FIRE Channel Islands & Isle of Man

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

17th & 18th June 2025, The Duke of Richmond Hotel, Guernsey

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Agenda

FIRE Networking Voyage Legal Walking Tour of Guernsey
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 x IWIRC' Networking Brunch
11.30AM

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

     

 

Supported by 

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
1:50pm

Managing The Costs and Timelines of Asset Recovery Efforts
2.00pm

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

Nick Ractliff - Partner - PCB Byrne
Rebecca Newell - Counsel - Hogan Lovells
Syedur Rahman - Partner - Rahman Ravelli

Mastering Freezing Injunctions
2.40pm

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

Matthew Marshall - Partner - Enyo Law
Jason Woodland - Partner - Peters & Peters
Anthony Williams - Partner - Appleby (Guernsey)

Refreshment Break
3.20pm

Exploring International Enforcement and Non-Performing Loans
3.50pm

  • Understanding the current landscape for NPLs
  • Strategies for realising value
  • Common legal and jurisdictional challenges and the need for international collaboration

Jennifer Craven - Legal Director - Pinsent Masons
Alan Sheeley - Partner - Pinsent Masons
James Angus - Partner - Ogier (Jersey)

The Burning Questions for the Year Ahead
4.30pm

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

Lucy Colter - Barrister - 4 New Square Chambers
James Tee - Partner - Collas Crill (Guernsey)
Anthony Williams - Partner - Appleby (Guernsey)

Advisory Board - Thank you to FIRE Starters
5.00pm

Welcome Drinks Reception
5.10pm

Registration
9.00am

Chairs' Opening Remarks
9.30am

Keynote session: Legal & Regulatory Update
09:40am

Advocate Mark Harris
Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey

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
Lucy Colter - Barrister - 4 New Square Chambers
Tim Thornton - Business Restructuring Director - BDO

Networking & Refreshment Break
11.20am

Comparing And Contrasting the Insolvency Toolkit
11:50am

  • What tools do different jurisdictions have to use
  • Unpacking the modernisation to the Isle of Man Insolvency Law
  • Cross-border assistance

Karen Petch  - Barrister - Twenty Essex
Mark Wilson - Partner & Head of Complex and International Recovery Work - Gateley Legal
Sinead Harris - Partner - Withers
Claire Corkish - Partner - Appleby (Isle of Man)

Ensuring a Successful Enforcement
12.35pm

  • 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
Katherine Jensen - Senior Associate - Osborne Clarke
Ashley Fairbrother - Partner - Edmonds, Marshall, McMahon

Lunch
1.20pm

The Intersection of Trust Structures And FIRE
2.20pm

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

Oliver Auld - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys
Gareth Bell - Managing Partner - Collas Crill (Guernsey)
Brandon O’Neil - Partner - Enyo Law

Using Compliance and Assessments to Prevent Fraud
3.00pm

  • Impacts of fraud cross-border
  • MONEYVAL Assessment and what it means
  • How the assessment shapes the work that goes in and out
  • Working with grey lists as a consequence of FATF evaluations

Ian Hargreaves - Partner - Quillon Law
Matthew Sharp - Partner - Brown Rudnick

Exploring an Administration Regime
3.40pm

  • Exploring changes to the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991
  • Impacts to the creation of an administration regime
  • Exploring the whole appointment process
  • Comparative Regime – English Administration

Rebecca Walker - Partner and Head of Restructuring & Insolvency - Lester Aldridge
Jonathan Barham - Partner - Collas Crill (Jersey)
Crispin Daly  - Partner - Howard Kennedy
David Jones - Partner - Carey Olsen (Guernsey)

Advisory Board Closing Remarks
4.20pm

10:00am
FIRE Networking Voyage Legal Walking Tour of Guernsey

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 x IWIRC' Networking Brunch

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

     

 

Supported by 

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
1:50pm
Advisory Board Welcome
2.00pm
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

Nick Ractliff - Partner - PCB Byrne
Rebecca Newell - Counsel - Hogan Lovells
Syedur Rahman - Partner - Rahman Ravelli

2.40pm
Mastering Freezing Injunctions
  • The need for preserving assets during legal proceedings
  • Enforcing freezing orders on the Islands
  • Defending against wrongful injunction

Matthew Marshall - Partner - Enyo Law
Jason Woodland - Partner - Peters & Peters
Anthony Williams - Partner - Appleby (Guernsey)

3.20pm
Refreshment Break
3.50pm
Exploring International Enforcement and Non-Performing Loans
  • Understanding the current landscape for NPLs
  • Strategies for realising value
  • Common legal and jurisdictional challenges and the need for international collaboration

Jennifer Craven - Legal Director - Pinsent Masons
Alan Sheeley - Partner - Pinsent Masons
James Angus - Partner - Ogier (Jersey)

4.30pm
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

Lucy Colter - Barrister - 4 New Square Chambers
James Tee - Partner - Collas Crill (Guernsey)
Anthony Williams - Partner - Appleby (Guernsey)

5.00pm
Advisory Board - Thank you to FIRE Starters
5.10pm
Welcome Drinks Reception

9.00am
Registration
9.30am
Chairs' Opening Remarks
09:40am
Keynote session: Legal & Regulatory Update

Advocate Mark Harris
Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey

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

Sophie van de Graaff - Partner - Agorax
Amita Chohan - Barrister - Troutman Pepper Locke
Dipti Hunter - Partner - HCR Law
Lucy Colter - Barrister - 4 New Square Chambers
Tim Thornton - Business Restructuring Director - BDO

11.20am
Networking & Refreshment Break
11:50am
Comparing And Contrasting the Insolvency Toolkit
  • What tools do different jurisdictions have to use
  • Unpacking the modernisation to the Isle of Man Insolvency Law
  • Cross-border assistance

Karen Petch  - Barrister - Twenty Essex
Mark Wilson - Partner & Head of Complex and International Recovery Work - Gateley Legal
Sinead Harris - Partner - Withers
Claire Corkish - Partner - Appleby (Isle of Man)

12.35pm
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

Caroline Phipps - Partner - LK Law
Fabio Trevisan - Partner - BSP
Katherine Jensen - Senior Associate - Osborne Clarke
Ashley Fairbrother - Partner - Edmonds, Marshall, McMahon

1.20pm
Lunch
2.20pm
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

Oliver Auld - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys
Gareth Bell - Managing Partner - Collas Crill (Guernsey)
Brandon O’Neil - Partner - Enyo Law

3.00pm
Using Compliance and Assessments to Prevent Fraud
  • Impacts of fraud cross-border
  • MONEYVAL Assessment and what it means
  • How the assessment shapes the work that goes in and out
  • Working with grey lists as a consequence of FATF evaluations

Ian Hargreaves - Partner - Quillon Law
Matthew Sharp - Partner - Brown Rudnick

3.40pm
Exploring an Administration Regime
  • Exploring changes to the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991
  • Impacts to the creation of an administration regime
  • Exploring the whole appointment process
  • Comparative Regime – English Administration

Rebecca Walker - Partner and Head of Restructuring & Insolvency - Lester Aldridge
Jonathan Barham - Partner - Collas Crill (Jersey)
Crispin Daly  - Partner - Howard Kennedy
David Jones - Partner - Carey Olsen (Guernsey)

4.20pm
Advisory Board Closing Remarks

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