FIRE Starters Global Summit: Dublin

Ivana Bartoletti is the Global Data Privacy and AI governance Officer for a leading international information technology and services company. She is an internationally recognised thought leader in the fields of privacy, data protection and responsible technology. A Council of Europe expert, she has recently authored a study on the impact of artificial intelligence on gender equality.  

 In February 2023, Ivana was appointed as the inaugural visiting cybersecurity and privacy executive fellow at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business, where she collaborates closely with Pamplin faculty and Ph.D. students on privacy, data protection and new technologies.  

 Ivana is co-editor of "The AI Book," a handbook for investors, entrepreneurs, and fintech visionaries, and is author of "An Artificial Revolution, on Power, Politics and AI." Bartoletti is founder of the influential Women Leading in AI network that brings together female thinkers, scientists, academics, businesswomen, and politicians to influence the future of artificial intelligence on a global scale. 

 From 2020 to 2022, Bartoletti was visiting policy fellow at the University of Oxford, where she focused on furthering global sharing of information through the context of privacy, security, data protection, and human rights. 

Tony Sales is the Co-Founder of We Fight Fraud and Underworld TV. As a child Tony, was drawn into a world of crime, that would lead into adulthood, with devastating consequences, not only for Tony but for financial institutions around the world. In 2010, after spending half a decade as a fugitive, Tony was released from prison. During the sentence, and a visit from his wife and children he had an epiphany. He wanted to work in Fraud Prevention. Everyone laughed at first but for Tony, it seemed like an obvious fit.

In 2012 Tony Said “Data is the new cash” because criminals understand the value of data, businesses should expect ransom attacks to be coming, the year after the prediction, in 2013 the first ransomware attack happened. 

Over a decade later. Now reformed and trusted, Tony is considered one of the world’s leading authority on Social Engineering, Fraud, and Cyber Crime. Working alongside leaders from law enforcement and academia, he has advised  Governments, financial institutions and some of the world’s biggest brands on their fraud and financial crime strategy. His criminal insight has become invaluable, he is able to articulate the threat, unlike most other security consultants, making him a popular figure who regularly appears on TV and Radio.

Dhananjay Kumar advises creditors, acquirers and office holders on the entire range of restrcucturing and insolvency matters including special situation financings, security enforcement, and recovery of loans.

He also has deep experstise in dealing with stressed debt trading and asset reconstruction matters such as the sale by YES Bank of its stressed loan portfolio. He has been involved in high stake insolvency matters such as Essar Steel, Jet Airways, Videocon Group, Ruchi Soya, Reliance Capital and Srei Group.

Rita is an Associate Partner with Ligomarc Advocates in the Insolvency and Restructures Department. She leads a team that advises on the full spectrum of insolvency, receivership, and administrative matters including complex contentious matters and related restructuring transactions.

Under this mandate Rita is also accountable for the developing and implementing the departmental strategic plan which includes supervising a team of 10; client relationship management; and directly handling matters involving receiverships, liquidation and debt management. Rita also works with the Departmental Partner to handle consultancies relating to Insolvency.

The most recent consultancy is on the Implementation of the Insolvency Act 2012. Rita also develops and conducts customized trainings for the Firm and its clients on Debt Management, Laws on Mortgage Act 2009 and Insolvency Act and Regulations. Rita is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Finance and Financial Law from the University of London.

She is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda, a Member of the Uganda Law Society and the East African Law Society. She holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from Makerere University and a Diploma in Legal Practice from Law Development Centre. Rita has acquired several training.Rita joined Ligomarc Advocates as an Associate in November, 2010. Before then she worked with Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited and as a Research Assistant at the faculty of Law, Makerere University

Miguel has impressive experience handling complex strategic and reorganizational issues, trade union rights, consultation on redundancies and business transfers, industrial action, balloting, and collective labor law. Since 2005, he has participated as arbitrator in several arbitration proceedings at the Conciliation and Arbitration Centre of Panama.

Miguel has conducted complex and high-profile employment tribunal claims and employment litigation.  He is a distinguished negotiator of collective labor agreements in Panama.

Before FABREGA MOLINO, he was a partner of a prestigious law firm in Panama for sixteen years, representing local and international clients including multinational companies, family groups amongst others, in commercial, intellectual property, labor, and consumer protection disputes, both in Civil Courts as well as in Commercial Courts. He has been distinguished by prestigious international publications and directories such as Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, and Who’s Who Legal in the area of dispute resolution and asset recovery.

Nathalie is a partner of the firm and is a commercial litigator. Her work focuses on commercial and corporate disputes, restructuring and insolvency, and fraud and asset recovery.

She has acted in a variety of company and shareholder disputes. She has acted in contentious winding up proceedings and advised on restructuring exercises, including capital reduction and distribution of dividends in specie, and schemes of arrangement.

Nathalie also acts for and advises receivers and managers in receivership matters and in relation to judicial management proceedings.

Her fraud and asset recovery experience includes obtaining urgent search orders and freezing orders to secure evidence and assets, discovery orders against banks and other third parties, and other interim orders in aid of effective litigation. She is a founding committee member of the Thought Leaders 4 NextGen FIRE (Fraud, Insolvency, Recovery, Enforcement) Community.

Nathalie graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Leeds and is a Barrister-at-Law (Gray’s Inn). She did her pupillage and practiced in the dispute resolution team of one of the largest and leading law firms in Malaysia. She joined Lim Chee Wee Partnership when the firm was established. She was admitted as a partner of the firm in January 2022.

Amala is the founding Partner of the Firm and heads its Dispute Resolution Department. He is a graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nigerian Law School and holds a Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance Law from Queen Mary University of London.

Amala is a seasoned Legal Practitioner who frequently acts for various well-known and world-renowned Corporates and HNIs regarding their legal matters in Nigeria. He is particularly skilled in Commercial Dispute Resolution across various sectors, Enforcement of Judgements and Awards,  Intellectual Property Law, Insolvency, Product/Service Liability Defence, White Collar Crimes and Regulatory Investigations/Crisis Management, Debt/Asset Recovery (including Asset Tracing),  as well as general Commercial and Foreign Investment advisory.

Amala has rich experience in proffering sound legal advice and representations to an array of international and local Clients on contentious and non-contentious commercial matters.  As the head of the Firm’s Dispute Resolution Department, he appears frequently at the High Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on various contentious matters, he is also an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practitioner and is experienced in handling Arbitration matters.

Amala serves as the Honourary Legal Adviser to the Nigerian-German Chambers of Commerce (NGCC), and sits on the African Global Advisory Council of the International Trademarks Association. He is also a member of the Business Rescue and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN) and INSOL International.

Described by the World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 as “undoubtedly one of the best Intellectual Property (IP)  Lawyers in Nigeria”, Amala is an experienced IP Practitioner in Nigeria and regularly advises on contentious IP matters with particular expertise in counterfeiting and IP infringement cases, he has successfully represented (and currently represents) several international brands and blue-chip companies regarding their IP cases in various Courts and Tribunals within Nigeria. He has been ranked as a National Leader in Trade Mark Matters by World IP Review 2022.

Amala is also a member of the Law Reform Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch. He was a member of the technical committee that provided support to the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) chaired by the Vice President of Nigeria, (through the Enabling Business Environment Secretariat) on issues relating to ease of doing business in Nigeria. He specifically served as a member of the technical committee that reviewed various portions of the Bill that was eventually enacted as the Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2023. Amala also served on the World Bank assisted Committee that provided support to the Enabling Business Environment Secretariat on crafting an insolvency framework for Nigeria. This birthed the insolvency regime as contained in the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020.

