Monday 24 November 2025
18:00 - 19:30
Professional pathways workshop
LIIARC
Location TBC
Details TBC
Tuesday 25 November 2025
8:30 - 10:00
ECCTA - two months on
Grant Thornton, Linklaters, Serious Fraud Office, Red Lion Chambers
Grant Thornton
8 Finsbury Circus
EC2M 7EA
Speakers: • James Helme – Partner, Grant Thornton • Andy Parratt – Deputy Head of Division, SFO • Elly Proudlock – Counsel, Linklaters • Faras Baloch – Barrister, Red Lion Chambers
10:30 - 12:00
Title TBC
Ankura, Fieldfisher, 33 Chancery Lane
Location TBC
Details TBC
12:30 - 14:00
Evidence collection in cross-border insolvency and fraud investigations: section 236 and other options
Mayer Brown, Alvarez & Marsal, Ogier
Mayer Brown
201 Bishopsgate
EC2M 3AF
Our panel of Mayer Brown lawyers and A&M insolvency professionals will discuss developments concerning the various tools and powers available for data and evidence collection for fraud and insolvency related claims. The session will include a discussion regarding the various ways in which section 236 Insolvency Act 1986 can be used in practice, its limitations and potential pitfalls, a review of recent decisions, and discussion of other evidence-gathering powers that may be available. Speakers: • Stephen Moi – Partner, Mayer Brown • Lauren Theodoulou – Counsel, Mayer Brown • Rachel Sexton – Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal • Paul Fryer – Director, Alvarez & Marsal • TBC, Ogier
14:30 - 16:00
Title TBC
Nardello, Gateley, Walkers
Location TBC
Details TBC
16:00 - 17:30
Play your enforcement cards right
Greenberg Traurig, Kroll, Stewarts
Greenberg Traurig LLP
The Shard Level 8
32 London Bridge Street
SE1 9SG
Do you know your Hague from your Lugano? Or your statutory from your common? Join Greenberg Traurig, Kroll, and Stewarts for an interactive panel where you will get to test your enforcement wits as the panel provides a timely update on the enforcement landscape. The panel will discuss what a winning enforcement hand looks like including: • How to maximise the cards you are dealt with an early enforcement strategy • The new ace card that is the Hague Judgments Convention • How to deal with a royal flush when it comes to enforcing against a state • When you are dealt a joker and the impact of sanctions This session will use Slido for an interactive experience. Speakers: • Elaina Baines – Partner, Stewarts • Bethany Histed – Senior Associate, Greenberg Traurig • Zoe Newman – Regional Managing Director, Kroll • Elizabeth Fox – Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
18:00 - 19:30
Title TBC
CRS, Wilberforce, S&W
Location TBC
Details TBC
Wednesday 26 November 2025
8:30 - 10:00
Coffee, Croissants & Clawbacks: the Asset Recovery Roundable
Signature, Interpath, Burford
The Law Society
113 Chancery Lane
WC2A 1PL
A round table discussion with industry experts, focussing on identifying, obtaining and deploying critical information in a successful asset recovery strategy. Speakers: • Kate Gee, Partner, Signature • Ioannis Alexopoulos, Partner, Signature • Michael Leeds, Managing Director, Interpath • Kristina Kicks, Managing Director, Interpath • Hannah Howlett, Senior Vice President • Tom Brown, Senior Vice President
10:30 - 12:00
Criminal enforcement in the new (wild) west: Have the sheriffs left town?
