Join our panel as we delve into the multifaceted approach to preventing, investigating, and prosecuting economic crime. The discussion will cover key topics, including recent developments related to the failure to prevent offence, the role and influence of whistleblowers, and the SFO’s latest guidance on corporate cooperation. Speakers: • James Helme – Partner, Grant Thornton • Elly Proudlock – Partner, Linklaters • Faras Baloch – Barrister, Red Lion Chambers • David Knott – Case Controller, Serious Fraud Office

On 18 December 2023 the English High Court froze 61000 Bitcoin now worth an estimated £4-5 billion pursuant to Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. This represents the proceeds of an enormous fraud which was perpetrated in China between 2014 and 2017. For this panel session you will hear from those who have been instructed by thousands of Chinese nationals to protect their interest in the frozen Bitcoin, and engage in the High Court Part 5 POCA Civil Recovery Proceedings and related Crown Court Criminal Proceedings, in order to do so. Speakers: • Will Glover – Barrister, Fieldfisher • Alexandra Underwood – Partner, Fieldfisher • Nick James – 33 Chancery Lane • Ryan Rubin – Ankura

Our panel of onshore and offshore 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 • Michael Fiddy – Partner, Mayer Brown • Kelly Sherburn – Director, Alvarez & Marsal • Anna Snead - Counsel, Ogier

This panel discussion will look to explore some of the challenges and recent developments in fraud and asset recovery, particularly in challenging jurisdictions. Some of the questions we’ll look to cover include: • Does the current political landscape help to increase regulatory scrutiny? Does it also “inspire” certain market players to become “more creative” in hiding assets and money flows? What are the implications for legal teams and investigators and what can investigators do to increase chances of asset discovery? • Do sanctions encourage the use of offshore jurisdictions to evade enforcement and penalties? Or can the use of offshore structures increasingly alert authorities and imply there is potentially something to hide? • The recent reshaping of the energy map in Europe creates a shifting asset recovery landscape – but what is on and off the table for asset recovery purposes?

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 Bailes – Partner, Stewarts • Bethany Histed – Senior Associate, Greenberg Traurig • Zoe Newman – Regional Managing Director, Kroll • Elizabeth Fox – Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

Moderated by Caroline Greenwell from Charles Russell Speechlys, this session brings together leading experts - Dominic Arnold (S&W), Fenner Moeran KC (Wilberforce Chambers) and Hugh Gunson (Charles Russell Speechlys) - to explore the fast-evolving world of tax investigations. What to Expect: •Negotiating with the Revenue: Practical strategies for engaging with tax authorities and managing investigations. •Judicial Trends in Tax Avoidance: How courts are applying principles like Ramsay in today’s tax landscape. •Equitable Remedies in Action: Using mistake and rectification to resolve tax issues — with a spotlight on the Supreme Court’s decision in Tyne & Wear. •The Uyghur Case Fallout: What World Uyghur Congress v NCA means for legal advice payments and tax investigations.