FIRE Summer School: The Ultimate Insider’s Guide

The Next Generation of Asset Recovery Practitioners 

23rd - 25th August 2023 - Kings College, Cambridge 

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Agenda

Optional Pre-Event Drinks
6.30pm

For those arriving on the Wednesday please feel free to join us at The Pint Shop (2-min walk from King's College) for an informal drink. 

Please note: This does not form part of the official event & is at the delegates expense.

Registration
8.45am

Welcome & Plan for the Day
9.15am

Caroline Greenwell, Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys

Sam Ouriach, Associate Director
Grant Thornton

How to Lose a Client / How to Win a Client in 10 Days: Business Development in the Asset Recovery World
9.20am

Jane Colston , Partner
Brown Rudnick

Razzaq Ahmed, Associate
Brown Rudnick

The A-Z of Asset Recovery
10.00am

Gregor Hogan, Barrister
Serle Court

Refreshment Break
10.35am

Class Photo 2023
11.00am

Funding – How are cases funded and what to look out for
11.10am

Alistair Croft, Senior Investment Manager
Omni Bridgeway

Sophie Lalor-Harbord, Partner
Stewarts

Case Study: Investigators Unpacked
11.45am

Steven Haynes, Director
Greyhawk

Assembling the A-Team: How do you Put Together your Asset Recovery Team
12.10pm

Stephen Ross , Partner
Withers (UK)

Grant Noble, Associate Director
Grant Thornton

Rosanna Foskett, Barrister
Maitland Chambers

Lunch
13.00pm

Afternoon Chairs

Jennifer Craven , Legal Director
Pinsent Masons

Adam Garside , Director | Forensics | EMEA
Control Risks

Case Study: Asset tracing through history – an investigation into the Slave Trade
2.00pm

Tristan Yelland, Director
Grant Thornton

Kathryn Milward, Manager
Grant Thornton

The Lifecyle of an Insolvency
2.35pm

Tayyibah Arif , Counsel
Dechert (UK)

Alex Horsbrugh-Porter, Partner
Ogier

Russ Parkin, Director
Grant Thornton

Refreshment Break
3.10pm

Criminal, Civil and Insolvency Interaction – Case Study
3.25pm

Polly Sprenger, Partner
Addleshaw Goddard

Rob Armstrong, Managing Director, Restructuring
Kroll

Digital & Crypto Assets
4.00pm

Amy Harvey, Partner
Ontier LLP

Mary Young, Partner
Kingsley Napley

Chair's Closing Remarks
4.35pm

Punting
5.10pm

Drinks Reception
6.30pm

Dinner
7.30pm

College Bar Open
8.00pm

Refreshments
9.00am

Welcome & Plan for the Day
9.30am

Sandra Duerden, Partner
Mourant

Adam Garside , Director | Forensics | EMEA
Control Risks

Freezing Injunction 101
9.35am

Elizabeth Fox, Of Counsel
Greenberg Traurig

Rebecca Belgrave, Partner
Mishcon de Reya

Alice White , Barrister
Gatehouse Chambers

Practicalities of Disclosure & E-Discovery
10.10am

Amita Chohan , Barrister
Locke Lord

Rajan Shergill, Senior Consultant
Grant Thornton

Abigail Rushton, Senior Associate
Charles Russell Speechlys

Settlement, Mediation & Negotiation
10.45am

Christopher Whitehouse, Senior Associate
RPC

Tom McKernan, Partner
PCB Byrne

Refreshment Break
11.20am

Everything you need to know about Asset Recovery into Trusts
11.40am

Simon Hurry, Partner
Collas Crill (Jersey)

Tom Williams, Associate
Farrer & Co

Working with Offshore & Internationally
12.15pm

David Jones , Partner
Carey Olsen (Guernsey)

Rebecca Hume, Partner
Howard Kennedy

Practical Steps to Enforcing somewhere Exotic
12.50pm

Maria Koureas-Jones, Partner
Francis Wilks & Jones

Ashley Fairbrother, Partner
Edmonds Marshall McMahon

Kate Gee, Counsel
Signature Litigation

Lunch & Close of Event
1.25pm

6.30pm
Optional Pre-Event Drinks

For those arriving on the Wednesday please feel free to join us at The Pint Shop (2-min walk from King's College) for an informal drink. 

