The session brings together the SFO, a leading white-collar defence lawyer, and GT's own legal technology specialists to discuss how AI and technology-assisted review are reshaping the disclosure process - from the SFO's current approach and improvement plans, through to the practical and ethical challenges corporates and their lawyers face when using these tools in investigations and prosecutions. The panel will close with a look at where disclosure practice is heading and what it means for fraud and white-collar crime professionals handling large-scale cases. Speakers: • James Helme, Partner, Grant Thornton • Vijay Rathour, Partner, Grant Thornton • Paul Duester, Associate General Counsel, Serious Fraud Office • Neill Blundell, Partner, White & Case

Digital assets have moved well beyond cryptocurrency. From in-game items, skins and loyalty points to AI models, training data and metaverse assets, a growing share of value now exists in forms that were never designed with traditional elements of legal ownership in mind. As courts and practitioners grapple with what these assets actually are, we are starting to see themes emerging in case law and the tools asset recover professionals are able to utilise. Join our panel as they explore the fast-evolving legal and forensic landscape for these new asset classes, including: • How courts are characterising digital assets as property and what that means for civil claims, ownership and priority disputes • Practical approaches to identifying and tracing digital assets where there is no public, auditable blockchain to follow • The scale of value now at stake, from record-breaking virtual real estate and weapon skins to the valuation disputes these high-value assets generate in practice • The evidential and procedural tools available for collection, preservation and realisation, and where existing insolvency and disclosure powers fall short • Whether the law and regulators are keeping pace — and how technical terminology can obscure rather than clarify the underlying legal and forensic questions. Speakers: • Nadia Latti, Partner, CMS • Paul Schwartfeger, Barrister, 36 Stone Chambers • Carmel King, Partner, Grant Thornton

A session looking at the latest AI and fraud trends, including advances in AI models, how AI is being used at the frontier of fraud, future developments, and the legal issues arising from AI-enabled fraud. Speakers: • Chris Whitehouse, Of Counsel, RPC • Ryan Rubin, Senior Managing Director, Ankura • Aakash Brahmachari, Managing Director, Ankura • Hugh Miall KC, Barrister, XXIV Old Buildings

Speakers: • Georgie Green, Senior Associate, Osborne Clarke • Katherine Jensen, Senior Associate, Osborne Clarke • Eoin MacLachlan, Barrister, Maitland Chambers • Rory Forsyth, Barrister, Maitland Chambers

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 • Jeff Vaden, Partner, Bracewell • Victor Koleda, Director, DRD Partnership • Andrew Wheeler KC, 7BR

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