Collas Crill LLP, BCL Solicitors, 3 Raymond Buildings Chambers
The Law Society
113 Chancery Lane
WC2A 1PL
The Trump administration’s new approach to enforcement of AML, bribery, competition and sanctions laws imposes new pressures on the other governments and agencies of the West, notably in the EU and the UK. Will they step up and take over a global policing role, or is the US leading the way towards a less regulated world? Join Collas Crill, BCL Solicitors and 3 Raymond Buildings for a lively discussion about the future of criminal enforcement in uncertain times. Speakers: • Nin Ritchie - Partner, Collas Crill • John Binns - Partner, BCL Solicitors • Rachel Barnes KC, 3 Raymond Buildings
12:30 - 14:00
Digital asset hound: Fraud, recovery, and the road ahead for digital assets
Gatehouse Chambers, EY, CMS, Oon & Bazul
Gatehouse Chambers
1 Lady Hale Gate
Gray's Inn
WC1X 8BS
Join us for a roundtable-style discussion where professionals from diverse practices will share insights on fraud and recovery in the digital asset space. We will explore jurisdictional complexities, the challenges of anonymity, and forward-looking strategies for identifying and recovering digital assets—considering what these developments mean for legal professionals and investigators. The discussion will cover known and lesser-known digital assets (such as gaming assets that carry monetary value) and will also consider the recognition of overseas judgements relating to such assets. Speakers: • Rory Cochrane – Barrister, Gatehouse Chambers • Nicola Mollat – Partner, EY • Nadia Latti – Partner, CMS • Lionel Chan - Partner, Oon & Bazul
14:30 - 16:00
Fighting corruption in West Africa - working with government to recover assets
FTI, Omnia
FTI
200 Aldersgate Street
EC1A 4HD
When the new government decided to launch a major clampdown on corruption, they turned to Omnia Strategy and FTI Consulting. How did the project come together, and what collaboration model is the Republic using to deliver a transformative outcome? Speakers: • Andrew Durant – Senior Managing Director, FTI • Julia Yun Hulme – Co-Founder and Managing Director, Omnia • West African Government Official
16:00 - 17:30
AI and Fraud in 2025: The state of play and how to stay ahead
RPC, Ankura, XXIV
RPC
Tower Bridge
St Katharine's Way
E1W 1AA
We will assess the latest AI and Fraud trends focusing on the following issues: • Developments in LLM and deepfake technology over the last year • Usage by fraudsters of AI in the last year • The key legal issues and challenges that arise from AI-enabled fraud • Countering AI-enabled fraud – including with AI Speakers: • Chris Whitehouse - of Counsel, RPC • Ryan Rubin - Senior Managing Director, Ankura • Hugh Miall - Barrister, XXIV
18:00 - 19:30
Title TBC
Pinsent Masons, Appleby (sponsored by Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association)
Pinsent Masons
​30 Crown Place
Earl Street
EC2A 4ES
Details TBC
Thursday 27 November 2025
8:30 - 10:00
Finding the family silver: using insolvency tools to trace assets in divorce
Kingsley Napley LLP, Outer Temple, Grant Thornton
Kingsley Napley
20 Bonhill Street
EC2A 4DN
Join us for a breakfast seminar examining trends in the use of insolvency tools within asset tracing, with a particular focus on their application in high net worth family disputes. Our expert panel - comprising specialists in Family Law, Insolvency, and Civil Fraud - will discuss the increasing use of bankruptcy proceedings in divorce as a strategic mechanism to investigate assets. Speakers: • Richard Clayman – Partner, Kingsley Napley • Stacey Nevin – Partner, Kingsley Napley • Helen Pugh – Counsel, Outer Temple • Ami Sweeney – Director, Grant Thornton
10:30 - 12:00
A discussion on the geopolitical impact on the investigations and enforcement landscape (a year on from the US election)
Keidan Harrison, Baker McKenzie, Radcliffe Chambers
Baker McKenzie
​280 Bishopsgate
EC2M 4AG
In this topical, if not lively discussion, our panel will draw on their recent experience and the rapidly changing geopolitical landscape to discuss recent developments in investigations and enforcement a year on from the US election. Speakers: • Yindi Gesinde – Partner, Baker McKenzie • Kit Smith – Managing Associate, Keidan Harrison • David Mohyuddin KC – Barrister, Radcliffe Chambers
12:30 - 14:00
Effective policing of freezing orders: strategies and judicial approaches
Lewis Silkin, Maitland, Ogier
Lewis Silkin
​Arbor
255 Blackfriars Road
SE1 9AX
After having obtained a freezing order, ensuring compliance with its terms is key, particularly when faced with an uncooperative defendant. Drawing from recent examples, our panel of experts will delve into the intricacies and strategies of policing worldwide freezing orders (WFOs), including: • Options when faced with non-compliance. • The process of obtaining third-party disclosure orders. • The critical role of seal and gag orders in safeguarding the effectiveness of WFOs. • The two-stage approach adopted in other jurisdictions and recently adopted by the Commercial Court, ensuring a balanced and effective enforcement process. Speakers: • Fraser Mitchell, Partner, Lewis Silkin LLP • Duncan McCombe, Barrister, Maitland Chambers • TBC - Ogier
14:30 - 16:00
Title TBC
FRP, Osborne Clarke, Wilberforce
Location TBC
Details TBC
16:00 - 17:30
Breaches of directors duties and asset tracing and recovery
4 Pump Court, Quantuma, CYK
Cooke, Young & Keidan
​21 Lombard Street
EC3V 9AH
A high-level discussion around investigating potential breaches of duties by directors, from a legal and forensic accounting perspective, and the interplay with section 423 claims and the available steps to recover assets. Speakers: • Sanjay Patel KC – Barrister, 4 Pump Court • Jon Felce – Partner, CYK • Natalie Todd – Partner, CYK • Gavin Pearson – Managing Director, Quantuma
18:30 - Late
Finale Drinks
LIIARC
Location TBC