FIRE Starters Global Summit: Dublin

At a price unprecedented in the industry this event brings together the rising stars of Asset Recovery, Fraud & Insolvency to forge networks, discuss experiences and build their own personal brand
21st - 23rd February 2024, Conrad Hotel, Dublin, Ireland

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Agenda

Wednesday 21st February 2024 Thursday 22nd February 2024 Friday 23rd February 2024

1.00pm

Registration

1.55pm

FIRE Starters Committee Welcome
Emma Ruane - Partner - Peters & Peters
Laurence Clarke - Senior Associate - Kingsley Napley
Jon Felce - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan

2.00pm

Section 423 Claims, Across Multiple Jurisdictions
Rita Burungi - Associate Partner - Ligomarc Advocates (Uganda)
Liv Machado - Partner - Tauil & Chequer Advogados (Brazil)
Hector Sbert - Partner - ECIJA (Spain)
Natalie Todd - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan

2:40pm

Using Data Analytics, Digital Forensics and Intelligence in Investigations

The identification and preservation of data in proceedings; and adopting a forensic strategy
Using raw data sets to inform evidence gathering and analysis
The intelligence toolkit and its use in investigations

Allanna Rigby - Partner - Control Risks
Ching Liu - Principal - Control Risks
Lorna Van Oss - Associate Director - Control Risks

4.00pm

Conflict of Laws & Jurisdictions: What Are The Current Challenges
Maria Kennedy - Barrister - Twenty Essex
Patrick Dunn Walsh - Barrister - Twenty Essex
Nicholas Poon - Founder - Breakpoint LLC (Singapore)

4:40pm

Kagazy Case Study
Daniel Saoul KC - Barrister - 4 New Square
Daniel Gritten - Counsel - Hogan Lovells

5:30pm

Chairs’ Summation & Close of Day

7:00pm

Welcome Drinks Reception

9.00am

Registration

9.30am

Chairs' Opening Remarks
Catherine Eason - Partner - PCB Byrne
Sam Ouriach - Associate Director - Grant Thornton

9.40am

Keynote Session
Tony Sales - "Britain's Greatest Fraudster" & - Fraud Expert

10.30am

Panel: How to Navigate Big Fraud Cases: Mandatory Injunctions
Addy R. Schmitt - Managing Partner, Washington, DC Office - Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler (USA)
Grzegorz E. Woźniak - Founder and Managing Partner - Woźniak Legal (Poland)
Nathalie Ker Si Min - Partner - Lim Chee Wee Partnership (Malaysia)
Jeremy Gellis - Member - Cozen O'Connor (Canada)

11.10am

Networking & Refreshment Break

11.30am

Workshop Sessions:

Choose 1 Session of 4 following the following themes:

Workshop Room 1 - Path to Partner: To Infinity and Beyond

Workshop Room 2 - Legal Updates & Strategy

Workshop Room 3 - Insolvency

Workshop Room 4 - International: What Should I know About…?

Path to Partner: To Infinity and Beyond - Chaired By:
Catherine Eason - Partner - PCB Byrne
Caroline Greenwell - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys

Legal Updates & Strategy - Chaired By:
Laurence Clarke - Senior Associate - Kingsley Napley
Sam Goodman - Barrister - Twenty Essex

Insolvency - Chaired By:
Sam Ouriach - Associate Director - Grant Thornton
Emma Ruane - Partner - Peters & Peters

International: What Should I know About…? - Chaired By:
Benoît Mauron - Partner - LALIVE (Switzerland)
Jessica Thorpe - Director, Business Intelligence - Dentons Global Advisors
Jon Felce - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan

1 - 10 ways to Better Understand your Client
Larry Fenelon - Partner - Ogier
Jemma Brimblecombe - Legal Director - Kingsley Napley
Tayyibah Arif - Counsel - Dechert (UK)

2 - The First 24 Hours of A Fraud Case
Joanna Bogdańska - Attorney at law, Partner - KW Kruk & Partners (Poland)
Jonathan Harris - Managing Partner NY Office - Haris St. Laurent & Wechsler (USA)
Kenny Lau - Counsel - Providence Law (Singapore)
Mahareksha S. Dillon - Partner - SSEK Law Firm (Indonesia)

3 - Hidden Assets How to Get Into Data, How to Locate Assets
Jason Teo - Associate Director - Setia Law (Singapore)
Daniel Rubel - Partner - Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP (US)
Miguel E. Urriola - Partner - Fabrega Molino (Panama)

4 - How To Build Your International Practice
Jon Felce - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan
Lizzy Stewart - Senior Clerk & CEO - 4 New Square
Mark Wilson - Partner & Head of Complex and International Recovery Work - Gateley Legal

12.30pm

Networking & Lunch Break

1.30pm

Workshop Sessions

Choose 1 Session of 4 following the following themes:

Workshop Room 1 - Path to Partner: To Infinity and Beyond

Workshop Room 2 - Legal Updates & Strategy

Workshop Room 3 - Insolvency

Workshop Room 4 - International: What Should I know About…?

