WEBINAR DETAILS
Date: 2 March 2022
Time: 3:00 PM UTC
Duration: 60 min
Language: English
Format: Online
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

United States: The Unknown Risks of Pursuing Insolvency Avoidance Claims in Foreign Jurisdictions

The panel will discuss the implications of recent US Bankruptcy Court decisions on offshore asset recovery.

These include recent decisions in Fairfield Sentry, where the US Bankruptcy Court struck BVI avoidance claims based on the safe harbor provisions, and MBI, where the English Court of Appeal determined that statements made by a former director in a section 236 examination are covered by immunity.

SPEAKERS
James Leda

Having an aptitude to lead by example, James is the managing director of KRyS Global USA in New York. Utilizing his 20 years of multi-faceted experience as an accomplished insolvency professional spanning the sell-side, buy-side, and financial advisory, and combining with an entrepreneurial and practical approach, Jim has demonstrated repeatedly a focus to finding resolution among commotion. A recognized thought leader representing client interests in domestic and international negotiations, Mr. Leda thrives on developing and implementing solutions for clients facing complex financial situations, drawing on his experience gained from holding various seats at the deal table.

Mathew Clingerman

Mathew has more than 15 years experience in financial services in major markets with a focus on cross-border insolvency, restructuring, investigations, and litigation. He has led an array of offshore court supervised insolvencies focused on resolving stakeholder issues by agreement and statutory measures. His cases have deployed creative solutions to unlock and return value to creditors earlier than expected. Mathew has experience establishing cooperative protocols with foreign representatives in joint appointments and parallel proceedings. In working with leading legal counsel, his cases have obtained formal recognition in several foreign courts including in the US, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, and Cyprus.

Mark Bloom

Mark Bloom is a Partner with the Restructuring and Insolvency Practice based in the Firm's Miami office. He has over 35 years of experience representing clients in a wide array of US and cross-border financial restructuring, reorganization and bankruptcy matters. In recent years he has focused the majority of his practice on complex cross-border insolvency cases and situations involving the application of Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code, the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, and the insolvency regimes of various jurisdictions.

Sam Stevens

Sam specialises in the resolution of complex corporate and commercial disputes, frequently with a cross-border element. He has significant experience handling a wide range of commercial litigation and arbitration matters, with a particular emphasis on shareholder disputes, civil fraud and restructuring/insolvency cases. He has had conduct of disputes in a broad spectrum of industry sectors, including banking, investment funds, insurance, energy, real estate, logistics, construction and media.
Sam has particular experience in the field of international arbitration, and has acted for commercial parties in arbitrations seated in London, Paris, Dubai, Singapore and Kuwait under the auspices of most of the world’s major arbitral institutions.

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