THE TRADE LAW MORNING
08:00 – 09:00 On-Site Check in and Networking Welcome Coffee/Tea – colleagues catch-up!
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome Remarks – setting the scene!
Ahmad LOOTAH (Chair, ICC UAE Banking Commission)
09:10 – 09:20 The IIBLP Update - ISP98, 25 years on!
Soh CHEE SENG (IIBLP), Vincent O’BRIEN (ICC UAE), Ashish MADAN (Adam Smith Associates)
09:20 – 10:00 Landmark LC Cases from Singapore – The good, the bad and the ugly!
Nathanael LIN (RAJAH & TANN SINGAPORE)
Respondents:
Hafidh THANI (Mahmood Hussain Law Firm)
Pradeep TANEJA (ICC Bahrain)
Robert PARSON (Partner, Squire Patton Boggs)
Soh CHEE SENG (IIBLP)
10:00 – 10:20 Bills of Lading as Collateral – time is of the essence!
Vincent O’BRIEN (ICC UAE), KP PRASAD (ICS)
10:20 – 10:40 Payment Letters of Indemnity (LOI) – look out instrument!
Soh CHEE SENG (IIBLP)
10:40 – 11:00 Recent Standby LC and Guarantee Cases from China – outstanding outcomes!
Saibo JIN (ICC CHINA)
11:00 – 11:20 Networking Break
11:20 – 12:00 UCP600 – Overhaul overdue?
Abdulkader BAZARA (ICC UAE Banking Commission), Soh CHEE SENG (IIBLP), K. NIZARDEEN (Credit Investment Bank), Khalil MATAR (Almina Ban, Otar TABUTSADZE (Pasha Bank)
12:00 – 12:30 Alternative Modes of Dispute Resolution – fix it before it flops!
Pavel ANDRLE (ICC Czech Republic), Irina BATIASHVILI (Georgia Law), Yasmine YAGOUBI (Green Mediations)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
THE TRADE COMPLIANCE AFTERNOON
13:30 – 14:00 Legal Entity Identifier for International Traders – Know who you are dealing with!
Stephan WOLF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation GLEIF)
14:00 – 14:30 The Shifting Sands of Trade Compliance – who is scrutinising who?
Mohamed DAOUD (Moody’s Analytics)
14:30 – 15:00 Compliance in Court – better be objective not subjective!
Nathanael LIN (RAJAH & TANN SINGAPORE)
Respondents:
Hafidh THANI (Mahmood Hussain Law Firm)
Pradeep TANEJA (ICC Bahrain)
Soh CHEE SENG (IIBLP)
15:00 – 15:20 Trade Finance Fraud – 10 years of decrease or increase!
Robert PARSON (Squire Patton Boggs)
15:20 – 15.40 Correspondent Banking in Decline – De-risking is risky business!
Srinath KESHAVAN (Trade Risk Consulting)
15.40 – 16:10 The De-risking Dilemma – the oncoming light at the end of the tunnel!
Interactive Session: Katerina PETROVSKA (Komercijalna Banka), Ana KAVTARADZE (Basis Bank), Nelli KOCHARYAN (Converse Bank), Dolly HUQ (Trade Assets)
16:10 – 16:40 Networking Break
16:40 – 17:00 UAE Trade Connect to haifin – Evolving to a digital secure trade environment!
Zul JAVAID (haifin)
17:00 – 17:30 The Practitioners Panel – tales from the trenches!
Suzzanna ALI (DP World Financial Services), Ian MILNE (MONETAGO)
17:30 Prize Draw of Dubai Trade Law & Compliance Conference Closing Cocktail Reception hosted by China Systems at Sheraton Creek & Towers