Mary Inman is a partner from Constantine Cannon’s San Francisco office who is on assignment to the London Office.  After 20+ years representing whistleblowers in the U.S., she moved to London in July 2017 to launch the firm’s international whistleblower practice. She specializes in representing whistleblowers from the U.K., E.U. and worldwide under the American whistleblower reward programs.

Ms. Inman is a recognized expert and frequent author and speaker on areas related to the international application of the American whistleblower laws, financial frauds, health care reimbursement and government procurement.  She has particular expertise in addressing Medicare Advantage risk adjustment fraud and is one of the lead attorneys in a prominent whistleblower case against UnitedHealth Group involving allegations the Medicare Advantage Organization submitted false claims for payment to the Medicare Program based on artificially inflated member risk scores.  She also has extensive experience addressing fraud in government infrastructure projects, and representing city and state governments in prosecuting civil fraud actions.

Ms. Inman joined Constantine Cannon in June 2015.  Previously, she was a partner at Phillips & Cohen, LLP.  Her clients have successfully helped the United States and various states and municipalities recover hundreds of millions of dollars.

The founding partner of Woźniak Legal, Grzegorz's clients consist of businesses and private clients.

He advises a diverse range of Polish and non-Polish enterprises on their investments and operations in Poland and abroad. Grzegorz’s special areas of expertise are acquisitions, buy-outs, business start-ups, investments, SMEs, private equity and compliance issues as well as dispute resolution, in particular post-transactional litigation. Grzegorz was involved in many high-profile court cases, including some of the most significant bet-the-firm litigation and class action matters.
 
Grzegorz also has significant experience in property restitution claims. He represented foreign families in cases seeking compensation or the return of immovable properties and businesses nationalised by the Polish communist government just after World War II.

Grzegorz also advises private clients on a variety of matters, including cross-border succession, family governance, divorce, child custody and holding structures for multi-jurisdictional assets. He is named as a leading private client lawyer in Poland in Chambers HNW and the Legal 500 directories. Sources regard him to be "highly professional and knowledgeable".
 
Grzegorz is also a member of the law firm management committee of the International Bar Association. He speaks on dispute resolution, law firm management and restitution of property in Poland.

Prior to establishing Woźniak Legal, between 1993 – 2007 Grzegorz worked as a senior associate at Allen & Overy in Warsaw.

Grzegorz speaks English and Italian.

With more than 11 years of experience in the restructuring practice at Clifford Chance, then at the law firm August Debouzy, Mylène Boché-Robinet advices French and foreign companies’ directors in the context of preventing and dealing with difficulties, as well as their shareholders, representatives and administrators, financial institutions, and employee groups.

Mylène also assists purchasers in the acquisition of under-performing companies: distressed M&A and takeovers “at the bar” of the Court.

Mylène offers recognized expertise in cross-border restructuring. She speaks German and English and teaches international bankruptcy law in the ALED Master’s degree at the University of Lyon 3.

Mylène is a member of the International Insolvency Institute since 2012, member of the board of TMA France, member of the ARE and president and co-founder of Women In Restructuring.

She provides comprehensive legal advice and represents clients in the field of broadly understood economic crime, corruption and fraud leading to exposing business entities to losses.

Participates in conducting audits, including due diligence of business partners, individual transactions and adopted procedures and solutions in terms of compliance thereof with the law.

She provides comprehensive legal advice in the field of customs law and customs procedures. Advises entrepreneurs on the transit, import and export of goods from/to Poland and European Union countries, as well as the classification of goods. Supports clients during customs control. Represent clients in proceedings before administrative courts, providing legal support at every stage of the customs proceedings.

Specializes in transaction advisory, with particular focus on mergers and acquisitions. Advises in complex restructuring projects of companies, including mergers, transformations and divisions.

Provides appropriate support and represents clients during business negotiations leading to the conclusion of a contract.

Author of numerous publications in the trade press.

Speaker at numerous trainings and conferences.

Graduated Law and Postgraduate Studies of Public Procurement at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw.

She is fluent in English and Russian.

Caroline acts for corporate and individual clients in relation to a variety of disputes involving breaches of contract and misrepresentations, civil fraud and asset tracing, allegations of bribery and corruption, regulatory and health & safety breaches, breaches of restrictive covenants, and Judicial Review Caroline has experience of litigating through the Courts domestically and internationally.

She is also, however, experienced in resolving disputes through arbitration, mediation and other alternative means of resolution. Caroline is currently part of the team defending a multi-billion dollar fraud claim in the Cayman Islands.

Mahareksha Singh Dillon has a broad practice that sees him handle a range of corporate matters.

He is an active member of the firm’s dispute resolution team, mostly handling commercial disputes, bankruptcy, debt restructuring and complex litigation matters, including police investigations and immigration matters. He has also worked on commercial transactions in various sectors, including his recent work assisting clients with the establishment of data centers.

Prior to joining SSEK, Mahareksha worked at a boutique law firm in Jakarta, where he was involved in banking and general corporate transactions. He also was involved in a high-profile bank bailout in Indonesia, involving a corporate restructuring and asset recovery.

Ian Herbert represents global companies, executives, and trustees through government investigations and related litigation. Mr. Herbert has handled all aspects of multi-jurisdictional investigations, including complex legal analysis, global litigation strategy, and factual development. A member of the firm's Trust and Family Office and Anti-Money Laundering practice groups, Mr. Herbert has experience advising both individuals and entities, including multinational corporations, offshore trustees and financial services companies on a range of issues, including foreign bribery, tax fraud, and other financial crimes. 

Mr. Herbert has deep experience engaging with the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and other federal and state regulators. Additionally, because his matters often involve a coordinated response to both U.S. and foreign regulators, Mr. Herbert is familiar with the relevant enforcement authorities outside the United States and is experienced in navigating the complex issues that occur in multi-jurisdictional investigations. Mr. Herbert has also represented individuals in federal district court on federal charges for racketeering, mail fraud, health care fraud, and obstruction of justice. 

Mr. Herbert maintains a robust pro bono practice focused primarily on representing individuals in criminal prosecutions and post-conviction proceedings. In 2017, he briefed, argued, and obtained a reversal of a criminal conviction in the D.C. Court of Appeals. In 2020, he secured the early release of another client under the First Step Act. 

Mr. Herbert writes regularly on issues related to white-collar criminal enforcement and money-laundering. He is an editor of both the Executives at Risk newsletter, which reports on noteworthy cases and investigations impacting corporate executives, and the Money Laundering Enforcement Trends newsletter, which focuses on developments in money laundering regulation and enforcement.

Catherine is an experienced civil litigator, working on high profile multi-jurisdiction asset recovery and fraud cases. She is also experienced working on enforcement proceedings and commercial contract claims.  Catherine’s clients include listed companies, nation states, as well as high-net worth individuals.  She also has experience obtaining urgent injunctive relief, such as freezing and search orders, as well as applications for strike out and summary judgment. 

Emanuel is an attorney, notary public and certified fraud examiner (CFE) whose current practice is focused on prevention, detection and investigation of fraud, risk, corruption and compliance-related matters. He is a member of the firm´s bankruptcy, insolvency and asset recovery practice group.

