AIWF / IBA Women Business Lawyers Initiative Conference held in Beirut, Lebanon

AIWF / IBA Women Business Lawyers Initiative Conference held in Beirut, Lebanon 3 March 2016

After a very successful inaugural conference in Jordan in October 2015 within the framework of AIWF’s new alliance with the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division (IBA/ LPD), the second event in the AIWF-IBA Women Business Lawyers Initiative Conference Series, and the first major event of AIWF’s 2016 Programme, was held in Beirut on 3 March 2016 at La Maison de l’Avocat in full partnership with the Beirut Bar Association. Titled Women in Commercial Law in Lebanon, the conference was aimed primarily at bringing together commercial women lawyers from across the Middle East to discuss standards and trends in the practice of law and strategies for developing an international legal practice. The conference attracted the participation of more than 100 speakers and delegates mainly from Arab countries.