Fabio Virzi is a Partner of Cases & Lacambra in Spain. He is a member of the Litigation and Arbitration practice at the Firm’s Madrid office.

Fabio has extensive an experience advising all kind of clients in the resolution of civil and commercial disputes, both in the pre-litigation phase and during the proceedings..

He specializes in civil and commercial litigation before the Spanish Courts and has an extensive experience in matters relating to obligations and contracts, noncontractual liability, corporate affairs, unfair competition, directors’ liability, shareholders disputes, amongst others. Furthermore, Fabio has a strong track record in the enforcement of national and foreign judgments and awards, as well as in asset tracing and recovery.

Fabio is an expert on litigation relating to the finance, banking, construction, and insurance industries sectors, as well as to M&A transactions and private equity.

Fabio is also an expert in the field of domestic and international arbitration. He has taken part in domestic arbitration proceedings before the leading Spanish courts of arbitration (the Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration and the Madrid Court of Arbitration, etc.), as well as in international arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Costas Stamatiou is well experienced in international fraud cases and injunctive relief including worldwide freezing orders and Norwich Pharmacal disclosure orders.

Costas is a partner at Elias Neocleous & Co. LLC. He graduated in law from the University of Wales, Cardiff in 2001 and obtained a Master’s degree in Legal Aspects of Marine Affairs from there in 2002 and a Master’s degree in European Legal Studies from Bristol University in 2003. He was admitted to the Cyprus Bar in 2004. Since 2010 he has been acting as a visiting lecturer in local universities. His main areas of practice are company and commercial law, admiralty law, white collar crime and associated litigation. Costas has extensive experience of international asset tracing and recovery and has been involved in many high profile fraud cases. Costas is a co-author of “Introduction to Cyprus Law” 3rd edition and the Cyprus chapters of “Encyclopaedia of International Commercial Litigation” published by Kluwer Law International, “Shipping & International trade Law” 2nd edition published by European Lawyer Reference and the forthcoming second edition of “ICC Fraudnet Word Compendium: Asset Tracing & Recovery”. Additionally, Costas regularly contributes articles in a number of leading legal publications including: “Cyprus aviation law: aircraft arrests, airline liquidations, air route traffic rights and injunctive relief” ICCLR 2013 24(4); “Dispute Resolution Multi-jurisdictional Guide” 2012/13 published by Practical Law Company (Thomson Reuters); “Supreme Court reconfirms hands-off approach to banking obligations” ILO, Oct 2012; “Minimizing risks of contempt of interim orders by financial institutions” ILO, Nov 2012; “Admiralty jurisdiction: ship arrest, cargo arrest and sale pendente lite” ILO, June 2012; “Cyprus: commercial fraud and tracing of assets” ICCLR 2011 22(9); “Supreme Court clarifies approach for enforcement of arbitration awards” ILO, August 2011; “Advance fee fraud: tracing and recovering assets through courts” ILO, Sept 2011; “Cyprus: Freezing orders, ship arrest warrants, anti-suit injunctions, disclosure orders and Norwich Pharmacal relief in aid of court or arbitration proceedings in Cyprus and overseas”, ICCLR 2010 21(2); and “Cyprus: Forum Non Conveniens in the European Era”, ICCLR 2005 16 (8).

Shreyas Jayasimha read law at the National Law School of India University and was a Chevening Scholar at the University of Warwick. He enrolled as an Advocate in 2000. Shreyas has conducted several complex trials, has appeared before several High Courts and the Supreme Court and international and domestic arbitral tribunals and mediation fora. He is also trained as a mediator and has been appointed arbitrator. Shreyas is a member of the LCIA Asia Pacific Users Council and is the one of the editors of the IBA mediation committee newsletter. Shreyas’ practice area includes litigation, dispute resolution, company law, constitutional law, intellectual property, and technology law amongst others across industrial sectors such as infrastructure, real estate, oil and gas, aviation etc. Shreyas is a member of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA), Geneva since 2012, and was recently made the Coordinator, UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee of India. Shreyas has been listed in the International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration since 2010 till date.

