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Asset Recovery Americas: Day 1

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8:30am - 9:00am30 mins
Registration & Welcome Refreshments
    9:00am - 9:40am40 mins
    Breakfast briefing – what can jurisdictions with new bankruptcy codes learn from the US bankruptcy code?
    • Caio Machado Filho - Partner, Chediak Lopes Da Costa Cristofaro Menezes Cortes Simoes (Brazil)
    • Fabio Weinberg Crocco - Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (New York, USA)
    • Ilana Volkov - Partner, McGrail & Bensinger LLP (New York, USA)
    9:40am - 9:55am15 mins
    Chairs opening Remarks
    • Ros Prince - Partner, Stephenson Harwood (UK)
    9:55am - 10:35am40 mins
    Keynote Address
    • Nick Leeson, The Original Rogue Trader
    10:35am - 11:05am30 mins
    Morning Refreshment Break
      11:05am - 11:45am40 mins
      View from the Bench - Asset Recovery in a Globalized World
      • Justice Ian Kawaley, Financial Services Division, Cayman Islands Grand Court (Former Chief Justice of Bermuda)
      • Daniel Carnio Costa - Judge, First Bankruptcy Court of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo State Court of Justice (Brazil)
      • Hon. Allen L. Gropper - United States Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of New York (retired) (USA)
      11:45am - 12:25pm40 mins
      Whistleblowers – friend or foe? How to assess and manage whistle blowers
      • Stephen Kohn - Partner, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP (Washington D.C., USA)
      • Bobby Friedman - Barrister, Wilberforce Chambers (UK)
      12:25pm - 1:40pm75 mins
      Networking Lunch
        1:40pm - 2:20pm40 mins
        What is 'fraud' anyway? Good faith, jurisdictions without it, and how to plead claims in jurisdictions that do not have that and other US laws normally used to recover assets
        • Mark Russell - Head of Insolvency and Restructuring, KSG Attorneys (Cayman Islands)
        • Charlie Sorensen - Senior Associate, Baker & Partners (Jersey)
        • Mark Forte - Partner, Head of BVI Litigation & Restructuring, Conyers (BVI)
        • Henrique Forssell - Partner, Duarte Forssell Advogados- DFA (Brazil)
        • Julia Beskin - Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP (New York, USA)
        2:20pm - 3:00pm40 mins
        Liar, liar – the courts' approach to evidence in civil, US and common law systems
        • Matthias Gstoehl - Partner, Lalive (Switzerland)
        • Gabriel Bluestone - Partner, Bluestone Law International (DC, USA)
        • Julian Chediak - Partner, Chediak Lopes Da Costa Cristofaro Menezes Cortes Simoes (Brazil)
        • Mary Young - Partner, Kingsley Napley (UK)
        3:00pm - 3:30pm30 mins
        Afternoon Refreshment Break
          3:30pm - 4:10pm40 mins
          Whose fault is it anyway? Balancing the need to recover assets with criminal and regulatory risks
          • Pedro Serrano Espelta - Partner, Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal (Argentina)
          • Justin McClelland - Partner, Stephenson Harwood (UK)
          • Brian Morris - Department of Justice,, Eastern District of New York
          • Abbe Lowell - Partner, Winston & Strawn (DC and New York, USA)
          4:10pm - 4:50pm40 mins
          3 scandals – lessons learned?
          • Paulius Docka - Of Counsel, Primus Derling (Lithuania)
          • Rogerio Taffarello - Partner, Mattos Filho (Brazil)
          • Steven Molo - Partner, MoloLamken LLP (New York, USA)
          4:50pm - 5:30pm40 mins
          Unusual assets, unusual remedies? Asset recovery efforts involving assets other than cash
          • Eden Burgess - Partner, Cultural Heritage Partners (DC, USA)
          • Laura Patten - Former Specialist Leader, Deloitte Art & Finance Initiative, Deloitte Art & Finance Initiative (USA)
          • Christopher Weil - Partner, Mintz Group (Washington D.C., USA)
          • Jane Mitnick - Founder and President, SM Financial Services Corporation (New Jersey, USA)
          • Ben Davies - Partner, Byrne and Partners LLP (UK)
          5:30pm - 5:40pm10 mins
          Chair's Summation & Close of Conference
            5:40pm - 7:00pm80 mins
            Drinks Reception hosted by
              7:00pm - 9:00pm120 mins
              Conference Dinner
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