Business Fraud: A Legal Update
Thu 30 Sep 2021 9:45 AM - 1:00 PM BST
Online, Zoom
Description
This highly practical half day online live and recorded conference features a panel of 8 speakers, all of whom are highly experienced specialists in Business Fraud, who, between them, have over 200 years experience. They will guide you through the complexities of the practical aspects of the latest issues and new twists on perennial problems. You will take away from this conference a clear understanding of what's known and advice on what is still to be clarified. The topics to be covered are listed below
This online conference will be streamed live, direct to your desktop, tablet or smart phone so you can watch it from your office or home. You can participate in the conference live or watch the recorded version whenever you want. In each case you will receive a recording of the complete conference after the event.
The price for this is £210 + VAT. This is a per organisation price, so up to 20 of your colleagues can participate at no extra charge, even if they are viewing it from a different location or at a different time. So, of course, if there are 10 of you the cost per delegate would be just £21.00.
For law firms with four or less partners you can purchase a single place at the conference for £99 + VAT
TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
- Tax Fraud
- How can businesses access financial justice after suffering fraud?
- Liability for losses arising from Business Email Compromise Fraud
- Conducting a Complex AML Investigation
- Remedies available to victims of fraud in the civil courts
- Recent developments in asset recovery cases, including freezing and disclosure orders
- Digital fraud, including cryptocurrency fraud
- Recent developments on contempt
SPEAKERS:
Alistair Webster QC, 33 Chancery Lane
Ian Smith, 33 Chancery Lane
Stuart Adair, XXIV Old Buildings
Steven Philippsohn, Asserson Law Offices
Jeremy Barnett, St Paul's Chambers
Jane Colston, Brown Rudnick
Patrick Rappo, DLA Piper
William Christopher, Kingsley Napley LLP
Jason Woodland, Peters & Peters
Jessica Lee, Brown Rudnick
Please note: if you are booking more than say 14 delegates, it is probably better to make two bookings of half the number of delegates each, starting with the paying delegate and then adding half the free delegates to that booking and then creating a new booking for the rest of the free delegates. The reason for this is that the booking platform time-out kicks in perhaps too quickly and you can loose all the information you inputted.
Alternatively you can e-mail the names, job titles and e-mail addresses of those attending to us at info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk
Speakers' Details
Alistair Webster QC – 33 Chancery Lane
Alistair took silk, at the age of 41, in 1995. He is amongst the most experienced of counsel working in the fields of commercial crime, crime and regulation. He has been a Recorder of the Crown Court for over 20 years and is a Master of the Bench of Middle Temple. He is on the SFO panels both for prosecutions and asset restraint. As he is one of the country’s most experienced QCs, it is hardly surprising that his wealth of experience and record of success put him in demand. His breadth of experience means that he has dealt with aspects of fraud not only in the criminal courts, but also in the High Court, the Administrative Court, and the tax tribunals. Added to his experience in proceeds of crime and restraint orders, he is thus able to offer a rare combination of services across the board and to advise with an eye to the consequences beyond the immediate issues presented to him. Alistair has regularly appeared in the biggest cases to come before the courts, ranging from income tax and VAT frauds through to regulatory offences in areas such as Health & Safety, Trading Standards and Environmental prosecutions.
Jane Colston, Brown Rudnick
Jane centres her practice on complex cross-border litigation, including high-value civil fraud cases. She has wide-ranging expertise in all aspects of asset recovery, including delivery up, freezing, search and disclosure orders. Chambers and Partners 2021 ranks Jane in Band 1 and states "Jane is one of the top fraud lawyers in London - she is incredibly clear in her strategic thoughts and knowledgeable about civil fraud procedure. She will look after a case properly and shake it up until she gets a good result for her client. An impressive lawyer who is resilient and finds an answer to everything." Jane was awarded by Whos Who Legal “Asset Recovery Lawyer of the Year” for 2020. Who's Who Legal 2021 named her a “Global Elite Thought Leader" for Asset Recovery and in 2020 stated "the excellent Jane Colston is one of the titans of the asset recovery market..."
Ian Smith – 33 Chancery Lane
Ian is a commercial litigator, dealing with complex and high value cases, usually with an international dimension. He is a specialist in commercial and civil-court fraud litigation, asset recovery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, anti-tax evasion, financial sanctions laws, risk management and compliance. He represents both corporations and individuals from a diverse range of commercial sectors, and countries. Ian practiced as a solicitor in London from 1995 and was a solicitor advocate until his call to the Bar in 2003. Ian is instructed by a range of law firms in the UK and overseas.
Stuart Adair – XXIV Old Buildings
Stuart has an extremely successful commercial chancery practice which focuses on commercial litigation, company law, insolvency, fraud, breach of trust and asset tracing. He is a specialist advocate who is particularly effective in the context of highly contentious litigation. Stuart was one of the authors of Blackstone’s Guide to the Companies Act 2006 (he wrote the chapter on derivative claims) and has lectured extensively on company law. He recently gave expert evidence on English company law in derivative proceedings brought against the directors of BP in the United States. Stuart’s expertise in in the field of insolvency extends to all areas of corporate and personal insolvency. In addition to acting for private clients in this area, he has advised the DTI and appeared in the High Court and before Insolvency Practitioners Tribunals on behalf of the Insolvency Service. Stuart has particular expertise in the most contentious areas of insolvency litigation, including fraudulent trading, misfeasance and setting aside prior transactions. In addition to appearing in the English courts, Stuart has been called to the bar of the British Virgin Islands and regularly appears in international arbitrations.
