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Mon Dec 02
Tue Dec 03
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Mon Dec 02
8:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
BST
(1 Hour)
Networking Breakfast Sponsored by Wave Digital Assets
Wren: Foyer
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
BST
(15 Min)
Opening Remarks
Wren
David Marchant
Founder, Owner & Editor
OffshoreAlert
9:15 AM
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
BST
(1 Hour)
Inside Crypto's Biggest Insolvency: FTX's Global Settlement & Distribution (By Its Architects)
Wren
In this session, the FTX crypto group’s onshore and offshore insolvency administrators will discuss the hard-fought battle for jurisdiction between Delaware and The Bahamas and how they eventually overcame their differences, amid costly legal gridlock, to come up with a ‘global pooling’ settlement.
FTX’s Onshore CEO, John J. Ray II, and one of FTX’s Offshore Liquidators, Bahamas-based Brian Simms KC, will each discuss the battle from their own perspective, go into the complex legal issues, and talk about the path to resolution.
Brian Simms KC (FTX Offshore)
Senior Partner
Lennox Paton
John J. Ray III (FTX Onshore)
CEO
FTX
10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
BST
(45 Min)
Networking Break
Wren: Foyer
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
BST
(1 Hour 15 Min)
Regulating English Football: Football Governance Bill, Financial Fair Play & Anti-Corruption Measures
Wren
This session will look at proposed and existing laws and rules to keep English football clean and competitive, including Financial Fair Play rules and the Football Governance Bill, which would appoint an 'Independent Football Regulator' to regulate English men's elite football, including the Premier League, which is the world's third-highest grossing sports league by revenue.
Helen Hatton
Chairman
Central Associates
Ravi Mehta
Barrister
Blackstone Chambers
Rick Parry
Chair
English Football League
Tariq Panja
Reporter
The New York Times
12:15 PM
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
BST
(1 Hour 15 Min)
Networking Lunch Sponsored by Portman Square Group
Leo's Restaurant
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
BST
(1 Hour 15 Min)
System Abuse & How to Fight It: Sanctions, Red Notices & Black Lists
Wren: Nelson Suite
This session will look at how individuals, companies, and countries have been unfairly added to sanctions and financial black lists or had arrest warrants issued against them for politically-motivated or other reasons and discuss what can be done to have them removed.
Aron Shaviv
Founder
Vantage Influence
Gretchen King
Co-Founder
Vantage Intelligence
Toby Cadman
Co-Founder
The Guernica 37 Group
Victoria Kataoka
Managing Director
The Arkin Group
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
BST
(1 Hour 15 Min)
Utilizing Investigators & Intelligence Specialists to Win Disputes & Locate Assets
Wren: Dickens Suite
This session will analyze how litigants and litigators can utilize international investigators and intelligence specialists to improve their chances of winning litigation and recovering value.
Topics include:
- Understanding Leveraging International Investigators;
- Intelligence v Evidence (Advantages, pitfalls, processes, issues to be aware of);
- Utilizing alternative investigation tools for asset location (accessing GEO data mapping from phone apps, leveraging leaked data, covert enquiries, social engineering). Legal considerations and how do Courts view this?; and
- Strategy, appetite, process, considerations for pre and live litigation investigation.
Brian Stapleton
Managing Director, Investigations & Compliance
Secretariat
Mike Baker
Chairman & CEO
Portman Square Group
Mike LaCorte
CEO
Conflict International
2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
BST
(1 Hour)
Hazim Nada v. UAE: 'How Dirty Tricks & Disinformation Destroyed A Business'
Wren: Nelson Suite
This session will look at allegations by Italian-American Hazim Nada that his oil trading business Lord Energy failed because of a "dark public relations" operation against it that was allegedly funded by the United Arab Emirates and its ruler.
Douglas Thompson
Author, Broadcaster & International Journalist
Hazim Nada
Founder & Owner
Lord Energy SA
Nick Brechbill
Partner
Clare Locke
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
BST
(1 Hour)
Using Dubiously-Obtained Evidence in Court
Wren: Dickens Suite
This session will discuss the admissibility in courts of hacked emails, documents obtained by deceit, and statements from witnesses who were paid.
Anna Gumowska
Global Head of Investigations
G3
Charles Bott KC
Head of Advocacy
Martin Kenney & Co. (MKS)
3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
BST
(45 Min)
Networking Break
Wren: Foyer
4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
BST
(1 Hour)
Offshore Asset Recovery Update
Wren: Nelson Suite
This session will provide an update of key points for all market participants and practitioners potentially involved in disputes where assets located offshore need to be recovered. Leading practitioners from Appleby law firm and Kroll investigations services firm will give perspectives of both lawyers and insolvency practitioners on the key points to note.
The topics will be targeted at the latest developments in terms of both judgments and practice. The session will include insights from the Appleby team that acted on the recent Sian Participation case where the U.K.'s Privy Council considered the interaction between insolvency proceedings and arbitration where a winding up petition is founded on a debt which is subject to an arbitration agreement. That case declared the previous leading English authority, Salford Estates, wrongly decided and has important consequences for many offshore jurisdictions.
