FIRE & ICE Circle Europe
10 March 2026
to 11 March 2026
Le Mirador Resort & Spa, Vevey, Switzerland
FIRE & ICE Circle Europe is an exclusive TL4 Circle event and is by invitation only. Entering it's third year, this event will bring together 40 top Asset Recovery Practitioners in the beautiful setting of Vevey, Switzerland, curated by our expert Advisory Board.
This exclusive invitation only event, involves facilitated discussions across one and a half days of content, led by our esteemed Advisory Board in the elegant swiss mountains.
We will work with the 2026 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.
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The event will take place at Le Mirador Resort & Spa, Vevey, Switzerland.
Your attendance includes:
- 1x night 5-star hotel accommodation
- 1x drinks reception
- 2x three course lunches
- 1x three course dinner
- 1x breakfast
- 4x boardroom sessions
- 3x hosted round tables
- 2x days of refreshments
This Circle is supported by:
Please find the confirmed list of attendees for FIRE & ICE Circle Europe below which will be continuously updated:
Delegates
Jennifer Fox (Advisory Board)
Partner
Ogier (Cayman)
Valerie Hohenberg (Advisory Board)
Partner
Wolf Theiss (Austria)
Yves Klein (Advisory Board)
Partner
Monfrini Bitton Klein (Switzerland)
Steven Molo (Advisory Board)
Partner
MoloLamken (US)
Dorothy Siron (Advisory Board)
Partner
Stephenson Harwood (Hong Kong)
Jonathan Addo
Partner
Harneys (BVI)
Tara Archer-Glasgow
Partner
Higgs & Johnson (Bahamas)
Angela Barkhouse
Managing Director
Kroll (Cayman)
William Barry
Member Chair
Miller & Chevalier (US)
Mike Cumming-Bruce
Vice President
Bench Walk Advisors (UK)
Evin Durmaz
Senior Associate
Monfrini Bitton Klein (Switzerland)
Mark Forte
Partner
Conyers (BVI)
Andriy Fortunenko
Partner
Avellum (Ukraine)
Laure-Hélène Gaicio-Fievez
Partner
BSP (Luxembourg)
David Griffin
Senior Managing Director
FTI Consulting (Cayman)
Matthias Gstoehl
Partner
Schellenberg Wittmer (Switzerland)
Peter Hayden
Partner
Mourant (Cayman)
Kevin Hellard
Partner
Grant Thornton (UK)
Nick Hoffman
Partner
Harneys (Cayman)
Gretchen King
Co-Founder
Vantage Intelligence
Stephen Leontsinis
Managing Partner
Collas Crill (Cayman)
Tony Lewis
Partner
Fieldfisher (UK)
Andy McGregor
Partner
Enyo Law (UK)
Christopher A. Noel
Counsel
Sequor Law (US)
Stavros Pavlou
Senior & Managing Partner
Patrikios Legal (Cyprus)
Laurence Ponty
Partner
Archipel (Switzerland)
Tobias Schaffner
Partner
Niedermann Rechtsanwälte (Switzerland)
Sara Sheffield
Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys (Dubai)
Masha Shvetsova
Co-Founder
Vantage Intelligence
Robert Starkins
Partner
Grant Thornton (UK)
Fabio Trevisan
Partner
BSP (Luxembourg)
Oren Warshavsky
Partner
BakerHostetler (US)
Agenda
9:30am
10:00am
Advisory Board Welcome
Format: Square
10:10am
Obtaining Evidence in Aid of Investigations, Proceedings, Arbitrations and Recovery Efforts
11:10am
Refreshment Break
11:40am
Illegally Obtained and Faked Evidence – Challenges and Opportunities
12:40pm
Lunch
Interactive Roundtables
2:00pm
Gathering Non-Public Information
This discussion will provide insight into the techniques that Vantage uses to gather non-public information. We will provide examples of investigations that successfully employed these techniques in order to obtain crucial, outcome-changing information in favour of our clients. We will also explore the legal versus ethical considerations as it relates to some of the techniques.
Hosted by:
2:40pm
Litigating and Liquidating Crypto – What Are We Seeing?
3:20pm
Refreshment Break
3:40pm
Claims Against Service Providers – A Route to Recovery When the Fraudsters Disappear?
4:20pm
Closing Summary
6:00pm
Drinks Reception
7:30pm
Dinner
9:30am
Morning Refreshments
Format: Square
10:00am
Tactical Use of Criminal Proceedings in Aid of Proceedings and the Best Approach to Interactions with Regulatory and Criminal Actions
11:00am
Refreshment Break
11:30am
Legal Privilege Across Borders – Emerging Trends and Practical Lessons
12:30pm
Lunch & Close of Event
Essential Information
Venue
Le Mirador Resort & Spa
Chem. de l'Hôtel Mirador 5,
1801 Chardonne,
Switzerland
Accommodation
Accommodation is included in the ticket price for Tuesday 11th March only.
Should you not require accommodation please let us know as soon as possible.
To extend your stay please contact us
Dress Code
Sessions: Business Casual Throughout
Networking Drinks & Dinner: Business Casual Throughout
Location
Event Location
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