OFFSHORE WELCOMES ONSHORE
Explore the latest in offshore disputes across key jurisdictions with leading onshore and offshore practitioners
KEY OFFSHORE JURISDICTIONS
Cayman Islands, BVI, Bermuda, Bahamas, Channel Islands & IOM
Welcome to OFFSHORE DISPUTES WEEK
Join 100+ international experts from the US, UK, Europe, LATAM, and Asia, gathering for the first time to debate and discuss the growth of disputes in key offshore jurisdictions.
It’s a week of networking, dynamic discussions, and thought-provoking content, all aimed at bridging onshore and offshore expertise and reinforcing a forward-thinking legal community.
Meet offshore lawyers from the Cayman Islands, BVI, Bermuda, Bahamas, Channel Islands & IOM, and more to learn from their expertise, assess recent cases and gain insights into ongoing regulatory developments impacting offshore disputes.
Integrating the overlap of the 4 topic focus areas, share and debate the growth of dispute resolution in the offshore world:
Corporate Disputes
Contentious Insolvency
Asset Recovery
Trust Litigation
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Speaking Faculty - your 2025 speakers so far - more to be added!
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KEYNOTE
VIEWS FROM THE JUDICIARY
The Hon. Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale
The Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands
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Graeme Kleiner
Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys (UK)

Erin Broderick
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland (Chicago)

Spencer Vickers
Co-Chairperson, RISA Cayman (Cayman)
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Alison Ozanne
Partner, Walkers (Guernsey)
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Aurélie Conrad Hari
Partner, Bär & Karrer (Switzerland)

Andrew Miller
Partner, Bedell Cristin (BVI and Cayman)
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Yvonne Plamondon
Managing Director, FTI Consulting (Cayman)

Brian Simms KC
Senior Partner, Lennox Paton (The Bahamas)

Andrew Wanambwa
Partner, Lewis Silkin (UK)

Adam Kaufmann
Partner, Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss (New York)

Shan Greer
Chief Executive Officer, BVI International Arbitration Centre (BVI)

Hon. Justice Jalil Asif KC
Judge, Grand Court of the Cayman Islands

Sharif A. Shivji KC
Barrister, 4 Stone Buildings (UK)

Katherine Catanese
Partner, Foley & Lardner (New York)

Quentin Cregan
Partner, Maples Group (Cayman Islands)

Baruch Baigel
Head of Dispute Resolution, Asserson Law Offices (UK)

Drew Nicholls
Senior Manager, Deloitte (Cayman Islands)

Alex Hall Taylor KC
Partner, Carey Olsen (BVI)

Chantal Basson
Clinical Psychologist, Health Services Authority (Cayman Islands)

Henry Hutten
Counsel, Freshfields (New York)

Tatiana Sainati
Partner, Wiley (Washington DC)
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James Fox
Head of Dispute Resolution Middle East, DWF (UAE)

Gabriela Ruiz
Managing Partner, King & Ruiz (Miami / LATAM)
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Nina Marino
Partner, Kaplan Marino (Los Angeles)
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David Momborquette
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery (New York)
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William Christopher
Partner, Kingsley Napley (UK)

Lori Marks-Esterman
Executive Committee Member; Chair, Litigation Practice, Olshan Frome Wolosky (New York)
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Lucas Moore
Partner, Payne Hicks Beach (UK)

Jolie Apicella
Partner, Wiggin and Dana (New York)
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Howard Fischer
Partner, Moses & Singer (New York)
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Joshua Rievman
Partner, Dunning Rievman & Macdonald (New York)

Joel Cohen
Managing Director, New York Office Leader, Stout (New York)
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Sunil Abraham
Partner, Cecil Abraham & Partners (Malaysia)
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Damián Vallejo
Partner, Dunning Rievman & Macdonald (New York)

Melanie Magnusson
Founding Lawyer, Magnusson Law (Canada)

Paige Von Mehren
Senior Associate, Freshfields (New York)
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Peter Goddard
Head of Private Client Services, IMG Trust

Enrique Riquelme
Counsel, Von Wobeser y Sierra (Mexico)