Patrick Rappo - DLA Piper
Patrick's practice focuses on a range of corporate and white-collar crime matters, international bribery, corruption, money laundering and fraud. He represents companies and individuals, and has been involved with a number of high profile investigations and prosecutions. Patrick's practice includes proactive, preventative advice for corporate clients (such as compliance programme design, drafting policies and procedures, conducting risk assessments and due diligence, advising on mergers and acquisitions, as well as training and compliance audits). Patrick regularly advises on the conduct of internal investigations, and responding to government investigations and prosecutions. Patrick also advises international governments on changes to their ABC and AML regimes and trains their judiciary, prosecutors and investigators. Prior to joining DLA, Patrick was a partner at an international law firm, and prior to that Patrick was Joint Head of Bribery and Corruption at the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO). He has significant experience of corporate self-reporting, and was involved in the changes to the SFO's self-reporting processes and was a key participant in the efforts to successfully introduce deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in the United Kingdom.
Steven Philippsohn – Asserson Law Offices
With over 40 years of experience in his field, Steven is a leading authority on the management of international commercial litigation and arbitration, and specialises in Civil Fraud and Asset Recovery matters. In 1979, Steven founded the firm now known as PCB Litigation. Under his leadership, it has become one of the leading specialist litigation firms in London. He has built the reputation of PCB up to a tier 1 ranking in Civil Fraud Litigation in both Legal 500 and Chambers. Together with PCB, Steven has been retained by governmental, national, and international organisations, and has acted for state enterprises, prominent financial institutions, and other organisations in numerous jurisdictions. Actively involved in the broader legal community, Steven has served in a number of important roles for FraudNet (the ICC’s global network of fraud litigation lawyers specialising in asset recovery), the Fraud Advisory Panel, UK’s Commercial Fraud Lawyer’s Association, and the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts.
Jeremy Barnett, St Paul's Chambers
Jeremy has defended hundreds of people and companies accused of fraud around the country. His experience in dealing with huge data sets as a fraud lawyer resulted in him being appointed as a visiting professor of Law Informatics at Leeds University, where he specialised in IT systems for major trials and dispute resolution. With an academic background in blockchain, artificial intelligence and crypto currencies, Jeremy often advises in cases involving UK (FCA) and other international jurisdictional issues. Jeremy also leads a research consortium at UCL where he is an honorary Professor of Algorithmic regulation.
Jason Woodland – Peters and Peters
Jason is a partner in the Commercial Litigation, Civil Fraud and Asset Tracing department. He specialises in heavy-weight commercial and competition/anti-trust litigation, and arbitration. Many of Jason’s cases involve allegations of fraud and Jason has significant experience of tracing and recovering the proceeds of fraud on behalf of claimants. He regularly acts in cases involving emergency injunctive relief such as freezing injunctions and search orders. Jason also represents defendants to civil proceedings, and has particular expertise in dealing with civil claims where there is a parallel criminal investigation. Much of Jason’s work has an international element, and he is used to co-ordinating litigation in a number of different jurisdictions. His clients range from governments and multi-national corporations to privately owned companies and individuals.
William Christopher – Kingsley Napley
William is a partner in Kingsley Napley’s Dispute Resolution team, based in London. He deals mainly with civil fraud litigation and asset recovery. He has been listed as a Thought Leader in Asset Recovery in the Who's Who Legal Global Investigations Review 2020. William has specialised in commercial litigation with a particular focus on civil fraud actions since he qualified. He has extensive and wide-ranging litigation experience, having acted in cases involving contractual disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust, and insolvency-related litigation. He is listed in the global directory “Who’s Who of Asset Recovery”, and is ranked in Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500. William has acted in many international fraud cases throughout his career, involving the recovery of assets concealed in offshore jurisdictions. He is highly experienced in using freezing injunctions, search orders and disclosure orders in international fraud investigations. He acts as a supervising solicitor in the execution of search orders. William's main areas of expertise are civil fraud (often involving multiple jurisdictions), internal fraud investigations, general commercial litigation, (including shareholder disputes) and contentious and fraud related insolvency litigation.
Jessica Lee - Brown Rudnick
Jess has broad experience in complex and high value commercial litigation with particular experience in civil fraud, company and shareholder disputes, and financial services. She has acted on numerous complex cross-border civil fraud cases many of which have also involved
advising on freezing, proprietary, and disclosure injunctions. Jess is part of Brown Rudnick’s Supervising Solicitors team and has recent relevant experience in the execution of search orders and delivery up orders. Jess has also advised on significant investigations and compliance
matters including investigations by the US Department of Justice and the Serious Fraud Office.
Important Notes about Booking
1. If you are booking more than say 14 delegates, it is probably better to make two bookings of half the number of delegates each, starting with the paying delegate and then adding half the free delegates to that booking and then creating a new booking for the rest of the free delegates. The reason for this is that the booking platform time-out kicks in perhaps too quickly and you can lose all the information you inputted. Alternatively you can book your first delegate and send the names, job titles and email addresses of the additional delegates to us at info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk
2. Payment can be made by credit or debit card or alternatively by invoice. The option to pay by invoice is below the pay by card option in the booking form
3. If you have more than 20 delegates then extra delegates are £20 each. Contact us at info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk to arrange this
4. If you don't have the complete list of who will be attending you can book for those that you know will be attending and add the others at a later date
5. If you would like to submit questions in advance to the speakers please send them to info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk