Tuesday 24 November 2026
8:30 - 10:00
Technology in investigations
Grant Thornton, Serious Fraud Office, White & Case
Grant Thornton
8 Finsbury Circus
EC2M 7EA
Speakers: • James Helme, Partner, Grant Thornton • Vijay Rathour, Partner, Grant Thornton • Paul Duester, Associate General Counsel, Serious Fraud Office • Neill Blundell, Partner, White & Case
14:30 - 16:00
The use of insolvency powers and litigation tools in fraud cases
Osborne Clarke, Maitland Chambers
Osborne Clarke
One London Wall
Barbican
EC2Y 5EB
Speakers: • Georgie Green, Senior Associate, Osborne Clarke • Katherine Jensen, Senior Associate, Osborne Clarke • Eoin MacLachlan, Barrister, Maitland Chambers • Rory Forsyth, Barrister, Maitland Chambers
16:00 - 17:30
Caught In the crossfire? - Sanctions investigations and crisis communications in challenging jurisdictions
BRG, Bracewell, 7BR
7BR, 7 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4BS
This session will explore the realities and challenges of conducting sanctions investigations and managing communications in high-risk jurisdictions where legal, reputational, and operational risks converge. The panel brings together a solicitor, barrister, investigator, and PR professional, each sharing lessons learned from navigating complex, high-stakes situations. Speakers: • Sam Ormonde, Associate Director, BRG • Mark Hunting, Partner, Bracewell • Meg Beasley, Partner, Bracewell • Victor Koleda, Director, DRD Partnership • Andrew Wheeler KC, 7BR
18:00 - 19:30
Should You Even Bother? Making the Case for Bringing a Case
Charles Russell Speechlys, Wilberforce Chambers, Kroll, Greenberg Traurig
Wilberforce Chambers
77 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1AE
We talk a lot about how to bring asset recovery claims, but this session asks the question clients often want answered first: should they even bother? Using a case study, our panel will explore the commercial, investigative, legal and international enforcement considerations that shape asset recovery strategy. As the scenario develops, speakers and audience members will be challenged to make key strategic decisions: Is there enough evidence to proceed? Should urgent relief be sought? What tools are available? Where are the assets? Is funding realistic? And, ultimately, is recovery worth pursuing? Bringing together perspectives from investigations, litigation, asset tracing and enforcement, the panel will examine how different strategies emerge at different stages of a case and why there is rarely a single “right” answer. Speakers: •Caroline Greenwell, Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys (Moderator) •Thomas Robinson KC, Wilberforce Chambers •Claire Broadbelt, Co-Chair, UK Civil Fraud & Business Disputes Practice, Greenberg Traurig •Jonathan Thielmann, Managing Director, Kroll
Wednesday 25 November 2026
8:30 - 10:00
The Full English Recovery: Asset Tracing Over Breakfast
Signature Litigation, Burford Capital, Interpath Advisory
The Law Society
113 Chancery Lane
WC2A 1PL
Join specialists from Signature Litigation, Burford Capital, and Interpath Advisory for an informal, fun, and interactive round table breakfast discussion exploring the strategic choices that arise in fast-moving asset tracing and recovery cases. In the session, each table will be allocated a fixed budget and will have to decide how to apply their resources. Guests will have to race against the clock and work together to explore how to identify, obtain, and deploy critical information, when to pursue particular remedies, and how to balance speed, cost, and enforcement objectives in a successful cross-border recovery strategy. Speakers: • Mike Leeds, Managing Director, Interpath • Kristina Kicks, Managing Director, Interpath • Tom Brown, Director, Burford • Kate Gee, Partner, Signature • Ioannis Alexopoulos, Partner, Signature • Oliver Steeple, Associate, Signature
10:30 - 12:00
Investor Litigation in Flux: Triggers, Tactics and the Battle Over Loss and Reliance
Fieldfisher, Forensic Risk Alliance
Fieldfisher
Riverbank House
2 Swan Lane
EC4R 3TT
The panel will consider the evolving UK and international landscape for investor claims, focusing on funder-driven litigation, key triggers (fraud, misstatements, ESG), and strategic disclosure dynamics, before examining loss quantification and the practical challenges of proving reliance in a developing area of law. Speakers: • Natalie Quinlivan, Partner, Fieldfisher • Alex Underwood, Partner, Fieldfisher • Matthew Rees, Director, Forensic Risk Alliance • Rob Mason, Partner, Forensic Risk Alliance
14:30 - 16:00
CPR Part 71 Examinations & Other Routes to Post-Judgment International Asset Discovery
Gatehouse Chambers, Grant Thornton
Gatehouse Chambers
1 Lady Hale Gate
Gray's Inn
WC1X 8BS
This panel discussion will examine the scope of the English Court’s powers under CPR Part 70 in the context of post-judgment asset discovery in an international context. The panel will discuss the role and limitations of Part 71 examinations and other practical methods of compelling disclosure from Judgment Debtors in the context of asset discovery globally and as part of multi-faceted enforcement strategies for Judgment Creditors. Speakers: • Sarah McCann KC, Barrister, Gatehouse Chambers • Miguel Henderson, Barrister, Gatehouse Chambers • Thomas Mitty, Barrister, Gatehouse Chambers • Robert Starkins, Partner, Grant Thornton
16:00 - 17:30
Delay, Distract, Disappear: Countering Fraudster Litigation Tactics
Gateley, Tracelex, 4 New Square Chambers
Gateley
1 Paternoster Square
EC4M 7DX
Fraud litigation is often as much a battle against obstruction as it is a pursuit of justice. From delay tactics and non-cooperation to asset dissipation and jurisdictional manoeuvring, defendants frequently seek to frustrate and derail claims at every stage of the process. This session will explore the challenges they create and the legal and practical tools available to overcome them, secure recoveries and keep cases on track. Speakers: • Paul Mitchell KC (commercial barrister at 4 New Square specialising in fraud, professional liability, general commercial, and malicious prosecution actions) • Alex Thompson (Partner in Gateley Legal’s International Dispute Resolution team specialising in asset recovery) • Dmytro Kostyukov (Head of Asset Tracing and Recovery at Trace Lex)
18:00 - 19:30
Clock Watching: Fraud, Limitation and What’s Changed
Pinsent Masons, Serle Court, Walkers
Pinsent Masons
30 Crown Place
Earl Street
EC2A 4ES
Limitation is meant to deliver certainty, but recent English cases have challenged how the fraud exception to limitation operates. This session will unpack why knowledge, concealment and mistake have become decisive battlegrounds in English fraud cases by looking through the lens of recent cases dealing with section 32 of the Limitation Act 1980. The session will also compare and contrast how offshore jurisdictions deal with similar fraud related limitation issues. Speakers: • Michael Reading, Managing Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons • Bill Geiringer, Managing Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons • Kate Henry, Managing Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons • David Blayney KC, Barrister, Serle Court • Andrew Chissick, Partner, Walkers Global
Thursday 26 November 2026
8:30 - 10:00
A view from the bench: Where are fraud lawyers going wrong?