Tameka Davis
Partner, Conyers (BVI)

Kateryna Honcharenko
Senior Business Development Consultant - Hearings, Opus 2 (UK)

Matt Kaiser
Partner, Kaiser PLL (Washington DC)

Jose Carrizo
Partner, Morgan & Morgan (Panama)

Tom Wright
Partner, Bedell Cristen (Cayman)
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Ian Herbert
Member, Miller & Chevalier Chartered (Washington DC)

Thomas Sullivan
Attorney, Marks & Sokolov (Philadelphia/Moscow)

Charlene Sun
Partner, DLA Piper (New York)

Allan Dunlavy
Partner, Schillings (Miami)
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Matthew Wescott
Partner, JMW Solicitors
(UK)

Zachary Bluestone
Shareholder, Bluestone (Washington DC)
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James Berger
Partner, DLA Piper
(New York/Washington DC)

Eva Stormann
Partner, Law Offices Eva Stormann (Switzerland)
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Anthony Poulton
Partner, Baker McKenzie (UK)

Alissa Nann
Of Counsel, Foley & Lardner (New York)

Alexander Cook KC
Barrister, 4 Stone Buildings (UK)

Mark Wilson
Partner & Head of Complex International Recoveries, Gateley Legal (UK)

Paul Austin
Senior Vice President, Highgate
(UK)

Shaul Brazil
Partner, BCL Solicitors (UK)

Henrique Forssell
Founding Partner, Duarte Forssell Advogados (Brazil)

Emily Ward
Partner, Continuum Legal Group (Atlanta)

Oleg (Alex) Stolyar
Partner, Loeb & Loeb (Los Angeles)

Rachael Reynolds KC
Senior Global Partner, Ogier (Cayman Islands)

Lynsey Barron
Attorney, Barron Law (Atlanta)

Hannes Arnold
Senior Partner, Gasser Partner (Liechtenstein)

Marcelo Lucidi
Partner, Duarte Forssell Advogados (Brazil)

Robert True
Of Counsel, Quinn Emanuel (Australia)

Benoît Mauron
Partner, LALIVE (Switzerland)

Piers Plumptre
Partner, Gibson Dunn (UK)

Gemma Willingham
Partner, Baker McKenzie (UK)

Tomislav Šunjka
Founder and Principal, ŠunjkaLaw (Serbia)

Cody Reedman
Founder & Managing Lawyer, Reedman Law (Canada)

Andrea Smith
Partner, Gibson Dunn (New York)

Robert Appleton
Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky (New York)
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Renato Labi
Partner, Hughes Fowler Carruthers (UK)
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Danielle Carr
Partner, Browne Jacobson (UK)

Nicholas Kennedy
Partner, Baker McKenzie (Dallas)
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Ziva Robertson
Partner, Charles Russel Speechlys (UK)
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Scott Berman
Partner, Friedman Kaplan (New York)
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David Karl Jandrasits
Partner, Schwärzler Attorneys at Law (Liechtenstein)

Marcelo Sacramone
Partner, Sacramone, Orleans e Bragança Advogados (Brazil)
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Josh Kemp
Partner, ADG Legal (UAE)
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Steven Davidson
Partner, Steptoe (Washington DC)

Laura Smolowe
Partner, Munger Tolles & Olson (Los Angeles)
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Barbara Llanes
Partner, Gelber Schachter & Greenberg (Miami)
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Michael Baratz
Partner, Steptoe (Washington DC)
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Bernhard Motal
Partner, Gasser (Liechtenstein)
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Michael Cash
Partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper (UK)
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Roberta Harvey
Partner, Forsters (UK)
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Michael Pulford
Partner, Pinsent Masons (UK)
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Alan Eccles
Partner, BKF & Co (UK)
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Rebecca Hume
Partner, Howard Kennedy (UK)
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Jorge Bastos Leitão
Partner, RBMS (Portugal)
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Richard Albert
Partner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC (New York)
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Tom McPhail
Senior Associate, Farrer & Co (UK)

