When litigation meets crime

28 Jan - 30 Jan 2026

Session information

Asset recovery where criminal authorities are involved

Thursday 29 January (1115 - 1230)

Committee(s)

Business Crime Committee (Lead)
Criminal Law Committee (Lead)
Litigation Committee

Description

Recovery of assets in a different jurisdiction is always difficult, but an even more complex task is how to recover those assets when criminal authorities are after the same thing. Is speed the driving consideration? Is jurisdiction? Is insolvency? Is witness cooperation? Some of the more innovative answers – splitting the assets, dividing the proceedings and slowing down rather than speeding up – will provide for a dynamic and interesting panel that will focus on cases where clever thinking and fast action have meant that attempted recovery by a government hasn’t hindered the client’s recovery – or at least, not too much.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Benoit Mauron LALIVE, Geneva, Switzerland; Regional Representative Western Europe, Asset Recovery Committee
Kate McMahon Edmonds Marshall McMahon, London, England; Co-Chair, Asset Recovery Committee

Speakers

Aurélie Conrad Hari Baer & Karrer, Geneva, Switzerland
Henrique Rodrigues Forssell Duarte Forssell Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Regional Representative Latin America, Asset Recovery Committee
Felix Ka-ho Ng Haldanes , Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; Secretary, Business Crime Committee
Evelyn Sheehan Kobre & Kim, Miami, Florida, USA