FIRE Americas: Cayman

In-Person on the 5th - 7th June 2024

The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman 

Bringing together experts from across North America, South America and the Caribbean 

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Agenda

FIRE Starters Afternoon 5th June 2024 6th June 2024 7th June 2024

Registration
1.30pm

Chairs' Opening Remarks
2.00pm

Annalisa Shibli, Counsel
Collas Crill (Cayman)

Amiel Gottlieb, Senior Manager
Interpath (Cayman)

Building your Brand within Asset Recovery
2.10pm

Zachary Bluestone , Lawyer
Bluestone, P.C. (USA)

Scott Berman , Partner
Friedman Kaplan (USA)

Interactive Workshop: Negotiation Skills & Settlements
2.50pm

Refreshment Break
3.40pm

FIREing up your Careers: How to Make and Keep Overseas Contacts
4.10pm

Bradley Sharp, President & CEO
Development Specialists, Inc (USA)

Ian Herbert, Counsel
Miller & Chevalier (USA)

Leyza Florin Blanco , Shareholder
Sequor Law (USA)

Sally Peedom, Senior Associate
Collas Crill

The Burning Questions for the Year Ahead
4.50pm

Each speaker has 5 minutes to say what they think the main FIRE topic will be, with the opportunity for a 30 second rebuttal and then it goes to an audience vote

Networking Welcome Party
5.30pm

Meet your fellow attendees and connect with the intrepid business travellers.

 

 

Registration
9.00am

Chairs' Welcome
9.30am

Stephen Leontsinis, Managing Partner
Collas Crill (Cayman)

Cross Border Cooperation Between Foreign Insolvency Practitioners
9.40am

Howard A. Fischer, Partner
Moses & Singer (USA)

Scott Berman , Partner
Friedman Kaplan (USA)

Bradley Sharp, President & CEO
Development Specialists, Inc (USA)

Getting to Grips with Being Full & Frank
10.20am

Annalisa Shibli, Counsel
Collas Crill (Cayman)

Ian Herbert, Counsel
Miller & Chevalier (USA)

Refreshment Break
11.00am

Enforcing Judgements Beyond Borders: A Global Outlook
11.20am

Bernardo Porras, Partner
Hughes & Hughes (Uruguay)

Zachary Bluestone , Lawyer
Bluestone, P.C. (USA)

Duane Loft , Partner
Pallas Partners (USA) LLP

Arbitration & Insolvency Following Recent Key Decisions
12.00pm

David Lee , Partner
Appleby (Cayman)

Lori Marks-Esterman, Partner
Olshan (USA)

Nicholas Kennedy, Partner
Baker McKenzie (USA)

Lunch
12.40pm

Afternoon Chairs

Keynote: View from the Judiciary
2.00pm

Debate – This House Believes Insolvency Litigation Starts from a Fraud
2.40pm

Marcelo Sacramone, Founding Partner
Sacramone, Orleans e Bragança Advogados (Brazil)

Erin Broderick, Partner
Eversheds Sutherland (USA)

Refreshment Break
3.30pm

Interactive Workshop: Tips & Tricks Across Borders - Advocacy & Cross Examination of Fraudsters
4.00pm

Duane Loft , Partner
Pallas Partners (USA) LLP

Zachary Bluestone , Lawyer
Bluestone, P.C. (USA)

Brigeeta Richdale, Vice Chair, White Collar Defense & Investigations
Cozen O'Connor (Canada)

Ian Herbert, Counsel
Miller & Chevalier (USA)

Howard A. Fischer, Partner
Moses & Singer (USA)

Bernardo Porras, Partner
Hughes & Hughes (Uruguay)

Chair's Summation & Close of Day 1
5.20pm

Drinks Reception
5.30pm

Co-Hosted by:

Beach Dinner
7.30pm

Hosted by: 

Refreshments
9.30am

Chair's Welcome Back
10.00am

Cayman Partnerships: Where are we Now?
10.10am

Joel E. Cohen, Managing Director
Stout (USA)

Cross Border Considerations When Dealing With Distressed SPCs
10.50am

Stephen Leontsinis, Managing Partner
Collas Crill (Cayman)

Refreshment Break
11.30am

Delinquent Debtor: Can Pay but Won’t Pay
11.50am

Lunch
12.40pm

Afternoon Chairs

Stephen Leontsinis, Managing Partner
Collas Crill (Cayman)

