Welcome Drinks Reception
Location: The Four Seasons Hotel, KL
FIRE Asia Circle - in Association with the IFG
24 November 2025
to 26 November 2025
Four Seasons Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
FIRE Asia Circle, in collaboration with the International Fraud Group (IFG) is an exclusive Circle event and is by invitation only. This event will bring together up to 40 key, senior practitioners in the global asset recovery community, with a focus on Asia. This Circle will be expertly steered by Gary Miller of Mishcon de Reya/IFG, Sheila Ng of Rajah & Tann, Kevin Hellard of Grant Thornton, Dorothy Siron of Stephenson Harwood, and Claudia Cheah Pek Yee of Skrine.
This exclusive invitation only event, involves facilitated discussions across one and a half days of content, led by our esteemed Advisory Board.
We will work with our Advisory Board to devise and curate the invite list and areas of discussion. Designed to be interactive and as inclusive as possible, there are no set-piece presentations or panel sessions with the focus being on open discussion.
The FIRE Asia Circle is in collaboration with the International Fraud Group.
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The 2025 agenda will be made available in due course, as we curate the discussion areas based on those in attendance. Topics already identified by the Advisory Board include:
- Deepfakes, Digital Deception & Financial Fraud
- Unmasking the Chain: Asset Recovery Through Crypto Exchanges
- Cross-Border Investigations in Asia: Legal, Ethical & Strategic Realities
- Recovery Without the Courts: Arbitration and Alternative Levers in Asset Tracing
- Bridging the Divide: Public-Private Partnerships in Global Asset Recovery
- Legitimate Faces, Illegitimate Ends: The Dual Risk of Honest and Dishonest IPs in Fraud Schemes
- Insolvency as a Recovery Strategy: Unlocking Assets in Fraud Cases
- Section 1782 & the Dollar Trail: Leveraging U.S. Discovery in Cross-Border Asset Recovery
Delegates
Kevin Hellard (Advisory Board)
Partner
Grant Thornton (UK)
Gary Miller (Advisory Board)
Partner
Mishcon de Reya/IFG (UK)
Claudia Cheah Pek Yee (Advisory Board)
Partner
Skrine (Malaysia)
Sheila Ng (Advisory Board)
Partner
Rajah & Tann Asia (Singapore)
Dorothy Siron (Advisory Board)
Partner
Stephenson Harwood (Hong Kong)
Kevin Bowers
Partner
Bowers Law (Hong Kong)
Harris Chan
Partner
DLA Piper (Hong Kong)
Desmond Cheung
Of Counsel
DLA Piper (Hong Kong)
Debby Lim
Senior Partner
Dentons (Singapore)
Sherbir Panag
Partner
Panag & Babu (India)
Agenda
18:30
09:30
Registration and Welcome Refreshments
10:00
Advisory Board Welcome
10:10
Session 1
11:10
Refreshment Break
11:40
Session 2
12:40
Lunch
Afternoon Roundtables
Delegates will be split into smaller groups, with equal blend of type of practitioner and jurisdiction. The delegates will move through the three roundtables during the course of the afternoon.
14:00
Roundtable
14:40
Roundtable
15:20
Refreshment Break
15:40
Roundtable
16:20
Close of Day 1 Circle
18:00
Drinks Reception
19:30
Dinner
09:30
Welcome Back Refreshments
10:00
Session 3
11:00
Refreshment Break
11:30
Session 4
12:30
Lunch and Close of Circle
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Contact
Attendance, Booking & General Queries
For general enquiries please contact
Maddi Briggs on +44 (0) 20 3398 8545
or email maddi@thoughtleaders4.com
Venue & Logistics
For venue & logistics enquiries please contact
Ewan Brown on +44 (0) 20 3433 2292
or email ewan@thoughtleaders4.com
Partnership
For partnership enquiries please contact
Ben Sullivan on +44 (0) 20 3965 4386
or email ben@thoughtleaders4.com