Kenneth Krys is the keynote speaker at Legal Week Mourant Ozannes Funds Litigation Forum 2012

Litigation involving investment funds has developed exponentially across the globe since 2008. Whether as a result of the fraud perpetrated by Madoff, the failings of fund directors (such as Weavering) or the overall economic meltdown, investors have found themselves holding shares that may variously be gated, suspended or sometimes worthless. Whilst much of this litigation has taken place onshore (primarily in the United States), the offshore world has been at the forefront.

Chaired by Robert Shepherd, managing partner of Mourant Ozannes, Guernsey, the Legal Week Mourant Ozannes Funds Litigation Forum 2012, taking place on Tuesday 27 March 2012 at 200 Aldersgate, London EC1, will examine the issues presently being thrashed out by the Courts, how regulators have responded to the crisis and what the industry thinks lies ahead.

Speakers include:
Kenneth Krys, KRyS Global, Cayman Islands
Jeffrey Bronheim, Cheyne Capital, UK
Paul Dickson, Slaughter and May, UK
David Heroy, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, USA
James McCaroll, Reed Smith, New York, USA
Peter Hayden, Mourant Ozannes, Cayman Islands
Christopher Edwards, Mourant Ozannes, Guernsey
Robert Duggan, Mourant Ozannes, Cayman Islands
Sidney Myers, Berwin Leighton Paisner, UK
Michael Crystal QC, 3-4 South Square, UK
Ben Robins, Mourant Ozannes, Jersey
John Fordham, Stephenson Harwood, UK
David Heathfield, Baronsmead Partners, UK

Agenda:

Tuesday 27 March 2012
200 Aldersgate, London EC1

12.15 Registration & buffet lunch
13.00 Welcome from chairman
13.10 Opening keynote: Chasing assets around the world
13.45 The current role of the offshore world in funds litigation
14.40 Coffee break
15.10 Regulation and corporate governance
16.10 The shaping influence of litigation on investment fund terms and practice
17.00 Networking drinks

N.B. We regret that we are unable to accept registrations from offshore law firms.

Laura Golding
Senior conference producer, Legal Week