The Chairman and Senior Partner of law firm Scanlen and
Holderness, Sternford Moyo, has been announced as the new President
of the International Bar Association (IBA).
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This is contained in a Notice at the website
of IBA[1] seem by
Nairalaw
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Mr. Moyo, who hails from Zimbabwe, is the first IBA President of
African descent in the history of the 74-year-old organisation.
Moyo succeeds Brazil’s Horacio Bernardes Neto with a two-year
tenure through to 31 December 2022.
Mr Moyo has held numerous senior IBA roles, including: Council
Member, Management Board Member, Advisory Board Member and Chair of
the African Regional Forum, Deputy Secretary-General for Southern
Africa, Co-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Human
Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Trustee of IBA-established entities,
such as the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and eyeWitness to
Atrocities, and member of the Task Force on Illicit Financial
Flows, Poverty and Human Rights.
Recognising the achievements of his predecessors and committing
to building on their efforts, Mr Moyo, whose firm is one of the
founder members of the pan-African network LEXAfrica and also a
member of Meritas, commented:
“It was great and visionary leadership that conceived and
implemented the idea of the International Bar Association: to
create relationships and exchanges among individual lawyers, bar
associations and law societies; to pursue capacity building for bar
associations; to promote continuing professional development in
order to enhance service to the public; to protect and promote the
rule of law, human rights, effective administration of justice and
core values of the legal profession; to promote harmonisation and
uniformity in the resolution of difficult legal problems; and to
work with international juridical organisations. The IBA, under the
direction of my predecessors and its executive officers, has been
highly successful in advancing these objectives. Consequently, as I
take over as President of our Association, I am pleased to say that
I stand on a platform of excellent work done by my predecessors and
the employees of the Association. My role shall be to work towards
deepening the fulfilment of the objectives of our association and
increasing diversity, eliminating all forms of discrimination in
the practice of law and administration of justice. I owe a huge
debt of gratitude to my predecessors and employees of the
Association for the solid platform from which I shall be
working.”
Mr Moyo recently outlined additional objectives and areas of
focus for his IBA presidency, including: developing effective
anti-corruption strategies; strengthening IBA project output from
constituents to provide ‘role model’ material to improve the
practical exercise of law; updating guidance and recommendations
regarding the extractive industries so that current strategies meet
investor protection and developmental rights of the communities
where the investment takes place; focusing on cyber security with
the aim of working towards developing best practice guidelines for
a new global framework for public institutions and private
companies; and
using digital resources to make the knowledge generated by the IBA
more readily available to developing bar associations, lawyers in
low-income jurisdictions and those at entry level in high-income
jurisdictions.
Mr Moyo’s professional career has seen him hold a variety of
leadership positions, including having been a bar leader in
Zimbabwe and in Southern Africa, and corporate leader in mining,
manufacturing, financial services and leadership development.
In 1990, Mr Moyo was selected by the United States Information
Services to participate in a programme to familiarise young African
leaders with the American legal system and its background. In 2004,
he participated in a media advocacy course run by the University of
Oxford.
As Senior Partner in Scanlen and Holderness, a large corporate
law practice established in 1894, Mr Moyo specialises in mining,
corporate and commercial law.
The IBA’s new Vice Presidentis Almudena Arpón de Mendívil. Ms
Arpón de Mendívil is a partner with the Spanish law firm
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, where she leads the Corporate Technology,
Media and Telecommunications Group. A member of the IBA for more
than 20 years, she joined the IBA Management Board in 2009 and has
held several IBA senior leadership roles, including: IBA
Secretary-General, Treasurer, Chair of the Legal Practice Division,
Member of the Investments Review Committee, Member of the Special
Projects Fund Committee, and Member of the Rule of Law Task Force.
Her tenure is for the calendar years 2021 and 2022.
The Chairman and Senior Partner of law firm Scanlen and
Holderness, Sternford Moyo, has been announced as the new President
of the International Bar Association (IBA).
This is contained in a Notice at the website
of IBA[1] seem by
Nairalaw
Mr. Moyo, who hails from Zimbabwe, is the first IBA President of
African descent in the history of the 74-year-old organisation.
Moyo succeeds Brazil’s Horacio Bernardes Neto with a two-year
tenure through to 31 December 2022.
Mr Moyo has held numerous senior IBA roles, including: Council
Member, Management Board Member, Advisory Board Member and Chair of
the African Regional Forum, Deputy Secretary-General for Southern
Africa, Co-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Human
Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Trustee of IBA-established entities,
such as the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and eyeWitness to
Atrocities, and member of the Task Force on Illicit Financial
Flows, Poverty and Human Rights.
Recognising the achievements of his predecessors and committing
to building on their efforts, Mr Moyo, whose firm is one of the
founder members of the pan-African network LEXAfrica and also a
member of Meritas, commented:
“It was great and visionary leadership that conceived and
implemented the idea of the International Bar Association: to
create relationships and exchanges among individual lawyers, bar
associations and law societies; to pursue capacity building for bar
associations; to promote continuing professional development in
order to enhance service to the public; to protect and promote the
rule of law, human rights, effective administration of justice and
core values of the legal profession; to promote harmonisation and
uniformity in the resolution of difficult legal problems; and to
work with international juridical organisations. The IBA, under the
direction of my predecessors and its executive officers, has been
highly successful in advancing these objectives. Consequently, as I
take over as President of our Association, I am pleased to say that
I stand on a platform of excellent work done by my predecessors and
the employees of the Association. My role shall be to work towards
deepening the fulfilment of the objectives of our association and
increasing diversity, eliminating all forms of discrimination in
the practice of law and administration of justice. I owe a huge
debt of gratitude to my predecessors and employees of the
Association for the solid platform from which I shall be
working.”
Mr Moyo recently outlined additional objectives and areas of
focus for his IBA presidency, including: developing effective
anti-corruption strategies; strengthening IBA project output from
constituents to provide ‘role model’ material to improve the
practical exercise of law; updating guidance and recommendations
regarding the extractive industries so that current strategies meet
investor protection and developmental rights of the communities
where the investment takes place; focusing on cyber security with
the aim of working towards developing best practice guidelines for
a new global framework for public institutions and private
companies; and
using digital resources to make the knowledge generated by the IBA
more readily available to developing bar associations, lawyers in
low-income jurisdictions and those at entry level in high-income
jurisdictions.
Mr Moyo’s professional career has seen him hold a variety of
leadership positions, including having been a bar leader in
Zimbabwe and in Southern Africa, and corporate leader in mining,
manufacturing, financial services and leadership development.
In 1990, Mr Moyo was selected by the United States Information
Services to participate in a programme to familiarise young African
leaders with the American legal system and its background. In 2004,
he participated in a media advocacy course run by the University of
Oxford.
As Senior Partner in Scanlen and Holderness, a large corporate
law practice established in 1894, Mr Moyo specialises in mining,
corporate and commercial law.
The IBA’s new Vice Presidentis Almudena Arpón de Mendívil. Ms
Arpón de Mendívil is a partner with the Spanish law firm
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, where she leads the Corporate Technology,
Media and Telecommunications Group. A member of the IBA for more
than 20 years, she joined the IBA Management Board in 2009 and has
held several IBA senior leadership roles, including: IBA
Secretary-General, Treasurer, Chair of the Legal Practice Division,
Member of the Investments Review Committee, Member of the Special
Projects Fund Committee, and Member of the Rule of Law Task Force.
Her tenure is for the calendar years 2021 and 2022.