Michael-James Currie is a Director of Primerio and co-founder of the Primerio South African practice. His regulatory and commercial law practice is pan-African and he has practiced across several countries and regional blocs including Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, COMESA and CEMAC. Key areas of practice include commercial and corporate law, competition law and complex commercial litigation.

Mike has consistently been recognised as a “Best Lawyer in South Africa” and also serves as the “Global Law Expert for Competition Law in Nigeria.” In addition to his practice areas, Mike is a regular speaker and author who has published several articles, papers and opinion pieces. Mike currently serves as the African Regional Representative for the International Bar Association’s Anti-Corruption Committee.

Professional Associations:
– Board Advisor to the International Bar Association African Regional Forum.
– African Regional Representative of the International Bar Association’s Anti-Corruption Committee.
– Member of the American Bar Association.
– Member of the International Bar Association’s Antitrust Committee; Anti-corruption Committee; and the African Regional Forum Committee.
– Member of the ICN Advocacy Strategy Project on ‘Planning an effective advocacy strategy’ (2016-2018) and is part of the drafting team for the ICN’s Advocacy Working Group’s ‘Competition Benefits Project’ (2015-2016).

Mr. Tomislav Sunjka established Law office of ŠunjkaLaw in 2000 as a self-governing legal entity. Regarding the specific position of Serbia, being on the crossroad of the East and the West and influenced by many phenomena from both sides, Mr.Tomislav Sunjka has developed a specific range of legal services.

Having experienced that problems may derive from all sorts of business relationships, he also gained vast experience in the following areas: corporate law and M&A, international and domestic commercial and trade law, energy law, carriage transport insurance and insurance law, contract law, foreign commercial law, forwarding law, banking law, financial and securities law, privatization law, foreign investments law, concession law, the law of international donations, arbitration, labor law and media law.

Because of this background, Mr. Tomislav Sunjka understands very well the nature of the transactions, bank transfers, financial arrangements, and he uses that knowledge as tools and instruments in practice of asset tracking and asset recovery.

Mr. Tomislav Sunjka represents victims white collar crime: frauds committed by business and government professionals, bankruptcy and bankruptcy fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, computer crime, public corruption, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, corrupt organizations crimes, consumer fraud, securities fraud, financial fraud, forgery etc.

He practices nationally, nationally with cross border elements and internationally.

He is a member of several legal organizations and winner of several legal awards. He has published professional articles in legal journals. He is a member of Vojvodina and Serbia Bar and International Bar Association.

Angel Ganev has been a partner with Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov law firm since 2010. He heads the Bankruptcy & Insolvency and Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group. His practice group includes more than 15 lawyers specializing in complex commercial disputes and insolvency cases with a strong cross-border focus as well as highly regarded anti-fraud subgroup. Angel Ganev is an experienced litigator with more than 15years’ practice. He specializes in international arbitration, commercial litigation and cross border insolvency. Angel is a licensed insolvency practitioner. He also acts on regular basis as an arbitrator.

Angel has led several internal investigations related to allegations of bribery in, for example, the pharma and telecommunication industry sectors. His recent experience includes a several cases on banking fraud where he successfully defended the interests of the defrauded parties. His team has been engaged in chasing down and recovery of assets in the context of commercial disputes and cross – border insolvency cases. Не also provides legal counsel to significant foreign investors on complex issues with regard to competence of courts, applicable law and recognition and enforcement of court judgments across borders.

Professional Memberships: Sofia Bar; IBA; INSOL Europe; Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

John Mitchell is a commercial litigation partner with premier Australian commercial law firm, Arnold Bloch Leibler. He acts for Directors of public companies in high profile corporate collapses, recovery proceedings and investigations by the Australian regulators.

John has extensive experience in the area of white collar crime, and leads a team focused on sensitive matters related to securities fraud, insider trading and Corporations Act breaches. This experience extends to representing individuals and companies at various Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry.

John has acted for major Australian and overseas corporations as well as high-net-worth individuals, and has particular experience in acting in large, complex matters. His experience includes acting in relation to Project Wickenby, a high profile, joint task force set up by various Australian Federal government agencies including the Australian Taxation Office, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crimes Commission to investigate and prosecute tax evasion and complex off shore structuring.

John is recognised in the area of dispute resolution in a number of prominent international guides, including Chambers Global, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Who”s Who Legal (in the area of asset recovery), and Best Lawyers International (in the areas of litigation and alternative dispute resolution).

