FIRE Asia Virtual
29 Jun 2020
Location: Virtual Event Series 29th, 30th June & 1st July Members: FREE - Book by 29 Jun Non Members: £25+VAT per event - Book by 29 Jun

Highlights
FIRE Asia Virtual is a unique virtual series of events, spread across 3 Days, delivered in 3 bullet sessions. It will drill down into the key Asset Recovery issues across the region with 27 speakers from 7 countries already represented.
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Adventures around Asia: Assessing Fraud & Insolvency Tactics & Methodologies Across the Region
- How do Different Countries Deal with Multi-Faceted Types of Fraud
- Where does the IP go? Locating insolvency proceedings as a result of fraud
Warning, Stay Alert
- Crossroads: The Right Legal Path with Inadequate Information
- Crucial first few hours
Keeping up with The Fraudsters - KUWF
- Catch me If you Can: What are the Latest Trends and How can FIRE Practitioners Keep Pace
- Arms Race: How Effective are Other Practical Weapons in Combatting Fraud

Practice Leader, Insolvency & Asset Recovery
Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton
Partner
Wong Partnership (Singapore)
Wong Partnership (Singapore)
Barrister
Twenty Essex (Singapore)
Nakul practises from Singapore, Delhi and London. He accepts appointments both as counsel, for international arbitration and international litigation, and as arbitrator.
He specialises in disputes and international law advice relating to banking and finance, construction and engineering, corporate (joint venture/shareholder/partnership disputes), international commercial law (including media and telecommunications), mining, energy and natural resources.
Nakul brings a significant level of experience to complex trials, interim applications, injunctions, appellate hearings, jurisdictional disputes and enforcement matters. He has appeared as counsel in setting aside and enforcement proceedings relating to international arbitration awards in all three jurisdictions.
He has been appointed as arbitrator by the SIAC, ICC and LCIA, and also accepts ad hoc appointments.
(Singapore)
Twenty Essex (Singapore)
Partner
Peter & Kim (South Korea)
Peter & Kim (South Korea)

Partner
Lim Chee Wee Partnership (Malaysia)

Lim Chee Wee Partnership (Malaysia)
Barrister
Liberty Chambers (Hong Kong)
Liberty Chambers (Hong Kong)

Deputy Legal Manager
Lawyerindo (Indonesia)

Lawyerindo (Indonesia)
Partner
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill (Malaysia)
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill (Malaysia)
Partner
AZB Partners (India)
Sonali Mathur has 13 years of experience and specialises in Dispute Resolution. She has represented clients in domestic and international commercial arbitrations. Sonali advises on complex commercial and corporate litigation, environmental litigation, employment disputes, insolvency disputes and regulatory matters, including securities litigation. She has also engaged clients on potential investigations of fraud, corruption, and bid–rigging by regulatory bodies. Her experience ranges across various sectors including infrastructure projects, non renewable, and renewable energy, insurance, telecom and intellectual property. Sonali holds an LL.M. degree from the Columbia University School of Law, New York.
(India)
AZB Partners (India)
Director, Head of Restructuring & Insolvency
Providence Law (Singapore)
Providence Law (Singapore)
Partner
Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Partner
Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership (Malaysia)
Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership (Malaysia)

Partner
Grant Thornton Forensic Services Limited (Singapore)

Grant Thornton Forensic Services Limited (Singapore)
Senior Associate
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners (Thailand)
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners (Thailand)
Founder Partner
AK Law Chambers (India)
AK Law Chambers (India)
Partner
Tanner De Witt (Hong Kong)
Tanner De Witt (Hong Kong)
Counsel
Providence Law (Singapore)
Providence Law (Singapore)
Partner
Carey Olsen (Hong Kong)
Carey Olsen (Hong Kong)
Partner
Wong Partnership (Singapore)
Wong Partnership (Singapore)
Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills (Singapore)
Herbert Smith Freehills (Singapore)
Head of Chambers
AmerBon Advocates (Malaysia)
AmerBon Advocates (Malaysia)
Counsel
Carey Olsen (Hong Kong)
Carey Olsen (Hong Kong)
Legal Principal
Baker McKenzie (Singapore)
Baker McKenzie (Singapore)
Partner
Samvad Partners (India)
Samvad Partners (India)

Director
TSMP Law Corporation (Singapore)
Danny is the advocate you want representing you in the depths of a crisis. His calm and caring demeanour to his clients belies his sharp courtroom advocacy and adroit control of difficult situations and negotiations. As a consummate educator, he has a knack for making complex legal topics simple and is able to work effectively and creatively with both legal and business teams to resolve tricky business disputes.

