The Family Business Disputes Forum 2025
The only event focused specifically on the disputes challenges unique to family-run businesses.
In-person | 30th September | One Whitehall Place, London
Complimentary attendance for In-House Counsel, Regulatory Authorities and Government Representatives
Focused on the unique characteristics of family-owned enterprises, this event tackles the dynamics of disputes not encountered with other types of business. Join international specialists from across disputes, family, and private client to address the latest in family business disputes.
Your speakers at this event have first-hand experience dealing with complicated matters of succession, divorce, and restructuring. In sharing direct accounts of how they resolved these situations you’ll gain practical insights adding direct value to your Practice.
Meet Your Advisory Board!
Covering The Most Important Aspects of Family Business Disputes!
With these disputes requiring an understanding of how family ties affect business, hear how sensitive situations have been effectively navigated while preserving important relationships.
Speakers will also cover strategies for improving the legal structures of family businesses long before a dispute takes place. As you know, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!
Just Some of the Key Topics Being Discussed!
An Ounce of Prevention: Making Strong Legal Foundations for Family Businesses
- Reviewing and revisiting key documents like shareholder and operating agreements
- Identifying where problems could arise in the event of a dispute
- Modernizing legal frameworks in a way fair to everyone
Managing the Transfer of Assets Between Generations
- Anticipating conflict that can arise from succession plans
- Deceased loved ones installing directors that may not be qualified
- Understanding potential developments in the tax regime
Protecting Family Businesses in Divorce
- How family businesses are treated in divorce court
- The scope of prenuptial agreements to protect corporate assets
- Different solutions for navigating a divorce without breaking down a company
Understanding the Human Element in Family Run Businesses
- Using awareness of family dynamics for better client management
- Examining where previous conflict resolution mechanisms broke down to identify alternatives
- Setting expectations on whether a company can be salvaged or if liquidation is a more amicable resolution
Determining the Value of Family-Owned Businesses
- The role of experts in accurately identifying and valuing company assets
- Navigating family dynamics in making claims about assets or roles within a company
- How accurate valuation impacts discussions around restructuring, buyouts, and succession disputes
Examining the Growing Presence of Family Business Disputes Worldwide
- The increasing number and profitability of family businesses
- The interaction between familial leadership structures and foreign investment
- Navigating cultural attitudes for effortless resolution of disputes
Meet Your Expert Speakers!
Hear from international speakers as they cover the increasing amounts of disputes in regions such as the Middle East and India, and where opportunities may exist for your firm.
Julia Burns
Mediator
Dove in the Room
Dove in the Room
Paula Myers
Partner
Irwin Mitchell
Irwin Mitchell
Jane Ingleby
Partner
Mills & Reeve
Mills & Reeve
Laura Hasson
Senior Associate
Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance
Andrew Collins
Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys
Charles Russell Speechlys
James Nichols
Partner
Gunner Cooke
Gunner Cooke
Richard Norridge
Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills
Herbert Smith Freehills
Simon Carroll
Partner
BP Collins
BP Collins
Edward Starling
Partner
Wedlake Bell
Wedlake Bell
Paul Hardman
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau
Shakespeare Martineau
Richard Jordan
Partner
Trowers & Hamlin
Trowers & Hamlin
Charles Hale QC
Barrister, Arbitrator
4 Paper Buildings
4 Paper Buildings
Robin Somerville
Barrister
Robin Somerville
Robin Somerville
Philip Marshall KC MCIArb
Barrister
1KBW
1KBW
Ian Pickles
Forensic Accounting Director
BDO
BDO
Suzanne Todd
Partner
Withers
Withers
Connie Atkinson
Partner
Kingsley Napley
Kingsley Napley
Hazel Carter-Showell
Chief Executive Officer
Carter Corson Business Pyschologists
Carter Corson Business Pyschologists
Ashleigh Carr
Partner
Maurice Turnor Gardner
Maurice Turnor Gardner
Network with Sector Leading Voices!
As you well know, family disputes can be particularly opaque as neither party wants to air their grievances in public. This event provides the opportunity to share experiences through networking with accomplished professionals providing insights unobtainable in case-law or published articles.
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