International Bar Association Annual Conference – Mexico City, Mexico 2024
26 September 2024
From 15-20 September 2024, Law Council President, Greg McIntyre SC attended the International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Mexico City, together with President-elect Juliana Warner and Charlotte Stubbs, Executive Policy Lawyer, International.
During the Conference, President McIntyre SC represented the Australian legal profession at the IBA Bar Issues Commission Bar Leaders Open Forum held on 18 September and the IBA Council Meeting on 19 September.
The President also served as a panellist in the Bar Issues Commission Showcase on the issue of beneficial ownership. The session explored laws requiring disclosure of beneficial ownership around the world, the policy objectives that underpin them, and their practical implementation. President McIntyre was joined on the panel by Babatunde Ajibade SAN, Vice Chair of IBA Section on Public and Professional Interest (Nigeria); Steven Richman, Moderator, Senior Vice Chair of the IBA Bar Issues Commission (USA); Ian Jeffery, Chief Executive of the Law Society of England & Wales (UK); Pierre-Dominque Schupp, President, CCBE (Switzerland); Kimitoshi Yabuki, Chair IBA Credentials Committee (Japan); Chelsea Curfman, Perkins Cole (USA); Greg McIntyre SC, President, Law Council of Australia (Australia); Noah Arshinoff, Federation of Law Societies of Canada (Canada); Sara Carnegie, IBA Legal Director (UK); Sherry Levin Wallach, New York State Bar Association (USA).
In the margins of the Conference, the President and President-elect met bilaterally with Fiji Law Society, the Law Society of England and Wales, the Bar Council of England and Wales, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, the Taiwan Bar Association and Australia’s Honorary Consul to Rio de Janeiro, Dr Ronaldo Veirano. The President and President-elect also met with the IBA’s Legal Projects Division to discuss the IBAs’ global longitudinal study into gender disparity in the law and the preparation of a report on Australia as part of this project.
Last Updated on 11/10/2024
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