His experience includes the main aspects of asset recovery, gathering of evidence and litigation/ADR strategy involving multi-jurisdictional parties. He has led the production of evidence for several matters working in collaboration with forensic experts, preparation of witness testimony, coordination of international legal assistance requests, and analysis of electronic evidence.

Throughout his career at the firm, he has also contributed with other practice areas by participating in the analysis of local and cross-border corporate transactions, due diligence procedures, review of commercial/corporate agreements, and the incorporation and reorganisation of commercial groups and entities, in coordination with foreign counsel in the USA, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and Europe.

He joined the firm's corporate law practice in 2006, graduated from law school at Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala, and obtained an LLM in finance and a minor in entrepreneurship. He has additional education on economics, international law, arbitration and anti-corruption standards, and regularly contributes with publications and presentations on these subjects.

Emanuel is a member of the Guatemalan Bar Association, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Professionals. He speaks Spanish and English.

Daniel is a partner with the U.S. law firm Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP (“ZEK”) and a senior member of ZEK’s dispute resolution practice. Daniel is based in Israel and runs ZEK’s foreign attorney’s office in Tel Aviv. He regularly represents large international companies, financial institutions and high net worth individuals in complex and high stakes U.S. and cross-border litigation, arbitration, mediation, enforcement proceedings, and matters relating to asset recovery.

 Daniel has significant experience in representing international clients in U.S. discovery proceedings including 28 USC § 1782 (“1782”). Daniel has successfully represented numerous clients in high profile and sensitive 1782 matters including court appointed receivers, large multinational corporations, and high net worth individuals.  He has worked with petitioners seeking discovery as well as respondents from whom discovery is sought.  Daniel has authored numerous articles on 1782 and international discovery and lectured about this subject.

Emma has extensive expertise in civil fraud litigation, in particular obtaining and defending worldwide freezing injunctions. As a result of her work on behalf of the Department of Health, Emma has experience in litigating private damages actions in competition cases alleging abuse of dominant position and entry into anti-competitive arrangements. In the competition litigation practice area, Legal 500 described Emma as “very sharp”.

Emma’s work often involves cross-border or international elements: amongst other things Emma was part of the team that defended the former CEO of what was Nigeria’s fourth largest bank, conducting 2 weeks of the trial of the claim in Lagos. Emma has also assisted in the taking of evidence from witnesses in Nigeria, made representations on behalf of clients at the United Nations In New York and drafted evidence in support of an anti-suit injunction seeking to prevent the continuation of a claim filed in Israel.

Héctor is a partner in the litigation and arbitration, restructuring and insolvency and compliance areas of ECIJA’s Barcelona office. He has more than 20 years of experience advising national and international clients from all sectors in the areas of litigation, arbitration and insolvency law. He has been recognized by prestigious rankings such as “Best Lawyers” and “Who’s Who Legal” among the best lawyers in Spain in his areas of practice. He is also a specialist in litigation linked to cryptocurrencies, cybersecurity and cyber fraud, as well as fraud related to unconventional assets, such as wine products and art and collectibles.

He is the representative for Spain of FraudNet, a worldwide network of lawyers that, under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), brings together the leading international specialists in asset tracing & recovery. He is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of London (MCIArb.) and a Registered Mediator with the Ministry of Justice.

Héctor holds a PhD in Law from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, an Executive MBA from IESE, and a law degree from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. In addition, he has been a member of the Governing Board of the ICAB (Barcelona Bar Association) and has chaired the Bar Association’s Ethics Committee.

Héctor speaks Spanish, Catalan, English, French, German, Italian and French.

Member of the UGGC Avocats’ Restructuring team for more than 15 years, I joined the firm as a trainee lawyer before becoming an associate, consultant and then partner in 2020. I am President of the Insolvency Commission of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) for a 3-year period and a member of the WIR (Woman In Restructuring) association.

I advise clients on all aspects of insolvency law, from the prevention of difficulties to their treatment in the context of collective proceedings, both as counsel and in litigation. I support companies of all sizes, their managers and/or shareholders, investment funds, creditors, legal representatives or buyers. I act for French and foreign clients. With Thierry Montéran, I am also co-editor of the section on insolvency law in a practical guide published by Lextenso.

Paulo has extensive experience in complex judicial and arbitration litigation, representing Brazilian and multinational clients in a substantial number of cases involving construction; energy; distribution; (re)insurance; sports transactions; M&A and corporate; commercial contracts in general; and business insolvency. Paulo also acts as an arbitrator in disputes related to these matters.

Nasser has solid international experience, acquired through studies at foreign universities and professional secondments in well-regarded firms in the United States, England and Spain.

This allows him to combine technical depth, practical business approach and multiculturalism, successfully working alongside clients and co-counsels from different cultures and legal systems.

Angelika is a dual-qualified Austrian counsel and English solicitor. She is a specialist in international, high-level economic crime investigations and large-scale commercial disputes.

As a multilingual lawyer, she has widely-recognised expertise in representing corporates and conglomerates in major projects and legal matters across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and United States.

Her comprehensive experience and thorough understanding of all aspects of white-collar crime have led to her successfully representing corporations in many notable multijurisdictional investigations and in some of the most complex commercial litigation. Her caseload has seen her advise clients ranging from international banks through to aerospace, steel, security and defence companies on matters involving bribery and corruption, fraud and other high-stakes, cross-border issues.

Angelika advises corporates on regulatory and compliance matters. She conducts internal investigations for clients to help them identify wrongdoing and then proposes the most appropriate course of action. She also assesses weaknesses in compliance programmes and devises new, strengthened programmes that meet the demands of clients’ multijurisdictional activities.

Angelika’s ability to work in many parts of the world and her network of international counterparts mean she is regularly sought by clients from around the globe to manage offensive asset tracing and recovery litigation. She also works in Rahman Ravelli’s highly-regarded cryptocurrency team.

Her work on cases involving environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues has seen her become one of the lawyers at the forefront of this developing area. She coordinates work for international conglomerates in this field; advising them on regulatory matters, producing staff training and compliance programmes and ensuring their worldwide activities are legally compliant. Angelika also supports NGO’s on issues such as human rights violations, war crime victims and modern slavery.

As part of Rahman Ravelli’s international sanctions team, Angelika assesses the potential impact of all relevant laws and export controls. She keeps up to speed with the rapidly-evolving rules and regulations to ensure clients adopt the correct approach and do not face the prospect of prosecution or financial penalty. Much of her sanctions practice is particularly focused on enforcement activities and the freezing and seizure of assets.

Angelika has been counsel for more than a decade at Austria’s top law firm and speaks English, German, Spanish and Arabic; which is an asset in many international cases.

Allanna Rigby is a Partner and the regional head for data analytics in EMEA and Asia Pacific. She has 12 years’ experience as a data scientist and fraud and compliance expert. Allanna specializes in the use of data to detect and prevent fraud and compliance risks, she also specializes in the augmentation of technology into risk management processes.

Allanna has worked with multiple large corporations across the software, pharmaceuticals, energy, oil & gas, manufacturing, financial services, and extractive industries to deliver data-driven risk mitigation programs.

Recent tasks that Allanna has worked on include:

• Designing and building a global data analytics program for a software company, that is used to monitor third parties for FCPA violations, fraud and compliance breaches. 
• Implementing fraud detection programs for multiple insurance companies across Asia, with monthly managed service reporting
• Assisting with investigations, by analysis large data sets to identify root cause issues and focus investigative resources to high-risk issues. 
• Providing Clients with open source and social media analysis to help manage risks such as counterfeit issues, product diversion, social media campaigns, bad threat actors and other risks 
• Allanna provides data-driven, and technology augmented solutions to clients, across all our business lines. 

