FIRE International: Vilamoura

The flagship International Asset Recovery event in the fraud & insolvency practitioner's calendar

15th - 17th May 2024 | Anantara Hotel, Vilamoura, Portugal

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Agenda

Registration & Badge Pick-Up
12.00pm

At Victoria Restaurant, The Anantara Hotel

Lunch
12.30pm

Leisurely arrival lunch pre-workshop afternoon. 

At Victoria Restaurant, The Anantara Hotel

Hosted By: 

Advisory Board Welcome
2.00pm

Colin Diss, Partner
Grant Thornton

Sheila Ng, Partner
Rajah & Tann (Singapore)

Interactive Workshop 1: Fraud, Fakes, and Frustrating Proceedings across the globe
2.10pm

Nicola Boulton, Partner
PCB Byrne

Sheila Ng, Partner
Rajah & Tann (Singapore)

Elizabeth Seborg, Partner
PCB Byrne (UK)

Lynne Gregory, Partner
Baker & Partners

Interactive Workshop 2: Witness Evidence
3.00pm

Paul Gilbert, Solicitor Advocate & Trainer
Bond Solon

Charlotte Pender , Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys

Alex Clements, Director
Bond Solon

Refreshment Break
3.50pm

Afternoon Chairs

Leyza Florin Blanco , Shareholder
Sequor Law (USA)

James Popperwell , Partner
Macfarlanes

Interactive Workshop 3: Preventing Evidence Destruction: Search Orders, Delivery Up & Imaging Orders
4.10pm

Jessica Lee, Partner
Brown Rudnick

Danny Ong, Managing Director
Setia Law (Singapore)

Josh Kemp, Partner
ADG Legal (Dubai)

Marie-Claire O’Kane, Barrister
4 New Square

FIREside Chat with the Hon. Judge Robert A. Mark
5.00pm

Leyza Blanco in conversation with the Hon. Judge Robert A. Mark

Hon. Judge Robert A. Mark , Bankruptcy Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of Florida (USA)

Leyza Florin Blanco , Shareholder
Sequor Law (USA)

Chair's Summation & Close of Day 1 Workshop Afternoon
5.30pm

Welcome Drinks Reception
5.30pm

Until 7.30pm

At RIA Terrace, The Anantara Hotel

Hosted by:

'Women in FIRE' Dinner
8.00pm

Women in FIRE connects women in litigation whose practice encompasses or touches upon Fraud, Contentious Insolvency, Asset Recovery and International Enforcement. 

RAIIDAR International Drinks Reception (Networking Partner of FIRE International).
9.30pm

*Delegates must Register to Attend - Register Here

Registration, Tea & Coffee
9.00am

At The Conference Centre, The Anantara Hotel

Advisory Board Opening Remarks
9.30am

James Popperwell , Partner
Macfarlanes

Rick Brown, Partner
HFW

Keynote & Plenary Morning

Keynote: Lying and Deception: Discover the Truth about Lying and how to be a Better Lie Detector
9.45am

Professor Richard Wiseman , Public Understanding of Psychology
University of Hertfordshire

Crypto Disputes: FTX Fallout
10.30am

Jennifer Fox, Partner
Ogier (Cayman)

Prateek Bagaria, Partner
Singularity Legal (India, UAE & Singapore)

Jason Teo, Associate Director
Setia Law (Singapore)

Stephen Ross , Partner
Withers (UK)

Robert Appleton, Partner
Olshan Frome Wolosky (USA)

Refreshment Break
11.10am

Metaverse Litigation - The New Age of Disputes in the Virtual World ?
11.30am

Join our discussion on how we may effectively use insolvency and asset recovery toolkits in the Metaverse. Will lawyers, KCs, IPs and accountants be using avatars and working together to fight fraud in the Metaverse?

