Speaker details

When litigation meets crime

28 Jan - 30 Jan 2026

Fairmont Copacabana Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Speaker information

Kate McMahon

Biography

Kate is a founding Partner of Edmonds Marshall McMahon, the UK’s premier private prosecution firm, specialising in high value fraud. She specialises in serious, international fraud, asset recovery, large scale investigations and perverting the course of justice proceedings. She is typically instructed by corporates, hedge funds and HNW’s in commercial fraud matters. In 2017, Kate “The Lawyer” recognised Kate as one of the “Hot 100” Lawyers in the UK. This award acknowledges the “best lawyers in the UK- the most daring, innovative and creative“. She was also singled out by “Who’s Who Legal 2017” as an “outstanding practitioner” in the field of asset recovery.

Session

Asset recovery where criminal authorities are involved

Thursday 29 January (1115 - 1230)

Session Co-Chair

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