FIRE International: Vilamoura

Jamie Bartlett is a Senior Fellow and former Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think-tank Demos. He is a bestselling author who has written extensively on the political and social impact of technology, and presents the BBC’s
investigative podcast The Missing Cryptoqueen. In The People vs Tech: How the Internet is Killing Democracy, Jamie examines the intersection between technology and democracy, and how the digital revolution is destabilising our already fragile political system. He is also the author of The Dark Net, which looks at the spread of online communities and the growth of internet crime. His research on radical movements across Europe, and the minds of political outsiders – both idealists and extremists – is explored in his book Radicals .

In speeches, Jamie tackles everything from the politics of technology, including questions around the ethics of social media, big data, privacy and surveillance, to sociological aspect of tech, including internet subcultures, crypto-currencies, machine learning and automated sentiment analysis (also known as emotion AI, the process of understanding subjective opinion from written and spoken language). Jamie frequently writes for The Spectator and is a feature writer for The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Foreign Policy and the Telegraph. His BBC Two documentary, The Secrets of Silicon Valley, explored the false promises that technology has brought for global economies, and how it has weakened many aspects of politics and society.

Until December 2021, she was the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Proceedings in Colombia (Chief Judge of the Business Bankruptcy Court), and currently works as a business insolvency, complex litigation, and arbitration advisor.

She obtained her Law degree as well as a specialization in Finance Law from Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá. Additionally, pursued an LL.M. in Business and Bankruptcy Law at the University of California in Los Angeles, and is admitted to practice law in Colombia and the State of New York. Represented the Republic of Colombia at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group V (Insolvency Law).

Before becoming Chief Bankruptcy Judge, was a director of the Litigation, Arbitration and Insolvency practice at Brigard Urrutia & Abogados in Colombia, worked as international associate at Dechert LLP in New York City, and clerked for the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.

Has been a lecturer of bankruptcy law in numerous postgraduate programs at several universities in Colombia, including Universidad del Rosario and Universidad de los Andes. Has participated in multiple projects with organizations such as the World Bank and INSOL International.

She led the reforms to the bankruptcy regime to address the effects of the Covid-19 crisis, and, as a result, the Government of Colombia issued Legislative Decrees 560 and 772 in April and June 2020 and the subsequent regulations.

David K. Young is the Managing Director of Oxford Analytica, a leading geopolitical and macroeconomic analysis and advisory company. Founded in 1975, Oxford Analytica has built a world-class reputation for providing trusted insights and seasoned judgements on global issues that impact strategies, policies, investments and operations. Acquired by FiscalNote (NYSE:NOTE) in 2021, Oxford Analytica stands as the central pillar to FiscalNote’s Global Intelligence business to support over 1000 of the world's leading multinational companies, multilateral organizations and governments to serve over 10,000 global professionals.

Prior to joining Oxford Analytica in 2014, David worked across the sectors of international security, technology, and emerging market development. He has a BA in Government from the College of William and Mary, a MA in Intelligence and International Security from King’s College, University of London, and a MBA from the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University.

Ahmad is a Saudi qualified lawyer, certified arbitrator, and a former judge in Riyadh's General Court.

He holds a B.A in Shari'ah law, Master in Comparative Jurisprudence, LLM in Advance Legal Studies and a PhD in the area of Islamic Finance and Financial Regulation from University of Warwick. He has extensive experience in litigation, arbitration, family business, capital market, Islamic finance, construction and real state law. He has various publications, most important of which is his recent book titled "Creative Compliance in the Islamic finance industry, and "Disputes between Stockbrokers and Investors in The Saudi Capital Market".

Adrian is Head of Dispute Resolution. In this role, he has oversight of all disputes practices in the firm. Called to the bar in 2000, Adrian has been described as “Thorough, smart and responsive” and he is recognised in various legal publications for his experience and expertise as counsel in complex commercial cases. His practice spans a range of civil litigation area including commercial fraud, securities-related and banking claims, joint venture and shareholder disputes, succession and trust law, real property (including en-bloc sale litigation) as well as construction and projects.

Komal graduated from the Sydenham College, University of Mumbai, with a bachelor's degree in Commerce. She studied Law from the K.C. College, University of Mumbai. She worked at a prestigious law firm in Mumbai for several years and thereafter she practised independently till she joined the firm as a Senior Associate. She was made up as Partner of the firm in 2018.

She has over two decades of experience in advising various private and multinational clients on company law, contracts, property matters, and various types of litigation and dispute resolution in India. Komal has represented clients before various fora including the National Company Law Tribunal and the Supreme Court of India amongst others. She has substantial amount of experience in dealing with disputes in various arbitration proceedings for builders, contractual matters and wind power energy. She has successfully represented clients for Election Petitions. She has also represented clients in high profile family disputes and matrimonial matters and has facilitated the settling of complex family disputes.

Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Shipping & Maritime Litigation, Aviation, Criminal Litigation.

Meiyen Tan is a restructuring and insolvency lawyer based in Singapore, where she leads the practice. Meiyen has more than 20 years' experience specialising in restructuring and insolvency matters with particular emphasis on complex cross-border matters. She is also a leading fraud and asset tracing lawyer and regularly represents insolvency practitioners and other clients in claims involving fraud, breaches of directors and other fiduciary duties, and asset tracing.

Meiyen is a member of the Board of INSOL International being the first Singapore representative on the board in the 40 year history of INSOL International. She is also the Vice President of the Singapore chapter of the Turnaround Management Association. She is one of the founding members of the Singapore Network of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) and was until 2019 the Co-Chairperson of the Singapore Network. 

