Alejandro Catalá Guerrero is one of Mexico´s foremost lawyers and has solid experience in white collar crime. He has Postgraduate Studies from Universidad Panamericana, one of Mexico´s top law schools and has specialized in Mexican Criminal Law. He also has a degree from the Universidad Nuevo Mundo.

He has advised several large international corporations regarding white collar crime and has written several articles regarding the matter.

He is well know on an international and national level and has been an active participant in international organizations such as World Services Group and Lex Mundi. In 2010 he joined Fraudnet and has been offering consulting and giving advice to other members that need an understanding of the Mexican market.

He speaks Spanish and English.

Basham, Ringe y Correa S.C. specialties:
Administrative, Privatizations & Biddings, Aeronautic/Aerospacial, Antitrust, Civil & Commercial Litigation, Consumer Protection, Corporate, Contracts & Foreign Investments, Criminal Litigation, Energy, Environmental, Franchising, Health, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International Trade & Customs, Labor, Land Transportation, Maritime, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mining, Real State, Social Security, Tax, Telecommunications and Trusts.

Alfredo Taullard jointly Co-heads the Dispute Resolution Department at Hughes & Hughes. He has vast hands-on practice in complex civil and commercial Litigation, International Commercial Arbitration, and is a specialist in procedural, commercial and mining law.

Alfredo has been recognised as leading lawyer in Uruguay for Dispute Resolution by the most relevant guides in the legal profession, Who’s Who Legal – Asset Recovery, The Legal 500 Latin America, and Chambers & Partners Latin America. He is also the Australian Honorary Consul in Uruguay for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Alfredo holds a Doctorate in Law and Social Sciences from the Universidad de la República School of Law. He has authored several publications on Procedural Law, Transnational Litigation, Civil Proceedings, as well as several papers for National and International Congresses on his areas of expertise.

Hughes & Hughes

Founded in the 19th century, Hughes & Hughes is one of the oldest and most prestigious law firms in Uruguay. The firm has had considerable growth during recent years and has successfully encompassed the long-term expertise with a modern, sophisticated and practical approach of the business.

They have extensive experience assisting clients in bankruptcy proceedings, including financial institutions and brokers, and have developed an organised structure prepared to efficiently deal with complex asset recoveries, including those generated by business crime. They have strongly developed strategies for an effective search of assets to enable important recoveries. Their proven experience has led to an increase in demand for this service by leading companies from all over the world.

Christopher J. Redmond is the founder and principal at the Redmond Law Firm, LLC. His practice is focused on complex international litigation, asset tracing and recovery, and cross-border insolvency proceedings.

Christopher has been a delegate at UNCITRAL Working Group V (Insolvency) since 1999, first as a delegate for the American Bar Association and for the last eleven (11) years, as a member of the United States delegation. He continues to also serve as Chair of the ABA UNCITRAL Task Force.

Christopher has also served as a U.S. delegate to UNODC (United National Office of Drugs and Crimes), addressing issues of commercial fraud on a worldwide basis and coordination between the public and private sectors. As a U.S. member of ICC FraudNet, (ranked as a Band One International Group in Asset Recovery by Chambers), he is counsel in a number of international cases, including acting as counsel for the joint liquidators in the Stanford International Bank proceeding.

He is an experienced trial counsel in both jury and civil trials including a number of Chapter 15 proceedings. He has served as a joint liquidator in the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. He has served as a Panel Trustee in Kansas since 1978 and has handled over 12,000 insolvency cases, from consumer cases to business cases. He has also served as a Chapter 11 Trustee in a number of business cases and served as counsel for the official unsecured creditors committee in a number of billion dollar insolvency cases.

Christopher is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, a Fellow of the International Insolvency Institute, has been listed in Best Lawyers for over thirty (30) years and is also recognized by Who’s Who Legal International as one of the top five (5) recovery lawyers in North America.

Skjørshammer is one of Norway”s leading experts within restructuring and insolvency. Skjørshammer acts for domestic and international clients in financial restructurings, debt negotiations and bankruptcies, and he advises creditors, shareholders, investors and board of directors on all aspects of insolvency law. His practice further includes advising Norwegian and international banks in the handling of deferred loans.

