FIRE Summer School: The Ultimate Insider’s Guide

The Next Generation of Asset Recovery Practitioners 

28th - 30th August 2024 - Downing College, Cambridge 

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Agenda

Optional Pre-Event Drinks 29th August 2024 - Summer School Day 1 30th August 2024 - Summer School Day 2

Optional Pre-Event Drinks
6.30pm

For those arriving on the Wednesday please feel free to join us at The Pint Shop (10-min walk from Downing 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

Steven Haynes, Director
Greyhawk

Sarah Twohig, Senior Associate
Pinsent Masons (Ireland)

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

Stephen Ross , Partner
Withers (UK)

The A-Z of Asset Recovery
10.00am

Rosie Wild , Partner
Cooke, Young & Keidan

Rachael Gregory, Partner
Grosvenor Law

Jennifer Maughan, Partner
Walkers Global

Refreshment Break
10.40am

Class Photo 2024
11.00am

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

Will Thompson, Senior Associate
Fladgate

How Not to Instruct an Investigator
11.50am

Steven Haynes, Director
Greyhawk

Joe Blood, Associate
Greyhawk

Assembling the A-Team: How do you Put Together your Asset Recovery Team
12.30pm

Alexandra Campbell , Senior Associate
Howard Kennedy

Lunch
1.10pm

Afternoon Chairs

Latest on Private Prosecutions after the Post Office Horizon Scandal
2.10pm

Polly Sprenger, Partner
Addleshaw Goddard

Adam Kaufmann, Partner
Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss (USA)

The Lifecyle of an Insolvency
2.50pm

Amita Chohan , Barrister
Locke Lord

Matthew Tait, Partner
BDO

David Grant, Partner
Locke Lord

Digital & Crypto Assets
3.30pm

Syedur Rahman, Partner
Rahman Ravelli

Christopher Whitehouse, Senior Associate
RPC

Chair's Closing Remarks
4.10pm

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

Freezing Injunction 101
9.35am

Elizabeth Fox, Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig

Thomas Mitty, Barrister
Gatehouse Chambers

Settlement, Mediation & Negotiation
10.10am

Christopher Whitehouse, Senior Associate
RPC

Tom McKernan, Partner
PCB Byrne

Lynn Yin, Legal Director
Asserson

Case Building Investigation, Collecting Evidence, Identification of Relevant Evidence
10.45am

Rebecca Newell, Senior Associate
Hogan Lovells

Abigail Rushton, Senior Associate
Charles Russell Speechlys

Refreshment Break
11.20am

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

Natasha Fons, Associate
Pinsent Masons

Ruth Jordan, Barrister
Serle Court

Types of Claims Available & when do you Know it’s Worth Pursuing
12.15pm

Orla Donovan, Senior Associate
Dentons Ireland

Richard Clayman , Partner
Kingsley Napley

Practical Steps to Enforcing somewhere Exotic
12.50pm

David Jones , Partner
Carey Olsen (Guernsey)

Lucinda Orr, Partner
Enyo Law

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 (10-min walk from Downing 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
Steven Haynes - Director - Greyhawk
Sarah Twohig - Senior Associate - Pinsent Masons (Ireland)
9.20am
How to Lose a Client / How to Win a Client in 10 Days: Business Development in the Asset Recovery World
Stephen Ross - Partner - Withers (UK)
10.00am
The A-Z of Asset Recovery
Rosie Wild - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan
Rachael Gregory - Partner - Grosvenor Law
Jennifer Maughan - Partner - Walkers Global
10.40am
Refreshment Break
11.00am
Class Photo 2024
11.10am
Funding – How are cases funded and what to look out for
Will Thompson - Senior Associate - Fladgate
11.50am
How Not to Instruct an Investigator
Steven Haynes - Director - Greyhawk
Joe Blood - Associate - Greyhawk
12.30pm
Assembling the A-Team: How do you Put Together your Asset Recovery Team
Alexandra Campbell - Senior Associate - Howard Kennedy
1.10pm
Lunch
Afternoon Chairs
2.10pm
Latest on Private Prosecutions after the Post Office Horizon Scandal
Polly Sprenger - Partner - Addleshaw Goddard
Adam Kaufmann - Partner - Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss (USA)
2.50pm
The Lifecyle of an Insolvency
Amita Chohan - Barrister - Locke Lord
Matthew Tait - Partner - BDO
David Grant - Partner - Locke Lord
3.30pm
Digital & Crypto Assets
Syedur Rahman - Partner - Rahman Ravelli
Christopher Whitehouse - Senior Associate - RPC
4.10pm
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
9.35am
Freezing Injunction 101
Elizabeth Fox - Shareholder - Greenberg Traurig
Thomas Mitty - Barrister - Gatehouse Chambers
10.10am
Settlement, Mediation & Negotiation
Christopher Whitehouse - Senior Associate - RPC
Tom McKernan - Partner - PCB Byrne
Lynn Yin - Legal Director - Asserson
10.45am
Case Building Investigation, Collecting Evidence, Identification of Relevant Evidence
Rebecca Newell - Senior Associate - Hogan Lovells
Abigail Rushton - Senior Associate - Charles Russell Speechlys
11.20am
Refreshment Break
11.40am
Everything you need to know about Asset Recovery into Trusts
Natasha Fons - Associate - Pinsent Masons
Ruth Jordan - Barrister - Serle Court
12.15pm
Types of Claims Available & when do you Know it’s Worth Pursuing
Orla Donovan - Senior Associate - Dentons Ireland
Richard Clayman - Partner - Kingsley Napley
12.50pm
Practical Steps to Enforcing somewhere Exotic
David Jones - Partner - Carey Olsen (Guernsey)
Lucinda Orr - Partner - Enyo Law
1.25pm
Lunch & Close of Event

Event Partners

Networking Partner

Greyhawk
Knowledge Partner

Charles Russell Speechlys

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