French Conference on “The Concentration of Cross-Border Litigation”
A conference on ‘the concentration of cross-border litigation’ (La concentration des contentieux transfrontières) will take place on 13 and 14 November 2025 at the University Toulouse Capitole.
Background
The event is jointly organised by the DANTE Research Centre (Univ. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris-Saclay) and the Institut de Recherche en Droit Européen, International et Comparé (IRDEIC) of the University Toulouse Capitole, under the scientific coordination of Sandrine Clavel and Fabienne Jault-Seseke (Univ. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines / Paris-Saclay, and Estelle Gallant (Univ. Toulouse Capitole).
The concentration of cross-border litigation has become a key issue in contemporary dispute resolution, raising questions about judicial efficiency, procedural economy, and the protection of fundamental rights.The conference will explore the phenomenon from a variety of perspectives – legal, strategic, and institutional – addressing how parties and courts manage the consolidation of complex, multi-jurisdictional proceedings.
Themes and Speakers
The discussions will take place over two days. Thursday 13 November will focus on the challenges and tools of concentrating cross-border litigation. Friday 14 November will turn to the concentration of cross-border economic litigation.
Among the topics to be addressed are strategic concentration of litigation in transnational contexts, family and economic disputes with cross-border dimensions, the role of arbitration, collective actions and jurisdictional clauses, derived competences, third-party participation, and fundamental rights implications.
The list of speakers and moderators includes Hugues Kenfack, Matthieu Poumarede, Hélène Gaudin, Fabienne Jault‑Seseke, Sandrine Clavel, Claudia Cavicchioli, Marcelin Jehl, Olivier Furtak, Estelle Gallant, Samuel Fulli‑Lemaire, Alexandre Boiché, Estelle Fohrer‑Dedeurwaerder, Olivera Boskovic, Natalie Joubert, Jérémy Jourdan‑Marques, Marie Nioche, Ludovic Pailler, Marie‑Elodie Ancel, Philippine Blajan, Maximin de Fontmichel, Maria‑José Azar‑Baud, Rafael Amaro, Laurence Idot and Lukas Rass-Masson.
The conference will be held in French. The full programme is available here.
Registration is required here.