Bird & Bird at the International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference - Toronto 2025

Our team is comprised of lawyers from all practices and sectors from around the world, and they are all looking forward to connecting with you at the conference — to exchange insights, share knowledge, and explore business opportunities.

We are delighted to announce that some of our partners will be speaking at or chairing the following sessions (TBC):

Attendees:

Clive Hopewell, Partner, Corporate, UK
Divya Nazran, Head of Markets Business Development, UK
Graeme Payne, Partner, Commercial, UK
Hein Hobbelen, Partner, Commercial, Belgium
Jalal El Ahdab, Partner, Dispute Resolution, France
Joaquín Muñoz, Partner, Commercial, Spain
Luis Alfonso Fernández Manzano, Partner, Dispute Resolution, Spain
Mariano Santos, Partner, Intellectual Property, Spain
Dr. Matthias Lang, Partner, Commercial, Germany
Melissa Murray, Partner, Intellectual Property, United Arab Emirates
Nick O’Donnell, Partner, Corporate, UK
Dr. Niels Lutzhöft, Partner, Intellectual Property, Germany
Nipun Gupta, Partner, Co-Head India Strategy Group, UK
Simon Fielder, Partner, Corporate, UK
Vincent Rezzouk-Hammachi, Partner, Commercial, United States

About us

• More than 1,600 lawyers in 33 offices globally covering 23 jurisdictions
• Leading-edge expertise across a full range of legal services, with a particular focus on technology driven, IP-rich and regulated industries
• Specialists in cross-border and multi-jurisdictional work
• Excellent at managing complex projects across multiple regions with a seamless one-firm approach
• For a comprehensive overview of our full range of practice areas, please visit our Capabilities page

Our sector focus

By choosing to focus on specific industries, our lawyers are able to build up considerable knowledge of the commercial drivers unique to your industry, enabling us to deliver more targeted advice in a commercial context.

• Automotive
• Aviation & Defence
• Energy& Utilities
• Financial Services
• Life Sciences & Healthcare
• Media, Entertainment & Sport
• Retail & Consumer
• Technology & Communications

Bird & Bird Plus

In countries where we don’t have an office, we utilise our Bird & Bird Plus programme which taps into longstanding relationships with 500+ recommended firms across 175+ jurisdictions.

Our global offices regularly coordinate multi-jurisdictional work with local Plus firms, delivering a seamless, one-stop service to clients around the world.

We also have over 20 geographical steering groups which include Africa, ASEAN, Canada, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Latin America, Middle East, the Nordic Region, Portugal, Russia & CIS, Scotland, Southeast Europe & Turkey, and Switzerland & Austria.

If you would like to learn more about Bird & Bird Plus, please find our page on the link here or reach out to Head of Markets, Divya Nazran.