Twenty Essex
FIRE International: Vilamoura
The flagship International Asset Recovery event in the fraud & insolvency practitioner's calendar
15th - 17th May 2024 | Anantara Hotel, Vilamoura, Portugal
Agenda
International Speaker Dinner
7.00pm
By invitation only
Registration & Badge Pick-Up
12.00pm
Lunch
12.30pm
Advisory Board Opening Remarks
2.00pm
Leyza Florin Blanco , Shareholder
Sequor Law (USA)
Sheila Ng, Partner
Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Keynote FIREside Chat: The New World
2.10pm
David Young, Managing Director
Oxford Analytica
Leyza Florin Blanco , Shareholder
Sequor Law (USA)
IPs & Lawyers: Aligning Interests and Bridging Needs
2.50pm
Kenneth Krys , Executive Chairman & Founder
KRyS Global
Malcolm Cohen, Partner
BDO
Darren Reeds, Partner
Grant Thornton (Cyprus)
Rebecca Hume, Partner
Howard Kennedy
Sheila Ng, Partner
Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Leyza Florin Blanco , Shareholder
Sequor Law (USA)
Networking & Refreshment Break
3.30pm
Strategies for Effective Asset Recovery Across Borders Post Judgment
4.00pm
Tatiana Flores, Partner
LDCM Advogados (Brazil)
Susana Hidvegi Arango , Formerly Chief Bankruptcy Justice
Superintendencia De Sociedades (Columbia)
Komal Joshi, Partner
ALMT Legal (India)
Ed Palmer , Director
Greyhawk
Admissible & Inadmissible Evidence in Common and Civil Law systems, How to Deal with Cross Border Issues
4.50pm
Mohammed Al Dahbashi, Managing Partner
ADG Legal (Dubai)
Catherine Addy KC, Barrister
Maitland
Baruch Baigel, Partner & Head of Dispute Resolution
Asserson (UK)
Saaman Pourghadiri, Barrister
4 New Square Chambers
Chairs' Summation & Close of Day 1 Welcome Afternoon
5.30pm
Welcome Drinks Reception
5.30pm
Women in FIRE Dinner
8.00pm
Register for the Women in FIRE Dinner here
Limited places available on a first come first serve basis.
Registration
9.00am
Advisory Board Opening Remarks
9.30am
Rebecca Hume, Partner
Howard Kennedy
Danny Ong, Managing Director
Setia Law (Singapore)
Keynote Session: The Missing CryptoQueen: The Hunt for a Multi-Billion-Dollar Crypto Scam Artist
9.40am
Jamie Bartlett, Senior Fellow, Demos, Author & Presenter of
The Missing Cryptoqueen
Danny Ong, Managing Director
Setia Law (Singapore)
Disputes in The Era of Sanctions & Intermediary Liability for AML Negligence
10.30am
Nicolas Durrieu, Partner
Durrieu Abogados (Argentina)
Laure-Hélène Gaicio-Fievez, Partner
BSP (Luxembourg)
Networking & Refreshment Break
11.10am
Practical Considerations for Cross Border Cooperation between Courts and between Insolvency Officer Holders
11.30am
Meiyen Tan, Director
Ascendant Legal (Singapore)
Kenny Lau, Director
Providence Law (Singapore)
Merijn Moeliker, Lawyer
Florent (The Netherlands)
Oliver Passmore, Partner
Ogier (Jersey)
Proving Fraud - What to Do when the Trail Runs Cold
12.10pm
Aniz Ahmad Amirudin, Partner
Cecil Abraham & Partners (Malaysia)
Jeremy Brier KC, Barrister
Essex Court Chambers
Bernhard Motal, Counsel
Gasser Partner (Liechtenstein)
Caley Wright, Barrister
Maitland
Networking & Lunch Break
12.50pm
Build You Own Agenda: Interactive & Staying Ahead of The Game with Content Driven Afternoon
2.00pm
The choice is yours!
