FIRE Channel Islands & Isle of Man

FIRE Networking Voyage Legal Networking Walk
10:00am

Duration of Walk | 10:00am - 11:30am

This walk provides an excellent opportunity to network with fellow attendees while taking in the beautiful Guernsey coastline. Be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes and bring a bottle of water. The walk is designed to be a casual, relaxed event to foster conversation and connection.

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'Women in FIRE' Networking Brunch
11.30AM

Duration of Lunch | 11:30am - 1:15pm

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Walk to Hotel for the Conference Registration
1.15pm

15 min Walk to the Conference Venue | 1.15pm - 1.30pm

Conference Registration
1:30pm

Advisory Board Welcome
2.00pm

Managing The Costs and Timelines of Asset Recovery Efforts
2.10pm

• Careful planning from the beginning and being flexible throughout the process
• Strategies for budgeting recovery efforts
• Avoiding procedural delays

Polly Sprenger - Partner - Addleshaw Goddard
Rebecca Newell - Counsel - Hogan Lovells
 

Mastering Freezing Injunctions
2.50pm

• The need for preserving assets during legal proceedings
• Enforcing freezing orders on the Islands
• Defending against wrongful injunction

Andy McGregor - Partner - Enyo Law
Jason Woodland - Partner - Peters & Peters

Refreshment Break
3.30pm

The Burning Questions for the Year Ahead
4.00pm

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

Advisory Board - Thank you to FIRE Starters
4.50pm

Welcome Drinks Reception
5.00pm

Registration
9.00am

Chairs' Opening Remarks
9.30am

Legal & Regulatory Update from the Islands
09:40am

• Key legislative instruments governing asset recovery in Jersey and Guernsey
• Collaboration between Channel Islands jurisdictions and international partners
• Exploring the Insolvency Practitioners registry

A Review of Where We Are on Director’s Liabilities
10.20am

• BHS decision – what it means for directors
• Will this change the landscape?
• What are directors doing now with their professional advice

Sophie van de Graaff - Partner - Agorax
Amita Chohan - Barrister - Troutman Pepper Locke
Dipti Hunter - Partner - HCR Law

Networking & Refreshment Break
11.00am

Comparing And Contrasting the Insolvency Toolkit
11:30am

• What tools do different jurisdictions have to use
• Unpacking the modernisation to the Isle of Man Insolvency Law
• Winding up structures for efficiency

Karen Petch  - Barrister - Twenty Essex

Ensuring a Successful Enforcement
12.10pm

• Key challenges in enforcing court orders in complex asset recovery cases
• Leveraging cross-border collaboration to ensure enforcement success
• Balancing privacy laws and accessing critical information

Caroline Phipps - Partner - LK Law
Fabio Trevisan - Partner - BSP

Lunch
1.00pm

The Intersection of Trust Structures And FIRE
2.00pm

• Common use of offshore trusts in asset protection
• Unwinding trust arrangements to recover assets
• Understanding trust assets in insolvency cases

Brandon O'Neil - Partner - A&O Shearman
Oliver Auld - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys
Gareth Bell - Managing Partner - Collas Crill

Preventing Fraud and Analysing MONEYVAL Assessment
2.40pm

• MONEYVAL Assessment and what it means
• How the assessment shapes the work that goes in and out
• Comparing Jersey and Guernsey’s assessment

Ian Hargreaves - Partner - Quillon Law

Refreshment Break
3.20pm

Exploring an Administration Regime
3.50pm

• Exploring changes to the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991
• Impacts to the creation of an administration regime

Rebecca Walker - Partner and Head of Restructuring & Insolvency - Lester Aldridge
Jonathan Barham - Partner - Collas Crill
 

Life Cycle of a Guernsey Administration
4.20pm

• What we can learn from other jurisdictions with similar regimes
• A case study on the whole appointment process
• What it looks like from Day One, and how you end it

Crispin Daly  - Partner - Howard Kennedy

Advisory Board Closing Remarks
4.50pm

Networking Drinks Reception
5.00pm