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

1.30pm

Registration

2.00pm

Chairs' Opening Remarks
Amiel Gottlieb - Senior Manager - Interpath (Cayman)
Kirsten Bailey - Senior Associate - Collas Crill (Cayman)

2.10pm

Building your Brand within Asset Recovery
Zachary Bluestone - Lawyer - Bluestone, P.C. (USA)
Scott Berman - Partner - Friedman Kaplan (USA)
Kalila Bodden - Dr. Kalila Bodden MB, BCh, BAO (NUI, RCSI), LRCP & SI (Hons), CCP, ICC MD, Leadership Wellness Consultant - Kalila Bodden

2.50pm

Interactive Workshop: Negotiation Skills & Settlements
Alex Lawson - Managing Director and the Head of A&M Cayman Islands - Alvarez & Marsal (Cayman)
Jason Robinson - Senior Managing Director - Teneo (Cayman)
Paul Kennedy - Partner - Campbells (Cayman)

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 - Counsel - 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

Nicholas Fox - Partner - Mourant (Cayman)
Farrah Sbaiti - Managing Associate - Ogier (Cayman)
Katie Pearson - Partner - Claritas (Cayman)
Mehreen Siddiqui - Associate - Maples (Cayman)
Hannah Gethin - Senior Manager - Kroll (Cayman)
Nicosia Lawson - Senior Associate - Baker & Partners (Cayman)

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)
Marlyn Narkis - Partner - MDU Legal (Panama)

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)
David A. Castleman - Member - Otterbourg (USA)

10.20am

Getting to Grips with Being Full & Frank
Ian Herbert - Counsel - Miller & Chevalier (USA)
Kirsten Bailey - Senior Associate - Collas Crill (Cayman)

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
Christian Vandergeest - Senior Associate - Freshfields (USA)

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)
Natascha Steiner-Smith - Counsel - Collas Crill (Cayman)

12.40pm

Lunch

Afternoon Chairs
Henrique Forssell - Founding partner - Duarte Forssell Advogados (Brazil)
Leyza Florin Blanco - Shareholder - Sequor Law (USA)

2.00pm

Keynote: View from the Judiciary
Hon. Judge Robert A. Mark - Bankruptcy Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court - Southern District of Florida (USA)
The Honourable Judge Jose Guilherme Di Rienzo Marrey - Bankruptcy Judge of the 1st Regional Bankruptcy Court - State of Sao Paulo (Brazil)

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
Henrique Forssell - Founding partner - Duarte Forssell Advogados (Brazil)
Marlyn Narkis - Partner - MDU Legal (Panama)

10.10am

Exposing Fraud Across Borders: How Best To Handle the Aftermath
Joel E. Cohen - Managing Director - Stout (USA)
Alex Lawson - Managing Director and the Head of A&M Cayman Islands - Alvarez & Marsal (Cayman)
Rebecca Findlay - Managing Associate - Ogier (Cayman)

10.50am

Cross Border Considerations When Dealing With Distressed SPCs
Stephen Leontsinis - Managing Partner - Collas Crill (Cayman)
Jennifer Colegate - Partner - Collas Crill
Natalie Bell - Partner - Collas Crill

11.30am

Refreshment Break

11.50am

Delinquent Debtor: Can Pay but Won’t Pay
Gabriela Menna Barreto Scanlon - Founding Partner - MB Scanlon (USA / Brazil)
Felipe Vieira - Partner - Loria E Kalansky
Jason Robinson - Senior Managing Director - Teneo (Cayman)
Kevin Ainsworth - Member / Co-Chair, Cross-Border Asset Recovery Practice - Mintz

12.40pm

Use of AI in Recovery Efforts
Kirsten Bailey - Senior Associate - Collas Crill (Cayman)
Kim Leck - Director - Quantuma (Cayman)
Jason Mbakwe - Senior Associate - Carey Olsen (Cayman)