She has eight years’ previous experience providing strategic intelligence and financial crime advice, as well as leading high-profile investigations for various investment and retail banks worldwide. Prior to joining Control Risks, Allanna was a senior manager at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). Prior to joining the CBA, Allanna worked as a regional intelligence analyst within Macquarie Bank in Sydney and for Deutsche Bank in London. She began her career working at Goldman Sachs as part of the UK Mergers and Acquisitions team in the Investment Banking division.

Allanna holds a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) from University College London and a certification in Intelligence. She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Maria is a partner in Ogier's Dispute Resolution team in Ireland. She oversees disputes at all levels of the Irish Court system and in forums of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration, adjudication and mediation.

Alongside general commercial litigation, Maria has particular expertise in property, planning and construction disputes. Maria is also a qualified trademark agent in Ireland, providing strategic advice on brand protection and contentious IP disputes. She also has experience in restructuring and insolvency matters.

Maria’s involvement in high value complex disputes and the recognition by clients of her consistent performance across various matters, resulted in her being listed as a Key Lawyer in the 2022 and 2023 edition of the Legal 500 guide. She was also awarded the Rising Star for Litigation at the Women in Business Law Awards in 2023.

Maria completed her Certificate in Construction Adjudication through The Law Society of Ireland and has an LLM in Commercial Law from the University of Edinburgh. Maria is also a CEDR Accredited Mediator and has acted as mediator in disputes.

Practice in asset recovery, judgment enforcement, and litigation in the insolvency arena.  

Joe’s broad-ranging litigation and restructuring practice draws on his significant experience with complex creditor rights litigation, bankruptcy litigation, and other work in insolvency scenarios.  He has a long track record of successfully representing institutional creditors, liquidating/litigation trustees and other fiduciaries in insolvency matters, and investigating and pursuing complex asset recovery matters, often through litigation focused on piercing fraudulent schemes and offshore asset protection devices.  While based in San Diego for almost two decades, Joe’s practice spans the globe and he regularly practices in courts around the country.

Jonathan Harris is the Firm’s Founder and Managing Partner. Trained as a trial lawyer, and having extensive business and financial experience, he is equally successful in the courtroom and in business negotiations.

Mr. Harris represents plaintiffs and defendants as lead counsel in litigations, arbitrations, mediations and investigations. He regularly advises companies, founders, and executives in employment matters, partnership and business deals.

Mr. Harris has been named as: a Super Lawyer for twelve consecutive years; is double ranked by Chambers in Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations and in Labor and Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs; is ranked by Lawdragon as one of the nation's top 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers; has been named American Lawyer’s Co-Litigator of the Week; named by the National Law Journal to its 2021 national list of Trailblazers in Employment Law; a two-time winner of ACQ Global Award’s Gamechanger of the Year for Litigation in New York; a two-time winner of Corporate LiveWire’s Global Award Winner for Investor Litigation; and to the Nation’s Top One Percent list by The National Association of Distinguished Counsel. He has also appeared on The Future Law Podcast. Mr. Harris is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and the Trial Lawyer Honorary Society.

Lorna Van Oss is an Associate Director, responsible for Control Risks’ dispute support practice across EMEA. She leads complex, intelligence-led investigations across the region and advises clients in a range of contentious situations.

Recent tasks that Lorna has worked on include:

• Managing a Europe-wide asset tracing investigation into an individual accused of perpetrating a $400 million banking fraud.
• Assessing the credibility of whistle-blower allegations made against a senior executive of a multinational corporation headquartered in South Africa.
• Supporting an investment bank in its recovery of several hundred million dollars in debt owed by a UK-based Chinese national.

Prior to joining Control Risks, Lorna spent six years working in disputes-focused roles at London-based corporate intelligence firms. During this time, she developed an expertise in multi-jurisdictional asset recovery work and cross-border disputes, particularly those relating to the CIS, a region in which she has lived and worked. 

Lorna was ranked as a notable practitioner in Chambers & Partners Litigation Support guide for 2022. She holds a first-class bachelor’s degree in History and Russian from Durham University and a master’s degree in Russian Studies from University College London. 

Antenor Madruga is recognised as a leading Brazilian lawyer in complex litigations and negotiations involving government criminal and administrative proceedings, particularly in multijurisdictional cases.

A former federal attorney, he has served as National Secretary of Justice, Director of Assets Recovery and International Legal Cooperation of the Ministry of Justice, member of the Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF), among other positions.  His firm, Madruga BTW, represents major Brazilian and foreign companies, financial institutions and individuals.  

Niall is a chartered accountant with more than 17 years of experience in bankruptcy and restructuring in the U.S., in Europe, in Asia, and offshore. 

Niall focuses on obtaining the best possible return for stakeholders in corporate bankruptcies, distressed investment funds, and special purpose vehicles. His experience spans a range of industries, from financial services to real estate, hospitality, retail, fast-moving consumer goods, motion pictures, and healthcare. He is a specialist in investment fund wind down and cross-border insolvency. In addition, he has in-depth experience in forensic investigation, litigation support, corporate finance, financial due diligence, and consulting.

Recently appointed as one of the Joint Official Liquidators of Silicon Valley Bank, Niall’s engagement experience includes domestic and offshore fund liquidations, including several high-profile fund collapses and frauds; acting as liquidator of a European film finance fund; financial advisory in U.S. Chapter 11 proceedings; §363 sales; financial reporting to the Financial Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico; and forensic investigation and claim analysis for insolvency proceedings in the U.S. and Hong Kong. He is a trusted fiduciary and an experienced liquidator and receiver.

Prior to joining Stout, he was a Director at a global financial advisory firm responsible for U.S. and cross-border/offshore restructuring projects.

Laurence is a senior associate in the Dispute Resolution Team.  He has broad experience as a general commercial litigator with a focus on complex large scale civil fraud and financial disputes.  He often works as part of a team of global professional advisors on matters with multi-jurisdictional elements.

Laurence has also worked on contractual and Intellectual Property disputes, acting for both claimants and defendants. He also has experience of acting for clients in relation to Search Orders, Norwich Pharmacal Orders and Delivery-Up Orders.

Laurence completed his training contract in 2017 and joined Kingsley Napley in 2022.

Laurence studied Chemistry at Cardiff University, obtaining a First Class Degree, and subsequently obtained an LLB at the University of Law whilst completing the GDL and LPC.  

Maria has a broad commercial practice with a particular focus on fraud, insolvency, jurisdiction, service, and international arbitration. She frequently appears both led and as sole counsel in Court and arbitral proceedings.

Before coming to the Bar, Maria was a qualified solicitor-advocate. She spent five years working at a top international law firm, where she specialised in commercial litigation. During this time, she gained first-hand experience in oral and written advocacy, spent six months in the firm’s Singapore office and worked on cases in Russia, Norway and Zambia.

Maria speaks fluent Russian and has lived and worked in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

She has a double first class degree in Modern and Medieval Languages from the University of Cambridge and is admitted to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands.

Bill's wide range of experience in civil fraud and asset recovery matters, both domestic and international, includes obtaining and responding to worldwide freezing injunctions, search and seize orders and acting on high value, complex High Court litigation.

