Martin Kenney

For many years, the British Virgin Islands has been the King of Incorporations in the offshore world, proving to be particularly popular with citizens of China and Russia in recent times. This session will look at why the BVI is so attractive to foreigners seeking to set up offshore shell entities, what the jurisdiction offers that rivals don't, what is so appealing about its legal structures, and what they are being used for.

This session will examine statute of limitation issues from the perspective of a litigant seeking to attack the transfer of funds to a trust set up in 'trust-friendly' jurisdictions, in particular the Cook Islands, The Bahamas, Cyprus and Nevis.

A look at recent developments in areas as varied as the choice of jurisdiction to wind up foreign companies, the power to issue anti-suit injunctions to prevent aggressive creditors from seeking inequitable priority, the existence of a power at common law to assist foreign insolvency office holders and the duties of insolvency office holders.

Originating Application in Stockman Interhold SA v. Andriy Malitskiy and Igor Filipenko at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

The 'twists-and-turns' story of how US$240 million in steel boxes was reportedly smuggled out of Libya after the fall of the Gaddafi regime, and how a sting operation to recover the funds for the people of Libya was pursued.

As has been amply show in recent years, the world's leading banks routine engage in illegal activity. This session will look at whether banks lie and suppress records to thwart asset recovery investigations.

This session will look at the pros and cons of the burgeoning litigation funding industry.

Order of Discontinuance as to Michael Pringle in Richard D. Vento and Lana Vento v. Martin Kenney & Co., Arabella di Iorio, as President of the British Virgin Islands Bar Association; and Michael Pringle, as arbitrator, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Claim Form in Richard D. Vento and Lana Vento v. Martin Kenney & Co., Arabella di Iorio, as President of the British Virgin Islands Bar Association; and Michael Pringle, an Arbitrator, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Consent Order in ACE Limited v. Echemus Investment Management Ltd., Echemus Group, LP, Martin S. Kenney, and CC International Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Order Refusing Leave to Appeal in ACE Limited v. Echemus Investment Management Ltd., Echemus Group, LP, Martin S. Kenney, and CC International Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Order to Serve Outside Jurisdiction in Martin Kenney & Co., Solicitors v. Julian Tyler Holt at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Claim Form in Martin Kenney & Co., Solicitors v. Julian Tyler Holt at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Re-Issued Costs Ruling regarding Echemus Investment Management Ltd., Echemus Group, LP, Martin S. Kenney, and CC International Limited in CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company v. ACE Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Ruling regarding who should pay costs and legality of service out of the jurisdiction in CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company v. ACE Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

An open discussion about measures used to surreptitiously (and legally) discover concealed wealth and to attribute it to wrongdoers or wrongdoing. Watch NowView Trailer

Order adding Echemus Investment Management Ltd., Echemus Group, LP, CC International Limited, and Martin S. Kenney as parties for the purposes of costs only in CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company v. ACE Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Letter from Kip Schwartz on behalf of Bancroft Life & Casualty ICC, Ltd. complaining about an OffshoreAlert article.

Order granting permission to serve costs summons on Echemus Group LP, Echemus Investment Management Ltd., Echemus International, Ltd., Martin S. Kenney, CC International Limited and James Little outside the jurisdiction in CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company v. ACE Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Dr. Afonso Henrique Alves Braga, of São Paulo, Brazil, as the Judicial Administrator of the Bankruptcy Estate of Petroforte Brasileiro de Petroleo Ltda. et al, to take discovery from Carlton Fields PA, Robert B. Macaulay, AT&T-New Cingular Wireless, Luisa Rosa de Oliveira Binder, Nelson Slosbergas PA, and Nelson Slosbergas for use in legal proceedings in Brazil, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Following an application by creditor Alexander M. Fundora, who claims to have been swindled out of US$2.5 million by former offshore banker Allen Stanford, a Caribbean judge has removed Nigel Hamilton Smith and Peter Wastell as joint liquidators of Stanford

Insureds of British Virgin Islands based Boston Life and Annuity Company Ltd. (in liquidation) have won an important legal victory in their attempt to recover $11 million they claim was defrauded from them in a scheme allegedly masterminded by US

Forty-six Norwegian parties are seeking evidence from a New York attorney as part of an attempt to recover millions of dollars allegedly defrauded from them in an investment scam.They filed a motion for the issuance of letters rogatory at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, in Brooklyn, on November 18, 2005.

The organizer of the asset recovery section of OffshoreAlert's upcoming Symposium has won a $36 million judgment against a U.S. law firm.Interclaim Holdings Ltd. and Interclaim Recovery Ltd., which are based in Ireland and owned by a Bermuda holding company, secured the judgment in Chicago on July 3 following a trial that lasted two and a half weeks.

One arm of an asset recovery group that is registered in Bermuda and Ireland has gone into liquidation as a defensive measure in a bitter legal battle in North America for control of the assets of a convicted criminal. Interclaim Recovery Ltd., of Ireland, applied for voluntary liquidation on November 7, 2001 after a Canadian judge ordered it to pay CDN$2.2 million (US$1.37 million) in legal costs to the crook, Blair Down, and his associates.

Debt recovery firm Interclaim (Bermuda) Limited made international headlines recently after a series of daring legal manoeuvres in several countries against the type of heartless criminals who have become accustomed to getting away with their crimes.The company, which operates from Dublin, Ireland, has successfully frozen in the region of US$200 million of assets linked with Blair Down, a Canadian businessman who created his wealth by ripping off the elderly.