1- What you really need to know being a partner, is this the right thing for me?
Sue Medder - Business Consultant - ThoughtLeaders4
Caroline Phipps - Principal - LK
Stephen Ross - Partner - Withers (UK)

2 - Negotiation tactics
Maria Edgeworth - Partner - Ogier Leman

3 - Using Insolvency Offensively & When and How to Maximise Recovery
Geraldo Fonseca - Partner - Fonseca Vannucci Abreu (Brazil)
Marine Simonnot - Partner - UGGC Avocats (France)
Sheila Ng - Partner - Rajah & Tann (Singapore)

4 - Asset Tracing in Different Jurisdictions & Specific Challenges
Sarah Kocks - Attorney-at-law - Kocks & Partners (Belgium)
Dhananjay Kumar - Partner - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (India)
Emanuel Callejas - Partner - Carrillo & Asociados (Guatemala)
Stephen Chan - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys (Hong Kong)

2.10pm

Workshop Sessions

Choose 1 Session of 4 following the following themes:

Workshop Room 1 - Path to Partner: To Infinity and Beyond

Workshop Room 2 - Legal Updates & Strategy

Workshop Room 3 - Insolvency

Workshop Room 4 - International: What Should I know About…?

1 - Case building investigation, collecting evidence, identification of relevant evidence
Kit Smith - Managing Associate - Keidan Harrison

2 - Settlement strategies and dealing with settlements
Bill Geiringer - Senior Associate - Pinsent Masons

3 - Types of claims available & when do you know it’s worth pursing?
Okorie Kalu - Partner - Punuka Attorneys & Solicitors (Nigeria)

4 - Obtaining evidence from foreign jurisdictions or other proceedings
Robin Rathmell - Partner - Kasowitz Benson Torres (USA)

2:50pm

Networking & Refreshment Break

3:10pm

FIRE Starters Committee Welcome Back
Jessica Thorpe - Director, Business Intelligence - Dentons Global Advisors
Sam Goodman - Barrister - Twenty Essex

3:15pm

Asset Recovery For & Against Sovereign States
Alexander A. Yanos - Partner, Co-chair of International Arbitration Group - Alston & Bird (US)
Angelika Hellweger - Legal Director - Rahman Ravelli
Hector Sbert - Partner - ECIJA (Spain)
Jon Felce - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan
Maureen Ward - Partner - Bennett Jones (Canada)

3:55pm

Whistle-Blowers
Mary Inman - Partner - Constantine Cannon (USA)

4:35pm

The Big Fat Quiz of the Year

5:15pm

Close of Day 1 & Time to Change

6:00pm

Fancy Dress Drinks Reception

Prize for the best fancy dress!

7:30pm

Conference Dinner

10:00pm

'Women in FIRE' After-Party Drinks Reception

HOUSE DUBLIN

27 Leeson Street Lower, Saint Kevin's, Dublin 2, Ireland

9.00am

Hair of the Dog Morning Refreshments

9.30am

FIRE Starters Committee Welcome Back
Caroline Greenwell - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys
Benoît Mauron - Partner - LALIVE (Switzerland)

9.35am

Keynote Session
Ivana Bartoletti - Global Chief Privacy Officer at Wipro & Co-Founder - Women Leading in AI Network

10.15am

The Choice and Interaction between Insolvency, Criminal & Civil Proceedings
Joseph R. Dunn - Member / Co-Chair, Cross-Border Asset Recovery Practice - Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C (USA)
Mylène Boché-Robinet - Partner - Boché Dobelle Avocats (France)
Paulo Magalhaes Nasser - Partner - Nasser Advocacia Estrategica (Brazil)
Amala Umeike - Founding Partner - Stren & Blan Partners (Nigeria)
Mahareksha S. Dillon - Partner - SSEK Law Firm (Indonesia)

10.55am

Refreshment Break

11:10am

The End Game: Converting a Claim
Roberta Guaineri - Of Counsel - Advant Nctm (Italy)
Sheila Ng - Partner - Rajah & Tann (Singapore)

11.50am

Litigation Arising Out of Bank Collapses – What is it Going to Look Like?
Ian Herbert - Counsel - Miller & Chevalier (USA)
Niall Ledwidge - Managing Director - Stout (USA)
Daisy Nijkamp - Counsel - Stibbe (The Netherlands)

12.30pm

FIRE Starters Essay Competition Winner

12.45pm

Lunch & FIRE Starters Committee Summary

2:45pm

Meet For Networking Activity

Tour of the Guinness Storehouse

Event Partners

Workshop Partner

Twenty Essex

Control Risks

4 New Square

3VB

Drinks Partner

Monfrini Bitton Klein

Essex Court Chambers

Advisory Board Partner

Charles Russell Speechlys

LALIVE

PCB Byrne

Grant Thornton

Peters & Peters

Twenty Essex

Dentons Global Advisors

Kingsley Napley

Cooke Young & Keidan

Networking Partner

Meet In Ireland

Failte Ireland

Contact Us

speakers

For speakers enquiries please contact Paul Barford on +44 (0) 20 3398 8510 or email paul@thoughtleaders4.com

partnership

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booking & General Queries

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venue & logistics

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marketing

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FIRE Starters Global Summit: Dublin