He specialises in civil fraud matters where there is a contentious insolvency element. He regularly represents and has secured successful judgments for insolvency practitioners, domestic and international banks, accountancy firms and government entities.

He is adept in managing large scale, multi-party, complex litigation with cross-border elements. His recent work includes one of the highest profile civil fraud matters described by the Court as "one of the most complex pieces of litigation in British history".

He is an active member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association, The Fraud Advisory Panel and the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association. He is a thought leader in the market, regularly publishing articles on the current state of civil fraud legislation and how it can be developed.

Described in the directories as ‘just brilliant’, ‘knowledgeable, helpful and fun to work with’, Lizzy has led 4 New Square Chambers’ clerking team for over 20 years.

Alongside the overall management of the clerking team, Lizzy is the CEO at 4 New Square Chambers and is responsible for the strategic planning, management and administration of chambers as well as the recruitment of barristers, pupils and staff.

Lizzy was nominated for Chambers CEO of the Year 2022 at the  Legal 500 Bar Awards.

Patrick has a broad commercial practice in line with Chambers’ profile, with a particular focus on civil fraud/asset recovery, international trade, insurance, company/insolvency and shipping disputes. Patrick also has a particular interest in and experience of cases raising issues of private international law, and has published in this field: [2021] LMCLQ 27.  His advocacy was recently described by Henshaw J as “clear and cogent…, both in writing and at the oral hearing”.

He has substantial experience of complex litigation in the High Court, and of international arbitration under LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL, and LMAA Rules, both as sole counsel and as part of a team.

Recent highlights of led work included being led by Andrew Ayres KC for the claimants in a multi-million pound international fraud claim (Steenbok & Others v Formal Holdings & Ors), being led by  Julian Kenny KC for the buyers in a dispute concerning the sale of a c.US$40million superyacht, being led by Charles Kimmins KC and Sean Snook in the Court of Appeal in the important case Potter v Canada Square Operations Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 339, and being led by David Lewis KC in an eight-figure shareholder dispute before the Courts of Gibraltar, arising out of the merger of two of the world’s largest online gambling companies.

Recent highlights as sole counsel include appearing, against a silk, for the appellants in an appeal under s.69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (Fastfreight v Bulk Trident [2023] EWHC 105 (Comm)), and appearing for the successful defendant in a 4-day High Court trial involving multiple factual and expert witnesses (Arnold v Halcyon Yachts [2022] EWHC 2858 (Admlty)).

Patrick read law at the University of Oxford, graduating with a first class degree and ranked first in the university in contract law. He also studied for the BCL, taking papers in restitution of unjust enrichment, conflict of laws, commercial remedies and corporate insolvency.

Nicholas is a commercial disputes lawyer. He is the founder of Breakpoint LLC, a Singapore disputes-only boutique. 

Nicholas began his legal career as a law clerk to the Judges of the Supreme Court under the prestigious Justices’ Law Clerk programme. He was then appointed to the position of assistant registrar of the Supreme Court. As a JLC, Nicholas worked closely with the Judges of the High Court and Court of Appeal on a wide range of civil and criminal cases. As assistant registrar, Nicholas adjudicated numerous interlocutory applications, mainly of a commercial nature. 

Between his time with the Supreme Court and founding Breakpoint, Nicholas practised at Drew & Napier where he rose to the position of Associate Director. Since its founding in 2018, Breakpoint has grown from strength to strength and now counts international banks, global MNCs, listed companies from around the world, state-owned enterprises, international law firms, and high net worth individuals and families as its clients. 

Nicholas is instructed primarily in disputes of a commercial nature, including in the areas of banking, joint venture, shareholder, construction and trust and property, many involving cross-border elements foreign legal systems. He has appeared as lead counsel at all levels of the Singapore court system, including in the Court of Appeal. In international arbitration, he has acted as counsel and arbitrator. Nicholas also regularly undertakes probono criminal and civil legal work for the underprivileged. 

Nicholas publishes regularly in Singapore and international journals. His works have been cited by the Singapore Courts and commentators around the world. Nicholas is one of the authors of Singapore’s first comprehensive textbook on international commercial arbitration. Nicholas also previously taught conflict of laws and commercial arbitration, among other subjects.as an adjunct faculty member in the Singapore Management University. 

Ching Liu is a Principal for Technology Consulting for Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics, and Intelligence team based in London. He is responsible for the Digital Forensics and Incident Response practice across EMEA and has over 25 years’ experience in the digital forensics industry, providing subject matter expertise across the globe.

He frequently assists clients in leveraging technology solutions for forensic investigations and matters ranging from insider threats, data theft and corporate fraud, to complex DFIR cyber breaches such as ransomware, system attacks, spear-phishing and email compromises.

Ching has given independent expert testimony in international courts of law from arbitration to criminal crown court. Ching also advises on the full spectrum of technology consulting such as cyber security and response, electronic discovery, data analytics and information security, including regulatory mandates and data privacy. 

Recent tasks that Ching has worked on include:

• Led the global forensic technology team to perform DFIR and forensic technology (legal technology and data analytics) consultancy for one of the world’s leading data insight companies (with a 35,000+ server and endpoint estate), who had suffered a global ransomware attack. This included the forensic acquisition, analysis and subsequent PII review of several terabytes of potentially exfiltrated data.
• Performed expert forensic consultancy and examination for an international education establishment against their rogue IT team. This required deployment of remote forensic tooling for the defensible collection, analysis, and recovery of data from email servers and cloud-based audit trails to investigate illegal access and dissemination of personal information.
• Assisted an international financial institute with the forensic investigation of the misappropriation of funds in a government corruption scandal in Africa, where digital forensic analysis was key in obtaining evidence from laptops and mobile devices that was subsequently used in testimony in court.
• Led a digital forensic team across EMEA performing the secure acquisition of virtual servers and laptop devices for several hundred custodians and created a workflow for the rapid extraction of ESI data for eDiscovery review for a multi-jurisdiction regulatory investigation
• Manages the EMEA team of DFIR consultants to delivery on hundreds of complex cyber response projects per year, ranging from system breaches, zero-day attacks, email compromises and ransomware extortions.

Prior to joining Control Risks, Ching was Systems Programming Manager of British Rail’s Freight Division where he developed and supervised the internal financial and statistical database systems which included assisting British Transport Police in the tracking of suspicious or marked consignments. 

Ching is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE). He is listed in the UK Register of Expert Witnesses and is a member of the ISSA-UK. He graduated from the University of Westminster with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science.

Recognised by The Legal 500 as a “rising star” “headed for the very top”, and by Who’s Who Legal as a Global Elite Thought Leader for both Asset Recovery and Commercial Litigation, Jon specialises in high-value, complex international commercial disputes with particular expertise in civil fraud, enforcement and asset recovery (including both commercial and sovereign debt), and he has obtained a number of ground-breaking orders in this regard. Chambers & Partners describes Jon as “incredibly impressive” and “an incredible tactician”, recognising him for his civil fraud work. The Legal 500 has called Jon a “bright young gun with a shrewd mind and a calm approach” and states there is “complete trust and faith in Jon’s advice and his expertise”, recognising him as a leading individual for civil fraud, a next generation partner for banking litigation, and recommending him for premium commercial litigation, international arbitration and commodities disputes. Jon has an international practice with clients including states, financial institutions, corporate clients, high-net-worth individuals and insolvency practitioners, and has acted on a number of complex and high value Russian/CIS cases.