Meiyen is ranked by the leading legal directories including Chambers and Partners, Benchmark Litigation, Asia Law Profiles, Who’s Who Legal and Global Restructuring Review. 

Meiyen is qualified as an Advocate & Solicitor of Singapore and Malaysia. She is also a member of the Bar of England & Wales and admitted to the Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales.

Having over 15 years of experience in the sector, Tatiana routinely advises domestic and foreign investors and creditors on an array of matters. Her expertise includes stressed investments or divestments, acquisition of assets in special situations, debt restructuring and guarantees in complex lawsuits, out-of-court and court-supervised restructurings, mediation, bankruptcy, and corporate litigation and arbitration.

She is also IWIRC-Brazil's communication director, the Brazilian Institute for Corporate Recovery's director, and a CAM-CMR counsellor. Tatiana is also a member of CMR – Women in Restructuring Center and the Bankruptcy and Recovery Committee of IASP. Academically, Tatiana holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master's in Corporate Law from Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

Jansen is a partner with Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP’s commercial litigation and fraud, asset recovery and investigation groups. He has substantial experience in fraud disputes, where he most recently acted for a conglomerate of 15 banks in pursuing mareva injunction and disclosure orders against a commodities trader for a USD 100 million fraud claim.

He is a leading international practitioner for Cryptocurrency and Digital Technology disputes and has successfully obtained Singapore’s first reported case of a worldwide mareva injunction against “Persons Unknown” and third party disclosure orders against cryptocurrency exchanges in relation to stolen crypto assets for a prominent US national. 

Jansen has acted for a group of Russian cryptocurrency algorithmic traders in a US$100 million dispute relating to trade revenue and proprietary software and is currently advising liquidators of a cryptocurrency investment platform involving misappropriation of over $300 million of cryptocurrency assets.

He is also a co-author for Chambers Global Practice Guide (Singapore) on International Fraud and Asset Tracing.

Described by clients as “a formidable force”, “our go-to guy” and “good when you need someone to fight your corner”, Danny brings a wealth of experience, commercial acumen and strategic wisdom to his specialist areas of complex international commercial and financial disputes and investigations, as well as cross-border restructuring and insolvency.

Danny has led multiple high-stakes cross-border disputes and investigations, across a multitude of industries over the last two decades. He is regularly called upon by financial institutions, private investment funds, and state-owned enterprises, to act in mandates involving complex investments, market misconduct, and distressed situations. He is also known for his expertise in international enforcement, fraud, and financial crime and is recognised amongst the Global Elite as one of 40 Global Thought Leaders in the asset recovery field.

With extensive experience in multi-jurisdictional headline restructurings and insolvencies, Danny is recognised as a “standout” in the market. His portfolio includes acting for debtors in the Eagle Hospitality REIT restructuring, and acting for the liquidators of 45 Lehman entities across Asia (ex-Japan), MF Global Singapore, Dynamic Oil Trading (of the OW Bunker Group), and BSI Bank.

Chee Wee is the Senior Partner of the firm and has been in practice for more than 27 years. He has a broad commercial, corporate, public law, and regulatory disputes practice with experience in a wide variety of high value and high-profile cases including international arbitrations in Asia and Europe.

He is the former President of the Malaysian Bar (2011-2013), a former member of the National Unity Consultative Council, a former member of the Operations Review Panel of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, and a former member of the 1MDB Task Force for the investigations, prosecution and asset recovery.

He primarily acts as counsel having appeared at all tiers of the Malaysian Courts. He has more than 100 cases reported in the law reports with a portfolio including arbitrations, contractual disputes (involving joint ventures, IT, franchise, oil and gas), boardroom/takeover tussles, fraud investigation and recovery, regulatory enforcement action, corporate restructuring, insolvency claims, competition law, and estate disputes.

He has an established public and administrative law practice, regularly advising and acting for the Malaysian stock exchange (Bursa Malaysia Berhad), Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC), Energy Commission, the Malaysian Aviation Commission, the Securities Industry Dispute Resolution Centre and the Securities Commission Malaysia.

He is consistently listed in various international legal directories as a leading legal practitioner. He is ranked as a Band 1 dispute resolution lawyer in Chambers Asia-Pacific and in the Hall of Fame for dispute resolution in Legal 500 Asia-Pacific. He has been described as “a leading presence in the market, handling a range of disputes concerning areas such as energy, competition and fraud” (Chambers Asia-Pacific) and “[u]ndoubtedly the grandmaster in this area of practice” (Legal 500 Asia-Pacific).

A number of his cases are landmark decisions in the areas of contract law (liquidated damages), administrative law (setting aside leave) and strata management (basis for charges). His pending high value and high-profile cases include MyCC enforcement actions against MAS/Air Asia, MyEG and Grab, Pelangi Prestasi Sdn Bhd’s billion Ringgit dispute against the Receiver and Manager of Sabah Forest Industries Sdn Bhd and Sabah State Government, and Prestariang SKIN Sdn Bhd’s RM732 million claim against the Government of Malaysia for its expropriation of the national immigration control system concession and a number of high-profile fraud recovery claims.

Nicolás Durrieu has been a partner at Durrieu Abogados since 2012.

He specialises in white-collar crimes, investigations and asset recovery. As a litigator, he acts both as a defence attorney and as a private prosecutor in local and international cases. Before engaging in private practice, he worked for the National Criminal and Correctional Courts of the City of Buenos Aires, was appointed clerk for investigation proceedings in the Argentine Ministry of Economy and provided specialised consultancy services to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on prevention of money laundering, terrorism financing and asset recovery. In addition to being the dean of the law school and professor of criminal law at the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE), he has also participated in the drafting of the first Argentine law on criminal liability of corporations for corruption crimes, which was enacted in 2017. He speaks Spanish, English and French.

