Serle Court
FIRE Middle East 2024
Bringing together the key regional players in the asset recovery space for the 4th year
In-Person | 10 - 12 November 2024 | Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai
Agenda
'Women in FIRE' Afternoon Tea & Panel Session
5.00pm
Women in FIRE connects women in litigation or whose practice encompasses or touches upon Fraud, Contentious Insolvency, Asset Recovery and International Enforcement.
You have what it takes – Use It!
- Connecting female practitioners and allies across the FIRE space
- Advocating for diversity in the region – encouraging allyship
- Being seen in the workplace
- Challenges faced and working to overcome it in the legal sector
Pre-Event Networking Welcome Party
4th Floor - ikandy ultralounge (by the pool)
7.00pm
Meet your fellow attendees and connect with the intrepid business travellers.
Registration & Welcome Refreshments
9.00am
Chairpersons' Opening Remarks
9.20am
Keynote Presentation
9.30am
Hot Trends and Regulatory Updates for FIRE In the Middle East
10.00am
- Impacts of the UAE being removed from the Financial Task Force grey list
- Analysing the changes to the UAE Arbitration Law
- Impacts for moving towards modern technology and expanding the scope to virtual and online arbitration proceedings
- Using the GCC convention for cross border recovery – tips and tricks
Crystal Ball – Increasing Investment Towards the Middle East
10.40am
- Exploring the sovereign wealth funds space in the Middle East
- Preparing for increased investments, resulting in the need for asset recovery down the line
- Where are the investments going? What are the recoveries coming from?
- What does the current infrastructure look like? A look at the practical challenges in preparing for handling an increasing number of cases
Networking & Refreshment Break
11.20am
Exploring The New Bankruptcy and Insolvency Procedures
11.40am
- Unpacking the new changes to the UAE Bankruptcy Law
- Factoring in the old law and new law – the transition period
- Challenges with cross-border recognition of insolvency judgements
- Dissecting the insolvency challenges in the region
- How to deal locally with insolvent companies
Getting The Lay of The Land - An Update on Enforcements of Judgments
12.20pm
- An update on the treaties and enforcement across the differing courts
- What are the complications the arise when you have a court judgement
- Honing in on the enforcement of awards within the UAE
Networking & Lunch Break
1.00pm
Afternoon Chairpersons
How Technology Is Enhancing the Asset Recovery Space
2.00pm
- End-to-end implementation of technology and software
- Software to use to optimize and automate your work
- How is AI impacting the investigations world – help or hinder?
- AI in disputes – what are the pitfalls from a fraud perspective
A New Age - Fraud Within the Digital Assets Space
2.40pm
- How existing laws and procedures deal with new technologies – does the law need to be amended or is it perfectly serviceable?
- Freezing injunctions against the exchanges and using crypto keys – what can realistically be done?
- Unpacking the different sets of regulation in the UAE (VARA / ADGM / DIFC) – which one should you follow
- Will the local procedures allow you to enforce digital assets?
- Digital asset regulations and the interplay between Saudi and UAE
Networking & Refreshment Break
3.20pm
Ensuring Enforcement – A Paper Victory is Not Enough
3.40pm
- Planning for enforcement of awards within the jurisdiction
- The interface between common law remedies and Middle East enforcement
- An international look: enforcing judgements across borders
The In-House Perspective - Challenges and Opportunities
4.20pm
- Exploring resource opportunities
- Keeping costs low – what alternative options are available
- Using asset tracers to help with strategy
Chairpersons' Summary & Close of Day 1
5.00pm
Networking Drinks Reception
4th Floor - ikandy ultralounge (by the pool)
5.30pm
Conference Dinner
Ground Floor - Dunes Restaurant
7.30pm
Hosted by:
Networking & Morning Refreshments
9.00am
Chairpersons' Welcome Back
9.20am
Unpacking The Full Cycle of Asset Recovery
10.00am
- The little things count – ensuring nothing gets missed out
- The penal code and understanding the criminal side
- Are you thinking of the interim issues, tools, and remedies?
A Changing Perception Towards the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
10.40am
- Update on the investments going into Saudi
- Vision 2030 – what does that mean for assets
- What are the differing risks from a fraud perspective
- Update on the new civil transactions law
Networking & Refreshment Break
11.20am
Transferring The Risk of Recovery via Litigation Funding
11.40am
- Options for how disputes can be financed
- The regulations for litigation funding across the Middle East
- Key factors to consider when using litigation funding
- Ensuring the funder is subject to strict confidentiality obligations
- Avoiding conflicts of interest, and ensuring control
Bridging The Gap Between Onshore and Offshore Jurisdictions
12.20pm
- Getting a local advocate involved with onshore enforcement
- Coordinating your strategy when it comes to onshore processes
- Ensuring the right steps are taken to enforce onshore judgements
Networking & Lunch Break
1.00pm
Afternoon Chairpersons
Strategising Your NPL Portfolio
2.00pm
- Lessons learned from mature markets
- Exploring the recoveries of NPL sales
- What are the regulatory constraints?