Agenda

Registration 1.00pm

FIRE Starters Committee Welcome 1.55pm

Section 423 Claims, Across Multiple Jurisdictions 2.00pm

Using Data Analytics, Digital Forensics and Intelligence in Investigations 2:40pm

Conflict of Laws & Jurisdictions: What Are The Current Challenges 4.00pm

Kagazy Case Study 4:40pm

Chairs’ Summation & Close of Day 5:30pm

Welcome Drinks Reception 7:00pm

Registration 9.00am

Chairs' Opening Remarks 9.30am

Keynote Session 9.40am

Panel: How to Navigate Big Fraud Cases: Mandatory Injunctions 10.30am

Networking & Refreshment Break 11.10am

Workshop Sessions: 11.30am

Path to Partner: To Infinity and Beyond - Chaired By:

Legal Updates & Strategy - Chaired By:

Insolvency - Chaired By:

International: What Should I know About…? - Chaired By:

1 - 10 ways to Better Understand your Client

2 - The First 24 Hours of A Fraud Case

3 - Hidden Assets How to Get Into Data, How to Locate Assets

4 - How To Build Your International Practice

Networking & Lunch Break 12.30pm

Workshop Sessions 1.30pm

1- What you really need to know being a partner, is this the right thing for me?

2 - Negotiation tactics

3 - Using Insolvency Offensively & When and How to Maximise Recovery

4 - Asset Tracing in Different Jurisdictions & Specific Challenges

Workshop Sessions 2.10pm

1 - Case building investigation, collecting evidence, identification of relevant evidence

2 - Settlement strategies and dealing with settlements

3 - Types of claims available & when do you know it’s worth pursing?

4 - Obtaining evidence from foreign jurisdictions or other proceedings

Networking & Refreshment Break 2:50pm

FIRE Starters Committee Welcome Back 3:10pm

Asset Recovery For & Against Sovereign States 3:15pm

Whistle-Blowers 3:55pm

The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 4:35pm

Close of Day 1 & Time to Change 5:15pm

Fancy Dress Drinks Reception 6:00pm

Conference Dinner 7:30pm

'Women in FIRE' After-Party Drinks Reception 10:00pm

Hair of the Dog Morning Refreshments 9.00am

FIRE Starters Committee Welcome Back 9.30am

Keynote Session 9.35am

The Choice and Interaction between Insolvency, Criminal & Civil Proceedings 10.15am

Refreshment Break 10.55am

The End Game: Converting a Claim 11:10am

Litigation Arising Out of Bank Collapses – What is it Going to Look Like? 11.50am

FIRE Starters Essay Competition Winner 12.30pm

Lunch & FIRE Starters Committee Summary 12.45pm

Meet For Networking Activity 2:45pm

Tour of the Guinness Storehouse

Event Partners

Workshop Partner

Drinks Partner

Advisory Board Partner

Networking Partner

Contact Us

speakers

partnership

booking & General Queries

venue & logistics

marketing

Registration
1.00pm

FIRE Starters Committee Welcome
1.55pm

Section 423 Claims, Across Multiple Jurisdictions
2.00pm

Using Data Analytics, Digital Forensics and Intelligence in Investigations
2:40pm

Conflict of Laws & Jurisdictions: What Are The Current Challenges
4.00pm

Kagazy Case Study
4:40pm

Chairs’ Summation & Close of Day
5:30pm

Welcome Drinks Reception
7:00pm

Registration
9.00am

Chairs' Opening Remarks
9.30am

Keynote Session
9.40am

Panel: How to Navigate Big Fraud Cases: Mandatory Injunctions
10.30am

Networking & Refreshment Break
11.10am

Workshop Sessions:
11.30am

Networking & Lunch Break
12.30pm

Workshop Sessions
1.30pm

Workshop Sessions
2.10pm

Networking & Refreshment Break
2:50pm

FIRE Starters Committee Welcome Back
3:10pm

Asset Recovery For & Against Sovereign States
3:15pm

Whistle-Blowers
3:55pm

The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
4:35pm

Close of Day 1 & Time to Change
5:15pm

Fancy Dress Drinks Reception
6:00pm

Conference Dinner
7:30pm

'Women in FIRE' After-Party Drinks Reception
10:00pm

Hair of the Dog Morning Refreshments
9.00am

FIRE Starters Committee Welcome Back
9.30am

Keynote Session
9.35am

The Choice and Interaction between Insolvency, Criminal & Civil Proceedings
10.15am

Refreshment Break
10.55am

The End Game: Converting a Claim
11:10am

Litigation Arising Out of Bank Collapses – What is it Going to Look Like?
11.50am

FIRE Starters Essay Competition Winner
12.30pm

Lunch & FIRE Starters Committee Summary
12.45pm

Meet For Networking Activity
2:45pm