William Christopher, Partner
Kingsley Napley

Laura Voda, Partner
Fichte & Co (Dubai)

Oren Warshavsky, Partner
BakerHostetler (USA)

Yam Wern-Jhien, Director
Setia Law (Singapore)

The Traitors or Faithful? Insight into the Psychology of Lying from a True Faithful on the Traitors
12.10pm

Alex Gray , TV Presenter, Social Media Personality & Actress and UK Contestant on
The Traitors

Lunch
12.50pm

At Victoria Restaurant, The Anantara Hotel

Hosted by: 

Chair's Afternoon Opening Remarks
2.00pm

Option A 

Leyza Florin Blanco , Shareholder
Sequor Law (USA)

Sheila Ng, Partner
Rajah & Tann (Singapore)


Option B

Colin Diss, Partner
Grant Thornton

Bushra Ahmed, Barrister, Head of Dispute Resolution & Partner
KBH (Dubai)

Build Your Own Agenda: Interactive & Content-Led Networking Afternoon

The choice is yours! 

The audience divides and delegates will have the choice of attending Option A or Option B

Session 1
2.10pm


Option A: The Mis(use) of Illegally Obtained Documents in Fraud Disputes

Philip Edey KC, Barrister
Twenty Essex

Luke Pearce KC, Barrister
Twenty Essex

Pia Mithani, Partner
Stewarts

OR


Option B: Ponzi Scheme Presumptions and Complex Structures: US, UK and Tracing Strategies

Katherine Catanese , Partner
Foley & Lardner (USA)

Yves Klein, Partner
Monfrini Bitton Klein (Switzerland)

Dr. Alexander Amann, Managing Partner and Attorney at Law
AMP Amann Partners Attorneys at Law (Liechtenstein)

Daniel Saoul KC, Barrister
4 New Square

Session 2
2.50pm


Option A: Where Worlds Collide: Trusts, Death & Personal Bankruptcies 

Ami Sweeney, Director
Grant Thornton

Hannah Davie, Partner
Grant Thornton

Richard Manyon, Partner
Payne Hicks Beach

Michael Adkins , Partner
Collas Crill (Guernsey)

OR


Option B: International Judgement Enforcement & Recognition 

Bushra Ahmed, Barrister, Head of Dispute Resolution & Partner
KBH (Dubai)

Sushmita Gandhi, Partner
IndusLaw (India)

Miray Güneşli Gümüştekin, Associate
Bozoglu Izgi (Turkey)

Robert Starkins, Partner
Grant Thornton

Zachary Bluestone , Lawyer
Bluestone, P.C. (USA)

Refreshment Break
3.30pm


 

Session 3
3.50pm


Option A

FIRE & Arbitration 

Jorge Bastos Leitão, Partner
RBMS (Portugal)

Kenneth Krys , Executive Chairman & Founder
KRyS Global

Henrique Forssell, Founding partner
Duarte Forssell Advogados (Brazil)

OR


Option B

Evidence Back to Basics - Hunters & Gatherers: Part 1 

IPS, Instruments, and raising the tempo - Assembling the evidence to trace

Christopher Redmond , Founding Partner
Christopher Redmond Law (USA)

Elizabeth Fox, Of Counsel
Greenberg Traurig

Adrian Andrychowski, Counsel
JDP DRAPAŁA & PARTNERS (Poland)

Steven Haynes, Director
Greyhawk

OR

Option C: Laundry Time: identifying and seizing property suspected to be laundered criminal funds.

Stéphane Bonifassi, Lawyer
Bonifassi Avocats (France)

Adam Kaufmann, Partner
Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss (USA)

Valerie Hohenberg, Partner
Wolf Theiss (Austria)


Session 4
4.30pm


Option A

Early Routes to Settlement

Stuart Leach, Founder
Stuart Leach Associates

Nicola Boulton, Partner
PCB Byrne

Thomas Eymond-Laritaz, Founder & CEO
Highgate

Alistair Croft, Senior Investment Manager
Omni Bridgeway


Option B

Evidence Back to Basics - Hunters & Gatherers: Part 2 

Collating, Assembling the evidence to trace – how to put evidence together to make recoveries

Dato’ Lim Chee Wee , Senior Partner
Lim Chee Wee Partnership (Malaysia)

Joel E. Cohen, Managing Director
Stout (USA)

Katherine Catanese , Partner
Foley & Lardner (USA)

Chair's Closing Remarks
5.10pm

End of Conference / Leisure Time
5.20pm

Sunset Drinks Reception
6.00pm

 At The Anantara Pool

Hosted by: 

                

Conference Dinner
7.30pm

 At The Anantara Pool

Hosted by: 

Farewell Bloody Mary & FIRE Fizz Brunch
9.30am

At Victoria Restaurant, The Anantara Hotel

Advisory Board Thanks & Close of Event
11.00am

12.00pm
Registration & Badge Pick-Up

At Victoria Restaurant, The Anantara Hotel

12.30pm
Lunch

Leisurely arrival lunch pre-workshop afternoon. 