Skjørshammer has been involved both as an adviser and publicly appointed as chairman of debt negotiations committees and as bankruptcy trustee in many of the largest and most complex cases in Norway during the recent years. He is recognised for his strong commitment and solution-oriented advice, and is highly acknowledged for his project management skills in complex projects where commercial understanding and industry insight is a prerequisite.

Being Norway”s exclusive representative of ICC FraudNet, an organisation specialised in asset-recovery with representatives in more than 80 countries, Skjørshammer has considerable experience in representing Norwegian clients in matters involving other jurisdictions. His practice encompasses both matters relating to the selection of local partners and project management.

The international rating agencies Chambers Europe and Legal 500 ranks Skjørshammer as one of the leading restructuring and insolvency lawyers in Norway. Skjørshammer is a strong communicator and widely used as a lecturer on issues related to restructurings and the handling of financial challenges, both for fellow lawyers and law students.

Stephen Baker is an English Barrister, Jersey Advocate and Senior Partner of specialist litigation and dispute resolution practice based in Jersey Channel Islands, Baker & Partners.

Having been called to the English Bar in 1989, Stephen is a highly-experienced Court room Advocate, specialising in complex criminal and regulatory law, as well as international commercial and trusts litigation.

Stephen is a specialist in conducting investigations into the flow of suspected corrupt payments made to politicians through Jersey and has been responsible for suspicious activity reports and investigations on behalf of both the Attorney General of Jersey and the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

He also has expertise in cases involving complex fraud and money laundering, particularly those with an international and political dimension. In the UK, Stephen has been instructed to prosecute by the Serious Fraud Office, the Inland Revenue, Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise, and the Department of Public Prosecutions Head Quarters.

Outside of Jersey and the UK, he has advised the United Nations on matters of confiscation and been instructed by a large non-European state to advise on meeting legislative standards set by the Financial Action Task Force. He is an appointed Crown Advocate and has regularly acted for foreign governments including the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission.

Stephen regularly speaks on the topics of corruption and asset recovery to a global audience, and is frequently asked by the national media to comment on matters of international co-operation in compliance and confiscation.

Stephen is the Jersey representative of FraudNet and also sits on the board of the Jersey Institute of Law.

In 2017, Stephen gained international peer recognition for his work in asset recovery, having been appointed Senior Vice Chair of the International Bar Association’s Asset Recovery Subcommittee. Throughout his two-year appointment, Stephen will engage with IBA’s global membership and work with other IBA committees to contribute to the organisation’s conferences.

Baker & Partners

Baker & Partners is a specialist litigation and dispute resolution practice based in Jersey Channel Islands. The firm provides objective, clear and practical advice and has been at the forefront of some the Island’s most complex and high value litigation cases.

Since its inception in 2003, Baker & Partners has gained a global reputation for its expertise in its niche practice areas and regularly appears among other high ranking organisations in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories.

The financial fraud, insolvency and asset recovery section is headed by Shankhnad Ghurburrun, a founding member, and provides assistance in fraud prevention and representation of victims in Mauritius and the Seychelles. The Chambers has its own in-house investigation and intelligence gathering team of professionals to provide a comprehensive service in the Mauritius Territory and in Seychelles. Its members also provide services in French speaking countries in Africa.

Sir Rabindrah Ghurburrun QC, GOSK founded Ghurburrun Chambers in 1958, which eventually grew to become Geroudis Ghurburrun Chambers. In 2009, the office set merged with the Chambers of Gavin Glover to become Geroudis Glover Ghurburrun, composed of 14 Barristers. The Chambers has a leading litigation and advisory practice in Mauritius. It is pioneering fraud and asset recovery development in Mauritius.

Geroudis is a boutique law Chambers with practice focused on 5 sectors of legal industry, namely financial fraud and asset recovery, insolvency, corporate and commercial law, intellectual property and competition/ anti-trust work. Its clients include both international and domestic companies and financial institutions. The law Chambers has more than 20 of the Forbes 100 companies as clients. Its strong practice includes commercial fraud prosecution, asset recovery, international litigation, creditor’s rights and bankruptcy. All barristers are registered at the Bar in Mauritius.