Please note: This does not form part of the official event & is at the delegates expense.

8.45am
Registration
9.15am
Welcome & Plan for the Day
Caroline Greenwell - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys
Sam Ouriach - Associate Director - Grant Thornton
9.20am
How to Lose a Client / How to Win a Client in 10 Days: Business Development in the Asset Recovery World
Jane Colston - Partner - Brown Rudnick
Razzaq Ahmed - Associate - Brown Rudnick
10.00am
The A-Z of Asset Recovery
Gregor Hogan - Barrister - Serle Court
10.35am
Refreshment Break
11.00am
Class Photo 2023
11.10am
Funding – How are cases funded and what to look out for
Alistair Croft - Senior Investment Manager - Omni Bridgeway
Sophie Lalor-Harbord - Partner - Stewarts
11.45am
Case Study: Investigators Unpacked
Steven Haynes - Director - Greyhawk
12.10pm
Assembling the A-Team: How do you Put Together your Asset Recovery Team
Stephen Ross - Partner - Withers (UK)
Grant Noble - Associate Director - Grant Thornton
Rosanna Foskett - Barrister - Maitland Chambers
13.00pm
Lunch
Afternoon Chairs
Jennifer Craven - Legal Director - Pinsent Masons
Adam Garside - Director | Forensics | EMEA - Control Risks
2.00pm
Case Study: Asset tracing through history – an investigation into the Slave Trade
Tristan Yelland - Director - Grant Thornton
Kathryn Milward - Manager - Grant Thornton
2.35pm
The Lifecyle of an Insolvency
Tayyibah Arif - Counsel - Dechert (UK)
Alex Horsbrugh-Porter - Partner - Ogier
Russ Parkin - Director - Grant Thornton
3.10pm
Refreshment Break
3.25pm
Criminal, Civil and Insolvency Interaction – Case Study
Polly Sprenger - Partner - Addleshaw Goddard
Rob Armstrong - Managing Director, Restructuring - Kroll
4.00pm
Digital & Crypto Assets
Amy Harvey - Partner - Ontier LLP
Mary Young - Partner - Kingsley Napley
4.35pm
Chair's Closing Remarks
5.10pm
Punting
6.30pm
Drinks Reception
7.30pm
Dinner
8.00pm
College Bar Open
9.00am
Refreshments
9.30am
Welcome & Plan for the Day
Sandra Duerden - Partner - Mourant
Adam Garside - Director | Forensics | EMEA - Control Risks
9.35am
Freezing Injunction 101
Elizabeth Fox - Of Counsel - Greenberg Traurig
Rebecca Belgrave - Partner - Mishcon de Reya
Alice White - Barrister - Gatehouse Chambers
10.10am
Practicalities of Disclosure & E-Discovery
Amita Chohan - Barrister - Locke Lord
Rajan Shergill - Senior Consultant - Grant Thornton
Abigail Rushton - Senior Associate - Charles Russell Speechlys
10.45am
Settlement, Mediation & Negotiation
Christopher Whitehouse - Senior Associate - RPC
Tom McKernan - Partner - PCB Byrne
11.20am
Refreshment Break
11.40am
Everything you need to know about Asset Recovery into Trusts
Simon Hurry - Partner - Collas Crill (Jersey)
Tom Williams - Associate - Farrer & Co
12.15pm
Working with Offshore & Internationally
David Jones - Partner - Carey Olsen (Guernsey)
Rebecca Hume - Partner - Howard Kennedy
12.50pm
Practical Steps to Enforcing somewhere Exotic
Maria Koureas-Jones - Partner - Francis Wilks & Jones
Ashley Fairbrother - Partner - Edmonds Marshall McMahon
Kate Gee - Counsel - Signature Litigation
1.25pm
Lunch & Close of Event

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