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Rachel conducts internal investigations for clients into fraud and corruption/corporate crime. She conducts the civil litigation and injunctions, often as a follow on from the findings of investigations. Rachel advises on compliance matters including anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, CCO, modern slavery and sanctions across a wide range of sectors and internationally in respect of Board Governance, conflict management policies and procedures, through to supply chain due diligence and controls. She advises at Board level on regulatory and white-collar issues. Rachel has undertaken numerous investigations and advisory work across the regulated and unregulated sector for compliance matters arising cross-sector, including real estate, construction, insurance, mining and energy, beauty, telecoms and IT. Rachel also has 5 years in-house experience in BP and Willis insurance Brokers (now Willis Towers Watson), as a Senior Manager and Chief Risk and Compliance Officer respectively.

Dr Anna Bradshaw has been a Partner at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP since 2017. She is ranked in Chambers & Partners UK (2023) and the Legal 500 (2023) for her specialist knowledge of economic sanctions. Anna is ranked as a ‘Global Elite Thought Leader’ by Who’s Who Legal for her work on International Sanctions (2021, 2022 and 2023 editions), with one edition describing her as “a brilliant attorney” who is recognised as “one of the best for complex sanctions issues and related litigation”. Anna is an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, assisting the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies with their research on US, EU and UK sanctions. Anna co-edits The Guide to Sanctions, published by the Global Investigations Review (currently in its third edition).

Anna Zorya is a Ukrainian law-qualified attorney-at-law and a partner in the corporate department of Rymarz Zdort. She graduated from the Faculty of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2001 and completed a course of professional education of Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL). She qualified as an attorney-at-law in 2019. Prior to joining Rymarz Zdort (formerly known as Weil, Gotshal & Manges – Pawel Rymarz sp.k.) in 2022, she worked as a corporate and M&A partner at one of the leading Ukrainian law firms. She is ranked as a well-regarded practitioner by such directories as IFLR 1000 (2019-2020), Who’s Who Legal (2019-2021), Chambers Global (2019-2021), The Legal 500 (2019-2021), and Best Lawyers (2019-2021, 2022). A specialist in corporate law and M&A, she has worked on transactions for clients from various sectors, including agriculture, TMT, IT and real estate. She has provided comprehensive support for M&A transactions, including due diligence, transaction structuring, preparation of transactional documents, developing an effective corporate structure, and corporate support of company activities.

Suzie Ogilvie is the Global Head of Financial Crime and Sanctions at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, an international law firm.  She leads on the management of reputational risks, and financial crime and sanctions compliance among other things, and sits on the firm’s London Management Group.   Suzie has been a member of the Money Laundering Task Force of the Law Society of England and Wales since September 2009, serving as Chair for a period.  She has been the Law Society’s UK delegate to the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) money laundering committee since September 2010.  Through these roles she has assisted in the co-ordination of the legal profession’s policy positions on financial crime and sanctions in the UK and (previously) the EU and has represented the members of the legal profession at Government committees.  Suzie has co-authored both the Money Laundering chapter in the IBA’s publication „Risk Management in Law Firms” and the chapter on International Money Laundering Initiatives in Neate & Godfrey’s publication “Bank Confidentiality”.

Recognised as a leading lawyer in fraud investigation and litigation, asset recovery, banking litigation and commercial litigation, Anthony has deep expertise gained over a 30 year career in handling complex cross-border disputes. Strategically-minded and a source of astute, commercially-focused advice, Anthony has an established practice acting for financial institutions, major international organisations and high net worth individuals. The most recent directories describe Anthony as having “remarkable litigation instincts”, “a powerhouse who is approachable and sees the shape of issues from a client’s perspective. He is solution-oriented in a truly unusual way” and “absolutely the man you want representing you as he will leave no stone unturned, looks at every angle and understands immediately the opposition’s weak points and leverages them” with “a wealth of unique experience in his field.” In 2021, he was named as one of Britain’s most sought after lawyers by TheTimes following his successful representation of Tatiana Akhmedova in what is reported to be the UK’s largest ever reported divorce award and one of the 100 Hot Lawyers by The Lawyer Magazine. He is the English representative of Fraudnet, the ICC’s global network of asset recovery specialists and a founding member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association. Anthony was both the Managing Partner and Senior Partner at PCB Litigation and following its merger with Byrne & Partners in April in 2021 is now its Senior Partner. The firm is described as having the “intellectual ability, experience and sheer grit to hold their own against any rival” and “the lawyers there handle cases which other firms cannot.”

