Lee Shih is a commercial disputes lawyer and the managing partner of Lim Chee Wee Partnership. He acts regularly in matters involving commercial and corporate disputes, including fraud and asset recovery, shareholders’ disputes, international arbitrations and contentious insolvency matters.

He has acted in multi-jurisdictional fraud and asset recovery matters. He regularly works with forensic accountants, intelligence companies, and foreign counsel in leading and coordinating fraud litigation. He has acted for and advised state-owned entities, foreign multinationals, and private equity funds.

He is recognised in the area of dispute resolution in the legal directories of Chambers Asia-Pacific and The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific.

Lim Chee Wee Partnership is a boutique litigation firm specialising in commercial litigation and international arbitration. The three founding partners were from the dispute resolution practice of one of Malaysia’s largest law firms.

John Mitchell is a commercial litigation partner with premier Australian commercial law firm, Arnold Bloch Leibler. He acts for Directors of public companies in high profile corporate collapses, recovery proceedings and investigations by the Australian regulators.

John has extensive experience in the area of white collar crime, and leads a team focused on sensitive matters related to securities fraud, insider trading and Corporations Act breaches. This experience extends to representing individuals and companies at various Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry.

John has acted for major Australian and overseas corporations as well as high-net-worth individuals, and has particular experience in acting in large, complex matters. His experience includes acting in relation to Project Wickenby, a high profile, joint task force set up by various Australian Federal government agencies including the Australian Taxation Office, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crimes Commission to investigate and prosecute tax evasion and complex off shore structuring.

John is recognised in the area of dispute resolution in a number of prominent international guides, including Chambers Global, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Who”s Who Legal (in the area of asset recovery), and Best Lawyers International (in the areas of litigation and alternative dispute resolution).

Born and raised in France, Thomas P. Vandenabeele received a Juris Doctorate and a Master of Laws from the University of Lille 2, France, and his LL.M. from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. He represents individual and corporations including a variety of French entities in commercial litigation matters in the United States and is president of the French American Bar Association. He also serves as General Counsel of the French Consulate General in New York (“Avocat-conseil aupres du consulat general de France à New York”). He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law and a Visiting Professor at EDHEC Business School, Lille, France.

Mr. Vandenabeele represents French businesses and individuals in their commercial litigations in the United States. He also obtains recognition and enforcement of foreign money judgments in New York.

Mr. Vandenabeele practices complex commercial litigation with a focus on bank fraud, money laundering, investigations and hidden asset recovery, which cross international jurisdictions to include, France, Switzerland, the British Virgin Islands, Panama, and Liechtenstein. Mr. Vandenabeele has been part of a team that obtained a $264 million judgment in a high-profile matter, representing French interests that allege loan monies and collateral were fraudulently stolen using a web of offshore entities and accounts. Mr. Vandenabeele also frequently lectures on international litigation topics.

Mr. Vandenabeele is an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University, School of law, where he teaches the class of “doing business in the E.U.” He is also a Visiting Professor at EDHEC Business School, Lille, France.

Education
J.D. (“maitrise”), Universite de Lille II, Lille, France 1999
Master of Laws (“D.E.A”) concentrating on the European Construction issues, Universite de Lille II, Lille, France 2001
LL.M, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis

Bar Admissions
New York State, 2006
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Affiliations
Since 2008, Mr. Vandenabeele has been serving as President of the French American Bar Association (http://www.faba-law.com”) that he co-founded in 2007.
He is also a Board Member of the Committee of French Speaking Societies (http://www.cafusa.org), of Union des Francais de l’Etranger (http://www.ufe.org/); as well as a member of American Society of Le Souvenir Francais (http://www.souvenirfrancais-usa.org/). And of l’Association des Cadres de Reserve Francais aux Etats Unis (ACREFEU) (http://acrefeu.org/).