TSMP Law Corporation (Singapore)
Partner
Tanner De Witt (Hong Kong)
Ian is a partner and head of our highly awarded Restructuring and Insolvency practice. He has been recognised as a leading lawyer in major legal publications including Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Who’s Who Legal for more than a decade. An experienced litigator, Ian advises officeholders, shareholders, large multinationals, high net worth individuals and listed companies on insolvency, restructuring and litigation matters. He was recently selected by Asian Legal Business as one of the Top 50 Disputes Lawyers in the Asia-Pacific region.
Ian and his team have been involved in most of the major restructurings and insolvencies in the region over the past two decades, acting for liquidators, receivers, creditors, bondholders, financial institutions and directors across a wide range of sectors. His experience finding solutions for clients puts him at the forefront of the restructuring and insolvency legal market in Hong Kong. He is seen as a go-to advisor for companies and individuals in distress and works with a wide and established network of professionals in Hong Kong and abroad including in offshore jurisdictions.
Additionally, Ian advises on a wide range of commercial and contractual disputes, partnership and shareholder disputes, high value fraud matters involving debt recovery, asset tracing and the enforcement of judgments, pre-emptive actions such as injunctions, court appointed receivers, and the appointment of provisional liquidators.
Over the years, Ian has acted in respect of investigations, regulatory matters and prosecutions carried out by the Police, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB), the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and various disciplinary committees.
Tanner De Witt (Hong Kong)
Partner
Oon & Bazul LLP (Singapore)
Oon & Bazul LLP (Singapore)
Agenda
9.55am -12.30pm (BST) | 16.55pm - 19.30pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
9.55am -12.30pm (BST) | 16.55pm - 19.30pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
9.55am -12.30pm (BST) | 16.55pm - 19.30pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
16.55pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
17.00pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
Speakers:Kevin Hellard - Practice Leader, Insolvency & Asset Recovery - Grant Thornton
17.05pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
Speakers:Belinda Tan - Partner - Grant Thornton Forensic Services Limited (Singapore)
Anirudh Krishnan - Founder Partner - AK Law Chambers (India)
Sarocha Thongperm - Senior Associate - Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners (Thailand)
Sudharsanan Thillainathan - Partner - Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership (Malaysia)
17.35pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
Speakers:Sheila Ng - Partner - Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Sonali Mathur - Partner - AZB Partners (India)
Nawaz Kamil - Director, Head of Restructuring & Insolvency - Providence Law (Singapore)
18.05pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
18.30pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
Speakers:Kevin Hellard - Practice Leader, Insolvency & Asset Recovery - Grant Thornton
19.30pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur/ HKT)
16.55pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
17.00pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
Speakers:Wendy Lin - Partner - Wong Partnership (Singapore)
17.05pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
Speakers:Moses Park - Barrister - Liberty Chambers (Hong Kong)
Jeff Lane - Partner - Tanner De Witt (Hong Kong)
Jeremy Lightfoot - Partner - Carey Olsen (Hong Kong)
17.35pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
Speakers:SeungMin Lee - Partner - Peter & Kim (South Korea)
Kenny Lau - Counsel - Providence Law (Singapore)
Farah Purwaningrum - Deputy Legal Manager - Lawyerindo (Indonesia)
Simran Toor - Partner - Wong Partnership (Singapore)
18.05pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
18.30pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
19.30pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur/ HKT)
16.55pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
17.00pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
Speakers:Lee Shih - Partner - Lim Chee Wee Partnership (Malaysia)
17.05pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
Speakers:Elaine Wong - Partner - Herbert Smith Freehills (Singapore)
Edmund Bon Tai Soon - Head of Chambers - AmerBon Advocates (Malaysia)
Henry Tucker - Counsel - Carey Olsen (Hong Kong)
Ashish Chugh - Legal Principal - Baker McKenzie (Singapore)
Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi - Partner - Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill (Malaysia)
17.35pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
Speakers:Poornima Hatti - Partner - Samvad Partners (India)
Danny Quah - Director - TSMP Law Corporation (Singapore)
Ian De Witt - Partner - Tanner De Witt (Hong Kong)
Nakul Dewan SA - Barrister - Twenty Essex (Singapore)
18.05pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
18.30pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)
19.30pm (SGT/ Kuala Lumpur Time/ HKT)

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