Clarissa has a broad commercial practice, including banking and finance, civil fraud, asset recovery and international arbitration. She has a particular interest in disputes involving allegations of fraud and the dissipation of assets, complex financial transactions and enforcement (particularly of foreign judgments).

Prior to joining Chambers, Clarissa spent a year working as a paralegal in the Structured Finance department at Linklaters. During this year, she worked on high-value loan portfolio sales, swaps, covered bonds and secured group financing structures. She is able to draw on her experience of complex transactional work in her practice as a barrister.

Clarissa has a First Class degree in History from Trinity College, Oxford. Her academic focus was on 19th century French politics and art. With this background, she is always interested in cases relating to art and historical artefacts.

Stephen’s main area of practice is in commercial litigation and arbitration. He has over 15 years’ of experience handling multi-jurisdictional fraud and asset tracing involving freezing, gagging and other urgent interim injunctive measures. He is also well versed in technology-related disputes (including matters involving cryptocurrency and virtual assets), shareholder and company disputes, and contentious employment matters. 

In addition, Stephen has strong capabilities in international arbitration work arising from a broad range of commercial disputes across a range of sectors including private wealth, financial services and technology. He has experience in most of the world’s leading arbitral seats (including London, Hong Kong and Singapore) as well as under the rules of key arbitral institutions (including HKIAC, SIAC, ICC and UNCITRAL rules). Stephen is a committee member of the Law Society of Hong Kong’s Arbitration Committee.

Stephen speaks fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin. He is admitted to practise in Hong Kong, and is qualified as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

Jemma is a Legal Director in the Dispute Resolution team.

Jemma has a wide range of experience in dealing with a variety of commercial disputes, including breach of contract, breach of trust and contractual disputes. Jemma also has experience of dealing with civil fraud claims.

Specific areas of expertise include dealing with claims against professionals including solicitors, barristers, accountants and surveyors.

Jemma acts for a wide range of clients from individuals, partnerships and companies. In her previous role, Jemma acted for professional insurers in the defence of professional negligence claims.

Jemma obtained a First in law from Sheffield University and qualified into commercial litigation in 2010, following completion of her training contract at a leading international commercial law firm in Sheffield.

Larry is partner and head of the Dispute Resolution team at Ogier in Ireland.

He specialises in national and international litigation, arbitration and ADR in a variety of disputes such as commercial, funds, property, insurance, construction and sport. He is a zealous advocate for clients. As a qualified mediator and arbitrator he has years of experience sitting on both sides of the bench. In 2021, Larry was appointed Senior Counsel by the Government of Ireland in light of his expertise and experience.

Daniel Saoul KC has a commercial practice encompassing business disputes, civil fraud, sports law and public law. Described by the directories as “the complete counsel“, as an “outstanding advocate” who “commands the court“, and as being “excellent strategically” and “exceptionally good to work with“, Dan is recognised as one of the leading commercial and civil fraud practitioners at the Bar. He has acted in numerous cases involving allegations of dishonesty in a commercial context, including some of the largest cases in the High Court in recent years and cases involving urgent injunctive relief and committal applications, as well as in large scale enforcement proceedings breaking new ground in areas the piercing of trusts and other similar structures. His work is frequently international, including English Court litigation involving cross-border legal issues or foreign law, and includes an extensive international arbitration practice as well as instructions concerning litigation in overseas jurisdictions, in particular, offshore.

Caroline is a commercial litigator who specialises in multi-jurisdictional, complex disputes (and is a Legal 500 Next Generation Partner). She has particular experience in civil fraud matters, banking litigation and issues arising out of corporate insolvency. Her experience includes all aspects of the complicated matrix of fraudulent claims, as well as asset tracing and enforcement issues.  Caroline has extensive experience of the courts in the BVI and Cayman Islands, and has an in depth knowledge of the new Saudi Arabian bankruptcy regime. 

Caroline’s project management skills when dealing with significant investigations and trials are outstanding and clients respect her for her direct, pro-active and organised approach; as well as her ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with clients and colleagues in London and abroad

Caroline assisted with setting up the London office of LK Law LLP eleven years ago, she is responsible for training and ensuring the development of the junior members of the team. Caroline is keen to support and promote women in the legal sector and has hosted and attended networking events to support this endeavour.

Caroline is an active member of the Commercial Litigators’ Forum (CLF) supporting the National Pro Bono Centre (having formerly been the co-chair of the Associates Committee of the CLF).

Ryan is a commercial barrister with a broad practice in commercial litigation and international arbitration, including in civil fraud and asset recovery, banking and finance, insolvency and bankruptcy, and professional negligence.

He has appeared as sole counsel in the High Court (Commercial Court and Chancery Division), is instructed in complex, high-value litigation (including offshore) and arbitration proceedings, and appears in the County Court in commercial, retail banking and consumer disputes.

Before coming to the Bar, Ryan worked in Shell’s Global Litigation Team.  Ryan gained extensive experience in both ad hoc and institutional arbitration under the LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL, LMAA and SIAC rules.  He worked independently and as part of a team advising Shell entities on a range of matters including commercial contracts, tax, construction, JOA disputes, bilateral investment treaty claims and general commercial disputes in various upstream and downstream oil and gas sectors. 

Stephen is a partner in the litigation and arbitration team and leads the global fraud team.

His practice focusses on international asset freezing and recovery cases, heavyweight commercial litigation and regulatory disputes and Stephen is particularly adept at drawing on the firm’s tax expertise in such cases to obtain a strategic advantage.

Stephen also often acts for family offices, successful families, entrepreneurs and their businesses on a broad range of commercial disputes and heads up our family office first group, which is an innovative approach to finding positive solutions for family conflicts.

Stephen regularly speaks at national and international conferences on a wide range of fraud and litigation topics.

Stephen is described by Chambers and Partners 2020 as a ‘superb lawyer’ and ‘‘an incredibly shrewd judge of the tactics of a case’.

Tayyibah Arif is Counsel in Dechert’s financial restructuring group, advising clients on high-profile restructurings and formal insolvency procedures. Ms. Arif focuses her practice on representing distressed corporates, private equity funds, sponsors, bondholders, financial institutions and insolvency practitioners in domestic and cross-border restructuring matters, including out-of-court restructurings, distressed investing, formal restructuring and insolvency procedures.

Ms. Arif has also advised leading private equity funds and major corporates on a wide range of cross-border and domestic acquisitions, disposals and restructurings, initial public offerings, as well as general corporate and commercial matters.

An active member of the legal community, Ms. Arif is the recipient of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation’s (IWIRC London) Be Inspired Award 2019 and was recently shortlisted as one of five women for the IWIRC International Rising Star Award 2021. She also received the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Young Professional Award 2019, which honours the achievements of an individual working in turnaround and restructuring who demonstrates exceptional performance and career development with less than ten years’ industry service.

Daisy Nijkamp is a counsel in the Stibbe Restructuring & Insolvency team. She has proven experience in litigating and advising on liability, security rights and insolvency law issues for a broad spectrum of clients.

She also regularly advises on complex restructurings. Daisy acts as a court appointed trustee in bankruptcy matters and has expertise in banking and finance. She regularly teaches on subjects of liability and bankruptcy law, including the Dutch Scheme (WHOA). She is a member of Insolad and INSOL Europe and recently joined the board of the Dutch Restructuring Association (NVvH). Earlier in here career she was seconded to an international Dutch bank as in-house counsel to advise the financial restructuring and recovery team

Ravi specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration, civil fraud and asset recovery, and banking and financial services. He is regularly instructed in complex, high-value cases, often with an international dimension, and has substantial experience of heavy interlocutory disputes and trials. His practice includes appearing both before the English courts and in foreign jurisdictions, including in the Middle East.

