IFSEA 2026 Speakers
HEADLINE SPEAKER:
Tiernan Brady
(UK) - Human rights campaigner; former Executive Director of The Equality Campaign (the Yes campaign for marriage equality in Australia); former Political Director of Yes Equality (marriage equality campaign in Ireland); former Director of Inclusion (now consultant) at Clifford Chance
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS:
BBC radio journalist and newsreader
University of Nottingham (UK) - Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, Neural Mechanisms and Neurotechnology specialist
Our confirmed speakers so far:
Lydian (Belgium) –
Partner, Employment lawyer
CM Murray LLP (UK) –
Partner, Employment and Partnership lawyer
CM Murray LLP (UK) -
Partner, Employment and Partnership lawyer
Chief Executive, The Whitehall & Industry Group; Chair of the WorldSkills Global Research Council (UK)
BCL Solicitors LLP (UK) –
Partner and Criminal lawyer
Fox Williams (UK) –
Partner, Employment lawyer and Litigator
Van Hall Arbeidsrecht (Netherlands) –
Partner, Employment lawyer
Harbottle & Lewis LLP (UK) – Partner, Reputation management, information law and data privacy lawyer
Bellevue Law (UK) - Founder and Principal, employment and commercial disputes lawyer
MME Legal & Tax (Switzerland) - Partner, International Commercial, Trade and Logistics Lawyer, President of the Swiss Maritime Law Association
Taft (Chicago, USA) –
Partner, Employment law and litigation attorney
Richardson Lissack Limited (UK) – Partner and Criminal lawyer
Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd (Chicago, USA) – Partner, Employment law attorney
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (San Francisco, USA) - Managing Partner and Employment lawyer
Neurodiversity campaigner and international speaker (UK)
Smiths Plc (UK) -
Global Employment Associate General Counsel
IUNO (Denmark) –
Chairman of the Board, Partner and specialist in HR Legal and Technology & Data
Ciaran Fenton Limited (UK) – Leadership Consultant, Board Facilitator, and Writer
Fox & Partners LLP (UK) – Partner, Dispute Resolution and Litigation lawyer
CM Murray LLP (UK) –
Partner, Employment and Partnership lawyer
Burges Salmon LLP (UK) – Partner and Employment lawyer
Clarity Global (UK) -
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
Trilegal (India) -
Partner, Labor and Employment lawyer, cross‑border M&A and workplace inclusion specialist
Freshfields (Düsseldorf, Germany) –
Partner, Employment and Pension lawyer
Intelligent Ethics Limited (UK) – Founder and Director, Corporate ethics, culture and governance specialist
4 Pump Court (UK) –
Barrister
CM Murray LLP (UK)
– Partner and General Counsel, Employment and Partnership lawyer
Bellaw Van Eeckhoutte, Taquet & Clesse (Belgium) -
Employment and Social Security lawyer
Withers (UK) - Partner, Employment lawyer
People + Culture Strategies (Australia) –
Founder and Managing Principal, Employment lawyer and people‑management strategy specialist
Weil et Associes (France) – Employment and labor-related litigation lawyer
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (India) – Partner, Employment lawyer
Polsinelli (Dallas, US) - International Employment & Labor Law Chair
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Montreal, Canada) - Senior Counsel & Co-Chair, Sports & Gaming Law Group
Air Canada (Montreal, Canada) - Human rights, harassment and workplace investigations attorney
Pinsent Masons LLP (UK) – Partner, Data protection and technology lawyer
CM Murray LLP (UK) –
Partner, professional regulation specialist
Flichy Grangé Avocats (Paris, France) - Partner
C-Suite Strategies (New York, USA) – Founder and CEO, C-Suite strategic advisor and executive compensation specialist
Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP (San Franscico, USA) - Employment litigation attorney
Jenner & Block London LLP (UK) – Partner and Investigations lawyer
CM Murray LLP (UK) –
Managing Partner, Partnership and Employment Lawyer
Carlton Fields (New York, USA) – Partner, Securities litigation, white-collar crime, and government investigations attorney
CN8 Leadership Confidence (UK) – Founder, Leadership advisor and Executive Coach; former HR leader and Private Equity MD
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP (Dublin, Ireland) – Partner, Employment and Benefits lawyer
BCL (UK) – Partner, serious and complex criminal defence lawyer
Daverio & Florio (Milan, Italy) - Senior Associate and Employment and Labor lawyer
The Prinz Law Firm
(Chicago, USA) – Founder & Partner, Employment law attorney and business counselor
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Canada) –
Partner, Labour and employment law attorney
CM Murray LLP (UK) – Partner, Discrimination and Partnership lawyer
Byfield Reputation Counsel (UK) – Founder, litigation PR and reputation management specialist
Outten & Golden
(New York, USA) – Partner, litigator, adviser, and Transactional lawyer
CM Murray LLP (UK)
- Partner, Partnership, LLP and Professional Practices Lawyer
Seitz (Germany) – Partner and Co-head of seitz.digital, Employment and data protection law specialist
Peters & Peters (UK) - Partner and Head of Business Crime (Barrister)
Taha & Co (UK) – Founder, Strategy Specialist & Private Equity Operating Partner
Wagner Legal PC (California & Ohio, USA) –
Founding Partner, Employment law attorney, workplace investigator and mediator
BDBF LLP (UK) –
Partner and Employment lawyer
BDO (UK) -
Partner, Global Employer Services
CM Murray LLP (UK) –
Senior Partner, Employment and Partnership lawyer
Farrer & Co (UK) – Partner, Employment and Partnership lawyer
The Prinz Law Firm (Chicago, USA) –
Managing Partner, Employment law attorney
Raedas (UK) – Managing Director, corporate investigations and cross‑border asset recovery specialist
Mayer Brown (UK) - Employment Litigation & Counseling, Employee Benefits & Global Mobility lawyer
Grosvenor (UK) –
Partner, white collar/investigations lawyer
Sherin and Lodgen LLP
(Boston, USA) –
Partner and Employment litigator
Withers Bergman LLP
(New York, USA) – Partner and Employment lawyer
7BR (UK) -
Barrister, Employment and Discrimination law
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
(Chicago, USA) – Partner and Business
and Commercial Transactions Lawyer
Aureos (UK) -
General Counsel