The audience divides and delegates will have the choice of attending high level focused sessions
Stream A Chaired by:
.
James Popperwell , Partner
Macfarlanes
Bushra Ahmed, Barrister, Head of Dispute Resolution & Partner
KBH (UAE)
Stream B Chaired by:
Rick Brown, Partner
HFW
Leyza Florin Blanco , Shareholder
Sequor Law (USA)
Stream A
From Freeze to Seize to Confiscation: How to Break the Deadlock on Asset Recovery
2.10pm
Midori Yamaguchi, Senior Associate
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Japan)
Dato’ Lim Chee Wee , Senior Partner
Lim Chee Wee Partnership (Malaysia)
Sameer Tapia, Founder & Senior Partner
ALMT Legal (India)
Yves Klein, Partner
Monfrini Bitton Klein (Switzerland)
Paul Austin, Senior Vice President
Highgate
OR
Stream B
Destruction of Fraudsters Through Depositions and Cross-Examination
Chooi Jing Yen, Partner
Eugene Thuraisingam (Singapore)
Kwan Will Sen, Partner
Lim Chee Wee Partnership (Malaysia)
Ruth den Besten KC, Barrister
Essex Court Chambers
Adrian Wong, Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution
Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Stream A
The Rise of Avoidance Strategies by Fraudsters to Avoid Enforcement and How to Defeat Them
2.50pm
Kerem Alev, Senior Associate
Bait Al Qanoon (Oman)
Dr. Fatma Salah, Partner
Riad & Riad Law Firm (Egypt)
Peter Hayden, Partner
Mourant (Cayman)
OR
Stream B
What Are DAOs and Why You Should Pay Attention When It Comes to Litigation and Enforcement
Jason Teo, Associate Director
Setia Law (Singapore)
Nikki Edwards, Partner
Howard Kennedy
Ashley Fairbrother, Partner
Edmonds Marshall McMahon
Networking & Refreshment Break
3.30pm
Stream A
Effective Use of Enforcement Agencies and Criminal Tools to Aid Recovery
3.50pm
Rohan Batra, Partner
Anagram Partners (India)
Valerie Hohenberg, Partner
Wolf Theiss (Austria)
Yves Klein, Partner
Monfrini Bitton Klein (Switzerland)
OR
Stream B
Whose Fraud is it Anyway? Attribution and Related Topics
Josephine Davies KC, Barrister
Twenty Essex
Andrew Ayres KC, Barrister
Twenty Essex
Mehmet Karagoz, Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig (UK)
Stream A
Navigating the Changing Seas of Foreign Judgment Recognition
4.30pm
Cathalijne van der Plas, Partner
JahaeRaymakers (The Netherlands)
Erin Broderick, Partner
Eversheds Sutherland (USA)
Mary Young, Partner
Kingsley Napley
OR
Stream B
A Practical Guide on Recovery of Stolen Crypto Assets
Jansen Chow, Partner
Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Henry Farris, Partner
Withers
Ben Kempe, Partner
Noerr (Germany)
Joanna Curtis, Associate
Brown Rudnick (UK)
Advisory Board Closing Remarks
5.10pm
End of Conference/Leisure Time
5.20pm
Sunset Drinks Reception
6.00pm
Conference Dinner
7.30pm
Farewell Bloody Mary Brunch
9.30am
TL4 Thanks & Close of Event
11.00am
By invitation only
Leyza Florin Blanco - Shareholder - Sequor Law (USA)
Sheila Ng - Partner - Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
David Young - Managing Director - Oxford Analytica
Leyza Florin Blanco - Shareholder - Sequor Law (USA)
Kenneth Krys - Executive Chairman & Founder - KRyS Global
Malcolm Cohen - Partner - BDO
Darren Reeds - Partner - Grant Thornton (Cyprus)
Rebecca Hume - Partner - Howard Kennedy
Sheila Ng - Partner - Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Leyza Florin Blanco - Shareholder - Sequor Law (USA)
Tatiana Flores - Partner - LDCM Advogados (Brazil)
Susana Hidvegi Arango - Formerly Chief Bankruptcy Justice - Superintendencia De Sociedades (Columbia)
Komal Joshi - Partner - ALMT Legal (India)
Ed Palmer - Director - Greyhawk
Mohammed Al Dahbashi - Managing Partner - ADG Legal (Dubai)
Catherine Addy KC - Barrister - Maitland
Baruch Baigel - Partner & Head of Dispute Resolution - Asserson (UK)
Saaman Pourghadiri - Barrister - 4 New Square Chambers
Register for the Women in FIRE Dinner here
Limited places available on a first come first serve basis.