Joint founding and managing partner, Mohammed Al Dahbashi, is a prominent Emirati lawyer. Having graduated from the United Kingdom, with a Bachelors degree of Law with Honours (LLB Hons), Mohammed is of the few Emiratis that is experienced in both corporate/commercial transactions and disputes work.

Having worked for UAE firm Hadef & Partners, before setting up his own firm MAD Advocates and then co-founding ADG, Mohammed is committed to combining local UAE experience with international client care standards. Mohammed has also worked with various legal teams in the UAE that specialize on the corporate sector of legal work, and as a legal advisor at a boutique management consultancy firm in Dubai. He worked with the legal team of Mubadala Development Company PJSC, with great focus on corporate governance, aerospace and renewable energy fields. He also trained with other legal teams, including the legal team of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

A licensed advocate, Mohammed has rights of appearance before the competent courts of the UAE and has worked on a wide range of contentious matters, including commercial arbitrations, commercial litigations and criminal matters. He also has experience in corporate restructuring, preparing agreements, joint ventures, negotiating and advising clients.

With his international standards and local legal skills, Mohammed has been able to reach outstanding outcomes for his clients. He is renowned for being focused and effective, whilst remaining attentive to the needs of his clients.

Kerem is a Senior Associate at Bait Al Qanoon. He is dual qualified both as a Barrister and a Solicitor in England & Wales, having first qualified as a Solicitor in 2013. He brings comprehensive and all-around experience in both dispute resolution and corporate transactions. Kerem has been an advocate in cases involving commercial, corporate and construction disputes.  He has regularly attended Court as the advocate for multiple-day trials, applications of all forms, including injunctions, and attendances at mediations and international arbitrations. Kerem has also advised on corporate transactions and was previously retained as General Counsel to an international group, where he led the group on its corporate actions, delisting requirements with the London Stock Exchange and the groups restructuring.

Aniz Ahmad Amirudin was admitted to practise as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and has been in active practice for close to 20 years specialising in a wide range of complex commercial and civil disputes having appeared as counsel in all levels of Malaysian Courts with special focus on Construction & Infrastructure. He has extensive experience in both advisory and advocacy aspects in these areas and has been involved in both international and domestic arbitrations held under the auspices of the AIAC, SIAC, ICC and LMAA rules.

Aniz also actively sits both as an Arbitrator and as an Adjudicator on various construction disputes being a panel member of AIAC and ICC, Malaysia. Aniz has also been included in amongst others, in the panel of LCIA, ADGM Arbitration Centre, Abu Dhabi and Shanghai International Arbitration Centre.

Aniz is also a Committee Member of the Bar Council Arbitration and Construction Law Committee and Committee Member of the ICC Malaysia Arbitration Committee.  

Apart from being recognised by the Global Arbitration Review 100, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and the Asia Law Profiles, Aniz has also been recognised as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific in 2023.

Midori Yamaguchi is a Japanese attorney qualified in Japan and New York. She has been practicing especially in the Dispute Resolution areas and the Restructuring and Insolvency areas, both domestic and international, since she joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, one of the four biggest Japanese corporate law firms. Midori has strength in asset recovery through judicial proceedings including cross-border matters. In the insolvency area, Midori has presented numerous parties in the in-court/out-of-court debt restructuring. Midori's work frequently focuses on cross-border situations, with her work experience in the Singapore office of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and a US law firm after her LL.M. Midori holds a Bachelor of Laws from Hitotsubashi University, a Juris Doctor from Hitotsubashi University Law School, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from New York University School of Law. Midori has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan in Arbitration and Mediation since 2022.

Jing Yen regularly advocates at all Court levels and has been endorsed by clients for his “sharp mind” and “calm demeanour”. He is featured in several reported judgments in the Court of Appeal and has published several commentaries in various publications, including the Singapore Law Gazette.

Jing Yen’s pro bono practice includes assignments from the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences (LASCO) and the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS) as well as the occasional appearance at a community legal clinic.

In 2022, Jing Yen was named a recommended lawyer by Doyle’s Guide for Leading Criminal Lawyers and a rising star by Asian Legal Business.

Jing Yen holds a Diploma in Instrumental Teaching (Violin) from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London and used to be a music teacher.

Cathalijne conducts an international practice that consists for the main part of international judgement enforcement and civil asset tracing & recovery, with an accent to financial crime matters.

In addition, because of her special expertise on private international law, Cathalijne van der Plas is frequently called in as ‘lawyer’s lawyer’ by fellow professionals in order to render opinions or give advice on complex issues concerning the international jurisdiction of courts, the applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of foreign decisions or arbitral awards. She has a unique knowledge of the intersections of private international law, public international law and international sanctions law, with regard to among other things supermandatory rules and immunity from jurisdiction and from execution.

Rohan has over a decade’s experience in company and commercial disputes. He has acted for large corporations in shareholders’ litigations and represented global businesses in both institutional and ad hoc arbitration across an array of industries including oil & gas, engineering procurement construction (EPC), mining, foreign investment, consumer, services, retail, banking and manufacturing. He regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, Commercial Bench of High Court of Delhi and Company Law Tribunals. Rohan was recently part of a consitutional reference before the Supreme Court of India on an important legal doctrine concerning arbitration.

