Fraud & Forensics 2024
CIIPA is pleased to partner with RISA Cayman Islands for a panel discussion on Real Cases of Fraud and Forensics Investigation Techniques. Join us before the panel and network with industry professionals starting at 3:15 p.m. The panel discussion runs from 4-6 p.m. and will be followed by a networking session until 7 p.m.
Date: Thursday, 11 April, 2024
Time: Join us for pre-panel networking beginning at 3:15 p.m. The panel discussion runs from 4-6 p.m. followed by networking until 7 p.m.
Location: Compass Loft
CPD: 2
Cost: KYD $75 for CIIPA/RISA members / KYD $90 non-members
Target Audience: Individuals at the Associate through Manager level working in the audit, forensic accounting and insolvency industries.
Capacity: 60 people
The panel comprises:
Declan Magennis
Declan is a Director of BDO Cayman’s corporate recovery and insolvency subsidiary, BDO CRI (Cayman) Ltd. Declan has over 19 years’ experience in restructuring and insolvency, and previously worked in financial services in Ireland. He has worked on a variety of engagements, both solvent and insolvent, including voluntary, provisional and official liquidations and both creditors and shareholder resolutions procedures. Declan has also conducted financial reviews of companies for financial institutions. Declan is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and obtained an LLB law degree from London Guildhall University. Declan is a founding member of the Recovery & Insolvency Specialists’ Association Cayman (RISA Cayman), the Cayman Islands chapter of INSOL International, of which he was a board member for many years and was also the President of RISA Cayman in 2020. In 2017, Declan was named Accountant of the Year by RISA Cayman.
Nicosia Lawson
Nicosia Lawson is a Senior Associate at Baker & Partners which has offices in the Cayman Islands, Jersey, London, and the BVI. Nicosia has practiced Cayman Islands law for over nine years with two of those years spent as a foreign registered lawyer in Hong Kong. Her areas of focus are civil fraud and asset recovery, cross-border insolvency, and restructuring. Nicosia’s most recent experience includes working on prominent cases like the 1Malaysia Development Berhad Fund (“1MDB”) matter which involves the recovery of billions of dollars stolen from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. Nicosia has also represented the petitioning creditors of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, AAX, a case which resulted in the first published cryptocurrency specific court decision in the Cayman Islands. In 2022 Nicosia was shortlisted for the ‘Next Gen of the Year’ award by the Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (Cayman).
Angela Barkhouse
Angela is a Managing Director and Liquidator in asset recovery and contentious insolvency matters, based in Cayman where she leads both Cayman and BVI offices. She leverages more than 15 years of experience in financial investigations, offshore asset tracing and recovery, offshore insolvency, and dispute resolution. Angela provides project management and litigation support to locate and repatriate the proceeds of fraud and corruption hidden in foreign jurisdictions and resolve disputes in seemingly complex situations. She has led high profile and multi-jurisdictional investigations in to recover financial losses for her clients, which include governments, corporations, HNWI’s and NGO’s.
Adam Crane
Adam Crane is a partner with Baker & Partners in the Cayman Islands, where he advises a diverse range of stakeholders in cross-border insolvency and restructuring, asset recovery, and commercial litigation matters. Adam acts in the international asset recovery efforts related to the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB fraud scandal. He is particularly sought after for his expertise in navigating cross-border disputes involving distressed companies, white-collar/civil fraud, and asset recovery – including recoveries related to cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital assets. Adam recently represented investors in winding up the Cayman Islands holding company for the AAX cryptocurrency exchange. He is the Co-Chair of ABI’s International Committee, Chair of the International Insolvency Institute’s (III) NextGen Program and Co-Chair of the III’s Regional Committee for the US, Canada and Caribbean.