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The Future Thought Leaders Essay Competition Brief 2026
Date: 28/08/2025 Type: Articles Community Magazine Essay Competition Topic: FIRE | Insolvency | Civil Fraud | International | Enforcement | Offshore | Asset Recovery |We at ThoughtLeaders4 are serious about providing opportunities to up-and-coming practitioners specialising in Asset Recovery, Fraud, Insolvency and Enforcement. We strongly believe that the next generation of practitioners should write, speak and attend events to build networks and further their careers. With this in mind, we proudly present the 5th Edition of our Future Thought Leaders Essay Competition.
Assessed by an illustriously experienced, senior and broad-ranging panel of practitioners this is your chance to stick your head above the parapet and mark yourself as the one to watch. With the opportunity to attend and present your essay at our FIRE Starters Global Summit: Dublin as well as attend our FIRE International: Vilamoura 2026 event in Portugal, we look forward to your submissions and welcoming you to the FIRE Starters community.
Essay Title:
How should courts and practitioners adapt enforcement strategies to address the challenges of tracing and recovering digital assets?
The rise of digital assets has transformed financial markets and commercial transactions, introducing complex challenges for enforcement. From tracing cryptocurrencies across borders to recovering assets hidden in decentralised systems, courts and practitioners are confronted with questions that existing legal frameworks were never designed to answer.
This essay competition invites participants to explore how enforcement strategies must evolve to meet the realities of digital assets. Essays may consider the role of courts, regulators, and practitioners in adapting established tools, as well as the potential for new remedies, crossborder cooperation, and technological innovation.
Participants are encouraged to examine the legal, practical, and jurisdictional hurdles that arise in tracing and recovering digital assets, while envisioning a future enforcement landscape that can both safeguard victims and support innovation in this fast-moving area.
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