CHABRA Freezing Injunctions
2.00pm

Use of AI in Recovery Efforts
2.40pm

Chairs' Summation & Close of Conference
3.20pm

1.30pm
Registration
2.00pm
Chairs' Opening Remarks
Annalisa Shibli - Counsel - Collas Crill (Cayman)
Amiel Gottlieb - Senior Manager - Interpath (Cayman)
2.10pm
Building your Brand within Asset Recovery
Zachary Bluestone - Lawyer - Bluestone, P.C. (USA)
Scott Berman - Partner - Friedman Kaplan (USA)
2.50pm
Interactive Workshop: Negotiation Skills & Settlements
3.40pm
Refreshment Break
4.10pm
FIREing up your Careers: How to Make and Keep Overseas Contacts
Bradley Sharp - President & CEO - Development Specialists, Inc (USA)
Ian Herbert - Counsel - Miller & Chevalier (USA)
Leyza Florin Blanco - Shareholder - Sequor Law (USA)
Sally Peedom - Senior Associate - Collas Crill
4.50pm
The Burning Questions for the Year Ahead

Each speaker has 5 minutes to say what they think the main FIRE topic will be, with the opportunity for a 30 second rebuttal and then it goes to an audience vote

5.30pm
Networking Welcome Party

Meet your fellow attendees and connect with the intrepid business travellers.

 

 

9.00am
Registration
9.30am
Chairs' Welcome
Stephen Leontsinis - Managing Partner - Collas Crill (Cayman)
9.40am
Cross Border Cooperation Between Foreign Insolvency Practitioners
Howard A. Fischer - Partner - Moses & Singer (USA)
Scott Berman - Partner - Friedman Kaplan (USA)
Bradley Sharp - President & CEO - Development Specialists, Inc (USA)
10.20am
Getting to Grips with Being Full & Frank
Annalisa Shibli - Counsel - Collas Crill (Cayman)
Ian Herbert - Counsel - Miller & Chevalier (USA)
11.00am
Refreshment Break
11.20am
Enforcing Judgements Beyond Borders: A Global Outlook
Bernardo Porras - Partner - Hughes & Hughes (Uruguay)
Zachary Bluestone - Lawyer - Bluestone, P.C. (USA)
Duane Loft - Partner - Pallas Partners (USA) LLP
12.00pm
Arbitration & Insolvency Following Recent Key Decisions
David Lee - Partner - Appleby (Cayman)
Lori Marks-Esterman - Partner - Olshan (USA)
Nicholas Kennedy - Partner - Baker McKenzie (USA)
12.40pm
Lunch
Afternoon Chairs
2.00pm
Keynote: View from the Judiciary
2.40pm
Debate – This House Believes Insolvency Litigation Starts from a Fraud
Marcelo Sacramone - Founding Partner - Sacramone, Orleans e Bragança Advogados (Brazil)
Erin Broderick - Partner - Eversheds Sutherland (USA)
3.30pm
Refreshment Break
4.00pm
Interactive Workshop: Tips & Tricks Across Borders - Advocacy & Cross Examination of Fraudsters
Duane Loft - Partner - Pallas Partners (USA) LLP
Zachary Bluestone - Lawyer - Bluestone, P.C. (USA)
Brigeeta Richdale - Vice Chair, White Collar Defense & Investigations - Cozen O'Connor (Canada)
Ian Herbert - Counsel - Miller & Chevalier (USA)
Howard A. Fischer - Partner - Moses & Singer (USA)
Bernardo Porras - Partner - Hughes & Hughes (Uruguay)
5.20pm
Chair's Summation & Close of Day 1
5.30pm
Drinks Reception

Co-Hosted by:

7.30pm
Beach Dinner

Hosted by: 

9.30am
Refreshments
10.00am
Chair's Welcome Back
10.10am
Cayman Partnerships: Where are we Now?
Joel E. Cohen - Managing Director - Stout (USA)
10.50am
Cross Border Considerations When Dealing With Distressed SPCs
Stephen Leontsinis - Managing Partner - Collas Crill (Cayman)
11.30am
Refreshment Break
11.50am
Delinquent Debtor: Can Pay but Won’t Pay
12.40pm
Lunch
Afternoon Chairs
Stephen Leontsinis - Managing Partner - Collas Crill (Cayman)
2.00pm
CHABRA Freezing Injunctions
2.40pm
Use of AI in Recovery Efforts
3.20pm
Chairs' Summation & Close of Conference

Event Partners

Dinner Partner

Collas Crill
Drinks Partner

Sequor Law
Event Partner

Duarte Forssell

Appleby
Media Partner

IFC Media

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