FIRE Starters: Global Summit - Dublin

Connect with the Next Generation of FIRE - just £799 per ticket, or £665 each for group bookings.
25th - 27th February 2026 | Conrad Hotel, Dublin, Ireland

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Agenda

Wednesday 25th February 2026 Thursday 26th February 2026 Friday 27th February 2026

Registration & Networking Welcome
1.30pm

FIRE Starters Committee Welcome Remarks
1.50pm

FIRE Up Your Career: Build Your Own Brand
2.00pm

  • Importance of cross-jurisdictional collaboration and trusted relationships
  • Leveraging professional organizations and informal networks
  • The value of curiosity, adaptability, and saying yes to the right challenges

Johannes Egelhof, Senior Associate
bnt attorneys in CEE (Germany)

The Evolving Landscape: Fraud, Insolvency, and Enforcement in a Changing World
2:40pm

  • What current macroeconomic conditions mean for asset recovery work
  • How geo-political changes will impact your work
  • Impacts of "Failure to Prevent Fraud" Offence
  • Legal developments driving convergence — or divergence — between jurisdictions

Brendan Weekes, Associate Director
S&W

Networking & Refreshment Break
3.20pm

Industry Focus: Litigation against Banks
3.40pm

  • Banking law knowledge to be aware of for asset recovery professionals
  • Impacts of virtual systems
  • Compliance procedures
  • Civil liability for money laundering

Evin Durmaz, Senior Associate
Monfrini Bitton Klein (Switzerland)

Ronghua (Andy) Liao, Partner
Han Kun Law Offices (PRC)

Konstantin Mikov, Founder and Managing Partner
Mikov ＆ Attorneys (Bulgaria)

How Technology Has Impacted Enforcement Procedures
4.20pm

  • Understanding the influence technology has on cross-border enforcement
  • Digitalisation of court processes
  • Legal frameworks for digital assets

Geraldo Fonseca, Partner
Fonseca Vannucci Abreu (Brazil)

Committee Summation & Close of Day 1
5.00pm

Welcome Drinks Reception
5.10pm

Women in FIRE Dinner
7.30pm

Allies welcome! 

Register Interest

SUESEY STREET

Fitzwilliam Hall, 26 Fitzwilliam Pl, Dublin 2, D02 T292, Ireland

Registration & Morning Refreshments
9.00am

FIRE Starters Committee Opening Remarks
9.30am

Keynote Session
9.40am

Brian O'Driscoll - Rugby Legend and Former Captain of Ireland and The British & Irish Lions

Enhancing Your Cross-Border Enforcement Strategy
10.30am

  • Effectively enforce judgements and arbitral awards across borders
  • Updates on the Hague Judgments Convention 2019
  • Using key multilateral conventions and their impact on enforcement
  • Distinguish between civil law common law approaches

Trevor Withane, Partner
Ironbridge Legal (Australia)

Networking & Refreshment Break
11.20am

Workshop Sessions
11.50am

Build your own agenda! Choose one of the following topics and engage in a workshop-style session, sharing practical advice and experiences:

Workshop A -
Practitioners of the Future
Workshop B -
101 on Asset Recovery
Workshop C -
Navigate the International World

What Tools Are Out There for FIRE Practitioners

Protecting Your Assets - Applying for Interim Relief

A Transatlantic Conversation
  • Tracing assets through corporate insolvency and liquidation
  • Appointment of receivers and liquidators in multi-jurisdictional contexts
  • Disclosure orders with third parties
  • Using international cooperation mechanisms to assist you
  • The opportunity and limitations of applying for relief in aid of arbitration
  • Strategies for urgent court orders
  • Effectively ensure a freezing order once granted

 
  • Efforts toward transatlantic standard-setting or best-practice models
  • How insolvency, fraud enforcement, and recovery laws differ across the EU, UK, and US
  • Practical challenges in coordinating with foreign courts and regulators
Dmytro Marchukov, Senior Partner, Integrites (Ukraine) Paulo Magalhaes Nasser, Partner, M Nasser Advocacia Estratégica (Brazil) Joanna Didisheim, Associate, Archipel (Geneva)

Networking & Lunch Break
12.40pm

Workshop Sessions
1.40pm

Build your own agenda! Choose one of the following sessions:

Workshop A -
Practitioners of the Future
Workshop B -
101 on Asset Recovery
Workshop C -
Navigate the International World

Women in FIRE

(allies are welcome!)