Michael Sweeney is an investigative researcher and asset recovery specialist at Burford Capital, the world’s largest litigation funder. He regularly provides asset tracing and evidence-gathering support in the context of investor-state arbitration and enforcement proceedings. He has assisted legal teams on multi-jurisdictional recovery efforts against sovereign states in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Prior to joining Burford Capital in 2019, Mr Sweeney spent four years working for investigations consultancy K2 Intelligence, and he previously published as a journalist including in the UK’s Guardian newspaper and New Statesman magazine. He is a graduate of Oxford University and is based in Paris.

GABRIEL IS A FUND MANAGER, LAWYER AND INVESTOR. Gabriel was previously the managing director for Europe of a global litigation funder. He has 18 years of experience which includes being the general counsel of Mayfair based investment fund Tristan Capital Partners and the head of the private equity practice group at Kochański and Partners. Whilst in private practice he worked at Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown and Dentons as a solicitor responsible for commercial deals and disputes. He also has particular expertise in resolving shareholder and law firm partnership disputes. Gabriel holds an LLM from King’s College London, where he was awarded the Principal’s Award for his work in the field of international arbitration. Gabriel is a practising solicitor in England and Wales.

Angelika is a specialist in international, high-level economic crime investigations and large-scale commercial disputes. As a multilingual lawyer she represents corporates and conglomerates across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the United States. Her comprehensive experience and thorough understanding of all aspects of white-collar crime have led to her successfully representing corporations in many notable multijurisdictional investigations and in some of the most complex commercial litigation. Her work on cases involving environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues has seen her become one of the lawyers at the forefront of this developing area. As part of Rahman Ravelli’s international sanctions team, she assesses the potential impact of all relevant laws and keeps up to speed with the rapidly-evolving rules and regulations to ensure clients adopt the correct approach and do not face prosecution or financial penalty. She coordinates work for international conglomerates in this field; advising them on regulatory matters, producing staff training and compliance programmes and ensuring their worldwide activities are legally compliant. Much of her sanctions practice is particularly focused on enforcement activities and the freezing and seizure of assets. Angelika speaks English, German, Spanish and Arabic; which is an asset in many international cases.

Olga is a Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution and Compliance practice group at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang’s Kyiv office. She has more than 15 years’ experience in highly complex litigation and arbitration proceedings in Ukraine and abroad, including in international investment and commercial arbitrations (under ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICC, SCC, VIAC, ICAC rules), enforcement of arbitral awards in Ukraine and abroad, and cross-border litigation. Olga efficiently handles all kinds of disputes, from straightforward claims to complex, high-value, challenging ones in a way that meets clients’ commercial objectives, whether that is to litigate aggressively, arbitrate, or conduct employment mediation. With domestic litigation, Olga has not only in-depth experience in commercial dispute resolution cases, but also specialist knowledge of sectors such as IT, agribusiness, pharmaceuticals, insurance, energy and banking. Olga’s practice also covers tax and compliance; Olga has conducted numerous compliance investigations of alleged/reported corrupt practices and regularly delivers anti-corruption trainings for management and compliance officers of top-ranked international businesses. Olga is a recommended lawyer in the field of International Arbitration and Litigation by Best Lawyers 2022 rankings.

Dmytro Marchukov is a Partner and Head of Cross-Border Litigation at Integrites, Ukraine. 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, 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. He has sat as an arbitrator and frequently acts as the Ukrainian law expert in civil and criminal proceedings in the US, the UK, BVI, Monaco, Cyprus and Switzerland, as well as in the arbitration proceedings under the ICSID rules.

Kajetan is a barrister (trial advocate) at 4 Pump Court in London, specialising in large-scale complex corporate fraud disputes, usually involving simultaneous litigation in several jurisdictions worldwide and valued from millions to several billion USD. His work concerns all aspects of business wrongdoing, including shareholder fraud, misappropriation of corporate assets, directors’ conflicts of interest, asset dissipation and recovery, conspiracies, breach of trust, bribery, economic intimidation, blackmail, cryptoassets, banking fraud, and computer hacking. He also practises in general business disputes before the English court and worldwide arbitration tribunals, including in particular in international trade, shipping, construction and infrastructure, and banking and financial services. He has particularly strong experience of work concerning the Middle East, Ukraine, Russia, India, Singapore, China (both mainland and Hong Kong) and offshore financial centres. He was born and grew up in Poland and speaks Polish fluently, and is valued by international clients in the London market for his deep cultural understanding of Central and Eastern Europe.