At Victoria Restaurant, The Anantara Hotel

Hosted By: 

2.00pm
Advisory Board Welcome
Colin Diss - Partner - Grant Thornton
Sheila Ng - Partner - Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
2.10pm
Interactive Workshop 1: Fraud, Fakes, and Frustrating Proceedings across the globe
Nicola Boulton - Partner - PCB Byrne
Sheila Ng - Partner - Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Elizabeth Seborg - Partner - PCB Byrne (UK)
Lynne Gregory - Partner - Baker & Partners
3.00pm
Interactive Workshop 2: Witness Evidence
Paul Gilbert - Solicitor Advocate & Trainer - Bond Solon
Charlotte Pender - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys
Alex Clements - Director - Bond Solon
3.50pm
Refreshment Break
Afternoon Chairs
Leyza Florin Blanco - Shareholder - Sequor Law (USA)
James Popperwell - Partner - Macfarlanes
4.10pm
Interactive Workshop 3: Preventing Evidence Destruction: Search Orders, Delivery Up & Imaging Orders
Jessica Lee - Partner - Brown Rudnick
Danny Ong - Managing Director - Setia Law (Singapore)
Josh Kemp - Partner - ADG Legal (Dubai)
Marie-Claire O’Kane - Barrister - 4 New Square
5.00pm
FIREside Chat with the Hon. Judge Robert A. Mark

Leyza Blanco in conversation with the Hon. Judge Robert A. Mark

Hon. Judge Robert A. Mark - Bankruptcy Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court - Southern District of Florida (USA)
Leyza Florin Blanco - Shareholder - Sequor Law (USA)
5.30pm
Chair's Summation & Close of Day 1 Workshop Afternoon
5.30pm
Welcome Drinks Reception

Until 7.30pm

At RIA Terrace, The Anantara Hotel

Hosted by:

8.00pm
'Women in FIRE' Dinner

Women in FIRE connects women in litigation whose practice encompasses or touches upon Fraud, Contentious Insolvency, Asset Recovery and International Enforcement. 

9.30pm
RAIIDAR International Drinks Reception (Networking Partner of FIRE International).

*Delegates must Register to Attend - Register Here

9.00am
Registration, Tea & Coffee

At The Conference Centre, The Anantara Hotel

9.30am
Advisory Board Opening Remarks
James Popperwell - Partner - Macfarlanes
Rick Brown - Partner - HFW
Keynote & Plenary Morning
9.45am
Keynote: Lying and Deception: Discover the Truth about Lying and how to be a Better Lie Detector
Professor Richard Wiseman - Public Understanding of Psychology - University of Hertfordshire
10.30am
Crypto Disputes: FTX Fallout
Jennifer Fox - Partner - Ogier (Cayman)
Prateek Bagaria - Partner - Singularity Legal (India, UAE & Singapore)
Jason Teo - Associate Director - Setia Law (Singapore)
Stephen Ross - Partner - Withers (UK)
Robert Appleton - Partner - Olshan Frome Wolosky (USA)
11.10am
Refreshment Break
11.30am
Metaverse Litigation - The New Age of Disputes in the Virtual World ?

Join our discussion on how we may effectively use insolvency and asset recovery toolkits in the Metaverse. Will lawyers, KCs, IPs and accountants be using avatars and working together to fight fraud in the Metaverse?

William Christopher - Partner - Kingsley Napley
Laura Voda - Partner - Fichte & Co (Dubai)
Oren Warshavsky - Partner - BakerHostetler (USA)
Yam Wern-Jhien - Director - Setia Law (Singapore)
12.10pm
The Traitors or Faithful? Insight into the Psychology of Lying from a True Faithful on the Traitors
Alex Gray - TV Presenter, Social Media Personality & Actress and UK Contestant on - The Traitors
12.50pm
Lunch

At Victoria Restaurant, The Anantara Hotel

Hosted by: 

2.00pm
Chair's Afternoon Opening Remarks

Option A 

Leyza Florin Blanco - Shareholder - Sequor Law (USA)
Sheila Ng - Partner - Rajah & Tann (Singapore)

Option B

Colin Diss - Partner - Grant Thornton
Bushra Ahmed - Barrister, Head of Dispute Resolution & Partner - KBH (Dubai)
Build Your Own Agenda: Interactive & Content-Led Networking Afternoon

The choice is yours! 