Kellner Herlihy Getty & Friedman, LLP is a boutique law firm with a substantial practice group experienced with financial fraud and asset recovery, complex commercial litigation, creditors rights matters, both domestically and internationally, Chapter 15 Insolvency, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, receivers and receiverships, and counterfeit product litigation. Our attorneys have an international backgroup, with attorneys who are fluent in French, Korean, Farsi, Russian, Italian and Spanish. The firm also coordinates complex multi-jurisdiction litigations in many countries including Liechtenstein, Israel, Panama, the British Virgin Islands, France, Switzerland and Canada, utilizing a network of carefully selected investigators, attorneys and analysts located around the world. Our experience has enabled us to build relationships we can utilize to quickly put in place a team of professionals throughout the world depending on our client’s needs.

Kellner Herlihy Getty & Friedman”s partners have been practicing together for decades. Their long careers serving the area means clients obtain a level of service few other law firms can offer. The firm”s experience, unity and stability ensure that clients with a commercial, real estate or business matter in New York will be working with an experienced team of lawyers that will see them through the entire legal process from start to finish.The attorneys of Kellner Herlihy Getty & Friedman hold themselves up to the highest standard of professionalism and dedication to client service. With AV-rated counsel (AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell®)—the most prestigious rating an attorney can receive from his peers for legal ability and ethical conduct—and this standard serving as the firm”s performance benchmark for each and every attorney, the firm”s lawyers have the talent and knowledge needed to properly serve individuals, entities and corporations, large and small alike. Their drive and passion for the law is visible in their dedication and in the care all their attorneys show in their work year after year.

Kellner Herlihy Getty & Friedman LLP is a New York City law firm devoted to serving the needs of businesses, individuals and communities throughout the area. The firm”s talented associates have many unique skills, allowing the firm”s practice to grow, prosper and evolve in tandem with clients” needs and goals.

The attorneys of Kellner, Herlihy, Getty & Friedman have the experience, intellect and creativity needed to provide assistance in even the most complex legal matters. Clients come to the firm for quality representation in matters involving: Commercial Litigation, International Fraud, Commercial Transactions, Bankruptcy and all facets of Real Estate transactions and litigation.

Douglas A. Kellner has been practicing law for more than 35 years. AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell®, Mr. Kellner received his Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School and graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University”s School of Foreign Service. He is currently Co-Chair of the New York State Board of Elections and has also served as counsel to the New York State Assembly Banking Committee and the New York City judicial selection committee. His primary areas of practice include international asset recovery, real estate, bankruptcy and commercial litigation focusing on asset recovery.

Bar Admissions
State of New York, 1978
United States Supreme Court, 1982
Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979
United States District Courts for Southern and Eastern Districts of NewYork, 1978
United States District Courts for Northern District of NewYork, 2010

Born and raised in France, Thomas P. Vandenabeele received a Juris Doctorate and a Master of Laws from the University of Lille 2, France, and his LL.M. from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. He represents individual and corporations including a variety of French entities in commercial litigation matters in the United States and is president of the French American Bar Association. He also serves as General Counsel of the French Consulate General in New York (“Avocat-conseil aupres du consulat general de France à New York”). He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law and a Visiting Professor at EDHEC Business School, Lille, France.

Mr. Vandenabeele represents French businesses and individuals in their commercial litigations in the United States. He also obtains recognition and enforcement of foreign money judgments in New York.

Mr. Vandenabeele practices complex commercial litigation with a focus on bank fraud, money laundering, investigations and hidden asset recovery, which cross international jurisdictions to include, France, Switzerland, the British Virgin Islands, Panama, and Liechtenstein. Mr. Vandenabeele has been part of a team that obtained a $264 million judgment in a high-profile matter, representing French interests that allege loan monies and collateral were fraudulently stolen using a web of offshore entities and accounts. Mr. Vandenabeele also frequently lectures on international litigation topics.

Mr. Vandenabeele is an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University, School of law, where he teaches the class of “doing business in the E.U.” He is also a Visiting Professor at EDHEC Business School, Lille, France.

Education
J.D. (“maitrise”), Universite de Lille II, Lille, France 1999
Master of Laws (“D.E.A”) concentrating on the European Construction issues, Universite de Lille II, Lille, France 2001
LL.M, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis

Bar Admissions
New York State, 2006
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Affiliations
Since 2008, Mr. Vandenabeele has been serving as President of the French American Bar Association (http://www.faba-law.com”) that he co-founded in 2007.
He is also a Board Member of the Committee of French Speaking Societies (http://www.cafusa.org), of Union des Francais de l’Etranger (http://www.ufe.org/); as well as a member of American Society of Le Souvenir Francais (http://www.souvenirfrancais-usa.org/). And of l’Association des Cadres de Reserve Francais aux Etats Unis (ACREFEU) (http://acrefeu.org/).