As part of our ongoing commitment to grow and expand our relationship with foreign law firms, is thrilled to be sending a 17-person team of business litigation, corporate, international trade, real estate, labor & employment, luxury brands, maritime, and white collar defense and investigations professionals to the International Bar Association’s (“IBA”) 2026 Annual Conference, being held October 4 through 9, 2026, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Blank Rome partner Thomas H. Belknap Jr. will serve as a session co-chair for “Limitation of Liability in the Context of Real Casualty Cases,” which will take place on Thursday, October 8, from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
About the Session
Panelists will provide a comparative analysis of the application of limitation of liability principles against the background of actual ship casualties.
Panelists:
- Session Co-Chair: Müge Anber-Kontakis, GARD North America Inc, New York, New York, USA; Secretary, Maritime and Transport Law Committee
- Session Co-Chair: Thomas Belknap Jr., Blank Rome, New York, New York, USA; Senior Vice Chair, Maritime and Transport Law Committee
- Nina Hanevold-Sandvik, Assuranceforeningen Skuld, Oslo, Norway
- Line Gritt Boel Jensen, Kromann Reumert, København Ø, Denmark
- Professor VJ Mathew, VJ Mathew & Co, Kochi, Kerala, India
- Ricardo Rozas, JJR Abogados y Corresponsales, Santiago, Chile
- Haco Van der Houven van Oordt, AKD, Rotterdam, Netherlands
For more information and to register, please visit the event webpage.