Litigation Crisis Management

The session was chaired by Sverker Bonde (Advokatfirman Delphi, Stockholm) who had invited a distinguished group of panellists to provide insights and strategies for a company in a corporate crisis. Speakers were Ms Song-Yi Son, senior counsel for ABB Korea in Seoul, and Giovanni Lombardi of illimity Bank in Milan as well as the private practitioners Peter Calamari (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, New York) and Urs HoffmannNowotny (Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich).

The panel addressed how to balance the necessity of transparent and quick communication to the public against the different perspective required when defending the company against civil claims or dealing with regulatory or criminal inquiries.