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.

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).

Derek is a partner in the Toronto office of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, a leading Canadian law firm that is regularly at the center of Canada’s most complex, high-stakes and high-profile business litigation. Davies regularly advises international blue-chip firms – including mining, financial, high-tech and telecom businesses – at all stages of fraud, misappropriation and asset recovery litigation.

Derek is a go-to litigator for clients involved in large and complex commercial disputes, including fraud, conspiracy and misappropriation claims, securities litigation, mining litigation and commercial contractual disputes. These have included numerous precedent-setting motions, trials and appeals for high-profile Canadian and multinational corporations.

Derek has appeared as lead counsel before a variety of courts across Canada and several tribunals, including the Ontario Securities Commission and the Canadian Competition Tribunal. He was recognized as a 2016 Lexpert Rising Star – Leading Lawyers Under 40, a “Future Leader” by Who’s Who Legal: Litigation, a “Next Generation Lawyer” for Dispute Resolution by The Legal 500 Canada, and a “Litigation Star” and 2018 “Emerging Talent of the Year” by Benchmark Canada. More recently, Derek was co-lead counsel for one of the world’s largest mining companies in Labrador Nickel Royalty Limited Partnership v. Vale Canada Limited et al., a complex commercial dispute that Benchmark Canada recognized as 2019 “Impact Case of the Year” for Canada.

Shreyas has over 20 years of experience in litigation, and domestic and international dispute resolution. He co-founded Aarna Law along with Kamala Naganand and Srikanth Navale.
As one of the founding partners, he advises and represents clients across industry and provides advisory and opinions to corporations on issues from insider trading, regulatory investigations, fraud and corporate governance.

Shreyas is a trained mediator. He has been appointed as an arbitrator in India and internationally on various matters over the years. He is currently serving as co-counsel for a State party in two significant investment treaty arbitrations. He represents clients before various Tribunals, High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

Shreyas has been a member of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA), Geneva, since 2012; is the National Coordinator for the UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee of India (UNCCI); and is a member of the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA) Council.

Shreyas Jayasimha read law at the National Law School of India University and was a Chevening Scholar at the University of Warwick.