Since joining 3VB, Ravi has been instructed in a variety of high-profile cases, including the SKAT litigation (one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2021) and National Bank of Kazakhstan & Republic of Kazakhstan v The Bank of New York Mellon & Ors (one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2020).

In addition to acting as a junior on led matters, Ravi regularly appears as an advocate in his own right in the High Court and the County Court.

In 2020, Ravi was seconded for four months to the Litigation & Investigations department of Allen & Overy LLP. During that time, he worked on a variety of commercial, banking and civil fraud matters, including advising clients on obtaining urgent injunctive relief following cyber-attacks and on compliance with worldwide freezing orders.

Evin Durmaz holds a bachelor's degree  in law from the University of Lausanne ( magna cum laude - 2014) as well as a master's degree in international law from the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement in Geneva (2016). She then obtained a certificate of specialization in legal profession from the University of Geneva in 2018.

As part of her master's degree, she focused on international trade and investment law, arbitration, corporate liability and human rights, and contributed to a report on the legal framework international investments in Africa for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

After having worked as a legal associate in an international company active in the field of social, emerging and sustainable investment, Evin Durmaz completed his legal internship within the FRORIEP firm. She was admitted to the Geneva bar in 2020.

Evin Durmaz joined the Firm as an associate in September 2020

Kit is a Managing Associate at Keidan Harrison LLP, having joined the firm in July 2020, shortly after its start up. Kit is  experienced in substantial and complex banking and financial services litigation. He has acted for clients including IPs, brokerage houses, lending institutions, hedge funds and high net worth individuals across a range of jurisdictions including CIS, Hong Kong and the Middle East.

Recent work has included claims arising out of knowing receipt, the Quincecare duty of care and professional negligence. Kit’s experience encompasses matters before the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, as well as arbitration.

In addition to acting on disputes in the financial services sector, Kit’s expertise includes shareholder disputes, fraud and professional negligence. Kit acted in the 2019 Supreme Court case of Marex Financial v Carlos Sevilleja Garcia concerning the scope of the rule against reflective loss. Further experience includes an unlawful means conspiracy claim, claims against solicitors and valuers for negligence and defending a derivative action, including injunctive relief.

Kit trained at international law firm DLA Piper, where he qualified as a solicitor in 2015. Prior to joining Keidan Harrison, he was an associate in the dispute resolution team at Memery Crystal.

Daniel Gritten advises clients on a range of corporate and commercial disputes and civil fraud claims. These include large-scale, cross-border litigation and arbitration. 

Recommended by the directories as "composed, assiduous and with a gift for working out when to go on the attack", and "a great all-round package", Daniel regularly advises clients in relation to obtaining and/or resisting injunctions, including freezing, anti-suit, receivership and search orders, from first instance to the Supreme Court.

Daniel's clients, which include financial institutions, large corporations and high net worth individuals, rely on him to provide clear, practical and strategic advice in relation to their most complex problems.

Edouard Kaiflin holds a Bachelor of Laws (2011), a Master of Laws (2013) and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions (2013) from the University of Geneva.

As part of his Master Degree, Edouard Kaiflin studied at the Russian State University of Justice and Lomonosov Moscow State University. He also worked as a trainee lawyer in law firms in Moscow.

Edouard Kaiflin completed his legal traineeship at LALIVE. He was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 2015.

From 2015 to 2017, Edouard Kaiflin set up entrepreneurial projects in Colombia within the Peace Process

Edouard Kaiflin joined Monfrini Bitton Klein as an associate in April 2018. He is a senior associate since January 2021.

Edouard Kaiflin is active in domestic and cross border litigation, in particular international asset recovery and white-collar crime. He acts in complex cases involving individuals and companies.

Laurent is a Guernsey Advocate and Senior Counsel in Walker's Guernsey Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group. He specialises in trust, finance and insolvency, and corporate disputes and advises leading global law firms, fiduciaries and high net-worth clients across these areas. Laurent has significant experience acting for trustees, beneficiaries and protectors in contentious matters as well as in respect of non-contentious court applications and wider negotiations.

Having worked in the London and Paris offices of a Magic Circle firm's structured finance team and, previously, in financial restructuring and distressed debt, Laurent has a wealth of transactional experience and is uniquely placed to act on complex, cross-border contentious matters.

Laurent is a fluent French speaker.

As an associate in the London office, Rebecca Newell has worked on a range of commercial litigation disputes.

Her focus lies in civil fraud proceedings, which are high-value, multi-jurisdictional and complex in nature. She has particular experience of representing clients based in the CIS region.

David is a commercial litigator, specialising in complex disputes usually involving elements of international civil fraud and insolvency. He also has significant experience in offshore trust and contentious insolvency litigation in various Caribbean jurisdictions.

Grant is an Associate Director in the insolvency and asset recovery team, specialising in international asset tracing, recovery and enforcement, often using insolvency as a tool to trace and recover assets.
He has extensive experience in pursuing and recovering assets both onshore and offshore, such as the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, and the US. Grant has been developing asset recovery strategies and working alongside lawyers to obtain and enforce judgments in the Middle East, India and the BVI.

Josh first joined ADG Legal as a Senior Associate, working from our London representative office. In the beginning of 2020, Josh was appointed Partner in our Dubai office.

In the construction sphere, Josh has acted in litigation and arbitration for a range of industry clients such as major engineering construction contractors, O&M contractors, government authorities, employers, consultants and subcontractors. Josh has a particularly strong track record acting for contractors in arbitration and litigation concerning major infrastructure projects, having successfully led cases recovering several hundred million dollars on delayed, complex projects. He has been consistently named as a Leading Construction Litigation Lawyer in his native jurisdiction (Australia), having previously been a Partner of a leading boutique construction law firm, as well as a Senior Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright, and London city firm, Costigan King.

Josh also has vast experience in acting for corporate and high net-worth individuals on a range of commercial disputes centred on the Middle East, East Africa, the UK and Europe. Josh regularly acts as lead counsel on multi-jurisdictional litigation, as well as local counsel instructed by major international law firms. His experience ranges from shareholder and joint venture disputes, to major fraud investigations and asset recoveries, across most industry sectors.

He regularly acts in DIFC Court proceedings and has acted in international arbitrations in many of the major institutions such as ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC and JAMS.

Having read law in Australia, Josh subsequently studied a Master of Laws and was admitted as a legal practitioner in 2007. He is also an admitted attorney in the State of New York.

Josh is well-known for his thorough and pragmatic approach to complex problems and his commitment to reaching the best commercial outcomes for his clients.

Josh currently sits as Co-Chair of the Legal Committee for the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, which boasts several thousand members across Brazil and the 22 countries of the League of Arab States.

Enda Lowry is a Managing Director with Teneo’s Financial Advisory team, based in Dublin. He is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner in the Republic of Ireland.

Enda has over 16 years of experience in business restructuring and insolvency in Ireland and overseas, joining Teneo after working in boutique firms in Melbourne, Australia and Dublin. Prior to this, he completed his Chartered Accountants Ireland and Irish Taxation Institute qualifications with a Big 4 firm. Enda is also a member of the Irish Tax Institute, Restructuring and Insolvency Ireland and INSOL Europe, where he sits on the Technical Committee.

