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FIRE Year In Review – 2024 Boiled Down

16 Dec 2024

Location: 12:00pm - 1:00pm UK Time Virtual Event (Zoom)
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FIRE Year In Review – 2024 Boiled Down

Highlights

The year in FIRE has not repeated itself. Which has been the most important FIRE topic of the year? You decide! Tune in for an interactive format whereby:

  • Each speaker pitches their topic for 5 minutes
  • Strict 5 minutes with the mute button at the ready
  • Each speaker has 30 seconds to object to a topic being important
  • Audience decides the winner at the end

Chaired by Mary Young, Kingsley Napley.

Mary Young
Partner
Kingsley Napley

Mary is a dispute resolution partner at Kingsley Napley.  She is a commercial litigator with a specialism in civil fraud and asset tracing.  She acts for individuals, companies, insolvency practitioners and other law firms. Mary can supervise your search order, loves a freezing injunction and in recent years has developed expertise in cases involving bribery.  People say nice things about her in the directories including one comment which compared her to a dog.  Mary really needs a new photo as she has much more grey hair now.


Mary Young
Mary Young Partner
Kingsley Napley
George McPherson
Barrister
3VB

George is a highly regarded senior junior specialising in commercial law. For many years, he has been recognised in the directories for his “outstanding” all round ability as a commercial barrister. He is "a very skilful advocate" and “exceptional” on paper, with an “excellent analytical brain” which he combines with a style that is “very personable and user-friendly”.


George McPherson
George McPherson Barrister
3VB
Sean McGuiness
Investment Manager, Senior Legal Counsel
Omni Bridgeway

Sean McGuiness is an Investment Manager based in Omni Bridgeway’s London office where he is responsible for originating cases, due diligence, the management of funded cases in EMEA and advancing the company’s judgment enforcement initiatives.

Prior to joining Omni Bridgeway in 2023, Sean was Head of Commercial Litigation and Arbitration at a leading London-based funder. Sean has funded claims and portfolios arising from large scale insolvencies, offshore litigation and recovery portfolios, general commercial litigation and shareholder claims under the FSMA regime. 
Before joining the funding industry, Sean worked in the London office of DLA Piper for ten years, with a broad practice advising on complex cross-border litigation, international arbitration, fraud, shareholder disputes and enforcement. Sean has particular expertise in the financial services, energy and infrastructure and natural resources sectors, and broad expertise across the globe with particular experience in offshore jurisdictions, Europe and Africa. 

Sean is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales (2013) and an Attorney at Law in Texas (2019). Sean holds an LLB in Law from the London School of Economics.


Sean McGuiness
Sean McGuiness Investment Manager, Senior Legal Counsel
Omni Bridgeway
Luke Gunning
Senior Associate
Alaco

Luke Gunning
Luke Gunning Senior Associate
Alaco
Laure-Hélène Gaicio-Fievez
Partner
BSP (Luxembourg)

Laure-Hélène Gaicio-Fievez is a partner at BSP and focuses on complex real estate, commercial, corporate and financial disputes.

Laure-Hélène has been recognized as a “next generation partner” having strong reputation in cross-border litigation. She is considered by her clients as being creative and efficient. Laure-Hélène indeed has extensive experience in all forms of international and domestic dispute resolution with a particular focus on commercial, corporate, financial, fund and real estate matters. She assists her clients through the entire process, from pre-litigation to the enforcement of the decision obtained. She is a member of the IFG (International Fraud Group). In addition, she has experience in real estate and commercial contracts, drafting and negotiating a number of complex agreements.


Laure-Hélène Gaicio-Fievez
Laure-Hélène Gaicio-Fievez Partner
BSP (Luxembourg)
Anna Snead
Counsel
Ogier

Anna is counsel in Ogier's Cayman law Dispute Resolution team. A specialist in international commercial litigation and arbitration in the corporate and funds fields, Anna has particular expertise in high value contractual disputes, directors' and shareholders' disputes, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, professional negligence disputes and asset recovery actions.


Anna Snead
Anna Snead Counsel
Ogier
Andrew McLeod
Senior Associate
PCB Byrne

Andrew is an adept commercial litigator with experience across a wide range of high-value civil fraud and commercial disputes.

With a recent focus on complex civil fraud proceedings – covering both substantive trials, foreign enforcement of judgments and applications for urgent interim relief – Andrew’s career has also seen him work on challenging commercial disputes, banking, fraud and regulatory investigations and anti-money laundering matters.


Andrew McLeod
Andrew McLeod Senior Associate
PCB Byrne
Amy Harvey
Partner
LK Law

Amy Harvey
Amy Harvey Partner
LK Law

Agenda

11:55am
Audience Log On
12:00pm
Chairs Opening Remarks
Speakers:
Mary Young - Partner - Kingsley Napley
12:05pm
FIRE Year In Review – 2024 Boiled Down

• Each speaker pitches their topic for 5 minutes

• Strict 5 minutes with the mute button at the ready

• Each speaker has 30 seconds to object to a topic being important

• Audience decides the winner at the end

Speakers:
Laure-Hélène Gaicio-Fievez - Partner - BSP (Luxembourg)
Amy Harvey - Partner - LK Law
Sean McGuiness - Investment Manager, Senior Legal Counsel - Omni Bridgeway
Luke Gunning - Senior Associate - Alaco
Mary Young - Partner - Kingsley Napley
Andrew McLeod - Senior Associate - PCB Byrne
Anna Snead - Counsel - Ogier
George McPherson - Barrister - 3VB
12:45pm
Panel Q&A
1:00pm
Chairs Closing Remarks
Speakers:
Mary Young - Partner - Kingsley Napley

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