Prior to joining Anagram, Rohan was part of the disputes and commercial practice at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.  as a Principal Assoicate. He pursued tax litigation at Economic Laws Practice. He also founded a boutique litigation chambers in Delhi.

Rohan holds experience in arguing and representing parties in arbitration, original side disputes and appeals. He has conducted cross examination of factual and techical witnesses before arbitral tribunals and High Courts.

Rohan has published pieces on commercial laws, arbitration and foreign investment in leading journals. He regularly speaks at domestic and international forum on arbitration.

Kenny is a Director and co-head of the firm’s Fraud & Asset Recovery and Restructuring & Insolvency practice groups.Kenny has special expertise in the field of asset tracing and recovery, and restructuring and insolvency. He has substantial experience in the enforcement of both local and foreign judgments and arbitral awards. He has successfully argued for and obtained numerous interlocutory orders before the Singapore High Court to aid in asset preservation and tracing. These include worldwide freezing injunctions, proprietary injunctions, bankers trust orders and pre-action disclosure orders. Kenny also regularly acts alongside insolvency practitioners and international firms in high-value and complex cross-border fraud litigation, asset recovery and contentious restructuring and insolvency briefs.

Kwan Will Sen is one of the three founding partners of Lim Chee Wee Partnership. He is a litigator of more than 10 years standing, with more than 25 cases reported in law journals, covering various areas of law.

His practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration, fraud, asset recovery, competition law and aviation disputes.

He has been entrusted with high-value briefs, having among others, acted for a subsidiary of MISC Berhad, namely Gumusut-Kakap Semi-Floating Production System Labuan Limited, against a subsidiary of the Shell Group, in an arbitration involving a RM2.5 billion ringgit oil and gas dispute. Other high-value briefs include acting for Top Glove Corporation in a dispute of more than RM700 million and Ann Joo Steel Berhad in a land dispute with damages to be assessed of more than RM176 million.

In the area of fraud and asset recovery, Will Sen acts as lead counsel in a matter relating to fraudulent trading totalling RM40 million. He is also one of the lead partners in a fraud case involving a subsidiary of the Toyota Group, totalling RM179 million.

Kwan Will Sen has an extensive portfolio on regulatory enforcement work. This includes acting for the stock exchange, Bursa Malaysia, the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) and the Securities Commission Malaysia. Of particular note is the representation of the Securities Commission Malaysia in an ongoing civil action relating to the claim of around RM170 million, with regard to prohibited conduct of using manipulative and deceptive devices to allegedly defraud a public listed company.

Kwan Will Sen has a niche practice relating to occupational safety and health, environmental law, and other quasi-criminal related work as well. He defends companies and/or directors and other officers in criminal prosecutions and acting on claims for or defences against civil suits involving occupational safety and health claims.

Fatma has more than 22 years experience in corporate law, energy and renewables, cross-border transactions, and dispute resolution. She represents local and international corporations and financial institutions from the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia as well as governmental entities. She also provides legal advices and represents clients in high profile litigation trade investigations in a broad spectrum of business sectors.

Fatma is a professor of law at the School of Law, Cairo University since 2010. She teaches courses of business law, international commercial arbitration and evidence law.

Admitted to the Dutch bar in 2014, Merijn specialises in insolvency law and dispute resolution. He advises and litigates in the fields of insolvency law, restructurings, security interests, commercial contracts and (directors’) liability. Furthermore he regularly advises both lenders and borrowers in (re)financing transactions. He is regularly appointed by the court as receiver in bankruptcies.

Laure-Hélène Gaicio-Fievez is a partner at BSP and focuses on complex real estate, commercial, corporate and financial disputes.

Laure-Hélène has been recognized as a “next generation partner” having strong reputation in cross-border litigation. She is considered by her clients as being creative and efficient. Laure-Hélène indeed has extensive experience in all forms of international and domestic dispute resolution with a particular focus on commercial, corporate, financial, fund and real estate matters. She assists her clients through the entire process, from pre-litigation to the enforcement of the decision obtained. She is a member of the IFG (International Fraud Group). In addition, she has experience in real estate and commercial contracts, drafting and negotiating a number of complex agreements.

Bushra Ahmed is a highly accomplished and experienced barrister with over 20 years of experience in commercial litigation and international arbitration. She is currently a Partner at KBH, a law firm with offices in the DIFC (Dubai), Bahrain and Kuwait, where she is the Head of Dispute Resolution since 2014, specialising in a wide range of complex commercial, corporate, employment, financial services, and regulatory matters in the United Kingdom and the Middle East. Bushra was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2001 and has since established herself as a reputable and skilled advocate and litigator in the legal community.

Bushra has also been appointed as a presider and co-arbitrator under various arbitration rules and forums, including the ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, and DIAC, and has handled a wide range of international commercial and construction disputes. She is also a CEDR accredited mediator since 2005.

John Dodd is a partner in the Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group based in the Firm's Miami office. John is experienced with handling transactions and litigations that arise in business reorganizations, liquidations, distressed asset acquisition and sales, financial restructurings, and loan workouts.

John represents debtors, trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, and official committees and purchasers of troubled companies and their assets, both in and out of bankruptcy court.

Andrew has an established commercial disputes practice, with a core of trial advocacy before courts and tribunals across the globe.

He has strong multi-jurisdictional connections, particularly in the Asia Pacific region, the Caribbean and within the wider offshore community.

He has been recommended in the legal directories in the following areas: commercial litigation, banking & finance, civil fraud, company & partnership and commercial chancery. Andrew also specialises in urgent injunctive relief, including freezing, search orders and the appointment of provisional liquidators.

