Andy is a partner at Han Kun Law Offices dispute resolution department, specialising in litigation and arbitration, fraud, asset tracing and recovery, foreign judgment and award enforcement as well as white collar & financial crime.

In terms of international fraud, Andy is one of the few PRC lawyers widely recognized by the international legal community. Over the years, he has represented Han Kun Law Offices to author the China chapters for several international publications in the area of fraud and asset recovery, including the Asset Tracing and Recovery Review, Chambers Global Practice Guides – International Fraud & Asset Tracing as well as the CDR Essential Intelligence: Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery, where Han Kun is the only law firm from China.

Andy has enormous knowledge and in-depth understanding in his specialised areas, and has represented a number of banks, companies and HNWIs from various jurisdictions and successfully traced and recovered their defrauded funds.

Based on his distinguished performance in dispute resolution, Andy has been rated by The Legal 500 as a highly recommended dispute resolution lawyer in the Asia Pacific for 2019 and 2021.

Andy is an arbitrator of Shanghai International Arbitration Centre.

About Han Kun

Han Kun is a leading full-service law firm in China. Over the years, Han Kun has been widely recognized as a leader in complex cross-border and domestic transactions and compliance matters.

The main practice areas of Han Kun include private equity, mergers and acquisitions, international and domestic capital markets, investment funds, asset management, compliance, banking and finance, aviation finance, foreign direct investment, antitrust/competition, data protection, private client/wealth management, intellectual property, bankruptcy and restructuring and dispute resolution.

Han Kun now has over 800 professionals located in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Haikou, Wuhan, Singapore and New York City, its working languages include Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean and German.

www.hankunlaw.com

Cate Barbour, Senior Counsel, Walkers

Cate is a litigator specialising in fraud and asset recovery. She has advised and represented international financial institutions, high net worth individuals and government-owned entities in the investigation and prosecution of claims involving complex multi-jurisdictional corporate and commercial fraud, breaches of fiduciary duties, enforcement of foreign judgments, and the recovery and tracing of assets globally.

She has particular experience in assisting clients in relation to freezing orders and other urgent injunctive relief, often in support of foreign Court and arbitration proceedings, most recently acting for a large state owned bank in securing a US$2.6 billion freezing order from the Cayman Islands Grand Court, in support of English proceedings, and securing injunctive relief over a Yacht under the Merchant Shipping Act. She regularly advises on the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards, most recently opposing the enforcement an interim arbitral award, in the first case to be considered by the Court on the enforceability of such awards.

Before joining Walkers she acted for the Central Bank of Bahrain in respect of the US$1.5 billion claim brought against AHAB in the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution for the recovery of loan monies advanced to Saudi Arabian borrowers through AHAB’s Money Exchange Branch. Her most recent matters have covered commercial fraud litigation, tracing and proprietary claims, and injunctive relief to prevent the compulsory redemption of shares.

Cate is currently based in Walkers’ Dubai office and is involved in some of the largest offshore disputes for financial institutions and government owned entities from the GCC and wider region. She has been named as a Future Leader in the Who’s Who Legal 2022 and 2023 guides and is regularly recognised in Legal 500.

Dmytro Marchukov Co-Heads the Cross-Border Litigation department at Integrites.

He has represented sovereigns, corporates and private clients in close to every kind of dispute resolution including national and cross-border litigation, transnational insolvency and receivership, asset tracing and recovery, fraud investigation, enforcement of mortgages and pledges (including against shareholdings in Ukrainian companies), contentious inheritance and divorce, commercial and investment arbitration under the major institutional and ad hoc rules, as well as recognition and enforcement of foreign judicial and arbitral awards.

Dmytro has sat as an arbitrator and frequently acts as the Ukrainian law expert in civil and criminal proceedings in the US, the UK, British Virgin Islands, Monaco, Cyprus and Switzerland, as well as in the arbitration proceedings under the ICSID rules.

