The Crypto in Disputes Forum - 3rd Annual

The only Forum dedicated to Cryptocurrency issues in Litigation, Arbitration, Enforcement and more. 

In-person | 25th June 2024 | One Whitehall Place, London

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Agenda

Networking & Registration
9:00am

Chairpersons' Opening Remarks
9:15am

Darragh Connell, Barrister
Maitland

Carmel King, Director
Grant Thornton

Henry Farris, Partner
Withers

Stephen Palley, Partner
Brown Rudnick

Keynote Address: High Court Perspective on Crypto Fraud
9:30am

  • Implications of Boonyaem v Persons Unknown
  • Developments in Crypto Fraud Litigation, Ongoing and Upcoming
  • Relationship between the judiciary, litigation and regulatory bodies

Richard Salter KC, Deputy High Court Judge
Queen's Bench Division

Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration: International Approaches to Regulation and Arbitrage
10:10am

  • Collaboration between various regimes on consumer protection, securities buying and money laundering
  • The logistics of Cross-Border Arbitrage
  • Strategies for effectively engaging with other regulatory jurisdictions

Ali Khan, Web 3.0 / DeFi Principal
AS Legal Consultants (UAE)

Alexander Shirtcliff, Partner
Blake Morgan

Charlotte Eborall, Barrister
3VB

Networking & Refreshment Break
10:50am

Evaluating Litigation Costs in Cryptocurrency Disputes as Opposed to Arbitration
11:10am

 

  • When does a contract apply when concerning digital assets?
  • Alternative methods of disputes resolution beyond arbitration
  • Evaluating costs and benefits of pursuing cryptocurrency issues in court
  • Digital contract law, understanding your rights in a decentralized ecosystem

Henry Farris, Partner
Withers

Jonas Habert, Senior Associate
Enyo Law

Helen Pugh, Barrister
Outer Temple Chambers

Assessing the Obstacles to Recovering Digital Assets, Tracing, Bringing Claims and Pursuing Them
12:00pm

  • Extrajudicial Barriers to seeking justice under common law regime
  • Public injunctions and the thresholds of cost effective litigation
  • Developments in asset tracing technology and techniques

Andrew Bowden-Brown, Partner
Shoosmiths

Flavia Kenyon, Barrister
36 Group

Philippe Kuhn, Barrister
39 Essex Chambers

Darragh Connell, Barrister
Maitland

Networking & Lunch Break
12:40pm

Exploring Different Strategies for Enforcement, Obtaining Orders for Delivery and Options for Transfer of Crypto AssetsĀ 
1:30pm

  • Pursuing decentralized parties without stable residence in various jurisdictions
  • Bringing judgements to foreign courts and having them recognized
  • Different approaches to transfering crypto assets 

Chris Recker, Senior Associate
Kingsley Napley

Sam Thompson, Associate Director
Grant Thornton

Sivan Daniels, Partner, Finance Disputes & Commercial Litigation
Addleshaw Goddard

Simona Peter , Senior Associate
Bird & Bird

Determining the Legal Responsibilities of Crypto Exchanges and Lessons Learned from Previous Mismanagement
2:30pm

  • Trust vs Deposit, how current cryptocurrency exchanges hold consumer assets
  • Lessons learned in the wake of the FTX collapse
  • Reviewing compliance standards for cryptocurrency exchanges: How should we safeguard consumers?

Laura Clatworthy, Partner, Dispute Resolution
Rosenblatt

Stephen Palley, Partner
Brown Rudnick

Stephen Elam, Partner
Cooke, Young & Keidan

Daniel Tunkel, Partner, Head of Financial Regulation
MemeryCrystal

Networking & Refreshment Break
3:10pm

Disentangling Cryptocurrencies in Insolvency Proceedings, Novel Issues and Resolutions
3:40pm

  • How digital assets are treated during bankruptcy proceedings
  • Protocol for dealing with obscured assets, mixed or Stealth Coins
  • Appropriately valuing digital assets 

Stephen O’Grady, Partner
TaylorWessing

Graham Small, Partner
JMW Solicitors

Carmel King, Director
Grant Thornton

Nik Yeo, Barrister
Fountain Court

What is a DAO and How Do You Sue It?
4:20pm

  • Benefits and drawbacks of DAOs as organizational structures
  • Legal responsibilities to shareholders in event of asset mismanagement
  • Mechanisms through which DAOs can be held responsible in court

