Kabiito Karamagi, is an Advocate with over twenty years’ experience in corporate insolvency, and business restructures. As Uganda’s leading Insolvency Practitioner, Kabiito has handled complex assignements involving cross border insolvencies, corporate fraud and other forms of economic crime, asset tracing etc.He is currently the Managing Partner of Ligomarc Advocates, a finance law firm based in Kampala, where he also heads its Insolvency and Business Restructuring Practice. The firm is a Chambers Global ranked law firm with a solid reputation for intergrity and the groundbreaking work in insolvency and creditor enforcement rights, commercial and civil litigation, advisory services in tax, energy and infrastructure.

He is a seasoned and respected litigator with wide experience in creditor enforcement litigation.

He has also succesfully served as Lead Counsel representing a national regulator in Uganda in the biggest regulatory disputes in Uganda. He has successfully represented dissatisfied bidders in court disputes involving two of the largest national infrastructure projects in Uganda.

Kabiito also served as Assistant Legal Counsel for the Government of Uganda during the implementation of the Second Integrated Financial Management Systems Project (IFMP II) under which the Government of Uganda contracted Hewlett – Packard (HP) and Oracles Systems Ltd, among others, to supply, install and intergrate a government wide, IT based turnkey fiscal management system.

Kabiito has been at the centre of major legislative reforms in Uganda. Most notably, he was part of a team of Government of Uganda Consultants that led to the enactment of the Insolvency Act, 2011. He was also part of the Government of Uganda’s task force that participated in the development of other key legislations, including the Companies Act of 2012 and the Partnership Act, 2010.

Education: Kabiito is also a Fellow of INSOL International, and an alumnus of the prestigious Makerere University, Kampala. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (DIP.LP) from Law Development Centre, Kampala.

Richard Ayodele Akintunde, SAN is currently a Senior Partner at Ayodele Akintunde & Co., a full-service law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria where he heads the Litigation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Unit.

Richard was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985 and in 2016, he was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (equivalent of a King’s Counsel).

With almost 4 decades of active legal practice, Richard has amassed a wealth of experience in civil and commercial litigation, insolvency and arbitration and has represented clients in various levels of courts in Nigeria particularly at the Federal High Court, Nigeria’s commercial court. Richard has represented clients (local and foreign) in several high profile and complex matters including asset tracing and recovery. He continues to represent top-tier commercial banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and various corporate entities in a wide range of commercial matters.

Over the years, Richard has been involved in the recovery and tracing of assets leading to the recovery of assets worth millions of dollars and has successfully obtained interim reliefs leading to the protection and recovery of assets. He has held several Insolvency offices such as Liquidator, Receiver, Receiver and Manager and has acted as counsel for several Insolvency office holders in the discharge of their duties. Richard is currently the President of the Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN), the largest body of Insolvency Practitioners in Nigeria and a member association of INSOL.

Richard is also a Chartered Arbitrator, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom, the Institute of Construction Industry Arbitrators and has acted as Sole Arbitrator, Party Appointed Arbitrator, Presiding Arbitrator and Arbitration Counsel in several domestic and international arbitration disputes.

Richard is a problem solving and result oriented counsel who works assiduously to ensure the best outcome for his clients.

Marek is a skilled dispute resolution attorney leading the asset recovery team at Magnusson Estonia. He specializes in civil proceedings, with a specific focus on commercial disputes, cross-border litigation, and corporate insolvency. Marek’s expertise extends to debt collection proceedings, including matters related to crypto assets, cross-border asset recovery, and combating international investment fraud.

Magnusson dispute resolution team has considerable experience in matters related to crypto assets, cross-border asset tracking and recovery and combating international investment fraud. Their recent work includes legal representation of over 7000 local and international investors of various crowdfunding platforms, across fifteen jurisdictions, in large class action bankruptcy and criminal proceedings where damages amount to 35 million euros.

Magnusson is an international full-service business law firm with an established presence in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Baltics, as well as boasting a seasoned team with expertise in the provision of excellent business solutions. The firm typically handles challenging cross-border client assignments from a range of clients comprising international, regional, and local market leaders across various industry sectors. Magnusson Estonia is continuously recognized by leading international legal directories with the firm being ranked amongst top advisers in Estonia in the latest editions of Legal500 EMEA, Chambers Fintech Legal, IFLR and World Tax.

Bernardo Porras has been recognised as one of the “Leading individuals” in Dispute Resolution matters in numerous international publications including Chambers Latin America 2010 – 2017, Getting the Deal Through, Who’s Who Legal and Latin Lawyer.

He specialises in Dispute Resolution, Asset Recovery and Insolvency, Administrative Law, Private-Public Projects and Banking Law, and jointly Co-Heads the Dispute Resolution Department at Hughes & Hughes. Among other positions, he was a former President of Legal Matters’ Commission of the Uruguayan Bar Association.

Bernardo holds a Doctorate in Law and Social Sciences from the Universidad de la República School of Law; Academy for American and International Law, Center for American and International Law, Texas, USA. Has authored several articles regarding telecommunications, administrative and antitrust law, and is also a frequent lecturer at national and international seminars on matters related to Asset Recovery, Brokerage Regulations, Financial Entities Regulations, Project Finance, PPP’s, Public Trusts and Antitrust Law and Administrative and Procedural Law.

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. Accelerated changes in today’s business world require from our attorneys prompt adaptation and close attention to identify and meet our clients’ needs and the needs of our foreign clients willing to develop activities in Uruguay.

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

Charlotte is a Partner at PCB Byrne LLP. She is a commercial litigation and arbitration specialist with a focus on fraud and asset recovery. Charlotte acts for clients on high-value, complex international disputes with experience in the Middle East, the CIS and off-shore jurisdictions.

Charlotte has acted for states, corporates, shareholders, trustees, insolvency practitioners and high net worth individuals. She routinely acts for clients in the Commercial Court in London, which often involves co-ordinating ancillary proceedings before courts and arbitral tribunals across the world.

Charlotte is a founder-member, and current co-chair of ICC FraudNet Future, she is also a member of ICC FraudNet’s Crypto Working Group.