risks and regulatory challenges – followed by a drinks reception with lake view

Banking and finance, Information and digital technology, New technologies, Regulatory, Risk management

Organizer: - Borel & Barbey | J.P. Morgan

Side Events

Tue 10.03

16:30 – 18:00

The rise of internal investigations in Switzerland: bridging Swiss practice with the European context and international standards – followed by a networking apero

In-house counsel, Internal investigations

Organizer: - MLL Legal

Side Events

Tue 10.03

16:30 – 18:00

Drafting SPAs and post-M&A disputes: practical insights from a Swiss and UK perspective & Rooftop aperitif

Arbitration, Commercial litigation, In-house counsel, Mergers and acquisitions

Organizer: - Niederer Kraft Frey

Main Conference

Tue 10.03

18:15 – 22:30

Young litigators forum

Alternative dispute resolution, In-house counsel, Swiss commercial courts and modern litigation

Organizer: - GILA | Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva

Side Events

Tue 10.03

18:30 – 20:00

Internal investigations – practical insight into the key issues

Banking and finance, Employment law, Financial crime and investigations, In-house counsel, Internal investigations, Regulatory

Organizer: - Walder Wyss | Auguste Debouzy

Side Events

Tue 10.03

18:30 – 20:00

Hocus pocus: how 16 billion in Credit Suisse AT1s went poof overnight – or… not?

Banking and finance, Regulatory

Organizer: - Chabrier Avocats

Wednesday 11 March

Main Conference

Wed 11.03

08:15 – 13:30

Technology & digitalization forum

Information and digital technology, Legal technology, New technologies

Organizer: - GILA

Side Events

Wed 11.03

14:30 – 16:00

Mixed-mode dispute resolution: practical applications

Alternative dispute resolution, Commercial litigation

Organizer: - GILA

Side Events

Wed 11.03

14:30 – 16:00

AI deployment within companies: roadmap for risk assessment and mitigation strategies through governance

In-house counsel, Information and digital technology

Organizer: - BMG Avocats

Side Events

Wed 11.03

14:30 – 16:00

Why banks and wealth managers shy away from arbitration?

Arbitration, Banking and finance

Organizer: - Jacquemoud Stanislas | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Side Events

Wed 11.03

14:30 – 16:00

Swiss banks as targets of criminal investigation: how to resolve, and what are the consequences? Views from the US and Switzerland

Banking and finance, Financial crime and investigations, White-collar crime

Organizer: - Lenz & Staehelin | Davis Polk & Wardwell

Side Events

Wed 11.03

16:30 – 18:00

Counsel & cocktails: legal insights, drinks and connections

AI tools and crypto issues, Financial technology, In-house counsel, Information and digital technology, Legal technology

Organizer: - Schellenberg Wittmer

Side Events

Wed 11.03

16:30 – 18:00

Interpretation of contracts: myth and reality

Commercial litigation

Organizer: - White & Case

Side Events

Wed 11.03

16:30 – 18:00

Legal challenges related to luxury watch brands’ efforts to control the secondary watch market

Financial crime and investigations, Luxury

Organizer: - Altenburger

Side Events

Wed 11.03

16:30 – 18:00

Is Lake Geneva freezing? Geneva as an international jurisdiction of choice to litigate over civil, debt enforcement, insolvency, and criminal freezing orders, compared with other jurisdictions. Followed by drinks.

Asset recovery, Cross-border litigation, Debt enforcement and insolvency

Organizer: - Monfrini Bitton Klein | BakerHostetler

Discover the GILW26 programme

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