Andrew Willins
Partner
Appleby
Angela Barkhouse
Managing Director, Restructuring
Kroll
David Lee
Partner
Appleby
David Peters KC
Barrister
Essex Court Chambers
5:30 PM
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
BST
(2 Hours)
Welcome Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Appleby, Seqour Law & Martin Kenney & Co (MKS)
Sabine Rooftop Bar
Appleby
Sequor Law
Tue Dec 03
8:15 AM
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
BST
(1 Hour)
Networking Breakfast
Wren: Foyer
9:15 AM
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM
BST
(1 Hour 15 Min)
Advanced Crypto Investigations, Recovery & Management
Wren: Nelson Suite
In this session, leading experts in an industry where fraud is rampant will offer tips and guidance on how to investigate, recover, and manage crypto.
Aidan Larkin
Chief Executive Officer
Asset Reality
Eric Rosen
Founding Partner
Dynamis
James Robnett
Chief, Government Operations
Wave Digital Assets
Jonty
Investigations
zeroShadow
Margaux Eckle
Senior Investigator
Chainalysis
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
BST
(45 Min)
Networking Break
Wren: Foyer
11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
BST
(1 Hour)
Mastering Fraud Recovery: Expert Insights & Interactive Q&A (Part 1)
Wren: Nelson Suite
Leading international fraud and value recovery specialists discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. This session is intended to be informal and interactive and represents an opportunity for you to have your questions answered by experts who have 'been there, seen it, done it'.
Edward H. Davis, Jr.
Founding Shareholder
Sequor Law
Martin Kenney
Founder & Head of Firm
MKS Law
Niall Dodd
Counsel
Dillon Eustace
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
BST
(1 Hour)
Dubai Unlocked: How To Investigate Property Ownership in a Money Launderer's Paradise
Wren: Dickens Suite
In recent years, Dubai has emerged a leading international financial center and, in doing so, has become a haven for financial criminals, including fraudsters, money launderers, narcotics traffickers, and corrupt politicians. Fueled by a new leak of property records, 'Dubai Unlocked' is an investigative project involving more than 70 media outlets around the globe that shines the brightest light yet on the owners of real estate in the jurisdiction. This session will discuss the project's damning findings and show investigators how to access and analyze the project's data to uncover who owns what in the jurisdiction.
This session will be followed by an informal workshop in a separate room for those who want to know more and have a hands-on learning experience. The workshop will occur in the Reynolds Suite on Floor/Level -1 after lunch.
Eiliv Frich Flydal
Investigative Journalist
VG/E24.no
George Greenwood
Investigations Reporter
The Times
12:15 PM
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
BST
(1 Hour 15 Min)
Networking Lunch Sponsored by Dillon Eustace
Leo's Restaurant
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
BST
(1 Hour 15 Min)
Mastering Fraud Recovery: Expert Insights & Interactive Q&A (Part 2)
Wren: Nelson Suite
Leading international fraud and value recovery specialists discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. This session is intended to be informal and interactive and represents an opportunity for you to have your questions answered by experts who have 'been there, seen it, done it'.
Andrew Emery
Partner
Emery Cooke
Tara Plochocki
Partner
Sequor Law
Zachary Potter
Co-Managing Partner
RFB + Fisher Potter Hodas
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
BST
(1 Hour 15 Min)
Intelligence Briefing: Russia
Wren: Dickens Suite
In this session, intelligence specialists will discuss what's going on in Russia and how it might affect international businesses operating in the country or providing services to Russian citizens.
Christopher Steele
Director & Joint Founder
Orbis Business Intelligence
Neil Barnett
Founder & CEO
Istok Associates
Stephanie Baker
Author
Punishing Putin
2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
BST
(1 Hour)
They're Coming for Everyone: The Terrifying World of Pig Butchering
Wren: Nelson Suite
This session will look at so-called 'Pig Butchering' schemes, which swindle an estimated tens of billions of dollars annually from victims, the human trafficking behind it, and the role of crypto in laundering the proceeds.
The problem is so huge that it poses an existential threat to developed countries as tens of billions of dollars is transferred from taxpayers to criminal organizations.
Joe Saar
Solutions Architect
Chainalysis
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
BST
(1 Hour)
[CANCELLED] It's Unavoidable & Unstoppable: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Everything
Wren: Dickens Suite
We regret to inform you that this session has been cancelled due to an unforeseen emergency with the speaker. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.
Warren Gluck
Partner
Holland & Knight
3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
BST
(45 Min)
Networking Break
Wren: Foyer
4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
BST
(45 Min)
Intelligence Debrief: Exploding Pagers & Walkie-Talkies
Wren
This session will look at the planning, execution, and impact of the extraordinarily sophisticated attacks on the militant group Hezbollah using exploding pagers and walkie-talkies.
James Pearson
European Cybersecurity Correspondent
Reuters
5:15 PM
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
BST
(15 Min)
Closing Remarks
Wren
David Marchant
Founder, Owner & Editor
OffshoreAlert
5:30 PM
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
BST
(1 Hour 30 Min)
Closing Happy Hour Sponsored by Kroll, Emery Cooke & Vantage
Leo's Bar
Lord Energy SA
Sponsors
White Knight Sponsor
Appleby
Justice Sponsors
Sequor Law
Integrity Sponsors
Truth Sponsors
GreyList Trace
Audenzia
vLex
Supporting Partners
FraudNet
International Fraud Group
The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators
Past Speakers
Lord Energy SA
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