This conference will enable practitioners specialising in family law to keep up-to-date with the most recent developments in legislation, jurisprudence and practice on a European and international level.

The focus will be on the preparation and drafting of matrimonial and family property agreements, which are particularly challenging in cross-border situations.

Another focal point will be on the protection of vulnerable adults.

The number of such cross-border cases is increasing.

These can involve adults who have assets abroad or people who spend long periods of their retirement in holiday destinations and other countries.

The conference will also include a detailed report on recent CJEU case law in family matters, and a progress report on the application of the Brussels IIb Regulation.

Key topics

• International marriage contracts
• Protection of adults in an international setting
• First experience in applying the Brussels IIb Regulation
• Recent CJEU case law in family matters

Who should attend?

Lawyers in private practice, family lawyers, notaries, judges, officials in ministries and central authorities, academics.

Speakers

Tim Amos KC, Barrister, Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer, Chambers of Tim Amos KC, Queen Elizabeth Building, London

Almudena Castro-Girona Martínez, Notary, President of the Human Rights Commission of the International Notarial Union, Castellbisbal/Barcelona

Cristina González Beilfuss, Professor, University of Barcelona

Jan von Hein, Professor, University of Freiburg

Daniela Kreidler-Pleus, Family Lawyer, Kanzlei Dr.

 Kreidler‑Pleus & Kollegen, Ludwigsburg

Philippe Lortie, First Secretary, Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Hague

Boriana Musseva, Attorney at Law, Musseva & Ivanov, Sofia; Associate Professor, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski

Kerstin Niethammer-Jürgens, Partner, Jürgens Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, Potsdam/Berlin

Pablo Quinzá Redondo, Lecturer, University of Valencia

Isabelle Rein Lescastereyres, Partner, bwg Family Law Firm, Paris

Agata Srokowska, Judge, District Court of Olawa; Chair of the Working Group “Protection of Adults” under the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2025

Pablo Vázquez Moral, Notary, Sant Feliu de Guíxols/Girona