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.

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Blank Rome partner Bradley L. Henry will serve as a session chair for “Uber Regulators: New Supervisors, Sanctions, and Shenanigans,” which will take place on Tuesday, October 6, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

About the Session

Professional services firms (lawyers, accountants, trustees, and real estate dealers) increasingly have to report to, and face enforcement action from, general purpose financial regulators or supra-national agencies such as the new European Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (“AMLA”). A cultural and compliance clash in the making?

Panelists:

  • Session Co-Chair: Bradley Henry, Blank Rome, New York, New York, USA; Chair, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Expert Subcommittee
  • Session Co-Chair: Gary Hughes, Britomart Chambers, Auckland, New Zealand; Co-Chair, Regulation of Lawyers Committee
  • Session Co-Chair: Paddy Oliver, AML Experts, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Vice Chair, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Expert Subcommittee
  • Noah Arshinoff, Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Member, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Expert Subcommittee
  • Colette Best, Kingsley Napley LLP, London, England; Member, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Expert Subcommittee
  • Jane Hunter, Price Forbes, London, England
  • Hasan Mandviwalla, Mandviwalla & Zafar, Karachi, Pakistan; Scholarship Officer, Young Lawyers' Committee
  • Jaspreet Nandra, Ashurst LLP, London, England; Member, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Expert Subcommittee
  • Felix Obiamalu, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, Abuja, Nigeria
  • Daisuke Takahashi, Shinwa Law, Tokyo, Japan; Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Regulation of Lawyers Committee

For more information and to register, please visit the event webpage.