Ioanna Patsalidou, PhD Candidate
King's College London

Simon Deane-Johns, Partner
Keystone Law

Marcus Bagnall, Partner
Wiggin LLP

Chairpersons' Closing Remarks
5:00pm

Drinks Reception
5:15pm

Sponsored by Brown Rudnick

9:00am
Networking & Registration
9:15am
Chairpersons' Opening Remarks
Darragh Connell - Barrister - Maitland
Carmel King - Director - Grant Thornton
Henry Farris - Partner - Withers
Stephen Palley - Partner - Brown Rudnick
9:30am
Keynote Address: High Court Perspective on Crypto Fraud
  • Implications of Boonyaem v Persons Unknown
  • Developments in Crypto Fraud Litigation, Ongoing and Upcoming
  • Relationship between the judiciary, litigation and regulatory bodies
Richard Salter KC - Deputy High Court Judge - Queen's Bench Division
10:10am
Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration: International Approaches to Regulation and Arbitrage
  • Collaboration between various regimes on consumer protection, securities buying and money laundering
  • The logistics of Cross-Border Arbitrage
  • Strategies for effectively engaging with other regulatory jurisdictions
Ali Khan - Web 3.0 / DeFi Principal - AS Legal Consultants (UAE)
Alexander Shirtcliff - Partner - Blake Morgan
Charlotte Eborall - Barrister - 3VB
10:50am
Networking & Refreshment Break
11:10am
Evaluating Litigation Costs in Cryptocurrency Disputes as Opposed to Arbitration

 

  • When does a contract apply when concerning digital assets?
  • Alternative methods of disputes resolution beyond arbitration
  • Evaluating costs and benefits of pursuing cryptocurrency issues in court
  • Digital contract law, understanding your rights in a decentralized ecosystem
Henry Farris - Partner - Withers
Jonas Habert - Senior Associate - Enyo Law
Helen Pugh - Barrister - Outer Temple Chambers
12:00pm
Assessing the Obstacles to Recovering Digital Assets, Tracing, Bringing Claims and Pursuing Them
  • Extrajudicial Barriers to seeking justice under common law regime
  • Public injunctions and the thresholds of cost effective litigation
  • Developments in asset tracing technology and techniques
Andrew Bowden-Brown - Partner - Shoosmiths
Flavia Kenyon - Barrister - 36 Group
Philippe Kuhn - Barrister - 39 Essex Chambers
Darragh Connell - Barrister - Maitland
12:40pm
Networking & Lunch Break
1:30pm
Exploring Different Strategies for Enforcement, Obtaining Orders for Delivery and Options for Transfer of Crypto AssetsĀ 
  • Pursuing decentralized parties without stable residence in various jurisdictions
  • Bringing judgements to foreign courts and having them recognized
  • Different approaches to transfering crypto assets 
Chris Recker - Senior Associate - Kingsley Napley
Sam Thompson - Associate Director - Grant Thornton
Sivan Daniels - Partner, Finance Disputes & Commercial Litigation - Addleshaw Goddard
Simona Peter - Senior Associate - Bird & Bird
2:30pm
Determining the Legal Responsibilities of Crypto Exchanges and Lessons Learned from Previous Mismanagement
  • Trust vs Deposit, how current cryptocurrency exchanges hold consumer assets
  • Lessons learned in the wake of the FTX collapse
  • Reviewing compliance standards for cryptocurrency exchanges: How should we safeguard consumers?
Laura Clatworthy - Partner, Dispute Resolution - Rosenblatt
Stephen Palley - Partner - Brown Rudnick
Stephen Elam - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan
Daniel Tunkel - Partner, Head of Financial Regulation - MemeryCrystal
3:10pm
Networking & Refreshment Break
3:40pm
Disentangling Cryptocurrencies in Insolvency Proceedings, Novel Issues and Resolutions
  • How digital assets are treated during bankruptcy proceedings
  • Protocol for dealing with obscured assets, mixed or Stealth Coins
  • Appropriately valuing digital assets 
Stephen O’Grady - Partner - TaylorWessing
Graham Small - Partner - JMW Solicitors
Carmel King - Director - Grant Thornton
Nik Yeo - Barrister - Fountain Court
4:20pm
What is a DAO and How Do You Sue It?
  • Benefits and drawbacks of DAOs as organizational structures
  • Legal responsibilities to shareholders in event of asset mismanagement
  • Mechanisms through which DAOs can be held responsible in court
Ioanna Patsalidou - PhD Candidate - King's College London
Simon Deane-Johns - Partner - Keystone Law
Marcus Bagnall - Partner - Wiggin LLP
5:00pm
Chairpersons' Closing Remarks
5:15pm
Drinks Reception

Sponsored by Brown Rudnick

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