Henrique Forssell is a founding partner at Duarte Forssell Advogados (DFA), a Brazilian law firm specialized in complex litigation, international asset recovery and transnational insolvency. Located in São Paulo, it operates in more than 50 countries through an international network of legal professionals and has been successful in recovering millions of dollars its clients. DFA’s team is composed by skilled lawyers with more than 20 years of practice in complex and multijurisdictional transactions. In Brazil, Henrique has been appointed by several judicial authorities to lead and coordinate some of the most important international asset recovery procedures and is widely recognized for his expertise and efficiency.

The work developed by Henrique and DFA’s team of lawyers involves international asset recovery and investigation of transnational frauds; representation and providing legal counseling to financial institutions, foreign liquidators, judicial administrators and creditors related to the legal consequences of foreign insolvency proceedings; supporting parties in high complexity litigation and transactions across an extensive range of legal areas including corporate, civil, contractual, tax, administrative, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, dissolutions, etc.

Henrique has been a member of FraudNet since 2011 and is recognized as a Thought Leader, in the area of asset recovery, by the English guide Who”s Who Legal. He is also a member of INSOL (International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals).

Arthur Traballi is a Brazilian lawyer focused on complex litigation, national and international asset recovery as well as transnational insolvency. He advises financial institutions, trustees, and a variety of creditors in identifying and recovering assets diverted as a result of bankruptcy and capital market frauds in Brazil and abroad. Arthur is a member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), founded in 1962 and based in Brussels, Belgium.

Kees van de Meent is managing partner at Florent in Amsterdam.

Kees van de Meent heads the firm”s asset recovery and commercial fraud group which represents victims of serious fraud, corruption and other economic crimes around the world. Having been a court-appointed trustee for more than 25 years he also advises on national and international insolvency matters and creditor rights. Van de Meent acts as court appointed trustee in international fraud-related bankruptcies.

Florent”s asset recovery and commercial fraud group is specialised in cases of cross-border asset recovery, fraud litigation (prosecuting civil claims for fraud), conducting financial fraud investigations in cooperation with forensic accountants and IT forensics, representing court-appointed trustees in fraud-related bankruptcies in order to recover stolen assets for the estate, representing (groups of) victims of boiler room frauds and anti-bribery cases. The team navigates complex legal issues such as private international law issues (regarding competent court, applicable law, recognition and enforcement) and multiple freeze actions, and works in close cooperation with colleagues in other jurisdictions to close the net on the fraudster.

Kees van de Meent is the Dutch representative of ICC”s FraudNet, the global network operating under the aegis of the International Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of Insol International, Insol Europe and Insolad.

Kees van de Meent is frequently invited to lecture within the Netherlands and abroad on the topic of combatting commercial fraud and asset recovery and is a co-author of Asset Tracing & Recovery: The FraudNet World Compendium.

Jurgen van den Heuvel is an associate in Florent’s Insolvency and Restructuring team and a part of the firm’s asset recovery and commercial fraud group. He is active in matters relating to international asset tracing and recovery and also advises and litigates in the area of insolvency law. He is also regularly appointed by the court as a bankruptcy trustee.

Miguel Cases is the co-managing partner of Cases & Lacambra. He leads the Commercial & Corporate law and the Financial Services Group, including its Asset Recovery practice. He is qualified to practice both in Spain and the Principality of Andorra where he is the resident partner. He is recognized in major legal directories such as Chambers& Partners, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers as leader in his fields of practice.

He has extensive experience advising credit institutions and investment services firms, being the legal counsel of several national and international financial institutions, public administrations and investment funds in their regulatory activity, anti-money laundering policies, fraud prevention, banking agreements, and specially complex cross border disputes including asset recovery in Andorra where he has advised local and foreign regulators, financial institutions and governmental agencies in fraud and money laundering cases.

He is a regular lecturer in international business schools in his specialty areas and regularly publishes about regulatory framework applicable to the rendering of financial services.

Cases & Lacambra is a Client focused international law Firm, with a deep commitment to offer the best comprehensive advice in business law. The Firm, with presence in Europe and America, has a highly tested track record in complex transactions involving the financial sector, special situations, financial markets regulations, cross-border disputes, asset tracing and recovery and transactions with a relevant tax sensibility. Cases & Lacambra teams are high-profile, committed to excellence and cross-border oriented.