Andrew appears before all courts and tribunals in England and Wales, including the courts and lists of the Business and Property Courts, including the Commercial and Admiralty Courts, Circuit Commercial Courts, the Technology and Construction Court, the Financial List, and the Company and Insolvency List, together with the balance of the Queen’s Bench Division, the Administrative Court and the higher Appellate Courts.

Andrew also appears as Counsel at international and domestic arbitrations (including LCIA, ICC, SIAC, DIAC, ICSID, under UNCITRAL rules and ad hoc).

Andrew takes appointments as arbitrator.

Andrew has a breadth of expertise across a range of sectors and services, including aviation, banking and finance, construction and engineering, energy and natural resources, fraud and asset tracing, international trade, joint ventures, professional liability and risk, structured products and derivatives and TMT.

James is head of the firm’s fraud practice. He specialises in asset tracing and enforcement and the management of complex, international disputes in state courts and arbitration. As well as running disputes at all levels of the English courts, James has significant experience in managing parallel proceedings in different jurisdictions. James has over 19 years of experience acting on disputes relating to Russia, Ukraine and the CIS and has represented clients from these regions in various courts across the world, including in the Eastern Caribbean, the Channel Islands, Cyprus and Hong Kong, as well as in ICC, LCIA and VIAC arbitrations. James has significant experience of obtaining and defending interim injunctive relief in support of proceedings in England and elsewhere. James also advises on corporate and shareholder disputes (including in relation to companies incorporated overseas), bribery and corruption, sanctions, money laundering and insolvency proceedings.

Ruth den Besten KC has been described as ‘ferocious, but in a good way’ and ‘superwoman’. She specialises in civil fraud and asset recovery, and is ranked as a leading (new!) Silk in both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500. Ruth regularly heads up teams in high profile and high value cases, and has conducted a number of sizeable fraud trials before the Commercial Court including the 21 week trial of Suppipat v Narongdej, securing a successful outcome for the CEO of Siam Commercial Bank (one of Thailand’s largest banks).

She is currently instructed in the NMC Healthcare litigation on behalf of Dr Shetty and has previously appeared in Vale v Steinmetz, a fraud claim concerning the entry into of a Guinean mining JVA, the longest running virtual Commercial Court trial: Tatneft v (1) Bogolyubov and (2) Kolomoisky, and in both the LIA v Credit Suisse proceedings and Arcelormittal v Essar actions. There is (almost) nothing she enjoys more than navigating freezing and search orders and cross-examination.

Valerie Hohenberg is a litigation partner in the Wolf Theiss Disputes Team, practicing out of the Vienna office. Her main practice areas are commercial and corporate litigation with a focus on criminal and civil liability of directors and officers. She is a specialist for complex cross-border disputes involving allegations of fraud or corruption including asset-recovery and global enforcement. She also advises banks and unregulated companies and their corporate bodies worldwide on internal investigations and compliance due diligence projects. In 2021 Valerie was included in GIR‘s top 100 list of remarkable women in the field of white-collar law and investigations.

Jittipong brings nearly 15 years litigation experience, and joined TTT+Partners as Counsel in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. He is a disputes expert who advises on complex and often high-profile criminal cases, money laundering, white-collar crimes and civil lawsuits before all levels of courts.

His recent achievements include the defence of a client against allegations made by the Attorney General, National Anti-Corruption Commission involving criminal offenses under the Thai Criminal Code and the Act on Offenses Relating to the Submission of Bids to government agencies. He also advised an energy company in relation to a high-profile accident involving a pipeline explosion, its ensuing investigation and risk mitigation. In addition, he successfully represented a well-known individual in criminal proceedings in relation to one of the biggest cryptocurrency investment schemes in Thailand.

Rick is Co-Head of the Fraud and Insolvency team. Rick specialises in complex, high value cross-border fraud and insolvency matters, including those which involve claims for breach of contract, fraud and/or breach of fiduciary duties and asset tracing. He has also worked on a number of offshore trust matters in the Caribbean, Gibraltar and elsewhere. He regularly deals with and instructs investigators and offshore lawyers. Rick Brown is based in the London office and is also BVI qualified. Rick has considerable experience in acting for insolvency practitioners, mainly on contentious complex cross-border insolvency matters. He has valuable experience of interlocutory hearings and trials in the Commercial Court in the British Virgin Islands and elsewhere in the Caribbean and has significant experience acting for clients on claims involving parties from China, Russia and the Former Soviet Union, as well as the Middle East.

Jeremy is a leading barrister specialising in complex commercial litigation, including all aspects of international arbitration, banking and funds, insurance and commercial fraud. He is a powerful and experienced advocate.

In 2023, Jeremy is acting in numerous high-profile commercial disputes, including for the Republic of Mozambique in Commercial Court proceedings against Credit Suisse, VTB Privinvest (and others) concerning $2bn-worth of sovereign guarantees; for a major US-based timberland company in a $300m insurance dispute with the London market; and for a well-known international investor in a multi-million pound dispute over family assets.

In recent years, Jeremy acted for Arch in the Supreme Court for the leading case of Financial Conduct Authority v Arch test case (2020) on losses resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.  In 2022, he appeared as sole counsel in numerous cases including WSB v FOL (2022) concerning sections 67-69 Arbitration Act 1996 and a complex international arbitration concerning a tower of excess liability insurance. In 2021, Jeremy also appeared as sole counsel in a lengthy commercial fraud case, SFO v Litigation Capital and Others (2021), as well as in numerous heavy Freezing Injunctions in respect of complex international frauds.