Kingsley Napley, Serle Court, Collas Crill
Kingsley Napley
20 Bonhill Street
EC2A 4DN
Interim remedies are among the most powerful tools in the civil fraud lawyers' toolkit. Freezing orders, search orders, and other urgent injunctive relief can set the tone for the whole case, but they also carry significant risk when they go wrong. In this panel discussion, a sitting judge and senior fraud lawyers will offer a "view from the bench", examining the mistakes they see fraud lawyers making and what practitioners can do to sharpen their approach. Speakers: • Elizabeth Jones KC – KC and Deputy High Court Judge, Serle Court • Lance Ashworth KC – KC and Deputy High Court Judge, Serle Court • William Christopher - Partner, Kingsley Napley • Gareth Bell - Collas Crill, Offshore Asset Recovery Specialist
10:30 - 12:00
Latest developments in fraud and asset recovery
Charles River Associates, Cooke Young & Keidan, Radcliffe Chambers
Charles River Associates
8 Finsbury Circus
London
EC2M 7EA
In the fast-moving world of fraud and asset recovery, the English courts are adept at moving equally quickly. This session explores the latest must-know developments in the area for fraud and asset recovery practitioners. Speakers: • Chris Ferguson, Vice President, Charles River Associates • Wladimir Wirth, Associate Principal, Charles River Associates • Jon Felce, Partner, Cooke Young & Keidan • Natalie Todd, Partner, Cooke Young & Keidan • James Morgan KC, Barrister, Radcliffe Chambers
12:30 - 14:00
Cross-border insolvency: current asset recovery trends
Lewis Silkin, Maitland Chambers, Ogier
Lewis Silkin
Arbor
255 Blackfriars Road
SE1 9AX
Cross-border insolvency procedures are a key tool in international asset recovery, particularly given the speed and ease with which assets can be diverted offshore and through complex corporate structures. This panel brings together expert perspectives from English, Jersey, Cayman, BVI and Hong Kong qualified practitioners, offering real depth of knowledge and first-hand experience across these jurisdictions, to examine the current landscape both locally and beyond. The discussion will cover current trends, recent judgments of note, practical challenges and law reform. Our panellists will share what they are seeing in the market and offer practical insights for those navigating multi-jurisdictional insolvency-based recoveries. Speakers: • Fraser Mitchell, Partner, Lewis Silkin • Duncan McCombe, Barrister, Maitland Chambers • James Angus, Partner, Ogier
14:30 - 16:00
(U)HNW Disputes
FRP, Henderson & Jones, Payne Hicks Beach
Location TBC
Current issues relating to fraud, asset recovery and investigations in (U)HNW Disputes Speakers: • Samuel Ouriach, Director, FRP • Piers Elliott, Managing Director, Henderson & Jones • Craig Parrett, Partner, Payne Hicks Beach
16:00 - 17:30
When Laws Collide: Managing Multi Jurisdictional Fraud, Compliance, and Cooperation
Baker McKenzie, Ogier
Location TBC
Litigating fraud across borders increasingly means juggling conflicting legal duties: the law of the jurisdiction where proceedings unfold versus the obligations imposed by the country in which a company or individual operates. We will explore the growing tension inherent in cross border fraud disputes - where compliance, strategy, and risk collide. The panellists will examine practical measures to manage these conflicts, including navigating inconsistent disclosure obligations, responding to contradictory court orders, and addressing friction around extradition and the use of INTERPOL, asset recovery, and enforcement. The speakers will consider whether global cooperation is truly improving through treaties and enhanced information sharing or whether geopolitical shifts are driving jurisdictions to retreat, prioritising sovereignty over comity. They’ll shed light on the realities of multi-jurisdictional fraud litigation in high tension environments. Speakers: • Charles Thomson, Partner, Baker McKenzie • Ben Ko, Counsel, Baker McKenzie • Jen Fox, Partner, Ogier • Lord Thomas, Former Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales and current President of the Qatar International Court