HKA Experts will be speaking at multiple panels and hosting events across the city of London during LIDW. Please refer to the official programme for full details and registration.
Supporting the global disputes community
HKA is proud to return as a Gold Sponsor of London International Disputes Week (LIDW) 2026, bringing together leading practitioners, General Counsel and dispute resolution experts from across the world.
Join us throughout the week as we host and contribute to a series of events focused on international arbitration, litigation, investigations and regulatory risk.
Wednesday 03 June
09.00-10.30
Tradition and transformation: UAE Civil Code reform, court-assisted arbitration, and comparative approaches
- James Glaysher – Kingsley Napley
- Romilly Holland – Kingsley Napley
- Sergejs Dilevka – Galadari
- Hasan El-Shafiey – Galadari
- Paul Cacchioli – HKA
Kingsley Napley LLP | 20 Bonhill St, London EC2A 4DN
14.00-15.30
ADR tipping point: Balancing tradition and professionalism alongside transformation and progress
- Nicholas Maclean, OBE, RD, FRICS – RICS President
- Dr John Fletcher – DRS Executive Director – RICS
- Angelica Boca – Managing Director – HKA
- Justice L Nageswara Rao SC – Barrister – 39 Essex Chambers
- Matt Molloy – Director – MCMS
- John Pugh-Smith – Barrister – The Bar Council of England & Wales
- Franco Mastrandrea – Partner – HKA
- Karen Gough – Barrister – 39 Essex Chambers
- Karl Molineux – Mediator/Special Master/Discovery Referee – Karl Molineux P.C.
- Andrew Parsons – Barrister – 39 Essex Chambers
- Aran Chawla – Director General – Indian Council of Arbitration
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors | 12 Great George St, London SW1P 3AD
14.00-15.30
Afternoon tea roundtable: From pipelines to power grids – money flows directing arbitration trends
- Georgina Barlow – Legal Director – Mantle law
- Laura Sochat – HKA
- Cosima Sagmeister – Modo Energy
The Swan | 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside London
Thursday 04 June
09.00-10.30
Litigation Risk in a Warming World | Climate Attribution & Quantum
- Dr Matt Osund-Ireland (Moderator) Partner – HKA
- Prof Piers Forster CBE – Priestley Centre and Climate Change Committee
- Wendy Miles KC – Twenty Essex
- Sudhanshu Swaroop KC – Twenty Essex
- Dr Tony Rooke – Howden Group
- Loes van Bohemen – HKA
- Toby Hunt – HKA
Churchill War Rooms | Clive Steps, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AQ
11.30-13.00
The Invisible Supply Chain: How Tier‑by‑Tier Weaknesses Are Driving the Next Wave of Aviation Disputes
- Simon Dean McCarroll – Partner – HKA
- Olesya Prantyuk – Partner – HKA
- Ned Beale, Co-Head of Commercial Disputes and Partner – Hausfeld
- Ryan Whelan, Partner – Stephenson Harwood
- Michael Greenop – Counsel – WilmerHale
- Ross Priday – Technical Director – HKA
Churchill War Rooms | Clive Steps, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AQ
14.00-15.30
Groundhog Day: Are We Looking in the Wrong Place for the Cause of Construction Disputes?
For eight years, HKA’s Crux report has consistently identified design and scope issues as the leading cause of disputes, regardless of sector, region, or contract and as the primary drivers of cost overruns and programme delay.
For architects and contractors, the symptoms are familiar: evolving designs, unclear scope, and decisions made without full downstream visibility. Yet despite increasingly sophisticated contracts, the same problems persist. This session explores whether the real issue lies upstream in design development, information flow, and decision-making, and how forensic insight and data-led approaches can help prevent delay and cost escalation before they crystallise.
Churchill War Rooms | Clive Steps, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AQ
14.00-15.30
Construction Disputes in the Defence Sector
- Mike McClure KC – Partner – Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
- Amund Bjøranger Tørum – Partner – BAHR
- Bob Breeze – Partner – HKA
- James Doe – Partner – Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Exchange House | Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2EG
16.30-18.00
International fraud disputes: opportunities and challenges for arbitration
- Alastair Livesey – Counsel (Moderator) – A&O Shearman
- Matthew Skinner – Partner – A&O Shearman
- Amy Rogers KC – Barrister – 11KBW
- Andy McGregor/Jonathan Pagan – Partner – ENYO Law
- Olesya Prantyuk – Partner – HKA
A&O Shearman | 1 Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD
16.30-18.00
Is the Prize Worth the Risk? Multi-package Procurement of Major Construction Projects
- Kevin Touhey – Associate (Moderator) – White & Case LLP
- Karim Mariey – Partner – White & Case LLP
- Karen Best – Partner – HKA
White and Case LLP | 5 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1DW
Friday 05 June
09.00-10.30
From award to recovery: catch me if you can – yes, we can.
- Maria Kostytska – Vice Chair of the UBA International Law Committee and Partner – K&L Gates (Paris)
- Anastasia Davis-Bondarenko – Founder – Davis Dispute Advisory (Litigation Finance and Sovereign Enforcement) (Paris)
- Dmytro Kostiukov – Head of Asset Tracing & Recovery – TraceLex Consulting GmhB (Vienna)
- Olesya Prantyuk – Partner – HKA (London)
HKA | 100 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DH
Our global team of experts will be attending LIDW, bringing deep experience across disputes, arbitration, forensic accounting, investigations and commercial risk advisory.
We invite General Counsel, in‑house legal teams, law firms and industry professionals to connect with our experts throughout the week.
- Attend our events
- Meet our specialists
- Discuss your current disputes and challenges
Register your interest or request a meeting with our team by either connecting with them directly or sending an email to enquiry@hka.com
View the full 2026 London International Disputes Week programme here
HKA Experts will be speaking at multiple panels and hosting events across the city of London during LIDW. Please refer to the official programme for full details and registration.