Jeremy has been sitting as a Recorder since 2018 (Crime / Chancery). He is also a frequent broadcaster on radio and TV about key issues in the law and was formerly an adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University, California.

Jeremy sits as an arbitrator and takes appointments through Arbitrators at 24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Should you wish to make an enquiry, please visit their website by clicking here.

Baruch is partner and joint Head of Dispute Resolution at Asserson. He is a solicitor advocate with extensive experience in England, Europe and the Middle East. Baruch is recognised by Legal 500 as a Leading Individual in international arbitration. He is also ranked by Chambers Global and Who’s Who Legal, where he is described as a “go-to name in Israel among large corporations and local law firms for international arbitration and cross-border disputes”.

Baruch has acted on several high profile and high value claims in the UK High Court, three of which were listed by the Lawyer among the top 20 UK cases for the year. Baruch has also acted for a number of household name brands in business defining arbitration cases and was credited, by the English Law Society, for having “opened up arbitration to Israeli business”. In 2014 Baruch was appointed as Israel’s only Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and in 2016 he was appointed by the LCIA as the court’s first representative for Israel. He sits as Israel’s delegate on the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and is a member of the ICC Task Force Addressing Fraud and Corruption in Arbitration.

Baruch is qualified to act as an arbitrator and sits on the panel of a number of global arbitral institutions, including VIAC and SIAC. Baruch is regularly invited to lecture at conferences and other law firms on International Arbitration.

Baruch graduated with a double first from the University of Cambridge and won a scholarship to Harvard Law School where he received a Masters in Law.

Baruch enjoys spending time with his five children, as well as singing and cycling, occasionally simultaneously.

Yves Klein’s main activity is litigating and coordinating transnational asset recovery proceedings on behalf of victims of economic crimes or parties seeking to enforce their claims against assets concealed in Switzerland or abroad. He develops strategies for the international search and recovery of assets, coordinates cross-border proceedings and represents his clients, including individuals, companies, foreign governments, and liquidators of foreign insolvencies, before civil, criminal and bankruptcy courts, in order to recover crime proceeds and obtain damages, notably from facilitators (banks, financial companies, fiduciaries, etc.).

Saaman Pourghadiri has a diverse domestic and international practice focusing on commercial disputes, civil fraud, banking and financial services, professional negligence and offshore matters. His work in the English courts often involves conflict of law, jurisdiction or foreign law issues.

Saaman is a confident and persuasive advocate who is recognised by the legal directories as “intellectually first rate, practical and hard-working and an excellent team player”. He is comfortable working in teams or as sole counsel and is often instructed to act unled against silks, being seen as “more than a match for more senior counsel”.

Saaman has acted in matters in Guernsey, the Cayman Islands and most recently succeeded in striking out a dishonest assistance claim on limitation grounds before the Gibraltar Court of Appeal.  

Oliver's practice includes all aspects of contentious trusts matters, shareholder disputes, fraud and asset tracing, insolvency, banking and regulatory matters. 

Oliver has considerable contentious trusts expertise, having worked on some of the most complex and high value contentious trust matters on which Ogier has been instructed. Oliver is also regularly instructed in relation to non-contentious trust applications such as mistake, Hasting-Bass, rectification and variation. He is a recognised thought leader in the area, regularly speaking and writing on contentious trusts for journals such as Trusts and Trustees. He sits on the steering committee for STEP's contentious trusts and estates special interest group.

Oliver also has considerable experience in corporate disputes and non-contentious company applications including: acting for shareholders in unfair prejudice proceedings, joint venture disputes, advising on procedure at contentious general meetings, advising directors in relation to allegations of breach of duty, and acting for companies in relation to members' schemes of arrangement.

Paul has 20 years of dispute resolution, litigation support and business intelligence experience and has led cross-border cases in many challenging jurisdictions for governments, law firms and corporate clients. 

Paul, a former disputes lawyer, is regularly instructed to support sovereign and commercial disputes on both the claimant and defendant side and has expert insight into the complexities of state immunity laws and their impact on enforcement of judgments and awards, as well as expertise in enforcement, asset-tracing and settlement negotiations. 

Paul started his career at KPMG before joining the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, where he spent time in Afghanistan. He later ran his own investigations firm before qualifying as a solicitor and working at one of London’s leading disputes law firms. 

Paul has a BA from Durham University and a Master of Laws from the University of Law.

Jason has a broad commercial and financial litigation and investigations practice. His keen interest in cybersecurity and cross-border commercial fraud matters has seen him act for the successful claimant in B2C2 Ltd v Quoine Pte Ltd, a landmark Singapore judgment involving cryptocurrency trades executed autonomously by algorithmic trading software. He was also part of the team that acted for the liquidators of Torque Holdings Ltd, a cryptocurrency investment fund, in successfully securing worldwide freezing injunctions exceeding $200 million in value against former company officers arising from the misappropriation of crypto assets.

Jason is a member of ICC Fraudnet Future, worldwide network of leading lawyers who specialise in asset tracing and recovery, and was selected to the Supreme Court Young Independent Counsel scheme in 2023. He graduated with First Class Honours from the University College London.

