
Grant Thornton
Location: 23rd & 24th September 2021 Syon Park, London, UK Members: £899 + VAT - Book by 25 Jun Non Members: £1099 + VAT - Book by 25 Jun
Relight your FIRE
Welcome back! Join us at the FIRE community's first in-person event. Re-connect with old friends and make new ones. Featuring a mix of in-depth content and much needed networking activities, do not miss the fun.
It has been a long 18 months for all. Enjoy a content and fun filled event welcoming us all back together:
Building on 18 months of our unique virtual events watch out for various FIRE themed activities & differing formats throughout the event
Accomodation available at Syon Park- Book Here
The event will operate in accordance with government capacity guidelines which are subject to change.
Barristers Chambers - In order to give the maximum value to attending chambers places are limited to a maximum of Two per chambers.
Dan is a multi-award winning investigative journalist. His work for the Financial Times has helped expose accounting problems and fraud at several listed companies, most recently Wirecard. Formerly the Editor of FT Alphaville, over his 13 year career at the FT he’s also run part of the newspapers markets team, worked as the FT’s Investment Correspondent in New York and for the Lex Column. Dan’s previous experience includes four years in Citigroup’s equity research department.
His reporting on Wirecard has been recognised with the Impact Award for distinguished financial journalism from the New York Financial Writers' Association, the Ludwig Erhard Prize for economic journalism and an honorary Helmut Schmidt Journalistenpreis.
Anastasia Konstantinova is a counsel in our Dispute Resolution practice. She specialises in litigation issues, corporate law and competition. She also has experience in advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, conducting due diligence of Russian companies in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical and real estate sectors, as well as participating in internal investigations.
Alex leads the contentious insolvency and asset recovery team, focusing on disputes arising from distressed and insolvent situations, often involving allegations of breach of duty, fraud and dishonesty.
Alex focuses on maximising returns to his clients, and recovering substantial assets quickly and efficiently. Alex has recently represented liquidators in a claim for over $450m against an offshore bank and its former owner, relating to suspected widescale tax frauds affecting numerous insolvent entities
Sue has over 20 years’ experience in all aspects of commercial litigation for claimants and defendants, with particular expertise in:
Civil fraud involving complex, multi-jurisdictional international commercial litigation (often where criminal, restraint or regulatory proceedings co-exist) including bribery and corruption, collective investment schemes, Ponzi and advance fee fraud schemes.
Pre-emptive relief including freezing injunctions, search orders, restraint orders, civil recovery orders.
Breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust (including tracing claims), insolvency litigation, directors’ duties and directors' disqualification.
Sport related matters including contractual representation and dispute resolution, disciplinary and regulatory matters and IP rights enforcement.
Reputation management and defamation.
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.
Described by the directories as a “rising star” and “a bright young gun” who “adds a sprinkling of tactical gold-dust where necessary”, Jon’s practice focuses on complex, high-value litigation for financial institutions, corporate clients, high net-worth individuals and insolvency practitioners. Since joining PCB he has been involved in multi-jurisdictional asset tracing cases including obtaining freezing orders in England and various European jurisdictions, a ground-breaking Search Order against a respondent against whom there is no cause of action, novel orders for alternative service and password cracking, and disclosure orders against third parties in England and the US. Jon also has particular experience in contentious insolvency, including in relation to cross-border recognition.
Dan Wyatt is an experienced commercial litigator with particular expertise in complex, high value civil fraud, financial services, and shareholder/partnership disputes. His work is usually multi-jurisdictional, and frequently involves Russia and Former Soviet Union countries.
Dan advises on proceedings in the English High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court, as well as on arbitration proceedings. Dan is listed by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner, and as a recommended lawyer in RPC's commercial disputes and civil fraud practices. He also was nominated as a stand-out lawyer in the 2019 and 2020 Acritas Stars survey.
23rd September 2021
24th September 2021
If the event runs on the designated date and any delegate is unable to attend due to:
• Local travel restrictions of the attendee
• Restrictions in the UK
• Any requirement to self-isolate or quarantine
• General travel restrictions
All bookings will have the option of:
• Sending a replacement at no extra cost
• Transferring to the 2022 date at no extra cost
• A full refund
If the event does not run as scheduled all bookings will have the option of:
• Transferring to the 2022 date at no extra cost
• A full refund
The event will operate in accordance with government capacity guidelines which are subject to change.
Barristers Chambers - In order to give the maximum value to attending chambers places are limited to a maximum of Two per chambers.
Rooms available at Syon Park. Exclusive conference rate available here