Ethical Dilemmas in Asset Recovery

All about Sovereign & States Dispute and Enforcement
  • Career progression without compromise
  • Finding the right people to champion your growth
  • Dealing with difficult cases, emotional toll, and work-life boundaries
  • Balancing aggressive recovery tactics with legal and ethical boundaries
  • Confidentiality, privilege, and data protection in international investigations
  • Managing conflicts of interest
  • Practical considerations with enforcing judgments and awards against states
  • Legal examples of going against sovereigns and states
  • Recovering assets linked to sovereign states
Anaïs Abdel Sattar, Senior Associate, Des Gouttes & Associés (Switzerland) Tatjana Andoljsaek, Partner, OPAM Law (Slovenia / Luxembourg) María de Mulder, Manager, ECIJA (Spain)

Workshop Sessions
2.30pm

Build your own agenda! Choose one of the following sessions:

Workshop A -
Practitioners of the Future
Workshop B -
101 on Asset Recovery
Workshop C -
Navigate the International World

Your day-to-day life using AI

Mastering Asset Freezing Strategies

 Working Towards International Cooperation
  • Practical experiences with everyday use cases
  • The most efficient way to use AI
  • The future impacts of using AI in the legal industry
  • Criminal vs. civil freezing mechanisms
  • Steps to protect assets in the run up to insolvency
  • Evidential requirements for obtaining freezing orders
  • Understanding the varying approach in civil and common law jurisdiction
  • The complexities of cross-border judgements
  • Using mutual legal assistance treaties (MLATs) effectively
  • Navigating conflicting international laws and asset tracing hurdles

 

Kees van de Meent, Managing Partner, Florent (The Netherlands)

Nicholas Tse, Partner, Alem & Associates (UAE)

Networking & Refreshment Break
3:20pm

Get Involved, Grow Together: Fostering a Stronger Community
3:50pm

Presentation from the Founding Chair of the IBA Asset Recovery Committee

Tomislav Šunjka, Founder & Principal
ŠunjkaLaw (Serbia)

Leveraging Technology in Asset Recovery
4:20pm

  • How technologies can be used for asset tracing
  • Managing large volumes of evidence
  • Gathering intelligence and finding publicly available information

Committee Summation of Day 2 & Time to Change
5:10pm

FIRE up in RED Drinks Reception
6:00pm

Wear your best RED outfit!

Conference Dinner
7:30pm

After-Party Drinks Reception
9:30pm

HOUSE DUBLIN

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

 

Hair of the Dog Morning Refreshments
10.00am

FIRE Starters Committee Welcome Back
10.30am

Keynote Session
10.35am

The Psychology of Lying and Deception

Professor Richard Wiseman , Public Understanding of Psychology
University of Hertfordshire

The Commercial Aspects of Asset Recovery
11.15am

  • Understanding the legal costs and creating a strategy
  • Asset repatriation and the impacts of moving assets cross-border
  • Dealing with high-value complex asset recovery cases
  • Using insurance to mitigate risk

Minh Nguyen, Special Counsel and Head of Dispute Resolution Practice
ACSV Legal (Vietnam)

Networking & Refreshment Break
11.55am

The Differing Perspectives of Disclosure
12:10pm

  • Assisting US and UK disclosure from a continental perspective
  • Differences in disclosure obligations in common vs. civil law jurisdictions
  • The evolving threshold for disclosing documents in civil fraud claims
  • Disclosure from the Defendant’s Perspective

Georgina Bayley, Partner
Payne Hicks Beach

Rieneke Reijnen, Partner
Agorax (The Netherlands)

Insolvent Crypto Exchanges
12.50pm

  • Insights from IPs and Insolvency lawyers
  • Understand the legal classification of crypto assets in insolvency proceedings
  • Applying traditional insolvency laws to crypto assets
  • Investigative techniques for tracing crypto assets

Dominik Milani, Doctorate in law, Lawyer, Partner Zurich
NSF (Switzerland)

Janice Ooi, Partner
Christopher & Lee Ong (Malaysia)