Bernhard Motal is Counsel at Gasser Partner Attorneys at law. He is admitted to the Liechtenstein bar and also took the bar exam in Austria. Bernhard advises international clients and specializes in the areas of corporate, foundation and trust law, asset protection, estate planning, international private law. He regularly represents clients in domestic and international trust and foundation disputes (arbitration and litigation), inheritance proceedings and asset tracing and recovery proceedings. He is author of numerous books and articles in renowned legal journals. Before joining Gasser Partner Attorneys at law, Bernhard worked in the corporate law department of a renowned Austrian law firm, as research and teaching assistant (US: Assistant Professor) at the Department of Civil law at University of Vienna and as research fellow at the Austrian Supreme Court, where he has acquired outstanding expertise in his fields of work.

Sameer is a founder & senior partner of ALMT Legal Advocates & Solicitors which was set up in the UK as the first Indian law firm and practice with now offices in Mumbai and Bangalore.

After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Commerce from the Bombay University and with a Bachelor's Degree in Law from the prestigious Government Law College, Mumbai he trained with the renowned law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas before he set up ALMT Legal in London on 10th January 2000. Sameer has acted for several multinational clients located globally and pursuing litigation claims in India. He has been retained by several corporates advising them on commercial contracts, risk insurance and liability, regulatory and claims. He has also advised media, corporate and business entities and has represented them and appeared in various Courts of India.

Sameer speaks at international conferences and has submitted papers on Indian law, and is a regular invitee and guest speaker at law schools/colleges and other institutions in India. His articles have been published in the International Bar News, India Business Law Journal and various other chamber publications.

He has been awarded the Who's Who Lawyer of the year award for 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2012 and 13 and 2019 - 2020. The Indian Lawyer 250, a guide to the leading business law firms of India had featured Sameer amongst the top 40 individual leading lawyers under the age of 45 years in India. Sameer has won and been awarded several other accolades to his credit as also is a guest speaker at several Law Colleges in India.

Catherine has an extensive commercial and chancery litigation practice and has long been highly recommended by the directories, regularly being nominated for various awards. Catherine was named Company/Insolvency Silk of the Year 2022 by Chambers UK and Insolvency Silk of the Year 2020 by Legal500 and was described by Chambers UK/Global (2021 - Dispute Resolution: Commercial Chancery) as "one of the cleverest people at the Bar” who "has a brilliant, encyclopedic knowledge of the law and is great to work with”. 

Caley specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration with a focus on civil fraud, company and insolvency matters.

He is experienced both as part of a team in large scale commercial litigation, having acted as a junior in JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov for a number of years, and acting as sole Counsel in the High Court and appellate courts. He has recently acted on Uralkali v Rowley, a multi-week trial in the Chancery Division arising out of the sale of an F1 team, and is currently instructed in the £180 million fraud claim brought by the administrators of London Capital & Finance.

Henry Farris is a partner in the litigation and arbitration team at Withersworldwide.

He has a broad commercial litigation practice, working on complex disputes in the financial services, banking and corporate sectors, often with an international or multi-jurisdictional element.

He has particular expertise in (i) disputes arising out of the private equity and investment fund sectors; (ii) brokerage and capital markets disputes (iii) disputes relating to banking services and (iv) shareholder and company claims.  He also has significant recent experience advising on disputes relating to cryptoassets and digital payment services.

Erin serves as Eversheds Sutherland's (US) Head of Cross-Border Restructuring & Insolvency – Financial Restructuring Group.

Erin has extensive experience advising clients on restructuring, financial litigation, and distressed transactions, representing diverse stakeholders across the dispute and transactional spectrum. She has represented numerous parties in bankruptcy proceedings and insolvency-related litigation, including equity committees, ad hoc creditor committees, purchasers, lenders, foreign representatives, indenture trustees and debtors, with a particular focus on representation of investment funds in complex restructurings and commercial litigation.  Erin is recognized for her acute business acumen and ability to offer clients — from global financial institutions to start-up funds — proactive, creative and pragmatic solutions in complex and novel distressed scenarios.  

Mary is a dispute resolution partner at Kingsley Napley.  She is a commercial litigator with a specialism in civil fraud and asset tracing.  She acts for individuals, companies, insolvency practitioners and other law firms. Mary can supervise your search order, loves a freezing injunction and in recent years has developed expertise in cases involving bribery.  People say nice things about her in the directories including one comment which compared her to a dog.  Mary really needs a new photo as she has much more grey hair now.

I am a Partner within Grant Thornton’s Insolvency and Asset Recovery team. 

As a Cyprus and UK licensed insolvency practitioner, and experienced British Virgin Islands (BVI) insolvency appointment-taker, I provide clients with insolvency, asset-tracing and asset recovery solutions. 

My skillsets are typically deployed in the context of offshore and cross-border contentious insolvency appointments.

Since co-founding Greyhawk in 2012, Edward has been the lead investigator in over 100 cross-border disputes and enforcement actions in the context of investor-state arbitration, civil fraud, contentious insolvency and commercial litigation.

Recent cases include acting for a state to identify over $500m stolen by a corrupt official; identifying enforcement options for an investor with an ICSID award against a sovereign; acting for creditors pursuing the personal assets of directors following a $200m banking fraud; and acting for a state oil company in the successful enforcement of an arbitral award against an energy group in the CIS. The majority of his work is international and often involves an offshore element

Ben Kempe advises on international insolvency proceedings and conducts insolvency litigation for insolvency administrators, business enterprises and credit institutions. Ben represents his clients before state courts and arbitral tribunals in international corporate, banking and financial disputes. His main practice areas include attachment orders and interim injunctions. Ben also has extensive practical experience of dealing with complex enforcement cases and regularly assists in large-scale compulsory auctions.

