FIRE International: Vilamoura

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International Speaker Dinner
6.45pm

TL4 are excited to welcome our international speakers who have travelled from across the globe to lend us their expertise. We look forward to a relaxed evening wining and dining on the rooftop beach bar.

Hosted by:

By invitation only, transport included from the hotel lobby at 6:45pm

THE BOLD OCTOPUS, Praia do Ancão, Algarve

Conference Partner Dinners
6.30pm

Get in touch for options!

Hosted by:

To register please contact Nadia Bhatti at NBhatti@maitlandchambers.com

Morning Networking Activities
09:30am

Transport included to and from the hotel (see below for meet up times)

Registration & Badge Pick-Up
12.00pm

Portuguese Welcome Lunch
12.30pm

Co-Hosted by

Advisory Board Welcome Remarks
2.00pm

Keynote Session – Leading by Example
2.10pm

Complexities of Enforcing in Multi-Jurisdictions
2.50pm

• A global world – cross border issue with asset recovery
• Regulatory and legislative update for FIRE
• Practical challenges to coordinate enforcement
• Ensuring communication across teams

Networking & Refreshment Break
3.30pm

Ensuring Effective Enforcement of Freezing Injunctions
3.50pm

• The Battle for Information
• Challenging a freezing injunction
• Enforcing in other and foreign jurisdictions

Amidst The Sanctions Era
4.30pm

• Sanctions aren’t going anywhere – ensuring prevention of issues arising with sanctions
• How sanctions can interfere with efforts to enforce judgements
• Delving into sanctions regime and how that impacts your asset recovery

Chairpersons' Summary and Close of Day 1
5.10pm

Welcome Drinks Reception
5.15pm

Co-Hosted by 

Welcome to Portugal - Dinners, Cocktails & Cooking Classes
6.30pm

See below for Meet Up timings at the Hotel Lobby

Conference Partner Dinners To welcome our delegates to Vilamoura our event partners will be hosting networking dinners Please reach out for options! Hosted by:	Women in FIRE Dinner Meet at Hotel Lobby 6:30pm Introduced in 2024, our oversubcribed Women in FIRE dinner is back by popular demand! Open to Women and ALL allies, network with the leading lights of Fraud litigation, Asset Recovery and Insolvency. Hosted at the Botanico Transport included to and from the Anantara Hotel
Portuguese Wine Tasting Meet at Hotel Lobby 7:30pm Pop the cork on an exquisite local vintage AND a set of new industry contacts! Who says you can't blend business with a little Bordeaux?	Portuguese Culinary Lessons Meet at Hotel Lobby 7:30pm Sign up for a true taste of Portugal. Embark on a culinary adventure and explore the bold flavours of Portugal with a new contact.

Networking and Morning Refreshments
9.00am

Welcome Back Advisory Board Opening Remarks
9.30am

Insights to Court Litigation
9.40am

• How the English Courts are approaching fraud
• How receptive are judges on asset recovery and fraud litigation
• UAE – how to use the local and DIFC courts to obtain and get the best result for asset recovery
• Understanding the different processes and mechanisms of different courts

Unpacking The Developments of Tracing in The Digital Assets World
10.20am

• Recovering crypto offshore
• Working on non-traditional asset tracing
• Navigating the anonymity of blockchain tracing

Networking & Refreshment Break
11.00am

Obtaining Evidence from Abroad in Heavyweight Commercial Disputes
11.30am

• Relevant treaties, legislation and procedural rules
• Procedure for Letter of Request under the Hague Convention
• Exploring Part 23 Civil Procedure Rules
• Challenges to the Letters of Request
• Litigation following the challenges

Case Study: 1Malaysia Development Berhad Scandal
12.10pm

• War stories in court - insights from Switzerland, Malaysia, Offshore

• Asset recovery and cross border cooperation

• Various tools available for asset recovery - criminal, civil, and insolvency

Chairpersons' Summary and Close of Day 2
12.50pm

Networking Lunch at the Hotel
12.55pm

Co-Hosted by

Meet for Afternoon Networking Activities
1.45pm

Transport included to and from the Anantara Hotel (meet at the hotel lobby at 1:45pm)

Marine Safari Boat Trip Intimate networking opportunity to ride the waves with an eye out for dolphins.	Walking Tour of Albufeira Experience old town Albufeira. Explore the ancient fishing village, churches, taverns and museums.	Women in FIRE - Intro to Golf Lesson They shout FORE, we shout FIRE - hone your driving skills with other beginners at the range.

Sunset Drinks Reception
6.30pm

Co-Hosted by

Unmissable Poolside Gala Dinner
7.30pm

Co-Hosted by

Cocktails & Connections
9.30pm

A classy way to end the night, with after-dinner drinks at the hotel bar

Co-Hosted by

Networking and Morning Refreshments
9.00am

Welcome Back from Advisory Board
9.30am

Build You Own Agenda: choose your streams/topic areas, and get involved with interactive workshops.

STREAM A - Transatlantic Debate: Exploring the Nuances
9.40am

• Engage in a conversational debate on a cross-border practice, looking at jurisdicitonal differences

STREAM B - Insolvencies with Crypto Exchanges
9.40am

• Choosing where the main insolvency proceedings will be
• What liquidators decide to do with the valuation of digital assets
• A need for expert opinions and separate valuation committees for digital and crypto assets
• Lessons learned from crypto insolvency and the precedence set

STREAM A - Spanners in the Works: Arbitration Agreements in Fraud Claims
10.20am

• Understanding how arbitration agreements can be a complicating factor in fraud claims
• Arbitrability of issues of fraud: lessons learnt from Mozambique v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) [2023] UKSC 32
• Severability of an arbitration agreement
• Exploring fragmentation and parallel proceedings
• Insights to court support during arbitration

STREAM B - Proof, Evidence, and Information Gathering
10.20am

• How to prove fraud
• Effectively using your investigative powers across borders
• What data and information can be obtained
• Using appropriate software to help your investigations

Networking & Refreshment Break
11.00am

STREAM A - Insolvency Tools to Support Cross-Border Asset Recovery
11.30am

• Impacts of a challenging insolvency regimes
• Navigating the different insolvency tools in Malaysia
• Exploring new insolvency tools in Canada and Panama
• Ability to give release to shareholders
• How can we ethically forum shop

STREAM B - The Intersection Between Arbitration and Insolvency
11.30am

• Examining arbitration proceedings with insolvent companies
• Using arbitration in the ‘pre-insolvency’ stage
• How arbitration centres have developed insolvency-specific rules?

Advisory Board Thank You
12.10pm

Farewell Lunch by the Beach
12.30pm

End your week with a sunny meal by the beach!

BJ'S OCEANSIDE, by the Algarvian coastline

Transport included to and from the Anantara Hotel

Meet For Afternoon Networking Activity
2.30pm

Conference Partner Dinners
7.30pm

Get in touch for options!

Limited places! To register please contact Emma Granata at Emma.Granata@crsblaw.com

The Final Pour by the Marina
9.30pm

At the Atlantic Bar