Credit Crunch Litigation: Offshore, Domestic and International Perspectives

Tuesday 30 June 2009 14:30 to 18:45

Location

British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP
 

Participants

Speakers:
Michael Swainston QC, Brick Court Chambers
Professor Kern Alexander, University of Cambridge
Richard Andrews, FS Technical Advisory, Structured Transaction Advisory Group, KPMG LLP
Dr David Chekroun, Professor, ESCP Europe
Javier Cremades, President of Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo, Madrid, Chairman of the Global Alliance of Law Firms: Madoff Case
Tom Custance, Fox Williams LLP
Richard East, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP
Dr Duncan Fairgrieve, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Michael J Fay, Ogier
Gaetano Iorio Fiorelli, Baker & McKenzie, Milan
David J. Grais, Grais & Ellsworth LLP
Julien Hay, avocat à la cour, Hay & Mendelsohn France
Peter Hayden, Mourant du Feu & Jeune, Cayman Islands
Gaytri Kachroo, McCarter & English LLP
Stephen L. Ratner, Proskauer Rose LLP
Daan F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, NautaDutilh, Amsterdam
Professor Davide Sola, ESCP Europe
Professor Michael Troege, ESCP Europe

Topics:
Bringing together bankers, litigators & academics from around the world, this conference will examine ongoing domestic, offshore and international litigation, including:

  • Investor claims against hedge funds, financial service providers & banks
  • Criminal procedures & financial services litigation in civil law jurisdictions
  • Hedge fund claims against directors, officers, and professional service providers
  • Credit crunch Litigation in North America
  • Claims arising from Ponzi schemes: litigation & procedures
  • Investor Protection in offshore Hedge Funds
  • Structured products - some examples from recent litigation
  • Update on Madoff-related claw-back claims

Please click here for a copy of the programme

Co-organized by ESCP Europe Business School

4 CPD hours may be claimed by both solicitors and barristers through attendance at this event.

The event will be followed by a dinner at the Athenaeum Club. The dinner will cost £85 per person. Please register for the dinner by e-mailing eventsregistration@biicl.org and state any dietary requirements.

Full payment is required prior to the event. All cancellations must be made in writing to eventsregistration@biicl.org no less than 5 working days prior to the event.