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MONDAY DRINKS RECEPTION
Monday, April 26 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Sponsored by Sequor Law

TUESDAY CLOSING HAPPY HOUR
Tuesday, April 27 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM 
Extended Networking Breaks
Tuesday, April 27 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM 

2024 Program (Past Event)

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All Days
Mon Dec 02
Tue Dec 03
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Mon Dec 02
8:00 AM

Networking Breakfast Sponsored by Wave Digital Assets

Wren: Foyer

9:00 AM

Opening Remarks

Wren
David Marchant

David Marchant

Founder, Owner & Editor

OffshoreAlert

9:15 AM

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)

Brian Simms KC (FTX Offshore)

Senior Partner

Lennox Paton

John J. Ray III (FTX Onshore)

John J. Ray III (FTX Onshore)

CEO

FTX

10:15 AM

Networking Break

Wren: Foyer
11:00 AM

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

Helen Hatton

Chairman

Central Associates

Ravi Mehta

Ravi Mehta

Barrister

Blackstone Chambers

Rick Parry

Rick Parry

Chair

English Football League

Tariq Panja

Tariq Panja

Reporter

The New York Times

12:15 PM

Networking Lunch Sponsored by Portman Square Group

Leo's Restaurant

1:30 PM

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

Aron Shaviv

Founder

Vantage Influence

Gretchen King

Gretchen King

Co-Founder

Vantage Intelligence

Toby Cadman

Toby Cadman

Co-Founder

The Guernica 37 Group

Victoria Kataoka

Victoria Kataoka

Managing Director

The Arkin Group

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

Brian Stapleton

Managing Director, Investigations & Compliance

Secretariat

Mike Baker

Mike Baker

Chairman & CEO

Portman Square Group

Mike LaCorte

Mike LaCorte

CEO

Conflict International

2:45 PM

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

Douglas Thompson

Author, Broadcaster & International Journalist

Hazim Nada

Hazim Nada

Founder & Owner

Lord Energy SA

Nick Brechbill

Nick Brechbill

Partner

Clare Locke

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

Anna Gumowska

Global Head of Investigations

G3

Charles Bott KC

Charles Bott KC

Head of Advocacy

Martin Kenney & Co. (MKS)

3:45 PM

Networking Break

Wren: Foyer
4:30 PM

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

Andrew Willins

Partner

Appleby

Angela Barkhouse

Angela Barkhouse

Managing Director, Restructuring

Kroll

David Lee

David Lee

Partner

Appleby

David Peters KC

David Peters KC

Barrister

Essex Court Chambers

5:30 PM

Welcome Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Appleby, Seqour Law & Martin Kenney & Co (MKS)

Sabine Rooftop Bar

Tue Dec 03
8:15 AM

Networking Breakfast

Wren: Foyer
9:15 AM

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

Aidan Larkin

Chief Executive Officer

Asset Reality

Eric Rosen

Eric Rosen

Founding Partner

Dynamis

James Robnett

James Robnett

Chief, Government Operations

Wave Digital Assets

Jonty

Jonty

Investigations

zeroShadow

Margaux Eckle

Margaux Eckle

Senior Investigator

Chainalysis

10:30 AM

Networking Break

Wren: Foyer
11:15 AM

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.

Edward H. Davis, Jr.

Founding Shareholder

Sequor Law

Martin Kenney

Martin Kenney

Managing Partner

Martin Kenney & Co (MKS)

Niall Dodd

Niall Dodd

Counsel

Dillon Eustace

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

Eiliv Frich Flydal

Investigative Journalist

VG/E24.no

George Greenwood

George Greenwood

Investigations Reporter

The Times

12:15 PM

Networking Lunch Sponsored by Dillon Eustace

Leo's Restaurant

1:30 PM

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

Andrew Emery

Partner

Emery Cooke

Tara Plochocki

Tara Plochocki

Partner

Sequor Law

Zachary Potter

Zachary Potter

Co-Managing Partner

RFB + Fisher Potter Hodas

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

Christopher Steele

Director & Joint Founder

Orbis Business Intelligence

Neil Barnett

Neil Barnett

Founder & CEO

Istok Associates

Stephanie Baker

Stephanie Baker

Author

Punishing Putin

2:45 PM

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

Joe Saar

Solutions Architect

Chainalysis

[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

Warren Gluck

Partner

Holland & Knight

3:45 PM

Networking Break

Wren: Foyer
4:30 PM

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

James Pearson

European Cybersecurity Correspondent

Reuters

5:15 PM

Closing Remarks

Wren
David Marchant

David Marchant

Founder, Owner & Editor

OffshoreAlert

5:30 PM

Closing Happy Hour Sponsored by Kroll, Emery Cooke & Vantage

Leo's Bar

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