1.20pm

Chairs' Summation & Close of Conference

1.25pm

Lunch

Event Partners

Dinner Partner

Collas Crill

Drinks Partner

Sequor Law

Event Partner

Duarte Forssell

Appleby

MINTZ

Media Partner

IFC Media

Contact Us

speakers

For speakers enquiries please contact Paul Barford on +44 (0) 20 3398 8510 or email paul@thoughtleaders4.com

partnership

For partnership enquiries please contact Chris Leese on +44 (0) 20 3398 8554 or email chris@thoughtleaders4.com

Booking & General Queries

For Booking & General Queries enquiries please contact Danushka De Alwis on +44 (0) 20 3580 5891 or email danushka@thoughtleaders4.com

Venue & Logistics

For Venue & Logistics enquiries please contact Sarah Barton on +44 (0) 20 3398 8560 or email sarah@thoughtleaders4.com

Marketing

For Marketing enquiries please contact Yelda Ismail on +44 (0) 20 3398 8551 or email yelda@thoughtleaders4.com

FIRE Americas: Cayman

Agenda

Registration 1.30pm

Chairs' Opening Remarks 2.00pm

Building your Brand within Asset Recovery 2.10pm

Interactive Workshop: Negotiation Skills & Settlements 2.50pm

Refreshment Break 3.40pm

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

The Burning Questions for the Year Ahead 4.50pm

Networking Welcome Party 5.30pm

Registration 9.00am

Chairs' Welcome 9.30am

Cross Border Cooperation Between Foreign Insolvency Practitioners 9.40am

Getting to Grips with Being Full & Frank 10.20am

Refreshment Break 11.00am

Enforcing Judgements Beyond Borders: A Global Outlook 11.20am

Arbitration & Insolvency Following Recent Key Decisions 12.00pm

Lunch 12.40pm

Afternoon Chairs

Keynote: View from the Judiciary 2.00pm

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

Refreshment Break 3.30pm

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

Chair's Summation & Close of Day 1 5.20pm

Drinks Reception 5.30pm

Beach Dinner 7.30pm

Refreshments 9.30am

Chair's Welcome Back 10.00am

Exposing Fraud Across Borders: How Best To Handle the Aftermath 10.10am

Cross Border Considerations When Dealing With Distressed SPCs 10.50am

Refreshment Break 11.30am

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

Use of AI in Recovery Efforts 12.40pm

Chairs' Summation & Close of Conference 1.20pm

Lunch 1.25pm

Event Partners

Dinner Partner

Drinks Partner

Event Partner

Media Partner

Contact Us

speakers

partnership

Booking & General Queries

Venue & Logistics

Marketing

Registration
1.30pm

Chairs' Opening Remarks
2.00pm

Building your Brand within Asset Recovery
2.10pm

Interactive Workshop: Negotiation Skills & Settlements
2.50pm

Refreshment Break
3.40pm

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

The Burning Questions for the Year Ahead
4.50pm

Networking Welcome Party
5.30pm

Registration
9.00am

Chairs' Welcome
9.30am

Cross Border Cooperation Between Foreign Insolvency Practitioners
9.40am

Getting to Grips with Being Full & Frank
10.20am

Refreshment Break
11.00am

Enforcing Judgements Beyond Borders: A Global Outlook
11.20am

Arbitration & Insolvency Following Recent Key Decisions
12.00pm

Lunch
12.40pm

Keynote: View from the Judiciary
2.00pm

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

Refreshment Break
3.30pm

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

Chair's Summation & Close of Day 1
5.20pm

Drinks Reception
5.30pm

Beach Dinner
7.30pm

Refreshments
9.30am

Chair's Welcome Back
10.00am

Exposing Fraud Across Borders: How Best To Handle the Aftermath
10.10am

Cross Border Considerations When Dealing With Distressed SPCs
10.50am

Refreshment Break
11.30am

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

Use of AI in Recovery Efforts
12.40pm

Chairs' Summation & Close of Conference
1.20pm

Lunch
1.25pm