Monday 18 November
15:00 - 17:00
Professional Pathways Workshop
LIIARC x Gatehouse Chambers
Gatehouse Chambers
Gray's Inn
1 Lady Hale Gate
WC1X 8BS
Join us at the LIIARC Professionals Pathways Workshop, which is tailored to emerging talents in the investigations and asset recovery industry. Engage with leading practitioners who will share their experiences, and gain valuable insights into advancing your career, achieving work-life harmony and overcoming professional challenges. This workshop is ideal for investigators and solicitors with less than 10 years of admission and barristers with less than 12 years of call. Key topics we will cover: • Achieving career milestones while maintaining work-life balance • Addressing gender-based challenges in the legal profession • Developing strategies for success and receiving impactful career advice • Tackling imposter syndrome and building confidence Speakers include: • Aileen McErlean, Gatehouse Chambers • Charlotte Pender, CRS • Judith Hughes, Ogier • Marcia Shekerdemian KC, WIlberforce Chambers • Sophie Lamont, Grant Thornton
Tuesday 19 November
8:30 - 10:00
Panel discussion: The importance of whistleblowers in financial investigations
Grant Thornton UK LLP and Linklaters LLP
Grant Thornton UK LLP
30 Finsbury Square,
EC2A 1AG
Unlocking complex investigations requires insightful analysis and whistleblowers can often hold the key. Join our expert panel at LIIARC 2024 on 19 November for a discussion on getting to the heart of financial misconduct allegations where whistleblowers are involved, and how organisations can navigate this rapidly-changing area.
10:45 - 12:00
Tracing Digital Assets: A practical guide
Baker McKenzie and FRA
Online webinar
Join our experts from Baker McKenzie and FRA who will share insights on strategies for asset tracing into digital assets. We will consider the practical challenges of tracing digital assets and explore the availability of interim remedies in respect of this increasingly common asset class. We will also be joined by Tim Cochrane, an expert in cross-border data processing and privacy rights, who will consider important regulatory considerations in this space for cryptocurrency investigations. Our panel discussion will cover: • The types of information that will need to be collected in asset tracing investigations involving digital assets; • Considerations for investigations involving fiat to crypto and crypto to fiat conversions; • Techniques used by investigators to identify multiple cryptocurrency addresses likely utilised by the same entity; • How tracing techniques differ depending on the types of cryptocurrency assets; • New law enforcement cross-border electronic evidence models, their impact in the UK, and their application in cryptocurrency investigations specifically; • Using Virtual Asset Service Providers as a source of intelligence; • The complexities introduced by virtual-currency specific obfuscation techniques; and • Recent developments in the availability of interim remedies in the context of digital assets
12:30 - 14:30
Options for enforcing UAE foreign judgments in the UK
Maitland Chambers, Lewis Silkin and Grant Thornton Insolvency
Lewis Silkin LLP
Arbor
255 Blackfriars Road
SE1 9AX
Join the panel as they explore how to increase your chances of successfully enforcing a UAE judgment in the UK Courts, including a deep-dive into the unique intricacies, differences, and difficulties that one may face as they try to enforce a UAE judgment in the UK.
15:00 - 17:00
Unlawful means conspiracy: proving intention
Gatehouse Chambers, Osborne Clarke and Charles River Associates
Gatehouse Chambers
1 Lady Hale Gate
Gray's Inn
WC1X 8BS
The essence of a conspiracy claim is what was going through the defendants’ minds at the relevant time. Often, that will be the most difficult facet of running a conspiracy claim to trial as a claimant. This talk will offer practical guidance on strategy, evidence-gathering, and tactical presentation of conspiracy allegations, drawing on a breadth of expertise in investigations, use of insolvency powers, legal practice, and courtroom advocacy. The panel will take the delegates through a case study illustrating some of the pressure points in this type of litigation, and demonstrating how best to navigate them. Speakers: • Ryan Hocking, Gatehouse Chambers • Phillip Patterson, Gatehouse Chambers • Nick Axup, Osborne Clarke • Tom Frapwell, Osborne Clarke • Tobias Beal, Charles River Associates • Wladimir Wirth, Charles River Associates
15:00 - 17:00
Hot Topics when Enforcing Awards and Judgments
CYK, Littleton Chambers and Greyhawk
Cooke Young & Keidan LLP
21 Lombard Street
London
EC3V 9AH
Join a panel comprising Jon Felce and Natalie Todd (CYK), Rupert D’Cruz KC and Alexander Halban (Littleton Chambers), and Steven Haynes (Greyhawk) to discuss the latest trends and developments in enforcing awards and judgments.
17:30 - 20:30
The benefits and limitations of the English insolvency regime in uncovering and investigating fraud
CRS, Wilberforce Chambers and Evelyn Partners
Evelyn Partners
45 Gresham Street
EC2V 7BG
Join our expert-led panel as they debate the relative virtues and drawbacks of the English insolvency regime in the fight against fraud. The debate will touch upon: 1. How the regime supports the gathering of information to build a case. 2. The substantive claims available and how they are used in fraud claims. 3. The ongoing debate: Are these tools used more for recovering assets or for delivering justice? 4. How the English insolvency regime interacts with cross-border investigations and disputes. 5. Handling the unexpected: The role of the English regime in managing sudden changes and emergencies within fraud cases. Please then join us for an evening of drinks and canapés.