Lunch & FIRE Starters Committee Summary
1.30pm

Networking Activity: Guinness Storehouse Tour
2.30pm

Meet at the Hotel Lobby at 2:30pm for transport

Register your interest

1.30pm
Registration & Networking Welcome
1.50pm
FIRE Starters Committee Welcome Remarks
2.00pm
FIRE Up Your Career: Build Your Own Brand
  • Importance of cross-jurisdictional collaboration and trusted relationships
  • Leveraging professional organizations and informal networks
  • The value of curiosity, adaptability, and saying yes to the right challenges
Johannes Egelhof - Senior Associate - bnt attorneys in CEE (Germany)
2:40pm
The Evolving Landscape: Fraud, Insolvency, and Enforcement in a Changing World
  • What current macroeconomic conditions mean for asset recovery work
  • How geo-political changes will impact your work
  • Impacts of "Failure to Prevent Fraud" Offence
  • Legal developments driving convergence — or divergence — between jurisdictions
Brendan Weekes - Associate Director - S&W
3.20pm
Networking & Refreshment Break
3.40pm
Industry Focus: Litigation against Banks
  • Banking law knowledge to be aware of for asset recovery professionals
  • Impacts of virtual systems
  • Compliance procedures
  • Civil liability for money laundering
Evin Durmaz - Senior Associate - Monfrini Bitton Klein (Switzerland)
Ronghua (Andy) Liao - Partner - Han Kun Law Offices (PRC)
Konstantin Mikov - Founder and Managing Partner - Mikov ＆ Attorneys (Bulgaria)
4.20pm
How Technology Has Impacted Enforcement Procedures
  • Understanding the influence technology has on cross-border enforcement
  • Digitalisation of court processes
  • Legal frameworks for digital assets
Geraldo Fonseca - Partner - Fonseca Vannucci Abreu (Brazil)
5.00pm
Committee Summation & Close of Day 1
5.10pm
Welcome Drinks Reception
7.30pm
Women in FIRE Dinner

Allies welcome! 

Register Interest

SUESEY STREET

Fitzwilliam Hall, 26 Fitzwilliam Pl, Dublin 2, D02 T292, Ireland

9.00am
Registration & Morning Refreshments
9.30am
FIRE Starters Committee Opening Remarks
9.40am
Keynote Session

Brian O'Driscoll - Rugby Legend and Former Captain of Ireland and The British & Irish Lions

10.30am
Enhancing Your Cross-Border Enforcement Strategy
  • Effectively enforce judgements and arbitral awards across borders
  • Updates on the Hague Judgments Convention 2019
  • Using key multilateral conventions and their impact on enforcement
  • Distinguish between civil law common law approaches
Trevor Withane - Partner - Ironbridge Legal (Australia)
11.20am
Networking & Refreshment Break
11.50am
Workshop Sessions

Build your own agenda! Choose one of the following topics and engage in a workshop-style session, sharing practical advice and experiences:

Workshop A -
Practitioners of the Future
Workshop B -
101 on Asset Recovery
Workshop C -
Navigate the International World

What Tools Are Out There for FIRE Practitioners

Protecting Your Assets - Applying for Interim Relief

A Transatlantic Conversation
  • Tracing assets through corporate insolvency and liquidation
  • Appointment of receivers and liquidators in multi-jurisdictional contexts
  • Disclosure orders with third parties
  • Using international cooperation mechanisms to assist you
  • The opportunity and limitations of applying for relief in aid of arbitration
  • Strategies for urgent court orders
  • Effectively ensure a freezing order once granted

 
  • Efforts toward transatlantic standard-setting or best-practice models
  • How insolvency, fraud enforcement, and recovery laws differ across the EU, UK, and US
  • Practical challenges in coordinating with foreign courts and regulators
Dmytro Marchukov, Senior Partner, Integrites (Ukraine) Paulo Magalhaes Nasser, Partner, M Nasser Advocacia Estratégica (Brazil) Joanna Didisheim, Associate, Archipel (Geneva)
12.40pm
Networking & Lunch Break
1.40pm
Workshop Sessions

Build your own agenda! Choose one of the following sessions:

Workshop A -
Practitioners of the Future
Workshop B -
101 on Asset Recovery
Workshop C -
Navigate the International World

Women in FIRE

(allies are welcome!)

