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.

Troy Greig is a Partner in Tanner DeWitts’s Restructuring and Insolvency department, focusing on contentious matters with considerable expertise in commercial and insolvency-related litigation, fraud and regulatory work. He is recognised as a key member of the team in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 ranking of Hong Kong restructuring and insolvency lawyers.

Troy has broad experience advising on all aspects of cross-border winding-up proceedings, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, on-going management and trading of businesses, asset marketing and sale, claims against and on behalf of the distressed estate. Troy advises clients in distressed and insolvent situations on the selection of appropriate regime and the strategic appointment of officeholders to extract maximum value. He has also acted for officeholders including liquidators, administrators and receivers.

Troy’s broad litigation practice covers a wide range of matters. He advises on banking and finance, intellectual property and shareholders disputes, professional indemnity, D&O, product liability and business interruption. He has also advised on contempt of court matters.

Troy advises on high value fraud matters involving debt recovery, asset tracing and the enforcement of judgments and pre-emptive actions such as injunctions and court appointed receivers. As part of the cross-border nature of Troy’s practice, he is experienced in conducting litigation in other jurisdictions by instructing local and offshore firms as lead counsel.

Troy regularly advises on regulatory and compliance investigations and represents defendants in contested hearings and prosecutions. This includes working with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Insurance Authority (IA); Privacy Commission for Personal Data (PCPD), and the Inland Revenue and Labour Departments. Troy also advises clients on SFC and IA investigations including the review of historical records and advises on IRD issues for clients (including the double taxation treaty). In addition, Troy has experience in investigating professional negligence disputes, mis-selling of products and breach of statutory obligations.

Troy has extensive experience acting in banking litigation matters with a focus on financial transactions disputes. This includes enforcement of securities; guarantees; and contentious matters relating to trade and securities finance, such as disputes concerning Letters of Credit and Bills of Exchange.

Troy has appeared as an advocate in the Court of First Instance, Hong Kong, the Supreme Courts of New South Wales, Western Australia and Queensland, Australia. He holds an LLB (Hons) from The University of Technology, Sydney and a BSc in Psychology from The University of New South Wales in Australia. Troy is very active and enjoys playing tennis, golf and trail running in his free time. He is also an avid contributor to the firm’s Pro Bono and ESG initiatives.

Bartlett D. Morgan is an experienced commercial litigator. He frequently acts for international and domestic clients in matters before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Caribbean Court of Justice and specialist tribunals.

He has substantial cross-sector experience and has represented clients in telecommunications, tourism, banking & finance, insurance, fintech, digital media, e-commerce, distribution, manufacturing and government.

Bartlett’s cases have involved questions of shareholder oppression, bankruptcy, receiverships, cross-border enforcement, immunity of international organizations, high value security enforcement, asset tracing, trust enforcement, defamation, judicial review and unfair dismissal. He also advises clients on complying with data privacy, cybersecurity and other digital law obligations, enforcing intellectual property rights, employment law matters and navigating various telecommunications regulatory frameworks in the Caribbean.

Bartlett is a respected thought leader on digital law and policy issues impacting the Caribbean. In this regard, he is regularly called upon to speak and write on issues at the intersection of law, policy and technology.

He is a member of the Barbados Bar Association, INSOL International, the Charted Institute of Arbitrators and the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He formerly served as the representative for the Caribbean and Latin America on the At-Large Advisory Committee which advises the board of directors of the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers on Internet policy issues.

Education:
University of the West Indies, LLB. (Hons)
Norman Manley Law School, L.E.C

Bar Admissions:
Barbados
Jamaica

Born Athens 1955, George Bazinas received his education at the University of Athens (1978) and King’s College London (LLM 1981) and was admitted to the Athens Bar in 1981, Court of Appeals in 1986 and Supreme Court in 1990. In 1988 he founded an independent practice offering specialised litigation and dispute management services, which was then merged into the intergraded firm Anagnostopoulos-Bazinas, where he headed the commercial law and litigation department, subsequently forming Bazinas Law Firm, expanding the practices’ services in the specialized fields of civil and commercial law.

He specialises in complex civil and commercial litigation and arbitration involving most types of business disputes, banking and finance law, and is actively engaged in the field of domestic and cross-border insolvency and reorganisation. He has extensive experience of cross-border disputes and proceedings, and acts mainly for international clients from a wide array of business sectors, including banking and financial services, oil and gas, aviation, automobiles, media, energy, pharmaceuticals, steel and other industrial production, as well as foreign governmental organisations.

Publications in English include the chapters on Greek civil & commercial litigation in the Commercial Litigation Reference Book, European Lawyer, 2011, (in print), an English translation of the Greek Insolvency Law, Greek Bankruptcy law in Collier International Business Insolvency Guide (Matthew Bender/Lexis-Nexis, 2008); “Insolvency, Reorganisation, and the new EC Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Perspectives of Greek law and process” Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 2003; “Security over Immovables in Selected Jurisdictions”, Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business (CILS – Oceana, 2005); “International Secured Transactions” (CILS – Oceana, 2010); European Restructuring and Insolvency Guide (White Page, 2002); and EU Banking and Insurance Insolvency, (Oxford University Press 2006). Selected recent publications in journals include articles on “The recent reform of the Greek insolvency code: Legislative response to the economic crisis”, (Insol World, Third Quarter, 2010), “Insolvency v Arbitration” (Eurofenix, 2010); and “A modern Greek Tragedy: the cross-border insolvency perspective” (Recovery, summer 2010).

He is an honorary founding member of the International Insolvency Institute (III) and repeatedly featured among the handful of specialised practitioners for Greece in the prestigious INSOL International directory. He is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, INSOL International, INSOL Europe, the American Hellenic Institute, the International Bar Association and the Hellenic Commercial Lawyers Association.

Catherine Naylor is a partner in Gowling WLG’s commercial litigation team in London. She leads the fraud, asset tracing, contentious insolvency and trusts litigation sub-team and helps her clients to resolve the full range of international disputes.

Catherine’s highlights include acting on a $330 million dispute arising from the Madoff Ponzi scheme scandal, where she achieved a commercial settlement for her professional clients. Other highlights include acting on multiple cross-border asset recovery matters, including cross-border insolvency, defending a multi-million pound High Court claim for fraud against a former director of a fiduciary service provider, advising a global financial services client in relation to a sensitive regulatory investigation and pursuing former directors of a corporate for their alleged misfeasance.

Catherine brings commerciality to her advice, having spent over four years prior to qualifying as a lawyer working in industry. This experience includes three years with a multi-national manufacturer and distributor, dealing with internal communications, crisis management, mergers and acquisitions and HR/employment issues. She is recognised as a “next generation” partner in the Legal 500.

Emily is a senior litigator in Gowling WLG’s commercial fraud group in London. She specialises in complex corporate disputes and disputes involving fraud and the misappropriation of assets, often involving cross-border issues and related litigation proceeding in parallel in other jurisdictions. Emily has particular expertise in obtaining urgent injunctive relief in the High Court to freeze assets and prevent dissipation.

Gowling WLG’s commercial fraud group advise on all aspects of commercial fraud, corruption and associated risk. The firm has one of the largest litigation practices in the UK, and clients include governments, FTSE 100 and other quoted companies, private companies, banks and other financial institutions, insolvency officeholders, trustees, directors and individuals. Gowling WLG has particular expertise in the co-ordination and project management of complex multi-jurisdictional fraud, insolvency and asset tracing matters.