In his first few years at the Bar, Shantanu Majumdar practised in most areas known to the law, once even cross-examining a police officer in the Court of Appeal.

For the past 20 years he has specialised in commercial and commercial Chancery litigation and arbitration and professional negligence. He thinks very hard about his cases for, as a famous Roman once said: “Grasp the subject matter and the words will follow”. Shantanu undertakes litigation, arbitration and advisory work in the following fields, much of it of an international nature involving foreign parties and/or foreign law and/or foreign proceedings.

Ben Wells is a Solicitor Advocate whose practice is centred on dispute resolution. He regularly represents clients in: (i) arbitral proceedings conducted under the auspices of leading arbitration institutions; and (ii) litigation in the English courts. He also sits as an arbitrator where all his cases have a cross-border element.

Issues that he resolves relate to commercial contracts, trading, investments, banking, joint ventures, company and shareholder disputes, cross-border insolvency, international civil fraud and enforcement.

Ben has a particular focus on sanctions, asset-tracing, contentious trusts and matrimonial disputes.

Ben is an executive committee member of the British-Kazakh Law Association, holds rights of audience at the Astana International Finance Centre and is listed as an international arbitrator.

Ben writes articles which are published internationally as well as having featured in articles for the Law Society of England and Wales. Ben is a frequent speaker at conferences.

Susan is a Senior Legal Counsel at Swiss Re in Zürich. She is a qualified lawyer in the UK and has considerable in-house global (re) insurance experience, particularly in the area of financial crime with a focus on sanctions compliance.

Artem specialises in corporate, antitrust, banking and financial law, as well as cross-border M&A transactions. Over the past 27 years, Artem has taken a hands-on role in providing legal support for international transactions, representing a wide range of foreign and Russian clients from various business sectors. These have included social networks, software development, telecommunications, direct investments, financial institutions, the motor industry, oil & gas, the iron & steel industry, food products, as well as development and construction.

Anita heads TL4’s Disputes Community - a specialist platform connecting professionals involved in high-value, often precedent-setting, legal cases all over the world. She has a strong track record of launching and growing market leading events within disputes, sanctions, anti-corruption, fraud & asset recovery and private equity, among others. She is a Chevening Scholar, holding a Master’s Degree in International Banking & Finance from University of Southampton (UK). Anita is a trilingual Kyrgyz, Russian and English speaker