Ethical Dilemmas in Asset Recovery

All about Sovereign & States Dispute and Enforcement
  • Career progression without compromise
  • Finding the right people to champion your growth
  • Dealing with difficult cases, emotional toll, and work-life boundaries
  • Balancing aggressive recovery tactics with legal and ethical boundaries
  • Confidentiality, privilege, and data protection in international investigations
  • Managing conflicts of interest
  • Practical considerations with enforcing judgments and awards against states
  • Legal examples of going against sovereigns and states
  • Recovering assets linked to sovereign states
Anaïs Abdel Sattar, Senior Associate, Des Gouttes & Associés (Switzerland) Tatjana Andoljsaek, Partner, OPAM Law (Slovenia / Luxembourg) María de Mulder, Manager, ECIJA (Spain)
2.30pm
Workshop Sessions

Build your own agenda! Choose one of the following sessions:

Workshop A -
Practitioners of the Future
Workshop B -
101 on Asset Recovery
Workshop C -
Navigate the International World

Your day-to-day life using AI

Mastering Asset Freezing Strategies

 Working Towards International Cooperation
  • Practical experiences with everyday use cases
  • The most efficient way to use AI
  • The future impacts of using AI in the legal industry
  • Criminal vs. civil freezing mechanisms
  • Steps to protect assets in the run up to insolvency
  • Evidential requirements for obtaining freezing orders
  • Understanding the varying approach in civil and common law jurisdiction
  • The complexities of cross-border judgements
  • Using mutual legal assistance treaties (MLATs) effectively
  • Navigating conflicting international laws and asset tracing hurdles

 

Kees van de Meent, Managing Partner, Florent (The Netherlands)

Nicholas Tse, Partner, Alem & Associates (UAE)
3:20pm
Networking & Refreshment Break
3:50pm
Get Involved, Grow Together: Fostering a Stronger Community

Presentation from the Founding Chair of the IBA Asset Recovery Committee

Tomislav Šunjka - Founder & Principal - ŠunjkaLaw (Serbia)
4:20pm
Leveraging Technology in Asset Recovery
  • How technologies can be used for asset tracing
  • Managing large volumes of evidence
  • Gathering intelligence and finding publicly available information
5:10pm
Committee Summation of Day 2 & Time to Change
6:00pm
FIRE up in RED Drinks Reception

Wear your best RED outfit!

7:30pm
Conference Dinner
9:30pm
After-Party Drinks Reception

HOUSE DUBLIN

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

 

10.00am
Hair of the Dog Morning Refreshments
10.30am
FIRE Starters Committee Welcome Back
10.35am
Keynote Session

The Psychology of Lying and Deception

Professor Richard Wiseman - Public Understanding of Psychology - University of Hertfordshire
11.15am
The Commercial Aspects of Asset Recovery
  • Understanding the legal costs and creating a strategy
  • Asset repatriation and the impacts of moving assets cross-border
  • Dealing with high-value complex asset recovery cases
  • Using insurance to mitigate risk
Minh Nguyen - Special Counsel and Head of Dispute Resolution Practice - ACSV Legal (Vietnam)
11.55am
Networking & Refreshment Break
12:10pm
The Differing Perspectives of Disclosure
  • Assisting US and UK disclosure from a continental perspective
  • Differences in disclosure obligations in common vs. civil law jurisdictions
  • The evolving threshold for disclosing documents in civil fraud claims
  • Disclosure from the Defendant’s Perspective
Georgina Bayley - Partner - Payne Hicks Beach
Rieneke Reijnen - Partner - Agorax (The Netherlands)
12.50pm
Insolvent Crypto Exchanges
  • Insights from IPs and Insolvency lawyers
  • Understand the legal classification of crypto assets in insolvency proceedings
  • Applying traditional insolvency laws to crypto assets
  • Investigative techniques for tracing crypto assets
Dominik Milani - Doctorate in law, Lawyer, Partner Zurich - NSF (Switzerland)
Janice Ooi - Partner - Christopher & Lee Ong (Malaysia)
1.30pm
Lunch & FIRE Starters Committee Summary
2.30pm
Networking Activity: Guinness Storehouse Tour

Meet at the Hotel Lobby at 2:30pm for transport

Register your interest

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