Philipp specialises in international arbitration, representing clients and providing strategic legal advice in both institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings across a wide range of sectors and regions. Philipp’s practice includes both investment arbitration, as well as commercial arbitration under all major institutional rules. Philipp’s investment arbitration expertise (including under the ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules) has seen him represent clients operating in several global industries, including technology, telecommunications, energy, infrastructure, logistics, real estate, financial services, tax, media, health care, and aerospace. Philipp’s focus on global arbitration has led to him representing international clients in claims against several states in the following regions: Central and South America, the Middle East, Europe (including in particular Central and Eastern Europe) and Asia. Philipp also regularly acts for clients in commercial arbitrations around the world, and in this context has acted for clients in relation to a wide variety of disputes, including joint venture, shareholder, finance, private equity/M&A, regulatory, and pharma disputes, as well as many other contractual and non-contractual claims.

J-P is an experienced litigation funder with a particular focus on asset recovery and judgment enforcement. J-P also has deep experience in funding and managing litigation assets across numerous jurisdictions and sectors, including group actions, bilateral treaty arbitration, and commercial litigation. Hereford Litigation is a London-based third-party funder active across legal assets, with a global remit. The team includes two leading KCs and brings considerable experience across law, third party funding and special situations investing. J-P is an English solicitor and, prior to commencing a career in legal services, he served as a British Army officer for 14 years with the Scots Guards.

Alistair is a Senior Associate at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP and advises individuals and corporates on all aspects of sanctions risk, compliance and enforcement. Alistair is recognised in particular for his knowledge of financial and trade sanctions and export controls. He represents sanctioned parties in designation challenges and was instructed with Anna Bradshaw in the successful challenge to an EU sanctions designation in Abdelkader Sabra v Council of the European Union (Case T-249/20). Alistair is sought after for his sanctions training and co-authored the chapter 'Representing Designated Persons: A UK Lawyer’s Perspective’ in The Guide to Sanctions, published by the Global Investigations Review (currently in its third edition).

Irina Tymczyszyn FCIArb is an English lawyer and a well-known international arbitration specialist. Over the last 20 years, Irina has acted as counsel and arbitrator in multiple international commercial arbitration proceedings seated around the world. She has considerable experience in multi-jurisdictional cross-border disputes. Irina specialises in investment and post-M&A disputes, shareholders’ disputes (often involving allegations of fraud), commodity trading, construction, energy and natural resources disputes.

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Rodrigo Vivas is CT Group’s UK Head of Intelligence. Rodrigo leads complex multijurisdictional investigatory assignments including litigation and international arbitration support, asset tracing, sanctions and political exposure analysis as well as integrity and reverse due diligence. Rodrigo speaks fluent Russian and Spanish and has developed a particular expertise in the countries of the former Soviet Union, Europe and Latin America. He has travelled extensively throughout these regions and spent seven years working in Moscow.

Ian Casewell is a Partner and heads the Mintz Group’s London office. He specialises in providing investigative support to large- scale disputes and fraud matters. Ian co-heads the firm’s international asset tracing unit that specialises in tracing assets around the world, and has been helping creditors enforce judgments in hundreds of cases over the past 20 years. Working for individuals, companies and governments, his cases are invariably multi-layered, frequently cross-border, and often in offshore jurisdictions. Ian and his team have particular expertise in areas they have found crucial to asset tracing and recovery, including: Banking, Offshore Structures, Shipping, Real Estate, Private Aircraft and Internet Forensics. Ian has worked in corporate investigations for over a decade. He previously worked at Europol, where he ran international investigations into organised crime. In addition to his operational work, Ian was lead analyst for all computer crime- related activities within the European Union relating to Europol. In this role he was responsible for the establishment of an EU- wide strategic intelligence group comprised of members of the EU’s computer crime units, producing the first EU-wide strategic assessment on computer-related crime within the Union. It was published and disseminated to all Member States. Ian also has experience working at the U.K. Government’s Asset Recovery Agency and West Mercia Constabulary, where he was engaged in crime pattern analysis and the support of criminal investigations. Ian was recognised as a leading practitioner in Who’s Who Legal Asset Recovery Experts in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. He is described as “number one” according to WWL sources who consider him “awesome” when handling asset tracing, investigations and enforcement proceedings with his “‘impressive’ investigations practice, which centres on providing support for large–scale disputes and fraud cases.”