Matthias Kleinsasser is a Shareholder in Winstead PC, a full-service Dallas-based law firm with offices throughout Texas, as well as New York and North Carolina. Matthias is a member of the Firm’s Business Litigation, Restructuring & Insolvency, and White-Collar Defense Practice Groups. He regularly litigates in U.S. federal district court, U.S. bankruptcy court, and Texas state court.

Matthias has significant experience in the following areas of law:

Fraudulent transfer litigation: Matthias has litigated high-stakes fraudulent transfer litigation matters and regularly advises non-U.S. clients on asset recovery procedures under U.S. law, discovery applications under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, and similar matters.

Receivership proceedings: Matthias frequently represents clients in receivership proceedings filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, FDIC, CFTC, and other regulatory agencies. He has also served as a turnover receiver in Texas state court.

Cryptocurrency matters: Matthias has experience with litigation involving cryptocurrency and DeFi, including asset recovery matters.

Regulatory defense: Matthias has represented officers, directors, and other clients in investigations brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators.

Bankruptcy/restructuring matters: Matthias has represented clients in virtually all aspects of business bankruptcy proceedings, including bankruptcy litigation, contested asset sales and debtor-in-possession financing.

Pre-litigation planning/settlement advice: Matthias regularly counsels firm clients on contract negotiation, pre-litigation planning, and settlement advice.

Matthias is a contributor to the CDR Essential Intelligence publication on “Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery” and the ICC FraudNet Global Annual Report.

Jacques-Alexandre Genet is a French avocat à la Cour and a partner of Archipel in Paris. He specialises in international enforcement and asset recovery.

He and his team have a wealth of expertise in all aspects of enforcement against sovereign states, including a thorough practical understanding of the law of immunities in key jurisdictions and of international sanctions (including the UN, the EU and OFAC). They have advised international clients, including creditor hedge funds, corporations and individuals in the enforcement of awards and judgments across many civil and common law jurisdictions.

Archipel is also active in fraud cases, where it provides guidance to clients in post-fraud recovery situations and relies on its network of local counsel, advisers, consultants and asset tracers to ensure multi-jurisdictional, coordinated recovery of assets.

Recent cases include the enforcement of UK judgment and worldwide freezing orders against serial debtors, the devising and obtaining of unprecedented French civil search orders to locate worldwide assets of debtors, the enforcement of US judgments and of ICC, ICSID, OHADA and ad hoc awards against several African, Latin American, or Eastern European states or state-owned entities, and the resistance to enforcement measures sought by a foreign state, and a foreign market authority, against two individuals and their respective group of companies.

Jacques-Alexandre graduated in French and US/English business laws (University of Paris X Nanterre), and in economics and finance (Sciences Po); he is a former lecturer at the Sorbonne and a frequent speaker on international enforcement, asset tracing and recovery.

Archipel is a boutique law firm serving the cross-border needs of corporate and private clients. Its offices are in Paris and Geneva.

Kamala Naganand studied law at the University Law College, Bangalore and completed her Masters in Intellectual Property Law at The George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. She enrolled as an advocate in 2005.

Kamala has developed the insolvency and bankruptcy practice at Aarna law, along with her partner Shreyas Jayasimha. The team work out of New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore represent resolution professionals, banks, financial institutions, creditors, and individuals before courts across India. They have over the years built a strong litigation and advisory practice in Insolvency and have also been working with banks and financial institutions on asset tracing mandates across multiple jurisdictions.

She is a trained Mediator, has represented clients as counsel in commercial mediations, and is available to sit as a neutral through Simha Law, Singapore. She has also worked on case management for large and complex arbitrations and disputes.

Kamala is a member of International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) , International Technology Law Association and member, Bangalore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. She is actively involved in advising companies in Mergers and Acquisitions, Contracts and Documentation.

Her passion for Art has driven her to be active in the Art law space and build Aarna Law”s practice in the field.

As Managing Partner, she has started various initiatives to bring more women back into the workforce, including offering flexible work hours and integration of technology into the practice of law.