Dr. Diora Ziyaeva
Partner, US Sector Co-Lead, Mining & Natural Resources, Dentons (New York)

Duane Loft
Partner, Pallas Partners (New York)

Marlyn Narkis Assis
Partner, MDU Legal (Panama)

Alan Lipkin
Partner, Chaffetz Lindsey (New York)

Brianna Simopoulos
Associate, Pallas Partners (New York)

Peter Chaffetz
Founding Partner, Chaffetz Lindsey (New York)

Richard Kaplan
Founding Partner,
Kaplan Marino (California)

Simon Dickson
Partner, Mourant (Cayman Islands)

Catherine Hammerson-Jones
Partner, Rosenblatt (UK)

James Nicholson
Senior Managing Director, Head of Asia Economic & Financial Consulting, FTI Consulting (Singapore)

Melanie Hart
Partner, Kingsley Napley (UK)
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Josh Lewison
Barrister, Radcliffe Chambers (UK)

Nicholas Brookes
Partner, Ogier (BVI)

Sarah McLennan
Counsel, Forbes Hare (Cayman Islands)

Kirsten Bailey
Senior Associate, Collas Crill (Cayman Islands)

Annalisa Shibli
Counsel, Collas Crill (Cayman Islands)

Liam Faulkner
Partner, Campbells (Cayman Islands)

Sara-Jane Knock
Partner, Withers (BVI)

David Harby
Partner, Candey (BVI)

Shelley White
Partner, Walkers (Cayman Islands)

Alexia Adda
Counsel, Claritas Legal (Cayman Islands)

Leyza Florin
Shareholder, Sequor Law (Miami)

Ruth Simpson
Director, Advisory, PwC (Cayman Islands)

Anthony Partridge
Partner, Ogier (Cayman Islands)

Carlos de Serpa Pimental
Partner, Appleby (Cayman Islands)

Laura Oseland
Senior Associate, Nelsons Legal (Cayman Islands)

Bhavesh Patel
Partner, Travers Thorp (Cayman Islands)

Laurence
Ponty
Partner, Archipel (Switzerland)

Chizelle Cargill
Partner, Lennox Paton (The Bahamas)

Changez Khan
Senior Associate, Marshall Diel & Myeres (Bermuda)

Megan Paget-Brown
Chief Executive Officer, Cayman International Mediation and Arbitration Center (CI-MAC)

Kenneth M. Krys
Executive Chairman & Founder, Krys Global (Cayman Islands)

Anna Korneva
Of Counsel, MKS Law (British Virgin Islands)

Bryan Jones
Partner, Hughes Fowler Carruthers (United Kingdom)

Lucy Diggle
Partner, Walkers (Cayman Islands)

Amiel Gottlieb
Director, Interpath Advisory (Cayman Islands)

Dan Wise
Partner, MKS Law (BVI)

Fiona MacAdam
Partner, Walkers (Cayman Islands)

Mark Ffrancon Dowds
Senior Associate, Carey Olsen (Cayman Islands)

Tuula Jalasjaa
Managing Director, NCB Capital Markets (Cayman Islands)
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EVENT FAQS
Anyone who has a disputes practice that involved offshore work! This includes private practice lawyers, from onshore jurisdictions (US, UK, Asia, LATAM, Europe), offshore practitioners (from Cayman Islands, Bermuda, BVI, Channel Islands), as well as barristers, litigation funders, professional trustee firms, mediators, arbitrators, and regulators.
You will join a table of 10 other practitioners, to discuss the topic of choice. There will be a lead facilitator to kick things off. We encourage delegates to share their thoughts and experience in a smaller group setting.
Yes, please feel free to build your own agenda, and change rooms between the sessions.
Fraud, Insolvency, Recovery, Enforcement, encompassing Asset Recovery.
Venue
Hotel Indigo Grand Cayman
Seven Mile Beach, 32 Seafire Way, KY1-1301, Cayman Islands
For more information contact ewan@thoughtleaders4.com
Contact Us
Speaking & Agenda: melody@thoughtleaders4.com | owen@thoughtleaders4.com
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