Roman is a recognized Fraud Investigator, both in the traditional and blockchain space, cooperating with Corporates, Police Forces, and other agencies on forensic investigations including hack, fraud, murder, assault, child protection, terrorism, e-discovery, forensic data analysis, bribery, conflict of interest, tax fraud, and AML. • MIT Certified Blockchain Expert. • He has provided testimony on blockchain investigations in courts in Europe and USA. • A guest lecturer at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. • Crypto investigations training provider for law enforcement agents.

Kateryna Gupalo, Attorney-at-law, Partner, co-head of the White-Collar Crime practice, co-head of the Anticorruption practice. Kateryna’s expertise involves the provision of legal aid to companies with foreign investments, to its top management as well as to private clients in criminal proceedings. Due to her understanding of the relevant business processes Kateryna effectively defends clients at all stages of criminal proceedings (in pre-trial investigations as well as in court). Kateryna also deals with cross-border cases as well as represents her clients before international investigative bodies, including. Interpol. The companies include, in particular, Ukrainian subsidiaries of multinational grain-trading companies and other agribusiness representatives as well as food, pharma, timber processing, construction companies, etc. Kateryna also practices complex litigation and also has extensive expertise in the area of tax and customs litigation. Kateryna is an active participant in scientific and practical conferences and forums.

Dominik is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Co-Founder at Fidera. Fidera is a special situations focused investment firm based in London and Luxembourg. Dominik started his investing career in 2008. Prior to co-founding Fidera in 2019, Dominik was a Partner at Macrosynergy where he led special situations opportunities investing. Before that, he was at Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and Brevan Howard.

Will B Jenkins is a Certified Fraud Examiner, independent investigator, and strategic intelligence specialist. He was most recently a Director in the London office of two global investigations firms. He has conducted hundreds of investigative and intelligence cases across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Indo-Pacific. His work focuses on complex disputes, due diligence, asset searches, bespoke political risk, and regulatory- and intelligence-led investigations into integrity issues, especially in frontier markets. Will formerly worked in Dubai at the forensic disputes and integrity services section at EY, where he managed over a hundred multi-jurisdictional integrity and compliance investigations across MENA and into Europe. There, he worked on anti-corruption cases and traced assets, money-laundering and sanctioned networks around the Middle East and Eurasia including a number of historic sanctions, forensic dispute, and internal investigation mandates. An Arabic and Persian speaker and Middle East specialist by background, Will is also proficient in German, French, Russian, and Urdu. Will formerly worked at the Australian Senate on trade and defence policy, and at the Australian Chamber of Commerce in trade and productivity research as well as at a boutique business consultancy focused on emerging markets in Sydney. He received his master’s degree with Distinction in global economic history from the University of Leipzig in Germany and the London School of Economics & Political Science. His undergraduate degrees are from the Australian National University, where he also taught.

GRZEGORZ E. WOŹNIAK is a Managing Partner at Woźniak Legal Law Firm in Warsaw, Poland. Mr Woźniak represents clients in the field of mergers & acquisitions and corporate governance as well as private client. Some of his work focuses on helping clients prepare proactive policies to prevent fraudulent activity in companies and to remedy damage suffered as a result of fraud, especially after the takeover. Mr Woźniak has been also trained as a judge. Before setting up Woźniak Legal, he used to work for many years at Allen&Overy in Warsaw. Mr Woźniak was admitted to the Polish Bar in 2001. He is the active member of The International Bar Association.

Helena is a Director in Ankura’s Asset Tracing & Complex Investigations team. Helena is an experienced investigator specialising in cross-border asset tracing exercises, the provision of strategic intelligence in dispute resolution and aiding the enforcement of investor-state arbitral awards. Helena has significant experience in the CIS region having spent time working and studying in Russia and leading multiple investigations in the region.

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Andrew is a barrister and civil litigator specialising in fraud claims, investment scams, the enforcement of non-performing loans, freezing injunctions and other interim relief, and contentious trusts. He has extensive experience of advising clients on sensitive disputes involving dishonesty allegations and his cases often cross borders. His notable ongoing cases include the SKAT litigation (quantum of c. £1.5bn) and the Privatbank litigation (quantum of >$4bn).