Brown Rudnick
The Crypto in Disputes Forum - 3rd Annual
The only Forum dedicated to Cryptocurrency issues in Litigation, Arbitration, Enforcement and more.
In-person | 25th June 2024 | Central London
Agenda
Networking & Registration
9:00am
Chairpersons' Opening Remarks
9:15am
Darragh Connell, Barrister
Maitland
Carmel King, Director
Grant Thornton
Henry Farris, Partner
Withers
Stephen Palley, Partner
Brown Rudnick
Keynote Address: High Court Perspective on Crypto Fraud
9:30am
- Implications of Boonyaem v Persons Unknown
- Developments in Crypto Fraud Litigation, Ongoing and Upcoming
- Relationship between the judiciary, litigation and regulatory bodies
Richard Salter KC, Deputy High Court Judge
Queen's Bench Division
Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration: International Approaches to Regulation and Arbitrage
10:10am
- Collaboration between various regimes on consumer protection, securities buying and money laundering
- The logistics of Cross-Border Arbitrage
- Strategies for effectively engaging with other regulatory jurisdictions
Ali Khan, Legal Consultant / Web3 & DeFi Lead
AS Legal Consultants (Dubai)
Laura Douglas, Senior Associate
Clifford Chance
Alexander Shirtcliff, Partner
Blake Morgan
Networking & Refreshment Break
10:50am
Evaluating Litigation Costs in Cryptocurrency Disputes as Opposed to Arbitration
11:10am
- When does a contract apply when concerning digital assets?
- Alternative methods of disputes resolution beyond arbitration
- Evaluating costs and benefits of pursuing cryptocurrency issues in court
- Digital contract law, understanding your rights in a decentralized ecosystem
Sivan Daniels, Partner, Finance Disputes & Commercial Litigation
Addleshaw Goddard
Henry Farris, Partner
Withers
Jonathan Pagan , Partner
Enyo Law
Assessing the Obstacles to Recovering Digital Assets, Tracing, Bringing Claims and Pursuing Them
12:00pm
- Extrajudicial Barriers to seeking justice under common law regime
- Public injunctions and the thresholds of cost effective litigation
- Developments in asset tracing technology and techniques
Andrew Bowden-Brown, Partner
Shoosmiths
Carmel King, Director
Grant Thornton
Flavia Kenyon, Barrister
36 Group
Networking & Lunch Break
12:40pm
Exploring Different Strategies for Enforcement, Obtaining Orders for Delivery and Options for Transfer of Crypto AssetsĀ
1:30pm
- Pursuing decentralized parties without stable residence in various jurisdictions
- Bringing judgements to foreign courts and having them recognized
- Different approaches to transfering crypto assets
Chris Recker, Senior Associate
Kingsley Napley
Sophie Eyre, Partner
Bird & Bird
Determining the Legal Responsibilities of Crypto Exchanges and Lessons Learned from Previous Mismanagement
2:30pm
- Trust vs Deposit, how current cryptocurrency exchanges hold consumer assets
- Lessons learned in the wake of the FTX collapse
- Reviewing compliance standards for cryptocurrency exchanges: How should we safeguard consumers?
Laura Clatworthy, Partner, Dispute Resolution
Rosenblatt
Stephen Palley, Partner
Brown Rudnick
Stephen Elam, Partner
Cooke, Young & Keidan
Networking & Refreshment Break
3:10pm
Disentangling Cryptocurrencies in Insolvency Proceedings, Novel Issues and Resolutions
3:40pm
- How digital assets are treated during bankruptcy proceedings
- Protocol for dealing with obscured assets, mixed or Stealth Coins
- Appropriately valuing digital assets
Stephen O’Grady, Partner
TaylorWessing
Graham Small, Partner
JMW Solicitors
Darragh Connell, Barrister
Maitland
What is a DAO and How Do You Sue It?
4:20pm
- Benefits and drawbacks of DAOs as organizational structures
- Legal responsibilities to shareholders in event of asset mismanagement
- Mechanisms through which DAOs can be held responsible in court
Ioanna Patsalidou, PhD Candidate
King's College London
Simon Deane-Johns, Partner
Keystone Law
Marcus Bagnall, Partner
Wiggin LLP
Chairpersons' Closing Remarks
5:00pm
Darragh Connell - Barrister - Maitland
Carmel King - Director - Grant Thornton
Henry Farris - Partner - Withers
Stephen Palley - Partner - Brown Rudnick
- Implications of Boonyaem v Persons Unknown
- Developments in Crypto Fraud Litigation, Ongoing and Upcoming
- Relationship between the judiciary, litigation and regulatory bodies
- Collaboration between various regimes on consumer protection, securities buying and money laundering
- The logistics of Cross-Border Arbitrage
- Strategies for effectively engaging with other regulatory jurisdictions
Laura Douglas - Senior Associate - Clifford Chance
Alexander Shirtcliff - Partner - Blake Morgan
- When does a contract apply when concerning digital assets?
- Alternative methods of disputes resolution beyond arbitration
- Evaluating costs and benefits of pursuing cryptocurrency issues in court
- Digital contract law, understanding your rights in a decentralized ecosystem
Henry Farris - Partner - Withers
Jonathan Pagan - Partner - Enyo Law
- Extrajudicial Barriers to seeking justice under common law regime
- Public injunctions and the thresholds of cost effective litigation
- Developments in asset tracing technology and techniques
Carmel King - Director - Grant Thornton
Flavia Kenyon - Barrister - 36 Group
- Pursuing decentralized parties without stable residence in various jurisdictions
- Bringing judgements to foreign courts and having them recognized
- Different approaches to transfering crypto assets
Sophie Eyre - Partner - Bird & Bird
- Trust vs Deposit, how current cryptocurrency exchanges hold consumer assets
- Lessons learned in the wake of the FTX collapse
- Reviewing compliance standards for cryptocurrency exchanges: How should we safeguard consumers?
Stephen Palley - Partner - Brown Rudnick
Stephen Elam - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan
- How digital assets are treated during bankruptcy proceedings
- Protocol for dealing with obscured assets, mixed or Stealth Coins
- Appropriately valuing digital assets
Graham Small - Partner - JMW Solicitors
Darragh Connell - Barrister - Maitland
- Benefits and drawbacks of DAOs as organizational structures
- Legal responsibilities to shareholders in event of asset mismanagement
- Mechanisms through which DAOs can be held responsible in court
Simon Deane-Johns - Partner - Keystone Law
Marcus Bagnall - Partner - Wiggin LLP
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