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Dan
Omnia Seminar in Belgrade
Omnia delivered a seminar in Belgrade on 13 March 2015 with Karanovic Nikolic on “Evolving trends and innovative techniques in dispute resolution”
Omnia Seminar in Tirana
Omnia delivered a seminar in Tirana with Haxhia & Hajdari on 11 March 2015 on “Resolving complex international disputes: Navigating complex and sensitive disputes in challenging political environments/jurisdictions”
Adriatic Oil and Gas Summit
Cherie Blair speaks on “Key legal issues surrounding oil and gas exploration” at the Adriatic Oil and Gas Summit, Budva Montenegro, 10 March 2015.
Human rights must be in business DNA – Cherie Blair
The Law Society Gazette
The Global African Investment Summit
Cherie Blair CBE, QC, Founder and Chair of Omnia Strategy LLP, is among the 16-strong Programme Steering Committee for the 2nd Global African Investment Summit in London (24th & 25th November).
How human rights can be an integral part of business success, Cherie Blair in The Times
The idea that human rights should form an essential platform for company strategies may seem like an unlikely concept, particularly at a time when companies are facing a frightening mixture of political upheaval, disruptive technology and the steady march of regulation that is very hard to navigate. Surely human rights must be way down on the agenda?
Time for human rights to get down to business?
Businesses, governments and civil society descended on Geneva last week for the2014 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, the largest global gathering in the business and human rights field. There were lofty statements of high ambition but the pervasive tone and success of the Forum was more prosaic: nitty-gritty implementation.
Human Rights: The Key to Changing Business as Usual?
As we celebrate Human Rights Day and 64 years since the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I believe that now is an ideal moment to reflect upon both the achievements of the past and the future path of human rights.
The Global Law Summit
Boris Johnson, Cherie Blair QC, Lionel Barber, Trevor Manuel and Aung San Suu Kyi to speak at the Global Law Summit.
The Global Law Summit (“GLS”), the world-class international legal and business event being held in London, 23 – 25 February 2015, has announced today that Boris Johnson, current Mayor of London; Cherie Blair QC, Founder and Chair of Omnia Strategy LLP;Lionel Barber, Editor of the Financial Times; and Trevor Manuel, senior adviser to the Rothschild Group worldwide and former Cabinet Minister for South Africa from 1994 to 2014, will all be taking part in the programme.
The Global Arbitration Review
Cherie Blair makes arbitration a focus
Cherie Blair QC is to leave Matrix Chambers, the London barristers’ set she co-founded 14 years ago, to focus on international legal and advisory work and to sit as an international arbitrator.
Blair – the wife of former UK prime minister Tony Blair – will conduct her work through Omnia Strategy, “a pioneering multi disciplinary law firm” that she founded in 2011, with offices in London and Washington, DC.