Mehmet Karagoz focuses his practice on commercial litigation and civil fraud, advising claimants and defendants with regard to foreign and domestic frauds, internal investigations, and crisis management. He has obtained freezing injunctions against both individuals and companies as well as Norwich Pharmacal Orders against third parties including financial institutions, internet service providers, and email providers. He also has experience advising companies and individuals in respect of antecedent transactions in the context of insolvency.

Mehmet is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). His experience also includes cases involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust, dishonest assistance, knowing/unconscionable receipt, unlawful means conspiracy, unjust enrichment, deceit, undue influence, and unconscionable bargain. He also advises on unfair prejudice petitions.

I am Head of BDO’s National Cross Border and Contentious Insolvency team and specialise in working on complex international fraud-related insolvencies and securing recoveries for creditors. The assignments I work on focus on investigations, asset tracing and litigation, often of a cross-border nature.

Nikki Edwards is a partner in the Commercial Dispute Resolution team. She is a seasoned trial solicitor and a practising mediator, focused on achieving commercial and cost-effective results for her clients worldwide.

Nikki has over 15 years’ experience resolving disputes across various sectors both within the UK and internationally. She has particular experience of dealing with shareholder and company disputes, fraud and dishonesty, complex contractual disputes, negligence and enforcing foreign judgments. 

She has obtained victories for her clients at trials in the Commercial Court and Chancery Division of the High Court as well as the Court of Appeal. Nikki also has wide-ranging experience of dealing with injunctions and other interlocutory orders. However, her primary focus is on achieving successful results for her clients, often acting as a trusted advisor with a view to resolving matters at an early stage. Her experience as a mediator is valuable in this regard. 

As President of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (the LSLA), which has over 3500 members, Nikki helps to shape civil justice reform and promote best practice in litigation in England and Wales. 

I am a Partner in the Litigation team in our Cayman Islands office.  I have practised with the firm in the Cayman Islands since the beginning of 2008.

Over the last 15 years I have acted in many of the largest and most complex cases to be litigated in the Cayman Islands. I act for the Algosaibi family in their on-going claims against Maan Al Sanea and his companies, successfully obtaining a US$2.5 billion judgment against Mr Al Sanea and settling certain claims. I also act for the liquidators of the Madoff impacted Primeo fund, in successfully resolving litigation against the Trustee in New York and the Cayman Islands, the investment manager, the Herald feeder fund – where the Privy Council has found in favour of Primeo on both the creditor and shareholder distribution issues – and in the litigation against the administrator and custodian.

I have acted in a number of precedent setting fund liquidations (including Lancelot, Belmont and Heriot), large fraud cases (including Madoff, Dynamic Decisions, Fletcher and Alpha Re) and high profile restructurings (including Arcapita, CEVA, Eircom, Ocean Rig and Tailored Brands). I am regularly instructed to make urgent applications to obtain interim relief and/or to appoint provisional liquidators/receivers.

Ashley is Head of Commercial Litigation and Civil Fraud.

Ashley possesses a unique specialism in investigations and contentious practice, with expertise in large complex commercial disputes, fraud, and asset recovery, as well as being a highly experienced private criminal prosecutor. His commitment to justice and understanding of the complexities of civil and criminal law provides him with a distinctive advantage to deliver results for his clients.

Ashley is an experienced and skilled litigator known for his acute analytical judgment, creative approach, and his ability to unravel complex disputes. He is often instructed in emergency procedures, including asset freezing relief where time is of the essence, and his work ranges from professional negligence claims, the diversion of business opportunities and breaches of fiduciary duty to claims involving deceit, conspiracy, and secret profit.

Joanna Curtis is an associate in Brown Rudnick's Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group in London. She has broad experience advising on complex and high value disputes across a number of disciplines, including litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations. Joanna has worked with clients in multiple sectors, including financial institutions, corporates, NGOs and individual professionals: including where litigation funders and/or insurers are involved. She has a keen interest in how emerging technologies are impacting fraud and other disputes, and has recently worked for clients involved in NFTs, digital artwork and blockchain mining. Joanna speaks Russian, Spanish and French, and has lived and studied in Moscow and Madrid.

Josephine specialises in all areas of commercial law and litigation. She has a unique skill-set combining:

depth of legal knowledge (notably in competition law, intellectual property law, shipping law and private international law);

• strong technical understanding based on her scientific background (BA in Physical Natural Sciences and MSci in Chemistry);
• extensive and diverse litigation (including urgent injunction work) and arbitration experience.

Josephine has strong advocacy experience covering both trial and interlocutory work. She has appeared as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal, the High Court (Commercial Court, Chancery Division and Queen’s Bench Division) and in international arbitrations and appeals from arbitration.  Her trial experience includes cross-examination on fraud allegations and of financial and engineering experts.

Josephine has notable expertise in relation to the conflicts of laws and injunctions (anti-suit, freezing and relating to confidential information) as well as the commonly associated contempt proceedings.

Her work covers a range of sectors including IP, pharmaceuticals, science, technology and IT, distribution, shipping, commodities, shipbuilding, and energy. Josephine is recognised by the legal directories for commercial litigation, shipping and commodities work.

Josephine’s cases involve sophisticated technical matters, where clients benefit from her scientific background (BA in Physical Natural Sciences and MSci in Chemistry) and her postgraduate qualifications in competition and intellectual property law.

Ana Lucía is a Junior Associate and joined the Firm in 2020. Her practice focuses on corporate transactions, restructurings, and acquisition processes involving local and international companies. Ana Lucía has participated in estate planning processes in different jurisdictions.She has also participated in the development of defense strategies and risk analysis in the criminal, civil and environmental fields.