Wednesday 20 November
8:30 - 10:00
​It’s all or muffin: Successful asset recovery strategies
Signature Litigation, Interpath and Burford Capital
Ironmongers’ Hall
Shaftesbury Place
Barbican
EC2Y 8AA
• Asset recovery tools in the Middle East and the Americas, and the importance of a co-ordinated global strategy • Increasing significance of asset recovery strategies in Private Wealth disputes • Recent market trends in third party funding in the context of asset tracing and fraud.
10:30 - 12:00
​Transactions defrauding creditors – Navigating s.423 of the Insolvency Act post-El Husseini: A practical guide on the current legal issues and how to investigate transactions designed to defraud creditors as well as identify potential assets
Keidan Harrison, Radcliffe Chambers and Quantuma
etc.venues Fenchurch Street
8 Fenchurch Place
EC3M 4PB
This expert panel will delve into the nuances of s.423, focusing on its broad utility pre and post-insolvency and in the fight against fraud. The panel will address recent legal developments and consider the strategic use of s.423 in recovering assets for the benefit of debtors and how to investigate and recover those assets. The discussion will explore recent case law, possible future changes to the application of the Act and developments in asset recovery techniques. Attendees will gain insights into navigating complex insolvency and fraud scenarios. They will be able to leverage the various tools available to them and their legal team.
12:30 - 14:30
APP Fraud and Professional Enablement
PHB and Kroll
Palmer Room
One Great George Street
SW1P 3AA
Howard Cooper from Kroll and Lucas Moore from Payne Hicks Beach will discuss the increased threat, the failure to prevent offence, proactive risk management (using technology and data analytics) and recovery strategies including recent caselaw. Teas, coffees and light refreshments
15:00 - 17:00
Fraud in the AI Era
RPC, Ankura and XXIV old buildings
RPC London
Tower Bridge House
St Katharine's Way
E1W 1AA
• 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
17:30 - 20:30
From Investigations to Recoveries: Unpicking asset recovery strategies in a multi-jurisdictional fraud
Ogier, Mayer Brown and Three Verulam Buildings
Mayer Brown International LLP
201 Bishopsgate
EC2M 3AF
Last year our intrepid investigators uncovered an investment swindle perpetuated against the citizens of London which led to assets being uncovered in the Cayman Islands. This year, our English and offshore litigators collaborate with Counsel to explore the options available to turn the outcome of those investigations into actual recoveries for investors. Join us for an overview of the practical and strategic considerations at play at the outset of a fraud case and for the consideration of issues that commonly arise in cross-border recoveries.
Thursday 21 November
8:30 - 10:00
The use and abuse of trusts in global asset tracing
Kingsley Napley and Collas Crill
Kingsley Napley LLP
20 Bonhill Street
EC2A 4DN
Join Collas Crill and Kingsley Napley for a breakfast seminar discussing how to approach asset tracing involving trust structures, and some of the idiosyncrasies of trust law in different jurisdictions.
10:00 - 12:00
​STOP PRESS, new speaker….. Penny Dunbabin of the Home Office will be joining our panel discussion.
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The Robots – and the enforcers - are coming! How the twin impacts of machine learning and generative AI with the failure to prevent fraud offence will accelerate changes in compliance culture and the outcomes of investigations
Fieldfisher, QEB and Transperfect Legal
Fieldfisher LLP
Riverbank House
2 Swan Lane
EC4R 3TT
This dynamic discussion will focus on the likely impact of evolving technologies in the compliance and investigations space, coupled with the new failure to prevent fraud offence. We will look at real life examples where the latest AI advances are being deployed today, and discuss how the recently published Government guidance on the failure to prevent fraud will drive positive changes in compliance culture. Our panel of experts drawn from lawyers, barristers, technologists, investigators and the Home Office will also look at the ways these disruptors will change their roles, and how they interact. 10am for coffee and networking, session starts at 10:30am.
12:30 - 14:30
Keynote Speaker: Emma Luxton
Chief Operating Officer, Serious Fraud Office
Grant Thornton UK LLP
30 Finsbury Square
EC2A 1AG
Join us for an insightful lunch time event, delving into the world of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Our engaging speaker will provide an overview of the SFO, highlighting recent case outcomes, with a focus on successful convictions and subsequent asset recoveries. Discover firsthand the SFO's powerful asset recovery tools and gain valuable insights from recent successes. Don't miss this opportunity to take part in an engaging Q&A session with Emma and a chance to network with like-minded individuals.
15:00 - 17:00
ECCTA: Where are we now?
Eversheds, Fountain Court Chambers, Tax Policy Associates
Eversheds Sutherland
1 Wood Street
EC2V 7WS
In October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act became law. One year on, our expert panel, comprised of: • Anupreet Amole (Partner, Eversheds Sutherland); • Chris Stott (Principal Associate, Eversheds Sutherland); • Dan Neidle (Founder, Tax Policy Associates); and • Katherine Hardcastle (Barrister, Fountain Court Chambers) will explore ECCTA’s impact to date, the long–awaited introduction of the offence of failure to prevent fraud, and much more.
17:30 - 19:00
Weapons of choice - which are the most impactful tools used by investigations and asset recovery practitioners?
Pinsent Masons and FRP Advisory
Pinsent Masons
30 Crown Place
Earl Street
EC2A 4ES
Our panel of legal and forensic experts from Pinsent Masons and FRP Advisory will pitch their proposals for the most important tool in the investigation and asset recovery toolkit, from Freezing Orders to Norwich Pharmacals, and from forensic device imaging to asset-tracing intelligence research. Join us for an impassioned session extolling the virtues of the panellists' favourite options available to help arrive at a successful outcome, with a chance to vote for your weapon of choice.