He is an arbitrator on the Panel of Arbitrators of the Shanghai International Arbitration Center, Dmytro is also a member of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association (UAA), and Co-founder of the Association for Asset Tracing and Recovery (Ukraine)

His Industry Focus includes Agriculture, Energy, Defense and Military Cooperation; and Banking and Financial Services Clients he has represented include; Burford Capital, Cargill Financial Services International Inc., NPC Ukrenergo, Mironivsky Hliboproduct (MHP), Vetropack Holding, EuroCape New Energy Limited, Emergy AS, Euroins Ukraine, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, Bank Frick & Co. AG, Eclipse Resources GmbH

Patrik Kalman specialises in dispute resolution and asset tracing. He also works as receiver in bankruptcies.

Patrik has represented clients in several of the most high profile financial fraud cases in Sweden. In addition to this he has acted as receiver in some of Sweden’s largest bankruptcies involving fraud and asset tracing (most often with cross-border elements).

A combination of great expertise in both law and finance, and extensive experience and natural persistence, makes Patrik particularly well suited to handle complicated disputes, investigations and bankruptcies.

Trägårdh is a boutique law firm specialising in certain niche areas. This makes it possible for them to offer high-quality, top-level legal expertise, and reduce the risk of any conflict of interests affecting their clients, allowing them to be more flexible and easier to cooperate with.

Krida is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice of R&T Asia (Thailand) Limited, the Bangkok office of Rajah & Tann LLP. Krida heads the Dispute Resolution practice in our Bangkok office. Krida graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Chulalongkorn University in 1997 and an LL.M. from Washington College of Law, American University in 2000.

Krida has more than 26 years of experience in acting for both local and multi-national corporations on a wide range of litigation, dispute resolution and general commercial matters. His experience includes contentious works in both criminal and civil laws, enforcement of foreign court judgment and arbitration award, internal fraud investigation and assets recovery. He is also representing client in a class action lawsuit involving the largest accounting fraud in Thailand history.

During his career, Krida has worked at a leading Thai law firm, a niche Thai law firm specializing in tax and disputes, and in the Bangkok office of international firm. His experience has equipped him with the ability to handle large-scale and complex cases for both local and international clients, as well as to offer strategic and practical legal advice to clients.

Duygu Dogan Şahiner is a distinguished Partner at Kılınç Law & Consulting, a Turkish based law firm, overseeing the firm’s Dispute Resolution and Maritime . Her expertise spans a wide spectrum of legal domains, with a primary focus on maritime law, dispute resolution, and strategic planning in civil and penalty cases throughout her career.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws from Koc University and a Master of Laws from Queen Mary University, specializing in navigating complex commercial contracts, overseeing litigation and trial processes, and delving into various aspects of Maritime Law.

With a notable tenure at Kılınç Law, Duygu has led numerous high-profile cases and transactions, showcasing her adeptness in handling multifaceted fraud and white-collar crime scenarios:

Corporate Fraud: Spearheaded successful resolutions in cases involving financial misconduct by senior executives, resulting in compensations exceeding $5 million for affected stakeholders.
Financial Fraud and Securities Violations: Secured an $8 million settlement for a client accused of misleading investors in a stock offering.
Cybercrime and Technology: Mitigated damages from a data breach, achieving settlements totalling $3.5 million with affected parties.
Asset Recovery and Money Laundering: Facilitated a $10 million deal, repatriating unlawfully acquired assets for the client.
Ship Finance Fraud: Orchestrated a $16 million settlement resolving disputes in maritime financing.

Kılınç Law & Consulting, under Duygu’s guidance, has swiftly evolved into a premier practice serving a diverse clientele. Expanding its reach, the firm has established offices in İzmir, London, and solidified strategic cooperation agreements with prestigious law firms in Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.

Duygu’s expertise and contributions have been recognized by Legal 500 EMEA 2023 in Real Estate, alongside Kılınç Law & Consulting’s acknowledgment as a Leading Firm.