Enda manages all aspects of formal insolvency appointments and provides restructuring advice to company directors, secured creditors and legal firms. He has assisted banks with distressed loan cases and appraising the need to appoint a Receiver. He has managed numerous Receiverships, Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidations and Members’ Voluntary Liquidations, and has been a lead team member on some of the most high-profile Credit Union liquidations in the State. Enda is an experienced IP practitioner and has had wide-ranging involvement in the property, technology and pharmaceutical industries in particular.

Enda also works extensively on litigation support/forensic accounting engagements to review, assemble and de-construct financial loss claims. He has also provided expert evidence to the Courts.

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.

Jordan is a Senior Associate who specialises in complex commercial disputes and has wide-ranging experience acting for domestic and international clients in both the UK and Australia. He regularly represents clients in banking and finance, civil fraud and insolvency related disputes. Jordan has acted for clients in high value proceedings in the Commercial Court, including with respect to injunctive relief and freezing orders, with his cases often having an international element.

Jordan has particular experience with insolvency, having acted for receivers, administrators and liquidators of private, public and listed companies. His experience also encompasses having acted for banks, investment funds and companies in the enforcement of their securities, including with respect to commercial and residential property, mining and other commercial assets.

Prior to joining Cooke, Young & Keidan in September 2022, Jordan was a Senior Associate in the dispute resolution group of one of Australia’s preeminent top-tier law firms, where his commercial disputes and litigation practice focused on insolvency. He regularly represented clients in various superior Australian courts, including the Supreme Courts of Queensland and the Federal Court of Australia.

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.

Paul has extensive experience of insolvency and litigation following corporate and personal insolvencies, particularly complex fraud and dishonesty claims against individuals, former directors and employees, associates of insolvent companies and other counter-parties.

Paul is Of Counsel in the firm’s Fraud & Commercial Disputes team. His practice covers disputes of all kinds but predominantly in the civil fraud, asset tracing and insolvency spheres. Paul's cases often involve an international element and applications for pre-emptive and interlocutory remedies such as freezing injunctions, disclosure orders and other injunctions related to the preservation and protection of assets.

Paul's clients include large corporations, funds, insolvency practitioners, banks, directors and high-net worth individuals.

Diarmuid conducts a range of commercial litigation and arbitration both domestically and abroad, specialising in commercial disputes, insurance, professional liability, and sports law. Described by the Legal 500 as “an excellent advocate” with “Excellent drafting skills” and “a hands-on operator who is not afraid to seize the narrative and craft effective strategy”, Diarmuid is ranked as a leading junior in insurance and reinsurance, professional liability and sports law.  He has a broad commercial practice involving business disputes across a range of industries including real estate, renewable energy and sports IP licensing, and claims concerning allegations of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty.

Marie-Claire is a barrister at 4 New Square Chambers in London, practising in the areas of commercial litigation, civil fraud and asset recovery. She is ranked as a Leading Junior in Commercial Litigation by the Legal 500, 2024. Her practice spans a range of commercial disputes in multiple sectors, including in particular those involving allegations of fraud, bribery and conspiracy, as well as complex breach of trust, taxation and insurance matters.

Gretta is developing a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice in line with Chambers’ profile. Throughout her pupillage, she has worked and gained experience in a range of practice areas, including public international law, arbitration, civil fraud, banking, insurance, conflict of laws and shipping.

Gretta has specific expertise in public international law, public and administrative law, and international and domestic human rights litigation. Prior to joining Essex Court, Gretta was Senior Legal and Policy Officer for the UK-based NGO Rights and Security International (formerly Rights Watch UK), where her work focused on the international law and human rights implication of the UK’s national security, military and counter-terrorism policies. In the course of that role, she conceptualized and led on interventions on behalf of the NGO in the European Court of Human Rights, including appearing before the Grand Chamber in Hanan v Germany. Domestically, Gretta assisted and lead the NGO in domestic administrative law and judicial review proceedings, at both the High Court and Supreme Court levels. She was a lead researcher on a significant report published by the NGO as to the repatriation of European nationals detained abroad, who are associated with foreign terrorist groups. She was also involved in extensive advisory work, parliamentary and legal briefings, both domestic and international, representing the NGO at the EU and at OSCE events. Her interest in these areas of law is enduring.

Prior commencing post-graduate studies, Gretta qualified in New Zealand, where she practiced for three years as a junior barrister in commercial and administrative law in one of New Zealand’s leading sets. There, she appeared both led and un-led in a variety of commercial, public, administrative and criminal matters, including appearing as junior counsel in a number of commercial High Court trial, and at various levels of the New Zealand Courts. She also worked as a judges’ clerk to the New Zealand Court of Appeal for two years.

Gretta studied at the University of Auckland, where she graduated second in her cohort and went on to read for the Bachelor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford, where she obtained a distinction and a subject prize.

Caitlin is an associate in our commercial litigation department. Her practice covers high-value, complex commercial disputes and multi-jurisdictional fraud claims.

Alex is the head of Enforcement and Asset Recovery at Deminor Litigation Funding, where he helps clients monetise judgments and arbitral awards. Alex has close to 20-years’ experience in tracing and recovering assets misappropriated through economic crime, pursuing recalcitrant debtors, such as high-net-worth individuals and nation states, legal finance and complex cross-border investigations. Alex started his career as a case manager for the UK’s Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office, Asset Forfeiture Division. In 2006, he was called to the Bar of England & Wales and then worked for leading City of London law firms specialising in complex cross-border commercial disputes. Immediately before joining Deminor, Alex led the disputes practice at a global risk consultancy.

Matthew is a highly experienced commercial litigation attorney and courtroom advocate, joining KSG’s Insolvency and Restructuring team in 2023.

Having practiced for over 5 years in Australia prior to moving to the Cayman Islands, Matthew gained substantial experience in numerous elements of insolvency, restructuring, financial services and general commercial litigation practice, including complex contractual disputes, shareholder disputes, trusts and trust management, urgent and interlocutory injunctions, winding up and bankruptcy petitions, restructuring and schemes of arrangement, asset recovery, secured and unsecured debt recovery and security enforcement.

In 2017 Matthew completed a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (with Distinction), a Bachelor of Business (Business Economics) and Bachelor of Letters (Italian) at The Flinders University of South Australia. He is admitted to practice in the Cayman Islands, the Supreme Court of South Australia, the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of Australia (currently non-practicing in Australia).

Joseph Rome, an attorney at Sequor Law, focuses his practice on asset recovery, corruption and proceeds of crime recovery, financial fraud, international commercial litigation, and domestic and international judgment and arbitral award collection.

Prior to joining Sequor Law, Joseph was an “A” level prosecutor for the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office focusing primarily on attempted murders, gun crimes, and serious sexual assaults from the investigation stage through trial. He was also a member of the Police Accountability and Integrity Task Force, Hate Crimes Unit, and Traffic Homicide Unit.

Joseph previously worked for two AmLaw 200 law firms in New York and Miami. He represented international corporations and high-net-worth individuals in a broad range of high-stakes litigation and arbitration matters.

Joseph earned his Juris Doctorate from New York University School of Law. During law school, he was a Jessup International Moot Court member, an editor of the Journal of International Law & Politics, and did externships with both the Orleans Public Defenders and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. He also did a summer fellowship at the United Nations International Law Commission in Geneva, where he drafted speeches and statements for the Japanese representative.