Jeffrey H. Lane

Jeff Lane is a commercial litigation Partner at Tanner De Witt and has been practising as a lawyer in Hong Kong for over 25 years. Jeff is well-known for his work in corporate fraud and asset tracing in domestic and multi-jurisdiction investigations, white collar crime and dealing with recovery proceedings and regulatory investigations with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC) and the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB). He has written several articles about dispute resolution and fraud and asset tracing and regularly speaks on these issues in local and regional seminars. Jeff is recognised in a number of prominent international guides including Asia-Pacific Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners identifying him as one of Hong Kong’s leading litigation lawyers and he has been the Hong Kong representative of FraudNet since 2008.

Tanner De Witt, established in 1999 is a full service independent business law firm with more than thirty lawyers. The litigation team has enjoyed significant success in carrying out multi-jurisdiction fraud and asset tracing investigations. Other practice areas in which Tanner De Witt offers legal advice and representation are corporate and commercial; insolvency and restructuring; labour and employment; financial services regulation and compliance; criminal, including white collar crime; family and private client services; and hospitality, including liquor licensing.

Mehdi Diouri

After returning to Morocco in 2005, Mehdi joined the family business and founded DLF Avocats, a boutique law firm specialized in international transactions (M&A, project financing, dispute resolution) with a focus on mining and energy, including renewables.

The DLF team is composed of 20 multilingual skilled lawyers, paralegals and support members whose main concern is flexibility and attention to the client’s need.

Mehdi has also held positions in several institutions, as a board member of the Belgian and Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce (CCBLM) from 2012 to 2022 as well as Vice President of the German Chamber of Commerce from 2013 to 2019 and is still a board member of the same chamber.

Mehdi is very active in the international and cross-border transactions with a strong presence in the Middle East and Africa. Thanks to this input, DLF is the privileged partner acting as local and regional counsel for several foreign law firms.

Danny Ong

Danny is the Managing Director of Setia Law LLC, a specialist high-stakes dispute resolution and crisis management team in Singapore. Danny specialises in a broad range of corporate and commercial dispute work, with particular emphasis on complex cross-border fraud and asset recovery, contentious insolvency, banking and securities, corporate and commercial (including shareholder) disputes. He has been recognized in his areas of expertise by The Legal 500 (Asia-Pacific) Series, The International Who’s Who Legal, The International Financial Law Review 1000, and Asialaw Profiles, The Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Leading Law Firms.

In the area of fraud and asset recovery, Danny has advised and represented various stated-owned companies, governmental agencies, and international financial institutions, in the investigation and prosecution of claims involving complex multi-jurisdictional corporate and commercial fraud, bribery, corruption, breaches of fiduciary duties, enforcement of foreign judgments, and the recovery and tracing of assets globally. With his in-depth ‘on-the-ground’ knowledge and deep experience in this specialist area and also in Asia, Danny has been at the forefront of some of the largest cross-border fraud and asset recovery cases seen in the region.

Jason Teo

Jason is an Associate Director at Setia Law LLC, a specialist high-stakes dispute resolution and crisis management team in Singapore. He is active in corporate and commercial disputes, with particular emphasis on cross-border fraud and asset recovery litigation.

Jason and his team at Setia Law LLC frequently act in relation to freezing injunctions and pre-action disclosure orders before the Singapore Courts, and have represented litigants in leading cases in Singapore involving cryptocurrency, high-frequency algorithmic trading, payments processing, and collective action. Notably, Jason acted for the successful claimant in B2C2 Ltd v Quoine Pte Ltd, a landmark Singapore judgment involving cryptocurrency trades executed autonomously by algorithmic trading software.

Jason has experience in a wide range of corporate and commercial disputes, including shareholder and contract disputes, and disputes in the banking, oil & gas, technology, property and construction industries. He has also advised clients in cross-border liquidations involving recovery in high-risk jurisdictions.

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Siegbert Lampert

Lampert & Partner serves a broad range of national and international, public and private, corporate and also individual clients. Lampert & Partner represented in the past and acts now also on behalf of different national governments. Besides major civil and criminal proceedings, several high-profile cases of grand fraud and corruption are handled by the firm.

Founding partner Siegbert Lampert is the author of important publications in the fields of asset tracing, fraud and corruption, like e.g. FraudNet’s World Compendium on “Asset Tracing and Recovery”, Sweet & Maxwell’s “International Commercial Fraud” or the Getting the Deal Through publication on “Anti-Corruption Regulation”.

Lampert & Partner is in Liechtenstein terms a medium sized firm. Founder partner Siegbert Lampert, a Constitutional Court judge from 2005 until 2014, established the firm in 1996.

Lampert & Partner are active members in several important professional networks and organisations, like for example the IBA, STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), EUROJURIS International, WORLD-LINK for Law and INSOL International.

Major fields of activity: Civil and commercial Litigation, White Collar Crime, MLAT Proceedings, International Judicial Assistance, Banking and Financial Services, Insurances, Trusts and Estate Planning.

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Colette Wilkins

Walkers has one of the largest commercial litigation and dispute resolution teams in the Cayman Islands. Colette and her colleagues can provide timely and expert assistance in connection with all aspects of civil litigation and insolvency and have considerable experience in connection with asset tracing, enforcement proceedings, commercial and corporate disputes and contentious banking and financial issues. Colette has been a partner at Walkers in the Cayman Islands since 2009. She practised as a barrister from chancery/commercial chambers in London for fifteen years before being admitted as an attorney in the Cayman Islands in 2005. Colette has extensive experience in high value and cross border commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on disputes arising in connection with fraud, asset recovery, corporate governance, distressed investment vehicles and liquidations. Since 2009 Colette has been commended in the leading legal directories including Who”s Who Legal, Chambers Global and Legal 500. The strength of the Walkers asset recovery team is commended in the 2013 International Who”s Who of Asset Recovery Lawyers which noted that Colette “stands out as one of the most highly regarded individuals in the research. Recommended for her “pragmatic and solutions-oriented” approach, she earns “high praise” from her peers and clients”.

Established in 1964, Walkers is a leading International Financial Centre law firm, with a focus on corporate and international finance law. From our global network of eight offices, the firm offers a full range of legal services and delivers practical advice based on an in-depth knowledge of the legal, regulatory and commercial environment in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Ireland and Jersey. Walkers has 54 partners and 365 staff worldwide.

Specialities: Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Compliance, Corporate, Crime, Employment, Finance (Asset Finance, Banking, Insurance Linked Securities, Regulatory, Restructuring and Structured Products and capital Markets), Insolvency and Corporate Recovery, Insurance, Investment Funds, Islamic Finance, Private Equity, Property , Taxation and Trusts.