Mourant and South Square Litigation Forum 2023 | CPD Event
Update: Please note a change in the keynote speaker. Philip Collins will be the keynote speaker to replace Dr Andrew Sentance CBE who is unfortunately no longer able to attend.
Registration is now open for our annual Litigation Forum which will take place this year on Thursday 5 October.
We are delighted to announce that Philip Collins, British journalist and former speechwriter for Prime Minister Tony Blair, will be our keynote speaker at this year's event. For more information, you can read Philip's full biography at the bottom of this page.
The forum will be co-chaired by South Square barrister Hilary Stonefrost and Mourant partner Peter Hayden. Hilary is an expert in domestic and cross-border insolvency, restructuring and company law. Peter is a senior litigator who has acted in many of the largest and most complex cases to be litigated in the Cayman Islands. Additional guest speakers will cover two key topics as per the details below.
There will also be a networking drinks reception to close the event, which all attendees are welcome to join.
Please register your interest using the link below.
Session 1: The restructuring landscape in the UK and offshore: more to unite than to divide?
Speakers
- Glen Davis KC | South Square
- Nicholas Fox | Mourant
- Clara Johnson | South Square
- Kate Stephenson | Kirkland and Ellis LLP
- Julie Nettleton | Grant Thornton UK LLP
This panel will debate the question of the optimum jurisdiction in which to launch a restructuring, with a focus on the UK, BVI, Cayman and Hong Kong.
Session 2: In conversation with Mr Justice Zacaroli
Speakers
- Mr Justice Zacaroli | High Court Judge, Chancery Division
- Marcus Haywood | South Square
- Jennifer Jenkins | Mourant
Marcus Haywood and Jennifer Jenkins will conduct a fireside chat with Mr Justice Zacaroli on a range of topical issues.
Philip Collins is a British journalist and former speechwriter for Prime Minister Tony Blair and is credited for writing Blair’s last speech as leader of the Labour Party. Collins has a wide range experience from equity strategy to speechwriting to editorial work, making him a respected name in the industry.
Currently, Collins is a leading writer and columnist for The Evening Standard and The Times and was the paper's chief leader writer for almost a decade. He also teaches rhetoric at the Blavatnik School, Oxford and the London School of Economics.
Before becoming a writer, Collins spent several years as an equity strategist in investment banking. He was Frank Field’s political adviser and worked for the BBC and London Weekend Television and the Institute of Education at the University of London. He sat as director of the Social Market Foundation before becoming Tony Blair’s chief speechwriter. In 2007 Collins was suggested as a possible Labour candidate for the constituency of Bolton South East.
Collins is the founder and writer-in-chief of The Draft, a writing and rhetoric company. The company is an extension of his passion for rhetoric and his experience speechwriting and writing for publications. As someone with so much knowledge on speeches, his insight on how to present ideas to the public is well-regarded.
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