The audience divides and delegates will have the choice of attending Option A or Option B

2.10pm
Session 1

Option A: The Mis(use) of Illegally Obtained Documents in Fraud Disputes

Philip Edey KC - Barrister - Twenty Essex
Luke Pearce KC - Barrister - Twenty Essex
Pia Mithani - Partner - Stewarts
OR

Option B: Ponzi Scheme Presumptions and Complex Structures: US, UK and Tracing Strategies

Katherine Catanese - Partner - Foley & Lardner (USA)
Yves Klein - Partner - Monfrini Bitton Klein (Switzerland)
Dr. Alexander Amann - Managing Partner and Attorney at Law - AMP Amann Partners Attorneys at Law (Liechtenstein)
Daniel Saoul KC - Barrister - 4 New Square
2.50pm
Session 2

Option A: Where Worlds Collide: Trusts, Death & Personal Bankruptcies 

Ami Sweeney - Director - Grant Thornton
Hannah Davie - Partner - Grant Thornton
Richard Manyon - Partner - Payne Hicks Beach
Michael Adkins - Partner - Collas Crill (Guernsey)
OR

Option B: International Judgement Enforcement & Recognition 

Bushra Ahmed - Barrister, Head of Dispute Resolution & Partner - KBH (Dubai)
Sushmita Gandhi - Partner - IndusLaw (India)
Miray Güneşli Gümüştekin - Associate - Bozoglu Izgi (Turkey)
Robert Starkins - Partner - Grant Thornton
Zachary Bluestone - Lawyer - Bluestone, P.C. (USA)
3.30pm
Refreshment Break


 

3.50pm
Session 3

Option A

FIRE & Arbitration 

Jorge Bastos Leitão - Partner - RBMS (Portugal)
Kenneth Krys - Executive Chairman & Founder - KRyS Global
Henrique Forssell - Founding partner - Duarte Forssell Advogados (Brazil)
OR

Option B

Evidence Back to Basics - Hunters & Gatherers: Part 1 

IPS, Instruments, and raising the tempo - Assembling the evidence to trace

Christopher Redmond - Founding Partner - Christopher Redmond Law (USA)
Elizabeth Fox - Of Counsel - Greenberg Traurig
Adrian Andrychowski - Counsel - JDP DRAPAŁA & PARTNERS (Poland)
Steven Haynes - Director - Greyhawk
OR

Option C: Laundry Time: identifying and seizing property suspected to be laundered criminal funds.

Stéphane Bonifassi - Lawyer - Bonifassi Avocats (France)
Adam Kaufmann - Partner - Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss (USA)
Valerie Hohenberg - Partner - Wolf Theiss (Austria)

4.30pm
Session 4

Option A

Early Routes to Settlement

Stuart Leach - Founder - Stuart Leach Associates
Nicola Boulton - Partner - PCB Byrne
Thomas Eymond-Laritaz - Founder & CEO - Highgate
Alistair Croft - Senior Investment Manager - Omni Bridgeway

Option B

Evidence Back to Basics - Hunters & Gatherers: Part 2 

Collating, Assembling the evidence to trace – how to put evidence together to make recoveries

Dato’ Lim Chee Wee - Senior Partner - Lim Chee Wee Partnership (Malaysia)
Joel E. Cohen - Managing Director - Stout (USA)
Katherine Catanese - Partner - Foley & Lardner (USA)
5.10pm
Chair's Closing Remarks
5.20pm
End of Conference / Leisure Time
6.00pm
Sunset Drinks Reception

 At The Anantara Pool

Hosted by: 

                

7.30pm
Conference Dinner

 At The Anantara Pool

Hosted by: 

9.30am
Farewell Bloody Mary & FIRE Fizz Brunch

At Victoria Restaurant, The Anantara Hotel

11.00am
Advisory Board Thanks & Close of Event

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