FIRE CI & IOM: Guernsey

Bringing together the interaction of onshore and offshore in the asset recovery space

17th & 18th June 2025, Guernsey

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Agenda

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.

Register Your Free Place Here

'Women in FIRE' Networking Brunch
11.30AM

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

Register Your Free Place Here

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

Mastering Freezing Injunctions
2.50pm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Advisory Board Closing Remarks
4.50pm

Networking Drinks Reception
5.00pm

Conference Partners Dinner
7.00pm

10:00am
FIRE Networking Voyage Legal Networking Walk

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.

Register Your Free Place Here
11.30AM
'Women in FIRE' Networking Brunch

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

Register Your Free Place Here
1.15pm
Walk to Hotel for the Conference Registration

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

1:30pm
Conference Registration
2.00pm
Advisory Board Welcome
2.10pm
Managing The Costs and Timelines of Asset Recovery Efforts
  • Careful planning from the beginning and being flexible throughout the process
  • Strategies for budgeting recovery efforts
  • Avoiding procedural delays
2.50pm
Mastering Freezing Injunctions
  • The need for preserving assets during legal proceedings
  • Enforcing freezing orders on the Islands
  • Defending against wrongful injunction
3.30pm
Refreshment Break
4.00pm
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

4.50pm
Advisory Board - Thank you to FIRE Starters
5.00pm
Welcome Drinks Reception
9.00am
Registration
9.30am
Chairs' Opening Remarks
09:40am
Legal & Regulatory Update from the Islands
  • Key legislative instruments governing asset recovery in Jersey and Guernsey
  • Collaboration between Channel Islands jurisdictions and international partners
  • Exploring the Insolvency Practitioners registry
10.20am
A Review of Where We Are on Director’s Liabilities
  • BHS decision – what it means for directors
  • Will this change the landscape?
  • What are directors doing now with their professional advice
11.00am
Networking & Refreshment Break
11:30am
Comparing And Contrasting the Insolvency Toolkit
  • What tools do different jurisdictions have to use
  • Unpacking the modernisation to the Isle of Man Insolvency Law
  • Winding up structures for efficiency
12.10pm
Ensuring a Successful Enforcement
  • 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
1.00pm
Lunch
2.00pm
The Intersection of Trust Structures And FIRE
  • Common use of offshore trusts in asset protection
  • Unwinding trust arrangements to recover assets
  • Understanding trust assets in insolvency cases
2.40pm
Preventing Fraud and Analysing MONEYVAL Assessment
  • MONEYVAL Assessment and what it means
  • How the assessment shapes the work that goes in and out
  • Comparing Jersey and Guernsey’s assessment
3.20pm
Refreshment Break
3.50pm
Exploring an Administration Regime
  • Exploring changes to the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991
  • Impacts to the creation of an administration regime
4.20pm
Life Cycle of a Guernsey Administration
  • 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
4.50pm
Advisory Board Closing Remarks
5.00pm
Networking Drinks Reception
7.00pm
Conference Partners Dinner

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