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Gary Miller on Fraud Investigation and Asset Recovery in University World News
The latest report of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) highlights the impact of illicit financial flows on education development and makes recommendations about how the education sector among countries, can be strengthened by using recovered assets. International Fraud Group (IFG) Chair and Fraud Partner, Gary Miller, pointed out that few
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Building bridges and Effective Advocacy: Asian Approaches to Mediation and Commercial Conflicts
We are delighted to be Supporting our Singaporean Members on their forthcoming webinar on 3 June 2021! Titled “Building Bridges and Effective Advocacy: Asian Approaches to Mediation & Commercial Conflicts”, participants can expect to gain diverse regional perspectives from distinguished speakers across Singapore, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and South Korea. Managing Partner & Head
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IFG Academy: Surveillance – Russia, France, Denmark and Singapore
Watch the discussion unfold with our members on the hot topic of surveillance in their jurisdictions.
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IFG Members Show & Tell Series 1
The first in our series of IFG members’ Show & Tell, where members shared key aspects of strategy and proceedings in their jurisdiction.
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Recognition of UK decisions now has to take place in contradictory proceedings according to Swiss National Law
On 31 December 2020, the transition period between the United Kingdom and the European Union ended. Thus, as of 1 January 2021, European Union agreements with third countries – including bilateral or multilateral agreements between Switzerland and the European Union – no longer apply to the United Kingdom. Like all other international agreements of the
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International Asset Recovery Course
The IFG is delighted to announce that member firm Mishcon de Reya are working with Blackstone Chambers and The Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London to launch the University’s first ever International Asset Recovery Course. The course is a five-day programme running in November 2021 that will help lawyers and
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IFG Academy: Surveillance
We are pleased to present our first IFG Academy discussion on Surveillance with Audrey Byrne (Ireland), Arun Chandrasekharan (Switzerland), Peter Chaffetz (NY-USA), Helen M. Hatton (Jersey) and Gary Miller (UK) Chairing.
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Litigation Funding: is it time to legislate? – podcast episode
In this podcast produced by our Irish member firm McCann Fitzgerald, Partners Karyn Harty and Catherine Derrig are joined by our sponsor Robert Hanna (Augusta Ventures), partner and IFG founder Gary Miller (Mishcon de Reya, UK) and David O’Farrell (McCullough Robertson, Australia) to discuss the legal position on litigation funding in Ireland, the UK and
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OffshoreAlert Miami – 14-16 April 2024
We would like to announce that OffshoreAlert will be delivering their Miami Event on 14-16 2024 at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach 1 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach, FL, United States Launched in 2002, OffshoreAlert Miami is their longest-running event – a destination conference that attracts 350 attendees from dozens of countries who combine business with pleasure, with
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C5 – 18th Edition Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery – Geneva – March 14-15, 2024
We are excited to announce that we are a media partner for American Conference Institute’s Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Geneva conference that is taking place on March 14-15, 2024, in Geneva! Deemed as the foremost, can’t-miss event each year, the 2023 agenda will be fully revamped, and you don’t want to miss out on
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IFG Conference in Hong Kong on 25th April 2024!
We are very excited to announce that we shall be hosting the International Fraud Group’s bi-annual conference in Hong Kong this spring, organised by Karas So LLP in association with Mishcon de Reya on Thursday 25th April 2024. This is a great opportunity for you to engage with international lawyers, forensic accountants, restructuring and insolvency experts,
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OffshoreAlert is going to Bangkok!
We are delighted to be supporting event partner for Offshore’s first Asia-Pacific Conference. OffshoreAlert Bangkok! February 28 – 29, 2024 at the Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok 991/9 Rama I Rd, Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand OffshoreAlert Bangkok is our first conference in the Asia-Pacific region and is designed to be a destination event to which attendees
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Stop the Traffik “Big Give”
The IFG recently match funded our sponsor STOP THE TRAFFIK Group Big Give Christmas Challenge assisting Stop the Traffik in raising critical funds which will bolster their fight to create a world where no person is bought or sold. This would not have been possible without our incredible support. Watch this space for further updates
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UK Consumers conned out of £580 million by fraudsters!
We are delighted to share the below article written by our colleagues Philippa Rees, Partner, Knowledge Lawyer, Catherine Rogerson, Associate and Karolina Tomaite, Solicitor Apprentice who are in our Dispute Resolution Department of Mishcon de Reya. Please do click the link below. UK Consumers conned out of £580 million by fraudsters in first half of
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12th Edition Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Miami – C5 are on their way to Miami!
January 23-24, 2024 | Hotel AKA Brickell, Miami, FL Deemed as the foremost, can’t-miss event for the Fraud community, we hope that you will take this invaluable opportunity to engage with the pre-eminent fraud, asset tracing and recovery, insolvency, restructuring and more thought-leading practitioners in Miami! This flagship conference has seen important milestones in key
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Cyprus – The Shipping Limited Liability Company Law 2022: Opportunities and Challenges
Cyprus is one of the few shipping centres worldwide which combines an international registry of recognised prestige and quality, as well as a shipping complex with a wide range of shipping and related services, as mentioned by the Shipping Deputy Minister. Despite the challenges, it has shown resilience and remains the EU’s third largest fleet
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