Sanctions Regime and its Impact Across the World
2.40pm
- How sanctions have changed the work for legal practitioners – practical applications/applied discussion
- What to do with the lack of asset recovery remedies in foreign companies
- Looking at redomiciling to special offshore zones
Networking & Refreshment Break
3.20pm
Perspective From an Investigator’s Work in Asset Tracing
3.40pm
- Working around a cross jurisdictional space
- Being aware of overstepping and overreaching in certain jurisdictions
- The need for delicate research – proprietary software
- Using investigators to assist you and provide information
- How to deal with jurisdiction that have a lack of public resources
Chairpersons' Summary
4.20pm
Close of Summit
5.00pm
Women in FIRE connects women in litigation or whose practice encompasses or touches upon Fraud, Contentious Insolvency, Asset Recovery and International Enforcement.
You have what it takes – Use It!
- Connecting female practitioners and allies across the FIRE space
- Advocating for diversity in the region – encouraging allyship
- Being seen in the workplace
- Challenges faced and working to overcome it in the legal sector
Meet your fellow attendees and connect with the intrepid business travellers.
- Impacts of the UAE being removed from the Financial Task Force grey list
- Analysing the changes to the UAE Arbitration Law
- Impacts for moving towards modern technology and expanding the scope to virtual and online arbitration proceedings
- Using the GCC convention for cross border recovery – tips and tricks
- Exploring the sovereign wealth funds space in the Middle East
- Preparing for increased investments, resulting in the need for asset recovery down the line
- Where are the investments going? What are the recoveries coming from?
- What does the current infrastructure look like? A look at the practical challenges in preparing for handling an increasing number of cases
- Unpacking the new changes to the UAE Bankruptcy Law
- Factoring in the old law and new law – the transition period
- Challenges with cross-border recognition of insolvency judgements
- Dissecting the insolvency challenges in the region
- How to deal locally with insolvent companies
- An update on the treaties and enforcement across the differing courts
- What are the complications the arise when you have a court judgement
- Honing in on the enforcement of awards within the UAE
- End-to-end implementation of technology and software
- Software to use to optimize and automate your work
- How is AI impacting the investigations world – help or hinder?
- AI in disputes – what are the pitfalls from a fraud perspective
- How existing laws and procedures deal with new technologies – does the law need to be amended or is it perfectly serviceable?
- Freezing injunctions against the exchanges and using crypto keys – what can realistically be done?
- Unpacking the different sets of regulation in the UAE (VARA / ADGM / DIFC) – which one should you follow
- Will the local procedures allow you to enforce digital assets?
- Digital asset regulations and the interplay between Saudi and UAE
- Planning for enforcement of awards within the jurisdiction
- The interface between common law remedies and Middle East enforcement
- An international look: enforcing judgements across borders
- Exploring resource opportunities
- Keeping costs low – what alternative options are available
- Using asset tracers to help with strategy
Hosted by:
- The little things count – ensuring nothing gets missed out
- The penal code and understanding the criminal side
- Are you thinking of the interim issues, tools, and remedies?
- Update on the investments going into Saudi
- Vision 2030 – what does that mean for assets
- What are the differing risks from a fraud perspective
- Update on the new civil transactions law
- Options for how disputes can be financed
- The regulations for litigation funding across the Middle East
- Key factors to consider when using litigation funding
- Ensuring the funder is subject to strict confidentiality obligations
- Avoiding conflicts of interest, and ensuring control
- Getting a local advocate involved with onshore enforcement
- Coordinating your strategy when it comes to onshore processes
- Ensuring the right steps are taken to enforce onshore judgements
- Lessons learned from mature markets
- Exploring the recoveries of NPL sales
- What are the regulatory constraints?
- How sanctions have changed the work for legal practitioners – practical applications/applied discussion
- What to do with the lack of asset recovery remedies in foreign companies
- Looking at redomiciling to special offshore zones
- Working around a cross jurisdictional space
- Being aware of overstepping and overreaching in certain jurisdictions
- The need for delicate research – proprietary software
- Using investigators to assist you and provide information
- How to deal with jurisdiction that have a lack of public resources
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