Rebecca Hume - Partner - Howard Kennedy
Danny Ong - Managing Director - Setia Law (Singapore)
Jamie Bartlett - Senior Fellow, Demos, Author & Presenter of - The Missing Cryptoqueen
Danny Ong - Managing Director - Setia Law (Singapore)
Nicolas Durrieu - Partner - Durrieu Abogados (Argentina)
Laure-Hélène Gaicio-Fievez - Partner - BSP (Luxembourg)
Meiyen Tan - Director - Ascendant Legal (Singapore)
Kenny Lau - Director - Providence Law (Singapore)
Merijn Moeliker - Lawyer - Florent (The Netherlands)
Oliver Passmore - Partner - Ogier (Jersey)
Aniz Ahmad Amirudin - Partner - Cecil Abraham & Partners (Malaysia)
Jeremy Brier KC - Barrister - Essex Court Chambers
Bernhard Motal - Counsel - Gasser Partner (Liechtenstein)
Caley Wright - Barrister - Maitland
The choice is yours!
The audience divides and delegates will have the choice of attending high level focused sessions
.
James Popperwell - Partner - MacfarlanesBushra Ahmed - Barrister, Head of Dispute Resolution & Partner - KBH (UAE)
Rick Brown - Partner - HFW
Leyza Florin Blanco - Shareholder - Sequor Law (USA)
Midori Yamaguchi - Senior Associate - Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Japan)
Dato’ Lim Chee Wee - Senior Partner - Lim Chee Wee Partnership (Malaysia)
Sameer Tapia - Founder & Senior Partner - ALMT Legal (India)
Yves Klein - Partner - Monfrini Bitton Klein (Switzerland)
Paul Austin - Senior Vice President - Highgate
Chooi Jing Yen - Partner - Eugene Thuraisingam (Singapore)
Kwan Will Sen - Partner - Lim Chee Wee Partnership (Malaysia)
Ruth den Besten KC - Barrister - Essex Court Chambers
Adrian Wong - Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution - Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Kerem Alev - Senior Associate - Bait Al Qanoon (Oman)
Dr. Fatma Salah - Partner - Riad & Riad Law Firm (Egypt)
Peter Hayden - Partner - Mourant (Cayman)
Jason Teo - Associate Director - Setia Law (Singapore)
Nikki Edwards - Partner - Howard Kennedy
Ashley Fairbrother - Partner - Edmonds Marshall McMahon
Rohan Batra - Partner - Anagram Partners (India)
Valerie Hohenberg - Partner - Wolf Theiss (Austria)
Yves Klein - Partner - Monfrini Bitton Klein (Switzerland)
Josephine Davies KC - Barrister - Twenty Essex
Andrew Ayres KC - Barrister - Twenty Essex
Mehmet Karagoz - Shareholder - Greenberg Traurig (UK)
Cathalijne van der Plas - Partner - JahaeRaymakers (The Netherlands)
Erin Broderick - Partner - Eversheds Sutherland (USA)
Mary Young - Partner - Kingsley Napley
Jansen Chow - Partner - Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Henry Farris - Partner - Withers
Ben Kempe - Partner - Noerr (Germany)
Joanna Curtis - Associate - Brown Rudnick (UK)
Event Partners
Dinner Partner
Lunch Partner
Drinks Partner
WiFi Partner
Knowledge Partner
Media Partner
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