Angel Ganev has been a partner with Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov law firm since 2010. He heads the Bankruptcy & Insolvency and Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group. His practice group includes more than 15 lawyers specializing in complex commercial disputes and insolvency cases with a strong cross- border focus as well as highly regarded anti-fraud subgroup. Angel Ganev is an experienced litigator with more than 15years” practice. He specializes in international arbitration, commercial litigation and cross border insolvency. Angel is a licensed insolvency practitioner. He also acts on regular basis as an arbitrator.

Angel has led several internal investigations related to allegations of bribery in, for example, the pharma and telecommunication industry sectors. His recent experience includes a several cases on banking fraud where he successfully defended the interests of the defrauded parties. His team has been engaged in chasing down and recovery of assets in the context of commercial disputes and cross – border insolvency cases. Не also provides legal counsel to significant foreign investors on complex issues with regard to competence of courts, applicable law and recognition and enforcement of court judgments across borders.

Professional Memberships: Sofia Bar; IBA; INSOL Europe; Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Luis Alfredo Barragán Arango is the founding partner of Asteri Law Firm, a Colombian boutique, truly independent, primary dedicated to Litigation, Arbitration, Insolvency, and Asset Recovery.

With more than 30 years of experience, Luis Alfredo has an extensive expertise in representing high-profile clients in the most complex domestic and cross-border insolvency proceedings, both in Colombia and overseas. Also, Luis Alfredo has as counsel in international and domestic arbitrations, and in the most representative litigations in Colombia before domestic courts. He is acclaimed for his deep knowledge in highly complex disputes related to public law, telecommunications, oil & gas, secured transactions, and commercial matters. His practice covers all areas of sophisticated litigations, alternative dispute resolution, restructuring, asset recovery, and insolvency matters.

Luis Alfredo is also member of the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Professionals – INSOL (London – UK) and has also served as counsel for the World Bank, the Inter-American Bank of Development, and the USAID on matters related to guarantees and their execution within reorganization proceedings. He has also drafted several bills to amend the Colombian General Procedure Code.

Moreover, Mr. Barragán has acted as leading counsel in arbitrations conducted under the main institutional arbitration rules, such as the ICC rules and the UNCITRAL rules, and has also served as international arbitrator in proceedings held under the ICC rules and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) rules. He has also been appointed as an expert witness before US Courts. He is part of the Lists of Arbitrators of the Chambers of Commerce of Bogotá, Cali, Cartagena, and Medellin, and is member to the Latin American Arbitration Group of the ICC.

He has been ranked as one of the best lawyers of his specialty by Who’s Who Legal, Chambers & Partners, Latin Lawyer, Best Lawyers, Euromoney, The Legal 500 Latin America, among others.

Steven built up PCB Litigation to have a leading reputation, and for the last 2 years, Steven has been Head of the International Fraud Litigation Team at Asserson. He is a leading authority on the management of international commercial litigation and arbitration, and specialises in Civil Fraud and Asset Recovery matters.

Steven was Asset Recovery Lawyer of the Year by Who’s Who. Legal 500 has singled him out as being a leading individual in civil fraud and as being ‘aggressive for clients’ claims’, ‘unparalleled’, and a ‘great strategist and fighter’. Chambers selected him as a member of their Spotlight Table, stating that Steven is a world-class asset recovery practitioner.

Directories & Testimonials

Steven has been described as ‘always seeking to push the boundaries to maximise [his] client’s position – he thinks outside the box and ‘has a breadth and depth of experience, and extensive knowledge of the market’. Chambers have described him as a “brilliant thinker” according to market sources, who also commend him as having excellent instincts, being result orientated and a “visionary in terms of his command of tactics”. Steven has been listed by the London Times as one of the 100 Key Influential Legal Professionals in the UK.

Leadership & Associations

Steven was the Founder Member of Fraudnet and has been actively working with fellow members on a global basis has recently led a group in a successful Chinese case. Steven was Deputy Chairman of the UK Fraud Advisory Panel and has been recently appointed to its’ Advisory Committee. Steven also served in a number of important roles for the UK’s Commercial Fraud Lawyer’s Association and the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts.