Last week over 10,000 delegates from 110 jurisdictions attended London International Disputes Week 2025. 260 member hosted events, a plenary conference for 700 delegates, drinks reception for 800 and a gala dinner for 400.

We were delighted to co-host two member events during the week and thank you to everyone who joined us for those.

The first panel explored Investor / State Mediation – What is really happening?

Over 100 attendees registered online and in person from 25 countries!

The panel including Bill Marsh shared their thoughts and insights on Investor/State Mediation, including:

• The realities of advising clients to go into IS mediations.
• What actually happens in IS mediations?
• Process, preparation and negotiation.
• ICSID’s institutional insights – What trends is ICSID seeing in mediation? What do the stats say?

The second panel discussed mediation for complex Intellectual Property disputes.

This one saw almost 100 registered attendees from 29 countries!

The panel shared their insights from real life experience of mediating complex IP disputes, including:

• The realities of advising clients to go into IP mediations – what concerns do clients express, and how are they addressed in practice?
• What actually happens in IP mediations.
• Process, preparation and negotiation.
• WIPO’s institutional insights – What trends is WIPO seeing in mediation?

During the week our CEO and mediators attended the main conference day and numerous member hosted events. The atmosphere was positive, collaborative and enthusiastic. The audience was truly international. What sets LIDW apart from other similar weeks in jurisdictions around the world is that this is Disputes week so brings in litigation, arbitration and mediation.
We were delighted that there was a lot more mediation content on the agenda this year.

The member hosted session on the creation of a London Disputes Resolution Committee was particularly interesting. This followed the call from Lady Chief Justice, Dame Sue Carr, in a recently delivered a speech on Mediation after the Singapore Convention, advocating for the creation of such a Committee to promote a holistic approach to international mediation, arbitration, and litigation.

The panel discussed how this could work in practice, with a mix of mediation, arbitration and litigation perspectives and shared the work already underway to form the committee.
Watch this space!